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The Rayner Foundation, a charity helping young British riders to realise their dreams of turning professional by racing abroad, is a one of the most cherished institutions in British cycle sport. Founded to honour the memory of the late Dave Rayner, a hugely gifted rider who lost his life in tragic circumstances 29 years ago, it has helped more than 80 British riders reach the sport's top tier, including six from this year's cohort.  In this new episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, we report from the Foundation's gala dinner at the New Dock Hall in Leeds, gaining insights from the charity's prime movers, its star guests, and the teams and riders moving ahead with the support of the Foundation's Gateway and Springboard schemes.  Elsewhere, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director, discuss the company's extended sponsorship of the OnForm Elite Development Team and the new national calendar. Expert witnesses Mark Botteley, OnForm's team manager, its rising star Amelia Staunton and her father Chris, and race organiser Chris Lawrence share their insights.  The Brother UK Cycling Podcast has been nominated in the Best Fitness, Health and Wellbeing category at the Sports Podcast Awards. Follow the link below to vote.  https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/sports_category/best-fitness-health-wellbeing-podcast/

Oliver Stockwell is Britain's newest WorldTour rider and the latest young talent to graduate to the professional ranks with support from The Rayner Foundation. Like all Rayner riders, Stockwell chose to pursue his dream by racing overseas. His courage and resilience have been rewarded with a two-year contract from Team Bahrain-Victorious. Moving to Italy without a word of Italian and later spending two weeks in an Italian hospital, the preliminary phase of a six-month recovery from a broken leg that saw him race only five times in 2023, are just some of the hurdles overcome by the 22-year-old from St Albans. Resilience, the common factor in the character of all Rayner riders, is a quality he possesses in abundance.  In this detailed interview with co-host Timothy John, Stockwell describes his instant attraction to cycling as an 11-year-old discovering the velodrome in Welwyn while walking with his family. A founding education with Welwyn Wheelers and a national junior title followed before he joined British Cycling's storied Olympic Academy in 2019. The Covid pandemic reduced his tenure with the federation's flagship development programme, however. After racing just twice in 2020 and enjoying only 35 race days in 2021, he joined the Italian development team CTF Friuli in 2022 in search of further opportunities. The club became the official feeder of Bahrain-Victorious during Stockwell's two-year stint, and his results impressed the WorldTour team sufficiently to win a contract.  Stockwell discusses a range of topics, including his membership of a golden generation of young British riders now racing in the sport's top tier, a talent for cyclo-cross that saw him selected for two world championships, and the vital support of The Rayner Foundation, whose combination of financial and emotional support helped him make the transition from the Olympic Academy to CTF Friuli.  In 2018, Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director and this podcast's co-host, rode the entire route of the Tour of Britain with ultra endurance cyclist James Golding to raise around £20,000 for the Foundation. The Leeds-based charity, founded in memory of the hugely gifted Dave Rayner, has helped scores of young British riders to turn professional, including Tour de France stage winners David Millar and Adam Yates.

Bjoern Koerdt is the latest rider supported by The Rayner Foundation to graduate to the UCI WorldTour. The charity, which funds young British riders to pursue their dreams of a professional career by racing abroad, is one of the most cherished in British cycle sport. In 2018, Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director and this podcast's co-host, rode the entire length of the Tour of Britain with endurance rider James Golding, raising around £20,000 for the foundation.  Koerdt, a 20-year-old from Leeds, will start a three-year contract with DSM-Firmenich-PostNL in January. There, he'll join Rayner alumni Oscar Onley and Sean Flynn. The Dutch squad's development team is home to Rayner riders Jacob Bush, Oliver Peace and Benjamin Peatfield. Max Poole, a former British junior champion and our guest in episode 49, is among the team's most valued riders. In this interview with co-host Timothy John, Koerdt describes the early days in his cycling career as a member of Yorkshire's White Rose Youth League, his Rayner-supported move to France with CC Étupes, the alma mater of Tour de France stage winner Adam Yates, and a relentless but rewarding finish to the season as a stagiaire with DSM-Firmenich-PostNL that included a rare outing on home roads at the Tour of Britain. From early showings in domestic races like the junior CiCLE Classic to competing in professional races in countries as far flung as Norway and Malaysia, Koerdt offers insights into the life a young rider learning his trade and determined to reach to the top. Broken bones, foreign languages, golden opportunities and the sweet taste of success are among his formative experiences.  A winter in Girona followed by a move to his new team's Keep Challenging Centre in The Netherlands will continue the international flavour of Koerdt's burgeoning career. Enjoy this interview with the latest young British rider to reach the professional ranks in an era that has witnessed a generational shift in the peloton's demographic.   

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DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK's overall victory in the National Road Series and the team's domination of the Ras na mBan are just two topics discussed by co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director, in this packed episode. The World Championships in Zurich, an exhilarating edition of the Tour of Britain Men, and British Cycling's progress report on recommendations made by the Elite Road Racing Task Force are also analysed in detail.  Expert witnesses include Ras na mBan winner Mia Griffin, whose triumph on home roads followed her Olympic debut in Paris, and Irish U23 road champion Caoimhe O'Brien, who rolled out for her country against the world's best female riders on a rain-soaked course in Zurich.  Ian Watson, the co-manager of DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK, and rising star Louis Sutton, whose hugely impressive debut at the Tour of Britain Men won him a combativity award and the plaudits of seasoned observers, also share insights. From the pressure faced by young riders in an era of accelerated career development to the commercial and budgetary context shaping British Cycling's implementation of the Task Force recommendations, Phil and Tim apply the expert insights of a business leader and an experienced journalist to the biggest stories in domestic and professional cycling. 

Rising star Louis Sutton revealed his talent to a television audience of millions with a series of exciting performances at the recent Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men. The 22-year-old from St Albans played a pivotal role in the breakaways that shaped stages two and three, finding himself in wheel-to-wheel combat with Soudal Quick-Step's superstars, Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe.  While Sutton's career has developed rapidly, he is no overnight sensation. Close observers of the sport will note his Rayner Foundation-funded pathway through AVC Aix-en-Provence: a route to the top followed by the Cofidis duo of Harrison Wood and Oliver Knight. Like his compatriots, Sutton has found the Provençal lifestyle and a blend of French and Spanish racing highly conducive to his development.  Now in his second year with the team, Sutton has continued to deliver results. After winning three times in Spain for AVC-Aix in his debut campaign, this year he added a GC victory at the Bidasoa Itzulia and a second stage win at the Volta a Castelló. He has proved himself a valuable team-mate too, playing a pivotal role for Clément Izquierdo, who next year will follow Wood and Knight to Cofidis.  Additionally, Sutton has impressed in Team GB colours, finishing second on his Nations Cup debut at the Course de la Paix and providing invaluable service to team-mate Joe Blackmore in the latter's historic victory at the Tour de l'Avenir, cycling's most prestigious U23 race. Great Britain team manager Matt Brammeier was sufficiently impressed to grant Sutton's request for a reserve slot for the Tour of Britain. The rest is history.  In this warm and candid interview with co-host Timothy John, formerly the editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc, Sutton describes his rapid ascent through the sport. A weekend mountain biker with only a handful of junior road races to his credit, his acceptance of an offer to spend a year in Spain racing for the team now known as Brocar-Rali-Alé proved life-changing. Sutton takes us inside Brammeier's mix-and-match selection for the Tour of Britain, a squad of old hands, rising stars, mountain bikers and more, and reveals the additional willingness to ‘go deep' that comes from racing against a double Olympic champion and a double world champion. From combativity awards to crashes and concussion, Sutton offers a detailed description of his first professional race: one very unlikely to be the last. Now preparing for his final engagement of the season, an assignment with Great Britain's U23 squad at the forthcoming world road race championships in Switzerland, Sutton can already reflect on a pivotal campaign. With his U23 career now nearly complete, his next goal is to join the professional ranks. Any of the heavyweight squads who competed against him at the Tour of Britain will surely require no further evidence of his abilities.

Marc Etches, a race organiser, commissaire and a member of the panel charged by British Cycling with implementing the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force, exemplifies the can-do attitude of a small coterie of volunteers who sacrifice time and effort to ensure elite domestic road racing continues. In this detailed interview with co-host Timothy John, Marc discusses this year's edition of his Sheffield Grand Prix, the wider health of the National Circuit Series and his determination to ensure that the efforts of Task Force members, including Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director, are not “swept under the carpet”. Marc reveals the detailed planning behind the Sheffield Grand Prix, the distinct goals backers like McLaren and Cocker and Carr, a local estate agent, seek to fulfil in sponsoring the race, and its role in Sheffield City Council's strategic ambition to rebrand an area famed for its industrial heritage as “The Outdoor City”.  From parking permits to crossing points, commissaire reports to UCI protocols, medical support to crowd control, Marc describes the myriad details that lie behind the biggest event on the National Road Series calendar.  With the Tour of Britain set to visit Sheffield in September, Marc describes his vision for a joined-up approach in which the councils who host Britain's biggest bike race look further down the pyramid to national events. He describes the fundamental importance of volunteers to the success of his events and the rewards he is able to provide with support from local businesses like Browns restaurant.  Enjoy this open and engaging interview with one of British cycle sport's unsung heroes. A passionate cyclist and a committed supporter of his city and region, Marc embodies the volunteer spirit on which the domestic scene depends. 

The National Circuit Series is a key component of the British domestic road scene. Its impact extends beyond racing, however. As road racing's most immediate and accessible format, crits bring bike racing into town and city centres, serving a range of purposes for councils, communities, sponsors, local businesses and more.  In this new episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, Marc Etches, organiser of the Sheffield Grand Prix, arguably the jewel in the crown of the National Circuit Series, offers valuable insights into the winning patterns behind his successful event. From prioritising rider safety to securing sponsors, Marc takes us inside the race. Drawing on his experience as a business leader, co-host Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director, provides an expert commentary on issues ranging from crisis management to commercial sustainability and from chains of command to the changing face of city centres shaped by forces as diverse as pedestrianisation and hybrid working. Phil's unique perspective is informed by his membership of British Cycling's Elite Road Racing Task Force, which recommended a complete review of the National Circuit Series, including the establishment of a ‘winning patterns' playbook and a standardised economic model. Phil offers insights from inside this independent and influential panel. In a packed episode, co-host Timothy John introduces further topics and interviews. From the recent Olympic Games to the forthcoming Tour of Britain, Tim and Phil discuss the biggest events in cycle sport, with insights from DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK's newly-minted Olympians, Tiffany Keep and Alice Sharpe, on their once in a lifetime experiences at Paris 2024.

Tiffany Keep (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) will realise a dream when she rolls out for the women's road race at the Olympic Games in Paris on August 4, 2024. In this engaging interview, Tiffany describes her lifelong passion for cycling, her formative experiences as a mountain biker in Stellenbosch and her determination to develop her road racing skills in Europe from the moment she finished her degree studies.  Brother UK has been at Tiffany's side for the last two seasons, as co-title sponsor of Hutchinson-Brother UK last year and now as one of three companies supporting DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK, a UCI Continental women's team that has provided Tiffany with racing opportunities in territories as distinct as East Cleveland and Portugal, Ilkley and Luxembourg.  In this engaging interview with co-host Timothy John, Tiffany describes the value of DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK's diverse programme and the progress she's made as a rider since joining the squad. She pays tribute to the UK's thriving domestic scene and reveals how riding alongside world-class rivals in events like the Tour of Britain Women and the Volta a Portugal Feminina has helped her to overcome “imposter syndrome”.  Sporting events do not come bigger than the Olympics, and Tiffany relives the joyful moment in which she received the email confirming her participation. She shares her thoughts on the 158km course, describes her final pre-race preparations in Tours, just south of Paris, and expresses her determination to give her best for her country, riding in the service of Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio. From South Africa's gruelling Cape Epic mountain bike stage race to the Ride London Classique, Tiffany's varied and challenging route to the top will reach its climax, if not its culmination, in Paris. Discover her post-Games ambitions, her supportive relationships with friends, family and teammates, and learn how experience gained on the streets of Glasgow at last year's world championships might pay dividends in the City of Light when gold medals, rather than rainbow jerseys are at stake.

