Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) will look to win the British national champion's road race title for a second time at the end of the month, but will have his work cut out against a quality field of British riders on the testing course in Lincoln.
The Manxman, who has racked up 13 wins already this year, has been confirmed as part of a strong men’s field that includes E3 Harelbeke winner Geraint Thomas, reigning champion Peter Kennaugh (both Team Sky), and the Adam and Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEdge). Also racing are 2005 champion Russell Downing (Cult-Energry Pro), Ben Swift (Team Sky), Steve Cummings (MTN-Qhubeka), and Adam Blythe (Orica-GreenEdge).
Cavendish won the British title in Glasgow in 2013 before going on to win two stages in the Tour de France.
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The 123.5-mile route for the 2015 championships is tough, and culminates with eight and a half laps of the eight-mile Lincoln Grand Prix circuit. That means nine times up Michaelgate, a cobbled climb that’s only 250 metres long but has a fearsome gradient of 16 per cent. It’s a factor that might swing the balance in favour of Thomas rather than the likes of Cavendish.
In the 67-mile women’s road race, 67 miles l, Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) will go head to head with defending champion Laura Trott (Matrix Fitness) in a bid to win a third title in five years. Armitstead got the better of Trott to win the jersey in 2013 but last year had to settle for third as the 23-year-old took top spot on the podium.
They’ll face competition from 2014 runner-up Dani King (Wiggle-Honda) and multiple Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey (Pearl Izumi), along with Katie Archibald (Pearl Izumi), Lucy Garner (Liv-Plantur), and Elinor Barker (Matrix Fitness).
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