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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 16h

Paralloy RT will close at the end of 2026. Manager Nikki Metcalfe talks about the money, volunteers and personal sacrifice behind keeping a women’s development team alive — and why she knew it was time to stop. “I need me.” thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/10/01/p...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 30/09/2026

Three British domestic riders. One UCI 1.1 in Philadelphia. WorldTour teams, Olympic champions, huge crowds and the Manayunk Wall. Rachel Galler, Anna Boniface and Phoebe Roche on a rare opportunity — and what British road racing might learn from it. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/30/f...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 29/09/2026

232km in the break. A level crossing at exactly the wrong moment. And the Col de l’Iseran while breathing through a paper straw. INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy’s Mattie Dodd takes us inside his Tour de l’Avenir. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/29/m...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 28/09/2026

The Rayner Foundation dinner returns to Leeds on 7 November. The annual fundraiser helps support young British riders racing abroad, with 29 riders backed by the Foundation this year. Tickets are on sale until 21 October. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/28/r...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 25/09/2026

🇬🇧 Two Britons step up to UCI Continental level in France for 2027. Tom Portsmouth joins SCO Dijon, while James Hartley moves to VC Rouen 76. Plus: Bleteau steps up to N1, Twelves leaves Torres-Sobato, and moves at Zappi and Cycling Sheffield. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/25/m...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 22/09/2026

🇫🇷 Adam Howell stays with Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme. ✍️ Simpson Nouvelles sign Áine Doherty and Megan Cherry. ⬆️ Alex Beldon is back at Continental level. Plus Joshua Giddings extends with Lotto-Intermarché. The latest domestic transfer round-up. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/22/m...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Final British Conti rankings. Loughborough Lightning take the women's team title by eight points on the last day. Ride Revolution Coaching hold off JAKROO Handsling Racing by 36 in the open. Lily Martin and Thomas Armstrong are the individual champions. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/20/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 19/09/2026

Two editions. Two solo wins. Adam Lewis (APS Pro Cycling) defended his Riders Collective GP title at Walton, riding the final three laps alone to close the 2026 national road season with victory. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/19/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 19/09/2026

Second race. First win. Former GB rower Olivia Bates, riding unattached, went solo to win the inaugural KLM Taxis Women’s GP in only her second road race. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/19/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 17/09/2026

Strong women in cycling are still too often treated as a surprise. In her latest journal, Tizzie Robinson-Gordon writes about the gap between getting women into the sport and treating those already there as proper cyclists. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/17/t...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 16/09/2026

The national road season ends in Walton on Saturday. The Riders Collective GP returns alongside the new KLM Taxis Women’s GP, with both British Conti team rankings still up for grabs. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/16/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 15/09/2026

A year ago, Jack Rootkin-Gray was being told to think about career-ending insurance. Now the Swatt Club rider is racing again — and thinking about the WorldTour. But simply getting back isn’t enough. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/15/j...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 15/09/2026

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Ashley Hutchison (TAAP Kalas) came back at Thomas Doig (Foran CT) on the drag to the line to win the Nick Clayton Memorial from an eight-rider final-lap move. A first win of the season for Hutchison after a year he had all but written off. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/13/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Five years after winning the Lancaster GP, Josh Whitehead’s racing career is over. At 26, he’s already building another as DS of 360cycling’s U23 men. He talks data, tactics and learning to lead. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/13/j...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Darlington could join the Lloyds National Circuit Series in 2027. North East Crit League organiser Graham Stobbs is preparing a bid to bring the series to the town-centre circuit used for the 2024 national championships. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/12/d...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 10/09/2026

The domestic road season is nearly done, but there is still plenty to race for. The Nick Clayton Memorial closes the West Midlands Road Race League on Sunday, with The British Continental's team rankings still finely poised. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/10/2...

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2026 Nick Clayton Memorial: preview and startlist

The sixth Nick Clayton Memorial brings the West Midlands Road Race League to a close on Sunday 13 September: 124 kilometres between the Severn and the Wrekin.

