Sensational Saturday: Finucane Stars at Lloyds National Track Championships

by | Feb 21, 2026

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Sensational Saturday: Finucane Stars at Lloyds National Track Championships

Day three of the Lloyds National Track Championships in Manchester delivered an action-packed Saturday, highlighted by Emma Finucane’s commanding Women’s Keirin victory and a flurry of multi-title wins across the individual, team, and para-cycling disciplines.

Here is how the action unfolded at the National Cycling Centre:

Women’s Events:

Women’s Keirin

• Gold: Emma Finucane

• Silver: Lowri Thomas

• Bronze: Lauren Bell

In the final event of the day, Emma Finucane put on a flawless performance. She dominated from the front, building a massive gap to secure the gold in style. Behind her, an intense battle for the podium saw Lowri Thomas narrowly pip defending champion Lauren Bell for silver.

I raced in the Keirin last year and got silver, so I’m really happy about how this Keirin went… It was a massive group of girls who raced really well, and really fast, so I am really proud of this one.

Emma Finucane

Women’s Points Race

• Gold: Anna Morris (Private Member)

• Silver: Josie Knight (DAS-Hutchinson)

• Bronze: Katie Archibald (dooleys cycles)

Anna Morris stormed to her second victory of the week following Thursday’s Scratch win. After a reserved start, Morris, alongside Archibald, Knight, Jess Roberts, and Phoebe Taylor, made a decisive move at the halfway point to gain a lap and 20 points. Morris and Archibald traded late attacks, but Morris secured second on the final sprint to seal the title by more than ten points. Knight managed to sneak fourth in the final dash to edge Archibald out of the silver medal spot.

Men’s Events:

Men’s Elimination

• Gold: Matt Bostock (Rapha CC)

• Silver: William Tidball (Velo Club Villefranche Beaujolais)

• Bronze: Charlie Tanfield (Private Member)

Matt Bostock secured his second national champion jersey of the weekend in a chaotic elimination race. With a high-calibre trio remaining for the final laps, confusion arose regarding the bronze medal elimination between Tanfield and Tidball. Bostock capitalized on the hesitation, riding away for a straightforward victory.

It’s mint, especially since the elimination is kind of a gamble. It’s always much trickier to win than other races so it feels good.

Matt Bostock

Men’s Team Sprint

• Gold: Team Inspired A (Matthew Richardson, Marcus Hiley, Harry Radford)

• Silver: Team Inspired B (Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull, Hayden Norris)

• Bronze: Team Inspired C (Lyall Craig, Joe Truman, Archie Gill, Oliver Pettifer)

Team Inspired A backed up their dominant qualifying run with gold, but they had to fight for it. After an inspired turn by Hamish Turnbull, Team B held a slender lead heading into the final lap. However, Matthew Richardson proved he was on another level, unleashing a massive burst of speed to swing the pendulum back to Team A and win by over a second.

Para-Cycling Events:

Women’s B Individual Pursuit

• Gold: Sophie Unwin & Jenny Holl (Private Member)

• Silver: Georgina Bullen & Miriam Jessett (Born to Bike)

• Bronze: Amelia Robertson & Kate Richardson

World champions Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl completed a spectacular hat-trick, securing their third national title of the week. Racing in their rainbow stripes, the duo produced a textbook ride to overtake Bullen and Jessett in the second half of the pursuit.

We are world champions right now and riding at home, which is not something you get to do all the time, so that has been super cool.

Jenny Holl

Women’s C1-5 Scratch

• Gold: Crystal Lane-Wright (Private Member)

• Silver: Rebecca Newark (Jadan Glasdon pb Vive le Velo)

Crystal Lane-Wright made history by becoming the inaugural women’s C Scratch champion, adding to her C5 Elimination win from Thursday. Lane-Wright, Newark, and Morgan Newberry accelerated away from the pack just past the halfway mark. After dropping Newberry, Lane-Wright stayed cool on Newark’s wheel until the bell, powering over the top on the final bend to cruise to victory.

