Steve Cummings edges out Alex Dowsett to win British National Time Trial Championships

Cummings takes his first national title on the road since 1999

Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) took victory in the British National Time Trial Championship

(Image credit: Simon Wilkinson/SWPix.com)

Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) denied Alex Dowsett (Movistar) a record sixth national time trial title as he took victory by just eight seconds on the Isle of Man.

Riding his first race since fracturing his collarbone, sternum, and scapula in a crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in April, Cummings entered the race in unknown form, but pulled out a stunning ride to beat Dowsett by just eight seconds on the 44.4km course.

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