Hannah Barnes reflects on her 'best-ever result' at the Women's Tour

The British circuit race champion finished third on stage one of the race behind Emma Johansson and Marianne Vos.

Hannah Barnes declared her third-place finish in today's first ever Friends Life Women's Tour stage as her best ever result.

The UnitedHealthcare rider narrowly trailed world number one Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) and Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) at the end of the 93.8-kilometre leg from Oundle to Northampton, which finished just a handful of miles away from her hometown of Towcester.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.