New elite women's team Planet X - Northside recruiting riders for 2017

Planet X - Northside Pro Cycling are creating an elite women's team for the 2017 season to compete at the top level of domestic women's racing

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com - 29/07/2015 - Cycling - 2015 British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships - Barnsley Women's Race - Barnsley, England - The women's race prepares to roll out.

(Image credit: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)
Chris Marshall-Bell
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A new elite women's racing team based in the north of England is set to debut next season - and they're looking for riders who believe they have what it takes to join them.

Planet X - Northside will have three teams next year: its men's (who hope to register as a Continental team), a junior national set-up and an elite women's racing team.

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Chris Marshall-Bell
Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and long reads across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013. In 2024 he released a seven-part podcast documentary, Ghost in the Machine, about motor doping in cycling.

Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains. He lives in Valencia, Spain.

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