'Adam Blythe has shown when he’s on a good day he can out sprint the fastest'

Adam Blythe leads Tinkoff in the Cyclassics Hamburg on Sunday looking for his win in the British champion stripes

(Image credit: Watson)

British road race champion Adam Blythe is targeting his first win in the national stripes at this Sunday's Cyclassics Hamburg.

The Tinkoff rider has been selected as his team's co-leader alongside Oscar Gatto for the 217km race in and around the German city.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly 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.