2023 Lincoln GP Race Preview

by Paul Horta-Hopkins · May 11, 2023

May 14th sees the 68th edition of the Lincoln GP crushing the cobbles of Lincoln’s Michaelgate

This year’s Lincoln GP is the first round of British Cycling’s Men’s National Road Series and the second for the Women’s Series. Riders will race on an eight mile lap that takes them up the infamous Michaelgate climb. Although “only” 0.2km long and 33 metres high, it has pitches of 20% along its 11% average. And remember the women will be tackling it eight times during their race while the men will go up it thirteen times.

The women’s field will number around 140 riders and will feature the top UK teams, all competing for the winner’s Cobblestone Trophy and a share of the £2400 prize fund. The men also compete for their own Cobbelstone Trophy and the same prize fund. The men’s race has a full field with reserves waiting to get a ride: it’s going to be busy up MIchaelgate!

The Men's Lincoln GP route map — The Men’s Lincoln GP route map

We’ve been following some of the teams in their previous races such as the ANEXO/CAMS Women’s CiCLE Classic, and the Finsbury Park CC Road Race. We’ve also reported on some of the teams’ continental exploits such as DAS-Handsling’s double victory in Belgium and teams heading to the Leidal-Koerse. This should lead to some aggressive racing, with the those riders that have already ridden on the cobbles maybe having an advantage up the Michaelgate?

