Lloyds National Road Championships Road Race Preview
There are only a few days to go until the 2025 Lloyds National Road Championships concludes in Ceredigion with a high intensity road race through the town of Aberystwyth. Riders will compete in front the Welsh crowd for glory and the national crown in the last of the three-event championship.
The stage
Sunday 29 June will see the 2025 Lloyds National Road Championship get underway as some of the strongest names in the British road scene battle a through the Welsh countryside
After a presentation start on the seafront, the road races will head out of town towards Y Gors as far as Trawsgoed on a picturesque yet testing 23.4km anti-clockwise loop, heading back towards Aberystwyth, passing Abermad.
With a maximum gradient of 9.1% at the beginning of each lap, the peloton will be thinned out as the action moves onto the finishing circuit after three laps for the women's race and five laps in the men’s race.
Racing begins early doors, with the elite and under-23 women kicking things off at 08:45, before the elite and under-23 men close things out at 13:45.
The riders
The road race is jam packed with talent across both races. Three-time national road race champion Pfeiffer Georgi (Team Picnic PostNL) will hope to defend her title in the women’s race this year, but will be under stiff competition.
Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) will aim to do one better after having to settle for second last year in the road race, while the Fenix-Deceuninck duo of Flora Perkins and Millie Couzens, as well as Alice Towers (CANYON // SRAM Racing Team) are some of the other favourites.
Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team) is also fresh off the back of an impressive 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women earlier this month, which saw her claim both the points classifications and best young rider jerseys and a career-first stage win in Kelso.
Speaking on the upcoming championship, Pfeiffer Georgi said: “Nationals holds such a special meaning to me, as I’ve been lucky to enjoy success over the last few years. Heading into this years’ Championships as back-to-back champion has its pressures, and it’s been a tough process coming back from injury, so I know it won’t be easy, but I’m focused, motivated, and ready to give it everything I’ve got.
“The level of competition in British women’s road racing just keeps getting stronger, and that pushes me to raise my game every time I take to the start line.”
In the men’s race, Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step) returns to defend his national title in the road race from 2024, as do the other podium finishers in Lewis Askey (GROUPAMA – FDJ) and Max Walker (EF Education – EasyPost).
Cousins Connor Swift and Ben Swift (both Ineos Grenadiers) will also line up to challenge for the title, with Ben Wiggins (Hagens Berman Jayco CT) one to watch.
A host of Welsh riders will be set to be some of the crowd favourites in the event, including Owain Doull (EF Education – EasyPost), Huw Buck-Jones (Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme) Zoe Backstedt (CANYON-SRAM zondacrypto), Elinor Barker (Uno-X Mobility) and Megan Barker (Tekkerz CC).
How to Watch
For fans not able to watch the races unfold from the roadside, you can watch along live on the British Cycling Youtube channel, Discovery+ online and TNT, plus a full highlights programme on Discovery+ and TNT2 at 7pm on Tuesday 1 July.
You can also follow along on the British Cycling social media channels. A full report and imagery of the time trial can also be found on the British Cycling website shortly after the last event finishes.
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