Lily Martin joins Handsling Alba as stagiaire
The 20-year-old steps up to UCI Continental level from Saturday while continuing to ride for Loughborough Lightning in domestic races.
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George Stephen journal: the names that aren’t in the results
George Stephen returns with the second entry in his 2026 journal for The British Continental. Writing from Mallorca after burnout forced him out of the National Championships, the BCC Race Team rider and Nottingham student pays tribute to the people who never appear on the results list — but without whom no bike rider gets anywhere.
2026 Sherpa Performance Stage Race: preview and startlist
A shortened road bike time trial shifts the weight onto bonus seconds, as Elliott Colyer, Matthew Webber and Rowan Baker head a compact field for the third Sherpa Performance Stage Race, 1-2 August 2026
Mattie Dodd journal: playing chicken at the Nationals
Fifth in the national time trial on caffeine alone, then two laps of bluff and counter-bluff in Aberystwyth that settled the under-23 title — Mattie Dodd on a Nationals he can barely remember, and a stand-off he could not win.