Beckingsale and Oldham fight for National Trophy title

Oli Beckingsale, National Trophy cyclo-cross 2012, Ipswich

The battle for the honours in the National Trophy Cyclo-Cross Series will go right down to the last race after Oli Beckingsale (Endura MTB) was best placed British finisher in round five at Shrewsbury on Sunday.

The 36-year-old from Bristol finished second to Belgian visitor Joeri Hofman, and gathered enough points to take a two-point lead over defending champion and former series leader Paul Oldham (Hope Factory Racing).

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Snowdon Sports is a long-established independent sports news agency, which supplies editorial to a range of media outlets - such as Cycling Weekly - as well as sports governing bodies. Snowdon Sports often covers results at Cycling Time Trials events in the UK and has long been a source of information and imagery to Cycling Weekly.