When Charlie Crawt says no regional road race ran in the Eastern Region last season, he isn’t complaining. He’s describing a gap. This is the story of Primo RT’s attempt to hold that space open – between a rider’s first start and the leap to National A – at a time when entries are fragile and races can’t be taken for granted.
At 22, Sheffield’s James Hartley is learning fast in France with Team Bricquebec Cotentin – a Rayner Foundation-backed stage winner at the Tour de la Manche, now turning early-season momentum into a simple, uncompromising mission: win, and progress.
Amid talk of turbulence at Visma–Lease a Bike, 19-year-old Scot Elliot Rowe is quietly thriving. After a breakthrough U23 season that included a stage win at the Tour de l’Avenir, he tells The British Continental why the team’s development system – and a continued commitment to the track – is bringing the best out of him as he eyes the WorldTour.
Two weeks after grinding through the mist at Portsdown, 17-year-old Leon Atkins stood on the podium at the National Track Championships with his first senior medal around his neck. A 4:10.85 Individual Pursuit – quicker than Wiggins at the same age – offered another glimpse of a rider already straddling junior racing, a Lidl–Trek future and the long tradition of British pursuiting excellence.