Bath Cycling Club hosted a very successful Men’s Regional A and A Women’s National B Road Race on Sunday 13th August. The race HQ was at the Bishop Sutton Football club, close to the bottom of the Stowey climb, the course was 8 laps of a 10km circuit. 1500m of climbing awaited the 138 competitors.
Men’s Regional A Race
A rain shower before the start of the Bath Cycling Club Road Races did not dampen the enthusiasm and anticipation of the 65 riders racing up Stowey 8 times. The race was neutralised until the start of the lap, giving the riders almost a whole lap to get ready for the first racing climb. Andrew Mouton of Bath CC made the first attack and picked up the points for the 73 Degrees KOM competition, but his attack only succeeded in distancing a few riders from the back of the peloton. On the second lap Gabriel Dellar of Stolen Goat Race team pushed the pace, but this turned out to be a softening up exercise for the decisive move at the end of lap 3. This is where Gabriel and Leo White of Reflex racing attacked at the bottom of the climb and formed the race winning move. They had a lead of 30 seconds by the KOM point where Gabriel picked up the 7 points.
The two riders pushed hard for the next lap and opened an 80 second advantage by the time they got to the halfway point at the end of lap 4. The race then stabilised for the next 2 ½ laps with the breakaway maintaining a gap of between 60 and 80 seconds over an ever-decreasing peloton. Halfway around the 6th lap Andre Mouton and Renzo Casale of University of Bath tried a different tactic and attacked on one of the kickers 2 kms from the base of the climb. The strategy worked and the peloton eased up and by the time they got to the bell they had a gap of one minute over the peloton, but they were unable to close the gap to the leaders. At the front of the race Gabe decided to push on and leave his breakaway companion, he picked up the final 7 points in the KOM to take the win in that competition.
The leaders of the race held station over the final lap, and no one seem to have the energy to make a decisive move, with Gabe winning by 43 seconds from Leo. Renzo got the better of Andre on the final climb to take the last place on the podium. Darren Rider went long at the finish and had a 9 second advantage over Jack Ramsbottom of Caffi Gruff, who won the bunch sprint from the first junior, George Mahon of Poole Wheelers CC.
Men’s Race Strava Fly-bys
| 1 | Gabriel Dellar | 02:01:20 | StolenGoat Race Team | |
| 2 | Leo White | 02:02:03 | Reflex Racing | |
| 3 | Renzo Casale | 02:02:38 | University of Bath Cycling Club | |
| 4 | Andre Mouton | 02:02:42 | Bath Cycling Club | |
| 5 | Darren Rider | 02:03:12 | BC Private Member | |
| 6 | Jack Ramsbottom | 02:03:21 | Caffi Gruff | |
| 7 | George Mahon | 02:03:21 | Poole Wheelers CC | |
| 8 | Charlie Mactear | 02:03:21 | WestSide Coaching 73 Degrees | |
| 9 | Sam Llewelyn | 02:03:21 | Clwb Beicio Egni Eryri | |
| 10 | Oliver Tandy | 02:03:21 | Solihull CC | |
| 11 | Thomas Bowden | 02:03:23 | Reflex Racing | |
| 12 | James Pittard | 02:03:23 | WestSide Coaching 73 Degrees | |
| 13 | Sam Shepherd | 02:03:26 | trainSharp Elite | |
| 14 | Luke Brennan | 02:03:29 | BCC Race Team | |
| 15 | Adam Millington | 02:03:30 | Contiki Velo Bavarian RT | |
| 16 | James Pearcy | 02:03:33 | Mid Devon CC | |
| 17 | Timothy Jones | 02:03:33 | BC Private Member | |
| 18 | Alexander Speirs | 02:03:33 | TAAP Endura | |
| 19 | Liam Flannery | 02:03:33 | Team PB Performance | |
| 20 | Harvey Thomas | 02:03:38 | Steele Davis Via Roma | |
| 21 | Jonathan Masters | 02:03:39 | University of Bath CC | |
| 22 | George Wise | 02:03:39 | Saddleback Racing | |
| 23 | Andrew Davenport | 02:03:39 | Team Tor 2000 KALAS | |
| 24 | Charlie Lacaille | 02:03:42 | Velo Schils – Interbike RT | |
| 25 | Philip Hopley | 02:03:42 | Bradford on Avon | |
| 26 | Adam Baker | 02:03:45 | Royal Air Force CA | |
| 27 | Alistair Gardner | 02:03:45 | Velo Club Venta | |
| 28 | Iain Duffield | 02:03:46 | PMRR | |
| 29 | Alexander Carley | 02:03:46 | BC Private Member | |
| 30 | David Roper | 02:03:52 | Kalas Motip Race Team | |
| 31 | Samuel Tillett | 02:04:09 | Reflex Racing | |
| 32 | Will Duffy | 02:04:13 | Bath Cycling Club | |
| 33 | Mathys Venter | 02:12:22 | Maindy Flyers CC | |
| 34 | Matthew Franklin | 02:18:30 | Bristol RC | |
| 35 | Connor Backhouse | 02:18:40 | trainSharp Development team | |
| 36 | Joseph Staddon | 02:23:05 | Army Cycling Union | |
| 37 | Corey Snell | 02:30:24 | Army Cycling Union | |
| 38 | Louis Clarkson | 02:30:24 | Loughborough Students CC | |
| 39 | Charlie Davis | 02:30:24 | North Devon Velo | |
| 40 | Matthew Taylor | 02:30:24 | Army Cycling Union | |
| 41 | Jos Kertzman | 02:33:31 | Somer Valley CC | |
| 42 | Thomas Adby | 02:52:40 | Velo Club Venta | |
| 43 | Tony Overington | 02:55:36 | Bath Cycling Club |
Women’s National B Race
A very high-quality field of 57 riders entered the 2nd running of the Bath Cycling Club Women’s National B Road Race. The Women’s Race included the South, South West and Welsh Regional Championships, the Road.cc Queen of the Mountain Competition and the PDQ Coaching Team competition, so there was always going to be races within races and everyone fighting for their finishing position.
