Kennaugh beats Swift to British national road title

Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky) beat Ben Swift (Team Sky) to the win in the British national road race in a Sky dominated race in Wales. The pair settled the race with a close sprint with Kennaugh coming out on top. Simon Yates (Orica GreenEdge) finished third after being dropped before the final sprint.

"It's amazing. The last lap it was hard to race to race against such a good mate. I sat on for almost half the last lap and I thought that it was all over when I didn't drop him," Kennaugh said at the finish.

The pair were still alone as they made their way through a tight final 100 meters with Swift on the front. On paper Swift is the better sprinter and he duly opened up his sprint first. However he left the smallest of opening on his right hand side, just enough room for Kennaugh to exploit and win his first national road title at the elite level.

"I thought that maybe with the 200 meters I still had a chance. I gave it my best shot and I couldn't believe that I was coming around him. Today was my day."

"I think this almost tops everything. I have so many fantastic memories with the Tour de France last year and the Olympic Games but I've been close here so many times but this is special."

Over the 186-kilometre course in Monmouthshire, Team Sky were on the hunt for their fourth national title in fifth years and to reclaim the jersey they had relinquished to Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma QuickStep) 12 months ago.

Cavendish was a non-starter due to illness, and Sky made their numbers and strength in depth count at several points in the race.

Luke Rowe infiltrated an early break and with just under 60 kilometres covered, the group swelled to Josh Edmondson, Kennaugh and Swift (all Team Sky), and Scott Davies (Madison Genesis), Mark Christian (Raleigh) and Adam and Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEdge).

This group would decide the race and over 10 laps of the circuit. A whittling down process began and went until only Swift and Kennaugh remained – Simon Yates the last rider to be dropped. Kennaugh tried several late attacks but the eventual outcome would be decided in a sprint.

"I’ve done so many training sprints with Swifty and he just leaves me, but today was my day obviously," Kennaugh said.

Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky)4:25:01
2Ben Swift (Team Sky)Row 1 - Cell 2
3Simon Yates (Orica GreenEdge)0:01:09
4Luke Rowe (Team Sky)0:01:38
5Joshua Edmondson (Team Sky)0:04:01
6Adam Yates (Orica GreenEdge)0:04:39
7Rob Partridge (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)0:05:43
8Geraint Thomas (Team Sky)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Thomas Stewart (Madison Genesis )Row 8 - Cell 2
10James MclaughlinRow 9 - Cell 2
11Liam Holohan (Madison Genesis )0:05:45
12Steven Lampier (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)0:05:50
13Edward Laverack (Rapha Condor JLT)0:05:53
14Daniel Fleeman0:05:54
15Mark Christian (Team Raleigh )0:06:07
16Daniel Pearson0:08:46
17Dante Carpenter0:08:47
18Kristian House (Rapha Condor JLT)0:08:49
19Richard Handley (Rapha Condor JLT)0:08:51
DNFDavid ClarkeRow 19 - Cell 2
DNFJake KellyRow 20 - Cell 2
DNFAlistair SlaterRow 21 - Cell 2
DNFDavid Millar (Garmin Sharp)Row 22 - Cell 2
DNFHamish GrahamRow 23 - Cell 2
DNFHart Tao Geoghegan (Bissell Development Team)Row 24 - Cell 2
DNFAndrew FeatherRow 25 - Cell 2
DNFAshley MartinRow 26 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew SumptionRow 27 - Cell 2
DNFNick WilkinsonRow 28 - Cell 2
DNFBen HallworthRow 29 - Cell 2
DNFHenry HunterRow 30 - Cell 2
DNFJames Gullen (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 31 - Cell 2
DNFLawrence CarpenterRow 32 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel Harrison (NFTO )Row 33 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Moses (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 34 - Cell 2
DNFRussel FalderRow 35 - Cell 2
DNFSebastian BaylisRow 36 - Cell 2
DNFJames KnoxRow 37 - Cell 2
DNFJames NeweyRow 38 - Cell 2
DNFCallum FergussonRow 39 - Cell 2
DNFSam BoastRow 40 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew ClarkeRow 41 - Cell 2
DNFJames LockerRow 42 - Cell 2
DNFJames Moss (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 43 - Cell 2
DNFRichard Hepworth (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 44 - Cell 2
DNFGeorge Harper (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 45 - Cell 2
DNFJosh TeasdaleRow 46 - Cell 2
DNFAndy EdwardsRow 47 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew PilkingtonRow 48 - Cell 2
DNFDillion ByrneRow 49 - Cell 2
DNFPerry BowaterRow 50 - Cell 2
DNFEvan Oliphant (Team Raleigh )Row 51 - Cell 2
DNFAndy LeighRow 52 - Cell 2
DNFAdam LewisRow 53 - Cell 2
DNFGeorge Atkins (Team Raleigh )Row 54 - Cell 2
DNFScott Thwaites (Team NetApp – Endura)Row 55 - Cell 2
DNFJonathan Mcevoy (Team NetApp – Endura)Row 56 - Cell 2
DNFErick Rowsell (Team NetApp – Endura)Row 57 - Cell 2
DNFGeorge PymRow 58 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew WoodsRow 59 - Cell 2
DNFDaniel Patten (Team 7 Eleven Road Bike Philippines)Row 60 - Cell 2
DNFJack PullarRow 61 - Cell 2
DNFDavid LinesRow 62 - Cell 2
DNFWill FoxRow 63 - Cell 2
DNFJamie CaldwellRow 64 - Cell 2
DNFGeorge WoodRow 65 - Cell 2
DNFHarry FranklinRow 66 - Cell 2
DNFLuke RyanRow 67 - Cell 2
DNFLloyd ChapmanRow 68 - Cell 2
DNFAndrew HastingsRow 69 - Cell 2
DNFRhys HowellsRow 70 - Cell 2
DNFOwen LakeRow 71 - Cell 2
DNFSimon AlexanderRow 72 - Cell 2
DNFElliott Porter (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 73 - Cell 2
DNFChristopher Opie (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 74 - Cell 2
DNFLuke Grivell-mellor (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 75 - Cell 2
DNFHarry TanfieldRow 76 - Cell 2
DNFJacob TipperRow 77 - Cell 2
DNFMichael MottramRow 78 - Cell 2
DNFAshley DennisRow 79 - Cell 2
DNFJoseph FoxRow 80 - Cell 2
DNFBen KellettRow 81 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Cuming (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 82 - Cell 2
DNFBen DavisRow 83 - Cell 2
DNFOwen JamesRow 84 - Cell 2
DNFNick NobleRow 85 - Cell 2
DNFRyan ConnorRow 86 - Cell 2
DNFAshley ProctorRow 87 - Cell 2
DNFColin ParryRow 88 - Cell 2
