British National Road Race

 
Armitstead won her third British road title – after victories in 2011 and 2013 – with a solo attack on the penultimate climb of the famous Michaelgate. Alice Barnes, just 19 years of age, was second with Laura Trott third.
 
British Cycling National Road Race Championships, Lincoln, UK
 
No rider was able to match Armitstead’s effort on the fourth of five times up the cobbled climb and the Boels Dolmans Cycling Team rider completed the last lap alone before crossing the finish line to the backdrop of Lincoln Cathedral.
 
British Cycling National Road Race Championships, Lincoln, UK
 
“It means I get to be proud of being British in all the races that I do,” Armistead said of being able to wear the British champion’s jersey. “It means a lot – it means new kit for a start! I go to the Giro on Friday so it will be a quick turnaround for them. I had some good people around me before the start who told me to believe in myself and I listened. It was a difficult race. The longer the race went on the better I started to feel.”
 

British Cycling National Road Race Championships, Lincoln, UK
 
Team Betch NL Superior-Brentjens rider Alice Barnes took a superb second, in her first elite road championships, to win the under-23 women’s champion title with defending champion Laura Trott, of Matrix Fitness, third.
 
British Cycling National Road Race Championships, Lincoln, UK
 
While Armitstead savoured the win, behind her the race for silver and bronze came down to the final corners as Alice Barnes showed her huge potential in holding off the challenge of defending champion Laura Trott.
 


 
 
AP Sports Photo Photography (Andrew Peat)
 
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