The peloton kept together for the first lap, and it wasn’t until the first QOM prime that the race came to life with Lucy Lee of DAS – Handsling Bikes getting the better of Awen Roberts of Liv Cycling Halo Films and the unattached Katherine Sheridan from the USA to win the 7 points for the 1st QOM prime. These three would never be far apart for the rest of the race.
The impact of this burst of speed was to split the peloton into at least 4 groups, but with so many competitions on the line the riders fought to get back on . And by the start of the next climb the peloton had swollen back to its original size, only to split once again as they climbed Stowey. Each time there were QOM points on offer, Lucy Lee got the better of her opponents winning all 4. The pace at the front would split the peloton on the hill. But hard work around the rest of the course meant that by the halfway point there were still 27 riders in with a chance of victory.
The hill started to take its toll and slowly groups got distanced, by the last lap there were 17 riders left for the final climb to the line. This time Awen Roberts got the better of Lucy Lee with Katerine Sheridan in 3rd place and Bexy Dew in 4th.
The winners of all the competitions were:
South West Championship
1st Tamsin Miller – Hutchinson-Brother UK
2nd Hannah Baynes – Saint Piran WRT
3rd Claire Pile – 05/03
South Championship
1st Bexy Dew – Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
2nd Maddie Haywood – FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
3rd Niamh Murphy – Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films
Welsh Junior Championship
1st Awen Roberts – Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films
Welsh Senior Championship
1st Lucy Lee – DAS – Handsling Bikes
2nd Amy Gornall – Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
3rd Laura Furness – Army Cycling Union
QOM Prize
1st Lucy Lee – DAS – Handsling Bikes
PDQ Coaching Team Prize
1st Hutchinson Brother UK – 07:30:40
2nd Laka Pedal Mafia RT – 07:44:47
3rd Army Cycling Union – 08:05:03
4th FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing – 08:07:08
The combined services team best three rides Laura Furness, Pippa Inderwick and Sarah Toms would have had a time of 7:43:23 and that would have been a good enough time for 2nd place – congratulations.
Sylivia Green Fighting Prize
This could have gone to any number of riders but was awarded to Rebecca Hair of Laka Pedal Mafia RT who fought 3 times to get back to the Peloton after being dropped on the climb.
Women’s Race Strava Fly-bys
| 1 | Awen Roberts | 02:29:58 | Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films | |
| 2 | Lucy Lee | 02:30:00 | DAS – Handsling Bikes | |
| 3 | Katherine Sheridan | 02:30:00 | Unattached | |
| 4 | Bexy Dew | 02:30:01 | Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee | |
| 5 | Maddie Heywood | 02:30:01 | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing | |
| 6 | Tamsin Miller | 02:30:04 | Hutchinson-Brother UK | |
| 7 | Sannah Zaman | 02:30:04 | Hutchinson-Brother UK | |
| 8 | Caitlin Dimbleby | 02:30:08 | Le Col Race Team | |
| 9 | Amy Gornall | 02:30:09 | Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee | |
| 10 | Alice Lethbridge | 02:30:20 | Loughborough Lightning | |
| 11 | Olivia French | 02:30:22 | StolenGoat Race Team | |
| 12 | Annamarie Lipp | 02:30:24 | Saint Piran WRT | |
| 13 | Savannah Morgan | 02:30:27 | BC Private Member | |
| 14 | Penny Colloff | 02:30:27 | BC Private Member | |
| 15 | Molly Patch | 02:30:32 | Hutchinson-Brother UK | |
| 16 | Niamh Murphy | 02:30:37 | Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films | |
| 17 | Marie-Louise Kertzman | 02:30:47 | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing | |
| 18 | Rebecca Hair | 02:33:51 | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | |
| 19 | Laura Furness | 02:33:54 | Army Cycling Union | |
| 20 | Lois Brewer | 02:34:06 | Ystwyth Cycling Club | |
| 21 | Isabella Johnson | 02:34:12 | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | |
| 22 | Pippa Inderwick | 02:34:27 | Army Cycling Union | |
| 23 | Sarah Toms | 02:35:02 | Royal Air Force CA | |
| 24 | Laura Pittard | 02:36:41 | Brother UK-Orientation marketing | |
| 25 | Rebecca Babbage | 02:36:44 | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | |
| 26 | Iona Mitchell | 02:36:53 | Brixton Cycles Club | |
| 27 | Hannah Bayes | 02:36:59 | Saint Piran WRT | |
| 28 | Jennifer Cynan Jones | 02:37:20 | Cardiff Ajax CC | |
| 29 | Katie-Anne Calton | 02:55:54 | JRC-INTERFLON Race Team | |
| 30 | Angela Laycock | 02:56:42 | Army Cycling Union | |
| 31 | Claire Pile | 02:56:42 | 05/03 | |
| 32 | Vivienne Tomlin | 03:06:20 | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing | |
| 33 | Lisa Martin | 03:19:42 | 05/03 | |
| 34 | Georgina Pasmore | 03:44:20 | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing |
Thank you to our photographers for creating such an amazing record of the event. Their albums can be found at
Dave Dodge www.pelotonpix.uk
Jonathon Lampard www.johnsphotography.co.uk
Ian Wrightson https://www.ianwrightsonphotography.co.uk/bath-rr-women-13-08-2023
Matt de B https://photos.mattdeb.photography/bath-cc-road-race-2023/
Thanks to the volunteers from Bath Cycling Club, British Cycling and Welsh Cycling for putting this event on, without whom this event would not have taken place.
