There will likely be no further funding for elite home racing within the UK this yr, British Biking has revealed in an replace.
The Nationwide Highway Sequence and the Nationwide Circuit Sequence, that are overseen by British Biking and represent the best commonplace of racing within the nation, will obtain the identical funding as final yr.
The information comes eight months after the nationwide governing physique signed a “landmark” sponsorship cope with Lloyds, understood to be valued within the tens of millions, which promised to assist racing occasions.
In an replace issued on Tuesday, British Biking stated the Lloyds deal had allowed it to “proceed our dedication” to home racing. This yr, there will likely be an funding of £180,000 into the Nationwide Sequence, of which a median of £14,000 will go to every Highway Sequence occasion, and £9,500 to every Circuit Sequence occasion.
Biking Weekly understands these figures are neither a rise nor a lower on earlier funding.
British Biking’s replace comes a yr on from the publication of suggestions by its process drive, an impartial group assembled to assist revive highway racing within the UK.
“Within the final 12 months, vital progress has been made,” stated British Biking CEO Jon Dutton in a press release. Dutton went on to quote, primarily, the profitable staging of the Tour of Britain Males and Girls, after each races had been taken over by the nationwide physique following the demise of their earlier organiser.
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British Biking has additionally added new Nationwide Highway Sequence and Circuit Sequence rounds within the south west for 2025, increasing a calendar that was northern-focused. The 2 sequence, nevertheless, haven’t grown this yr; in truth, the Circuit Sequence has shrunken from eight occasions to 6.
Throughout the replace, British Biking stated it’s in “ongoing talks” about including additional rounds to the sequence, “with the thought to carry again historic races of the sequence, in addition to exploring the chance so as to add stage races to the sequence.”
The governing physique has additionally waived a £100 registration payment for Nationwide Sequence occasions organisers this yr, in a goodwill gesture.
In line with Dutton, British Biking is now following a “prioritised motion plan” for future progress. This features a evaluate of entry standards, race distances and calendar geography for Nationwide Sequence occasions, in addition to “explor[ing]” alternatives to stage extra UCI 1.2 and a couple of.2 races.
Not one of the steps on the motion plan seek advice from rising funding.
“It’s actually necessary that British Biking exhibits management on the issues which can be inside its management and helps different areas which we can not instantly affect,” Dutton stated. “This progress depends on the entire ecosystem coming collectively to innovate and develop options which can be future-facing and work for the game within the fashionable world.”
British Biking’s full process drive motion plan is obtainable right here.
