won a stage of Tour de Suisse Femmes,<\/a> covered the 15.9 mile (25.6km) Ceredigion course in 32 minutes and 45 seconds.<\/p>\n“It was a super fun ride, really fast, difficult in places, and it was nice to go down classic Welsh country roads,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I’m really proud of how I’ve done, it wasn’t easy, but I’m really happy to be able to come away with the National Champion jersey once again.”<\/p>\n
World track cycling champion Anna Morris, 31, was runner-up 22 seconds back, with Backstedt’s 24-year-old sister Elynor third, 1min 05sec behind the winning time.<\/p>\n
Ethan Hayter cruised to victory and a fourth elite time trial national championship title with a time of 44 minutes and 10 seconds in the men’s event.<\/p>\n
“It was survival and I really benefited from all the overseas training I do. It was a case of fighting and seeing what you can do,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Going into the road championships on Sunday, I’m looking forward to it, but we’ve got such a strong field, we’ll have to see what happens on the day.”<\/p>\n
The Soudal Quick-Step racer finished 90 seconds clear of Connor Swift who took silver ahead of Josh Charlton who finished third.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Ben Wiggins took the Under-23 men’s time trial title, with Henry Hobbs second and Finlay Tarling – another Welsh rider on home territory – third.<\/p>\n
Wiggins’ winning time was 29min 02sec, with Hobbs 1min 19sec slower and Tarling a further three seconds behind.<\/p>\n
Scottish rider Erin Boothman clinched the Under-23 women’s title in a time of 33 minutes and 36 seconds, almost two minutes clear of Welsh 19-year-old Awen Roberts who was runner-up. Abigail Miller, 18, was third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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