Women’s Rider List

Number	First Name	Surname	Team
1	Daisy	Barnes	Alba Development Road Team
2	Sophie	Enever	Alba Development Road Team
3	Arianne	Holland	Alba Development Road Team
4	Beth	Maciver	Alba Development Road Team
5	~~Eilidh~~	~~Shaw – U23~~	~~Alba Development Road Team~~
6	Victoria	Smith	Alba Development Road Team
7	Amelia	Tyler – U23	Alba Development Road Team
8	~~Evie~~	~~White – JR~~	~~Alba Development Road Team~~
9	Charlotte	Broughton	AWOL OShea
10	Jessica	Finney	AWOL OShea
11	~~Marine~~	~~Guerin~~	~~AWOL OShea~~
12	Kelly	Murphy	AWOL OShea
13	~~Francesca~~	~~Morgans-Slader~~	~~AWOL OShea~~
14	Megan	Panton – U23	AWOL OShea
15	Maddie	Wadsworth – U23	AWOL OShea
16	Libby	Smithson – U23	AWOL OShea
17	Abigail	Cooper – U23	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
18	Lotty	Dawson – JR	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
19	Freya	Eccleston – JR	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
20	Harriet	Evans	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
21	Tuva	Mauland – JR	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
22	Millie	Jenkins – JR	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
23	Georgia	Lancaster – JR	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
24	Lotta	Mansfield – U23	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
25	Monica	Greenwood	DAS – Handsling Bikes
26	Emma	Jeffers – U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes
27	Lucy	Lee	DAS – Handsling Bikes
28	Grace	Lister – U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes
29	Katie	Scott – U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes
30	Danielle	Shrosbree	DAS – Handsling Bikes
31	Sammie	Stuart	DAS – Handsling Bikes
32	Sophie	Thackray	DAS – Handsling Bikes
33	Maddie	Heywood	FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing
34	Olive	Holliday	FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing
35	Clare	Parkin	FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing
36	Elizabeth	Sanders	FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing
37	Sasha	Smith	FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing
38	~~Vivienne~~	~~Tomlin~~	~~FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing~~
39	Rosie	Wayland	FTP – Fulfil The Potential – Racing
40	Sian	Botteley	Hutchinson – Brother UK
41	Jessie	Carridge	Hutchinson – Brother UK
42	Harriet	Dodd	Hutchinson – Brother UK
43	Heather	Mayer	Hutchinson – Brother UK
44	Tamsin	Miller	Hutchinson – Brother UK
45	Ruth	Shier	Hutchinson – Brother UK
46	Tiffany	Keep	Hutchinson – Brother UK
47	Lydia	Watts	Hutchinson – Brother UK
48	Skye	Davidson	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
49	Laura	Davies	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
50	Kirstie	Drakeford – U23	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
51	Beth	Harley-Jepson	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
52	Miriam	Jessett	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
53	Grace	Norman	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
54	Abi	Plowman	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
55	Rebekah	Nash	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
56	Penny	Colloff	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT
57	Anouska	Greenaway	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT
58	Rebecca	Hair	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT
59	Marie-Louise	Kertzman	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT
60	Eline	Smit	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT
61	Louise	Davidson	LDN-Academy
62	Katy	Hill	LDN-Academy
63	Lucy	Neatham – U23	LDN-Academy
64	Jessica	Prior	LDN-Academy
65	Madelaine	Leech – U23	Lifeplus – Wahoo
