Far from the established circuits of European racing, the Pune Grand Tour signals India’s return to the UCI calendar – and offers Essex-based Schils Doltcini RT a chance to race on roads where the sport’s future is still being written.
Routes for the 2027 Grand Départs have been confirmed, taking the men’s Tour from Edinburgh to Cardiff over three days and sending the women’s peloton from Leeds to London via Manchester and Sheffield.
In his latest journal entry, Rayner Foundation-supported rider Mattie Dodd charts the leap into the INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy, where idolisation gives way to routine and twelve strangers begin to feel like a team.
With entries arriving later, organisers carrying more risk and calendars under pressure, domestic road racing is often framed as a sport in retreat. In an exclusive interview with The British Continental, William Fotheringham explains why the answer may lie not in reform from above, but in practical decisions made close to the ground.