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.
Rachel Galler, Anna Boniface and Phoebe Roche race for FTP–Fulfil The Potential Racing. In August, a composite team took them to the revived Philadelphia Cycling Classic, where they found WorldTour opposition, packed streets and a city that seemed genuinely pleased to have a bike race in its midst.