{"id":8968,"date":"2022-03-06T18:32:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T18:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=8968"},"modified":"2022-03-13T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T12:38:09","slug":"british-cycling-national-track-championships-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=8968","title":{"rendered":"British Cycling National Track Championships 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Team Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British National Track Championships 2022<\/p>\n

Words by British Cycling (Press Release), Images by Chris Maher.<\/pre>\n
British National Track Championships 2022 Day 3<\/p>\n
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Welch Medallist’s on the final day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Sunday 6th March 2022<\/p>\n
HAT-TRICKS FOR CARLIN AND GRAHAM TO END THE BRITISH NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/h3>\n
Jack Carlin and Fin Graham completed emphatic clean sweeps to end the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, as 11 more national titles were awarded on the fourth and final day of competition.<\/p>\n
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Jack Carling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tokyo silver and bronze medallist Carlin began the day\u2019s keirin competition in fine form, looking to add to his individual and team sprint titles from earlier in the weekend.<\/p>\n
In a hotly-contested final alongside team-mates Joe Truman, Hamish Turnbull and Hayden Norris, plus kilo winner Matt Rotherham and Daniel Cooper, Carlin showed his strength to establish an advantage on the group in the final lap and held off reigning champion Truman to take the win. The third and final place on the podium was taken by Turnbull.<\/p>\n
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Men’s Keirin heats featuring Joe Truman & Matt Rotherham…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Such was Carlin\u2019s dominance across the weekend that he finished without losing a single race or leg across each of the three competitions.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, he said:<\/p>\n
“As a team, we\u2019re looking strong, we’ve got a couple of younger riders coming through, which is promising, and it\u2019s looking good for the Nations Cup next month.<\/p>\n
“At the end of the day, we all love racing and we\u2019re here to win. We\u2019re friends off the track and competitors on it and we had good fun this weekend – there wasn\u2019t much pressure coming into it so it was nice to come away with three titles.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In the afternoon session Fin Graham also made it a hat-trick of national titles with victory in the Men\u2019s C3 1,000m Time Trial (ahead of Colin Wallace and Henry Urand), adding to his earlier successes in the C3 Pursuit and Mixed Scratch Race.<\/p>\n
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Lora Fachie MBE (piloted by Georgia Holt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lora Fachie MBE (piloted by Georgia Holt) followed up her tandem sprint success by winning her second title of the weekend in the Women\u2019s B 1,000m Time Trial, with Sophie Unwin (piloted by Jenny Holl) second and Nia Holt (piloted by Amy Cole) third. Daphne Schrager also doubled up with a win in the Women\u2019s C1-3 Time Trial, ahead of Katie Toft in second.<\/p>\n
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Scotland in the Women’s Team Sprint Event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Team events<\/pre>\n
After a phenomenal weekend in the individual events, Team Wales added the fourth and fifth titles to their tally with thrilling victories in the Men\u2019s Team Pursuit and Women\u2019s Team Sprint.<\/p>\n
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Team Wales, Open Team Pursuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Coming up against Team East Midlands (Jack Brough, Kyle Gordon, William Perrett and Tom Ward) in the team pursuit the advantage switched between the two finalists throughout, but with a raucous home crowd behind them the quartet of Josh Tarling, Joe Holt, Harvey McNaughton and William Roberts proved just too strong in the final stages, with a winning time of 4:00.541. It was Tarling’s second title of the weekend after victory in the Points Race last night.<\/p>\n
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Josh Tarling, Joe Holt, Harvey McNaughton and William Roberts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the battle for bronze Fensham Howes \u2013 MAS Design (Alex Beldon, Matthew Brennan, Jed Smithson and Ben Wiggins) caught a young VC Londres team (Ed Bowley, Luke Goodwill, Owen Prenelle and Conor Williams) in just over two minutes.<\/p>\n
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Women\u2019s Team Sprint the Team Wales trio of Rhian Edmunds, Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the Women\u2019s Team Sprint the Team Wales trio of Rhian Edmunds, Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas qualified fastest with 48.755, ahead of Team Breeze in 49.077. After progressing through their semi-finals the two teams then met in the final, where Team Wales maintained a narrow lead throughout and took the national title.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Finucane said:<\/p>\n
“It was a really good ride from us. We were really happy to get a PB in every ride. It\u2019s just nice to get this jersey.”
