Rapha Lincoln GP
Lauren Dickson (Handsling-Alba) claimed her first elite level victory on Sunday with a storming performance at the Rapha Lincoln GP.
Dickson would make the key move of six riders on the penultimate ascent of the famous Michealgate climb.
With the group of leaders having a slender advantage on the final lap – all was still to play for – as the six became five heading onto the cobbled climb for the last time. Dickson would power away from her opponents on the road to the finish adjacent to Lincoln Cathedral to take her maiden elite victory.
Teammate and defending champion Kate Richardson would be awarded with her effort with fifth place on the day – meaning that Handsling-Alba would walk away from Lincoln as the winning team as well.
The win comes off the back of Dickson, and the team’s best UCI result at the 1.1 Point du Raz – which the Edinburgh-native claimed second on the rugged roads and gravel of Northern France.
In the men’s race, Aaron King (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) attacked several times and rode well to come home inside the top 10, continuing his strong form shown in recent weeks.
Tour de Kumano
From Lincolnshire to Japan, as Mark Stewart (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini) would claim the overall victory at the UCI 2.2 race in the Mie Prefecture.
Stewart would finish in the bunch on the first two stages, before claiming an excellent victory on the 107.7km third stage.
An attack from a whittled down lead group would see the Dundonian escape with Mathias Bregnhøj (Terengganu CT) in the final 25km of the hilly stage. The duo would hold off the chasers, with Stewart sprinting on the tops to an excellent victory to place him in the leaders’ yellow jersey.
A third place on the final 104km kermesse stage would secure a third general classification victory of his career, following on from success at the Tour of Romania and Tour of New Zealand wins in 2022.
Stewart will remain in the land of the rising sun for next week’s Tour of Japan.
Gent-Wevelgem
What a season it has been for Erin Boothman (Tofauti Everyone Active) so far, with international success on the road and track. A visit to Flanders was the next step for the young rider for the junior edition of the echelons classic.
As expected, the climb of the Kemmelberg played the role of decisive factor. Boothman and Dutch rider Megan Arens proved to be the strongest, breaking away from the peloton. Behind them, the peloton fractured significantly. A group of about ten riders formed at the top of the Kemmelberg and began the chase after the two leaders.
At the front, Boothman and Arens matched each other’s pace and would contest the win. The Dutch rider, Arens, attempted a late attack to surprise Boothman, but the former East Kilbride RT rider proved too strong and powered to the win in the final kilometre – to take another big win on the continent for the rising Scottish star.
In the U17 race, Olivia Poole (Deeside Thistle) would also ride well to take 20th in Ypres.
Fort William
The Fort would host the latest round of the British National Downhill Series, organised by the Scottish Downhill Association.
It would be a win for Lochaber native Mikayla Parton in the Female Elite win at Nevis Range with a time of 5:17.014 ahead of Peebles CC’s Emily Carrick-Anderson in second and Scottish-based Emma Rose in third. While Scot Megan Horne would claim the junior win with a time of 5:26.4.
You can check out the full results below:
Glentress
Glentress Forest outside Peebles played host to the latest round of the British National MTB Cross Country series with the weekend’s glorious sunshine the setting for two days of brilliant racing.
Local legend Isla Short showed her class to take the Elite Female win on her home trails, claiming the win by just over two minutes from fellow Scot Grace Inglis. There was another strong showing from Daisy Taylor (Royal Albert CC) to come home in sixth place.
Charlie Aldridge (Cannondale FR) won the U23 World Title in Glentress two years ago – and it would be another victory for the Crieff man. The Scot would best Cameron Orr by20 seconds to take the win, with Corran Carrick-Anderson (Trinity Racing) taking sixth place.
In the juniors Innes McDonald (Scotia Offroad RT) would take the overall win, with teammates Freya Mowbray and Daisy Wilkinson claiming third and fifth in the Female field. The win for McDonald would follow up success in Saturday’s Short Track event.
In the morning youth events, Gus Lawson (Pedal Power) would follow up his short track win with second place in Sunday’s Olympic event, with Isla Cant (West Highland Wheelers) on the female podium in fifth.
There would be a Scottish 2-3-4-5-6, with five different clubs were represented in the Juvenile race. Eilidh Scally (Johnstone Wheelers) would lead Boo Williams (Royal Albert CC), Lily Cant (West Highland Wheelers), Lucy Robb (Pentland Racers) and Ella McQueen (Falkirk Junior BC) across the line. Guy Rorke (Pentland) and Josh Stewart (Stepping Stanes) would also make a visit to the podium for their second and fifth places, respectively.
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BHP Publishing Scottish Open
Fife Cycle Speedway hosted the Scottish Open in Dunfermline in the glorious sunshine on Sunday.
A field of nearly 50 riders from all over the UK took to the JDB All Trades Fastbowl to see who would be crowned the BHP Publishing Scottish Open champion in the U11s, U15s, Veterans, Women’s and Senior categories.
You can read all about the action in Fife here.