GB Cycling

[Grassmarket 4,305]

Just a word about the Grand Tours.  Coming into this season I was confidently expecting a grand total of nothing whatever from any of the Overalls in Grand Tours, although maybe a few stage wins.  Instead we got 

 

Giro:  Overall win for Simon Yates and Third for Max Poole in the Young Rider,  Stage win for Josh Tarling

Tour: Fourth Overall for Oscar Onley and Second in the Young Rider. Stage win for Simon Yates.

Vuelta: Third for Tom Pidcock

 

So plenty of reasons to keep that Discovery+ Sub going for another year   

[George_D 1,640]

The GBCT squad for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships:

Elite men  

Joe Blackmore
Mark Donovan 
Oliver Knight 
James Knox 
Bjoern Koerdt 
Oscar Onley 
Tom Pidcock 
Fred Wright
 

Elite women

Anna Henderson (TT only)
 

Under-23 men 

Callum Thornley
 

Under-23 women 

Zoe Backstedt (TT only) 
Millie Couzens (TT and RR) 
Cat Ferguson 
Flora Perkins 
Eilidh Shaw 
Imogen Wolff

 

Junior men 

Max Hinds (RR and TT) 
Harry Hudson 
Matthew Peace 
Dylan Sage (RR and TT) 
 

Junior women  

Arabella Blackburn  
Erin Boothman (RR and TT) 
Gabriella McHugh  
Abi Miller (RR and TT) 
Mabli Phillips 

 

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20250916-about-bc-static-Pidcock--Onley-and-Henderson-to-lead-Great-Britain-Cycling-Team-squad-at-Historic-2025-UCI-Road-World-Championships-0

[chargundam 54]

Am I missing something,  why no matthew brennan? Not even for the under 23 catergory?

[Olympicsnell 333]

1 hour ago, chargundam said:

Am I missing something,  why no matthew brennan? Not even for the under 23 catergory?

i know he has strength, but theres 5000m+ of climbing, so i imagine that might be why, i know similar riders like pedersen arent going

 

also the europeans are a week before, he might be in that squad?

Edited September 17, 2025 by Olympicsnell

[Dragon 2,073]

21 hours ago, Olympicsnell said:

i know he has strength, but theres 5000m+ of climbing, so i imagine that might be why, i know similar riders like pedersen arent going

 

also the europeans are a week before, he might be in that squad?

Tarling still injured?

[Olympicsnell 333]

28 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Tarling still injured?

hes back racing this week at the tour de wallone (spelling 🥲) 

 

i was wrong in saying europeans are before, they are first week of october so maybe some sort of team announcement soon for that race

[Grassmarket 4,305]

Couple more wins to note

 

Yesterday - Ethan Hayter won Stage 4 ITT of the Tour of Luxembourg

 

Today - Paul Double won the Mountain Stage of the Tour of Slovakia and with it the Tour overall!

Edited September 21, 2025 by Grassmarket

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Zoe Backstedt wins gold (30'56.13") in Women's under-23 time trial in 2025 UCI Road World Championships

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Harry Hudson wins gold in the men's junior road race at the UCI Road World Championships 

[Grassmarket 4,305]

On 9/17/2025 at 1:14 PM, chargundam said:

Am I missing something,  why no matthew brennan? Not even for the under 23 catergory?

Just found out - those riders like Bennan, Del Toro etc who are now established as senior pros are not eligible for the men's U23 category here.