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Cycling Time Trials disqualified Dan Evans and Giles Drake from the British National Hill-Climb Championships after finding they breached a rule limiting riders to one team change per calendar year. Their disqualifications removed ASSOS UK Race Team from the men’s team standings; Schils-Doltcini RT was awarded the team title. Ed Laverack remains senior champion.
Cycling Time Trials (CTT) has disqualified Dan Evans and Giles Drake from the British National Hill-Climb Championships after a review found they breached a rule limiting riders to one team change in a calendar year. Their disqualifications stripped ASSOS UK Race Team of the men’s team prize, which has been reassigned to Schils-Doltcini RT; Ed Laverack remains senior national champion.
Evans finished seventh and Drake 10th in the senior open category at Sunday’s event on Porlock Toll Road in Somerset. Both rode for ASSOS alongside Laverack, whose winning senior time is unaffected by the decision. CTT said the two riders had been informed of their disqualifications after a review requested following the race.
The team award is based on the cumulative time of a squad’s three fastest riders. With Evans and Drake removed from the results, ASSOS no longer qualified as the winning team. CTT named Paddy Clark, Eugene Cross and Carl Jolly of Schils-Doltcini RT as the men’s team champions. Evans and Drake were asked to return their medals, according to the email sent to Evans and shared on Instagram.
CTT’s statement said Regulation 8 prohibits changing clubs or teams more than once in a calendar year. The email described Evans’s moves from ASSOS to Black Cat CC in February and back to ASSOS in September. Drake moved from Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli to Port Sunlight Wheelers in July, then to ASSOS in October. CTT said it had reviewed the circumstances before reaching its decision.
How the Team Title Changed
The ruling changes the championship’s men’s team result, but not its senior individual winner. It also shows how eligibility rules can affect a result after the event: the team prize depended on the combined times of three riders, so disqualifying two ASSOS team members removed the squad from contention for that award.
For Evans and Drake, the decision means their individual championship results have been removed and their medals must be returned. CTT said its regulations exist to protect the integrity and management of time trialing. The organisation did not describe the case as a finding of race-day misconduct; its stated basis was the riders’ team changes during the calendar year.
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The Championship Results
Laverack recorded the fastest time in the senior category at Sunday’s national hill climb. The fastest ride across the day came from 16-year-old Ezra Bateman, who was 0.2 seconds quicker than Laverack, but Bateman was entered in the junior category and was not awarded the senior title.
The other reported winners were Illi Gardner in the women’s event and Mabli Phillips in the junior women’s hill climb. CTT said publication of its full championship report had been delayed by administrative issues arising from the regulatory breach. Its post-review announcement named Schils-Doltcini RT as the men’s team champions.
“The riders involved have now been informed that following a breach of Regulation 8, which prohibits changing clubs/teams more than once in a calendar year, that they have been disqualified.”
— Cycling Time Trials
Questions After the Review
CTT’s public statement does not provide the full review findings or explain who requested the review. It has not publicly detailed whether Evans or Drake challenged the ruling, whether either rider has appealed, or when the full championship report will be released. The available account identifies their team moves and cites Regulation 8, but does not set out further findings about the circumstances of those changes.
The revised team result is stated by CTT, while any further administrative steps remain unclear. The organisation’s announcement says the medals were to be returned, but does not say whether they had been returned by the time of publication.
The Full Results Report
CTT said its full write-up of the national hill-climb championship outcomes had been delayed by administrative issues. The organisation has not provided a publication date, so the next expected update is the release of that report or any further statement on the review and revised results. Readers should look to CTT for confirmation of any appeal or additional changes to the championship record.
Key Questions
Why were Dan Evans and Giles Drake disqualified?
CTT said they breached Regulation 8, which prohibits changing clubs or teams more than once in a calendar year. Its account lists each rider’s team changes during the year.
Who is the men’s team champion now?
CTT reassigned the men’s team title to Schils-Doltcini RT, represented by Paddy Clark, Eugene Cross and Carl Jolly.
Did Ed Laverack lose his national title?
No. Laverack remains the senior national champion. The disqualifications affected Evans and Drake and the ASSOS team result.
Why was Ezra Bateman not the senior champion?
Bateman, aged 16, recorded the fastest time of the day and was 0.2 seconds quicker than Laverack, but he competed in the junior category, not the senior category.
Has CTT said whether the riders will appeal?
CTT’s statement did not say whether either rider had appealed or planned to appeal. It also did not give a date for its full championship report.
Source: cyclingweekly.com
