In this exclusive early-season briefing, The British Continental reveals confirmed 2026 dates for several of Britain’s most anticipated National B races — including Peaks 2 Day, Capernwray and the Ronde van Wymeswold — as the spine of next year’s domestic calendar begins to form.
Edge Hill’s tree-tunnelled wall, The Knowle, decided the outcome inside the opening lap. 24-year-old Sophie Holmes attacked on its 15 % upper pitches, crested alone, and never surrendered her advantage on the four-lap, 92 km circuit north of Banbury.
Banbury Star CC’s women’s classic returns this Sunday (18 May) as round two of the 2025 British Women’s Team Cup. The National B race sends riders over four laps of north-Oxfordshire lanes, each lap capped by the 15 % slopes of The Knowle at Edge Hill – a climb that always tears the race apart. With no UCI Continental heavyweights, the spotlight falls on Britain’s development squads and the series points they crave.
Lucy Harris (Loughborough Lightning) won the Banbury Star CC road race on Sunday 19 May, Round 3 of the British Team Cup.