David Stoyle
Bath Cycling Club
in action at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
in action at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
in action at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
in action at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
in action at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
in action at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
Awen Roberts of Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films takes the win in the Women’s Race at the 2023 Bath CC Road Race.
This Sunday is the Bath CC Road Races, there is a Men’s Regional A Road Race in the morning (10am) and a Women’s National B in the afternoon (13:30). Both races take on Stowey hill 8 times to give a race distance of 80km and 1400m climbing. The finish is at the top of Stowey.
The women’s race includes the South, South West and Welsh championships and has attracted a high quality field with 4 elite and 5 1st category riders. We have a full field of 80 in the men’s race and 60 in the women, so it will be quite a spectacle.
It takes a lot of work by over 40 volunteers from the club and British cycling to put on this event. All the club rides will come to the HQ at Bishop Sutton, but would be great to get as many supporters as possible to watch the racing. Last year the women’s winner went on to get a pro contract with Canyon Sram world tour team.
Read the full race programme here.
See you there…….
Thanks to Mark Fairhurst, Bath CC now have a new BCC Ride Sign-up App, this is going live this week. Please no longer use the old system.
The myriad of advantages of the new Web App are
- The sign-up to ALL club rides are accessible in one place
- Riders can both sign up AND remove their name from rides
- One click sign-up and one click removal, no more typing in your name and clicking NEXT several times.
- Guest riders can sign up to a ride but for security purposes do not see names of other riders on the ride.
- Names of riders on the ride can only be seen by members of Bath CC who have a login.
- Ride Leaders can easily add rides and set their own routes
- Ride leaders have access to phone numbers and emergency contact details of riders on their ride.
- Riders can add notes such as “Meet at top of Bannerdown”, that are all linked to the ride.
- No EXCUSE not to sign-up early as you can always remove your name – this encourages others to sign up and ensure that rides go ahead.
A full description and FAQs can be found at
The Web App can be accessed on your phone and computer by using this address
There are instructions in the description of how to save a shortcut to your phone – so you should only need to use this address once.
The App was successfully trialled with the Friday Ladies ride and 18 riders signed up for 3 different rides, so now its up to the wider club members to use it.
This week we have
- Tuesday Social Ride
- Wednesday Social Ride
- Wednesday Hills
- Saturday social – 25 and 40 miler
- Pacelines
- Sunday Rides
- Monthly Mountain Bike ride
The rides are all populated with routes and ride leaders and ready for sign up.
All rides until the end of the year are on the planner, so you can sign up to as many as you want. Routes and ride leaders will be added nearer the date, January rides will be added on 1st December.
Can I PLEASE ask you all to create a login (it only takes a minute) and sign up to rides early, especially this week when it is all new (i.e. NOW), you can always remove your name if circumstances change.
We will be updating the Bath CC website over the next few days with all this information.
A big thank you to Mark Fairhurst for all his hard work, This will make the sign up and ride planning process so much easier and get more people out riding.
An incredibly strong field turned up to the start line of the Bath CC Regional A Road Race ready to take on 8 laps of the Stowey circuit. With 78% of the riders in the field being 2nd category and 44 of the 80 under 23, everyone believed they had a chance of winning the race. The weather was perfect and everything was set for a blistering fast race.
The race was deneutralised on the ascent of Stowey – Tom Williams of NoPinz Motip Race Team (and also 2nd claim Bath CC) attacked from the gun, opening up a 15 second lead. A small group containing Archie Cross of Bristol RC and Ben Stockdale of Cotswold Cycles RT tried to bridge across but could not close the gap. The peloton were a further 25 seconds behind.
At the end of the first lap Tom was caught by 3 riders, this slowly increased as Ben Millar of Primera-TeamJobs, Ewan Warren of Mid Devon CC and Joe Griffiths of SCOTT Racing also made the juncture. By the end of the 2nd lap the break had grown to 11 and the gap had increased to a minute. With the major teams of Nopinz Motip Race Team, Primera-TeamJobs, Cotswold Cycles RT and Foran CCC being represented, it was up to the individuals in the chasing pack of 50 riders to coordinate themselves.
