Exclusive: BCC Race Team and MyPad Racing to merge for 2027
The Midlands elite development team and the 'ad-hoc' UCI programme will race as BCC–MyPad next season, with a 14-rider roster and a calendar split between the National Road Series and UCI races abroad.
BCC Race Team and MyPad Racing p/b ONDO Sports are to merge for the 2027 season, The British Continental can reveal. The combined team will race as BCC–MyPad, with a calendar built around the National Road Series and supplemented by UCI races abroad throughout the year.
The merger formalises a relationship that began earlier this season, when BCC RT—who head into their fourth season as an elite development team in 2027—supported MyPad riders through the National Road Series. MyPad brought results of their own: Lucas Jowett won the season-opening East Cleveland Classic in April and led the open series after the first round. It is, team president John McCay says, a formal pooling of resources and expertise that will allow riders to reach their potential in 2027 and beyond.
Lucas Jowett of Mypad Racing p/b ONDO Sports wins the 2026 East Cleveland Classic. Image: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com
For MyPad Racing, co-founded by Ewan Mackie and Lucas Jowett ahead of the 2025 season under the banner of ‘ad-hoc racing’—its aim to plug the gap between British talent and the UCI ranks by offering UCI race days abroad with no fixed commitment—the partnership marks a change of direction. Mackie’s international experience and connections will now be directed towards a formal team structure rather than a rolling cast of riders. He will both ride for the merged team and take a part in running it.
It’s a perfect blend of two well-run teams coming together to form a solid unit
“With both teams being based in the East Midlands there is a nice local ethos, but we can bring a strong international programme and very well-formed connections to European teams, forged by my many years of hard work on the continent.
U23 National Road Series Winner Lewis Tinsley (BCC Race Team). Image: Olly Hassell/SWpix.com
“BCC’s domestic success is evident, and if we can help to bring some experience to the young talent they have, then the possibilities for the riders are limitless.”
The 2027 roster is set to number 14 riders, the bulk of them drawn from this year’s BCC RT squad alongside a number of more experienced additions. McCay expects the mix to bring results, pointing to the year-on-year improvement of the squad’s core since the elite team was formed in 2024.
I think we can aim to win, or at least be on the podium, in half the National Road Series races next season
“I think we can aim to win, or at least be on the podium, in half the National Road Series races next season,” he said.
Director of sport Bryan Steel emphasised the team’s commitment to its existing pathway, and the effect the MyPad set-up will have on the programme.
“We will be expanding the team for 2027 alongside a bigger international calendar, while supporting the National Road Series with an older, more experienced feel to the team, which will give our first-year senior riders a chance to be nurtured into the BCC academy programme,” he said.
“This new partnership extends the pathway we have developed, so we can help riders progress into an international team when they are ready. A 14-year-old rider with us now has a sustainable pathway to achieving their dream of becoming a professional rider.”
Image: Emma Wilcock
With access to a multi-national UCI calendar through MyPad—whose first project was a block of racing on Rhodes in March 2025, including the International Rhodes Grand Prix—the merged team is another example of Britain’s domestic scene finding its own solutions to bridge the gap to the UCI Continental ranks.
Racing two calendars gives us the opportunity to offer our riders something much broader in 2027
“Racing two calendars gives us the opportunity to offer our riders something much broader in 2027,” said team manager Kirsti Tinsley, echoing the message that the squad will gain experience abroad while continuing to support the domestic scene. “We can continue to compete strongly in the National Road Series while giving riders the chance to test themselves internationally and experience a different level of racing. The key for us is making sure that growth is sustainable and that we have the right structure and support in place to develop the riders alongside the racing.”
Both teams share the aim of developing riders, whether through a structured pathway or the chance to impress on an ad-hoc basis. A year after Muc-Off–SRCT–Storck and Primera–TeamJobs closed their doors, two domestic teams choosing to combine rather than fold is a different kind of story.
BCC Race Team and MyPad Racing p/b ONDO Sports are to merge for the 2027 season, The British Continental can reveal. The combined team will race as BCC–MyPad, with a calendar built around the National Road Series and supplemented by UCI races abroad throughout the year.
The merger formalises a relationship that began earlier this season, when BCC RT—who head into their fourth season as an elite development team in 2027—supported MyPad riders through the National Road Series. MyPad brought results of their own: Lucas Jowett won the season-opening East Cleveland Classic in April and led the open series after the first round. It is, team president John McCay says, a formal pooling of resources and expertise that will allow riders to reach their potential in 2027 and beyond.
“It’s a winning partnership built on sustainability,” McCay said. The addition of MyPad adds a final layer to the pathway structure BCC RT have long championed; Lewis Tinsley rose through the team’s ranks to win the U23 classification in the open National Road Series this season.
For MyPad Racing, co-founded by Ewan Mackie and Lucas Jowett ahead of the 2025 season under the banner of ‘ad-hoc racing’—its aim to plug the gap between British talent and the UCI ranks by offering UCI race days abroad with no fixed commitment—the partnership marks a change of direction. Mackie’s international experience and connections will now be directed towards a formal team structure rather than a rolling cast of riders. He will both ride for the merged team and take a part in running it.
“It’s a perfect blend of two well-run teams coming together to form a solid unit,” said Mackie, who won a stage of the Tour of Kosovo last September for his first UCI victory.
“With both teams being based in the East Midlands there is a nice local ethos, but we can bring a strong international programme and very well-formed connections to European teams, forged by my many years of hard work on the continent.
“BCC’s domestic success is evident, and if we can help to bring some experience to the young talent they have, then the possibilities for the riders are limitless.”
The 2027 roster is set to number 14 riders, the bulk of them drawn from this year’s BCC RT squad alongside a number of more experienced additions. McCay expects the mix to bring results, pointing to the year-on-year improvement of the squad’s core since the elite team was formed in 2024.
“I think we can aim to win, or at least be on the podium, in half the National Road Series races next season,” he said.
Director of sport Bryan Steel emphasised the team’s commitment to its existing pathway, and the effect the MyPad set-up will have on the programme.
“We will be expanding the team for 2027 alongside a bigger international calendar, while supporting the National Road Series with an older, more experienced feel to the team, which will give our first-year senior riders a chance to be nurtured into the BCC academy programme,” he said.
“This new partnership extends the pathway we have developed, so we can help riders progress into an international team when they are ready. A 14-year-old rider with us now has a sustainable pathway to achieving their dream of becoming a professional rider.”
With access to a multi-national UCI calendar through MyPad—whose first project was a block of racing on Rhodes in March 2025, including the International Rhodes Grand Prix—the merged team is another example of Britain’s domestic scene finding its own solutions to bridge the gap to the UCI Continental ranks.
“Racing two calendars gives us the opportunity to offer our riders something much broader in 2027,” said team manager Kirsti Tinsley, echoing the message that the squad will gain experience abroad while continuing to support the domestic scene. “We can continue to compete strongly in the National Road Series while giving riders the chance to test themselves internationally and experience a different level of racing. The key for us is making sure that growth is sustainable and that we have the right structure and support in place to develop the riders alongside the racing.”
Both teams share the aim of developing riders, whether through a structured pathway or the chance to impress on an ad-hoc basis. A year after Muc-Off–SRCT–Storck and Primera–TeamJobs closed their doors, two domestic teams choosing to combine rather than fold is a different kind of story.
Featured image: Emma Wilcock
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