British Cycling has announced a world-class field – including Mark Cavendish, Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh, Alex Dowsett, Lizzie Armitstead, Laura Trott and Dame Sarah Storey – for the 2015 British Cycling National Road Championships in Lincolnshire later this month.
The men’s and women’s time trials take place on Thursday 25 June, ahead of the road races on Sunday 28 June.
Team Sky’s Peter Kennaugh will defend
the road race title he won in Monmouthshire last year in a strong field that includes teammate and Commonwealth champion Geraint Thomas, 2013 champion and former world champion Mark Cavendish (Etixx - Quick-Step) and Orica-GreenEDGE rider Simon Yates who landed a podium finish in 2014.
The field also contains two previous winners of the prestigious Lincoln Grand Prix, Russell Downing (CULT Energy Pro Cycling) and Scott Thwaites (Bora Argon 18)
In the women’s road race,
defending champion Laura Trott will renew her rivalry with Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead, who finished third in Abergavenny last year.
Armitstead will face tough opposition if she is to take her third British road title in Lincoln and will compete against 2014 silver medallist Dani King (Wiggle Honda), multiple Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey (Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International) and last year’s under-23 silver and bronze medallists Katie Archibald (Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International) and Elinor Barker (Matrix Fitness) for glory.