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Earlier this week the website matched its page views for the whole of 2025, our record year, with almost four months of 2026 still to go. A note of thanks from our editor. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/09/a...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 09/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE | BCC Race Team and MyPad Racing will merge for 2027, racing as BCC–MyPad — 14 riders, the National Road Series, and a UCI calendar abroad. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/09/e...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 08/09/2026

“The riders are still children.” camsmajaco co-manager Ian Mansel-Thomas argues that 16 is too young for British riders to sign for European teams — and that junior development should be person-first, not team-first. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/08/i...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Britain's only one-day UCI road race has its 2027 date. The Rutland International CiCLE Classic will run on Sunday 25 April, organisers confirmed on Monday, a day after the Tour of Britain closed the country's international calendar. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/07/c...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 06/09/2026

Ted McDaid (Gers Cycling Développement) won the Chas Messenger Trophy at Astwood on Sunday from a group of seven, while Alex Foster (Cycling Sheffield) is the U23 Open National Road Series champion, despite not finishing the race. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/06/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 06/09/2026

"I'm lucky my work trousers hide those tell-tale tan lines." Hope Inglis on racing around a full-time job. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/06/h...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 04/09/2026

"I almost didn't want to get my hopes up." Two seasons lost to injury and illness, then a Danum Trophy win and fourth at Lincoln. Alex Foster takes the U23 Open National Road Series lead to the final round on Sunday. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/04/f...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 04/09/2026

"I almost didn't want to get my hopes up." Two seasons lost to injury and illness, then a Danum Trophy win and fourth at Lincoln. Alex Foster takes the U23 Open National Road Series lead to Astwood on Sunday. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/04/f...

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First through the door: Alex Foster and Cycling Sheffield’s new generation

Two seasons of injury and illness gave Alex Foster little to show for Dave Coulson’s patience. He takes an 11-point lead into Sunday’s U23 Open National Road Series finale, and tells Jack Beavis wh…

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 04/09/2026

Cycling Sheffield's Alexander Foster leads the U23 Open National Road Series into Sunday's final round at the Chas Messenger Trophy. Three riders can still take it off him, and one of them rides for the same team. Who will take the title? thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/04/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 03/09/2026

The Strade del Vescovo has been cancelled before its first edition. The Yomp Bonk Crew's National B with gravel sectors, near Selby on 26 September, is off the calendar. The 19 September races in Leicestershire now close the national season. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/09/03/s...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 22/08/2026

Melanie Rowe takes the Scottish senior and junior women's titles at 17, holding off Eleanor Dixon and Lydia Louw by three seconds after 40 kilometres alone. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/22/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 22/08/2026

Barbour leads Cycling Sheffield one-two at Scottish Champs. The winning move went at the end of lap two of seven and was never brought back. Shoreman, Chisholm and Maclean, the last three champions, all missed it. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/22/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 21/08/2026

Who will be the new Scottish road race champions? Tim Shoreman leads a strong open field at Strathaven on Saturday, while 17-year-old Melanie Rowe could sweep all before her in the women's race. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/21/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 18/08/2026

The summer heatwave forced a rethink for Cycling Sheffield. With their French stage race cancelled, the team pivoted to Belgium for a block of kermesse racing. Inside the pragmatic Plan B. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/21/y...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Curtis Neill turned a two-minute deficit into overall victory at the Clive Tiley Memorial. The 20-year-old, riding as a Cycling Ulster guest, attacked on the second ascent of Harptree Hill and went on to win Sunday’s stage and the GC by 59 seconds. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/17/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 16/08/2026

Seb Grindley won the open North Yorkshire Grand Prix after attacking from the final six. Fourth for Tom Armstrong was enough to overhaul Ollie Wood and take the Rapha Super-League title by five points, adding the National Road Series title too. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/16/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 16/08/2026