Men’s B Sprint

• Gold: Frederick Ireland & Aaron Pope (Private Member)

• Silver: Tim Caldwell & Benedict Elliot (Weaver Valley CC)

An illness to pre-race favourite Matthew Rotherham (piloting world champion James Ball) blew the competition wide open. Ireland and Pope—who only got on a tandem together for the first time this week—seized the opportunity, comfortably beating Caldwell and Elliot in the final.

Men’s MC C1-3 Time Trial

• Gold: Finlay Graham (1:08.546)

• Silver: Matthew Robertson (+1.210s)

• Bronze: Callum Deboys

Finlay Graham blitzed the track to win his third gold of the week, overcoming a tough field to secure the national jersey.

I have not done much track stuff, but, obviously winning three events, I could not have asked for any better.

Finlay Graham

Men’s C4-5 Time Trial

• Gold: Alex Jones (1:06.221)

• Silver: Jody Cundy (+0.243s)

• Bronze: Sebastien Tyrie (1:09.468)

In the most fiercely contested para-cycling event of the day, Alex Jones pulled off an overwhelming victory, edging out silver medallist Jody Cundy by a razor-thin margin of just 0.243 seconds.

It is pretty overwhelming as I did not expect that and I am just lost for words right now.

Alex Jones

Richardson Dominates and Knight Shocks at the Lloyds National Track Championships

by | Feb 20, 2026

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Day Two Highlights: Richardson Dominates and Knight Shocks at the Lloyds National Track Championships

Day two of the Lloyds National Track Championships delivered a blistering showcase of elite track racing. The velodrome witnessed Matthew Richardson cruise to a second national sprint title, Josie Knight pull off a dramatic late surge to dethrone a world champion, and Kadeena Cox master a demanding new distance. Meanwhile, bold attacks and high-stakes Paralympic events rounded out a thrilling day of competition.

Event Recaps & Key Moments

Men’s Sprint: Richardson Back on Top

Matthew Richardson (Team Inspired) secured his second national jersey in GB colours with a masterclass in control. Cruising through the knockout rounds undefeated, he met teammate Harry Ledingham-Horn in the gold medal final. Ledingham-Horn had previously bested Archie Gill (Private Member) in the semis, but Richardson proved untouchable on the line.

It’s good to win another national jersey. It was a conservative day. I respected my opponents but obviously raced smart as I didn’t want to waste too much energy… It wasn’t the hardest day I’ve ever had on a bike but it’s all part of learning. It’s still very special but nothing will quite top the first time, as last year was obviously really special.

Matthew Richardson

Women’s Individual Pursuit: Knight Edges Out Morris

Josie Knight (DAS Hutchinson) set the tone early by qualifying just 0.141 seconds ahead of reigning world and national champion Anna Morris (Private Member). In the gold medal showdown, Morris established a strong early lead, but Knight unleashed a fierce late charge to close the gap, snatching victory right at the finish line to deny Morris’s title defence. Erin Boothman (Liv AlUla Jayco) secured the bronze ahead of Jessica Roberts (Spectra Racing).

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Honestly I think it’s an absolute privilege to race Anna [Morris]. She pushes you on to be better, you’re up against a world champion and that comes with some pedigree. You want to beat the best and that’s her, I’m happy that I’ve done that today.

Josie Knight

Women’s C4-5 Time-Trial: Cox Conquers the Kilo

Kadeena Cox added another gold to her collection, showcasing immense adaptability in the new, longer kilo distance. Racing last, Cox executed a flawless and confident ride, pacing herself brilliantly to grow stronger as the laps ticked down. Crystal Lane-Wright (BCP – Private Member) took a well-earned silver, and Rebecca Newark (JAD) claimed bronze.

I’m used to riding the 500m and just going all guns blazing, so I tried to taper back the first lap a little bit so I had a bit more on the second and third… It does feel like a massive difference with the new event. I am a ‘sprinter’ sprinter—one lap is probably my best, so it’s a challenge, but also I feel like it’s the type of challenge I’ve needed for the past few years.

Kadeena Cox

Standout Performances in the Scratch and Elimination Races

• Matt Bostock lit up the men’s scratch race with a bold, early attack that sealed a massive statement win.

• Fin Graham and Archie Atkinson both reigned victorious in the high-stakes, newly introduced Paralympic Games elimination races for the C1-C3 and C4-C5 categories, respectively.

