In this second instalment of our in-depth investigation of elite British domestic road racing, we turn our attention to the teams and riders: the managers, volunteers and athletes attempting to recover from a year without racing and fighting for survival after years of declining investment.
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Join co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, for a mature, even-handed consideration of the domestic sport’s most significant challenges and the methods by which they might be overcome. Erick Rowsell’s exclusive revelation that British Cycling will hold a National Road Series in 2021 is one of many insights uncovered.
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Following Covid-mandated lockdowns, e-racing has become cycling’s most popular discipline. Cyclists using so-called ‘smart’ trainers compete online in digital worlds. Watts transmitted from real-world riders power avatars around virtual courses. Exhausting races force indoor cyclists to ‘go deep’ for success. A fundamentally athletic endeavour, e-racing is the most credible e-sport.
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Hill climbing is arguably the hardest discipline in cycling: one in which many riders collapse as they cross the finish line. It’s a brutal and compelling spectacle for the thousands of spectators who line the course at events like Monsal Head, but the inner battle waged by the competitors is equally demanding.
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The UK's elite road race scene is built on talent, dedication and enormous reserves of goodwill. In the third episode of the new Brother UK Cycling Podcast co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, talk to three people with first-hand experience of the value of family and community support.
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Episode two of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast continues a fascinating conversation with Dean Downing, the former British Circuit Race Champion and British Madison Champion and now a sought-after coach.
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Welcome to the first episode of the new Brother UK Cycling podcast. Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, talk to Dean Downing, a legend of the British road scene. Dean is the former British Circuit Race Champion and, with his brother Russell, the former British Madison Champion. Now retired from racing, Dean has earned a place among the sport’s most sought-after coaches thanks to the success of protégés like Alice Barnes and Ben Tulett.
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