The team that has won the women’s National Road Series team title in every edition since 2019 will not race at UCI Continental level in 2027, pointing to the rising cost of racing in Europe. Team OnForm, the development programme it grew from, will continue.
The south London club is recruiting a junior and under-23 women’s squad for 2027. The man leading it spent the summer analysing British Cycling results to work out what happens to female youth riders once they leave youth racing.
Milo and Sam de la Mare and Daniel Davies stay on for a second junior season, joined by five riders stepping up from youth racing. Seven riders, Leon Atkins among them, age out to the under-23 ranks.
Paralloy RT, the North East women’s team that raced for eight seasons as Team Boompods, will close at the end of 2026. Manager Nikki Metcalfe explains the personal and financial cost of keeping a development team alive, and why she is stepping away before the enjoyment disappears.