{"id":174443,"date":"2019-07-01T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T11:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=174443"},"modified":"2019-07-01T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T11:21:10","slug":"ben-swift-wins-british-road-race-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/07\/01\/ben-swift-wins-british-road-race-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Swift Wins British Road Race and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stannard helps Swift win the title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Only four months after the horrific crash in Tenerife, Ben Swift rode past John Archibald (Ribble Pro Cycling) and Ian Stannard (Team Ineos) to claim his first-ever national title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest the last few kilometres were the easiest few kilometres,\u201d Swift said. \u201cOnce we got away, whittling groups down, Stannard played his role and I could really just wait. In the past I\u2019ve been a bit too eager, done a bit too much, but today I was like don\u2019t do anything, just wait, and that\u2019s what I did. It worked out really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzVfD7sgGxk\/<\/p>\n<p>Ian Stannard was at the front of the race the whole time, waiting to set things up for Swift after he joined the leading group. The 2012 British road race champion did a perfect job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to make sure I softened up the others for Swifty,\u201d Stannard explained. \u201cIt was quite a big group for a while and I thought a lot of them were going to end up coming to the line but it caught up with them so it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One would not expect Swift to win four months ago when he suffered a ruptured spleen while training with Geraint Thomas. The 31-year-old was getting a gel out of his pocket, hit a rock and went straight down. He almost had to have the spleen removed altogether. However, he is now back and in the British road champion jersey for a year.<\/p>\n<h4>British men\u2019s national road race championships 2019<\/h4>\n<p>1. Ben Swift (Ineos) &#8211; 4:09:08<br \/>\n2. Ian Stannard (Ineos)<br \/>\n3. John Archibald (Ribble Pro Cycling)<br \/>\n4. Alex Dowsett (Katusha-Alpecin)<br \/>\n5. Ethan Hayter + 1:20<br \/>\n6. Alexander Richardson (Canyon dhb p\/b Bloor Homes)<br \/>\n7. Erick Roswell (Madison Genesis)<br \/>\n8. Mark Christian (Wiggins Le Col)<br \/>\n9. Matthew Bostock (Canyon dhb p\/b Bloor Homes) + 3:10<br \/>\n10. Scott Thwaites (Vitus Pro Cycling)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Guess who won<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Right, for today and today only you shall all please refer to me as <\/p>\n<p>Alex van der Dowsettpoel<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexdowsett\/status\/1144179069392756736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Just say yes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Life has got a little strange since retirement \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Genuine question for a project. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uWaKOa6Nw\">pic.twitter.com\/4uWaKOa6Nw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Callum Skinner (@CallumSkinner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallumSkinner\/status\/1143904420046004224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Shots fired<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dethroned! Looks like somebody has started the mind games already for July <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/romainbardet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@romainbardet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shotsfired?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shotsfired<\/a> \ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPugxRtOyL\">pic.twitter.com\/dPugxRtOyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richie Porte (@richie_porte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richie_porte\/status\/1144254501790146562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>They will go well with a yellow jersey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzOIrk1n3GI\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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