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For Gino.
What a way for Fred Wright to take his first victory as a professional.
Wright is the 2023 national road race champion 👏
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"I get all the help with Ineos, massage and stuff like that, so I think it would be unfair to enter the under-23s because a lot of the under-23s don't get all the support that I do"
19-year-old Josh Tarling on why he chose to ride elite TT today.
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Leo Hayter becomes the second British winner of the Baby Giro after Tom Pidcock’s 2020 win 🍾
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Unstoppable.
Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) is National Road Race Champion for the second time.
#NationalRoadChamps
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Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) celebrates a lap early at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix 😬
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"If you’re not able to be yourself, to be open about who you are and feel accepted, you can’t reach your full potential, can you?"
Meet Clay Davies, Britain's only openly gay male elite-level rider.
📸 Ian Wrightson
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TRANSFER | Ethan Vernon will ride for Deceuninck-QuickStep next season
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This isn’t cycling, sorry.
But I’m in two minds about whether to remain on this platform given the inflammatory remarks made by Elon Musk recently and his willingness to give far-right extremists a platform.
The cycling community on here is lovely.
However…
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Big big win for Tom Pidcock today, beating MvdP
🏆 Superprestige Gavere ME (C1) 🇧🇪
1 🇬🇧 Tom Pidcock
2 🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel
3 🇧🇪 Toon Aerts
4 🇧🇪 Iserbyt
5 🇳🇱 Van der Haar
6 🇧🇪 M. Vanthourenhout
7 🇧🇪 Hermans
8 🇳🇱 Van Kessel
9 🇬🇧 Mein
10 🇧🇪 Soete
#SPGavere
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The slow decline of the domestic road racing scene is like watching a death by a thousand cuts.
There has been no ‘big bang’, no defining moment of collapse, no sudden wake-up call.
Which perhaps explains the seeming indifference of those at the top at
@BritishCycling
.
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NEWS | Rapha will sponsor the Lincoln Grand Prix for the next two years
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TRANSFER | Harry Tanfield will ride for AG2R in his second year as a neo-pro
🇬🇧Bienvenue à
@Harrytanfield94
🇬🇧Harry rejoint l'équipe pour 1 saison.
🇬🇧 Welcome
@Harrytanfield94
🇬🇧 Harry joins the team for 1 season.
#allezALM
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Tom Pidcock becomes the first rider to win the Klondike Grand Prix and Olympic mountain bike gold
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Zoe Bäckstedt (Great Britain) wins the road world championship junior road race 🚀
#Flanders2021
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TRANSFER | James Shaw announces he’ll be joining a ‘top tier’ team in 2022. Well deserved 👏
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I have to confess, sometimes recently I have questioned whether to continue with The British Continental. Daily life has become busier and more stressful.
But then I'll read a new rider journal post or get a heartwarming email about the site. And my enthusiasm is renewed 😀
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We are beyond proud to reveal that
@rapha
has agreed to become our title sponsor.
We'll say more about this incredibly exciting partnership tomorrow after we've had a celebratory tipple.
Cheers 🍻
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20-year-old Ben Tulett (Ineos Grenadiers) wins the queen stage of (stage 3) Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, his first ever UCI road race win.
Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) was 4th.
📸
@coppiebartali
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Ethan Hayter's official road team this season was
@VCLondres
. It's not every day a club rider gets a three-year deal with the world's biggest-budget World Tour team 😀
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Pidcock does it again (with Gloag 7th), winning stage 8 and cementing his overall Baby Giro win 👏
Finishing off in style,
@Tompid
wins the final stage of the
@giroditaliau23
for
@TrinityRacing_
, taking the GC too.
#giroditaliau23
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37-year-old Mark Cavendish proved he is as good as ever, claiming a brilliant victory in a thrilling contest at the 2022 national road race championships.
#NationalRoadChamps
Full report and results.
📸
@swpixtweets
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Chapeau Ethan Vernon, battered and bruised after a mid-race crash, you are now the world elimination race champion 👏👏👏
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Tao Geoghegan Hart. A champion in more ways than one 👏
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Tom Pidcock wins the elite men’s world cyclocross championship
He adds the title to his U23 and junior wins from 2019 and 2017 respectively 🚀
📸
@swpixtweets
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We are beyond delighted to welcome Le Col as our new title sponsor in a multi-year partnership that will enable us to grow our coverage of the domestic sport 🤝
📸
@ianwrightson
+
@emmalwilcock23
Read more.
