The British Continental
Stories about British bike racing, teams and riders.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
From Cat 4 Licence to UCI Podiums in 12 Months | Inside Lauren Dickson’s Meteoric Rise
Twenty-five-year-old Scot Lauren Dickson only pinned on a race number in 2024 - yet by May 2025 she was 3rd overall at the Tour of Norway and winner of the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix.
In …
From DNF to Lincoln Legend | James McKay’s three-year ascent
James McKay joins host Denny Gray fresh from a career-making victory at the 2025 Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Sheffield-based rider in Wheelbase-CabTech-Castelli green reli…
New World Disorder
The British Continental Podcast is back with a fresh look at the state of British domestic road racing. With key teams like Saint Piran, Trinity Racing, and Lifeplus-Wahoo all folding r…
Immediate progress or false start? Jon Dutton on British Cycling's task force update
In this episode, we sit down with British Cycling CEO Jon Dutton OBE for an exclusive interview, following the organisation’s much-anticipated update on implementation of the 43 recomme…
Tom Varney | Inside Lifeplus-Wahoo: challenges, resilience, and future ambitions
Ever wondered what it takes to manage a professional cycling team on the cusp of a major race? Tom Varney, the General Manager of Lifeplus-Wahoo, joins us on The British Continental pod…
Reviving British road racing: an interview with Jon Dutton OBE, British Cycling's CEO
Welcome back to another episode of The British Continental podcast, where we delve deep into the world of domestic road racing, bringing you stories, insights, and conversations with th…
Lincoln Grand Prix preview with James McKay and Jo Tindley
The Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix is not just another bike race; it is, in our humble view, the most important one-day road race in Britain, a beacon of British road racing tradition, a race…
Saint Piran's merger + CiCLE Classic insights + East Cleveland Classic preview, with James McKay and Jo Tindley
Host Denny Gray is joined by Saint Piran's James McKay and Jo Tindley of Pro-Noctis - 200º Coffee - Hargreaves Contracting Ltd to discuss the latest domestic road racing developments.
T…
National Road Series and CiCLE Classic preview with Sian Botteley, Sarah King and Monica Greenwood
With the 2024 National Road Series just around the corner, The British Continental podcast is back with a preview of the women's National Road Series and the upcoming ANEXO/CAMS CiCLE C…
Ed Clancy | Saving British Road Racing
Welcome back to The British Continental podcast, the show all about domestic road racing. In today's episode, host Denny Gray discusses the way forward for British road racing with Oly…
2022 Tour of Britain diaries | Stage 4 (ft. Colin Sturgess, Ben Perry, Oscar Onley, Josh Charlton and Ben Perry)
In today's episode we review stage 4 of the Tour of Britain, a stage every bit as full-on as us fans had been hoping for.
The short punchy stage from Redcar to Duncombe Park was full gas…
2022 Tour of Britain Diaries | Stage 3 (ft. Ben Perry, Steve Lampier, Colin Sturgess and Oscar Onley)
In today’s episode, we review what was a truly fascinating stage 3 of the Tour of Britain with the help of Saint Piran team manager Steve Lampier, new race leader Ben Perry, Ribble Weld…
2022 Tour of Britain Diaries | Stage 2 (ft. Colin Sturgess, Oscar Onley, Steve Lampier and Jim Brown)
In this edition, we welcome back our now-regular trio Colin Sturgess, Oscar Onley and Steve Lampier, who are joined by WiV SunGod’s young sprinter Jim Brown.
Stage 2 began in Hawich and …
2022 Tour of Britain Diaries | Stage 1 (ft. Colin Sturgess, Oscar Onley, Matthew Teggart and Steve Lampier)
2022 Tour of Britain Diaries | Stage 0 (ft. Tim Elverson, Steve Lampier, Jake Scott, Colin Sturgess and Oscar Onley)
Welcome back to The British Continental podcast!
We are absolutely delighted to be reviving our humble podcast this week to bring you another Tour of Britain diaries series.
Throughout th…
Jake Scott | Domestic rider of the season?
Our latest episode is an extended interview with one of the domestic riders of the season, Jake Scott.
Now 26, the self-coached Canyon dhb SunGod rider who works part-time in a bike sho…
Tour of Britain diaries | Stage 8 (ft Colin Sturgess, Tim Elverson, Rory Townsend & Bob Donaldson)
Welcome to episode 8 of our Tour of Britain diaries, the final chapter covering what has been a thrilling edition of the race.
In this final episode we have some brilliantly thoughtful …
Tour of Britain diaries | Stage 7 (ft Colin Sturgess, Rory Townsend, Bob Donaldson, Andy Turner & Ryan Christensen)
The break had its day on Stage 7 and we very nearly had the first-ever stage win by a British Continental team at the Tour of Britain. With plenty to reflect on, our diary dispatches to…
Tour of Britain diaries | Stage 6 (ft Colin Sturgess, Rory Townsend, Steve Lampier, Bob Donaldson & Andy Turner)
Welcome to episode six of our Tour of Britain diaries.
The racing was frenetic today, probably the best day yet at the Tour of Britain, a real treat to watch. And we have plenty of trea…
Tour of Britain diaries | Stage 5 (ft Colin Sturgess, Andy Turner and Rory Townsend)
We have a slimmed-down core of dispatches in today’s episode from our three regular audio diarists: Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling DS Colin Sturgess, Andy Turner (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) …