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.)

 

Stage One Report – Lloyds Tour of Britain Women

by | Jun 5, 2025

CLASSY KIM LE COURT-PIENAAR DOMINATES STAGE ONE OF THE LLOYDS TOUR OF BRITAIN WOMEN WITH VICTORY IN REDCAR.
 
Kimberley Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance – Soudal) produced a stunning display to secure stage victory and the overall race lead on a windy Stage One of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women from Dalby Forest to Redcar.
 
Along with Olympic and U.S. national champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education – Oatly), Le Court-Pienaar broke away on the second climb of the day, with the pair managing to hold off the chasing peloton, and the Mauritian national champion proving a level above the rest to seal the win and the race lead, as Lorena Wiebes (Team SDWorx – Protime) led in the bunch.
 
After a gentle start to the race and stage, rolling out from the scenic Dalby Forest, the peloton remained together until just 500 metres before the first Queen of the Mountain point at the top of the second category climb at Blakey Ridge, where attacks began to fly.
 
Anouska Koster (Uno-X Mobility) duly won the sprint to claim the full six points, just ahead of Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ). The riders quickly reunited across the North York Moors National Park and along a swift descent to the foot of the next categorised climb, Langburn’s Bank.
 
As the riders began the second category test, it was here that Le Court-Pienaar launched her decisive attack, with only Faulker and Britain’s Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) able to follow the Mauritian national champion. Henderson could not cope with the pace, and was quickly dropped, leaving just the pair to summit the climb, with Le Court-Pienaar taking full points.
 
Le Court-Pienaar and Faulkner decided to work together over the top of the climb to maintain their advantage over the peloton, which had splintered behind them, as an elite chase group formed to hunt down the two escapees, limiting the gap to just 33 seconds.
 
At the intermediate sprint at Newton-under-Roseberry, the gap remained above 20 seconds, as Le Court-Pienaar crossed the line first once again to take not only the 10 points but also three bonus seconds. Faulkner earned two extra seconds and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) swept up the last remaining bonus second from the chasing group.
 
Over the next 15 kilometres as the race approached the breezy North Sea coastline at Redcar, Movistar Team and FDJ – Suez shared chasing duties as they worked towards a sprint finish. The two teams did make some progress, but simply could not erase enough of the breakaway’s advantage, which stood at just 13 seconds in the final kilometer.
 
Le Court-Pienaar launched her sprint with 300 metres to go and produced a powerful display to take the victory, sealing not only the stage but also the green jersey for the overall race lead. Faulkner could not match the Mauritian, settling for second place, with European champion and pre-race favourite Wiebes sprinting to third from the chasing group, just five seconds behind the leading duo on the line.
 
Her performance on the stage means Le Court-Pienaar will wear the Lloyds green jersey as race leader, where her lead is five seconds, and also now tops the red jersey competition as the leader of the points competition, as well as the blue jersey as ‘Queen of the Mountains’ – earned by virtue of her stage victory having tied on points with Koster. Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team) will wear the white jersey as the best placed young rider, where she is sixth on general classification.
 
Speaking after the podium, Kimberley Le Court-Pienaar, said: “Today we had a clear plan and executed it exactly as we wanted. I’m really happy that the legs reacted and I was able to pull it off for the team.
 
“Tomorrow is a stage that suits me a bit more, I’m going into it with a bit more confidence. We’ll have to see, hopefully I’ll have a good night’s sleep.”
 
Speaking after achieving fifth place in Redcar and taking the white jersey of best young rider, Cat Ferguson said: “It was really fun out there, really nice to hear British voices shouting everyone on and it was definitely one of my favourite races this year.
 
“I think it went as I expected – I thought it would definitely come down to a sprint, so for the two to come away was a surprise. They were too strong and credits to them for staying away.”
 
As well as the green jersey, stage winner Le Court will also receive a one night stay at The Spa Hotel Saltburn, courtesy of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, so that they can return to enjoy the Tees Valley at their leisure.
 