The leading group had the 73 Degrees KOM competition to think about and Ben Millar, Ben Stockdale and Tom Williams shared the points on Laps 1 and 3 after which Ben Stockdale had a small lead over Tom with Ben Millar in 3rd.
The lack of coordination in the bunch meant that the gap kept extending by 20 seconds a lap until it reached a peak of just over 2 minutes after 5 laps. A few riders tried to bridge across Matthew Clayton of Bath Uni tried on lap 2 and got close, Will Duffy of Bath CC was out in front for a lap with a 25 second lead – but still 20 seconds behind the leading group.
The 73 Degrees KOM competition was still going on with points every other lap. Ben Millar obviously decided that this was his competition and took maximum points on the 5th and 7th laps to win this competition with 21 points ahead of Ben Stockdale on 17.
After 5 laps the break started to look at each other and slowed from 14min 15 second laps (43km/hr) to 15minute laps(40km/hr). The peloton increased their speed and started to close the gap,and by the end of the 7th lap they were only one minute behind and closing rapidly.
The breakaway kept on pushing on the final lap and still held their minute advantage going into the final corner and heading up Stowey for the 9th time.
Tom Williams held his nerve and power and finished with a devastating burst of over 10 w/kg for the last 70 seconds to take the win in a time of 1 hr 59min 12 secs (line to line) from Ewan Warren Mid Devon CC in 2nd place, Ben Millar Primera-TeamJobs in 3rd and Irfan Zaman Spirit BSS in 4th. Alexandre Touche of Pontypool RCC and Scott Redding of SRCT MUC-OFF made a push from the Peloton to almost catch the break but came up a few seconds short.
Matthew Gilmour Velo Club Venta, Will Duffy Bath Cycling Club and Morgan Curle Pronto Bikes were the strongest of the bunch and finished 14th, 15th and 16th respectively.
A strava effort comparison for 8 laps of Stowey – Morgan Curle is the black line and represents the bunch.
I have looked back at the history of races that have been run on this circuit and using strava data from the 8 Laps of Stowey, it would appear that this is the quickest ever race up Stowey, just under 2 minutes quicker than 2019 and a full 6 1/2 minutes quicker than the National B’s from 2016 (it has to be said that they were 10 lap races and raced in March).
Bath CC Regional A Aug 2022 01:59:12 – Av Speed 41km/hr – Won by Tom Williams
Bath CC Regional A July 2021 02:03:26 – Av Speed 39.5km/hr – Won by
Bath CC Regional A August 2019 02:01:04 – Av Speed 40.4km/hr – Won by Hayden Burton
Severn Bridge Road Race National B March 2016 (First 8 of 10 Laps) – 02:05:50 (38.9km/hr) – Conor Swift’s time
Severn Bridge Road Race National B March 2015 (First 8 of 10 Laps) – 02:09:10 (37.9km/hr) – Rory Townsend’s time
Bristol South Road Race Regional B March 2019- 02:20:42 (34.8km/hr) – Rob Pear’s Winning Time
Bristol South Road Race Regional B March 2018 – 02:13:33 (36.6km/hr) – Andrew Kirby’s Winning Time
This data is all from Strava and subjected to strava and gpx file errors.
Not only was it an incredibly fast race, but also strength in depth with 55 of the 75 starters making it to the finish within touching distance of the front of the race – Congratulations to all who took on the race.
Foran CC won the team competition with 51 points just ahead of Primera-TeamJobs with 54 points
Thanks to our Sponsors – Abel + Imray, NoPinz Motip Race Team, Pronto Bikes, 73 Degrees -, the commissaires Diane and Steve Marshall and Pete Deamer, NEG, Accredited Marshalls and 20 volunteers from Bath CC for putting on this event.
