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British Cycling's National Rankings are one of the most popular destinations on this website as riders track their progress relative to their peers and target moves up through the system. They are also a great guide to which riders are in form.
Week Ending 3rd June 2011 | Last Week's Rankings Update
Above: Motorpoint Pro Cycling's Hannah Barnes, seen here winning the opening round of the Johnson Health Tech Women's GP series in Peterborough, has to be odds on favourite for rider of the week. (image: Tour Series/VeloUK)
Elite Men: Rapha Condor Sharp's Zak Dempster continues to head the Elite Men's national rankings, maintaining his position thanks to his win at the Tour Series in Durham and a fine second place on Stage 2 of the Circuit de Lorraine. However, behind Dempster it's all change, with Twenty3c-Orbea's Marcel Six leaping from 5th to 2nd place; top ten finishes in all four rounds of the Tour Series and a 5th place in the Peterborough CC E123 race showing that, in terms of national rankings, consistency pays.
Cyclepremier.com - Metaltek's Jason White seems to be making 3rd place his own, a fifth place at Tour Series - Peterborough and a runners-up spot at Hog Hill keeping him ahead of Johnny McEvoy of Motorpoint Pro Cycling, who leaps from 7th to 4th place, with strong placings in the first two rounds of the Tour Series and points scored in Jersey over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Motorpoint Pro Cycling's Marcin Bialoblocki drops from 2nd to 5th place this week. However, the hard charging Motorpoint rider hasn't exactly been slacking, having competed in the An Post Ras, finishing 47th on GC and scoring useful points on Stages 6 and 7. The other notable big mover in the table is Rapha Condor Sharp's Graham Briggs, who leaps into the top twenty thanks to his Tour Series win in Peterborough.
1 Zak Dempster Rapha Condor Sharp North West 515 
2 Marcel Six Twenty3c-Orbea Eastern 501 
3 Jason White Cyclepremier.com - Metaltek Eastern 442
4 Jonathan McEvoy Motorpoint Pro Cycling North West 422
5 Marcin Bialoblocki Motorpoint Pro Cycling South West 414 
6 Justin Hoy Felt-Colbornes RT South 378
7 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh North West 356
8 Ian Bibby Motorpoint Pro Cycling North West 333
9 Scott Thwaites Endura Racing Yorkshire 330
10 Blake Pond Wilier/Goselfdrive.com South West 314
11 Chris Opie Pendragon - Le Col - Colnago South West 309
12 Magnus Backstedt Team UK Youth Wales 280
13 Alex Higham WyndyMilla Maxifuel South East 275
14 Graham Briggs Rapha Condor Sharp Yorkshire 274
15 Tom Barras Cyclepremier.com - Metaltek Yorkshire 251
16 Ashley Cox Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C Central 247
17 Yanto Barker Pendragon - Le Col - Colnago South East 243
18 Chris McNamara Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C South East 242
19 Simon Brooks VC St Raphael South 239
20 Ian Rees Wilier/Goselfdrive.com South 236
Teams: Team Raleigh maintain their number one spot this week, however the big story is the rise of Rapha Condor Sharp, whose whitewash of the first four rounds of the Tour Series sees them climb from 5th to 2nd position this week. Motorpoint Pro Cycling remain in third spot thanks to strong performance from the Women's division, whilst behind them Twenty3c-Orbea climb to fourth, their top scoring rider Marcel Six finishing in the top ten in all four Tour Series rounds.
1 Team Raleigh East Midlands 1809
2 Rapha Condor Sharp North West 1667
3 Motorpoint Pro Cycling West Midlands 1620
4 Twenty3c-Orbea Eastern 1590
5 Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C Central 1436
6 Cyclepremier.com - Metaltek East Midlands 1434
7 Pendragon - Le Col - Colnago South West 1410
8 Felt-Colbornes RT South 1366
9 Wilier/Goselfdrive.com South 1347
10 VC St Raphael South 1329
Elite Women: VC St Raphael's Marianne Britten remains at the top of the pile in the Elite Women's category ahead of Shred Racing's Alli Holland and Horizon Fitness - Prendas Ciclismo's Sarah Storey. Britten now has a 53 point lead over her nearest Elite rival, thanks in large part to two 2nd places at the Herne Hill Women's Omnium and the South Region Road Race Champs. The other big beneficiary this week is XRT-Elmy Cycles' Janet Birkmyre who climbs to fourth place thanks to a win at the Herne Hill Women's Omnium.
1 Marianne Britten VC St Raphael South 163
2 Alli Holland Shred Racing South West 110
3 Sarah Storey OBE Horizon Fitness - Prendas Ciclismo North West 89
4 Janet Birkmyre XRT - Elmy Cycles West Midlands 38
5 Joanna Rowsell Horizon Fitness - Prendas Ciclismo North West 30
6 Laura Trott Moving Ladies Groenewoud Team R & TC Eastern 14
1st Cat Women: Two wins for Motorpoint's Hannah Barnes see her put considerable daylight between herself and her teammate Hannah Walker. Barnes bagged the Johnson Health Tech Women's GP in Peterborough early in the week, only a day after netting first place in the Jersey RR. Added to points for a 2nd place finish at the Jersey Town Centre Crits the day before, it was a busy Bank Holiday Weekend for Barnes, but a profitable one. Barnes is one of three Motorpoint riders in the top ten, with Hannah Walker holding 2nd spot and Lucy Garner climbing the table to 6th thanks to a trio of podium places in Peterborough and Jersey.
1 Hannah Barnes Motorpoint Cycling Central 218
2 Hannah Walker Motorpoint Cycling North West 172
3 Hannah Rich Horizon Fitness - Prendas Ciclismo Wales 146
4 Jayne Paine Willesden Cycling Club Central 127
5 Nicola Wheeler Team Wiggle South 108
6 Lucy Garner Motorpoint Cycling East Midlands 99
7 Charlotte Easton Look Mum No Hands South East 96
8 Corrine Hall Team Corridori South East 53
9 Anna Grundy Look Mum No Hands Eastern 50
10 Miriam Freemantle Team Tor 2000 South 47
