Alba Development Road Team Tops the National Series Leaderboard following super showing at 2024 CiCle Classic
Team News: Alba Development Road Team
Alba Development Road Team took on the first British Cycling Women’s National Road event of the season, leaving with second, fifth, and fifteenth place finishes, along with a spot at the top of the team standings.
National Road Series Team Standings 2024
1. Alba Development Road Team 116
2. Hess Cycling Team 112
3. Doltcini – OShea 98
4. Pro-Noctis – 200º Coffee – Hargreaves Contracting Ltd 81
5. DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK 61
6. Tofauti Everyone Active 48
7. Loughborough Lightning 44
8. Team Boompods 42
9. Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon 21
10. Brother UK – On Form 16
11. Shibden Apex RT 14
12. Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films 9
The all-female elite cycling team represented Scotland in grand fashion at the CiCle Classic in Rutland over the weekend, coming away with three top 15 finishes.
Scotland’s Eilidh Shaw took second place, finishing just out of the top spot on the podium, while Shaw’s teammates Amelia Tyler and Beth Morrow picked up fifth and fifteenth places respectively.
Seven members of Alba kicked off the 2024 season by competing in the CiCle Classic, with six racers finishing within the top 50.
Alba DRT Performance Director and Team Manager Bob Lyons says he was incredibly pleased with how the team performed during their first race of the 2024 season. He said: “We’re very happy with the outcome of this first race of the season. We’ve come off a really solid winter of training and a lot of hard work, and now we’re looking to deliver. The whole team performed well this weekend and we have a lot of confidence going into the next race – not just as a team, but as individual racers working hard to bring home a win.”
Of the other team Alba riders who participated in the CiCle Classic, Arianne Holland finished 24th, Keira Bond finished 42nd, and Emma Matthews and Millie Skinner came in 50th and 51st, respectively.
Lyons adds: “The team performed well but now we need to focus on the next races. We had a great weekend but there are always things to work on an things that could have gone better, as individuals and as a team. We have some tough races coming up – Belgium which is a class one UCI competition and we have another British National race in mid-April.
“Right now, we need to keep the momentum going and work out how we win the next race. As a team, we’re on top of the British Elite standings. That is a great place to be in to start the season off, but we still have a lot of racing left this season and I have nothing but confidence in this team to perform at the highest level and win.”
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