NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CANCELLED

The national road race championships, due to take place this weekend, have been cancelled. The decision was made this morning by Superintendent Mark Stafford of Humber Police as his force is stretched to the limit following flooding in the area.

Although the town of Beverley, that was to host an elite criterium this Friday as well as the men?s and women?s road races on Sunday, isn?t immediately affected by the floods that have struck the north of England, the area surrounded is deluged, with as many as a thousand people being displaced by the waters.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.