IAN Field (Hargroves Cycles) won his fourth title and Helen Wyman (Kona-FSA Factory Team) her ninth at the 2015 British Cycling National Cyclo-Cross Championships in Abergavenny on Sunday.

Ian Field stormed to his fourth British Cycling British Cycling National Cyclo-Cross Championship on day two of the event promoted by Abergavenny RC.

The 28-year-old had cited Liam Killeen as his biggest threat in the lead-up to the race and it proved to be correct as the Specialized UK rider finished second. Lewis Craven (Wheelbase Altura MGD) was third. Steven James of Hargroves Cycles led the race out from the start, opening a small gap to a group led by Alex Paton (Pedal Heaven Colbornes RT). Hargroves team mates Jody Crawforth and Ian Field were also up towards front, along with Liam Killeen (Malvern Cycle Sport). Tony Fawcett (Pioneer Scott Syncros) was also up in the top ten with Monmouth based Steven Roach (Ride Coventry) also up there, 12 years after winning in Abergavenny.

Roach then went on to take the lead with Crawforth and Paton on his wheel as James started dropping back. Around this time, Lewis Craven started looking to break into the top ten, as did veteran winner Nick Craig.

From a group of six, the lead group started to take shape as Craven took the lead with Killeen and Field on his wheel and a gap back to the others. Killeen then took his turn on the front before on a small climb out of the pit area, Field made his attack, driving away and never looking back on a course that is difficult to chase a gap down on. Killeen missed the jump and never recovered, with Crawforth keeping him company.

With four laps to go, Field had opened up a 38-second gap and the other two medals would be decided from a group of Paton, Craven, Roach, Crawforth and Killeen. On the final lap, Craven looked coming into the hurdles and it looked as though Crawforth would take third with Killeen comfortable in second but Craven found a second wind and powered forward to seal third place.

Field said after the race, "this was a cracking course with brilliant organisation here in Abergavenny it was a true Championship race".

In the women race, Helen Wyman saw off the challenge of Nikki Harris to take her ninth British Cycling National Cyclo-Cross Championship. The 33-year-old, who rides for Kona, beat Young Telenet Fidea rider Harris to the line by 28 seconds. It was a tight start to the race with Harris and Wyman being the two main protagonists as expected, Junior riders Evie Richards (T-Mo Racing) and Ffion James (Abergavenny RC) were also riding a good race and were up towards the front from the beginning. Mellor was however crowned junior women's champion, with Abergavenny's James in third place.

Wyman said, "I'm really happy with today and a ninth title, it always feels good to win a National title and I like the jersey, I don't think anyone would recognise me in anything else."

Earlier in the day Grant Ferguson (Betch.NL-Superior) made it three consecutive years of winning the under-23 title and Tom Craig (Pioneer-Scott Syncros) also made a successful defence of his junior title in his last year before moving up to the seniors.