(Photo: Flickr/TheTourCycling)
Normally when a professional bike race passes through your local cycling patch you can wave goodbye to any hope of hanging on to your Strava KoMs, but when the Tour of Britain passed into Scotland one local amateur held off the big boys.
Liam Beaty set his best time up the exotically named 'B6357 climb' segment just two weeks ago on August 25, with an average speed of 16.9mph up the 2.7mi hill, which averages four per cent, for a time of 9-35.
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Madison-Genesis will fold at the end of the season, team announcesMadison-Genesis will cease racing at the end of the 2019 season, the team has announced.
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Former Team Sky rider Jon Dibben joins Madison-GenesisFormer Team Sky rider Jon Dibben has found a new team after leaving the WorldTOur without a contract at the end of last season.
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British champion Connor Swift to stay at Madison Genesis in 2019Continental-level squad strengthens its roster with signings from JLT-Condor and Team Wiggins
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British racing scene branded ‘worst it has ever been’ as teams closeThe recent spate of domestic team closures is leading some in the scene to brand it the “worst it has ever been”.
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JLT-Condor latest team to announce closureBritish team JLT Condor is the latest racing team to announce its closure.
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Gabriel Cullaigh and Megan Barker win opening round of Tour Series in RedditchJLT Condor and Team Breeze take the team honours as the 2018 OVO Energy Tour Series kicks off in Worcestershire
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In photos: Jon Mould wins Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race 2018Photos from the 57th edition of the annual Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race, held on the Aintree circuit in Liverpool - All photos by Andy Jones
