Kimberley Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance – Soudal) turned the North York Moors into her own launch-pad on today’s wind-raked opening stage of the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, storming clear with Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education – Oatly) before out-sprinting the American on Redcar’s seafront to claim the stage, the race lead and every classification jersey going.
Dexter Leeming-Sykes prevailed in a dead heat to cap his return from a broken back to win the Northern championships in Cumbria (Sunday 1 June)
Regional titles rarely come with a championship jersey to show off in the bunch, but they do confer something just as valuable: year-long bragging rights and a line on the palmarès that can open doors to bigger starts. On Sunday those rights will be settled on Cumbria’s rolling Calthwaite circuit, where the North West, Yorkshire & North East Championships unfold over ten laps of a lumpy circuit.
Jack Hartley took an emotional first win for Moonglu Spatzwear just weeks after returning home from France as he out-sprintedContinue Reading