The British National Road Race Championships 2006 took place on the 24 and 25 June in the Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 town, Beverley

Beverley

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

. The men's road race saw a new champion, Hamish Haynes

Hamish Haynes

Hamish Robert Haynes is an English road racing cyclist. He was British champion in 2006.-Victories:2004 — Team cyclingnews.com-Down Under2005 — Team Cyclingnews.com Fondriest2006 — Jartazi-7Mobile-External links:...

 but the women's race held no surprises as Nicole Cooke

Nicole Cooke

Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...

 took her seventh victory - her sixth in a row.

Men's National Road Race Championships

The men's race started in Beverley and the 116.8 mile race took the riders around East Riding

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, before finishing with 3 laps on a 4.9 miles circuit in Beverley. The line-up of 76 riders included 4 former champions, Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)

Jeremy Hunt is a British road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He is mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the British national road race champion in 1997 and in 2001....

, Matthew Stephens

Matthew Stephens (cyclist)

Matthew Stephens is a British professional road racing cyclist who rides for .-Biography:Stephens was successful as a junior rider, winning the Junior Tour of Wales in both 1987 and 1988, one of only two riders to win the race twice. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...

, Roger Hammond and the reigning champion Russell Downing

Russell Downing

Russell Downing is an English cycling road-racer for UCI ProTour team . He was the British national road race champion in 2005. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing...

.

The attacks started as soon as the race started, with the first attacker being Adam Norris. There were many other attacks in the early stages of the race and some of the prominent attackers were: Duncan Urquhart, Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)

Jeremy Hunt is a British road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He is mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the British national road race champion in 1997 and in 2001....

, Steve Cummings

Steve Cummings

Stephen Philip Cummings is an English racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .-Biography:Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit...

 and Roger Hammond. Jonathan Dayus and Russell Downing

Russell Downing

Russell Downing is an English cycling road-racer for UCI ProTour team . He was the British national road race champion in 2005. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing...

 attacked on the climb at Nunburnhome, with around 85 miles gone. They were caught by the chasing group on the descent, Haynes and Urquhart then established a slender lead over the group. Hammond, Geraint Thomas

Geraint Thomas

Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...

, Dale Appleby

Dale Appleby

Dale Appleby is a Welsh competitive road racing cyclist who rides for CyclePremier.com-Metaltek. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2006 he rode for Recycling.co.uk and in 2007 he rode for the Italian V.C. Seano One Team...

 and Matt Talbot, broke away to chase but Talbot soon gave up and dropped back.

The 3 chasers came together with Haynes and Urquhart, and they regained a slight lead with one 5 miles circuit to go. Amazingly, they hung on. Thomas began the sprint with a few hundred metres to go, but with 100m Haynes sprinted past to take the victory, with Hammond 2nd and Thomas 3rd. A group of 14 riders came in just 10 seconds behind, with 4 more 28 seconds behind the leaders. Dean Downing

Dean Downing

Dean "Deano" Downing is an English bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling who rides for Rapha Condor-Sharp. He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of the former British champion, Russell Downing...

 was the next rider to finish, but he was over 7 minutes down on Haynes. Glen Turnbull brought up the rear, nearly half an hour behind.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Hamish Haynes Hamish Haynes Hamish Robert Haynes is an English road racing cyclist. He was British champion in 2006.-Victories:2004 — Team cyclingnews.com-Down Under2005 — Team Cyclingnews.com Fondriest2006 — Jartazi-7Mobile-External links:...	4:51.08
2	Roger Hammond	s.t.
3	Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...	s.t.
4	Dale Appleby Dale Appleby Dale Appleby is a Welsh competitive road racing cyclist who rides for CyclePremier.com-Metaltek. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2006 he rode for Recycling.co.uk and in 2007 he rode for the Italian V.C. Seano One Team...	+ 0.03
5	Duncan Urquhart	+ 0.06
6	Kristian House Kristian House Kristian House is a British racing cyclist who rides for the Rapha Condor team. He was the 2009 British Road Race Champion. He has raced in Europe and Australia. He rode for Great Britain in UCI World Cup track events...	+ 0.08
7	Steve Cummings Steve Cummings Stephen Philip Cummings is an English racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .-Biography:Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit...	s.t.
8	Daniel Lloyd	s.t.
9	Ian Wilkinson Ian Wilkinson (cyclist) Ian Wilkinson is an elite racing cyclist from Barnoldswick in Lancashire who rides for Endura Racing. A prolific rider, he competes at the top level in cross country and marathon mountain bike racing, cyclo-cross, circuit and road racing. He is a multiple national champion, winning championships...	s.t.
10	Jonathan Dayus	s.t.
11	Matt Talbot	s.t.
12	Russell Downing Russell Downing Russell Downing is an English cycling road-racer for UCI ProTour team . He was the British national road race champion in 2005. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing...	s.t.
13	Johnathan Rosenbrier	s.t.
14	Andrew Jackson	s.t.
15	Robin Sharman Robin Sharman Robin Sharman is an English road racing cyclist from Repton, Derbyshire. He represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, competing in the road event but did not finish the race.-Palmarès:2000200520062007-References:...	s.t.
16	Matthew Stephens Matthew Stephens (cyclist) Matthew Stephens is a British professional road racing cyclist who rides for .-Biography:Stephens was successful as a junior rider, winning the Junior Tour of Wales in both 1987 and 1988, one of only two riders to win the race twice. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...	s.t.
17	Martin Ford	s.t.
18	Kevin Dawson	s.t.
19	Alex Coutts	+0.12
20	Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt (cyclist) Jeremy Hunt is a British road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He is mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the British national road race champion in 1997 and in 2001....	+0.27

Women's National Road Race Championships

The women's race followed a different route than the men's race and was just over half the distance of the men's race, lasting 63.5 miles. There were around 60 participants and 39 of those completed the course.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Nicole Cooke Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...	2:51.29
2	Lorna Webb Lorna Webb Lorna Webb is an English professional cyclist from Walsall, West Midlands, born in Runcorn. She represented Great Britain twice at the World Championships in Plouay and Lisbon as a junior.-Palmarès:2003...	+ 0.25
3	Jo Rowsell	+ 0.25
4	Amy Hunt	+ 0.25
5	Tanja Slater	+ 0.25
6	Catherine Hare	+ 0.25
7	Caroline Kluiber	+ 0.25
8	Helen Wyman Helen Wyman Helen Wyman is a British cyclist for the KONA/FSA Factory Team. She participates in both road cycling as cyclo-cross and since she began competing at the age of 14, Wyman has represented her country at many international events including World Cups and World Championships...	+ 0.25
9	Wendy Houvenaghel Wendy Houvenaghel Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a British racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter...	+ 0.27
10	Rachel Heal Rachel Heal Rachel Heal is an English racing cyclist.She joined British Cycling's World Class Performance Plan in 2001 when she gave up her job to become a full-time cyclist. She turned professional and rode for the Belgian Farm Frites-Hartol team after obtaining a degree in chemical engineering from...	+ 0.27

External links

• Men's National Road Race Championships Britishcycling.org.uk
• More images for the Mens road race KennedyImages.co.uk
• Women's National Road Race Championships Britishcycling.org.uk
• More images for the Womens road race KennedyImages.co.uk