RR Result: Scottish National Road Race Championship

Tim Shoreman completed a special brace of Scottish National titles on Sunday claiming the Men’s Road Race title in Alford from a bunch sprint to add to his Scottish National Circuit title on Saturday.


RR Result: Scottish National Road Race Championship

Tim Shoreman completed a special brace of Scottish National titles on Sunday claiming the Men’s Road Race title in Alford from a bunch sprint to add to his Scottish National Circuit title on Saturday.

The Aberdeenshire native, Shoreman, came into the race as one of the favourites, after strong performances across the season including in the British Road Series and Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic. The day dawned bright and clear, sunny with only a little wind, a mere breeze that would only trouble the riders on the finish climb of the Glax, with the riders facing an 135km route for the 2023 Scottish National Road Race Championships.

The race was neutralised as the riders came down through Muir of Fowlis and onto the race circuit, but the flag was quickly in and racing began in earnest. A number of early attacks were attempted by riders, but none were able to gain a lasting advantage, on the early laps of the 20km loop which the race would be held on.

Lap three on the steep switchback climb, known as the Corkscrew, three riders were clear David Lines, teammate Tom Merry and Hamish Armitt. A small group including Calum Moir was chasing with the peloton. Liam Scott Douglas and Calum Moir had joined up with the lead trio and were out in front in a group of five which alternated between being just ahead of the chasers and then gaining some time. The were joined by Logan Maclean, who had spent the earlier part of the season racing with AG2R La Mondiale Citroen U23, made a fantastic effort to bridge across to the leading quintet, who had built an advantage nearing three minutes over the remainders of the peloton.

The second group was being marshalled by Aaron King with Shoreman on his wheel and Matiss Robertson and Scottish National MTB XC Champion Lewis Martin, who had swapped his mountain bike for this weekend’s event, also present in the group. Last time around and the gap was coming down Ciaran McSherry and Tim Shoreman both looking in ominous form, with the Wheelbase team chasing hard on the front, despite having two riders in the front group. A late attack by Armitt and Maclean as the chasers came into view of the leaders, saw the duo retain a 20 second lead until the 8km to go mark, when they were caught by the peloton.

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The finish was atop the Glax Hill – a long drag which is steeper at the bottom, but too long for a pure climber to feel entirely at home, and a perfect springboard for an attack. As the riders moved into view of the finish, it wasn’t one man but a whole bunch as the groups had merged and separated again with McSherry, Shoreman, King, Craig Paterson. It came down to a sprint finish and Shoreman timed his jump to perfection to claim the title ahead of McSherry in second with King taking the final podium position.

At the finish Tim Shoreman told Scottish Cycling: “It was pretty hard, we raced pretty negatively as we had six guys in the race. We were quite far behind, me and Aaron King, and then we brought it back and were able to sprint, which was pretty good.” The decision to chase down the break which had two teammates may have raised eyebrows but the result paid off and Shoreman suggested as much, as he said: “It was a bit of an odd situation because we were still in the race, but no one was doing anything, so the three of us thought we’d chaingang round and see what happens. We committed and we ended up with two of ours on the podium.”

At the Race HQ in Alford, Scottish Cycling President Kathy Gilchrist presented the riders with their medals. Scottish Cycling would like to thank the volunteers and commissaires as well as Spokes Race Team for hosting and organising the race.

The Scottish National Women’s Road Race Championships will take place in Kinross on Saturday 30th September.

Result
1 Tim Shoreman Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
2 Ciaran McSherry The Cycling Academy
3 Aaron King Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
4 Craig Paterson Spokes Racing Team
5 Lee Rosie Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
6 Logan Maclean Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
7 Lewis Martin Studio Velo
8 Calum Moir Zappi Junior Race Team
9 Cameron Adam Spokes Racing Team
10 Liam Scott Douglas JG Cycles CC
11 Tom Merry Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
12 Hamish Armitt
13 Neil Scott Deeside Thistle CC
14 Samuel Carrotte University of Aberdeen
15 Matiss Robertson North Argyll Cycle Club
16 Greig Brown Vanelli-Project Go
17 Thomas Gelati Kelpie Racing
18 Malcolm Bain Granite City RT
19 Brian Duncan Sparta Breda
20 Fergus Robinson Ribble rechrg Race Team
21 Colin Dyer Vanelli-Project Go
22 Marc Roberts Elgin CC
23 Euan Cameron A.Fawcett Racing

 

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