Frankie Hall (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) is enjoying the best season of her cycling career. A comparative latecomer to the sport, she has overcome significant hurdles, including crashes, injuries, road accidents and the ongoing challenge of balancing work and sport to compete against the very best in road, track and circuit races.  In this wide-ranging interview, Hall describes how her passion for hockey, her first sporting love, was derailed by an eating disorder. Training with the Great Britain team at Loughborough University, however, ultimately led to an academic career there and membership of the university cycling club. The rest is history.  Tenth place in the elite women's road race at the 2024 National Road Championships in Saltburn represented a significant step towards fulfilling her potential. Hall offers detailed insights into her physical and mental preparation and the tactical awareness that placed her at the sharp end as the race approached its climax.  In February, Hall won two medals at the 2024 National Track Championships in Manchester: an achievement made more impressive by the financial constraints that limited her preparation. She talks frankly about the prohibitive costs of indoor racing and the wider financial pressures faced by an elite athlete seeking to turn professional.  Her effervescent style in circuit races had earned her a reputation as a specialist in the discipline, but in this interview, Hall argues that these short, sharp, technical events simply accounted for the bulk of her early opportunities (with welcome irony, she won the opening round of the 2024 National Circuit Series in Otley two days after recording this interview).  Enjoy this revealing conversation with co-host Timothy John, in which Hall offers an inspiring insight into the drive and dedication demanded of an amateur athlete to compete against professional riders. From postponing PhD studies to balancing hospitality work with an international race programme, Hall offers an honest account of her sacrifices in pursuit of sporting success.

Andy Hawes is the Route Director of the Tours of Britain. In just ten weeks, he has designed and driven the four stages of the 2024 Tour of Britain Women, working alongside Race Director Rod Ellingworth, local authorities and an experienced team of administrators and safety experts. In this in-depth interview with co-host Timothy John, Andy provides a sporting perspective on each of the four stages, explains the importance of long-standing relationships with councils and offers insights into the logistical complexity of closing major roads, including those around Manchester, to allow the safe passage of the race.  He reveals his uncompromising stance on rider safety and a business-as-usual approach that has seen him drive the entire route on three occasions, despite the tight timescale. His companions on the route recces have included Sergeant Duncan Street of the Central Escort Group.  Andy describes his positive working relationship with Ellingworth, for whom the Tour of Britain Women will be the latest chapter in a decorated career that includes founding British Cycling's Olympic Academy road programme and leading the UCI WorldTour team INEOS Grenadiers, formerly Team Sky.  Touching on the transfer of the race's ownership to British Cycling Events, Andy describes his determination to uphold the reputation it enjoyed under previous owners Sweetspot; a motivation increased by the federation's new partnership with Lloyds Bank. Enjoy this open and engaging conversation with a key member of the team tasked with saving Britain's leading professional bike races. From detailed descriptions of the route's defining features to insights into working relationships, safety considerations, ambitions to expand the race and more, this is an interview not to be missed.

The Lincoln Grand Prix is the most prestigious race in British cycle sport. Its cobbled Michaelgate climb has become a symbol for the domestic road scene. This year's race will be the 68th edition in 69 years. High-quality fields in the men's and women's races promise an exhilarating day of racing on Sunday May 12.  Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, host this detailed preview of a cherished race, with insights from a panel of expert witnesses, including two former winners, the race organiser, a sports director, and a veteran journalist who has reported from countless editions of the Lincoln Grand Prix in his 25 years covering the scene.  Dean Downing's victory in 2007 has come to symbolise the race. The frame-by-frame sequence of his exhausted victory celebrations and the sudden rush of emotion that followed capture the drama of bike racing in a manner few others have matched. Dean shares his memories of an unforgettable day in the saddle and a victory that, while not his most prestigious, has greater personal significance than any other on a palmares crowded with race wins.  Becky Storrie's triumph in the women's race in 2022 could scarcely have been more different. Riding under clear blue skies, she executed a perfect race, soloing away from her competitors with one lap remaining and enjoying the rare pleasure of riding alone up Michaelgate to victory. Enjoy Becky's memories of a performance that helped propel her to the UCI Women's WorldTour.  Race organiser Gary Coltman compares his responsibilities in ensuring the continued success of British road racing's blue riband race to being given a gold-plated trophy to polish and protect. He describes the commercial and organisational challenges encountered when organising such a high-profile event and describes the emotional connection between the race and its title sponsor Rapha.  Larry Hickmott, the founder and editor of Brother UK-sponsored VeloUK, has witnessed more editions of the Lincoln Grand Prix than most. The images of Dean Downing's celebrated victory described above are among thousands he has taken of an event he describes as a photographer's dream. Larry shares his memories of the race, his plans for this year's edition, which coincides with his birthday, and identifies the leading contenders in the men's and women's fields.  Hear too from riders and staff from Brother UK's sponsored teams, including recent race winner Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK), a former Olympic rower, from her team-mate Alice Sharpe, who will represent Ireland in the women's team pursuit at the Olympic Games in Paris, and from Paul Smith, assistant manager of Brother UK-OnForm, on the team's successful outing in Belgium's prestigious junior Gent-Wevelgem road race. 

The 2024 Women's CiCLE Classic, Rod Ellingworth's appointment as Race Director of the Tours of Britain and Cold Dark North's Proper Northern Road Race Series are just some of the topics covered in this new episode, presented by co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK.  Phil shares insights from inside the race convoy of the Women's CiCLE Classic: a gruelling, mixed surface event in Rutland. From tyre choice to rider safety, mechanical issues to roadside crowds, Phil gives an eyewitness account of the race gained from inside the DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK team car.  Rod Ellingworth's achievements as a coach and manager are well known, but his appointment as race director for the Tours of Britain represents a new challenge. Will his previous experience be sufficient in the face of innumerable operational challenges and hugely demanding timescales? Peter Harrison, race director of the Beaumont Trophy and Curlew Cup, gives his assessment.  Toby Cummins and Deb John, co-founders of Cold Dark North, are the architects of the Proper Northern Road Race Series, which Brother UK will serve as prize fund sponsor. We hear from Tobes on the value of prize money to attracting entrants and from Deb on the regulatory and administrative hurdles that are adding to the already difficult task of organising bike races in Britain.  Team Brother UK-OnForm, an Elite Development Team with a cohort of junior and U23 riders, as well as seniors, exemplifies our sponsorship of grassroots road racing. We hear from rider Hope Inglis, her mother Claire, and team manager Mark Botteley on how practical support from parents and financial support from a major business combines to develop resilient and resourceful young people. Enjoy this episode, which also contains a summary of the recent Peaks 2 Day race, a look ahead to National A and B events to come, and insights from DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK's Morven Yeoman on her impressive start to the season, overseas and on British roads.

Race organiser Chris Lawrence is the man behind the Newark Town Centre Races and Dudley Grand Prix, both National Circuit Series events. As a member of British Cycling's Elite Road Racing Task Force, his insights into the mechanics of race organisation proved invaluable to a panel chaired by triple Olympic champion Ed Clancy OBE and which included Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director. A lack of races is the principal challenge affecting elite domestic road racing, and several of the 16 recommendations made by the Task Force to British Cycling, including succession planning for race organisers and the creation of ‘winning pattern playbooks', inspired by successful events, are focussed on addressing this issue. In this detailed conversation with co-host Timothy John, Chris describes the practical and logistical requirements for staging a race in the UK, from winning the support of local authorities to engaging communities. Sponsorship, networking, and the role of British Cycling's Sport Developers are among several other topics discussed. Chris describes his ‘light bulb moment', walking across Newark's Royal Market Square, having recently moved to the town. He shares his hopes for the Task Force's recommendations and the broader pyramid of British road racing. He offers insights into the challenges and rewards of race organisation, from managing people to celebrating a job well done. Enjoy this in-depth interview and gain a deeper insight into the mechanics of race organisation, arguably the most important piece in elite road racing's puzzle. From reverse engineering entry fees from event costs to engendering a carnival atmosphere, Chris reveals the practical and social requirements for a successful bike race. Budding race organisers can watch Chris' invaluable YouTube workshop here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O42K33tfYiU

Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by special guest Ed Clancy OBE, a triple Olympic champion, to discuss the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force and British Cycling's new vision for major cycling events, including the tours of Britain for men and women.  No one is more qualified than Ed and Phil to discuss the Task Force's sixteen recommendations and 40 supporting action points. Ed chaired the panel, and both sacrificed their time over a period of several months to contribute their expertise to a project intended to re-energise elite British road racing.  From succession planning for race organisers to commercial concerns, Ed and Phil lift the lid on months of meetings with their colleagues on an eight-strong panel of handpicked experts. Specifically, they discuss the five-step problem-solving mechanism proposed by Phil and adopted by Ed as the panel's principal mode of operation.  After more than an hour's detailed discussion, co-host Timothy John directs the focus of the episode to British Cycling's ambition to host major cycling events in Britain,  including the Tour of Britain and Women's Tour of Britain, following the collapse of race organiser the SweetSpot Group.  The trio discuss the commercial challenges and opportunities the federation might encounter as it attempts to host races that Phil estimates will each require sponsorship of £1m. With the British economy in recession, British Cycling has its work cut out, but Ed reports that commercial endeavours have begun in earnest.  Enjoy this fifty-first episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast: a special edition that showcases our influence in the domestic sport. With the Elite Road Racing Task Force and the future of Britain's national tours dominating headlines in the closed season, enjoy insights from experts aable to offer privileged insights.

Josie Nelson might be the archetypal Rayner Foundation rider: resourceful, resilient and now a fully-fledged professional with WorldTour heavyweights Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL. With the support of the Foundation and her family, the 21-year-old from Lichfield has progressed from British Cycling's mountain bike academy to road racing's top tier in only a handful of years.  The youngest of four siblings, Josie is the inheritor of sporting genes that propelled sister Emily to world and European team pursuit titles, yet nothing has been presented to her on a plate. Her determination to shape her own destiny is perhaps exemplified by her move to Belgium during the 2020 Covid pandemic to advance her cyclo-cross career as a teenager.  Her palmares might inspire envy among far more experienced riders. She has already ridden – and finished - the Tour de France Femmes and the women's Paris-Roubaix, and won two of the biggest prizes in domestic cycling: the British circuit race championships and the women's CiCLE Classic.  An all-rounder with a skillset ranging from track racing to Belgian kermesses, Josie has not ruled out becoming a GC rider, but in 2024 is keen to learn and develop with the support of a professional team. Having previously been part of a UCI Continental squad and raced for a Belgian club team before that, her ascent to the Women's WorldTour has been both rapid and methodical. The new season will bring new opportunities for Josie, whose programme includes the Spring Classics and early-season climbing races. The revered Strade Bianche, held on the white roads of Tuscany and concluding with a punchy uphill finish into Sienna, will surely play to the strengths of this former mountain biker with eyes now focussed on the glittering prizes of European road racing. 

Max Poole is among the most exciting new talents in the UCI WorldTour, even in a golden era for young riders. The 20-year-old has already ridden his first Grand Tour, winning the opening stage time-trial with his Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL colleagues at last year's Vuelta a España, before lighting up three stages with daring rides in the breakaway.  From learning his trade with Giles Pidcock's Fensham Howes–MAS Design junior team and British Cycling's Olympic Academy to a valuable year spent with DSM's vaunted U23 ‘devo' team, Poole describes the separate stages that have underpinned his meteoric rise from British junior road race champion to Grand Tour stage winner.  He shares his desire for continued and sustainable development, describes his team's valued mix of youth and experience, embodied by the Vuelta squad led by Romain Bardet, and celebrates the commitment shown by his Dutch team in agreeing a long-term contract. On a quiet Thursday afternoon in January, co-host Timothy John sat down with Poole on the sun-soaked terrace of his team's hotel on the Spanish Costa Blanca to discuss pre-season training camps, life as a professional, the ‘devo team' revolution, the continuing challenges faced by Britain's domestic road scene and much more.  

Becky Storrie's rise from the Brother UK-OnForm development team to the professional ranks with Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL provides positive proof for the health of British women's road racing and the continuing value of Brother UK's sponsorships.  Five years ago, Becky was a psychology student at Stirling University and an amateur triathlete with no knowledge of professional cycling. Her meteoric rise, begun in the colours of Brother UK-OnForm and continued with sister squad CAMS-Basso (now DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK), provides a fascinating context to our latest episode.  We caught up with Becky at Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL's January training camp in Calpe to discuss a range of issues, from her formative seasons with Brother UK-OnForm to the life-changing opportunity presented by the Dutch WorldTour team.  In a wide-ranging conversation, Becky describes the “pinch me” moments of her first season as a professional, as well as its challenges: notably competing at the highest level of a sport with a team steeped in its heritage, despite having no history in cycling beyond the handful of years she had spent as a competitor. From advanced training methods to the threat posed to the Women's Tour - the platform for her breakthrough in 2022 - Becky and co-host Timothy John leave no stone unturned in this detailed discussion of a career set to fast-forward.

Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) is the two-time and reigning British women's road race champion and the leading rider in a young and talented generation of female cyclists from the UK. Still only 23, Pfeiffer is about to begin her sixth season as a professional. Some of the biggest prizes in the sport are now within her grasp.  In the relaxed and informal setting of Calpe's Hotel Diamante, co-host Timothy John sat down with Pfeiffer at her team's second training camp of the off-season to discuss her route to the top, a transformational period in women's cycling and her hopes for 2024 as she attempts to build on the three professional victories gained last year.  Pfeiffer describes her earliest days as a cyclist, racing at Herne Hill Velodrome, her impressive rise through the junior ranks, winning some of the most prestigious races in Europe, and the long-term plan for success conceived by her team: one that has allowed her to develop free from pressure, even after she assumed the role of Classics leader.  From the “deep and burning desire” to regain the stripes of British road race champion that saw her crowned national champion for a second time, to guiding Charlotte Kool, arguably the fastest rider in the women's peloton, through the melee of a bunch sprint, Pfeiffer offers open and honest answers to questions on a raft of topics, including her competitive desires and time management skills.  With a varied programme ahead, rich in opportunities, from the cobbled Classics to an experimental run at the Amstel Gold Race and,  perhaps, even selection for the Olympic Games in Paris, this episode captures Pfeiffer's thoughts at the beginning of what might be a pivotal season in her career.

Lizzie Deignan is among Britain's most successful cyclists. A world champion on track and road, an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the most prestigious races in professional cycling, she has consistently been among the peloton's strongest riders in a period of exponential growth and transformational change in women's cycling. In a wide-ranging interview, Lizzie describes pivotal moments in her career, from being recruited as a teenager to British Cycling's Talent Team to winning the inaugural women's Paris-Roubaix with an extraordinary solo victory equal in significance to such a monumental occasion.   Speaking in the week before Christmas from Lidl-Trek's pre-season training camp in Spain, Lizzie provides fascinating insights into some of the biggest victories of her career and offers an insightful commentary on the female sport's continuing battle for parity. From her earliest days as a professional cyclist in Belgium to the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Lizzie describes her continuing motivation, her legacy as an inspiration to a new generation of British female cyclists and her return to Yorkshire, where she combines family life with the demands of international sport. Co-host Timothy John, formerly the editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc, discusses a host of topics with Lizzie in a broad and open conversation that offers a revealing portrait of a rider who continues to lead her sport by example in a period of expansion and evolution. 

Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, attended the 2023 Rayner Foundation dinner and charity auction. The pair shared a table with former world champion Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek) and her husband Phil, a Grand Tour stage winner, and key members of the Foundation's organising committee.  Despite enjoying the awards ceremony, charity auction and key note speeches, Phil and Tim found time to gather insights from this unique event: one that unites many of the decision makers in domestic and professional cycling with the stars of tomorrow. The Rayner dinner is at once glamorous and authentic. Committee members Serena Meakin, Tim Harris and Josh Cutler describe their practical and emotional investment in the Foundation and the importance of the dinner to its excellent work. This year's event attracted 301 guests: a higher turnout than last year, but still below pre-Covid levels. It must continue to grow. Listen out for insights and observations from Giles Pidcock, Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ), and Oliver Knight (Team Cofidis), the Foundation's Rider of the Year. Charlie Paige (TDT-Unibet) and Tom Portsmouth (Bingoal WB), other graduates to the professional ranks from the class of 2023, describe their experiences of living and racing abroad.   Hear too from the talented juniors joining prestigious development teams and the young female riders excelling in a new landscape for women's cycling shaped to a large degree by Lizzie Deignan. And enjoy Tim and Phil's extended discussion on the Foundation's work and its intersection with the domestic road scene. The pair consider the seemingly insatiable appetite of WorldTour development teams for young British riders. They discuss the explosion in British women's racing too, with as many as seven UCI Continental women's teams mooted for next season. And they reflect on the purpose of the elite men's National Road Series.  Hear from those at the heart of the most respected charity in British cycle sport: its tireless volunteers, influential supporters and shooting stars. The Foundation has helped more than 90 British riders turn professional. Phil and Tim, experienced guides in the labyrinthine world of domestic racing, provide an informed commentary. 

Lukas Nerurkar is one of a handful of young British riders who will graduate to the UCI WorldTour in 2024. The Brighton teenager is the son of the British Olympian Richard Nerurkar and spent the first seven years of his life in Ethiopia. Mount Entoto hosted his formative cycling experiences. In June, Lukas won a stage of the Baby Giro, a prestigious U23 race featuring some of the mountain passes used by the Giro d'Italia. He also won the white jersey competition at the professional Gran Camino race, an event won by two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). Trinity Racing has aided Lukas' path to the top as an under-23. The British-registered UCI Continental team offers its riders an early immersion into the lifestyle of a professional cyclist. Lukas shares a house in Girona with Trinity graduate and soon-to-be team-mate at EF Education-EasyPost, Ben Healey, the Irish champion. In a revealing interview, Lukas describes his childhood in Ethiopia, growing up in a household accustomed to elite sporting success, his journey into cycling via the Preston Park club and VC Londres, and his decision to pursue a pathway to the top from overseas, rather than from the UK's struggling domestic scene. He offers insights into the value of a cycling education delivered by former British champions Pete Kennaugh and Ian Stannard, explains how he bounced back to win at the Baby Giro a day after his race derailed on the mighty Stelvio Pass, and discusses his continued evolution as a rider. Timothy John, co-host of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast and the former editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc, leads an engaging conversation with Nerukrar, a talented and engaging young rider on the cusp of a bright future in road cycling's top tier.

From wise heads to rising stars, this episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast includes reflections from inside British Cycling's domestic road racing Task Force and insights from Lukas Nerurkar, the 19-year-old from Brighton who next year will race in the UCI WorldTour with EF Education-EasyPost.  In a packed episode, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, hear too from the managers of Brother UK's sponsored teams, and from Jos Ryan, mover-and-shaker in chief at The Rayner Foundation, as the rider charity moves closer to its annual dinner and auction in Leeds.  Additionally, Tiffany Keep, the 22-year-old South African whose career is developing at pace with Hutchinson-Brother UK, explains why Britain's National Road Series is the perfect environment for a young female rider to develop, despite the structural and commercial challenges affecting the men's scene.  Featuring a round-up of the 2023 National Road Series, a recap of the Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain, and a vital update from inside the Task Force, courtesy of Phil, this essential episode brings you up to speed with the latest developments in elite British road racing.

Sustainability is a critical issue in every walk of life, from business to professional cycling. Major corporations and sports federations alike are committed to addressing issues such as waste and energy usage and implementing new protocols to measure and manage carbon footprint and environmental impact. In this episode, Ben Barrett, the UCI's Sustainability Consultant, discusses in detail the response of the sport's world governing body to the climate emergency, such as introducing cycling's first dedicated Sustainability Impact Tracker for use by stakeholders, including professional teams and race organisers. Ben describes the fundamental importance of consistent measurement to establish benchmarks against which progress can be measured. He offers insights into the value of process in reducing environmental impact and celebrates the bicycle as a tool of defiance against systems that lock communities into unsustainable practices. While professional road racing's dependence on the support vehicles of the race convoy and other items of mobile infrastructure presents a significant challenge, Ben argues that the peloton's embrace of innovation and performance metrics to achieve sporting success leaves it uniquely well-positioned to adopt a data-driven approach to sustainability. From time-trials raced on road bikes at the Tour Down Under, avoiding the travel impacts of transporting separate machines, to the use of mobile EV charging facilities at the Arctic Race of Norway, the sport is already demonstrating its ability to respond to the critical challenges presented by climate change, he argues. As a member of the UN Sport for Climate Action Framework, the UCI has embraced the same tough targets as other leading sports federations: to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and to become net zero by 2040. Ben says that cycle sport, including its own flagship UCI WorldTours, cannot be exempt from a wider movement towards sustainable sport. Enjoy this fascinating insight into how the most critical issue of our times affects a sport in which Brother UK is a valued partner. Twice a winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise (Sustainable Development) and the recipient of a host of independent accreditations for environmental best practice, Brother UK is a credible sponsor of the green zones at the Tour of Britain and Women's Tour.

This packed preview of the 2023 Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain takes you to the heart of Britain's biggest bike race, as well as considering its economic and environmental context. Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, hear from a host of expert witnesses. Connor Swift  (INEOS Grenadiers) will start his sixth Tour of Britain on Sunday September 3. A ‘graduate' of the domestic scene, Connor has long experience of British roads. He shares insights gained from racing Britain's national tour for teams at every level of professional racing and the national team, too. Cycling is by no means immune from the depressed economic climate affecting every organisation in Britain, private or public. Race director Mick Bennett describes the various economic headwinds affecting the Tour of Britain. He explains why he and his team decided to hold this year's edition without a title sponsor. Environmental issues are another external pressure shaping the sport. The UCI is the sport's world governing body. It joined the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework three years ago. Ben Barrett, the UCI's Sustainability Consultant, describes the sport's need to change and adapt in the face of the climate emergency. Brother UK will serve the Tour of Britain as presenting partner of the Green Zones for a second successive year. Phil explains Brother's purpose in supporting the race's sustainability initiatives. He describes how the company's award-winning environmental approach has aligned its business operations with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Route Director Andy Hawes provides an inside line on the flattest Tour of Britain parcours for many years. Andy offers sporting insights on where the race might be won or lost. He reveals the best locations for spectators, too, with several stages offering multiple opportunities to watch the riders pass. The Tour of Britain isn't the only stage race we'll be following in the first week of September. Both of our sponsored teams, Brother UK-Orientation Marketing and Hutchinson-Brother UK, will take part in the Ras na mBan, Ireland's leading stage race for women. Team manager Mark Botteley describes its appeal.

Who knows more about the Ryedale Grand Prix than 2022 winner Abi Smith (EF Education - Tibco - SVB)? Having grown up just two kilometres from historic Ampleforth Abbey, the race HQ and its start and finish location, it's fair to say that Abi has local knowledge in abundance.  Not that she needs it. With victories in the three biggest domestic races and experience as a professional in some of the most prestigious races in the women's sport - Strade Bianche, the Women's Tour and Giro Donné, to name only three - Abi is a world-class talent who still finds satisfaction in racing on home roads when the opportunity is presented.  In this revealing interview, Abi describes experiencing the Ryedale Grand Prix's ‘small' circuit as a young child, before she'd even heard of the race, practising on her bike with her brother. As the years passed and her infatuation with the sport grew, she attended the 2012 national championships on the Ryedale course and spent some of her time at the circuit gathering autographs.  Her insights into the specific demands of a race widely regarded as the hardest on the National Road Series calendar are well worth hearing. The importance of positioning, the ability to climb out of the saddle on its many testing ramps, and, as importantly, to recover from the effort in the short period before the next one are all key skills, she says.  Abi contrasts the effort with the long, seated climbs of the Giro Donné, ridden at threshold. She also compares the gruelling demands of Ryedale and the even greater challenge of the legendary Strade Bianche. She offers insights into the differing roles she adopts as a professional, riding in service of her team leaders and, effectively, as an independent rider competing on home roads. Listen now to enjoy Abi's conversation with co-host Timothy John as she prepares to return to top-tier competition following a knee injury suffered in early spring. The 2023 Ryedale Grand Prix, which she will start as defending champion, will tell us much about her recovery as she makes final preparations for the inaugural edition of the women's Tour de l'Avenir.

With a ground-breaking world championships and a rejuvenated National Circuit Series to reflect upon, and the Ryedale Grand Prix and Tour of Britain to look forward to, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, have much to talk about in this packed episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast.  Highly-qualified sources offer additional insights. Who better than Performance Director Stephen Park to offer a view from inside the Great Britain Cycling Team's wildly successful world championships in Glasgow? With a table-topping medal haul in both para and able-bodied events, ‘Sparky' offers his observations on cycling's first multi-discipline world championships and his ambitions for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.  Our preview of the Ryedale Grand Prix contains insights from defending champion Abi Smith, a professional cyclist with the UCI Women's WorldTour squad, EF Education - Tibco - SVB. As defending champion, Abi's athletic accomplishments alone would qualify her to comment, but Ryedale is also her home race. Enjoy insights on arguably the hardest course on the National Road Series from a rider who's ridden every inch of it from her earliest days as a cyclist.  The Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain is now mere weeks away. Tim and Phil consider the eight-stage course and the wider context in which the race will be held, both economic and environmental. As a business with multiple awards for its sustainable practices and presenting partner of the Green Zones at this year's Tour of Britain, Brother UK's interest in professional cycling's journey to sustainability is sincere and rooted in the company's commitment to a zero-carbon future.  Listen now to enjoy a detailed analysis of all the latest developments in elite road racing on British soil, with additional insights from the managers and riders of Brother UK-sponsored teams and from Larry Hickmott, the founder and editor of Brother UK-sponsored VeloUK.net. 