\nThomas added:<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s absolutely insane – the crowd has been wicked all weekend. It\u2019s really exciting to come here and win.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Para-cycling events<\/pre>\n
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Sam Ruddock took the win in the Men\u2019s C1-2 1,000m Time Trial, ahead of Matthew Robertson and James Crossley. Blaine Hunt overcame Martin Hailstone to win the Men\u2019s C4-5.<\/p>\n
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Fin Graham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Wales Racing Academy\u2019s Alex Pope (piloted by Stefan Lloyd) emphatically won the Men\u2019s B 1,000m Time Trial by a margin of more than 15 seconds, with Brad Gauntlett (piloted by Tim May) second and Nadeem Mughal (piloted by Alex Cook) third.<\/p>\n
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Lora Fachie MBE & Georgia Holt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s 500TT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Women\u2019s events<\/pre>\n
Ellie Stone capped off a sensational weekend by adding the Women\u2019s 500m Time Trial title to last night\u2019s keirin crown. Her time of 34.529 saw her take pole position with only two riders to come, and despite her best efforts Lauren Bell stopped the clock on 34.584, sealing the title for Stone by the narrowest of margins. Last night\u2019s keirin runner-up, Emma Finucane, was third.<\/p>\n
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Neah Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
After victory in the individual pursuit and third place in last night\u2019s Scratch Race, Tokyo silver medallist Neah Evans ended the weekend on a high with a commanding performance in the Points Race, gaining two laps on the field on her way to 64 points.<\/p>\n
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Women’s Points race featuring Jenny Holl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Neah was a dominant force throughout, scoring in six of the eight sprints, including maximum points in three. Jenny Holl won four sprints and gained a lap of her own alongside Evans and Anna Morris to seal second with 42 points, while Morris took third with 26.<\/p>\n
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Will Tidball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Men\u2019s scratch race<\/pre>\n
The final race of the championships was won by Will Tidball of Team Inspired, breaking clear from a group of six in the final lap to claim the national champion\u2019s jersey, with Oscar Nilsson-Julien second and Josh Giddings completing a Team Inspired 1-2-3.<\/p>\n
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Men’s Scratch Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Will Tidball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Point’s Race Qualifying Day 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Plenty of Welsh flags on display on day 2 of the National Track Champs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
British National Track Championships 2022 Day 2<\/pre>\n
Saturday 05th March 2022<\/p>\n
RED DRAGONS STEAL THE SHOW ON DAY THREE OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/h3>\n
The Welsh pair of Ella Barnwell and Josh Tarling delighted the Newport crowd with emphatic victories at the British National Track Championships, as 13 more national champions were crowned on the penultimate day of competition.<\/p>\n
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Ella Barnwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Reigning champion Barnwell retained her Women\u2019s Scratch Race title in a close-fought battle, edging out Anna Morris and last night\u2019s Women\u2019s Individual Pursuit champion Neah Evans.<\/p>\n
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Women’s Scratch Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
After also winning her qualifier earlier in the day Carmarthenshire\u2019s Barnwell showed great poise to hold off her rivals in the closing stages and secure a fourth senior national title.<\/p>\n
Afterwards she said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like such an honour because you’ve got a Welsh crowd, so it’s like home winning the stripes here. It’s amazing really.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy big aim is representing Wales at the Commonwealth Games, hopefully on the track, but it would be great to do road too – I’d like to go for the win for that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Josh Tarling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Despite only turning 18 last month Joshua Tarling rode fearlessly throughout the 120 lap Points Race, building up an early lead by scoring points in the first five sprints. Charlie Tanfield briefly took the lead after lapping the field, but was then lapped himself to quickly restore Tarling to pole position.<\/p>\n
In total Tarling scored in eight of the 10 sprints and took a lap on the field on his way to a winning total of 53 points, and try as they might the pair of Oscar Nilsson Julien (39 points) and John Archibald (38 points) found themselves unable to close the deficit.<\/p>\n
