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Cycling Time Trials disqualified Dan Evans and Giles Drake from the British National Hill-Climb Championships after finding they had each changed teams more than once in the calendar year. Their disqualifications removed ASSOS UK Race Team from the men’s team standings, and Schils-Doltcini RT was awarded the title. Ed Laverack’s individual senior championship remains unchanged.
Cycling Time Trials (CTT) has disqualified Dan Evans and Giles Drake from the British National Hill-Climb Championships after a review found they had each changed teams more than once in the calendar year. The decision removes ASSOS UK Race Team from the men’s team title and awards the prize to Schils-Doltcini RT; Ed Laverack remains the senior men’s individual champion.
Evans and Drake finished seventh and 10th, respectively, in the open category at Sunday’s event, riding for ASSOS alongside Laverack. CTT said the pair breached Regulation 8, which prohibits riders from changing clubs or teams more than once in a calendar year. The disqualifications followed a review requested after the race.
The team prize is based on the combined time of the three fastest riders from one squad. With Evans and Drake disqualified, ASSOS no longer qualified as the winning team. CTT named Schils-Doltcini RT’s Paddy Clark, Eugene Cross and Carl Jolly as the new men’s team champions.
The ruling did not change the senior individual title. Laverack won that championship after recording the fastest senior time on Porlock Toll Road in Somerset. Sixteen-year-old Ezra Bateman, racing in the junior category, recorded the fastest time overall, finishing 0.2 seconds ahead of Laverack, but was not eligible for the senior title.
Team Title Changes After Review
The ruling changes the official men’s team result after the competition had concluded and requires the former team winners to give up their awards. CTT’s decision also shows that eligibility rules can affect a championship result after racing, even when the riders’ finishing times are not in dispute.
For Evans and Drake, the consequences extend beyond being removed from the standings: CTT asked them to return their medals. For Schils-Doltcini RT, the review means the team is now officially recognised as champion. Laverack’s individual result remains intact, so the team ruling does not undo his senior title.
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What CTT’s Team-Change Rule Says
CTT said Regulation 8 bars riders from changing clubs or teams more than once in a calendar year. In the email shared by Evans, CTT recorded that he moved from ASSOS to Black Cat CC in February and then returned to ASSOS in September. Drake moved from Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli to Port Sunlight Wheelers in July and then joined ASSOS in October.
The championship took place on Sunday, and CTT announced the disqualifications on Wednesday. The organisation said the publication of its full account of the championship outcomes had been delayed by administrative issues arising from the regulation breach. The review was requested after the event, according to CTT.
The other reported winners were Illi Gardner of Cardiff Ajax CC in the women’s event and Mabli Phillips of Shibden CC in the junior women’s hill climb. The supplied report does not say that the review affected either result.
“The riders involved have now been informed that following a breach of Regulation 8, which prohibits changing clubs/teams more than once in a calendar year, that they have been disqualified.”
— Cycling Time Trials
Details of the Review Remain Limited
CTT has announced the outcome and identified the regulation it applied, but the available statement does not give a detailed account of the review or explain what prompted the request for it. It is also not clear from the report whether either rider has challenged the decision or whether CTT has received the medals back.
The supplied information does not describe any further penalties beyond disqualification and the request to return the medals. CTT’s full write-up of the championship outcomes had been delayed, and no publication date for that account was provided.
Full Championship Account Still Pending
CTT said its full write-up of the championship outcomes had been delayed by administrative issues. The next available account may provide more detail about the review and the final official standings, though the organisation has not given a publication timetable in the information cited here.
For now, the confirmed result is that Schils-Doltcini RT holds the men’s team title, while Laverack remains senior individual champion. Any appeal, further sanction or update on the return of the medals has not been reported.
Key Questions
Why were Dan Evans and Giles Drake disqualified?
CTT said both riders breached Regulation 8, which prohibits changing clubs or teams more than once in a calendar year.
Who is now the men’s team champion?
Schils-Doltcini RT, represented by Paddy Clark, Eugene Cross and Carl Jolly, was awarded the team title after ASSOS UK Race Team was disqualified.
Did Ed Laverack lose his individual title?
No. CTT’s ruling concerned the team result, and Laverack remains senior men’s champion.
Was Ezra Bateman the fastest rider overall?
Yes. The 16-year-old recorded a time 0.2 seconds faster than Laverack, but he was racing in the junior category and was not awarded the senior championship.
Have the riders appealed or returned their medals?
The information available does not say whether either rider has appealed or whether the medals have been returned. CTT asked the pair to return their medals after the disqualifications.
Source: cyclingweekly.com