(For the full daily round-up and live results from the National Cycling Centre, please visit the official event page.)

 

Morris Defends, Tanfield Topples the Champ

by | Feb 19, 2026

The opening day of the Lloyds National Track Championships at Manchester’s National Cycling Centre was a masterclass in tactical racing and raw power, with seven national titles decided in a packed Friday session.

Here is how the action unfolded:

 

Morris Defends, Tanfield Topples the Champ

Anna Morris successfully defended her Women’s Scratch Race title after a high-stakes tactical battle. Morris remained patient within a congested pack until the final five laps, when she countered an attack by Josie Knight. While Knight eventually faded, Morris powered through the final stretch to secure gold. Jenny Holl surged late to take silver, while 17-year-old Phoebe Taylor rounded out the podium with bronze.

In the Men’s Individual Pursuit, Charlie Tanfield delivered the performance of the day. In a head-to-head against reigning world champion Josh Charlton, Tanfield turned a razor-thin lead at the 1km mark into a dominant victory. He finished in 4:04.010—more than four seconds ahead of Charlton. Leon Atkins secured the bronze, defeating Michael Gill with a time of 4:10.846.

History in the Women’s C Elimination

The championships saw a historic debut for the Women’s C Elimination race. Crystal Lane-Wright (C5) and Elisabeth Simpson (C2) became the first-ever gold medalists in this event.

  • Simpson outperformed Amelia Cass to take the C2 honors.

  • Lane-Wright, competing in her first national championship since becoming a mother, survived a near-elimination early on before powering away to win the C5 title ahead of Morgan Newberry.

Dominance in the Team & Para Scratch Races

The playfully named “Jean Claude Tan Damme” squad—comprising James Ball, Matt Rotherham, Sophie Unwin, and Jenny Holl—lived up to their billing in the Mixed B Team Sprint. They dominated the final with a time of 50.760, finishing nearly two seconds clear of their closest rivals.

In the Men’s C1-5 Scratch Race, Archie Atkinson (C4-5) and Fin Graham (C1-3) proved why they are global forces. After 40 laps of trading attacks, Atkinson unleashed a perfectly timed sprint at the bell to take the overall win and the C4-5 title. Graham, finishing third across the line, secured the gold for the C1-3 category.

Sprint Qualifiers: Setting the Pace

The speedsters took to the boards for qualifying rounds, signaling a fast weekend ahead:

  • Men’s 200m Sprint: Matt Richardson set a blistering pace of 9.192 seconds to top the standings.

  • Women’s Team Sprint: Team Inspire A (Parris-Smith, Thomas, and world champion Emma Finucane) clocked a 47.077, leading the field by a significant 1.5-second margin heading into the finals.

Men’s C1-3 Scratch 

Gold – Fin Graham

Silver – Charlie Stanton Stock

Bronze – Matthew Robertson

Women’s Scratch

Gold – Anna Morris

Silver – Jenny Holl

Bronze – Phoebe Taylor

Mixed Team B Sprint 

Gold – Jean Claude Tan-Damme

Silver – Freddie Said Go

Men’s C4-5 Scratch 

Gold – Archie Atkinson

Silver – Will Bjergfelt

Bronze – Xavier Disley

Men’s Individual Pursuit 

Gold – Charlie Tanfield

Silver – Josh Charlton

Bronze – Leon Atkins

Women’s C5 Elimination 

Gold – Crystal Lane-Wright

Silver – Morgan Newberry

Bronze – Elsie Hughes

Women’s C2 Elimination

Gold – Elisabeth Simpson

Silver – Amelia Cass

Wiv Sungod and Pro – Noctis Dominate Opening Round in Guisborough

by | May 2, 2022

Last year’s overall runners-up Wiv SunGod and Pro – Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen dominated the opening round of the Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series in Guisborough on Sunday.

After a disastrous start to the series here in 2021, the first men’s race of this year’s event couldn’t have gone any better for Wiv SunGod, as Thomas Mein and Matthew Bostock broke clear on lap one and almost lapped the entire field.

