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2026 Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix: race preview and startlists

by British Conti May 7, 2026

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Surrey League Road Race (Crawley Wheelers): preview and startlist

Crawley Wheelers’ National B road race draws a field of 41 to the undulating Lingfield circuit on Sunday morning (10 May), with a 200-metre uphill drag to the finish.

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by British Conti May 9, 2026

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Surrey League Road Race (Crawley Wheelers): preview and startlist

Crawley Wheelers’ National B road race draws a field of 41 to the undulating Lingfield circuit on Sunday morning (10 May), with a 200-metre uphill drag to the finish.

by Jack Beavis May 7, 2026

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Organiser hints CiCLE Classic finish could stay in Oakham

Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic organiser Colin Clews says no final decision has been made on the race’s future finish location, but admits Oakham has proved popular and logistically simpler since replacing the traditional Melton finish.

by British Conti May 3, 2026

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2026 Hugh Dornan Memorial: report and results

Craig Paterson (Edinburgh Bike Fitting RT) countered off the front in the closing kilometres of the Hugh Dornan Memorial on Sunday 3 May to take a solo win on Round 2 of the Alba Series

by British Conti May 3, 2026

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2026 Witham Hall and Timmy James Memorial Grands Prix: report and results

Anna Morris took a commanding solo victory at the Witham Hall Grand Prix on Sunday 3 May, while Jack Rootkin-Gray edged out Will Truelove (JAKROO Handsling) in a two-up sprint to win the Timmy James Memorial Grand Prix

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Dan Bigham, Ken Jolliffe and the fragile art of keeping racing alive

At Hethel, Lotus is not only a memory of carbon monocoques, Chris Boardman and Olympic gold. It is also a Tuesday-night race league, kept alive by volunteers and stubborn belief. Now Dan Bigham has joined Ken Jolliffe in trying to give one of East Anglia’s few racing institutions a future.

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Will Truelove interview: the slower process

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Katie Scott: from East Cleveland Classic to the Amstel Gold Race in seven days

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Tim Shoreman: still waiting for the top step

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A year to make it count: Horsfield bets on Cycling Sheffield

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Hope Inglis journal: off the tarmac

We are really pleased to introduce Hope Inglis as the first of The British Continental’s new journal contributors for 2026. In her opening entry, she makes the case for what road cycling might learn from its muddier cousins – and why a trip to Cannock Chase rekindled her love of racing.

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Mattie Dodd journal: gods, guardrails and the Dutch mountains

In his latest journal entry, Rayner Foundation-supported rider Mattie Dodd charts an Odyssean opening block — a prologue win in Rhodes, a crash into a hedge, and a crosswind education at Olympia’s Tour.

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Wanted: journal contributors for 2026

Four months into the season, the interesting stories are already forming. The British Continental is looking for contributors willing to write them down.

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Mattie Dodd journal: finding my feet at INEOS

In his latest journal entry, Rayner Foundation-supported rider Mattie Dodd charts the leap into the INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy, where idolisation gives way to routine and twelve strangers begin to feel like a team.

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Iona Mitchell journal #05: the off-season isn’t quiet if you’re watching Strava

As the road season fades, London Academy rider Iona Mitchell continues her season-long journal, tracing the rivalries, rituals and razor-thin margins that define life on and off the bike.

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Mattie Dodd journal: a season that hurt, humbled and healed

After a year that began with illness and uncertainty, Mattie Dodd closes out his 2025 campaign with a wry, honest reflection on the road back to form. From the surreal pageantry of Austria’s King of the Lake to the heartbreak of a mistimed puncture in Italy, his latest journal captures the strange poetry of a rider rebuilding — one time trial, one near miss, and one hard-won dose of belief at a time.

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Mattie Dodd journal #18: lessons from a nine-day DIY stage race

Mattie Dodd’s latest journal takes us inside a stint of stage racing that stretched from the Czech Republic to Romania, via Slovenia and Italy. It’s classic Mattie: sharp-eyed, self-deprecating, equal parts grit and gallows humour.

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Iona Mitchell journal #04: life on borrowed rollers

In a weekend of ice-cream mishaps, borrowed kit and back-of-the-van logistics, London Academy’s Iona Mitchell finds herself at the heart of the chaos — and the quiet triumph — of life on the domestic road scene.