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2026 BUCS Road Race Championships: preview and startlists

by British Conti May 21, 2026

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2026 Rás Tailteann: stage 2 report and results

Adam Lewis (APS Pro Cycling) takes the yellow jersey of the 2026 Rás Tailteann after stage two, as Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) wins a six-up sprint in Banteer for his fourth career Rás stage.

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Wild is the wind: Tom Williams, La Gainsbarre and the British riders finding rhythm in France

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Rás Tailteann 2026: preview

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2026 Banbury Star CC Road Race: report and results

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Tom Stewart interview: “Who’s going to organise the bike race?”

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Ian Mansel-Thomas journal: the agent landgrab

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by British Conti May 21, 2026

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2026 Rás Tailteann: stage 2 report and results

by British Conti May 20, 2026

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2026 Rás Tailteann: stage 1 report and results

Rowan Baker, guesting for Isle of Man CC this week, wins the opening stage of the 2026 Rás Tailteann in Kilmallock on Wednesday, taking the first yellow jersey from a four-rider breakaway.

by Paul Greenhalgh May 20, 2026

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Wild is the wind: Tom Williams, La Gainsbarre and the British riders finding rhythm in France

Tom Williams’ victory at La Gainsbarre was more than a first French win. Paul Greenhalgh reflects on a windy day in La Manche, the enduring culture of French amateur racing, and why British riders continue to cross the Channel in search of opportunity.

by Jack Beavis May 20, 2026

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Rás Tailteann 2026: preview

Champion absent, Wicklow back on the route, and a field that runs from UCI Continental to county teams. The 71st Rás Tailteann starts in Portlaoise on Wednesday with no clear favourite.

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Tom Stewart interview: “Who’s going to organise the bike race?”

Tom Stewart owes his decade in the professional peloton to his local cycling club. As Doncaster Wheelers turn 100, the two-time Lincoln Grand Prix winner makes the case for the institution he believes British road racing cannot afford to lose.

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

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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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Ian Mansel-Thomas journal: the agent landgrab

We are really pleased to introduce Ian Mansel-Thomas as the latest of The British Continental’s 2026 journal contributors. Ian co-manages the junior super-team camsmajaco, and in his opening entry he examines how junior racing has come to resemble the WorldTour — and the rider-agent landgrab that now reaches under-16s.

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Tizzie Robinson-Gordon journal: the villa, the moon boot, and a gravel bike

We are really pleased to introduce Tizzie Robinson-Gordon as the latest of The British Continental’s 2026 journal contributors. In her opening entry, she takes us from a broken ankle in a Calpe villa garden to a return to the Scottish scene six weeks later — via a meditation on a gravel bike she does not need.

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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.