Olympians and ex-WorldTour riders to race on streets of London this weekend

Ed Clancy at the Smithfield Nocturne — 2015 and 2018 Nocturne winner Ed Clancy will take part in the charity pro-am event.

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Olympians and former WorldTour riders are among the names on the start lists for the revived City of London Nocturne this weekend.

The criterium event, formerly known as the Smithfield Nocturne, is returning to the British racing calendar after eight years, with charity pro-am racing on Friday and elite criteriums on Saturday evening.

Named on the provisional start lists for the elite races are the current British criterium champions Cameron Mason (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Kate Richardson (Handsling Alba Road Development Team).

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There are also former WorldTour riders expected to compete in Ryan Gibbons, the former South African champion who rode for UAE Team Emirates and Lidl-Trek, and Alex Dowsett, the six-time British time trial champion and two-time Giro d’Italia stage winner who retired from Israel-Premier Tech at the end of 2022.

Gibbons is down to compete in the elite race, while Dowsett will take part in Friday’s charity pro-am team relay – an event in which 20 corporate teams will race with a pro rider.

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Ed Clancy will also lead a pro-am team.

In the elite criteriums, British Olympic silver medallist Josie Knight will be part of an eight-rider DAS-Hutchinson squad in the women’s event. Likewise, Knight’s GB team-mate and recent Lincoln GP winner Ollie Wood, also an Olympic silver medallist on the track, will compete in the men’s event for Rapha Cycling Club.

The elite races at the City of London Nocturne are UCI events registered under the ‘CRTP - Pro Criterium’ classification – the same as the Tour de France Saitama and Singapore Criteriums – so do not award UCI ranking points.

Both events do, however, count towards the Rapha Super-League, a domestic points-based competition made up of eight marquee events. As such, many of Britain’s domestic teams will line up with full-strength squads.

The elite events will take place on a 1.3km closed road circuit, starting and finishing on Queen Victoria Street, near Bank Station. The women’s elite criterium will start at 8pm on 13 June, ahead of the men’s race at 9pm.

The full provisional start lists for the elite criteriums are below.

Women's elite criterium start list

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No.	Name	Team
1	Kate Richardson	Handsling Alba Development Team
2	Arabella Blackburn	Handsling Alba Development Team
3	Maddie Cooper	Handsling Alba Development Team
4	Anna Flynn	Handsling Alba Development Team
5	Beth Morrow	Handsling Alba Development Team
6	Amelia Tyler	Handsling Alba Development Team
7	Mari Porton	Handsling Alba Development Team
8	Isabel Sharp	Handsling Alba Development Team
9	Marith Vanhove	AG Insurance - Soudal
10	Leonie Bentveld	AG Insurance - Soudal
11	Nina Lavenu	AG Insurance - Soudal
12	Sophie Lewis	DAS - Hutchinson
13	Morven Yeoman	DAS - Hutchinson
14	Lucy Lee	DAS - Hutchinson
15	Tiffany Keep	DAS - Hutchinson
16	Ellie Parry	DAS - Hutchinson
17	Libby Smithson	DAS - Hutchinson
18	Aliyah Rafferty	DAS - Hutchinson
19	Josie Knight	DAS - Hutchinson
20	Lucy Glover	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
21	Amelia Cebak	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
22	Alice Colling	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
23	Elena Day	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
24	Lucy Glover	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
25	Joanna Tindley	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
26	Megan Barker	Rapha Cycling Club
27	Amy Perryman	Rapha Cycling Club
28	Peggy Knox	Airtox - Carl Ras Junior Women
29	Lucy Neatham	Brother UK - On Form
30	Amelia Staunton	Brother UK - On Form
31	Aalia Clay	camsmajaco
32	Zoe Roche	camsmajaco
33	Seren Thomas	camsmajaco
34	Eloise Ward	camsmajaco
35	Emily Jones	DRAFT
36	Anastasia Bowler	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
37	Jessica Morrish	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
38	Phoebe Roche	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
39	Charlotte Deykin	Jadan Glasdon pb Vive le Velo
40	Georgia Huddleston	Lea Valley CC
41	Emma Jane Hornsby	London Academy
42	Hope Inglis	London Academy
43	Grace Sargeant	London Academy
44	Esme Wiley	London Academy
45	Georgia Lancaster	Loughborough Lightning
46	Georgina Oakley	Loughborough Lightning
47	Isabel Darvill	O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
48	Evie Smith	O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
49	Xan Crees	OGT p/b USE
50	Hannah Bayes	Paralloy RT
51	Chloe Elvin	Paralloy RT
52	Millie Skinner	Paralloy RT
53	Erin Avill	Simpson Nouvelles
54	Megan Lloyd	Simpson Nouvelles
55	Isabella Newell	Simpson Nouvelles
56	Ella Tandy	Simpson Nouvelles
57	Freya Whiteside	Simpson Nouvelles
58	Sophie Holmes	The Hera Project
59	Daisy Taylor	The Hera Project
60	Honor Elliott	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Isabella Escalera	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Samantha Fawcett	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Eleanor Roberts	Row 62 - Cell 2

