European Junior & Under 23s Track Champs

Four Scots travelled with the Great Britain team to Anadia in Portugal for the Junior and Under 23 European Track Championships.

Kate Richardson returned to racing after injury, and it was as if she'd never been away, a brace of gold medals, as well as setting two new personal bests, capping a brilliant week. In Individual Pursuit qualifying she posted a time of 3:31.962 to secure a race for the title, going even quicker in the final with a 3:30.806, which was more then enough to take her first European title.

Later in the week she returne to the boards for the Team Pursuit, and it was total domination by the British squad, which Richardson was integral to, as they beat France by over six seconds in the final to claim an excellent gold medal, and a clean sweep of pursuit medals by the Scottish rider. 

There was success too for Iona Moir who won gold medal in the Under 23 Team Sprint, as the British squad recorded a time of 49.028 to best the silver medallists Czech Republic by half a second. 

Like Moir, Sarah Johnson (Edinburgh RC) became European Junior Champion as part of the Great British Team Sprint squad, with the squad riding to 50.776 in the final, getting the better of Germany in the final.

Johnson will be looking to replicate this medal form in August, as she will travel to Trinidad for the Youth Commonwealth Games, where she'll represent Team Scotland. 

Fellow Team Scotland rider Elliot Rowe has been in strong form recently too, and he produced an excellent effort in the Junior Scratch Race to come in fourth place. 

Scottish National Championships 

It was a Super Sunday of National Championships in the South-West yesterday, with the Olympic Time Trial and Mountain Bike Downhill titles up for grabs.

A very windy Fenwick played host the Olympic Time Trial Championships with Torvelo Racing organising. Natalie Stevenson (Glasgow Ivy) and Ciaran McSherry (The Cycling Academy) claimed the senior titles in Ayrshire, you can read the full report of the action below: 

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Ae Forest was the venue for the National MTB Downhill Championships, Worlds Championship bound Mikayla Parton turned up the style as she and William Brodie reigned supreme in Dumfries and Galloway. Read the full report from yesterday’s action below: 
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British Youth Omnium Champs 

On the boards of London’s Lee Valley Velodrome, Scotland’s best youth riders were in action, fighting it out for the British Omnium honours. 

Erin Boothman (East Kilbride RC) has been ever-present at the front of almost every race this season, and added the British title to her already impressive palmares after winning qualifying rounds in York and Dundee so far this season. After aggressive racing throughout the day, it came down to the final points race where the Scot did what was required to claim the British title.

Lancaster GP 

The latest round of the National Road Series took place in the Lancaster over the weekend, with many of the Scots to the fore of the action.  

Riding for new team Saint Piran, Finn Crockett came home in fifth place despite a puncture on the opening lap and a long, hard chase back on. However, Crockett wasn’t the top Scot, Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech-Castelli) once again produced an excellent ride, and finished in fourth place, winning the reduced bunch kick to the line just ahead of his compatriot. Logan Maclean came home in eighth place, having made the selection of four before being worked over by a Saint Piran trio who would fill the podium spots.

British Junior Road Series 

Bath was the venue for the latest round of the British Cycling Junior Men’s Road Series, with Calum Moir (Zappi Junior RT) producing an excellent ride to finish second, as the 115km race came down to a sprint.