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One for the ages? The 2023 National Road Championships delivered attritional road races, exhilarating circuit races and blisteringly fast time-trials. Ten new champions were crowned over the five-day championships in Redcar and Cleveland: a celebration of elite British road racing that ended in spectacular style.  Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, reflect on a memorable championships, with insights from three riders from Brother UK-sponsored teams who, in their spearate ways, were at the heart of the action: Rachel Brown and Harriet Graham of Brother UK - Orientation Marketing and Sam Fawcett of Hutchinson - Brother UK.  Phil shares his pleasure in the coronation of new men's road race champion Fred Wright and offers the highest praise for the three riders who occupied the women's road race podium: winner Pfeiffer Georgi, runner-up Claire Steels and third-placed Anna Henderson. Clare and Anna began their careers on Brother UK-sponsored teams.  Tim and Phil reflect on a dramatic women's circuit race, won by Megan Barker, and celebrate a masterpiece of solo riding by Ollie Wood to claim the men's circuit race title. Tim calls for greater respect for a discipline often lightly regarded and highlights the tactical acumen deployed by the biggest teams in the women's race.  Josh Tarling's coronation as elite men's time-trial champion at just 19 years old marked the arrival of a major new talent. Tim and Phil marvel at the Welshman's speed, power and maturity and discuss just how far in the sport he can ascend. They celebrate Lizzie Holden's coronation as elite women's time-trial champion too: a testament to her tenancy, as well as her talent  Enjoy this detailed reflection on one of the most memorable championships in recent years. From individual performances to the broader style of racing, Phil and Tim consider every aspect of the 2023 National Road Championships.

The 2023 National Road Championships in Redcar and Cleveland could be one for the ages. Stacked fields in the three disciplines, a relentlessly hilly road course, a fast and flat time-trial course, and a circuit that takes in town centre and seafront, it promises excitement and intrigue, challenge and reward. In this episode, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, make a detailed analysis of the forthcoming championships. As might be expected, Tim and Phil consider the commercial and strategic context, as well as the competitive aspects of this blue riband sporting event.  Their analysis is boosted by expert insights from Jonathan Day, British Cycling's Sport and Participation Director, and from Larry Hickmott, the Founder and Editor of Brother UK-sponsored VeloUK.net. Jonathan has led the team responsible for the forthcoming championships, while Larry has covered almost every edition for the last 20 years.  Jonathan describes the dual nature of the national championships: races with the most coveted prizes in domestic cycling and a halo event to inspire year-round cycling activity in the host region. He explains the similarities between British Cycling's pursuit of a venue and the approach adopted by commercial race organisers.  Larry compares the road course with that used for Cleveland's much-missed Klondike Grand Prix and describes why Skelton Green might be more decisive than Saltburn Bank. He explains why the time-trial course seemed shorter than expected and describes trying to visualise a town-centre circuit course before the barriers are erected.  With dazzling start lists equal to breathtaking backdrops of the North Yorkshire coast, the 2023 National Road Championships seems set to be a memorable edition. Enjoy this in-depth preview of the courses and contenders, presented alongside a broader consideration of the economic and social context in which they'll be delivered.

Leader meets leader in this special edition of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, where co-host Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, heads across town from our headquarters in Tameside to interview Jon Dutton, British Cycling's new Chief Executive, at Manchester's National Cycling Centre. A fascinating conversation follows.  Phil presents the questions that matter to road cyclists on topics including the diminishing presence of the National Road Series, the reduced number of British-registered UCI Continental teams and the importance of television coverage to race organisers seeking sponsors, as well as discussing wider issues of finance, governance, and reputation. Jon describes his childhood in the Lancashire town of Leigh, forming lifelong passions for rugby league and cycling. Candidly, he admits to abandoning his dream of becoming a professional athlete while studying sports management at Northumbria University. His career has included the Ryder Cup, Champions League and Tour de France.  Phil seeks assurance on issues affecting the road cycling community, including the commercial challenges faced by grassroots teams and race organisers. He Jon him to describe his motivations for joining British Cycling and to share his perceptions, as an outsider, during the many high-profile PR challenges the federation has endured. Jon provides open, honest and direct responses throughout the interview. He pledges to tackle some of British Cycling's challenges “head on”, but warns that certain issues cannot be fixed overnight. He describes his purpose-led approach to leadership and assures Phil that he has joined the federation “to make a difference”. In an episode not to be missed, two leaders of major organisations with the health of British cycle sport at heart hold a fascinating conversation, ranging from the Lincoln GP to the war in Ukraine, and from the meteoric rise of Tom Pidcock to the forthcoming World Championships in Glasgow.

Deb John is the co-founder of Cold Dark North and a race organiser with many cherished events on her palmares, including the Proper Northern Road Race Series and the national masters championships for men and women. This year, Cold Dark North will also support the National Hill Climb Championships. In this in-depth interview, Deb discusses her motivations for becoming a race organiser and, later, for co-founding Cold Dark North with Toby Cummins. She reveals how experiences as a florist and a caterer equipped her with an eye for detail and a determination to deliver events to the highest standard. Deb provides fascinating detail on the planning, logistics and satisfactions of staging a National B race. She describes Cold Dark North's relationship with commissaires, medics, and a host of people without whom staging a race would be impossible: an eclectic mix of signage experts, motorcycle outriders, non-cycling helpers and more. The additional costs and challenges encountered in hosting a national championship event or in elevating a National B race to a National A event are among the many other topics on which Deb speaks with authority. She describes her preference for a view from the “margins”, where the most interesting developments occur. Enjoy Deb's insights and observations and gain a detailed insight into the race organiser's challenges and rewards. From marshals to mileage, prizes to signage, field sizes to total metres of ascent, Deb describes the myriad details an organiser must consider and the satisfaction gained from a job that permits “no excuses”. 

The 2023 season has offered action and intrigue. In this latest episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by rider Sian Botteley (Hutchinson - Brother UK) to consider developments ranging from Jon Dutton's appointment as the new CEO of British Cycling to the postponement of the Women's Tour.  Phil offers insights on the opportunities and responsibilities awaiting British Cycling's new leader as he takes the helm in the midst of another challenging period for the federation. Phil describes the “discovery period” Jon will undergo in his first 100 days and extends his hopes that time spent reading existing strategy documents and listening to stakeholders will be followed by execution of the actions required to “steady the ship” and reverse the decline of domestic road racing.  Sian offers a view from the saddle: the most compelling vision in cycling. She shares her experiences from the recent women's CICLE Classic, where she raced to a superb fifth place, and from the Dutch classic, Zuiderzeeronde, where a crash brought her race to an early end. Critically, Sian compares and contrasts her experiences of riding high-quality National B races and iconic National A races and by doing so offers a first-hand account of a recent, significant shift in domestic road racing. Marc Etches might accurately be described as the life and soul of domestic cycling. A commissaire, race organiser (Sheffield GP, Monsal Hill Climb) and volunteer coach, he has a 360-degree view of the domestic sport. Marc explains why he objects to criticism of the grassroots scene from high-profile athletes and offers his perspective on British Cycling as an organisation to empower volunteers. The postponement of the Women's Tour is the latest blow to fans of British cycle sport, but disappointment has been tempered by admiration for race organisers the SweetSpot Group, who explored every avenue to keep the race on the road, including crowdfunding. PR and Marketing Director Peter Hodges offers an insider's account of SweetSpot's battle to save the Women's Tour.  Other topics discussed include the courses for the 2023 National Road and Time-Trial Championships in Redcar and Cleveland, the forthcoming Lincoln Grand Prix and the rise and rise of our Hutchinson - Brother UK elite women's team. 

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Domestic cycling's winter of discontent and the green shoots of recovery represented by a thriving National B scene fall under the microscope of co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE in an episode to preview the 2023 National Road Series. Promoter Deb John and rider Sian Botteley offer additional insights. Phil and Tim discuss the setbacks endured by elite British road racing, from the cancellation of the 2023 Tour Series to the conclusion of Tim Elverson's AT85 team, but find reasons to be cheerful in other developments. Phil calls for a “root and branch” review of the domestic road scene. Further down the pyramid, the early-season rush of high-quality National B races and their illustrious winners, including Hutchinson - Brother UK's Tammy Miller, offered evidence of a scene recalibrating. Tim and Phil weigh the evidence for renewal presented by races like the Yomp Bonk Crew's Peaks 2 Day stage race.  Race organisers like Cold Dark North represent the lifeblood of domestic road racing. Co-founder Deb John shares her insights into the ingredients required for a successful National B race, including medics, marshalls and National Escort Group motorcycle outriders. She describes her satisfaction in staging CDN's Proper Northern Road Race Series. The Women's CiCLE Classic is one of a handful of National A races unaffected by the economic downturn. Sian Botteley (Hutchinson – Brother UK) has competed in every edition of this mixed-surface event and offers her insights into the skills required to succeed in a race billed as Britain's Belgian Classic.   Enjoy this deep dive into British road racing's deeply-rooted challenges - a forensic analysis from the leader of a major business – and a celebration of the areas of the sport that continue to thrive. Additional insights from those on the scene's ‘front line' offer a welcome counterbalance to negativity.  

Oliver Knight seems destined to be among the next cohort of young British riders to enter the elite UCI WorldTour. He ended last season by racing as an apprentice with the UAE Team Emirates squad led by two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar and now seeks a professional contract. We caught up with Knight in January 2023 on the day he returned to Aix, the Provencal town he has called home for the last four years since moving there, alone, as a teenager, to race for the French amateur team, Aix-en-Provence. We discuss acclimatisation, resilience, language lessons and professionalism. Knight describes joining the Team MK club in Milton Keynes and following his father into the ranks of shop team Corley Cycles. He discusses his two years with the HMT Hospitals squad, arguably the most professional junior team the sport has seen, and racing in Spain for the first time.  Physical performance is critical to a competitive cyclist. Knight reveals his fascination with training methods in a data-driven age and celebrates the value of a long-term relationship with his coach. He shares the pain of injury, the responsibility of leadership, the importance of camaraderie and the fleeting ecstasy of victory.  Knight is supported by The Rayner Foundation, a charity helping young British riders to pursue their dream of turning professional by racing abroad. In 2018, Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director, raised around £20,000 for the charity by riding the entire route of the Tour of Britain one day ahead of the race.

Oliver Knight seems certain to be among the next cohort of young British riders to enter the elite UCI WorldTour. He ended last season by racing as an apprentice with the UAE Team Emirates squad led by two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar and now seeks a professional contract. We caught up with Knight in January 2023 on the day he returned to Aix, the Provencal town he has called home for the last four years since moving there, alone, as a teenager, to race for the French amateur team, Aix-en-Provence. We discuss acclimatisation, resilience, language lessons and professionalism. Knight describes joining the Team MK club in Milton Keynes and following his father into the ranks of shop team Corley Cycles. He discusses his two years with the HMT Hospitals squad, arguably the most professional junior team the sport has seen, and racing in Spain for the first time.  Physical performance is critical to a competitive cyclist. Knight reveals his fascination with training methods in a data-driven age and celebrates the value of a long-term relationship with his coach. He shares the pain of injury, the responsibility of leadership, the importance of camaraderie and the fleeting ecstasy of victory.  Knight is supported by The Rayner Foundation, a charity helping young British riders to pursue their dream of turning professional by racing abroad. In 2018, Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director, raised around £20,000 for the charity by riding the entire route of the Tour of Britain one day ahead of the race.

Sam Watson is one of British cycle sport's most exciting young talents. The 21-year-old will begin 2023 with the UCI WorldTour team, Groupama-FDJ. His graduation from its development squad completes the first stage of a rapidly advancing career that even a global pandemic has been unable to slow. Sam's rise might be described as meteoric, but there is no sign of him crashing to earth. Instead, his career has retained a vertiginous trajectory, year after year, since he first pinned on a number for Chevin Cycles in 2014.  Last year, Sam placed himself at the front and centre of the British sporting consciousness with magnificent rides at the national road race championships, where he won silver medals in the road and circuit races, and three top-ten finishes at the Tour of Britain.  The cognoscenti, however, might place greater emphasis on his triumph at the U23 Gent-Wevelgem or his stage five victory at the Tour d'Alsace. Even in era of exceptionally talented young riders, Sam can confidently claim a place among the world's best espoirs.  His development has been shaped by some of the most respected institutions in British cycle sport: Giles Pidcock's PH MAS team, British Cycling's Olympic Academy and the British-registered UCI Continental squad, Trinity Racing.  Perhaps the most valuable piece in Sam's jigsaw is the support of The Rayner Foundation. A hugely respected charity supporting British riders abroad, it occupies a special place in the affections of Brother Cycling.  In 2018, Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director, rode the entire route of the Tour of Britain one day ahead of the race to raise funds for its excellent work.