66	Kate	Richardson – U23	Lifeplus – Wahoo
67	April	Tacey	Lifeplus – Wahoo
68	Matilda	McKibben – JR	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films
69	Niamh	Murphy – JR	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films
70	Awen	Roberts – JR	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films
71	Philippa	Draper – U23	Loughborough Lightning
72	Eva	Callinan – U23	Loughborough Lightning
73	Francesca	Hall	Loughborough Lightning
74	Amber	Harding	Loughborough Lightning
75	Emily	Kay	Loughborough Lightning
76	Roisin	Lally – U23	Loughborough Lightning
77	~~Alice~~	~~Lethbridge~~	~~Loughborough Lightning~~
78	~~Anya~~	~~Tamplin~~	~~Loughborough Lightning~~
79	Robyn	Clay – U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
80	Bexy	Dew	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
81	Lucy	Ellmore – U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
82	Amy	Gornall	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
83	Zoe	Langham	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
84	Corinne	Side	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
85	Millie	Skinner	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
86	Jo	Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee
87	Ella	Barnwell – U23	Saint Piran WRT
88	Hannah	Bayes	Saint Piran WRT
89	Nicole	Coates	Saint Piran WRT
90	~~Rachel~~	~~Galler~~	~~Saint Piran WRT~~
91	Sophie	Holmes	Saint Piran WRT
92	Danielle	Khan	Saint Piran WRT
93	Annamarie	Lipp	Saint Piran WRT
94	Rebecca	Richards	Saint Piran WRT
95	Alice	Colling – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
96	Cat	Ferguson – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
97	Lucy	Glover – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
98	Isabel	Mayes – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
99	Freya	Whiteside – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
100	Imogen	Wolff – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
101	Esther	Wong – JR	Shibden Hope Tech Apex
102	Olivia	French	StolenGoat Race Team
103	Lena	Kane	StolenGoat Race Team
104	Lauren	O’Brien	StolenGoat Race Team
105	Hannah	Farran	Team Boompods
106	Jayati	Hine	Team Boompods
107	Charlotte	Hodgkins-Byrne	Team Boompods
108	Gemma	Mitchell	Team Boompods
109	Sian	Marsh	Team Boompods
110	Ellen	McDermott	Team Boompods
111	Lauren	Watson	Team Boompods
112	Mary	Wilkinson	Team Boompods
113	Xan	Crees	Team Spectra Cannondale
114	Isabel	Darvill	Team Spectra Cannondale
115	Josie	Knight	Team Spectra Cannondale
116	Lucy	Benezet Minns – JR	Tofauti Everyone Active
117	Amelia	Cebak – JR	Tofauti Everyone Active
118	Elizabeth	McKinnon – JR	Tofauti Everyone Active
119	Holly	Ramsey – JR	Tofauti Everyone Active
120	Lowri	Richards – JR	Tofauti Everyone Active
121	Mia	Rutterford – JR	Tofauti Everyone Active
122	Adele	Battersby	Wahoo – Le Col
123	Anastasia	Bowler	Wahoo – Le Col
124	Maya	Branfoot – U23	Wahoo – Le Col
125	Lizi	Brooke	Wahoo – Le Col
126	Vanessa	Fursden	Wahoo – Le Col
127	Lauren	Langham	Wahoo – Le Col
128	Frances	Owen	Wahoo – Le Col
129	Kate	MacLeod	Wahoo – Le Col
130	Jacqueline	Kinsey – U23	AWOL Worx Galliard
131	Kim	Baptista	Ayr Roads Cycling Club
~~132~~	~~Abbie~~	~~Manley – U23~~	~~Black Vanilla~~
133	Caitlin	Harvey – JR	Cero – Cycle Division Racing Team
134	Isabella	Johnson – U23	INFLITE Femme
135	Georgina	Oakley	INFLITE Femme
136	Alice	Sharpe	Israel – Premier Tech Development
137	Ruby	Oakes – JR	JRC Interflon Race Team
138	Cecilia	Hime	Paradigm Cycles
139	Nicola	Greenwood	RFDA
140	Annabel	Ramsay – U23	RFDA
141	Madeleine	Nutt	Ribble Collective
142	Erin	Avill – U23	Storey Racing
143	Jenny	Holl	Tekkerz CC
144	Amy	Perryman – U23	Tekkerz CC
145	Morven	Yeoman – U23	Torelli
146	Savannah	Morgan	Unattached
147	Molly	Patch	Unattached

