Jack Beavis

Writer specialising in cycling available on a freelance / full-time basis. Contact me through my own site: chocolatechainring.co.uk for more info

by Jack Beavis September 8, 2025

Features Interviews

Kate Richardson interview: from despair to determination – a season reborn

After a year derailed by a hit-and-run crash, the collapse of her team and a winter spent battling self-doubt, Kate Richardson has emerged with a National Circuit Race title, a stage race win in Czechia and a renewed belief that the WorldTour – and even the Olympics – are within reach.

by Jack Beavis September 2, 2025

Comment Features

Six of the best: British riders looking to impress at the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men

The Lloyds Tour of Britain rolled out of Suffolk this morning with a striking first: no UK Continental teams on the start line. For two decades, the race has been a shop window for homegrown talent – from Geraint Thomas and Mark Cavendish to Zeb Kyffin and Rory Townsend – but in 2025, the Great Britain squad stands alone as the domestic pathway. We’ve picked out six Brits with a point to prove as they look to impress on home roads.

by Jack Beavis and British Conti August 25, 2025

Features Reports

2025 Victor Berlemont Trophy: report and results

Danylo Riwnyj (Foran CT) took the biggest win of his career on Sunday (24 August), outsprinting his breakaway companions at the end of an aggressive edition of the Victor Berlemont Trophy after going away solo and being caught on the final lap.

by Jack Beavis August 22, 2025

Previews

2025 Victor Berlemont Trophy: preview and startlist

While the UK’s best circuit racers do battle in Cambridgeshire on Sunday (24 August), road racers get the chance to lock horns on the lanes of Oxfordshire as a stacked field contests the historic Victor Berlemont Trophy.