Harrison Wood might be described as a living, breathing definition of resilience. As such, he is a defining example of the qualities inspired by The Rayner Foundation, a charity funding young British riders to race abroad. Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director, cycled the entire route of the Tour of Britain in 2018, one day ahead of the race, to raise funds for the foundation's excellent work.  After four years of racing in France and Belgium with highs, lows and inevitable crashes, including one this year that his memory has erased, Harrison has landed a two-year deal with Cofidis, a French team competing in professional cycling's top tier.    In January, he will roll out for the first time in the colours of his new employer at the Tour Down Under. It is a measure of the management's confidence that Harrison will debut for the team in a WorldTour race. The 40-degree heat of an Adelaide summer means this will be no gentle introduction to the intensity of racing against the world's strongest riders, but the 22-year-old footballer-turned-cyclist from Torquay would be the last to seek one. Confident, competitive and with a four-year apprenticeship served overseas, Harrison is a rider whose time has finally come. Co-host Timothy John caught up with Harrison to discuss the value of resilience, the roles played by the various development teams for which he has ridden, the differences between European racing and the British scene, and much more. 

The Rayner Foundation must be among the most successful charities in all of sport. Established in 1995, it has issued £1m in support via 521 grants and helped 84 young British riders to become professional cyclists. Its most successful graduates have won some of the biggest prizes in professional cycling.  The Rayner Foundation occupies a special place in the affections of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast. Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, raised around £20,000 for the charity in 2018 by riding the entire route of the 2018 Tour of Britain, one day ahead of the race.  Phil and co-host Timothy John recently attended the Foundation's annual dinner and charity auction in Leeds. They were joined by two-time British circuit race champion Dean Downing, the guest for our first two episodes, and by Ian Watson, the manager of Team Brother UK-LDN and its Team Watto feeder squad.  While Phil kept a close eye on the auction and mingled with the Foundation's trustees, including Keith Lambert, recipient of Cycling Weekly's Lifetime Achievement Award, Tim collected interviews with Dean, Sam Watson, the Foundation's Rider of the Year, and Tim Harris, a friend and team-mate of the late Dave Rayner. Tim caught up too with Hannah Walker and Calvert Churchill, the event's host and auctioneer, respectively, and both former Rayner-funded riders. Their post-cycling success – Hannah is a commentator for Eurosport and GCN, while Calvert has become a cycling industry insider – offers a window on the Foundation's broad vision of success. Enjoy this reflection on the Rayner Foundation Dinner with Tim and Phil, in which they consider the Foundation's impact on British cycle sport, the extraordinary achievements of its class of 2022 – five riders from a cohort of 30 signed professional contracts - and its ambition to recruit more female riders. The pair also consider the challenges faced by the Foundation in such an uncertain economic climate, reflect on its increasing importance as British Cycling reduces the race days of its Olympic Academy road programme, and pay tribute to the Foundation's late president, Brian Robinson, a giant of British cycle sport. Anyone interested in the rich history of elite British road racing will wish to learn more about the late Dave Rayner, an exceptionally talented rider, and the foundation that has become his lasting legacy. Listen now on brother.co.uk or visit any leading podcast platform and search Brother UK Cycling Podcast. 

Oscar Onley, a 19-year-old from Kelso, is a dazzling cycling talent and a rider supported by The Rayner Foundation.  Riding for Team DSM's WorldTour squad, he lit up the Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain before heading to Croatia and racing wheel-to-wheel with Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard.  He concluded his season at Paris-Tours Espoirs, a fitting finale for a young rider who has mixed U23 and professional races with positive effect in 2022.  Oscar shares insights into his blossoming career, including the importance of domestic races as a youth and junior, the valuable support received from Scottish Cycling and Spokes, the revelation of his climbing talent in France, his tenure with Ag2r's U19 team, and his goals with Team DSM. To describe Oscar's future as bright is an understatement, but this episode reveals a mature and level-headed young man, trusting of his team but firmly in control of his own destiny. Talented but grounded, he is the archetypal Rayner Foundation rider.  This episode is one in a series to celebrate the Rayner Foundation in the build-up to its annual dinner on November 12, 2022. 

Fred Wright is a leading member of a group of young British riders already being hailed as a new golden generation to succeed, and perhaps even surpass, the likes of Wiggins, Cavendish, Thomas et al.  This year, Wright, 23, lit up both the Tour de France and La Vuelta a Espana with relentlessly combative displays, earning 11 top-10 finishes and three podiums across the two Grand Tours. For much of this summer, his red Bahrain Victorious jersey was seemingly everywhere.  It's not only Wright's tenacious riding that earned him so much attention, however. His raw, post-stage interviews, gloriously unscripted, were wonderfully refreshing. Even with the disappointment of a near-miss in his breast, Wright's unquenchable optimism shone through. His unshakeable belief that the big win will come has won him legions of admirers.  Wright will be a guest of honour at the Dave Rayner Foundation's annual dinner and charity auction in Leeds on November 23, 2012. While Brother UK is not officially linked to the Rayner Foundation, it is an organisation we admire. Its activities in promoting the careers of young British riders complement our sponsorship of British domestic road teams. In 2018, Phil Jones MBE, our Managing Director, rode the entire route of the Tour of Britain one day ahead of the race to raise funds for the charity. 

Adam Kenway, a Brother UK-sponsored athlete, joins co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, to look ahead to the 2022 hill climb season.  Adam, a former national hill climb champion, offers insights into the pain and pleasures of cycling's most demanding discipline: one that routinely pushes competitors to collapse.  This light-hearted but informative conversation takes the listener beneath the skin of the British hill climb scene by exploring its physical and technical demands, blue ribband events and increasing popularity.  Listen now and get up to speed with one of the best-loved periods on the British domestic racing calendar with insights from one of its strongest and most successful competitors.

Dan Martin is among Ireland's most successful cyclists. A winner of five Grand Tour stages, two Monument classics, two WorldTour stage races and numerous other accolades, he enjoyed a brilliant career by any standard.  Newly retired, Dan is enjoying life to the full, spending time with his young family in Andorra and on the Isle of Wight. He'll attend this year's Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain as a VIP host, and next month will publish a book, “Chased by Pandas: My Life in the Mysterious World of Cycling”.  With the 18th edition of the modern Tour of Britain imminent, Dan shared a series of illuminating insights with journalist Timothy John in this special edition of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast.  _ Brother UK has sponsored the Tour of Britain and Women's Tour since 2014. Since 2016, we've served both races as Official Print and Results Partner. This year, for the first time, we'll serve as presenting partner of the Green Zones, too.

Episode 24 of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast sets the scene for the 18th edition of the modern Tour of Britain.  Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by Brother UK-sponsored athlete Adam Kenway, the former national hill climb champion, and Tony Barry, the manager of Neutral Service p/b Brother UK.  The group discusses topics beyond the traditional preview of course and contenders, including inter-stage transfers, recovery protocols, the unique challenge of British roads and the demands on neutral service provision made by increasing technical diversity in the peloton. Listen now to whet your appetite for the latest edition of the Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain, which we'll serve proudly as Official Print and Results Partner and presenting partner of the Green Zones.

Grace Lister is a young rider in a hurry. Already this year, she's represented Team England at the Commonwealth Games, pulled on a Team GB jersey for the junior European track championships, and won four British titles in the colours of Team Brother UK - Orientation Marketing. We caught up with Grace during a rare week at home in Shrewsbury as she prepared to fly to Israel for the world junior track championships in her pursuit of a rainbow jersey to add to the maillots of European and British champion already hanging in her wardrobe.  Enjoy this interview with a blossoming talent. At 18, the cycling world is already Grace's oyster, but she is mature, grounded and willing to work for every accolade. As the co-title sponsor of her domestic road team, we're delighted to play a small part in her blossoming career.

Episode 22 of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast reflects on the National Road and Time-Trial Championships, the exponential growth of women's racing, Brother UK's comprehensive sponsorship of elite domestic road racing, and the 2022 National Road Series. Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by experts from the Brother UK Cycling family to discuss the battles from Dumfries and Galloway for the coveted 'stripes'. Phil and Tim share a studio in Manchester with rider Daisy May Barnes (Brother UK– Orientation Marketing), Ian Watson, the manager of Team Brother UK–LDN and Tony Barry, the manager of Neutral Service p/b Brother UK. Their discussion dissects a thrilling championships.  Daisy shares a view from the saddle on one of the hardest national road races for women in many years: one conducted in torrential rain and powerful winds. She celebrates the strength of British women's cycling and reflects on the sporting opportunities now available to the UK's best female riders. Ian Watson offers a manager's perspective on the same phenomenon. Widely recognised as the principal architect of London's thriving women's racing scene, Ian's insights on talent identification and development, the need to cultivate a culture of aspiration and inspiration, and to provide role models, parity and pathways, are worth hearing. Tony Barry provides the ultimate insider's view, having driven in the race convoy for the men's and women's road races and time-trials. He describes the challenges of driving among fast-moving vehicles and riders and reveals how the commissaires determine the positioning of neutral service vehicles throughout the race. Adam Kenway shares anecdotes from inside the peloton, including a series of encounters with all-time great sprinter, Mark Cavendish. He reflects too on the value of the National  This episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast is the first recorded in a studio since the Covid pandemic emerged two years ago. Follow the @brothercycling social channels for news of forthcoming episodes.                             

No one is closer to Brother UK-sponsored Tour of Britain than its Route Director, Andy Hawes. We caught up recently with Andy  in Ferndown, which will host the finish of stage seven of this year's race on Saturday September 10, as he neared the end of his second full route recce. Listen to Andy share insights from a drive of nearly 2000km, begun six days earlier in Aberdeen, where this year's Tour of Britain will start on Sunday September 4. 

Episode 20 of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast finds Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director and this podcast's co-host, in conversation with the writer Sophie Smith.  Phil seizes the coincidence of a visit to central London to interview Sophie, who is passing through the city en route to the Tour de France, about her new book, Pain and Privilege: Inside Le Tour. In a wide ranging conversation, Phil quizzes Sophie on a host of topics, from life under lockdown in her native Melbourne to life on the road at the world's biggest bike race.  Sophie shares the stories behind the stories in Pain and Privilege and describes how she's developed a professional rapport with some of the world's best-known riders.  She describes a world of elite performance where every gram matters and where friendships are sometimes the casualty of a greater desire for victory.  This episode was recorded on location at a London hotel. Follow the @brothercycling social channels for news of our forthcoming episodes.

June represents peak season on the elite British road racing calendar: a fact reflected in this packed edition of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast.  Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by VeloUK editor Larry Hickmott to look back on the Women's Tour and look ahead to the Women's CiCLE Classic and National Road and Time-Trial Championships.  Further input comes from Becky Storrie (CAMS-Basso), who was crowned best British rider at the Women's Tour, from Dr Carlos Ludlow-Palafox, the CEO and founder of recycling firm Enval, from Colin Clews, the race director and founder of the CiCLE Classic, and from Mark Botteley, the manager of Team Brother UK-Orientation Marketing.  In a wide-ranging discussion, Tim, Phil and Larry reflect on the Women's Tour's closest-ever finish and the effect on the race of tactics, time bonuses and a gruelling parcours. Did the Trek-Segafredo team of winner Elisa Longo-Borghini clinch her one-second victory with dominant riding? Or were the questionable tactics of the FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine team a contributing factor to their leader, Grace Brown, finishing as runner-up?  Becky Storrie's emerging brilliance offers a more straightforward topic. The 23-year-old, who began her career with the Brother UK-OnForm development team, shone on the queen stage of the Women's Tour by matching the strongest riders in the world on the cruel gradients of Black Mountain. Who better to describe the demands of the race and the challenges and opportunities of progressing from the domestic scene to the Women's WorldTour than Becky?  Brother UK's sponsorship of the race's Green Zones opens another fascinating topic for discussion - recycling, sustainability and the circular economy - and how each of these aligned areas is likely to have a growing effect on professional cycling. Dr Ludlow-Palafox shares the importance of the circular economy to his company. As a recycler of flexible plastics, including the gel wrappers collected from the Brother UK-sponsored Green Zones, Enval is on the frontline of a critical debate. Phil shares reports from inside the peloton on the impact of Brexit on the movement of British riders seeking to establish careers in mainland Europe, while Larry reveals that the impacts of Covid are still felt by British teams whose rosters are being decimated by infections among their athletes. Elite British road racing, it seems, is not immune from the wider issues that shape our lives.  The Women's CiCLE Classic is a case in point: a race that almost folded when its principal backer decided to withhold further funds in a dispute with British Cycling over its policy on transgender cyclists. Crowdfunding and a new sponsor gained from the publicity generated by the stand-off saved the race, but did the threat posed to the Women's CiCLE Classic only underline the fragility of cycling's economic model? British Cycling's National Road and Time-Trial Championships offer a chance to consider Britain's strongest riders. Phil, Larry and Tim consider every angle, from the course to the contenders to disciplines ranging from circuit races to time-trials. Can Dumfries and Galloway and the championships' first foray north of the border in nearly 10 years match last year's spectacle in Lincoln? And should the federation have stuck with last year's end-of-season calendar slot? Our experts debate the issues.  Listen now to episode 19 of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast for informed debate among expert witnesses. Subscribe via your podcast provider and never miss another episode.

Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, use episode 18 of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast to look back on the recent Tour Series, look ahead to the 2022 Women's Tour, share more information on Brother UK's Green Zone sponsorship at the Women's Tour and Tour of Britain, and celebrate a second national title in three months for Brother UK - Orientation Marketing. Additionally, the episode includes clips from new interviews with Sammie Stuart (Brother UK - Cycle Team LDN) and Jo Tindley (Pro-Noctis - Rotor - Redchillli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen), in which each rider reflects on their Tour Series success: a competition in which Sammie won two rounds, and Jo led her squad to overall victory in the team competition. The pair also fought a season-long duel in the Freewheel sprints competition. The Brother UK-sponsored Women's Tour begins in Colchester on Monday June 6 and finishes in Oxford a week later. A world-class field will also contain the best British riders, including the British road race champion Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) and British time-trial champion Anna Henderson (Jumbo-Visma), who began her career on a Brother UK-sponsored team. Phil and Tim discuss the race's stellar line-up and gruelling parlours. On stage four, the peloton will roll past the Brother Industries' zero carbon, zero waste to landfill recycling facility in Ruabon. Tim and Phil use this happy coincidence as a springboard to discuss Brother UK's sponsorship of the Green Zones: in-race sectors where riders can dispose of gel wrappers. Tim shares the technical process Enval, the race's recycling partner, will use to recycle the wrappers, while Phil describes Brother UK's sustainability agenda. Brother UK – Orientation Marketing is a development team, but few would guess from its recent results, including two national titles. Our hosts discuss the success of manager Mark Botteley's junior and senior women's teams and the pathway it offers to professional careers via its connection to the UCI-registered CAMS-Basso squad. Listen now on the Brother UK website or via any of the leading podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

In episode 17 of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, look ahead to the 2022 season, paying particular attention to the Tour Series, the Lincoln Grand Prix and the Women's Tour.  In 2022, Brother UK will again be at the side of elite British road racing, maintaining its vital financial support in the form of sponsorships for the Brother UK-Orientation Marketing and Brother UK-LDN teams, the televised Women's Tour and Tour of Britain races, hill climb specialists Adam Kenway and Rebecca Richardson, and the Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in- race support crews. Phil and Tim dissect a thrilling return to Guisborough for Britain's best-loved crit series with a pair of enthralling races. Phil shares his insights on how the winning teams used the formation lap to their advantage, while Tim celebrates the latest generation of female crit riders and an electrifying, if short-lived, Tour Series debut for Grace Lister of Brother UK-Orientation Marketing.  The 65th edition of the Lincoln Grand Prix, arguably the only 'monument' on the domestic calendar, offers another rich subject. The presence of both Brother UK-sponsored teams and the Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in-race support crews make it a relevant topic for discussion on the Brother UK Cycling Podcast. Wider issues, however, like its fight for funding and its position at the very pinnacle of the domestic calendar, provide additional avenues for debate.  Phil lifts the lid on Brother UK's ambitious goals for sponsorship of the Green Zones at this year's Women's Tour and Tour of Britain. Next month, the Women's Tour peloton will pass the gates of Brother Industries on stage four from Wrexham to Welshpool. Our refurbishing and remanufacturing centre in Ruabon is a zero-carbon and zero-waste-to-landfill facility. Can Brother UK make the Women's Tour and Tour of Britain's Green Zones zero-waste-to-landfill facilities too?  Structural issues also feature in Tim and Phil's discussion. The pair set the encouraging emergence of high-quality National B races like the Peaks2Day and Capernwray Road Race alongside more challenging developments, notably the Women's CiCLE Classic's resort to crowdfunding to ensure this year's edition goes ahead. Phil celebrates the contributions of individuals determined to see the race survive, but warns that the sport must now rebuild if its most cherished races are to achieve long-term sustainability.  Enjoy this lively and informed discussion between Brother UK's leader and an experienced cycling journalist

Andy Lopata talks to his guests Sam Rathling of Pipeline 44 and Phil Jones MD of Brother UK about how leaders can embrace social media and why it is so important. Both Sam and Phil agree that 10-15 minutes per day impacts your talent acquisition, impacts your personal brand and reputation and should be a priority and not ignored. Digital reputation is a tool and not a distraction. They discuss the power and reach of using LinkedIn for business and how your LinkedIn profile should represent you. Phil emphasises that content should not be just about your company. He shares knowledge that he believes will help others and most importantly he writes his own posts. Sam recommends ways to make your engagement more effective. They both stress the importance of empathy, the human element.

This special edition of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast previews the 2021 National Hill Climb Championships. Winnats Pass, a savagely beautiful climb at the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, will host the championships for the first time in 40 years. This year, a female athlete will be crowned national champion on its slopes for the first time. Brother UK will proudly serve #Winnats21 as an event sponsor.  This episode contains insights from eight expert witnesses, including the Brother UK-sponsored athletes Adam Kenway and Rebecca Richardson. Adam was crowned British champion in 2016 and has finished on the podium on four other occasions. Rebecca is the three-time and reigning Welsh hill climb champion. Both have won the prestigious Monsal Head hill climb.  Event organiser (and rider) Nick Latimer has worked on staging this year's championships for two years, regularly engaging with Castleton Parish Council and other authorities to secure the essential road closure. Additionally, he has secured sponsorship from Brother UK and others to help meet event costs and donate to local good causes. Mechanic Rick Bailey offers fascinating insights into the hill climb community's unique approach to cycling technology. Photographer Tony Wood speaks in glowing terms about Winnats' scenic qualities, while journalist Larry Hickmott offers his views on the value of hill climbing as domestic cycling's ‘feel good' scene. He offers a rundown of the pre-race favourites, too.  Jack Young, the newly-crowned Shropshire junior hill climb champion and a young rider with autism, celebrates hill climbing's inclusivity. And Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director and the podcast's co-host, offers his views on a range of topics, from Brother UK's sponsorship of the event to the congruency achieved by top-class athletes like Rebecca.  The episode is presented and produced by Timothy John, a journalist and consultant. 

This episode previews The Women's Tour: a top-tier stage race, widely considered the most well-organised in the women's sport. Brother UK has sponsored the event since its inception in 2014 and served as Official Print and Results Partner since 2016. This year, the Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in-race support crews will take their place proudly in the race convoy. Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK and the podcast's co-host, describes the logistical and operational challenge in preparing our neutral service support for a race with a diverse array of technical requirements. Phil shares his experiences from inside a neutral service vehicle at the recent Tour of Britain, too.  Sophie Wright is a professional cyclist with the Alé BTC Ljubljana squad: an Italian-registered team competing at the sport's highest level. As a ‘graduate' of a Brother UK-sponsored domestic squad, Sophie is well-placed to comment on the race's appeal to visiting superstars and homegrown talent.  Mick Bennett is the Race Director of The Tour of Britain and The Women's Tour. A former Commonwealth champion and Olympic medallist, he has spent a lifetime in the sport, most of it at the helm of Britain's biggest races. His insights on the myriad challenges faced in staging a world-class bike race are well worth hearing.  Becky Storrie is a young woman in a hurry. Signed in mid-season by CAMS-Basso from the Brother UK-OnForm development team, she will make her stage race debut at The Women's Tour, testing her legs over six days alongside the newly-crowned world road race and time-trial champions. Becky's honest and insightful comments on such a daunting opportunity offer an invaluable insight.  Co-host Timothy John has been the editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc and is now a consultant. A journalist by training, he interviews each of the guests and presents and produces the episode. As a writer covering professional cycling since 2012, he has witnessed several editions of The Women's Tour. 

This episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast offers an in-depth preview of the 2021 Tour of Britain. Its documentary-style investigation features an impressive cast of expert witnesses. Riders, sponsors, route planners, neutral service providers and journalists combine to provide a thought-provoking prelude to the latest edition of Britain's biggest bike race.  Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK and the podcast's co-host, describes the detailed planning required of the Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in-race support crews in stepping up from top-tier domestic racing to supporting the world's best riders. He offers insights into the race's commercial impact, too.  Route Director Andy Hawes describes the vast logistical challenge of creating a 1310-kilometre route with 19,000 metres of climbing. He offers insights too on the intense demands of his in-race role as Moto Regulator, riding pillion on the penultimate motorbike ahead of the peloton as its last line of defence.  Harry Tanfield rides for UCI WorldTour squad Team Qhubeka-NextHash. The 26-year-old has ridden the Tour of Britain twice: making his debut in 2017 for a Brother UK-sponsored domestic team and returning in 2019 as a fully-fledged professional. His insights on the differing agendas of top-tier and third-tier teams are fascinating.  Larry Hickmott is the founder and editor of VeloUK.net and has covered every edition of the Tour of Britain since it relaunched in 2004. Larry shares insights from discussions on the route of this year's race with riders and managers and offers his hopes for the selection of Britain's brightest talents.  Co-host Timothy John has been the editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc and is now a consultant. A journalist by training, he interviews each of the guests and presents and produces the episode. As a writer covering professional cycling since 2012, he has witnessed several editions of the Tour of Britain.

The Tour Series is Britain's best-loved series of city centre circuit races. Since 2009, it's granted an early opportunity to blossoming British talent. Brother UK has sponsored The Tour Series since 2014 and served as Official Print and Results Partner since 2016. We proudly sponsor the Brother Fastest Lap competition, too.  This episode is the second instalment of a two-part preview of the 2021 Tour Series. Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by Larry Hickmott, the editor of VeloUK.net. The trio discuss key points from part one: a documentary-style examination of crit racing, also available from this platform.  Reigning British Circuit Race Champions Joey Walker and Rebecca Durrell shared insights in our investigative episode. Tim reflects on Joey's revelation that elite riders must always race on the very limit of crashing, such is the speed and intensity of top-level crit races like those featured in The Tour Series. Phil offers his first impressions of all-action crit racing (“flat out from the gun and hold on till the line”) and a more detailed analysis based on the huge “situational awareness” that a rider must have to process the position of rivals, team-mates and instructions received while passing the pits. Larry considers the star performers of the season-to-date and reflects that The Tour Series will represent a first coming together. He identifies Lucy Lee and Dani Shrosbree of Team Brother UK-LDN, Team Breeze and the Brother UK-sponsored Crimson Performance men's squad among those to watch when The Tour Series begins.  A condensed, week-long campaign represents The Tour Series' return from its Covid-enforced absence last year. Councils have traditionally invested in hosting rounds. Many now face budget shortfalls, following austerity and a public health crisis. Phil argues that the need to reinvigorate town centres offers race organisers a new selling point.  Larry reports on the huge crowds who attended the recent National Circuit Series events in Otley and Ilkley. He reflects on public desire for enjoyment and events after a series of lockdowns. Covid, he concedes, continues to present elite cycle sport with an uncertain future, in the short-term at least.  Tim argues that this September's Tour of Britain will represent a valuable barometer of public opinion. Britain's national tour has its “grand départ” on the Cornish riviera in September. The willingness or otherwise of crowds to gather in towns like Penzance to greet the race will be revealing, Tim maintains. The trio considers the roster of top performers who have established reputations at The Tour Series. Alice and Hannah Barnes, Graham Briggs, Ed Clancy, Dean Downing, Grace and Lucy Garner, Anna Henderson and Tom Pidcock are just some who used its town centre circuit races as a springboard to stardom.  Listen now to enjoy insights from Tim, Larry and Phil and whet your appetite for the return of The Tour Series. Don't forget to check out part one of this episode for insights from Joey Walker (Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing), Rebecca Durrell (CAMS-Basso), Peter Hodges (SweetSpot) and Mark Botteley (Team Brother UK-OnForm). 

