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The Dawlish Grand Prix belonged to Megan Barker and Frank Longstaff, with Barker taking the women's National Circuit Series lead and Longstaff turning last year's near miss into victory. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/17/2...
The Victor Berlemont Trophy will not run in 2026, despite an eleventh-hour rescue attempt. British Cycling decided there was not enough time to deliver the historic National B properly, with efforts now turning towards a return in 2027. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/17/v...
Sheffield joins the Rapha Super-League on 22 July, replacing the Cambridge Criterium. Cambridge plans to return on a revised course, while the switch makes the North Yorkshire Grand Prix the season finale. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/16/s...
The 200km Wheldrake 200 has been cancelled for 2026 after organisers concluded it could no longer cover its costs. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/16/t...
Flat, exposed and built for speed. The National Circuit Series and Rapha Super-League converge on Dawlish seafront on Friday night, with both series leads in play. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/15/2...
Few National B races start beside a tank crossing. The Army, RAF, and Royal Navy meet on Salisbury Plain on Wednesday for the HELYX Inter-Services Road Race Championships. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/14/2...
Saving the race was only the start. Now Max Sillifant is expanding the Riders Collective GP into a women’s and open National B, a sportive and a village cycling festival — with equal prize money, live music, camping and plenty of cake. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/13/i...
Two riders, 80km clear, and a deal to drag race it to the line. Toby Bartlett (Wold Top Pactimo) hadn't finished a road race in over a year—on Sunday he won the VC Norwich Road Race, his first win in a decade. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/13/2...
A first National Road Series win for Lily Martin — and a major victory for Elite Development Team Loughborough Lightning. Martin attacked away from DAS-Hutchinson's Morven Yeoman and Lucy Lee on the final climb at Lancaster, winning by over a minute. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/12/2...
"I never made any of those breaks. I had to ride across to them all." Tom Armstrong (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) takes the Lancaster Grand Prix and extends his National Road Series lead to 23 points. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/12/2...
The VC Norwich Road Race returns to the Lophams circuit on Sunday: 117km of flat, exposed Norfolk lanes, with Frank Longstaff and Dan Bigham among the names to watch. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/11/2...
Wheelbase CabTech Castelli have signed former SEG Racing Academy rider Adam Hartley for the rest of 2026. After stepping away in 2019, Hartley returned to win the Mennock Pass Stage Race last month. He makes his Wheelbase debut at Sunday’s Lancaster GP. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/10/w...
Lancaster is back. The National Road Series returns to the relentless Quernmore circuit on Sunday, with series leaders Morven Yeoman and Tom Armstrong both racing and Danylo Riwnyj chasing two wins in a row. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/10/2...
The 2026 Tour of Britain Women has its route — and its likely turning point. The race runs for five days for the first time, with the Great Orme summit finish on stage three followed by the hardest climbing day of the week through mid Wales. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/10/u...
James Hartley’s season in France has become one of the more quietly compelling British stories of the year. Paul Greenhalgh on Hartley’s breakthrough season, life in France, the support of his team, and a rider now being marked by his rivals. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/09/e...
Tom Armstrong finally has his National Circuit Series round win. The defending Series champion attacked from the break on Guildford’s cobbled climb, while Callum Laborde’s fourth place moved him into the Series lead. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/08/2...
Madeline Cooper’s first National Circuit Series win had been coming. At Guildford, the Handsling Alba rider beat Lucy Lee in a two-up finish on the cobbles, took the Series lead, and helped Handsling Alba top the team standings. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/08/2...
The National Circuit Series reaches Guildford's cobbles on Wednesday, with both series leaders absent but plenty still at stake. On a short, technical, position-first circuit where the elastic can snap early, Guildford rarely gives riders room to hide. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/07/2...
Lowri Richards (Solas Cycling) won the Solihull CC Women’s Road Race on the new Ridgeway finish. After a race that stayed largely together, she held off Amelia Staunton (Brother UK–On Form), with Ella Tandy (Simpson Nouvelles) third. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/05/2...
Evander Wishart (Décathlon CMA CGM Juniors Team) is the junior national road race champion. After nearly two hours in the decisive move, he held off Finlay Storrie (JEGG-SKIL-DJR) on the final climb, with William Coles (Cannibal B Victorious) third. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/05/w...
Mabli Phillips (Shibden Apex RT) had 58 seconds to close on the final lap. She caught Megan Cherry (camsmajaco), went straight past, and took the junior national road race title. Cherry held on for second, with Melanie Rowe (camsmajaco) third. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/05/p...
Leon Atkins (camsmajaco) goes one better. Second in last year’s junior national TT, he returned to win the open title by 22 seconds in North Yorkshire, ahead of Evander Wishart (Décathlon CMA CGM Juniors Team) and Sam Martin (VC Londres). thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/04/a...
Aalia Clay (camsmajaco) is junior women’s national TT champion. The first-year junior beat team-mate Gabriella McHugh by 13 seconds on a windy 23.9km course near York, with Mabli Phillips (Shibden Apex RT) third. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/04/a...
The Solihull CC Women’s Road Race returns on Sunday 5 July. Round 3 of the British Women’s Team Cup heads for the Ridgeway near Cookhill, with a tougher finale, reduced distance in the heat, and a Team Cup race ripe for disruption. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/04/2...
Toby Barnes (UV Aube) went long to win the Lister Horsfall Open GP, attacking before halfway and finishing 44 seconds clear. Jacob Bush (Development Team Picnic PostNL Raisin) took second, just ahead of Cam Mason (Alpecin–Premier Tech Development Team). thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/03/2...
Anna Morris went one better than Otley at Ilkley, attacking from a four-rider move on the final lap to win the Milly Grace Jewellery Women’s Grand Prix. Lily Martin (Loughborough Lightning) took second, with Morven Yeoman (DAS-Hutchinson) third. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/03/2...
Otley gave us more than 2 winners. Jess Roberts and Anna Morris made the private-member black skinsuit look like the kit to fear, the Conti squads left questions behind, Ollie Wood closed in on Tom Armstrong, and Matt Bostock’s title defence took a hit. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/03/w...
Ilkley is next. Round 3 of the National Circuit Series takes on the calendar’s most selective crit circuit: 1.5km, a steep ramp on each lap, and a finish on The Grove that rarely waits for a full bunch. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/02/2...
Joshua Giddings won the Martin House Open Otley GP by the narrowest of margins, attacking on the final lap and holding off Ollie Wood in the drag to the line. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/01/2...
Jess Roberts went long to win the Santini Women’s Otley GP, attacking from a two-rider move with Anna Morris and holding off the bunch. Morris took second, Maddie Cooper third. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/01/2...