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TRANSFER | National Road Series winner Matt Holmes joins Lotto Soudal from Madison Genesis
Big, big move for the 25-year-old
💥Transfer news💥
Lotto Soudal is happy to announce that Belgian and British riders
@SteffCras
and
@MatthewHolmes51
will be joining the team in 2020. Both climbers signed a two-year agreement with the Belgian WorldTour team.
📝Details:
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OK, I’m supposed to be taking a social media break for a few days but
@Tompid
winning stage 4 of the Baby Giro today is well worth a temporary return!
@_BHealyyy
10th too
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What a shocking experience for Alex Richardson, run down by men on motorbikes and balaclavas and then threatened with a machete, all in broad daylight in Richmond Park.
We hope he’s OK.
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Some good news to end the week.
Tim Elverson's Canyon dhb SunGod team looks set to continue in 2022, ending a period of nervy uncertainty for the squad.
📸
@swpixtweets
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As for Archibald, 14th place for a continental-level rider is stupendous. Imagine what he could have done if he'd been given some notice and time to prepare specifically for the event
#Yorkshire2019
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Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) wins the first ever Paris-Roubaix Femmes 💥
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TRANSFER |
@Harrytanfield94
signs with Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling for 2021
Transfer coup of the season?
📸 Dean Reeve /
@RibbleWeldtite
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Oscar Onley is truly coming of age this season. He’s just finished second on stage 3 of the CRO Race, narrowly behind the Tour de France winner 👏
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"The trajectory is clear: if the decline is not stemmed, road racing in our region … will cease to exist in five years"
British road racing needs resuscitation, says William Fotheringham. Read his proposals for a reboot here ➡️
📷
@jamesyorkphoto
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Max Stedman (Canyon dhb p/b Soreen) wins the Tour of Antalya (2.1), the biggest win of the 23-year-old’s career
Big win for the team too
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Pidcock made the (British) headlines today, and quite rightly, but Ben Tulett and Anna Shackley also deserve plaudits.
Both finished 17th today in the Amstel Gold Race. Both are just 19. Both have extremely bright futures.
@bentulett01
@AnnaShackley12
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With Instagram now being the place where we get most of our social media engagement, and with X being a platform we feel increasingly uncomfortable about, we’re going to take a break from here for a few days at least. Not sure yet if we’ll return.
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Zoe Bäckstedt wins the junior world time trial championship.
She now holds the junior women’s world titles in cyclocross, road race, time trial and track (madison).
📸
@UCI_cycling
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Tom Pidcock wins stage 12 of the Tour de France on the iconic Alpe d’Huez.
What a debut Tour ride the 22-year-old is having. Incredible ride 🚀
📸 Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images
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Tom Pidcock (21 years old) finishes 6th and Ben Tulett (19 years old) is 12th at La Flèche Wallone.
Mightily impressive performances by the youngsters.
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Leo Hayter (Hagens Berman Axeon) crushes the opposition on the formidably mountainous stage 3 of the Baby Giro, putting minutes into his rivals to take a commanding early lead in the GC.
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Leo Hayter (Development Team DSM) takes a magnificent solo win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23
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Grateful there are so many Twitter users out there who are not only experts on doping but also have extensive medical & accident impact expertise. Their real skill though is being able to apply that expertise using only hearsay & secondary evidence to reach definitive conclusions
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Four British Conti riders in the top 10 overall:
5. James Shaw (
@SwiftProCycling
)
6. Matt Holmes (
@MadisonGenesis
)
8. Scott Thwaites (
@VitusProCycling
)
9. Connor Swift (
@MadisonGenesis
)
#TDY
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Alex Richardson (Alpecin-Fenix) was 6th in the national road race this weekend for the second time in a row (he was 6th in 2019 too).
Good to see him back on form so recently after his shocking experience in Richmond Park 👏
📸
@swpixtweets
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Zoe Backstedt (Tormans-ACROG) wins the women’s British junior time trial championships
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EXCLUSIVE | Chris Froome plans to move to the UK and join British team Canyon dhb SunGod when his contract finishes at Israel Start-Up Nation, reports our British Conti insider, Joe King
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Jack Rootkin-Gray and Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) repeat their Ryedale GP rout with a 1-2 at the Beaumont Trophy
📸
@swpixtweets
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Winning his first UCI road race in the biggest U23 stage race on earth, just days after competing on the track at the Olympics.