Men’s Rider List

Number	First Name	Surname	Team
1	~~Luke~~	~~Lamperti – U23~~	~~Trinity Racing~~
2	~~Robert~~	~~Donaldson – U23~~	~~Trinity Racing~~
3	Dean	Harvey – U23	Trinity Racing
4	Kevin	McCambridge – U23	Trinity Racing
5	Callum	Thornley – U23	Trinity Racing
6	Joe	Pidcock – U23	Trinity Racing
7	~~Jose Manuel~~	~~Gutierrez Revuelta~~	~~BAI – Sicasal – Petro de Luanda~~
8	~~Gorka~~	~~Sorarrain Agirrezabala~~	~~BAI – Sicasal – Petro de Luanda~~
9	~~Mikel~~	~~Mujika Larraiotz~~	~~BAI – Sicasal – Petro de Luanda~~
10	Charles	Page	BAI – Sicasal – Petro de Luanda
11	Ben	Etherington – U23	BCC Race Team
12	Dan	Galpin – U23	BCC Race Team
13	Jacob	Gilkes – U23	BCC Race Team
14	Jack	Hartley – U23	BCC Race Team
15	Joe	Coukham – U23	Cycling Sheffield
16	James	Hartley – U23	Cycling Sheffield
17	James	Hawkins – U23	Cycling Sheffield
18	Taylor	Hill – U23	Cycling Sheffield
19	Max	Krasinski – U23	Cycling Sheffield
20	James	McKay	Cycling Sheffield
21	George	Wood – U23	Cycling Sheffield
22	James	Wordsworth – U23	Cycling Sheffield
23	Josh	Housley	Derby CC Webuycycle Huub RT
24	Adam	Kenway	Derby CC Webuycycle Huub RT
25	Ewan	Mackie – U23	Derby CC Webuycycle Huub RT
26	Michael	Chadwick	Embark Spirit BSS
27	Damien	Clayton	Embark Spirit BSS
28	Dan	Gardener	Embark Spirit BSS
29	Joe	Hill	Embark Spirit BSS
30	George	Kimber	Embark Spirit BSS
31	Will	Perrett	Embark Spirit BSS
32	Dean	Watson	Embark Spirit BSS
33	Joe	Wilson – U23	Embark Spirit BSS
34	Cai	Davies	Kalas Motip Race Team
35	Sebastian	Garry	Kalas Motip Race Team
36	Harry	Green	Kalas Motip Race Team
37	Oliver	Hucks	Kalas Motip Race Team
38	Cameron	McLaren	Kalas Motip Race Team
39	Joseph	Rees	Kalas Motip Race Team
40	Jordan	Giles	Primera-TeamJobs
41	Ben	Millar	Primera-TeamJobs
42	Nicholas	Tyrie	Primera-TeamJobs
43	Joshua	Horsfield – U23	Ribble rechrg Race Team
44	Hugo	Lutz Atkinson – U23	Ribble rechrg Race Team
45	Alexander	MacRae	Ribble rechrg Race Team
46	Sam	Asker – U23	Richardsons Trek DAS
47	Peter	Cocker	Richardsons Trek DAS
48	Jack	Crook	Richardsons Trek DAS
49	James	Jenkins	Richardsons Trek DAS
50	Matt	Lord – U23	Richardsons Trek DAS
51	Sean	Mullen	Richardsons Trek DAS
52	Alex	Peters	Richardsons Trek DAS
53	Conor	McGoldrick	Richardsons Trek DAS
54	Matthew	Ellis	ROKiT – SCRT
55	David	Hird – U23	ROKiT – SCRT
56	Scott	Redding	ROKiT – SCRT
57	Joe	Beckinsale	ROKiT – SCRT
58	William	Truelove – U23	ROKiT – SCRT
59	Matthew	Warhurst	ROKiT – SCRT
60	Tom	Williams – U23	ROKiT – SCRT
61	Jenson	Young – U23	ROKiT – SCRT
62	Harry	Birchill – U23	Saint Piran
63	Josh	Charlton – U23	Saint Piran
64	Zeb	Kyffin	Saint Piran
65	William	Roberts	Saint Piran
66	Alexandar	Richardson	Saint Piran
67	Jack	Rootkin-Gray – U23	Saint Piran
68	Charlie	Tanfield	Saint Piran
69	William	Tidball	Saint Piran
70	Lance	Childs – U23	TAAP Endura
71	Henry	Latimer	TAAP Endura
72	Jamie	Pullen – U23	TAAP Endura
73	Harvey	Stroh – U23	TAAP Endura
74	Josh	Knowles – U23	TAAP Endura
75	Alexander	Speirs	TAAP Endura
76	Harry	Macfarlane	TAAP Endura
77	John	Buller	Team PB Performance
78	Jacques	Coates – U23	Team PB Performance
79	Liam	Flannery – U23	Team PB Performance
80	Gareth	O Neill	Team PB Performance
81	Tom	Palfrey – U23	Team PB Performance
82	George	Peden	Team PB Performance
83	Harry	Paveley – U23	Team PB Performance
84	Jude	Taylor	Team PB Performance
85	Alec	Briggs	TEKKERZ CC
86	Joe	Holt	TEKKERZ CC
87	Olivier	Mangham – U23	TEKKERZ CC
88	Benjamin	Tuchner – U23	TEKKERZ CC
89	Jacob	Vaughan	TEKKERZ CC
90	James	Bevan	trainSharp Elite
91	Samuel	Clark – U23	trainSharp Elite
92	Ollie	Peckover	trainSharp Elite
93	Thomas	Mitchell – U23	Dolan Ellesse Race Team
94	Tim	Torrie	trainSharp Elite
95	Matt	Webster	trainSharp Elite
96	Ben	Bright – U23	Wales Racing Academy
97	Huw	Buck Jones – U23	Wales Racing Academy
98	Spencer	Davies – U23	Wales Racing Academy
99	Griff	Lewis – U23	Wales Racing Academy
