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 July 12, 2025

Features Interviews

Alex Pritchard interview: racing, resilience and adjusting to life with Type 1 diabetes

When a sudden weight-loss and unquenchable thirst sent Alex Pritchard from the peloton to A&E, the 28-year-old Rás Tailteann stage-winner emerged with a life-altering diagnosis: Type One diabetes. The towering rouleur shares his story.

by Jack Beavis July 6, 2025

Features Interviews

Inside the new foundation degree allowing cyclists to combine their training and education

Beeston CC and the University of Derby have launched a new FdA that lets budding racers juggle morning chain-gangs with afternoon lectures, earning a degree without shelving their dream of turning pro.

by British Conti and Jack Beavis July 3, 2025

Features Interviews News

‘A slap in the face’: UCI rule bars British Continental teams from Tour of Britain Women

Britain’s five women’s Continental squads could be locked out of their own national stage race from 2026, a “slap-in-the-face” consequence of new UCI rules that reserve WorldTour start-lists for WorldTeams and ProTeams only.

by Jack Beavis, British Conti and Joe Hudson July 2, 2025

Features Rapha Super League Reports

2025 LOGCO Otley Cycle Races: report and results

Robyn Clay (DAS-Hutchinson) took a bunch sprint win in the women’s Otley Grand Prix, while Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) took the open race victory after Will Tidball was relegated for an irregular sprint