No wonder our U23 rider to watch
@EthanVernon22
looks happy.
📸 Anouk Flesch
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An even more incredible performance by Pidcock if true 👇
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TRANSFER | James Fouché (Team Wiggins Le Col) signs a stagiaire contract with Mitchelton-Scott
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"Your job is to support your child. Make sure they keep doing their schooling. Make sure they’re fed and watered and looked after"
@matildaprice_
speaks to Tim Hayter and Becca Wright about bringing up three of Britain's most exciting cycling talents
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Tao Geoghegan Hart (INEOS Grenadiers) wins stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia
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TRANSFERS & RENEWALS | Matt Holmes extends with Lotto Soudal for another year
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At least ONE more race for Mark Cavendish in his career...
Meet our team for the
@Scheldeprijs
:
🇬🇧
@MarkCavendish
🇮🇹
@sonnycolbrelli
🇹🇼
@Bnm7575Kai
🇪🇸
@ivan_cortina
🇦🇹
@mhaller91
🇸🇮
@pibernik
🇬🇧
@fred_wright0
#RideAsOne
#SP20
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TRANSFER | James Shaw has announced on Instagram that he has signed with a UK Continental team, with the reveal coming tomorrow
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Please give a huge welcome to
@rapha
🚀
We are chuffed to bits that Rapha Custom has joined The British Continental as a key sponsor.
Their support will make a world of difference to our coverage of domestic road racing.
Find out more ⤵️
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Mark Stewart wins stage 4 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic (2.2), the first a British UCI road race win of 2022.
He beat WorldTour rider George Bennett in the process.
He leads the race by 38 seconds with just one stage remaining.
📸 Dave Lintott
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More website views this week already than we got in a whole month earlier this year.
Must be the nationals.
Thanks to everyone that follows us. We really appreciate it 👍
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TRANSFER | Paul Double is rewarded for his excellent season with a stagiaire contract at Human Powered Health
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Ethan Hayter is the new men's national time trial champion 👏
It's a family affair today.
#NatRoadChamps
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What a superbly taken win for Saint Piran rider Will Tidball.
The new scratch race world champion 👏
📸
@swpixtweets
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Mark Cavendish wins stage 2 of the Tour of Oman
That's the third British UCI road race win of the year.
📸
@GettySport
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Zoe Bäckstedt wins the first ever UCI CX World Cup race for junior women
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Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) takes a masterful solo win at Strade Bianche 🔥
No Brit has ever even reached the podium before in the iconic Italian race on the white roads of Tuscany.
📸
@INEOSGrenadiers
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Tom Pidcock (
@OfficialWIGGINS
) wins the U23 Paris Roubaix to add to his junior Paris Roubaix title.
@jakey_stewart
finishes 8th
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This man deserves a knighthood
Cyclists aren’t the ‘scourge of the streets’. They are mothers, fathers, grandparents and children all doing their bit to make Britain a healthier, greener and more liveable place.
Share this video from
@Chris_Boardman
to help us make our message loud and clear to
@channel5_tv
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11th today at Strade Bianche, 22-year-old’s Simon Carr’s worst position so far this season is 34th.
Yet another young Brit impressing in their debut year on the WorldTour.
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TRANSFER | Fred Wright will join BAHRAIN MERIDA in 2020
Wright won stages in the Baby Giro and the Tour de L'Avenir this season and was one of our riders to watch ▶️
We’re delighted to welcome two new young riders to the team and we look forward to their contribution in shaping our next chapter.
Full story ➡
#RideAsOne
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Cat Ferguson (Shibden Hopetech Apex) just went and won the Trofeo Binda Juniors nations cup race, her first ever junior-level road race.
@ColdDarkNorth
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At this rate, the Roy Thame Cup and the Betty Pharoah Memorial races (both National Bs) will be the biggest road races being held in Europe this weekend
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Ethan Vernon (Quick-Step - Alpha Vinyl) took his first pro win today on stage 6 of the Volta Catalunya. A WorldTour win at that.