All of the riders on the podium in Redcar also received a framed artwork of Saltburn Bank from the Tees Valley Combined Authority, a climb that they will tackle twice during Friday’s stage.
 
Full stage results and standings can be found here.
 
Stage two sees the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women remain in the Tees Valley with a 114.3-kilometre leg from Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The stage takes in Seaton Carew, Billingham, Stokesley, Great Ayton, and Guisborough, before a finishing circuit in Redcar & Cleveland that will see riders tackle the famous hairpins of the 15% coastal climb of Saltburn Bank twice, the second time for the finish of the stage, which comes just after 2pm.
 
Fans can follow live coverage via the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app, or via the Lloyds Tour of Britain YouTube channel here.
 
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Women concludes in Glasgow on Sunday 8 June, with a final stage circuit race and accompanying free Lloyds Tour of Britain Family Cycling Festival, which will provide a unique chance to ride on the same closed road, traffic free, circuit as the world’s best. For more information on the Lloyds Tour of Britain Family Cycling Festival, please click here.
 

Tour Series – Pro-Noctis and WIV Sungod Conquer in Manchester

by | May 25, 2022

Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen and Wiv SunGod were crowned Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series champions in Manchester city centre on Tuesday night after three weeks of competition.

For Wiv SunGod it was a third series title, having claimed the honours in 2018 and 2019, while for the Pro-Noctis team of British circuit race champion Jo Tindley it was a first crown, having been narrowly denied in the final event in 2021.

Second place on the night behind Team Boompods ensured the inaugural title for Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen, a comfortable victory having finished in the top two positions at all seven rounds and held the lead from round one in Guisborough.

“Morale has been really high throughout.  We worked really well together and have analysed and talked about each round afterwards and how we can improve as a team. I think that’s what’s made us stronger each round, and we finished on a high today.

 “I’m not sure having the jerseys all series added to the pressure. I think it added to the enjoyment and the excitement of the whole thing.”

Bexy Drew

Rider on Series Winning Team, Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen

 Wiv SunGod, who also have led the series since the opening event, sealed their title in style with Matt Bostock winning his second round of 2022 by 11.5 seconds at the head of a team 1-2-3.

Stockport-based Bostock broke away mid-race, countering after team-mate Ollie Wood’s solo move had been captured, helping seal the Freewheel.co.uk Sprints competition.

 

“It was the perfect way to finish, it doesn’t get much better than winning solo as well”

“I think as a team we just ripped it up, couldn’t have been any better.

 “The atmosphere was amazing, I wish I’d taken it in a bit more, but I was seeing double and my legs were screaming. It was a bit of a blur but the noise and the crowd was just mega.”

“The individual results don’t matter as much,”

“Because the team prize is the main thing. But it’s really good to get your hands in the air and I think we’ve won maybe four rounds out of the seven, so it couldn’t be much better.

 “It speaks volumes that we’ve had three different winners, and we’ve basically shared them out so that says a lot about how strong of a team we’ve got.  It’s almost a shame we couldn’t give everyone a win, because I think everyone’s deserved one. I don’t think we’ve had one bad night.”

Matt Bostock

Winner of Final Stage, Wiv SunGod

At the finish, behind Bostock, Wood and then Matt Gibson led in a 10-rider group, with Harry and Charlie Tanfield in fourth and fifth for Ribble Weldtite, who finished as runners up, four points back from Wiv SunGod, with Wales Racing Academy in third overall.

 

In the women’s race there was a second win of the series for 17-year-old Emma Jeffers (Jadan – Vive Le Velo), who sprinted home on Deansgate ahead of Sammie Stuart (Team LDN – Brother UK) and Lucy Harris (Team Boompods).

Stuart led through the final corner but on the 150-metre run to the line Jeffers came past to cross the line arms aloft and also take the fastest lap.

Having taken the overall Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series title with her Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen team, Tindley also added the Freewheel.co.uk Sprints competition, defending a jersey that she also took in 2021.

