The country’s best riders will battle for glory over 7 races in the 2024 British Cycling Open National Road Series.

Running from April to September, the Open National Road Series sees the best domestic riders compete across seven races in Britain that create a top-level domestic calendar.

How it works

In the Open National Road Series an individual as well as a team title is won, being awarded to the rider and team who have accrued the most points over the seven rounds of racing.

Individual classification

Points will be awarded as follows for single day road races and overall classifications in stage races:

Points will be awarded as follows for individual stages in stage races:

The overall winner of the Open National Road Series will be the rider who has accumulated the highest number of points across the series.

In the event of a points tie, the individual winner will be decided based on countback of the number of first places achieved then the number of second places achieved and so on.

Team Classification

Only teams starting a race with three or more riders will be considered for the team classification in that race. The team classification for each race will be determined by the finishing position of the three best placed riders in each team only. The classification will be calculated based on the sum total of the finishing positions for the first three riders of each team.

Points will be assigned as per the individual standings below:

Team classification points will only be awarded to riders in the top 20 finishing places. Points from each round will be accumulated across all rounds in that series.