The Lloyds National Circuit Series reaches Guildford’s cobbled High Street on Wednesday 8 July, with both series leaders absent but plenty still at stake. On a short, technical, position-first circuit where the elastic can snap early, Guildford rarely gives riders room to hide.
Nineteen teams will line up at the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women in August, including DAS–Hutchinson, Handsling Alba, O’Shea Red Chilli Bikes, and Smurfit Westrock — the domestic squads whose participation looked in serious doubt when new UCI eligibility rules were published last summer.
Lowri Richards won the Solihull CC Women’s Road Race on Sunday 5 July, timing her sprint on the new Ridgeway finish to beat Amelia Staunton and Ella Tandy after a race that stayed largely together despite repeated attacks.
Second in Saturday’s time trial, Evander Wishart rode the decisive move for nearly two hours before finishing it off on the final climb at Beckwithshaw, beating Finlay Storrie and William Coles to the junior national road race title.