{"id":465977,"date":"2026-03-09T13:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465977\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:37:13","slug":"report-and-results-the-british-continental-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465977\/","title":{"rendered":"report and results \u2013 The British Continental"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ollie Snodden (Mandene Racing) took a debut National B road race win in Inkberrow on Sunday (8 March), attacking at the right moment from a four-man group to hold off a determined sprint behind.<\/p>\n

Featured image: Josh Wheeler\/JoWSportsMedia<\/p>\n

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Report<\/p>\n

Four and a half laps of the lumpy Inkberrow parcours, a forecast of biting crosswinds and intermittent showers, and a stacked field with genuine pre-race favourites \u2014 the Evesham Vale Road Race had the makings of a hard, attrition-driven day. In the event, it delivered on almost every count, though not quite in the manner the form book suggested. Oliver Snodden (Mandene Racing), 25 years old and without a National B road race win to his name, left with the prize.<\/p>\n

Organised by Evesham Wheelers out of Inkberrow Village Hall, the race has built a reputation over the decades for producing precisely this kind of outcome: a parcours that saps rather than detonates, that rewards tactical patience over raw power, and that has a habit of throwing up winners who read the race better than their rivals.<\/p>\n

The early laps were uncompromising. The opening three circuits as fast and largely stifled, with no move able to sustain a gap. The first significant break came with roughly one and a half laps to go \u2013 seven riders went clear, BCC Race Team represented by Lewis Tinsley, alongside riders from Cycling Sheffield, Schils\u2013Doltcini RT, Moonglu SpatzWear, TAAP Kalas, Foran CT, and Bridgnorth CC. A subsequent group bridged across, but with the combined move growing too large to function, cooperation broke down and the road came back together with a lap remaining.<\/p>\n

\"\"Image: Josh Wheeler\/JoWSportsMedia<\/p>\n

The decisive counter came from Ethan Squires (BCC Race Team). Seeing the large group collapse, he went over the top and was followed immediately by Piers Mahn (DAS\u2013Richardsons), whose team-mates provided timely assistance in holding off the bunch. <\/p>\n

The pair\u2019s gap was real and growing. Snodden recognised the moment and bridged across; Ollie Hucks (Foran CT) joined shortly after, completing a four-man group that began working with a clarity the earlier move had lacked. \u201cWe worked super cohesively,\u201d Snodden says, \u201cand the gap grew quite quickly.\u201d The course\u2019s topography helped, enabling the quartet to move out of sight of the chasers.<\/p>\n

Inside the final kilometre and a half, Snodden felt the group beginning to tighten. On the final kicker to the line, he rolled off the front, and the hesitation among the others was enough. \u201cI had legs to carry it to the finish,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n

\"\"Image: Josh Wheeler\/JoWSportsMedia<\/p>\n

Hucks took second, coming round Squires in the final 50 metres; Squires, who had opened the sprint with under 200 metres to go, finished third, with Mahn in fourth. Elijah Kwon (Edinburgh Bike Fitting RT) led home home the bunch for fifth.<\/p>\n

For Snodden, a first National B road race win \u2013 earned through timing and a sharp reading of a race that asked all the right questions. \u201cI\u2019m really happy,\u201d he told The British Continental. \u201cComing out of winter, it\u2019s always hard to gauge how well you\u2019re going, and I couldn\u2019t have wished for a better start to the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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