Mein, the reigning British cyclo-cross champion, took his first individual series win ahead of Bostock after the pair delivered an unforgettable victory salute. Impressively, only 0.001s separated the duo across the line, making it the closest-ever finish in series history.

Behind, Matthew Gibson placed fifth in the rain-affected race to seal the team win for Tim Elverson’s squad.

Wales Racing Academy impressed en route to finishing second on the day, ahead of TEKKERZ, TRINITY Racing and Saint Piran.

Although local rider Harry Tanfield led the peloton home in third respectively, defending men’s champions Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling only finished sixth in the team result.

We went on the first lap and just kept on going,” said Mein. “It was pretty much game over for everyone else when we got away, so that’s a bit of a dream scenario.

 Getting away with team-mates doesn’t happen often, so you’ve just got to make the most of those chances.

It couldn’t have gone any better to be honest, so now we’ve got to carry on doing that for the rest of the series.

Thomas Mein

Stage 1 Winner, Wiv SunGod

Pro – Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen also produced a fine start in Guisborough as British circuit race champion Jo Tindley and Lucy Ellmore finished second and third in the women’s race.

Tindley and eventual individual winner Sophie Lewis (CAMS – Basso) also broke away in the early laps, before Ellmore produced a fine effort to bridge across to the leaders.

Despite leading out the sprint, Tindley could only place second here for the second year running, as promising track talent Lewis pipped her to the line. Behind, Sammie Stuart (Team Brother UK – LDN) broke away from the peloton to finish fourth.

Corinne Side was Pro – Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen’s third-ranked finisher in 12th as Rick Lister’s team started strongly in the series once again.

CAMS – Basso finished second on the day to leave Guisborough with just a one-point deficit in the overall standings, with Team Boompods taking third.

The first round is always the one that you never really know how it’s going to go,” said Tindley.  “You’ve done all this training but you don’t know how everyone else is going and so much could happen within one race. So, it’s really good to get the first one out of the way, we just work for the rest of them really.

It’s a new circuit for round two [in Guisborough], so I think we will be defending more than anything, and just seeing how it goes. We’ll try to keep an eye on things!

Jo Tindley

Stage 1 - 2nd place, Pro – Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen

It’s given me a lot of confidence [going into the next few races],” said Lewis. “It’s nice that we’re in a good place for the rest of the series.

It was a really good race and I’m really pleased with how it went. I knew that last year about five riders went clear pretty early on, so I knew I had to be up there right from the start. I did feel a bit out numbered but I did what I needed to do.

 

Sophie Lewis

Stage 1 - Winner, CAMS – Basso

For full results please click here.

Highlights of the Guisborough event will be broadcast on ITV4 at 7pm on Tuesday 3 May.  Racing resumes on Wednesday 4 May with round two from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.

A full afternoon of community activities will be followed by the men’s race (5.30pm) and women’s race (7.30pm) with both events streamed live on the Tour’s YouTube channel – youtube.com/thetourcycling– with no geo-restrictions.

 

Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series 2022 schedule

Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series 2022 schedule

  • Round one | Guisborough | Monday 2 May
  • Round two | Galashiels | Wednesday 4 May
  • Round three | Sunderland | Tuesday 10 May
  • Round four | Stranraer | Thursday 12 May
  • Round five | Clacton-on-Sea | Thursday 19 May
  • Round six | Barking | Saturday 21 May
  • Grand Final | Manchester | Tuesday 24 May

About the Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series

About the Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series

The Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series is a fun, fast and free cycling event that takes place in town and city centres across the UK. In 2022 the series is sponsored by specialist sports travel operator Sportsbreaks.com and will be broadcast live – via YouTube – for the first time.

Launched in 2009, the series sees Britain’s best male and female riders compete against each other in a unique, team-based format as part of a full day of sporting and community-focused activities.

British sporting heroes Laura Kenny, Tom Pidcock, Dani Rowe, Joanna Rowsell, Ed Clancy, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald have all competed in the series during its history, during which time nearly two million fans have watched a round.

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World’s Best Teams Confirmed For 2022 Women’s Tour

by | Apr 12, 2022

WORLD’S BEST TEAMS CONFIRMED FOR 2022 WOMEN’S TOUR

 

All 14 of the world’s best teams will be in action at this year’s Women’s Tour (Monday 6 – Saturday 11 June), the UK’s most prestigious women’s cycle race, as part of an 18-team field announced today.

