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Shibden Apex RT to close at the end of 2026

by British Conti October 10, 2026

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Nocturne to return to the City of London in June 2027

The Nocturne will be back in the Square Mile on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June 2027, organisers have confirmed, a year after the event returned from an eight-year absence.

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by British Conti October 10, 2026

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Nocturne to return to the City of London in June 2027

The Nocturne will be back in the Square Mile on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June 2027, organisers have confirmed, a year after the event returned from an eight-year absence.

by British Conti October 10, 2026

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2027 women’s domestic team guide

A ‘live’ overview of how the women’s domestic peloton is shaping up for 2027

by British Conti October 9, 2026

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Mercato, 9 October: Gardiner signs four-year Fenix-Premier Tech deal, and On Form name 11 for 2027

Rebecca Gardiner signs a four-year deal with Fenix-Premier Tech that takes her to the WorldTour in 2029, and Duckworth Motor Group–On Form name their first 11 riders under a new sponsor. Smurfit Westrock add Maaike Brandwagt, Halesowen sign three, Neah Evans and Amelia Tyler leave Alba, and Ben Chilton and Bradley Perkins change teams abroad.

by Paul Greenhalgh October 9, 2026

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History boys: the British contingent at the Three Days of Cherbourg

Twenty-two Britons started the Three Days of Cherbourg and two finished in the top 10. Paul Greenhalgh follows them through three stages of Normandy racing and the history they rode past.

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Callum Laborde: “I think I’m here to stay now”

Callum Laborde won the 2026 National Circuit Series without winning a round, finishing in the top 10 in all six. The Ornata Factory Racing rider talks to Jack Beavis about reading a race, the local bike brand behind him, his time away from the sport, and why he thinks he is here to stay.

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Exclusive: FTP announce 2027 squad as Oakes stays and Henchoz and Zaman join

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Paralloy RT is closing: Nikki Metcalfe on why it’s time to step away

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From the domestic scene to the Manayunk Wall: three FTP riders in Philadelphia

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Jack Rootkin-Gray: ‘I’ve never really told people the extent of the injury’

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Mattie Dodd journal: from Pegasus Bridge to the Iseran

A start at Pegasus Bridge, 232 kilometres of central France interrupted by a level crossing, and a queen stage breathed through a paper straw: Mattie Dodd on a Tour de l’Avenir opened up to development teams.

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Tizzie Robinson-Gordon journal: stop being surprised by strong women

Cycling has spent a decade opening the front door to new women, and almost none of it rethinking what happens once they are inside. In her second journal entry, Tizzie Robinson-Gordon writes from the interior: the chaingang, the feed zone, and the surprise that never stops.

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Ian Mansel-Thomas journal: why 16 is too young to sign for a European team

For every British rider the move to a European team has worked for, camsmajaco co-manager Ian Mansel-Thomas can point to another it hasn’t. In his second journal entry he argues that the problem isn’t Europe but the age at which riders go: 16, with school, exams, and friendships all still at home.

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Hope Inglis journal: between days at the office

Hope Inglis returns with the second entry in her 2026 journal for The British Continental. Looking back from the end of a placement in an air-conditioned Birmingham office, the London Academy rider describes keeping a racing season going around a full-time job — the annual leave spent driving to a muddy field in Belgium, the week she commuted to work from a campervan, and the tan lines her work trousers hide.

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George Stephen journal: the names that aren’t in the results

George Stephen returns with the second entry in his 2026 journal for The British Continental. Writing from Mallorca after burnout forced him out of the National Championships, the BCC Race Team rider and Nottingham student pays tribute to the people who never appear on the results list — but without whom no bike rider gets anywhere.

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Mattie Dodd journal: playing chicken at the Nationals

Fifth in the national time trial on caffeine alone, then two laps of bluff and counter-bluff in Aberystwyth that settled the under-23 title — Mattie Dodd on a Nationals he can barely remember, and a stand-off he could not win.

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Mattie Dodd journal: a first UCI win, and five kilos of pasta

A first UCI win on stage 4 of the Ronde de l’Isard, a week of donkey work in the Alps and eight summits’ worth of climbing points at the Giro d’Italia Next Gen — Mattie Dodd on the best month of his season, and the prize he has since mislaid.

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Mattie Dodd journal: near misses in Brittany, a breakthrough in Flanders

A week at the Tour de Bretagne leaves Mattie Dodd feeling the strongest he has all season, if without the result to show for it — before fighter jets, First World War mines and his new team’s first road race win enliven a run through the Ardennes and Flanders.