DNFAlex RoyalRow 89 - Cell 2
DNFGeorge FowlerRow 90 - Cell 2
DNFBevan HumphriesRow 91 - Cell 2
DNFAlastair HepworthRow 92 - Cell 2
DNFDeclan ByrneRow 93 - Cell 2
DNFGlyndwr GriffithsRow 94 - Cell 2
DNFHugh Wilson (NFTO )Row 95 - Cell 2
DNFRussell HamptonRow 96 - Cell 2
DNFMark Mcnally (An Post - Chain Reaction)Row 97 - Cell 2
DNFOwain Doull (An Post - Chain Reaction)Row 98 - Cell 2
DNFChristopher LathamRow 99 - Cell 2
DNFGermain BurtonRow 100 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel LoweRow 101 - Cell 2
DNFOlivier WoodRow 102 - Cell 2
DNFHugh Carthy (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 103 - Cell 2
DNFAlex PatonRow 104 - Cell 2
DNFFrancis CadeRow 105 - Cell 2
DNFGruffudd LewisRow 106 - Cell 2
DNFRobert MooreRow 107 - Cell 2
DNFJoshua Hunt (NFTO )Row 108 - Cell 2
DNFJames Lewis (NFTO )Row 109 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel Williams (NFTO )Row 110 - Cell 2
DNFKieran Frend (An Post - Chain Reaction)Row 111 - Cell 2
DNFWilliams James Lowsley (NFTO )Row 112 - Cell 2
DNFJohn RussellRow 113 - Cell 2
DNFRussell Downing (NFTO )Row 114 - Cell 2
DNFDale Appleby (NFTO )Row 115 - Cell 2
DNFRobert OrrRow 116 - Cell 2
DNFAlex Dowsett (Movistar Team)Row 117 - Cell 2
DNFZach MayRow 118 - Cell 2
DNFDexter GardiasRow 119 - Cell 2
DNFAlex Peters (Madison Genesis )Row 120 - Cell 2
DNFWilliam BjergfeltRow 121 - Cell 2
DNFChris Snook (Madison Genesis )Row 122 - Cell 2
DNFTobyn Horton (Madison Genesis )Row 123 - Cell 2
DNFIan Bibby (Madison Genesis )Row 124 - Cell 2
DNFJacob ScottRow 125 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Bustard (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 126 - Cell 2
DNFAdam Blythe (NFTO )Row 127 - Cell 2
DNFJon Mould (NFTO )Row 128 - Cell 2
DNFScott Davies (Madison Genesis )Row 129 - Cell 2
DNFDaniel MclayRow 130 - Cell 2
DNFGary HandRow 131 - Cell 2
DNFRobert HassanRow 132 - Cell 2
DNFKit GilhamRow 133 - Cell 2
DNFAlex CouttsRow 134 - Cell 2
DNFJake Tanner (Christina Watches - Kuma)Row 135 - Cell 2
DNFJames KingRow 136 - Cell 2
DNFJames SampsonRow 137 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew Holmes (Madison Genesis )Row 138 - Cell 2
DNFHarry GoddingRow 139 - Cell 2
DNFHenry LatimerRow 140 - Cell 2
DNFPeter WilliamsRow 141 - Cell 2
DNFJames WalsbyRow 142 - Cell 2
DNFJake WomersleyRow 143 - Cell 2
DNSJack AdamsRow 144 - Cell 2
DNSDouglas DeweyRow 145 - Cell 2
DNSJacob RaganRow 146 - Cell 2
DNSAndrew Fenn (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step)Row 147 - Cell 2
DNSChristopher LawlessRow 148 - Cell 2
DNSMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step)Row 149 - Cell 2
DNSAlexander MurissonRow 150 - Cell 2
DNSChristopher LawlessRow 151 - Cell 2
DNSJoe KellyRow 152 - Cell 2
DNSAndrew Tennant (Madison Genesis )Row 153 - Cell 2
DNSAdam MartinRow 154 - Cell 2
DNSRhys LloydRow 155 - Cell 2
DNSChris BartlettRow 156 - Cell 2
DNSMartin JakeRow 157 - Cell 2
DNSGraham Briggs (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 158 - Cell 2
DNSJames McCallum (NFTO )Row 159 - Cell 2
DNSWilliam Stephenson (Rapha Condor JLT)Row 160 - Cell 2
DNSJoe GigginsRow 161 - Cell 2
DNSIan Wilkinson (Team Raleigh )Row 162 - Cell 2
DNSLiam Stones (Team Raleigh )Row 163 - Cell 2
DNSJoseph Perett (Team Raleigh )Row 164 - Cell 2
DNSYanto Barker (Team Raleigh )Row 165 - Cell 2
DNSChris DredgeRow 166 - Cell 2
DNSBradley Wiggins (Team Sky)Row 167 - Cell 2
DNSMathew Cronshaw (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 168 - Cell 2
DNSNathan Edmondson (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 169 - Cell 2
DNSBradley Morgan (Velosure - Giordana Racing Team)Row 170 - Cell 2
DNSAlex BottomleyRow 171 - Cell 2
DNSAdam DugglebyRow 172 - Cell 2
DNSSimon WilsonRow 173 - Cell 2
DNSJordan HargreavesRow 174 - Cell 2
DNSMark PerryRow 175 - Cell 2
DNSScott GurnettRow 176 - Cell 2
DNSIan Stannard (Team Sky)Row 177 - Cell 2

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