Thanks to Dave Atkinson of road.cc for the photos
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vmaLkUvCAu2xWS1n7
The results are at
| Pos | Lap | Num | Name | Club | Cat | Junior | Local |
| 1 | 37 | Tom Williams | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 2U23L | 1 | ||
| 2 | 33 | Ewan Warren | Mid Devon CC | 2U23 | |||
| 3 | 43 | Ben Millar | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | |||
| 4 | 56 | Irfan Zaman | Spirit BSS | 2U23 | |||
| 5 | 87 | Eugine Cross | Velo Schils | 2Snr | |||
| 6 | 21 | Ben Stockdale | Cotswold Cycles RT | 2Snr | |||
| 7 | 83 | Dom Jackson | Foran CCC | 2Snr | |||
| 8 | 12 | Archie Cross | Bristol RC | 2SnrL | 2 | ||
| 9 | 39 | Michael Cunliffe | Paceline RT | 2Snr | |||
| 10 | 54 | Joe Griffiths | SCOTT Racing | 2SnrL | 3 | ||
| 11 | 84 | Thomas Springbett | Foran CCC | 2Snr | |||
| 12 | 86 | Alexandre Touche | Pontypool RCC | 3Snr | |||
| 13 | 57 | Scott Redding | SRCT MUC-OFF | 2SnrL | 4 | ||
| 14 | 75 | Matthew Gilmour | Velo Club Venta | 2J | 1 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Will Duffy | Bath Cycling Club | 2U23L | 5 | ||
| 16 | 48 | Morgan Curle | Pronto Bikes | 2U23L | 6 | ||
| 17 | 45 | George Skinner | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | |||
| 18 | 70 | Andrew Kirby | University of Bristol CC | 2SnrL | 7 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Tom Palfrey | Caffi Gruff | 2U23 | |||
| 20 | 67 | Matthew Clayton | University of Bath Cycling Club | 2U23 | |||
| 21 | 69 | James Brown | University of Bristol CC | 2U23 | |||
| 22 | 16 | Jack Ramsbottom | Caffi Gruff | 2U23 | |||
| 23 | 34 | Felix Whetter | Mid Devon CC | 2J | 2 | ||
| 24 | 6 | Jamie Gostick | Banjo Cycles/Raceware | 2J | 3 | ||
| 25 | 73 | Conor Williams | VC Londres | 2J | 4 | ||
| 26 | 27 | Guy Blowfield | Gateway Racing | 3Snr | |||
| 27 | 31 | Connor Backhouse | Kingston Wheelers CC | 2U23 | |||
| 28 | 71 | Charlie Lacaille | University of Bristol CC | 2Snr | |||
| 29 | 19 | Sam Andrews | Clash Racing | 3SnrL | 8 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Dafydd Wright | Caffi Gruff | 2U23 | |||
| 31 | 20 | Henry Eve | Cotswold Cycles RT | 3U23 | |||
| 32 | 85 | Tom Andrews | Team Lifting Gear Products | 2Snr | |||
| 33 | 25 | George Mitchell | Foran CCC | 2Snr | |||
| 34 | 44 | Ashley Newman | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | |||
| 35 | 9 | Jamie Whitcher | BmthCycleworks VitecFire FordCE | 2J | 5 | ||
| 36 | 63 | Jack Dallyn | Team Tor 2000 Kalas | 2U23 | |||
| 37 | 36 | David Roper | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 2SnrL | 9 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Joe Monk | Exeter Wheelers | 2U23 | |||
| 39 | 80 | Darren Rider | 2U23 | ||||
| 40 | 13 | Rhys (Iorwerth) Evans | Caffi Gruff | 2U23 | |||
| 41 | 26 | Thomas Bowden | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing | 2U23 | |||
| 42 | 47 | Oliver Winwood Bratchell | Primera-TeamJobs | 2U23 | |||
| 43 | 10 | Philip Hopley | Bradford on Avon | 3SnrL | 10 | ||
| 44 | 78 | Harry Lock | Ward WheelZ | 2Snr | |||
| 45 | 29 | Sean Dawson | INFLITE | 2Snr | |||
| 46 | 66 | Luke Protheroe | UF Rowe & King | 2U23 | |||
| 47 | 58 | Harvey Thomas | Steele Davis Via Roma Racing Team | 3JL | 6 | 11 | |
| 48 | 5 | Thomas Munn | Avid | 3J | 7 | ||
| 49 | 53 | Daryl Maffey | Scarborough Coast Cycle Club | 2Snr | |||
| 50 | 41 | George Cottrell | Poole Wheelers CC | 2J | 8 | ||
| 51 | 88 | Oscar Pratt | Saint Piran Development | 2Jnr | 9 | ||
| 52 | 2 | Glyndwr Griffiths | 73Degrees CC | 2SnrL | 12 | ||
| 53 | 76 | Oscar Hoult | Velo Club Venta | 3J | 10 | ||
| 54 | 82 | Adam Fletcher | Bristol RC | 3Snr | |||
| 55 | 79 | Finley Reddington | 3U23L | 13 | |||
| 56 | 50 | Robert Lewis | Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA | 2Snr | |||
| 57 | 81 | Ole Henrik Bang-Andreasen | TRINITY Road Racing | 2Snr | |||
| 58 | 72 | Nick Day | University of Nottingham SCC | 2U23 | |||
| 59 | 42 | Ross Finlay | Portishead Cycling Club | 3SnrL | 14 | ||
| 60 | 28 | Matt Bailey | High Wycombe Cycling Club | 2Snr | |||
| 61 | 49 | Ross Mallen | Royal Air Force CA | 2Snr | |||
| 62 | 30 | William Piccin-White | JRC-INTERFLON Race Team | 2J | 11 | ||
| 63 | 14 | Isaac Henley | Caffi Gruff | 2U23 | |||
| 64 | 32 | Alex Royal | Mickey Cranks CC | 2Snr | |||
| 65 | 74 | Sam Rutty | Velo Club Bristol | 3U23 | |||
| 66 | 52 | Hugh Madeley | Saint Piran Development | 3Snr | |||
| 67 | 1 | George Whitlock | 1st Chard Whls | 4Snr | |||
| 68 | 59 | Lewis Rogers | Switch Racing | 3SnrL | 15 | ||
| 69 | 35 | Elliot Tappin | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 3U23 | |||
| 70 | 18 | Ollie Morgan | Cardiff University | 2U23 | |||
| 71 | 23 | Bryn Davies | Embark – Bikestrong | 2U23 | |||
| 72 | 61 | Tom Sharples | Team PB Performance | 2U23 | |||
| 73 | 62 | Galahad Bland | Team Tor 2000 Kalas | 3U23L | 16 | ||