“This is the one I was aiming for, and I managed to pull it off,”

“Pro-Noctis had three girls in the front, and then a Boompods girl attacked.  Then Sammie [Stuart] counter attacked coming into the second to last corner. I just held onto Sammie’s wheel and managed to get around her on that last straight and hold it.”

Emma Jeffers

Winner of final Stage, Jadan – Vive Le Velo

Click here to view the Women’s race gallery.

Highlights of the Grand Final of the Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series from Manchester will be broadcast on ITV4 at 7pm on Wednesday 25 May and available on demand via the ITV Hub for 30 days.

Final Results

Grand Final Manchester – Women’s team result

1) Team Boompods, 10pts
2) Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen, 9pts
3) Alba Development Road Team, 8pts
4) Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar, 7pts
5) Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus, 6pts

 

Women’s individual result

1) Emma Jeffers, GBR, Jadan – Vive le Velo, 1:08:01.289
2) Sammie Stuart, GBR, Team Brother UK – LDN, +0.134
3) Lucy Harris, GBR, Team Boompods, +0.691
4) Jo Tindley, GBR, Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen, +0.891
5) Kate Richardson, GBR, Alba Development Road Team, +1.531

 

Brother UK Fastest Lap

Emma Jeffers, GBR, Jadan – Vive le Velo, 1:20,941

 

Freewheel.co.uk sprints competition

Jo Tindley, GBR, Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen, 90pts

 

Women’s team standings after round one

1) Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen, 66pts
2) Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus, 49pts
3) Team Boompods, 49pts
4) Alba Development Road Team, 38pts
5) Jadan – Vive Le Velo, 36pts

Click here for full results.

Grand Final Manchester – Men’s team result

1) Wiv SunGod, 10pts
2) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling, 9pts
3) Saint Piran, 8pts
4) Wales Racing Academy, 7pts
5) Embark – Bikestrong, 6pts

 

Men’s individual result

1) Matt Bostock, GBR, Wiv SunGod, 1:07:27.756
2) Ollie Wood, GBR, Wiv SunGod, +11.499
3) Matthew Gibson, GBR, Wiv SunGod, +11.774
4) Harry Tanfield, GBR, Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling, +11.856
5) Charlie Tanfield, GBR, Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling, +12.233

 

Brother UK Fastest Lap

Ollie Wood, GBR, Wiv SunGod, 1:15.879

 

Freewheel.co.uk sprints competition

Matt Bostock, GBR, Wiv SunGod, 101pts

 

Men’s team standings after round one

1) Wiv SunGod, 66pts
2) Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling, 62pts
3) Wales Racing Academy, 50pts
4) Saint Piran, 48pts
5) Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus, 35pts

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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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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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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.

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British National Track Championships – National Record Broken

by | Mar 5, 2022

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.

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.

“We’re all good mates and we’ve lived together on and off for the past five years. You want them to do well and I’m glad that they do – seeing Charlie back up that well and knocking out 4:07 is really impressive.

“I’m quite happy with how it’s panned out. Being able to focus on it meant that everything came together really nicely.

“My 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.”

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Dan Bigham

Britsih Individual Pursuit Champion

Tokyo silver medallist Neah Evans qualified fastest in the women’s 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.

The bronze was taken by Kyle Gordon in 4:14.589, following victory over Michael Gill.

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’s 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.

“I’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.

“There’s 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.”

Lora Fachie

Britsih Individual Pursuit Champion

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.

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’s C1-5 Individual Pursuit.

The Team Inspired quartet of Jack Carlin, Ali Fielding, Joe Truman and Hamish Turnbull took a commanding victory in the Men’s 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.

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.

The final national champion’s 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.

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.

With a home crowd behind her Edmunds dug deep to take the victory, before a victory lap draped in the red dragon.

Emma Finucane took bronze with a straight legs victory over Lowri Thomas.

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

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