Yanto Barker aiming to sew up Elite Road Series win this weekend

Only Marcin Bialoblocki can prevent Yanto Barker from taking British Cycling Elite Road Series title during Sunday's Ipswich and Coastal Grand Prix

Yanto Barker, Jersey International Road Race 2014

Chris Marshall-Bell
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Yanto Barker has to finish in the lead group at the Ipswich and Coastal Grand Prix on Sunday (August 31) to be crowned the overall winner of this year’s British Cycling Elite Road Series.

Team Raleigh’s Barker leads the Series by 21 points from Velosure-Giordana’s Marcin Bialoblocki ahead of this weekend’s race.

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Chris Marshall-Bell
Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and long reads across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013. In 2024 he released a seven-part podcast documentary, Ghost in the Machine, about motor doping in cycling.

Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains. He lives in Valencia, Spain.

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