This year’s race, the first edition of the Women’s Tour to take place in its traditional June calendar position since 2019 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, will feature all of the top division UCI Women’s WorldTeams. In total, 108 riders will compete in the 2022 event, the biggest field in the eight-year history of the Women’s Tour.

Among those are Team SD Worx, the world’s number one team, and the squad of defending champion Demi Vollering. The Dutch team have also won more stages of the race – 11 – since the Women’s Tour’s inaugural edition in 2014.

The winning teams of the race’s other previous winners will also be competing: Trek –  Segafredo (Lizzie Deignan, 2016 and 2019 champion), Team Jumbo – Visma (Marianne Vos, 2014 champion; Coryn Labecki, 2018 champion), Canyon//SRAM Racing (Kasia Niewiadoma, 2017 champion) and CERATIZIT – WNT Pro Cycling (Lisa Brennauer, 2015 winner).

This year’s race will also welcome three teams – Roland Cogeas Edelweiss (Switzerland), Team Jumbo – Visma (Netherlands) and Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway) – for the first time, while Human Powered Health will compete for the first time since 2015.

British interest comes in the form of Le Col – Wahoo and the Essex-based CAMS – Basso squad. The former will be competing in the Women’s Tour for the sixth time, while the latter will notably compete on home soil when the race’s opening stage begins in Colchester.

Completing the line-up is the return of Norwegian squad Team Coop – Hitec Products, whose roster includes former British road race champion Jess Roberts, and Josie Nelson, who impressed during her debut in the 2021 Women’s Tour.

 

The full list of teams competing in the 2022 Women’s Tour is:

 

  • CAMS – Basso (Great Britain)
  • Canyon//SRAM Racing (Germany)
  • CERATIZIT – WNT Pro Cycling (Germany)
  • EF Education – TIBCO – SVB (USA)
  • FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope (France)
  • Human Powered Health (USA)
  • Le Col – Wahoo (Great Britain)
  • Liv Racing Xstra (Netherlands)
  • Movistar Team (Spain)
  • Roland Cogeas Edelweiss (Switzerland)
  • Team BikeExchange – Jayco (Australia)
  • Team Coop – Hitec Products (Norway)
  • Team DSM (Germany)
  • Team Jumbo – Visma (Netherlands)
  • Team SD Worx (Netherlands)
  • Trek-Segafredo (USA)
  • UAE Team ADQ (UAE)
  • Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway)

 

Entry into this year’s race means that Liv Racing Xstra, Team BikeExchange – Jayco and Team SD Worx remain Women’s Tour ever-presents since the inaugural edition of the event in 2014.

 

“We are once again thrilled by the line-up of the world’s best teams, alongside two British squads to excite the home crowd, will all be competing in this year’s Women’s Tour. We’re in for six exciting days of racing across England and Wales, and I know a lot of people are already counting down to Monday 6 June!”

Mick Bennett

Women’s Tour race director

Further details of the 2022 Women’s Tour – including stage routes and timetables; ŠKODA Queen of the Mountains and sprint locations; and competing riders – will be announced shortly.

Highlights of this year’s race will once again be shown on ITV4 in the UK, and around the world via Eurosport and GCN. Women’s Tour organisers SweetSpot continue to work on securing the funding required to broadcast the event live. Visit sweetspotgroup.co.uk/partnerships for more information.

 

About the 2022 Women’s Tour

Stages

  • Stage one Colchester to Bury St Edmunds Monday 6 June
  • Stage two To be announced Tuesday 7 June
  • Stage three Tewkesbury to Gloucester Wednesday 8 June
  • Stage four To be announced Thursday 9 June
  • Stage five Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain Friday 10 June
  • Stage six Chipping Norton to Oxford Saturday 11 June

 

