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The Wheldrake 200 cancelled for 2026

Britain’s longest one-day road race will not run this year after organisers Yomp Bonk Crew concluded the event could no longer pay its way. Organiser Will Foster hopes it can return.

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Winning #1

Kristian House wins stage 1 of the 2011 Tour of South Africa. He solo’d to victory, finishing 2 minutes and 22Continue Reading

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2019 race calendar

The 2019 programme for domestic teams

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Welcome to The British Continental

Welcome to The British Continental, a new blog about British road cycling. The focus will be on British riders, teamsContinue Reading

‘It’s about building it for the future’: inside Max Sillifant’s expanding Riders Collective GP

A year ago, Max Sillifant was trying to save a race. Now he is trying to broaden the idea of what a National B can be. Ahead of the second Riders Collective GP on 19 September, he tells us about women’s racing, village diplomacy and why the day should feel like a festival

Features Interviews

Everything in its Right Place: James Hartley and his recipe for success

Features Interviews

Tom Stewart interview: “Who’s going to organise the bike race?”

Features Interviews

Dan Bigham, Ken Jolliffe and the fragile art of keeping racing alive

Features Interviews

Will Truelove interview: the slower process

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Mattie Dodd journal: near misses in Brittany, a breakthrough in Flanders

A week at the Tour de Bretagne leaves Mattie Dodd feeling the strongest he has all season, if without the result to show for it — before fighter jets, First World War mines and his new team’s first road race win enliven a run through the Ardennes and Flanders.

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George Stephen journal: the highs, the lows, and rock bottom

George Stephen is the latest contributor to The British Continental’s 2026 journal series. The BCC Race Team rider and Nottingham student writes about a Movember ride that came to mean more than he expected, the crash in France that changed everything, and the diagnosis that arrived just as he had got back to racing.

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Ian Mansel-Thomas journal: the agent landgrab

We are really pleased to introduce Ian Mansel-Thomas as the latest of The British Continental’s 2026 journal contributors. Ian co-manages the junior super-team camsmajaco, and in his opening entry he examines how junior racing has come to resemble the WorldTour — and the rider-agent landgrab that now reaches under-16s.

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Tizzie Robinson-Gordon journal: the villa, the moon boot, and a gravel bike

We are really pleased to introduce Tizzie Robinson-Gordon as the latest of The British Continental’s 2026 journal contributors. In her opening entry, she takes us from a broken ankle in a Calpe villa garden to a return to the Scottish scene six weeks later — via a meditation on a gravel bike she does not need.

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Hope Inglis journal: off the tarmac

We are really pleased to introduce Hope Inglis as the first of The British Continental’s new journal contributors for 2026. In her opening entry, she makes the case for what road cycling might learn from its muddier cousins – and why a trip to Cannock Chase rekindled her love of racing.

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The Wheldrake 200 cancelled for 2026

2026 Dawlish Grand Prix: preview and startlists

2026 HELYX Inter-Services Road Race Championships: preview and startlists

‘It’s about building it for the future’: inside Max Sillifant’s expanding Riders Collective GP

2026 VC Norwich Road Race: report and results

2026 Lancaster Grand Prix: women’s race report and results

Latest Posts

Winning #1

2019 race calendar

Welcome to The British Continental

InterviewsSee all posts

‘It’s about building it for the future’: inside Max Sillifant’s expanding Riders Collective GP

Everything in its Right Place: James Hartley and his recipe for success

Tom Stewart interview: “Who’s going to organise the bike race?”

Dan Bigham, Ken Jolliffe and the fragile art of keeping racing alive

Will Truelove interview: the slower process

Rider JournalsSee all posts

Mattie Dodd journal: near misses in Brittany, a breakthrough in Flanders

George Stephen journal: the highs, the lows, and rock bottom

Ian Mansel-Thomas journal: the agent landgrab

Tizzie Robinson-Gordon journal: the villa, the moon boot, and a gravel bike

Hope Inglis journal: off the tarmac

Mattie Dodd journal: gods, guardrails and the Dutch mountains

Wanted: journal contributors for 2026

Mattie Dodd journal: finding my feet at INEOS