Two nights after Otley, the National Circuit Series climbs the Wharfe valley to its most selective circuit. Friday 3 July is the Ilkley Cycle Races—Round 3 of the series—where defending champion Anna Morris returns to the ramp that won her a maiden series victory.
Jessica Roberts and Joshua Giddings took the wins at Otley on a night that tightened the Rapha Super-League picture and reshaped the National Circuit Series standings.
British Cycling has confirmed the roads that will shape September’s Lloyds Tour of Britain Men – 910.3 kilometres from Lincoln to the Scottish Borders, beginning over the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix circuit and likely to hinge on a hard Yorkshire Dales stage to Leyburn.
The Yomp Bonk Crew’s newest event threads gravel sectors through a National B road race near Selby on 26 September: a Yorkshire answer to Strade Bianche, and, as it stands, the season’s final date.