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Showing the way… Josh Tarling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tarling added:<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it would be fast because there are quite a lot of people on really big gears and there are some big engines here. I was going to ride a little bit of a smaller gear and I just wanted to get the jump, so I thought I’d go early while I was fresh. Luckily I won two sprints and that gave me that lead, then I could sit on for a bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen John went and I was on him, I knew he’s got such a big engine. I was parking it every time, but I just knew I had to stick with him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Fin Graham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Para-cycling events<\/pre>\n
Fin Graham made it two national champion\u2019s jerseys in two days with a commanding victory in the Men\u2019s C3 Pursuit, enjoying a victory margin of more than 20 seconds over Ben Hetherington and Henry Urand. This was Hetherington\u2019s first para-cycling race on the track since a serious injury sustained competing in a club 10 time-trial in 2019, and his delight was clear for all to see.<\/p>\n
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Mathew Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the C1-2 Matthew Robertson proved too strong for Ryan Taylor and Sam Ruddock to take the title, while in the C4 Martin Hailstone got the better of Nicholas Fairfield. Will Bjergfelt was the winner in the C5, with Blaine Hunt second and David Murphy third.<\/p>\n
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Daphne Schrager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the Women\u2019s C1-3 Pursuit stormed to victory in a time of 4:05.004, with Amelia Cass second and Katie Toft third. In the C5 classification Morgan Newberry took the gold ahead of Emma Tod.<\/p>\n
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Katie Toft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the Para-cycling B Pursuit races Chris McDonald (piloted by Chris Latham) took the men\u2019s competition convincingly, with Brad Gauntlett (piloted by Tim May) and Nadeem Mughal (piloted by Alex Cook) completing the podium. In the women\u2019s event Sophie Unwin (piloted by Jenny Holl) set an impressive time of 3:28.828 in a non-national championship race.<\/p>\n
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No Medals for Sophie Unwin (piloted by Jenny Holl) in an impressive time of 3:28.828 in a non-national championship race.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Men\u2019s events<\/pre>\n
Matt Rotherham won an entertaining Men\u2019s 1,000m Time Trial competition, with less than a second between the three podium places. Rotherham set a blistering time of 1:01.008 to sit in pole position ahead of Harvey McNaughton (1:01.919) with just Jonny Wale left to ride.<\/p>\n
While Rotherham waited nervously, defending champion Wale fell just under three tenths of a second slower to take the silver.<\/p>\n
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Jack Carling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Team Inspired claimed the top four spots in the Men\u2019s Sprint competition, with Jack Carlin adding a national title to the Olympic bronze he secured in the same event last summer, after beating teammate Joe Truman in straight legs in the final. The imperious Carlin qualified fastest and didn\u2019t lose a single sprint all day en route to victory. In the battle for bronze Hamish Turnbull defeated Hayden Norris.<\/p>\n
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Ellie Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Women\u2019s events<\/pre>\n
Ellie Stone was a surprise winner of the Women\u2019s Keirin, riding brilliantly in the final to surge ahead of Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell for a first senior national title.<\/p>\n
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Ellie Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Stone required the repechages to progress to the semi-final, where she finished third, behind Capewell and last night\u2019s Women\u2019s Sprint winner Rhian Edmunds, but caught the field off-guard in the final and victory never looked in doubt from then on.<\/p>\n
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Katie-Ann Calton, Ella Jamieson, Matilda McKibben and Awen Roberts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the Women\u2019s Team Pursuit competition, the Brother UK-Orientation Marketing quartet of Ellen Bennett, Grace Lister, Holly Ramsey and Isabel Sharp caught their Liv CC \u2013 Halo Films opponents (Katie-Ann Calton, Ella Jamieson, Matilda McKibben and Awen Roberts) in 2:33.850<\/p>\n
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Katie-Ann Calton, Ella Jamieson, Matilda McKibben and Awen Roberts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Neah Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
British National Track Championships 2022 Day 1<\/pre>\n
Friday 04th March 2022<\/p>\n
BIGHAM BREAKS NATIONAL RECORD TO TAKE GOLD AT THE BRITISH NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/h3>\n
Dan Bigham added a sixth national title to his growing collection with victory in the individual pursuit on day one of the British National Track Championships in Newport, after breaking the national record in qualifying earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
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Dan Bigham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Returning to the track after his British Hour Record success in October last year, he qualified fastest by more than three and a half seconds over the 4,000m, setting up a gold medal ride against friend and former team-mate Charlie Tanfield. Despite Tanfield shaving a second off his qualifying time, Bigham led throughout in the final to take a commanding victory.<\/p>\n