| 74 | 51 | Tobias Coates | Saint Piran Development | 2SnrL | 17 |
73 Degrees KOM Competition
| Pos | Num | Name | Club | Cat | Points |
| 1 | 43 | Ben Millar | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | 21 |
| 2 | 21 | Ben Stockdale | Cotswold Cycles RT | 2Snr | 17 |
| 3 | 37 | Tom Williams | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 2U23L | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | Archie Cross | Bristol RC | 2SnrL | 7 |
| 5 | 33 | Ewan Warren | Mid Devon CC | 2U23 | 5 |
| 6 | 56 | Irfan Zaman | Spirit BSS | 2U23 | 4 |
| 7 | 39 | Michael Cunliffe | Paceline RT | 2Snr | 1 |
| 8 | 83 | Dom Jackson | Foran CCC | 2Snr | 1 |
| Lap 1 | ||||
| 21 | Ben Stockdale | Cotswold Cycles RT | 2Snr | 7 |
| 37 | Tom Williams | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 2U23L | 5 |
| 56 | Irfan Zaman | Spirit BSS | 2U23 | 3 |
| 12 | Archie Cross | Bristol RC | 2SnrL | 1 |
| Lap 3 | ||||
| 43 | Ben Millar | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | 7 |
| 21 | Ben Stockdale | Cotswold Cycles RT | 2Snr | 5 |
| 37 | Tom Williams | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 2U23L | 3 |
| 83 | Dom Jackson | Foran CCC | 2Snr | 1 |
| Lap 5 | ||||
| 43 | Ben Millar | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | 7 |
| 21 | Ben Stockdale | Cotswold Cycles RT | 2Snr | 5 |
| 12 | Archie Cross | Bristol RC | 2SnrL | 3 |
| 39 | Michael Cunliffe | Paceline RT | 2Snr | 1 |
| Lap 7 | ||||
| 43 | Ben Millar | Primera-TeamJobs | 2Snr | 7 |
| 33 | Ewan Warren | Mid Devon CC | 2U23 | 5 |
| 12 | Archie Cross | Bristol RC | 2SnrL | 3 |
| 56 | Irfan Zaman | Spirit BSS | 2U23 | 1 |
| Pos | TEAM | Points |
| 1 | Foran CCC | 51 |
| 2 | Primera-TeamJobs | 54 |
| 3 | University of Bristol CC | 67 |
| 4 | Caffi Gruff | 71 |
Today, a field of 34 female starters women set out on the Stowey circuit to compete for the win. Thank you to our Sponsors Abel + Imray, NoPinz Motip Race Team, Pronto Bikes and 73 degrees we were able to offer a prize fund of over £1,000. With £250 prize money up for grabs for first place, and an equal distance to the men’s race in the morning, there was a very strong field of female riders, including previous national road race champion – Jo Tindley.
In the burning heat, the relentless grind up Stowey Hill 8 times over was no easy feat, and the front bunch did fantastically to maintain consistent lap times, ranging from approx. 16-18 minutes per lap throughout the whole race.
The riders finished their first lap as 1 practically complete group, the QOM points at the top of the climb were taken by Jessica Finney of CAMS-BASSO. This acceleration started what can only described as a form of erosion, leaving a leading bunch of around 16 women as others gradually dropped off the back during lap 2.
By the beginning of lap 3, the front group was 1 minute and 30 seconds ahead of the other riders – a lead which only expanded to become 2 minutes 10 seconds by the end of the lap. During lap 3, rider 37 (Miriam Bullock of Grinta Coaching) from the front bunch was dropped behind the commissarie’s car, but put in an almighty effort to rejoin the front group, closing at least a 150m solo.
Yet despite this effort to catch the pack, Miriam was dropped again from the bunch during lap 4, along with Laura Senior representing team Laka Pedal Mafia RT
Yet both put out some hefty power and closed down more than 250m to hunt down the leading riders before yet another bash up Stowey Hill.
In spite of (or perhaps because of) the sheer effort required to rejoin the front bunch for a second time, Miriam was dropped again at the top of Stowey Hill. Having gasped between sharp intakes of breath on the previous lap that she “couldn’t keep up” this chasing for much longer, I thought this could be it for her. But it was not so! They pulled out yet another thrashing effort to rejoin the bunch and – amazingly – were successful at doing so.
Yet on the 5th climb up ‘ol Stowey Hill, Miriam was finally dropped by the leading bunch for good. After showing stellar resilience and pure, grit-teethed determination, it seemed that she had finally blown up after 3 rounds of chasing. But what power and perseverance she left out on that road. Jessica Finney of CAMS Basso made it 3 wins out of 3 on the QOM – and was guaranteed a win in that competition.
Laura was also dropped on the climb, along with Bianchi rider Tamsin Miller, who’s hopes of success were unfortunately scuppered by a gear-related mechanical as she ground almost to a halt up the steep ascent whilst the bunch pulled excruciatingly away.
Lap 6 saw the leading bunch – now reduced to 12 – secure a 4 minute lead over the remaining bunch of chasers, with Miriam and Rosie Wayland of FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing appearing to struggle towards the end of the lap.
