Three of Britain's gold medal-winning team pursuit quartet finished in the top four of the Natonal Road Race Championships at Duncombe Park yesterday.

Russell Downing topped a sprint-finish victory over Steve Cummings in the 206km epic, with Yanto Barko just clinching the bronze in another sprint from Olympian and World Cup rider Chris Newton.

In the women's race, Nicole Cooke made it six wins out of six in the combined under-23 and open age event. But the 22-year-old was run close by Rachel Heal and Emma Davies.

Updated: 11:08 Monday, June 27, 2005