The Brother UK-sponsored Tour Series is Britain's biggest circuit racing series. It's brought adrenaline-fuelled racing to town-centre circuits the length and breadth of the country since 2009. Many household names gained prominence at the Tour Series, including Anna Henderson, the Brother Cycling 'graduate' now winning races in the UCI Women's WorldTour. Our guests for this investigative edition could scarcely be more qualified to comment. Joey Walker, a rider for Brother UK-sponsored Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing, is the reigning British Circuit Race Champion. So too is Rebecca Durrell, who won the women's title while riding for Team Brother UK-Tifosi p/b OnForm, now CAMS-Basso. Rebecca and Joey share insights gained from their experience at the pinnacle of the sport. They lift the lid on start line nerves, riding on the limit of crashing, managing the logistical and tactical demands of the Tour Series and sharing the sensation of victory with crowds of several thousand people. Mark Botteley offers a manager's viewpoint. He describes the challenges his young riders are likely to face in the 2021 Tour Series, describes the tactical options for a squad long on potential but short on experience, and calls for elite domestic road racing to embrace the Covid-inspired opportunity to restructure.  Peter Hodges is the Communications Director at SweetSpot Group, the Tour Series organisers, and a man who has witnessed an astonishing 102 of the 107 rounds held by the competition since 2009. He describes its challenges, successes and plans for the future, and even shares memories of his favourite venues. Phil Jones is the Managing Director of Brother UK and this podcast's co-host. As the leader of a major business and sponsor of the Tour Series, Phil is keenly aware of its economic challenges. He offers a positive vision for continued partnerships between the race and local authorities as councils seek new ways to revive town centres decimated by lockdown.  Part one of this eleventh episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast offers everything you need to know about Britain's best-loved crit series, from pre-race anxiety to post-race recovery, physical exhaustion to emotional exhilaration. Check out part two for a discussion of the issues featuring co-hosts Tim and Phil and Larry Hickmott, the editor of Brother UK-sponsored VeloUK.net.

The eleventh edition of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast celebrates the return to national road racing after an absence of more than a year with the 2021 Women's CiCLE Classic. Brother UK will have an unmissable presence at this superb race with three sponsored teams in the peloton and the Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in-race support crews in the race convoy.    Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, share their experiences, insights and excitement as a journalist and sponsor respectively. Both have had the privilege of riding shotgun in a Neutral Service p/b Brother UK support vehicle, and both pay handsome tribute to the volunteer crews facing their busiest weekend of the year.    Colin Clews, the founder and race director of the CiCLE Classic in all its forms (men's, women's and juniors), offers a fascinating view from inside the race: its foundation, its budget, its benefactor, and a route that beguiles as many as it exhausts. He reveals a unique feature of this year's parcours: a route through Owston that no previous edition of the race has followed.    Sian Botteley of Team Brother UK-OnForm offers a view from behind the handlebars. Despite finishing in the top 10 of the 2017 edition of the Women's CiCLE Classic, her unique perspective comes from local knowledge rather than experience of the race: its celebrated country lanes are her home training roads. Sian talks adrenaline, concentration, endurance and excitement in her illuminating contribution to this episode.   Tony Barry is the manager of the Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in-race support crews. Formerly a rider, Team GB road manager and board member at British Cycling, there's little about elite bike racing that Tony doesn't know. He offers facts, figures, insights, memories and more from his service at previous editions of the CiCLE Classic.    Larry Hickmott is officially the founder and editor of VeloUK.net and, unofficially, the hardest working man in cycling. Despite covering countless editions of the men's CiCLE Classic, 2021 will see his first visit to the women's race. He talks course recces and the advantage of local knowledge, while revealing the best viewpoints from which to capture memorable images of Britain's most photogenic bike race.    Enjoy this latest episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, and catch up with our earlier editions on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Just search “Brother UK Cycling Podcast”, subscribe, and leave your feedback.  

Rebecca Richardson is the special guest in this tenth edition of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast. Rebecca's hill climb prowess has made her a familiar face to Brother Cycling's followers (she's the reigning Welsh hill climb champion, after all). Now, she's added another string to her bow: setting endurance records. Rebecca joins co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, to discuss her new women's record for the Brecon Beacons Circuit: a gruelling, 104-mile loop with 6,500ft of climbing. Rebecca completed the course – which includes an ascent of Black Mountain – at an average speed of 20.7mph. Rebecca reveals the genesis of her attempt: a quest for renewed motivation in the depths of lockdown. She describes her preparation, equipment choices, nutrition strategy and liaisons with the Road Records Association: an institution whose history can be traced to its foundation in 1888. Revealingly, she describes her fears and satisfaction, too.  Phil shares his emotional response to the demands of his #TOB1DA challenge: a feat that saw him ride the entire course of the 2018 Tour of Britain, one day ahead of the race. He gets geeky with Rebecca, too, quizzing her on data and equipment in a “techy time out”. Tim offers insights into drivetrain friction from his work with one of the leading lubricant brands and, with Rebecca, explores the importance of adventure, the challenges of pacing and the similarities between cycling's hill climb and endurance communities. He even shares his difficulty in pronouncing the name of Welsh village, Bwlch! Listen now to enjoy a lively conversation that covers a range of topics, from the technical requirements of Rebecca's record-setting ride to its emotional demands. From aerodynamics to pre-ride anxiety, gear selection to roadside support, this episode explores every aspect of a gruelling cycling challenge that demanded speed and endurance.

In episode nine of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by members of a Brother UK-sponsored cycling team in a hurry. The elite Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing squad are planning to make 2021 a season to remember.   Guests Matt Hallam, the team's founder and owner, manager and rider, marquee signing Joey Walker, the reigning British Circuit Race Champion, and Melissa Greaves, rider and assistant manager of the Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing team's women's squad, join Tim and Phil to discuss management, sponsorship, content, racing, Cumbria, Manchester and more.   Matt describes how his vision for the team has expanded since its foundation in 2018, his embrace of content and identity, attracting blue chip backers like Brother UK, Porsche and Rapha, and identifying and acquiring talented riders. Additionally, he shares the story behind the team's “Dare To Dream” launch video.   Joey offers insights into his life as a professional cyclist, including support from accomplished father Chris, the disappointment of riding for teams that later folded, including Madison and Vitus, the attraction of a berth with Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing, and his ambitions to enjoy success and longevity on the domestic scene.   Melissa describes how her role in the Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing team's women's squad has expanded from rider to assistant manager, and explains how the skills behind the diverse job roles enjoyed by its team members – everything from medical doctor to sheep farmer – pays dividends in the heat of a race.   Listen now to enjoy a detailed but light-hearted conversation with the people at the heart of one of British cycle sport's fastest-growing teams, and learn how leadership, dedication and a sense of “positive friction” are as essential to success in the elite domestic peloton as in a major business.

In the 2nd episode of the series, 'People with a Passion', Allistair gets to chat with the Managing Director of Brother UK Technologies, Phil Jones MBE.

This week's podcast special guest is Phil Jones MBE, Key Note Speaker, and the Managing Director at Brother UK. Phil has over 25 years of experience in the business. Honestly, this is a MUST listen even if you don't want to pursue a career in business you will learn the benefits of self-mastery and ENJOY!

Episode Eight of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast examines management. Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones lead an insightful discussion. The guests are the managers of our three sponsored teams. We examine the challenges of leadership in sport and business. And we consider the rewards, too: personal, professional and sporting. Simon Howes is the experienced manager of Team Brother UK-OnForm. Ian Watson, aka Coach Watto, manages the Brother UK-LDN squad. Matt Hallam is rider-manager at Brother UK-sponsored Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing. The trio reflects on the demands of cycle team management. We hear how their challenges are magnified by systemic instability. Phil describes the challenges cycling faces from the wider economy. He explains how the Covid lockdown will affect sponsorship budgets. And he again urges cycling to develop new revenue streams. Further, Phil offers parallels from his extensive study of leadership. His insights include Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb's “black swan” theory. Tim questions the three managers on a range of topics. These include British Cycling's plans for the National Road Series. He explores the potential benefits of app-based, on-demand television coverage. He asks the managers to describe character traits for leadership. And he explores the importance of maintaining a positive attitude.   Ian describes why “communication, communication, communication” is his lockdown mantra. Matt explains why resilience is essential in cycling and business. Simon shares his efforts to overcome the post-Brexit “90-day rule”. He describes the travel restrictions now faced by British athletes. And he reveals how he and British Cycling can help.    Listen now to enjoy an honest, insightful and revealing discussion. Discover the parallels between business leadership and cycle team management. Hear Phil and our managers describe their strategies for success. Discover techniques for managing top performers and essential support staff. And learn about Brother UK's support for its sponsored teams.

Topics Discussed: Brother UK during Covid-19, and Phil Jones approach towards his staff during this difficult period Phil Jones' rise to becoming the MD at Brother UK, and his humble beginnings Phil Jones aspiration to make Brother UK a compassionate company, and that the staff all feel seen, appreciated and valued The integral role of leadership in creating a good compassionate culture, and how many CEOs think this can be outsourced to other departments How all companies are dysfunctional, the best companies just manage this dysfunction more successfully  The importance of asking your employees what is going on in their lives, and making sure the working environment is safe enough for them to be honest and open How some CEOs are unwilling to take any role in the improvement of their work culture, and how this lack of care results in disengaged employees Phil Jones' experience with being a bad manager when he was the Sales Director of Brother UK, and how the personal development he took at this time helped him become a much better manager How difficult it was for Phil Jones when undergoing this Personal Development, as he had to calibrate who he felt like he was on the inside with how people actually saw him How people believe that the behaviours that got them to where they are now are the same ones that will get them to the next stage, and how this is not true Mastery of subject matter and mastery of self, and how Phil Jones believes this will help you achieve in a business environment.  The importance of having support from other people when going through a personal development journey, and how men, in particular, can struggle to ask for this support  Finding other people who speak a similar language to you, and how you tend to find them when you work more on yourself  Phil Jones' Correlative Leadership Framework, and the four pillars; Physical, Emotional, Digital and Spiritual How many people roll their eyes at the mention of Spirituality, but how it is everyone deals with in their life   Being human, and the importance as a leader or a manager by making sure that your employees feel seen and cared for The issues that have risen with remote working, and how it's harder to find employees who are having problems as it is easier to hide  Phil Jones' practice of factoring in time to be with people in his business and make sure they are all fine, and his Out, On, In framework Phil Jones' experience giving a talk to 200 old school CEOs about emotional leadership, and how they didn't it The difficulty in helping someone to be more emotionally aware, and how you need to undergo a journey of personal development in order to do this How we learn our leadership styles from our past leaders, even if we don't like them, and how Phil Jones is appreciative that has worked many different jobs as he had experienced bad management  The importance of leading by example The importance of congruence and cultivating that How putting people first will ultimately help your bottom line  The importance of cultivating trust through not just your words, but through cementing those words with actions afterwards Phil Jones' experience during Covid-19, and how much he cares for all of those who work for him and their situations as well  Phil Jones' DESK approach to self care; Diet, Exercise, Sleep and Kindness to Yourself How showing your employees your emotions and vulnerability can help connect you with them Phil Jones' Sporting Hero Phil Jones' Non-Sporting Hero Phil Jones' 2021 personal goal Phil Jones' top post-Covid plan Phil Jones' top three leadership skills; know yourself, read a lot and listen a lot References: Phil Jones' Website - http://www.philjones.biz/blog/Phil Jones' LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philjones40/?Phil Jones' Twitter - https://twitter.com/PhilJones40? 

In this episode, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by regular contributor Larry Hickmott, the founder and editor of VeloUK.net, to talk through several of the issues raised in our in-depth investigation of elite British domestic road racing, The Way Ahead.  Tim, Phil and Larry listen to clips taken from parts one and two of episode six and offer their perspectives on plans to restructure elite domestic road racing in three tiers, British Cycling's new Elite Development Team status and the feasibility of introducing a minimum wage to elite domestic road racing.  Phil offers a forensic analysis of the commercial landscape in which the sport must fight for survival and shares valuable insights into Brother UK's sponsorship goals, ranging from the power of association with the sporting values embodied by our teams to the advantages and limitations of television coverage in a new media age.  Larry brings insights from his work at VeloUK, including a recent interview with Giles Pidcock, father of new British superstar Tom Pidcock, and shares the wealth of knowledge gained from 21 years spent covering the domestic scene, including the last period in which it functioned with a dedicated category for domestic pros.  Tim, formerly the editor of RoadCyclingUK and Rouleur.cc, asks why the domestic scene, with its proven fund of riding talent and compelling races like the Lincoln GP, CiCLE Classic and Beaumont Trophy, isn't more respected, and asks if more could be done by British Cycling to advocate for its National Road Series with professional cycling's power brokers. Enjoy insights too from pre-recorded interviews with Erick Rowsell, British Cycling's Elite Road Racing Manager, and Sophie Wright, a Brother Cycling graduate to the WorldTour, now racing as a paid professional with Alé-BTC Ljubljana.

