An impossible choice in a category defined by selflessness: this year’s Outstanding Contribution shortlist honours just three figures from a community of volunteers, organisers and innovators whose work keeps British road racing alive.
One of Britain’s newest stage races is already a fixture: the two-day, three-stage GIANT Tugby Ronde van Wymeswold returns this weekend (14-15 June) as Round 2 of the Rapha Super-League, just two weeks before the National Road Championships.
Stephen Swindley (Royal Navy Cycling) claimed a breakthrough win at Sunday’s Wheldrake 200, outkicking a reduced group to seal victory in Britain’s longest one-day race.
At 200 km, Sunday’s Wheldrake 200 is the longest one-day road race on the British calendar. It is the third outing for Yomp Bonk Crew’s “200-k” experiment: the first two editions ran on the Upton circuit as the Upton 200. The concept now migrates to the pan-flat Wheldrake–Thorganby loop south of York but keeps the energy and flair that has made Yomp Bonk Crew one of the most inventive forces in domestic racing.
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