Sam Chaplin and Lily Martin both rode clear alone on the Jacobstowe circuit as Loughborough University claimed the open and women’s BUCS Road Race Championship titles in west Devon on Sunday 24 May
Conn McDunphy (APS Pro Cycling) wins the 2026 Rás Tailteann, with Tom Martin (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) second overall and Tim Shoreman winning the points classification. Liam Flanagan (APS Pro Cycling) took his second stage of the race on the final day in Dunboyne.
Conn McDunphy (APS Pro Cycling) takes the yellow jersey of the Rás Tailteann after a decisive ride over the Wicklow Gap on stage four. Tom Martin (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) won the stage in Baltinglass, but team-mate Tim Shoreman lost more than four minutes on a brutal day in Wicklow.
George Stephen is the latest contributor to The British Continental’s 2026 journal series. The BCC Race Team rider and Nottingham student writes about a Movember ride that came to mean more than he expected, the crash in France that changed everything, and the diagnosis that arrived just as he had got back to racing.