Why the Portsdown Classic matters
The Portsdown Classic is back this Sunday. Our editor, Denny Gray, explains why its history, its course, and its refusal to disappear make it one of the quiet pillars of British domestic road racing.
Category: Comment
A letter from the editor: a year of showing up
An editor’s reflection on what it took to document a full season of domestic road racing – the labour of turning up, the community that made it possible, and how we’re thinking about building something sustainable for the years ahead.
Britain’s top domestic team SRCT to cease racing at end of 2025
Despite sweeping the National Road Series and The British Continental road race rankings in 2025 and exploring a UCI step-up for 2026, Muc-Off–SRCT–Storck will fold at season’s end after sponsorship efforts fell short.
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.