Nina Lavenu (AG Insurance Soudal Development Team) and Matt Bostock (Rapha CC) took victory as domestic cycling returned to the Square Mile for the London Nocturne, Lavenu delivered by teammate Leonie Bentveld after a ten-rider move shaped the Elite Women’s race, before Bostock held off national champion Cameron Mason from a four-rider break in the Open race.
This weekend (13–14 June), the Mennock Pass Stage Race returns for its second edition: three stages, 228 kilometres, and a summit finish at Scotland’s highest village, with mid-season Alba Road Series points on the line.
The Torvelo Women’s Road Race returns this Saturday (13 June) with National B status and the women’s Scotia Series in tow. Series leader Izzy Filor heads the startlist in the Santini leader’s jersey.
On Saturday 13 June, the City of London Nocturne returns after eight years away, bringing floodlit UCI criterium racing back to the heart of the capital. Rebuilt around a 1.3-kilometre circuit through Cheapside and Bank, with St Paul’s Cathedral at one end and the Bank of England at the other, the revived Nocturne is more than a city-centre spectacle: the elite women’s and men’s races also count towards the Rapha Super-League.