So good to see 👏
📸
@GettySport
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Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling confirms it will be a UCI Continental Team in 2021, with new sponsors coming on board
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Jake Stewart (22) finishes 2nd in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Hard to believe he’s STILL yet to win a UCI race. But what a result!
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🚨 Here we go, announcement number one today.
We're really chuffed to have been asked by British Cycling to support their coverage of the National Road Series this season.
We'll be writing race previews and reports for BC, in addition to our own in-depth coverage.
Let's go 🚀
We're delighted to announce that we're teaming up with
@BritishConti
and
@Monument_HQ
, to cover the 2022
#NationalRoadSeries
🤝
For the full story 👇
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SPONSORSHIP | We're really delighted to announce that Prendas Ciclismo, purveyors of some fine cycling apparel, and big fans of domestic cycle sport, will be our exclusive sponsor for the rest of 2019
Massive thanks to
@prendas
for their support
➡️
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Matt Holmes (Lotto Soudal) wins stage 6 of the Tour Down Under
A mightily impressive first UCI road race win for last year’s National Road Series winner
@MatthewHolmes51
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TRANSFER | Joe Pidcock (brother of Tom) joins Groupama-FDJ Continental, current team of Lewis Askey
Joe Pidcock 🇬🇧
Né le 20 mars 2002 (18 ans)
9e du Keizer der Juniores 2019
7e de la Philippe Gilbert Juniors 2020 (5e à La Redoute)
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NEWS | Great to have some heartening news for a change. Recently retired racing legend Ian Stannard is to become a DS for Trinity Racing
ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are excited to announce Ian Stannard will be a DS for TRINITY racing going forward!
More here -
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NEWS | It’s a shame that
@TrinityRacing_
won’t be at the Baby Giro this year. Two years ago Tom Pidcock won the race for the team m, while last year Tom Gloag was 4th.
Their exclusion diminishes the quality of the field.
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Mixed feelings about a TTT at the Tour of Britain.
It's a great spectacle.
But on the other hand, it severely handicaps the GC hopes of the domestic teams, who otherwise have riders well capable of a top ten, or even more.
What do our followers think?
#TourofBritain
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Chapeau to
@LancasterGPrix
for putting on some very professionally put-together TV coverage of the racing today.
It's fantastic to see so many domestic race organisers streaming coverage of their races this season. Elevates the scene. 👏
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The Giro - in all its forms - has been a happy place for Brits in 2020
Tao Geoghegan Hart - Giro d’Italia overall winner, 2 x stage wins
Alex Dowsett - Giro d’Italia stage winner
Tom Pidcock - U23 Giro d’Italia winner, 3 x stage wins
Lizzy Banks - Giro Rosa stage winner
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TRANSFER | Jake Stewart will join the Groupama-FDJ WorldTour team for the next two seasons
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ - 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣
Jake Stewart, membre de l'Équipe Groupama-FDJ WorldTour pour les deux prochaines saisons ! ✍️🥳
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Bob Donaldson (TRINITY Racing) staves off the peloton to take a dramatic win at the Property Development Men’s Otley Grand Prix.
Report and results.
📸
@swpixtweets
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Great to see
@finn_croc
(Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) take bronze in the men’s Commonwealth Games Road Race. That man deserves a solid contract next season, he’s having a great year 👏
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Cameron Jeffers (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) wins the 60th Eddie Soens Memorial circuit race
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Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) wins the 2021 National Road Championships road race
#NatRoadChamps
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Rider of the evening?
It has to be first-year junior Joshua Tarling (FlandersColor Galloo).
Third this evening after powering the winning break.
Bright jersey, bright future.
📸
@swpixtweets
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NEWS | Fred Wright selected for the Tour de France
The first of our ‘U23 riders to watch’ alumni to make it to the Tour 👊
We’re so excited to announce our lineup for
@LeTour
🇦🇺
@jackhaig93
🇪🇸
@PelloBilbao1990
🇮🇹
@sonnycolbrelli
🇦🇹
@mhaller91
🇸🇮
@matmohoric
🇳🇱
@WoutPoels
🇧🇪
@dylan_teuns
🇬🇧
@fred_wright0
#RideAsOne
#TDF2021
🗞️
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Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) wins the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix with his new teammate Jack Rootkin-Gray in second
📸
@swpixtweets
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Ben Wiggins (Great Britain) took his first junior UCI win with overall victory at the Trophée Centre Morbihan Juniors
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