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Lizzie Deignan wins national road championship for fourth time

Former world champion triumphs on the Isle of Man

Lizzie Deignan has won the British national road championship for the fourth time.

The Boels-Dolmans rider, a previous winner in 2011, 2013 and 2015, beat Team WNT’s Katie Archibald and last year's winner, Hannah Barnes of Canyon-SRAM, to claim the national champion's jersey on the Isle of Man today.

Elinor Barker of Matrix Pro Cycling, who had launched a solo attack from the break and at one point had a lead of more than a minute, was caught with less than 2 kilometres of the 103 kilometre race remainimg.

Following her victory, Deignan said: “It’s great to be in the jersey again. It’s always such a difficult race to win – you don’t just need good legs, you need a bit of luck too.

"It’s one of the hardest national championships I’ve ever won – it wasn’t a case of going in to the race with five rivals, it was more likely 20, and I’m very proud of the fact that we have so many women now who are capable of competing internationally as well as domestically."

She added: “I know that Elinor will be so disappointed but she shouldn’t be; it was an incredible performance. It’ll stand her in good stead in the future.”

Meanwhile, Mel Lowther won the under-23 title ahead of Team Breeze colleague Manon Lloyd in second and Drops rider Anna Christian, who was third.

 

 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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youngoldbloke | 7 years ago
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"........ fans will have to make do with road race highlights, which will be shown at 18.00-19.00 on Monday evening on ITV4, and 2200-2300 on Eurosport 1."

 

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iso2000 | 7 years ago
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There doesn't seem to be any TV coverage of this or the Men's road race or did I miss something? 

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