Laura Trott New British Road Race Title Holder

Last updated : 29 June 2014 By Covsupport News Service

Wiggle Honda's Laura Trott has become the new British National Road Race title at the National Championships.

Abergavenny was the start for a 101km course which started with a large start loop of 72km and four 7km finishing laps and saw some big crowds at the start of race which departed at 9am.

Past the Llancayo Windmill and Sarah Storey and Dani King broke, taking a sixteen seconds lead but were caught on the top of the climb at Usk.

Coming out of Monmouth, a thirteen rider group formed which included Lizzie Armistead, Christian, Walker, Achibald, Barnes, Laws, Emma Pooley, Dani King Laura Trott, Sarah Storey, Juniper, Elinor Barker and Hams.

That group split with Armitstead, Archibald, Storey, Laws, Pooley, Barker, King and Trott in the front section who were 3.34 ahead of the peloton going into the four finishing laps.

With three laps to go, Emma Pooley was on the front and a lap later, Lizzie Armitstead had attacked and was thirteen seconds clear.

She took a fifteen second lead going into the final lap but was caught by Laura Trott, Dani King and Emma Pooley and it was Laura Trott who took a win which also saw her retain her U23 title.

Trott described her win as an amazing feeling and said: "It’s such an amazing feeling, it’s up there with winning a world championships for me.

I was really disappointed (after Thursday's time-trial), I felt I had a lot more form than what the time suggested and I know the course didn’t suit me with the hill at the finish but I don’t understand why my time wasn’t good enough.

"So to come here today, I was so, so up for it. I woke up this morning and I was like ‘don’t even speak to me’. It was really early, I was so in the zone, I just wanted to get out and get it done."

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