UEC European Youth Championships
Four young Scots travelled to Jonkoping in Sweden for the UEC MTB Youth European Championships.
Racing started on Tuesday with the individual time trial, with Gus Lawson claiming tenth and Olivia Poole 26th – the best of the Scots in the Under 17 event. The racing continued with the Scotland/Ride For Charlie team of Lawson, Poole and Zach Buchan finishing seventh in the mixed relay, while fellow Scot Joel Gillan finished 11th, while guesting with the South West Germany squad.
The short track events continued the strong showing of Scottish performances – with the pair of British Short Track champions continuing their form – Pentland Racers’ Lawson riding to eighth; with Deeside Thistle’s Poole in 12th.
MTB Images: Gustaf Meland
Saturday’s Cross Country Olympic events would again show Olivia Poole’s form – with the Aberdeenshire rider finishing sixth place in the Under-16 event. Zach Buchan rode very well in the Under 16’s, finishing 23rd.
An early crash disrupted the under-17 race with both Joel Gillan and Gus Lawson affected. Lawson had to abandon due to injuries sustained in the crash, but there was an excellent recovery from Gillan – moving up the field from 140th to 65th place come the finish.
Overall, a massive learning experience for the team and for our coaches who we believe are still on their ferry back to Scotland.
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Scottish National Circuit Champs
In a tactical race on Sunday at the Fife Cycle Park, Aaron King deserved the open victory as he was pretty much out front for almost the entire race. Rebecca Saunderson showed that she’s going from strength to strength by sprinting away from her breakaway companions and taking the win, and the title of Scottish National Circuit Champion.
Check out our race report from the Kingdom of Fife here.
This weekend also the first ever round of the Lloyds National Para-Cycling and Disability Road Series take place in Scotland, with a time trial in Cleish on Saturday, followed by a criterium on Sunday at Fife Cycle Park. Stay tuned for some exciting content on our social media in the coming days.
Results can be found here: Saturday | Sunday
Youth Circuit Champs
Saturday saw Xander Graham and Melanie Rowe copped top honours as the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan Castle played host to a very blustery edition of the Scottish Youth Circuit Champs.
Read the report from Kincardine here.
Applications for the Scottish Cycling Performance Programmes close soon, including Performance Development Programme and RACE National. Find out more here.
Downhill
The latest round of the Scottish Downhill Association Series was held at Glencoe, results will be available here soon.
This Saturday sees the Scottish National Gravel Championships at Whitelee Windfarm, while entries for the Championships are now closed – you can still enter the event here.