100	Fred	Meredith – U23	Wales Racing Academy
101	Ed	Morgan	Wales Racing Academy
102	Matthew	Fox – U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
103	Aaron	King – U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
104	Callum	Laborde – U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
105	Tim	Shoreman	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
106	Thomas	Armstrong	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
107	Philip	Large	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo
108	Dexter	Leeming-Sykes – U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo
109	Freddy	Pett	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo
110	Joshua	Ravn	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo
111	Cavan	Walker	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo
112	James	Bentley	A.Fawcett Racing
113	Rory	Townsend	Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
114	Alexander	Bosley – U23	CC Plancoet
115	Alistair	Slater	Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
116	Tobias	Bartlett	Doddington Cycling Club
117	Toby	Barnes	Dolan Ellesse Race Team
118	Sam	Culverwell	Dolan Ellesse Race Team
119	James	Jobber	EuroCyclingTrips
120	Stephen	Maxwell	Foran CCC
121	William	Abbott – U23	INFLITE
122	Andrew	Kerr	INFLITE TYPE ONE
123	Tristan	Galloway – U23	Le Col Race Team
124	Monte	Guerrini	Le Col Race Team
125	Rowan	Baker – U23	London Dynamo
126	Ben	Granger	Mg.K VIS Colors for Peace VPM
127	Daniel	McDermott	Moonglu Race Team
128	Ben	Pease	Moonglu Race Team
129	Thomas	Batchelor	Open Collective
130	Gary	Freeman	Orwell Velo
131	Angus	Hawkins – U23	Ride Revolution Coaching
132	Joseph	Laverick	Ribble Collective
133	Kyle	Gordon	RT23
134	Finn	Crockett	The Cycling Academy
135	Oliver	Hurdle	StolenGoat Racing Team
136	Callum	Slade	StolenGoat Racing Team
137	Nicholas	Cooper	Sweden Cycling Academy
138	Ross	Birrell – U23	Team Inspired
139	Andrew	Nichols	Team Lifting Gear Products
140	Daniel	Barnes – U23	Team Spectra Cannondale
141	Theodor	Obholzer	Team Spectra Cannondale
142	Oscar	Hutchings	Team Tor 2000 Kalas
143	Ciaran	McSherry – U23	The Cycling Academy
144	Euan	Woodliffe – U23	The Cycling Academy
145	Benjamin	Hellebo	Wheelsuckers
146	Jim	Brown	Cross team Legendre
147	Dylan	Humber-Kelly – U23	unattached
148	James	OConnell	unattached
149	Joseph	Smith – U23	unattached
150	Max	Stedman	unattached
Reserves
151	Joshua	Avery	Ride Revolution Coaching
152	Jonny	Britton	Prologue Racing Team
153	Sam	Shepherd	0503
154	Jacob	Avery – U23	Ride Revolution Coaching
155	Will	Thompson – U23	A.Fawcett Racing
156	David	Bolland	Army Cycling Union
157	Steven	Jones	Team Tor 2000 Kalas
158	Joe	Shillabeer – U23	0503
159	Reuben	Heal – U23	Team Tor 2000 Kalas
160	Jenson	Brown – U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
161	Sean	Dodsworth	Army Cycling Union
162	Jack	Lucas – U23	A.Fawcett Racing
163	Ben	Mewes	Moonglu Race Team
164	Jake	Jackson	Rose Race Team
~~165~~	~~Matt~~	~~Bailey~~	~~Ride Revolution Coaching~~

This year sees Rapha continuing in their role as title sponsor since stepping in to save the race back in 2020. And stepping up as Presenting Sponsor is Wattbike. With Wattbike stepping in to help with sponsorship and Rapha upping their financial commitment, it looks like the Lincoln GP is safe.

Along with the main race on Sunday, ITP Events are running the Lincoln GP Sportive on the Saturday. This will give you a chance to tackle the closed-road climb of Michaelgate, just like the following day’s racers: without the accumulated fatigue! You can choose from three routes of 164, 99, or 56 kilometres. And once you’ve finished you could head over to the Rapha Archive Sale at the Blue Room. So that could be a whole weekend of riding your bike, watching others race theirs and buying cycling kit: is there a better way to spend a weekend? The women are off first at 0900, with the men at 1300.