Competing teams

  • UCI Women’s World Teams: Canyon//SRAM Racing (Germany), EF Education – TIBCO – SVB (USA, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope (France), Human Powered Health (USA), Liv Racing Xstra (Netherlands), Movistar Team (Spain), Roland Cogeas Edelweiss (Switzerland), Team BikeExchange – Jayco (Australia), Team DSM (Germany), Team Jumbo – Visma (Netherlands). Team SD Worx (Netherlands), Trek-Segafredo (USA), UAE Team ADQ (UAE), Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway)

 

  • UCI Women’s Continental Teams: CAMS – Basso (Great Britain), CERATIZIT – WNT Pro Cycling (Germany), Le Col – Wahoo (Great Britain), Team Coop – Hitec Products (Norway)

 

About the Women’s Tour

Created by SweetSpot Group in 2014, the Women’s Tour is the UK’s first international stage race for women, bringing the world’s top riders to compete in Great Britain as a part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour.

The race, which has been won by the likes of Marianne Vos (2014), Lizzie Deignan (2016, 2019) and Demi Vollering (2021), attracts an annual roadside audience of 300,000, as well as over three million fans through linear and online platforms.

British National Track Championships – Red Dragons Steal The Show

by | Mar 7, 2022

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.

Reigning champion Barnwell retained her Women’s Scratch Race title in a close-fought battle, edging out Anna Morris and last night’s Women’s Individual Pursuit champion Neah Evans.

After also winning her qualifier earlier in the day Carmarthenshire’s Barnwell showed great poise to hold off her rivals in the closing stages and secure a fourth senior national title.

“It 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.

“My 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.”

Ella Barnwell

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.

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.

“I 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.

“When 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.”

Joshua Tarling

Para-cycling events

Fin Graham made it two national champion’s jerseys in two days with a commanding victory in the Men’s C3 Pursuit, enjoying a victory margin of more than 20 seconds over Ben Hetherington and Henry Urand. This was Hetherington’s 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.

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.

In the Women’s C1-3 Pursuit Daphne Schrager 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.

In the Para-cycling B Pursuit races Chris McDonald (piloted by Chris Latham) took the men’s competition convincingly, with Brad Gauntlett (piloted by Tim May) and Nadeem Mughal (piloted by Alex Cook) completing the podium. In the women’s event Sophie Unwin (piloted by Jenny Holl) set an impressive time of 3:28.828 in a non-national championship race.

Men’s events

Matt Rotherham won an entertaining Men’s 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.

While Rotherham waited nervously, defending champion Wale fell just under three tenths of a second slower to take the silver.

Team Inspired claimed the top four spots in the Men’s 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’t lose a single sprint all day en route to victory. In the battle for bronze Hamish Turnbull defeated Hayden Norris.

Women’s events

Ellie Stone was a surprise winner of the Women’s Keirin, riding brilliantly in the final to surge ahead of Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell for a first senior national title.

Stone required the repechages to progress to the semi-final, where she finished third, behind Capewell and last night’s Women’s Sprint winner Rhian Edmunds, but caught the field off-guard in the final and victory never looked in doubt from then on.

In the Women’s Team Pursuit competition, the Brother UK-Orientation Marketing quartet of Ellen Bennett, Grace Lister, Holly Ramsey and Isabel Sharp caught their Liv CC – Halo Films opponents (Katie-Ann Calton, Ella Jamieson, Matilda McKibben and Awen Roberts) in 2:33.850.

Full results from day three can be found here, with more information on the rest of the weekend’s action here. You can also catch up on all of the action on YouTube here.

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Chris Maher

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Based in the North East of England; photographer Chris Maher specialises in sports photography with his main interests in Cycling and Super Bikes. Chris has covered sports events from local and national level right up to the Olympics for CyclingShorts.cc.
Website: www.ChrisMaher.co.uk

Anna Magrath

Anna Magrath

Editor & Writer

Anna Magrath founded CyclingShorts.cc in 2008 and invited some of her cycling friends; coaches, photographers, writers and pro cyclists of different disciplines to join her, bringing you all things cycling related.

Over the years Anna has supported grass roots cycling events, riders and teams. Anna has a particular interest in Track, Road, womens cycling, recreational cycling and cycling related art. She has reported from the top cycle races on the world calendar including the Tour de France, Olympics, World Cups & World Championships.

Want to get involved? Why not get in touch.

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