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Dan Bigham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Afterwards he said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all good mates and we\u2019ve lived together on and off for the past five years. You want them to do well and I\u2019m glad that they do – seeing Charlie back up that well and knocking out 4:07 is really impressive.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m quite happy with how it\u2019s panned out. Being able to focus on it meant that everything came together really nicely.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy next race is the national time trial championships in June, and I might sneak in Lincoln. Off the back of that, Commonwealth Games, the Hour Record and world time-trial champs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The bronze was taken by Kyle Gordon in 4:14.589, following victory over Michael Gill.<\/p>\n
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Lora Fachie MBE piloted by Georgia Holt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The first medal of the championships was awarded to Lora Fachie, piloted by Georgia Holt, as the pair began their new partnership in style with victory in the women\u2019s tandem sprint in straight rounds. A gold medallist at the Rio and Tokyo Paralympic Games in the individual pursuit, this was a rare foray into the world of sprinting for Fachie, and the pair go again in the kilo on Sunday. Nia Holt and Amy Cole took the silver.<\/p>\n
Afterwards Fachie said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m not known for my sprinting ability so yeah, it was good. It’s nice when you keep it a bit fresh and try new things.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s always the buzz of winning, you know, that’s why we do it, and any race is the same. I think the day you don’t get a buzz is the day that it’s time to retire.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Neah Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tokyo silver medallist Neah Evans qualified fastest in the women\u2019s individual pursuit with a time of 3:29.083, setting up a gold medal final against Anna Morris, who qualified second just under a tenth of a second slower, in 3:29.175.<\/p>\n
Evans however still had more in the tank, and shaved off another half of a second to take the national title with a time of 3:28.470, having led Morris throughout. In the battle for bronze, Kate Richardson edged out Sophie Lankford with a time of 3:35.566.<\/p>\n
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Fin Graham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Double Tokyo silver medallist Fin Graham won an entertaining Paracycling Mixed Scratch Race, with a blistering final lap proving too much for Will Bjergfelt in second and Martin Hailstone in third. Graham will look to make it a double tomorrow in the Men\u2019s C1-5 Individual Pursuit.<\/p>\n
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Jack Carlin, Ali Fielding, Joe Truman and Hamish Turnbull featuring new coach Sir Jason Kenny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The Team Inspired quartet of Jack Carlin, Ali Fielding, Joe Truman and Hamish Turnbull took a commanding victory in the Men\u2019s Team Sprint, first qualifying fastest in 43.738 and then catching their opponents SES Racing en route to victory in the semi-final with a time of 44.342.<\/p>\n
Team East Midlands (James Bunting, Marcus Hiley, Harry Ledingham Horn and Hayden Norris) were their opponents in the final, but were unable to stop Team Inspired, who took the victory by just over a second. Glasgow Track RCA took bronze with victory over Enhanced.<\/p>\n
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Rhian Edmunds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The final national champion\u2019s jersey of the night went to Rhian Edmunds of Wales Racing Academy, who battled to a thrilling victory over defending champion Sophie Capewell in a deciding leg.<\/p>\n
Having defeated both Milly Tanner in the 1\/8 final and Lowri Thomas in the semi-finals in straight legs, she then took a 1-0 lead over Capewell in the final. However, Team Sprint world championships bronze medallist Capewell battled back in the second to even things up and set up a decider in the final race of the day.<\/p>\n
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Rhian Edmunds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With a home crowd behind her Edmunds dug deep to take the victory, before a victory lap draped in the red dragon.
\nEmma Finucane took bronze with a straight legs victory over Lowri Thomas.<\/p>\n
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Men’s Scratch Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s Points Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Tarling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s Team Sprint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Open Team Pursuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s Flying 200m Sprint Qualifiers…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s 500m TT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jack Carlin, Ali Fielding, Joe Truman and Hamish Turnbull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Women’s Points Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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