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.
Lily Martin attacked away from Morven Yeoman and Lucy Lee on the final climb to win by over a minute; Yeoman retained the series lead, but Martin moved into second overall and reduced the gap to 44 points.
Tom Armstrong attacked from a seven-rider group to take his first National Road Series victory, moving 23 points clear of teammate Tom Martin as Wheelbase CabTech Castelli also won the Climber’s and team classifications.
After a year away, the Lancaster Grand Prix returns to the Lloyds National Road Series on Sunday 12 July, bringing the domestic peloton back to one of the sharpest and most selective circuits in British road racing.