True to this, the beginning of lap 7 Jessica’s efforts in the QOM competition saw her join Rosie, and Finish Line RT’s Bexie & Miriam Jessett just off the back of the front of the bunch.
The group worked together to bring back a rapidly extending gap, catching the bunch just on the approach to Stowey Hill bottom, ahead of the final lap.
On the 7th time up Stowey, Ella Maclean-Howell of Tofauti Everyone Active took the final QOM win to finish in 2nd place 1 point behind Jessica.
Lap 8 saw Bexy Dew, off the back of the front group for good, despite her best efforts to try and stay with them up Stowey Hill. Her teammate 51, however, managed to say with the bunch for the remainder of the race, making her and Bexy’s earlier team effort worth while. At this point, the leading bunch had a 6 minute and 30 sending lead on the remainder of the bunch, with 8 riders comprising the group. Team Brother London’s Lucy Lee and Alex Morrice headed the front of the race during the final lap, hinting their intention to maintain such positions across the finish line.
During the final climb to the finish line – one last push up the mammoth (by this time mountainous) Stowey Hill – the group remained together. We waited for someone to pounce – but they remained calm. Only halfway up did the inkling of positions become apparent, with Alex Morrice leading the group by a margin. But by the final corner, the podium positions were clear as day, with Alex maintaing first place, from Jo Tinfley in 2nd place and junior Ella Maclean-Howell of Tofauti Everyone Active . Lucy Lee slid down the group as they approached the top of the hill, having done her bit to assist Alex in getting the win.
They crossed the line, welcomed by cheering and applaud, and Alex Morrice won her first National road race.
With two riders in the top 10, Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen won the “NoPinz Motip Race Team” team competition. A battling performance by Amy Marks of Team LDN – Brother UK helped them to second place with the fighting performances of all three of the LAKA Pedal Mafia RT team Laura Senior, Marie-Louise Kertzman and Penny Colloff secured 3rd place.
All the women did fantastically to set such a high standard of racing on this brutal course in such sweltering weather conditions, and it was a pleasure to witness this safe, powerful race from the commisaire’s car.
Congratulations to every participant – recover well from that leg basher!
Maddi
Thanks to Dave Atkinson of road.cc for the photos
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vmaLkUvCAu2xWS1n7
South Regional Championship
1st Nicole Coates Torelli-Cayman-Islands-Scimitar
2nd Bexy Dew Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen
3rd Rosie Wayland FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
South West Regional Championship
1st Amber Harding Loughborough Lightning
2nd Tamsin Miller BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO
3rd Jenny Bolsom Saint Piran WRT
| Pos | Num | Name | Club | Cat | |
| 1 | 53 | Alex Morrice | Team LDN – Brother UK | 2U23 | |
| 2 | 46 | Jo Tindley | Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen | ESnr | |
| 3 | 57 | Ella Maclean-Howell | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2J | |
| 4 | 22 | Amber Harding | Loughborough Lightning | 2U23 | |
| 5 | 40 | Lucy Harris | Team Bompod | ESnr | |
| 6 | 15 | Nicole Coates | Torelli-Cayman-Islands-Scimitar | 1U23 | |
| 7 | 34 | Sannah Zaman | Brother UK-Orientation Marketing | 2U23 | |
| 8 | 54 | Lucy Lee | Team LDN – Brother UK | ESnr | |
| 9 | 9 | Bexy Dew | Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen | 2Snr | |
| 10 | 5 | Rosie Wayland | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing | 3Snr | |
| 11 | 37 | Miriam Bullock | Grinta Coaching | 2Snr | |
| 12 | 51 | Miriam Jessett | StolenGoat Race Team | 2U23 | |
| 13 | 39 | Laura Senior | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | 2Snr | |
| 14 | 4 | Jessica Finney | CAMS-Basso | ESnr | |
| 15 | 3 | Amye Kellow | BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO | 2J | |
| 16 | 56 | Maddie Heywood | Team Watto-LDN | 2Snr | |
| 17 | 60 | Millie Skinner | Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen | 2Snr | |
| 18 | 35 | Anna Murgatroyd | Cowley Road Condors | 2Snr | |
| 19 | 41 | Marie-Louise Kertzman | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | 2Snr | |
| 20 | 7 | Emma O’Toole | Nopinz Motip Development Team | 2Snr | |
| 21 | 32 | Bethany Barnett | AWOL- O’Shea | 2U23 | |
| 22 | 42 | Penny Colloff | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | 2Snr | |
| 23 | 48 | Emily Chilton | Saint Piran WRT | 2Snr | |
| 24 | 58 | Charlotte Berry | Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus | ESnr | |
| 25 | 44 | Nicola Lovell | Nopinz Motip Development Team | 2Snr | |
| 26 | 2 | Olive Holliday | Avid Sport | 2Snr | |
| 27 | 33 | Eva Callinan | AWOL- O’Shea | 2U23 | |
| 28 | 20 | Tamsin Miller | BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO | 2U23 | |
| 29 | 47 | Charlotte Gibson | Saint Piran WRT | 2U23 | |
