A year after a broken leg ended his time at EF Education–EasyPost and nearly ended his career, Jack Rootkin-Gray has spent 2026 racing British roads on his own terms. Now bound for Swatt Club for the rest of the season, he talks to Jack Beavis about Andorra, London, the injury he kept to himself, and why simply getting back to the WorldTour isn’t enough.
Five years after winning the Lancaster Grand Prix, and with his riding career over sooner than expected, Josh Whitehead is back in the North West as sports director of 360cycling’s under-23 men’s team. In a Ramsbottom coffee shop, he explains how data is shaping his new career, and why it only takes you so far.
Two seasons of injury and illness gave Alex Foster little to show for Dave Coulson’s patience. He takes an 11-point lead into Sunday’s U23 Open National Road Series finale, and tells Jack Beavis why he almost didn’t let himself hope for it.
When a red weather warning cancelled the Tour des Deux-Sèvres with Cycling Sheffield already en route, team manager Dave Coulson turned the van around and pointed it at Belgium’s kermesses instead. He talks to Jack Beavis about improvisation, development, and what a warming Europe means for British teams racing abroad.