The women’s Northern Regional Road Race Championships have been cancelled for the second consecutive year, with the North East, North West and Yorkshire titles now set to be absorbed into the Midlands championships. The decision raises wider questions about promotion, rider commitment and the future of regional championship racing.
Eleven talking points from the 70th Lincoln Grand Prix, where Ollie Wood lit up Michaelgate, DAS-Hutchinson reasserted their authority, and one of British racing’s great institutions found fresh life on the cobblestones.
British Cycling has confirmed the routes for this year’s championships, with Ceredigion hosting for a second consecutive year between 25 and 28 June. A new time trial course at Lampeter is the principal change; the circuit and road races revisit the same Aberystwyth roads used in 2025 — a road race that, on closer inspection, is harder than the headline figures suggest.
British Cycling’s ‘Two Years On’ update on the Elite Road Task Force points to new tools, new jerseys and a long-term competition overhaul – but the deeper problems it was created to solve, from commercial fragility to visibility, remain stubbornly unresolved as Jon Dutton prepares to depart this summer.