The British Cycling National Championships came to Monmouthshire at the weekend, with both the men's and women's titles being decided by sprint finishes. Both races started and finished in Abergavenny and took in Usk, Monmouth, Skenfrith, Cross Ash and the Wye Valley. Double Olympic gold medallist Laura Trott took the women's crown ahead of her Wiggle Honda teammate Dani King and defending champion Lizzie Armitstead. Armitstead, riding for Boels Dolmans, had been leading with 5km of the 101km race to go but was caught by 22-year-old Trott and 23-year-old King on the final finishing lap. Paralympic hero Sarah Storey finished the race in sixth place. Trott said after the race: "It's such an amazing feeling, it's up there with winning a world championships for me. "I was really disappointed (after Thursday's time trial), I felt I had a lot more form than what the time suggested and I know the course didn't suit me with the hill at the finish but I don't understand why my time wasn't good enough. "So to come here today, I was so, so up for it. I woke up this morning and I was like 'don't even speak to me'. It was really early, I was so in the zone, I just wanted to get out and get it done." Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh won the men's race after overtaking teammate Ben Swift on the line. Kennaugh, who attacked Swift repeatedly on the final two laps of a seven kilometre circuit, could not shake the well-known sprinter. Swift stuck to the back wheel of Kennaugh on each attack seemingly consigning the Manxman to second place. However, Kennaugh took the sprint win against the odds, after the race expressing his surprise at the end result. "It's an amazing feeling," he said. "On the last lap it was hard to race against such a good mate. He sat on for most of the last lap, and I thought it was game over. "But I knew the last 200 metres was downhill and I thought I had a chance. I couldn't believe I won it. "I've done so many training sprints with Swifty and he leaves me behind every time, but today was my day. I've been so close to this title for so many years, this has to be a really special result for me." Team Sky also had the fourth placed rider in Welshman Luke Rowe, who was edged out by Orica Green Edge's Simon Yates. Another Welshman, double Olympic champion Geraint Thomas, finished eighth but arguably the two biggest names in the men's race were absent through injury and illness. Sir Bradley Wiggins pulled out with an injury after winning the national time trial in Newport, while defending champion Mark Cavendish was suffering with bronchitis