| Venue: | Manchester, England |
| Date: | 25–29 September 2013 |
| Velodrome: | Manchester Velodrome |
| Previous: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 25 to 29 September 2013, at the Manchester Velodrome. They were organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists.[1] [2]
Separate competitions were held for both men and women, and certain events were also included for paracyclists and juniors. No events were held in Women's Omnium or Men's Madison; otherwise the men's and women's programme was broadly identical, and matched the programme of the UCI World Track Cycling Championships, with the addition of a women's madison race. The women's team pursuit was held over 4000m for four cyclists for the first time following modifications to the event.
Open to British cyclists, the winners of each event are entitled to wear the national champion's jersey - a white jersey with a red, white and blue front stripe - for the next year when competing in that discipline.
The 2013 event was dominated by established Olympic cyclists, the most successful of which was Double Olympic champion Laura Trott, winning four titles (two in team events) and a silver medal; only a surprise win in the scratch race for Corrine Hall prevented a clean sweep of 5 endurance titles. Jessica Varnish did complete a sprint sweep of 4 titles, including the team sprint with Dannielle Khan. Trott, with Danielle King, Joanna Rowsell and Elinor Barker also set a new world record on the way to achieving the gold medal in the recently revised women's team pursuit. The previous world record, over a shorter distance and for three riders, is also held by Trott, Rowsell and King.
The medals were more evenly distributed among the men, as several endurance events went uncontested by established talent, and so provided opportunities for up and coming riders. Jason Kenny won three, and Kian Emadi won two, of the sprint disciplines, while Matthew Crampton won a medal in all four, including gold in the team sprint with Emadi and Kenny.
Also noteworthy was the unusual double almost achieved by Ed Clancy, winning gold in the individual pursuit, and silver in the Kilo, normally considered a time trial for sprint athletes only. Clancy also won gold in the points race and silver in the scratch, but did not contest the team pursuit, in which discipline he was reigning Olympic champion. Other noteworthy performances included several medal rides in sprint disciplines by converted heptathlete Katy Marchant in her first major event. Although double World champion Becky James did not compete, her sister Rachel did attend, winning a pair of medals.
| Men's Events | |||||||
| Kilo | Kian Emadi Tunstall Wheelers CC | 1.01.702 | Ed Clancy Rapha Condor | 1.02.189 | Matthew Crampton BCUM | 1.02.636 | |
| Sprint | Jason Kenny Sky Track Cycling | Peter Mitchell Performance Cycle Coaching | Matthew Crampton BCUM | ||||
| Keirin | Jason Kenny Sky Track Cycling | Matthew Crampton BCUM | Lewis Oliva USN | ||||
| Team sprint | Matthew Crampton Kian Emadi Jason Kenny | Philip Hindes Matt Rotherham Callum Skinner | Jonathan Biggin John Paul Bruce Croall | ||||
| Individual Pursuit | Ed Clancy Rapha Condor | 4.26.015 | Steven Burke Node4 - Giordana | 4.27.408 | Joe Kelly 100% Me | catch made | |
| Team pursuit | Adam Duggleby Timothy Lawson Jacob Ragan Alistair Rutherford Wheelbase AlturaMGD | 4.23.188 | Andrew Hastings John McClelland Alex Minting Kristian Woolf Prestige VC | 4.27.691 | Ben Elliott Jack Green Barney Storey Alex Wise VC St Raphael | 4.27.001 | |
| Points race | Ed Clancy Rapha Condor | 59 | Sam Harrison 100% Me | 57 | Jacob Ragan Wheelbase Altura | 51 | |
| Scratch race | Sam Harrison 100% Me | Ed Clancy Rapha Condor | Steven Burke Node4 - Giordana | ||||
| Omnium | Jon Mould USN | Christopher Latham 100% Me | Christopher Lawless Kuota-Spinergy-GSG | ||||
WR = World REcord; EUR = European Record
A series of para-cycling national championships were also held over combined categories using a points system. Tandem events were held for blind and visually impaired cyclists which other categories were put together in weighted mixed events.
| Para-cycling Events | |||||||
| BVI Mixed Gender 1000m | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott | 99.351 pts AT : 1:09.714 TT : 1.08.714 | Neil Fachie Peter Mitchell | 98.179 pts AT : 1:02.489 TT : 1.01.351 | Aileen McGlynn Lauryn Therin | 97.919pts AT : 1:10.174 TT : 1:08.714 | |
| C1-5 Mixed Gender Sprint Time Trial | Jon-Allan Butterworth Cat : MC5 | 100.338 pts AT : 1.05.725 (1 km) TT : 1:05.947 | Shaun McKeown Cat : MC3 | 94.438 pts AT : 1:12.712 (1 km) TT : 1:08.668 | Crystal Lane Cat : FC5 | 92.288 pts AT : 39.793 (500m) TT : 36.724 | |
| BVI Mixed Gender 200m flying lap | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott | 101.578 pts AT : 11.278 TT : 11.456 | 99.054 pts AT : 10.146 TT : 10.050 | Aileen McGlynn Lauryn Therin | 97.823pts AT : 11.711 TT : 11.456 | ||
| C1-5 Mixed Gender 200m flying lap | Crystal Lane Cat : FC5 | 101.302 pts AT : 12.753 TT : 12.919 | Mazyar Ossamisaeed Cat : MC2 | 100.924 pts AT : 14.615 TT : 14.750 | Jaco van Gass Cat : MC3 | 93.174 pts AT : 13.448 TT : 12.530 | |
AT = Actual TimeTT = Target or reference time
The British Under 16 Madison championships were also held as part of the competition.
| Madison Events - Under 16 | |||||||
| Boys' Madison | Joseph Fry Joey Walker | 17 pts | Tom England Tom Rotherham | 9pts | Matthew Walls Reece Wood | 7 pts | |
| Girls' Madison | Megan Barker Jessica Roberts | 15 pts (+1 lap) | Eleanor Dickinson Elizabeth Holden | 8 pts | Abigail Dentus Lucy Shaw | 8 pts | |