Alex Dowsett aims to extend record haul of British time trial titles to six

ByPA Sport

Published 21/06/2017 at 13:00 GMT

Alex Dowsett is aiming to extend his record haul of British Championship time trial titles to six on the Isle of Man on Thursday.

Alex Dowsett aims for a sixth British time trial title on the Isle of Man

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Alex Dowsett is aiming to extend his record haul of British Championship time trial titles to six on the Isle of Man on Thursday.

Dowsett (Movistar) won the race against the clock for a fifth time in 2016 and is seeking a third straight success and sixth title in seven years in the men's event.

The 28-year-old Essex rider said on britishcycling.org.uk: "Winning this jersey is always special to me. To do it for a sixth time would make me very proud."

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The 22.2 kilometres time trial circuit starts and finishes in St John's, with the first man to take to the start ramp for two laps at 1830 BST. The women race over one lap earlier in the afternoon.

The road races, slated to include Manxmen Mark Cavendish and Peter Kennaugh, take place on Sunday.

Dowsett faces time-trial competition from James Gullen (JLT-Condor) and Ryan Perry (Raleigh), who finished second and third respectively 12 months ago.

Steve Cummings (Team Dimension Data), Team Sky's Ian Stannard, Owain Doull, Jon Dibben and Tao Geoghegan Hart and Sam Harrison (Team Wiggins) are also slated to take to the start ramp.

Hayley Simmonds (Team WNT) is seeking a third straight success in the women's event.

Olympic team pursuit champions Elinor Barker (Matrix Pro Cycling) and Katie Archibald (Team WNT) will also be in contention.

Ellie Dickinson and Manon Lloyd (Team Breeze) have graduated to the senior British track team in the last 12 months and will also be keen to challenge for the podium on the road.

Hannah Barnes (Canyon-SRM), the 2016 road race champion, will also take to the start ramp.

Barker, junior world time trial champion in 2012, told BBC Sport Wales: "I am mainly focusing on the time trial at this event and aiming for a podium.

"The time trial is my goal for this season so it will help set me up to get selected for bigger races, if I can get a good performance out this week."

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