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The Club caters for children from 8 to 16 years of age, with coaching and training sessions each week utilising the British Cycling Gallery Imageclubs “British Cycling” qualified coaches.

Under sixteens ride on what are called closed road circuits – they are courses off the public roads, often car race circuits or airfields, where they can race safely and learn the many tactical skills which make Road Racing so exciting. British cycling run events of this kind all round the country during the summer months. The event include time trials, hill climbs, scratch races....

Road Facts

Road Racing has many prestigious events some 1,2 or 3 day others 15 to 21 the biggest Tour de France, Giro D’Italia and Vuelta A Espana, and the World C
hampionships and now for us British Cycling Gallery Imagethe Tour of Britain.

In 2000 and 2001 Britain’s Nicole Cooke became the first rider to win back-to-back junior women’s world titles in Road Racing. And for good measure she also won the Mountain bike and Time Trial titles in 2001, making her a triple world champion in one year. Since then she has progressed to dominate the Women's World Cup and was the 2003 Champion.