At Hethel, Lotus is not only a memory of carbon monocoques, Chris Boardman and Olympic gold. It is also a Tuesday-night race league, kept alive by volunteers and stubborn belief. Now Dan Bigham has joined Ken Jolliffe in trying to give one of East Anglia’s few racing institutions a future.
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.
The 12.9-kilometre circuit has been unchanged since 1987, but for the 70th edition on 10 May organisers have rerouted the section after the finish line;taking riders past Lincoln Cathedral for the first time.
Round 2 of the Alba Series brings the Hugh Dornan Memorial back to the Rosneath Peninsula on Sunday, a year after the same course staged the Scottish national championships.