North Yorkshire Grand Prix: Anna Morris wins the inaugural Ampleforth edition from a three-rider sprint — while sixth place is enough for Morven Yeoman to seal both the Rapha Super-League and National Road Series titles. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/16/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 15/08/2026

The Mendip stage race, the Clive Tiley Memorial, returns for a fifth edition on 15 and 16 August. Elliott Colyer, seventh in the The British Continental national rankings, heads the field. Here is our preview. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/15/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 15/08/2026

Both the Rapha Super-League and the National Road Series end at Ampleforth on Sunday at the North Yorkshire Grand Prix. Here is our preview. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/14/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) won the Beaumont Trophy by about half a tyre’s width, edging Ollie Wood (Rapha CC) in a downhill sprint into Stamfordham. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/09/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Nicola Quaye went clear on the first lap of the Curlew Cup and was still there at the finish, holding off Arabella Blackburn by a matter of metres for a maiden Nat A win. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/09/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Ride Revolution have set a 2028 target for UCI Continental status. 2027 is a transition year, and the new top tier of around 10 riders is yet to be recruited. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/09/r...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 03/08/2026

Flo Wiggins’ rise continues. The London Academy rider soloed to her maiden National B victory at the Duncan Murray Wines Road Race, as her team placed five riders in the top 12 to revive their British Women’s Team Cup challenge. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/03/d...

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Duncan Murray Wines Road Race: report and results

Flo Wiggins broke away solo to take a magnificent maiden Nat B victory in Northamptonshire

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 02/08/2026

A 50km solo in the national champion’s jersey. Mabli Phillips led a Shibden Apex RT one-two at the Fenwick’s Women’s Tour of Mendip, while Abi Clayton (Brother UK–Team OnForm) sealed the Junior Women’s National Road Series title. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/08/01/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 01/08/2026

The National Under-23 Road Series heads to Upper Denby on Sunday, with leader Alex Foster facing an open field on a selective, climbing-heavy circuit. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/31/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 31/07/2026

A compact field, six exposed laps and nowhere to hide. Junior national champion Mabli Phillips (Shibden Apex RT) heads the field for Saturday’s Fenwick’s Women’s Tour of Mendip, the final Junior Women’s National Road Series round. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/31/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 31/07/2026

FTP–Fulfil The Potential–Racing take a 42-point British Women’s Team Cup lead into Sunday’s Duncan Murray Wines Road Race at Naseby, with Loughborough Lightning chasing and London Academy bringing nine riders. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/31/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 30/07/2026

Scott’s masterclass. Laborde and Mayes’ nerves of steel. Wood taking the Rapha Super-League lead. Yeoman closing on the title. Six conclusions from a memorable Sheffield Grand Prix. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/30/n...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 30/07/2026

Lily Martin joins Handsling Alba Development Road Team as a stagiaire from 1 August after a breakthrough season with Loughborough Lightning. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/30/l...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 30/07/2026

Results show one name but miss the people who make the ride possible. After burnout forced him out of the Nationals, George Stephen writes about the parents, teammates, coaches and loved ones in his corner — and why “medals were simply a side product”. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/30/g...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 29/07/2026

The Sherpa Performance Stage Race returns this weekend, with Frank Longstaff (DAS Richardsons), Luca Nicholson (VC Baracchi), Elliott Colyer (Aero CLCTV) and Rowan Baker (JAKROO Handsling Racing) among the contenders. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/29/2...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Fifth in the under-23 national time trial championship on caffeine alone, then two laps of bluff and counter-bluff with Elliot Rowe for the under-23 road title. INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy rider Mattie Dodd takes us inside his Nationals. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/26/m...

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 25/07/2026

James Jobber (The Hurricane & Thunder Cycling Team) won the Sam Robinson Memorial Trophy by inches, coming back past Elliot Bain (Edinburgh Bike Fitting RT) with a bike throw. Behind, Ahron Dick (Edinburgh Bike Fitting RT) sealed the Alba Series title. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/07/25/2...

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