Hope Inglis returns with the second entry in her 2026 journal for The British Continental. Looking back from the end of a placement in an air-conditioned Birmingham office, the London Academy rider describes keeping a racing season going around a full-time job — the annual leave spent driving to a muddy field in Belgium, the week she commuted to work from a campervan, and the tan lines her work trousers hide.
One night won’t rebuild British racing. But the Nocturne’s return — a packed Square Mile, TV cameras, two punishing elite races — showed what the domestic scene can still be, and reshaped the Super-League while it was at it.
Nina Lavenu (AG Insurance Soudal Development Team) and Matt Bostock (Rapha CC) took victory as domestic cycling returned to the Square Mile for the London Nocturne, Lavenu delivered by teammate Leonie Bentveld after a ten-rider move shaped the Elite Women’s race, before Bostock held off national champion Cameron Mason from a four-rider break in the Open race.
The City of London Nocturne will bring UCI-sanctioned night racing to the UK in June 2026, with men’s and women’s Pro Criterium events planned under the lights of the capital.