SUNDAY: Bath Road Club Junior National Series Road Race

A classic Junior race with former Tour de France and Giro d Italia winners on the roll of honour, Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart, will take place this Sunday in Buckinghamshire, the Bath RC Road Race.

SUNDAY: Bath Road Club Junior National Series Road Race
25th ANNIVERSARY JUNIOR ROAD RACE

A race with former Tour de France and Giro d Italia winners on the roll of honour, Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart, will take place this Sunday in Buckinghamshire. The race shares the same anniversary as I do with what I do, 25 years with EF Pro Cycling’s Tom Southam the first winner and Will Gilbank, winner of a stage of the Tour of Ireland in 2024, the last winner of the race in 2023.

Back at the start of the races history, the event was taking place on my training roads, tough roads with a finishing climb that had me breathing through my ears! The list of former winners has such world star names as Tom Pidcock, Chris Lawless, Alex Dowsett and Luke Rowe among its illustrious list. In 2024, the British Junior Road Race champion Oliver Dawson, is on the start list. The names on the startlist also includes many a potential winner and on a circuit with plenty of opportunities to dance clear of rivals, the race should be quite a grippy one.

Starts 11am
Distance: 5¾ LAPS – 115KM
HQ: The Cottersloe School, Aylesbury Road, Wing, LU7 0PB

COURSE: From HQ proceed north through Wing village under neutralised flag turn onto unclassified road to Stewkley. Race will be deneutralised once joining the circuit (MP2).

In Stewkley (MP3) turn left onto unclassified road towards Dunton. Continue through Dunton to junction with A413. Turn left (MP5).

Proceed on A413 straight over the mini roundabout on outskirts of Whitchurch and through Whitchurch (care: central bollards in road) turn left (MP6) on unclassified road direction Wing.

Proceed up climb (ouch!) through finish on outskirts of Cublington, straight through village (MP1) to junction on outskirts of Wing where turn sharp left (MP2) to complete one circuit.