| 30 | 52 | Amy Marks | Team LDN – Brother UK | 2Snr | |
| 31 | 49 | Gabriella Homer | Saint Piran WRT | 1U23 | |
| 32 | 21 | Jenny Bolsom | Saint Piran WRT | 3Snr | |
| 33 | 6 | Vivienne Tomlin | FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing | 3Snr |
PRONTO BIKES QOM – COMPETITION
| Pos | Num | Name | Club | Cat | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Jessica Finney | CAMS-Basso | ESnr | 21 |
| 2 | 57 | Ella Maclean-Howell | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2J | 20 |
| 3 | 53 | Alex Morrice | Team LDN – Brother UK | 2U23 | 9 |
| 4 | 15 | Nicole Coates | Torelli-Cayman-Islands-Scimitar | 1U23 | 6 |
| 5 | 40 | Lucy Harris | Team Bompod | ESnr | 5 |
| 6 | 54 | Lucy Lee | Team LDN – Brother UK | ESnr | 2 |
| 7 | 34 | Sannah Zaman | Brother UK-Orientation Marketing | 2U23 | 1 |
| 4 | Jessica Finney | CAMS-Basso | ESnr | 7 |
| 15 | Nicole Coates | Torelli-Cayman-Islands-Scimitar | 1U23 | 5 |
| 57 | Ella Maclean-Howell | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2J | 3 |
| 54 | Lucy Lee | Team LDN – Brother UK | ESnr | 1 |
| Lap 3 | ||||
| 4 | Jessica Finney | CAMS-Basso | ESnr | 7 |
| 57 | Ella Maclean-Howell | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2J | 5 |
| 53 | Alex Morrice | Team LDN – Brother UK | 2U23 | 3 |
| 15 | Nicole Coates | Torelli-Cayman-Islands-Scimitar | 1U23 | 1 |
| Lap 5 | ||||
| 4 | Jessica Finney | CAMS-Basso | ESnr | 7 |
| 57 | Ella Maclean-Howell | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2J | 5 |
| 53 | Alex Morrice | Team LDN – Brother UK | 2U23 | 3 |
| 34 | Sannah Zaman | Brother UK-Orientation Marketing | 2U23 | 1 |
| Lap 7 | ||||
| 57 | Ella Maclean-Howell | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2J | 7 |
| 40 | Lucy Harris | Team Bompod | ESnr | 5 |
| 53 | Alex Morrice | Team LDN – Brother UK | 2U23 | 3 |
| 54 | Lucy Lee | Team LDN – Brother UK | ESnr | 1 |
NoPinz Motip Race Team – Team Competition
| Pos | TEAM | Points |
| 1 | Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen | 28 |
| 2 | Team LDN – Brother UK | 39 |
| 3 | LAKA Pedal Mafia RT | 54 |
| 4 | Saint Piran WRT | 83 |
Bath CC Road Races – Womens National B and Mens Regional A
Bath Cycling Club are hosting a Womens National B (Elite, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Category) and Mens Regional A Road Race (2nd, 3rd and 4th category) on Sunday 7th August 7th on the Stowey course. The womens race will incorporate the South and South West regional championships.
The racing takes place on the hilly Stowey circuit with 8 laps and 1300m of climbing it always makes for an exciting, dynamic race. The details of the route are at
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30629975
Thanks to our sponsors Abel + Imray, 73 Degrees, Pronto Bikes and NopinzMotip Race team we are able to offer a generous prize pot for the womens race with £1,000 worth of prizes and a £250 first prize for the women’s National B Road Race.
In a sport which has made headlines in recent years for mens races having more prize money than womens races, Abel + Imray are proud to fund the prizes for the womens race, with the goal of helping to develop womens cycling in the region. Abel + Imray are a local firm of patent and trade mark attorneys who champion diversity and inclusivity in everything we do.
The mens race in the morning has a full field of 80 riders and with over 75% of them 2nd category riders and more than half U23 and Junior it should make for a very fast exciting race.
There are almost 50 riders in the Women’s race and we have managed to attract a star studded field including last years National Champion Jo Tindley. There are riders from the following teams
Abingdon Race Team
Avid Sport
AWOL- O’Shea
BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO
Brother UK-Orientation Marketing
CAMS-Basso
Cowley Road Condors
FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
Grinta Coaching
LAKA Pedal Mafia RT
Loughborough Lightning
Nopinz Motip Development Team
Oxford University Cycling Club
Portishead Cycling Club
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen
Saint Piran WRT
StolenGoat Race Team
Team LDN – Brother UK
Team Watto-LDN
The Ark Cycles
Tofauti Everyone Active
Torelli-Cayman-Islands-Scimitar
Entries are still open for the women’s race – please enter at
The full race manual and start sheet can be seen at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lQlLvStP–9pe0MuirFczLUo55v8iqkV/view?usp=sharing
Bring your cowbells and come and support the men and women riding up Stowey……
If you can assist with marshalling/helping at either or both events please let Sam Smith know.
Bath Hill TT Sunday 20th March – Entry closes in 3 days!
Part of the West District Hardriders series – https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/24071
Bath 10 mile TT Saturday 2nd April
Fast Frome course with separate entries and prizes!
TT Bikes: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/24078
Road Bikes: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/24079
Tandems: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/24080