Finn Mason made history at the British Junior Road Champs, as Scotland’s best endurance time trialists took on the National 50 mile TT Champs in Montrose.
British Junior Road Race Champs
Scotland’s Finn Mason (The Cycling Academy) made history on Sunday, as he became the first Scottish male rider to become British Junior Road Race Champion after an excellent win from the breakaway in Clitheroe.
Mason was in the breakaway with Sebastian Grindley (MAS Design) and Zach Machin (BCC RT) and the three gained over two minutes on the chasing bunch. Come the final lap the latter of the trio was dropped setting up a straight shootout between Mason and Grindley, with the Scotsman claiming the win in the sprint by a single hundredth of a second.
You can read a full report from Clitheroe here:
National 50 Mile TT Champs
Montrose was the venue for the Scottish National 50-mile Time Trial Championships on Sunday morning.
Very blustery conditions that Angus provided weren’t cohesive to fast times being set but it was a very close battle for who would take home the moniker of Elite Men’s National 50 Mile Time Trial Champion.
Stonehaven’s Lee Rosie (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) has shown strong form both in bunch races and against the clock, with strong showings in the British Road Championships last weekend. His time of 1.47:47 for the 80km course would not be beaten, with Ray Wilson (GTR-Return to Life) coming home just 49 seconds behind in 1:48:36. Sam Glover of Elgin CC came home with the bronze medal.
In the senior female championship, Lorna Breetzke (Vanelli-Project GO) won out with a 2.08:49, a very respectable time given the conditions, with Alison Rodger winning silver with a 2:11.36. Margaret McMillan (Deeside Thistle) won the bronze medal.
Tyler Clare (Inverness CC) was the Junior Male national champion with his ride of 2.02:47, just under 40km/h in the challenging conditions, while Mark Walker (Deeside Thistle) won the Coffee Pot as the fastest rider representing a North East club.
Thanks to Kenny Anderson and the team at Deeside for organising, and the volunteers and officials for bracing the wind very early on a Sunday morning to ensure the event ran smoothly.
UCI World MTB Series
Vale di Sole was the venue for the latest round of the UCI World MTB Series, with Scots in action in both Cross Country and Downhill competitions.
Cross Country
Isla Short (Ghost FR) produced an excellent performance to storm through the field to come home in 25th place, with the Scot consistently lapping as one of quickest riders come the end of the Elites race.
In the U23 ranks, Elena McGorum turned in another strong ride to finish 40th in Italy, while in the Men’s Cameron Mason (Trinity Racing) and Rory McGuire finished in 45th and 48th respectively.
In Friday’s Short Track event, Crieff’s Charlie Aldridge (Cannondale FR) finished in 30th place in the Men’s Elite field.
Downhill
Phoebe Gale (Canyon Collective FMD) rode to 15th place in the Female Elite, as the Denholm rider continues her development in her first season of racing at a senior level. Pinkbike’s Aimi Kenyon continued her fine season with a seventh-place finish in the Junior event.
Greg Williamson (Madison Saracen FT) was the best Scot in the Elite Men’s event with a strong 23rd place in the Italian Alps, his best result on the World Cup circuit since July last season.
British National Masters Track Champs
A large contingent of Scots headed to the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome in Newport for the 2023 British Masters Track Champs.
Ryan Lateward (SES Racing) claimed a hattrick of gold medals in the Men’s 30-34 category claiming the Kilo win, from fellow Scot Lewis Hutchison in silver, with a 1.04.107, before the Sprint Coach claimed victory in the Men’s Sprint and the 3km Pursuit. With Hutchison taking a bronze medal in the pursuit.
There was also a hattrick of medals for Andy Bruce (Vanelli-Project GO) in the Men’s 50-54, with the Fifer winning the 2km Pursuit title with a 2.16.583, before going on to claim silver in the 8km Scratch Race and bronze in the Points Race. Peter Ettles (RT23) claimed three medals in the Men’s 60-64 category, with silvers in the Pursuit and the Scratch Race joining a bronze in the Points Race.
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games medallist Louise Haston (TORQ Performance) won the age national title in the 40-44 Female category in the Scratch Race in addition to silver in the Sprint, and bronze medals in the 500m Time Trial and the Points Race.
There was success from those who took part in the Women’s Track Fund-led sessions over the Winter in Glasgow. In the Female 45-49 category, Elizabeth Wisdish (Glasgow Wheelers) claimed a trio of silver medals in the 500m TT, Points Race and 2km pursuit, with Fiona Walker (Walkers CC) claiming a bronze in the Sprint event. While in the 50-54 category, there was even more success.
Jude Paterson (Ayr Burners) won gold in the Points Race, a silver in the Sprint and bronze in the Pursuit. Alison Winship MacKay (VC Astar Anderside) claimed gold in the 2km Pursuit and a silver in the 500m TT. VC Astar Anderside saw silver and bronze success in the Scratch Race for Gillian Anderson and Donna Clayton, respectively. With Clayton also claiming a silver in the Points Race.
Kathleen McCormac (Glasgow Track RC) claimed a brace of golds in the 65+ in the Sprint and 500m Time Trial.
John Walker (Walkers CC) claimed five medals over the week, the most of any Scottish rider, with silver medals in the Men’s 75-79 Points Race and 500m TT, and a hattrick of bronzes in the 2km Pursuit, Scratch Race and Sprint.
While there were also bronze medals for James Park (Glasgow Track RC) in the Men’s 40-44 Sprint, and Maurice Laing (Perth United CC) in the Men’s 65-69 Scratch Race.
British MTB Series Cannock Chase
The final round of the British MTB Series took place this weekend at Cannock Chase, the venue of last year’s Commonwealth Games MTB events.
Grant Ferguson (Hope Factory Racing) and Anna McGorum (Edinburgh University CC) took the Elite series titles, with McGorum sealing the title with a fantastic win at Cannock.
Read the full report from our friends at British Cycling below.
Giro Donne
Anna Shackley (Team SD Worx) is in action at Giro d’Italia with the Scot in 25th overall after four stages, 3:45 behind leader Annemiek van Vleuten, with three climbing stages still to come for the Scottish rider to rise through the classification.
Brabant
Finn Crockett (Saint Piran) claimed a top ten finish on his UCI debut for Saint Piran at the 1.2 Midden Brabant in the Netherlands.
Otley and Ilkley
Two rounds of the National Circuit Series took place last week with Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) adding to his bronze in Redcar, with two fifth place finishes in Otley and Ilkley GP’s.
