Conor Swift and Annabel Fisher win British Gravel Championships

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Conor Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) and Annabel Fisher (Categorized Ridley Manufacturing facility) gained the 2024 British Gravel Nationwide Championships, claiming the titles in south-west Scotland.

The third version of the title race performed out on the second stage of the Raiders Gravel occasion on an 87.6km course with 1,390m of elevation achieve and over 93% of the route on gravel. The race units off from Garries Park and head into the hills of the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere earlier than reaching the end line simply north of the Huge Water of Fleet viaduct within the Cairnsmore of Fleet Nationwide Nature Reserve.

The nationwide title race was initially on account of happen on the King’s Cup Gravel Competition in September although the occasion was cancelled  – with organisers pointing to Forestry England’s „unacceptably excessive venue charges“ as the explanation – and Championships shifted to the second stage of the three stage Raiders Gravel occasion in Scotland.

Swift went right into a 10-rider breakaway together with Nathan Haas (Colango Castelli), Matthew Holmes (One Good Factor Orientation Advertising), Jonathan Brownlee, and Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers), attacking with Cameron Mason (Cyclocross Reds) and opening up an unassailable hole for 20 kilometres.

On the ultimate climb to Loch Grannoch, Mason couldn’t longer maintain Swift’s wheel and the British title went to the Ineos Grenadiers rider.

Toby Perry (Categorized Ridley Manufacturing facility) and Ben Swift caught Mason, sprinting in for second and third, respectively.

Fisher was a part of an five-rider assault together with defending champion Xan Crees and Katie Scott (Spectra Racing), Alison Jackson (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Amelia Mitchell, and Morven Yeoman (Das-Hutchison-Brother).

Fisher and Jackson acquired away on the climb to Loch Grannon, with the Canadian taking out the dash however, not eligible for the British title, the pink, white and blue stripes went to Fisher.

Mitchell pipped Scott to 3rd total and second within the British Gravel Championship in a photograph end.

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Former British Gravel Championships winners

2023 – Xan Crees and Joe Blackmore

2022 – Danni Shrosbree and Jacob Vaughan