Swift defends national jersey in Lincoln
Oct 21, 2021
4 minutes
Words James Shrubsall
Photos
Andy Jones
Alast-ditch dash up Michaelgate and across to the leaders wasn’t enough to make it a hat-trick of titles for Ethan Hayter in the men’s National Championship road race in Lincoln on Sunday. The Ineos Grenadiers rider had already won the circuit race and the time trial in imperious fashion and was widely fancied to make it three.
Instead it was Hayter’s team-mate and defending champion Ben Swift who took the plaudits, outgunning Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) up the Michaelgate cobbles, with Hayter finishing a further two seconds back in third.
“I might have
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