RIDERS
1. William Gilbank, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 1st
2. Thomas Mead, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 2nd
3. Paul Opie, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 2nd
4. Charlie Payne, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 3rd
5. Reece Pittman, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 2nd
6. Huw Watkins, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 3rd
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8. Sebastian Anderson, BC Eastern Region 2nd
9. Stanley Cooke, BC Eastern Region 2nd
10. Jake Lunt, BC Eastern Region 3rd
11. Benjamin Myers, BC Eastern Region 3rd
12. Ethan Storti, BC Eastern Region 2nd
13. Joseph Cosgrove, Fensham Howes – MAS Design 1st
14. Oliver Dawson , Fensham Howes – MAS Design 2nd (British champion)
15. Max Hinds, Fensham Howes – MAS Design 2nd
16. Luke Mannings, Halesowen A & CC 2nd
17. Ryan Oldfield, Halesowen A & CC 2nd
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19. Alex Hodgkins, Otley CC 2nd
20. James Luxton, Otley CC 2nd
21. Zack Miles, Otley CC 2nd
22. James Beagley, Prologue Racing Team 2nd
23. Joel Hurt, Prologue Racing Team 2nd
24. Daniel Kemp, Prologue Racing Team 2nd
25. Nathan Smith, Prologue Racing Team 2nd
26. Sam Barbour, Ribble rechrg Race Team 2nd
27. Ted McDaid, Ribble rechrg Race Team 2nd
28. Robert Smart, Ribble rechrg Race Team 2nd
29. Lucas Bada, Team Pau 3rd
30. Iwan Clark, Team Pau 2nd
31. Felix Earth, Team Pau 2nd
32. Callum Evans, Team Pau 3rd
33. Sion Jones, Team Pau 2nd
34. Freddy Augsburger, trainSharp Development Team 3rd
35. Jack Baldie, trainSharp Development Team 2nd
36. Oscar Nisbett, trainSharp Development Team 2nd
37. Daniel Phillips, trainSharp Development Team 2nd
38. James Sawyers, trainSharp Development Team 2nd
39. Sam Stapleton, trainSharp Development Team 3rd
40. Dylan Belton Owen, VC Londres 2nd
41. Sidney Dutton, VC Londres 3rd
42. Louis Holmes, VC Londres 3rd
43. Luke Meyer-Eland, VC Londres 2nd
44. Bobby Buenfeld, Velo Club Venta 2nd
45. Hamish Hunter, Velo Club Venta 2nd
46. Tommy Stroud, Velo Club Venta 3rd
47. Elliot Fraser, 360cycling 2nd
48. Ethan Houghton, 360cycling 3rd
49. Aidan Worden, 360cycling 2nd
50. Yousuf Amiri Al Nasr (UAE), INT
51. Jack Beveridge, Avid Sport 3rd
52. Evan Marsh, Beeston Cycling Club 2nd
53. Ethan Squires, Beeston Cycling Club 2nd
54. Dylan Sage, Cannibal B Victorious 2nd
55. Ted Harvey, Cardiff Ajax 3rd
56. Benjamin Arey, Clifton CC 3rd
57. Rory Gravelle, Decathlon AG2R la Mondiale u19 2nd
58. Elliott Holt, Fietsen Tempo 3rd
59. Bertie Bruce-Gonzalez, GS Mossa 3rd
60. Emil Howell, Harrogate Nova Race Team 2nd
61. Isaac Oliver, Harrogate Nova Race Team 2nd
62. William Salter, HUUB BCC Race Team 1st
63. Evan Williams, Ignite 2nd
64. Oliver Wade, KSV Deerlijk VZW 2nd
65. Owain Williams, London Dynamo 2nd
66. Nick Makin, Mid Devon CC 2nd
67. George Watch, Mid Devon CC 2nd
68. Ben Baker, Ride Revolution Coaching 2nd
69. Tom Pruett, ROTOR Race Team 2nd
70. Cameron Crook, Thame Cycles Race Team 3rd
71. Vyaan Dhokia, The Cycling Academy 3rd
72. Oliver Gill, Tofauti Everyone Active 2nd
73. Luca Nicholson, Velo Club Baracchi 3rd
74. Huw Cressey-Rodgers, Velo Myrddin CC powered by Y Beic 3rd
75. Henry Hobbs, Willebrord Wil Vooruit 2nd
76. William Horspool, Wisbech Whls CC 3rd
77. Luke Gibson, 4T+ Cyclopark 2nd
78. Hugh Aubrey, BC Private member 2nd
79. James Buttrick, BC Private member 2nd
80. Jack Cook, BC Private member 2nd
81. Matt Thompson, BC Private member 2nd

FORMER WINNERS
1999 — Tom Southam, W.V.Ede 3h 0m 14s
2000 — Owyn Wallace, Roadhouse 3h 0m 0s
2001 — Richard Ewing, Team South West 3h 24m 15s
2002 — Geraint Thomas, Cardiff Jif 3h 5m 47s
2003 — Bruce Edgar, Dataphonics 3h 0m 17s
2004 — Richard Hepworth, Vs Cycles 2h 59m 15s
2005 — Alex Dowsett, Glendene Cc 3h 1m 12s
2006 — Luke Rowe, Glendene Cc 3h 5m 10s
2007 — Matt Jones, In Gear Rt 2h 53m 15s
2008 — David Nichols, Glendene Cc 2h 50m 50s
2009 — Perry Bowater, Bc West Midlands 2h 51m 43s
2010 — Tom Moses, Glendene Cc 2h 48m 48s
2011 — Oliver Rossi, Ciclos Uno 2h 47m 50s
2012 — Tao Geoghegan Hart, Cc Hackney 2h 49m 48s
2013 — Chris Lawless, Kuota Spinergy 2h 55m 04s
2014 — Nathan Draper, Rst Racing Team 2h 57m 53s
2015 — Tom Chandler, Sherwood Pines 2h 45m 30s
2016 — Thomas Pidcock, Vc Uk Ph-Mas Ct 2h 43m 42s
2017 — Edmund Bishop, Vc Meudon 2h 47m 05s
2018 — Abandoned Event
2019 — Angus Hawkins, Bc Central 2h 45m 00s
2020 — No Race – Covid19
2021 — Finlay Pickering, Fensham Howes – Mas Design 2h 42m 59s
2022 — Jacob Bush, Fensham Howes – Mas Design 2h 46m 27s
2023 — William Gilbank, Lee Valley 2H 58M 14S