Men's elite criterium start list

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No.	Name	Team
100	Cameron Mason	Alpecin Premier Tech
101	Matthais Guillemette	Tudor Pro Cycling
102	Ryan Gibbons	Fly Cool Collective
103	James Jenkins	Rapha Cycling Club
104	Matthew Bostock	Rapha Cycling Club
105	Joshua Jones	Rapha Cycling Club
106	Jacob Vaughan	Rapha Cycling Club
107	Oliver Wood	Rapha Cycling Club
108	Alfie Amey	TEKKERZ CC
109	Alec Briggs	TEKKERZ CC
110	Paddy Chapman	TEKKERZ CC
111	Nimai Inniss	TEKKERZ CC
112	Benjamin Tuchner	TEKKERZ CC
113	Liam Hewitt	360cycling
114	Elliott Holt	360cycling
115	Tyler Lemmon	ASSOS UK Racing Team
116	William Gilbank	BCC Race Team
117	Thomas Lewis	BCC Race Team
118	Alwyn Frank	Brighton Mitre CC
119	Milo Wills	camsmajaco
120	Sam Walsham	Colina x Ciovita Racing
121	Jonty King	CRANKS Racing
122	Joshua Horsfield	Cycling Sheffield
123	Oliver Curd	DAS Richardsons
124	Cai Davies	DAS Richardsons
125	Frank Longstaff	DAS Richardsons
126	Olivier Mangham	DAS Richardsons
127	Matt Lloyd	DAS Richardsons
128	Thomas Adby	DRAFT
129	William Jewitt	DRAFT
130	Adam Lightfoot	DRAFT
131	Tom Williams	Edinburgh Bike Fitting RT
132	Tobias Dahlhaus	Foran CT
133	Thomas Doig	Foran CT
134	Oliver Hucks	Foran CT
135	Dom Jackson	Foran CT
136	Craig McAuley	Foran CT
137	Danylo Riwnyj	Foran CT
138	Thomas Dawtrey	GFTL
139	Gabriel Turner	GFTL
140	Mak Larkin	GMS Cycling Team Glabbeek
141	Thomas Mein	Hope Factory Racing
142	Declan Oldham	Hope Factory Racing
143	Seth Jackson	Hubo-Scott Cycling Team
144	Dylan Belton Owen	JAKROO Handsling Racing
145	William Truelove	JAKROO Handsling Racing
146	Jim Brown	L39ION of Los Angeles
147	Toby Langstone	LCRT
148	Toby Seely	LCRT
149	Ben Heap	London Dynamo
150	Alex Mutter	London Dynamo
151	Jack Crook	Moda RT
152	Sam Chaplin	Mypad Racing p/b ONDO Sports
153	Thomas Bowden	Nopinz RT
154	Harvey Thomas	Nopinz RT
155	Archie Peet	O'Neills Spirit Racing Team
156	Callum Laborde	Ornata Factory Racing
157	Joe Brown	Out Of Thin Air
158	Kaine Petrie	Primo RT
159	Tom Couzens	Ribble Hunt Racing
160	Jake Hales	Ride Revolution Coaching
161	Euan Campbell	Royal Air Force CA
162	Carl Jolly	Schils - Doltcini Racing Team
163	Matthew Rizzo-Naudi	Schils - Doltcini Racing Team
164	Joseph Yee	Seacroft Wheelers
165	Mohammad Ganjkhanlou	Stolen Goat 4Endurance
166	Matthew Bottomley	TAAP Kalas
167	Cameron McLaren	TAAP Kalas
168	Matthew Webber	TAAP Kalas
169	Cillian Lewis	Team Ohten
170	Noah Phillips	VC Londres
171	Matthew Wight	Verulam Megan's RT
172	Thomas Armstrong	Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli
173	Tim Shoreman	Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli
174	Mark Agent	Wold Top Pactimo
175	Max Sillifant	Wold Top Pactimo
176	Sam Andrews	Row 76 - Cell 2
177	Kishan Bakrania	Row 77 - Cell 2
178	Ross Birrell	Row 78 - Cell 2
179	Theo Clarke	Row 79 - Cell 2
180	Connor Sens	Row 80 - Cell 2
181	Conor White	Row 81 - Cell 2

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer and been host of the TT Podcast. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and holds a master's degree in International Journalism.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill, and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides. His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition, albeit out of 40 entrants.