In this second instalment of our in-depth investigation of elite British domestic road racing, we turn our attention to the teams and riders: the managers, volunteers and athletes attempting to recover from a year without racing and fighting for survival after years of declining investment.    Our six expert witnesses speak with authority on the sporting, commercial, economic and administrative challenges of reviving a sport decimated by the coronavirus lockdown and struggling to regain the glory of an golden era still within recent memory.    Harry Tanfield has found a route back to the UCI WorldTour with Team Assos-Qhubeka, but reveals his disappointment at being told by Ag2r-La Mondiale in the weeks approaching his Grand Tour debut at the 2020 La Vuelta Espana that his services would not be required for 2021. A rider whose experience encompasses the Chorley Grand Prix and Ghent-Wevelgem, Harry offers his insights into the differences between domestic and WorldTour racing.   Like Harry, Sophie Wright graduated to the top-tier of professional cycling from a Brother UK-sponsored team in 2019. Like Harry, her first WorldTour employer (Cervélo-Bigla, later Équipe Paule Ka) folded. Unlike Harry, she had already signed a two-year deal with another suitor (ALE-BTC Ljubljana). Sophie shares her experience of the instability of a cycling career and her insights into the tactical gulf that separates domestic and professional racing.    Rebecca Durrell received no contract offers from UCI Women's WorldTour teams when she succeeded Sophie as National Road Series champion, despite her formidable talent and further accolades, including the British Elite Circuit Race title. Becks reflects on the shifting requirements of top-tier teams, the value of domestic racing as a proving ground for a professional career, and impending motherhood.    British Cycling's Elite Road Racing Manager, Erick Rowsell, competed in the biggest races at home and abroad during eight years as a professional rider. In this episode, Erick calls for fewer and better British-registered, UCI Continental teams and describes the intended benefits of British Cycling's new Elite Development Team status.    Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director and this podcast's co-host, offers a forensic analysis of the wider economic factors affecting cycling teams and an invaluable guide to the business of winning sponsorship from corporate backers. Phil also considers the comparative value of brand exposure and cycling's values proposition, describing how the sport offers another angle on Brother UK's aim to help its people and partners achieve growth and success.    And Matt Hallam, the owner and manager of the Brother UK-sponsored Crimson Performance-Orientation Marketing team, shares the secrets of his impressive ability to attract new sponsors and further investment, even in a year with no racing, and lifts the lid on his ultimate ambition for a team founded to grant racing opportunities to riders in North West England but which now has more ambitious goals.

On Episode 15 of NHE's Finger on the Pulse podcast, brought to you by Brother UK, regular host Matt Roberts is joined by Ged Cairns and Matt Jones of Brother UK to discuss how IT and technology can directly impact and improve patient care - the only real "currency" which matters across the health sector, as Matt Jones explains.

Domestic road racing faced challenging circumstances even before the pandemic, including folding teams and races, a broken economic model, and a shortage of young volunteers willing to replace or even assist the sport's ageing nucleus of race organisers. In the first instalment of a two-part investigation into the commercial and organisational machinery that supports the British road scene, we focus on race organisation and the domestic calendar. Our examination is supported by the testimony of five expert witnesses: Erick Rowsell, Phil Jones, Jonathan Durling, Larry Hickmott and Peter Harrison. Join co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, for a mature, even-handed consideration of the domestic sport's most significant challenges and the methods by which they might be overcome. Erick Rowsell's exclusive revelation that British Cycling will hold a National Road Series in 2021 is one of many insights uncovered.

Hi there, I'm Ben Morton and welcome to my podcast. The aim of the show is to really dig into the art and science of leadership through interviews with MDs, CEOs and other senior leaders. In doing so, I'm going to try and decode and identify all of the things that we can do to become even better leaders for our organisations and those that we have the privilege and responsibility to lead. https://mailchi.mp/1a4280df3501/9gcib1bw0r (Free Visual Summaries) I've been working with an incredibly talented artist to create a set on fantastic visual summaries of the first five episodes. To grab the full set simply click this https://mailchi.mp/1a4280df3501/9gcib1bw0r (link), enter your details and we'll fire them straight across to you via email. Episode Overview In this episode, episode number 2, I'm joined by Phil Jones who is the Managing Director of the UK arm of the multi-national Information, Communication and Technology Manufacturer - Brother. I first met Phil around six years ago and was immediately struck by his passion for leadership and building a great culture that makes others feel safe whilst enabling them to perform at the highest level. When I started thinking about launching this podcast, I knew that I had to have Phil on the show and I'm delighted to have him as my first guest. In this episode, which was recorded early on in the COVID-10 lockdown, we covered a lot of ground including things like leading in a crisis and the importance of being clear on your personal vision, mission, values and guiding principles. We also look at life goals, horizon scanning and dropping the mask. So, without any further delay, enjoy my conversation with Phil Jones. Visual Summaries Be sure to grab your visual summaries https://mailchi.mp/1a4280df3501/9gcib1bw0r (here). #LeadOn

E-racing has become cycling's most popular discipline since the introduction of Covid-mandated lockdowns. Cyclists using so-called ‘smart' trainers compete online in digital worlds. Watts transmitted from real-world riders power avatars around virtual courses. Exhausting races force indoor cyclists to ‘go deep' for success. E-cycling is fundamentally an athletic endeavour and, therefore, the most credible e-sport. E-racing has filled the competitive void created by race cancellations. Professional cyclists have embraced platforms like Zwift and RGT Cycling. Further, race organisers have reimagined real-world events as digital competitions. The Virtual Tour de France is the biggest to date. The Skoda V Women's Tour represents a further, significant example. This episode features expert witnesses from professional cycling's new frontier. Riders, race organisers, technical partners and major sponsors offer insights. E-racing represents more than a digital fix to Covid-mandated cancellations. It has potential to address the sport's endemic commercial weaknesses. We explore online racing's full significance with commentary from five informed observers. Phil Jones MBE is the Managing Director of Brother UK. He has made the company British road racing's leading sponsor. His passion for the sport is balanced by commercial expertise. Return on investment is an essential requirement of Brother's sponsorships. Phil's observations on e-racing's vast commercial potential offer real insight. Peter Hodges is the Sweetspot Group's PR and Communications Director. He was one of four people there who worked throughout lockdown. Their efforts delivered the Skoda V Women's Tour. Peter shares experiences from building a world-class e-race from scratch. His insights include observations on e-racing's more youthful demographic. Leah Dixon triumphed in the inaugural Skoda V Women's Tour. Her Virtual Tour de France debut was highly successful, too. Leah and her Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank squad dominated the race. She reveals the critical role e-racing played in her development, and she describes the genuine emotions that accompany virtual victories. Chris Snook is Senior PR Manager for market leader Zwift. The game-changing e-racing platform powered the Virtual Tour de France. Chris reveals the demands of rendering cycling's biggest event digitally. New ‘worlds' created for the race included a virtual Champs-Élysées. Chris, a former racer, also reflects on e-racing's commercial potential. Anna Henderson is the British U23 road and time-trial champion. She is a professional cyclist who races for Team Sunweb. Anna's performance in the Virtual Tour de France was impressive. She reflects on e-racing's comparative value to a professional team focussed on road racing. And she shares insights on e-racing as a collaborative endeavour. Timothy John is a journalist, presenter, producer and brand consultant. He co-hosts the Brother UK Cycling Podcast with Phil Jones. Tim has covered cycling as editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc. His editorial and commercial experience afford him an holistic view. He explores the e-racing phenomenon as an impartial observer.

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter chats nutrition with Annie Simpson, a former racing cyclist on how to handle your diet and nutrition in a lockdown, eating for immune health, how to control snacking, how to fuel and hydrate for indoor training, and being kind to yourself during this stressful time. Thank you to Brother UK for the support on the podcast, you can follow them @BrotherCycling on Twitter.

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter chats nutrition with Annie Simpson, a former racing cyclist on how to handle your diet and nutrition in a lockdown, eating for immune health, how to control snacking, how to fuel and hydrate for indoor training, and being kind to yourself during this stressful time. Thank you to Brother UK for the support on the podcast, you can follow them @BrotherCycling on Twitter.

In this episode we have an in-depth interview with seven-time world track champion, world time-trial champion and Olympic silver medalist, Chloe Dygert about her winning mentality, the sensational time trial world title in Yorkshire, her ambitions on the track, and breaking world records. With thanks to WattBike and Peloton Magazine.

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Hannah Walker chats to South African road race and time trial champion, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio of CCC - LIV on her new love of Zwift, racing in the virtual world, her business venture, Rocacorba Cycling, and Tokyo 2021. Hannah also speaks to 2019 HSBC UK National Road Series winner and British Criterium Champion, Becks Durrell of CAMS - Tifosi. Thank you to Brother UK for their continued support of our podcast. You can follow them on twitter @BrotherCycling 

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter and Hannah Walker discuss the newly released UCI Women's World Tour calendar for 2020, which included a Paris Roubaix for women. Laura has a chat to Danish superstar, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of FDJ Naqui Futuroscope. Thank you to Brother UK for their support of our podcast, you can follow them over on Twitter @BrotherCycling

Hill climbing is arguably the hardest discipline in cycling - an event in which the riders literally race to collapse. It is a brutal and compelling spectacle for the thousands of spectators who line the hill at events like Monsal Head, but the inner battle waged by the competitors is equally demanding. In this fourth episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, sit down with two of Britain's most successful hill climbers: Adam Kenway (Vitus Pro Cycling Team, p/b Brother UK) and Rebecca Richardson (Team Brother UK-OnForm).  Adam is a former British hill climb champion and twice a winner at Monsal Head - arguably the discipline's most prestigious event. Rebecca is the Welsh hill climb champion, the reigning women's champion at Monsal Head and a podium finisher at last year's British championships.  Equipment, tactics, pacing strategy and the willingness to 'go deep' in pursuit of success, even if it means engaging inner demons, are among the topics covered in this fascinating conversation with two riders who have mastered a discipline that is outwardly simple and inwardly complex.  Please note, this episode was recorded before UK Government measures to enforce social distancing. Brother UK strongly endorses the government's advice and urges listeners to this podcast to #stayhomesavelives. 

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter talks to former Belgian road race champion and Olympic bronze medalist, Jolien D'hoore about the relationship test of being home during lockdown, her courier service for the vulnerable community, the Olympic Games, Spring Classics and more. Thank you to Brother UK for their support of our podcast. You can follow them on Twitter @BrotherCycling

The UK's elite road race scene is built on talent, dedication and enormous reserves of goodwill. In the third episode of the new Brother UK Cycling Podcast co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones talk to three people with first-hand experience of the value of family and community support.     Team Brother UK-OnForm's manager Simon Howes and his partner Michelle Jenner join us to describe long weekends (at bike races), sun-soaked getaways (at training camps), and the delicate art of preparing a casserole amid an enormous kit delivery.   Welsh hill climb champion Rebecca Richardson, a Brother UK-sponsored athlete and member of Team Brother UK-OnForm, is a single parent, business owner and elite rider. She talks frankly about an athlete's need for positive voices and the value of logistical and emotional support from her parents and the cycling community, as well as financial support from Brother UK.   Plus, Phil and Simon lift the lid on the reincarnation of the Brother UK-Tifosi women's team as CAMS-Tifosi - a privileged insight into the mechanics of sponsorship from Brother UK's Managing Director and the General Manager of CAMS-Tifosi and Team Brother UK-OnForm.    Please note, this episode was recorded before UK Government measures to enforce social distancing. Brother UK strongly endorses the government's advice and urges listeners to this podcast to #stayhomesavelives.

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter chats to Alison Jackson of Team Sunweb on how she is dealing with lockdown life, learning new tricks such as juggling and wheelies, training in Limburg, the Sunweb Keep Challenging Centre and her love for the Classics. Thank you to Brother UK for their support of our podcast, you can follow them on Twitter @BrotherCycling 

Drew Morris is the Manager of Team Brother UK - LDN, and Jonas Rooze is a member of the men's team.

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast, host Hannah Walker chats to owner of Dynamique Fitness and the Three HIIT Wonder, Charline Jones neé Joiner. Charline, a former racing cyclist and Commonwealth Games silver medalist tells us her coping mechanisms during lockdown, how to keep the body moving and the mind active as well as how to sign up to her workouts for only £10 per month for over 30 sessions. You can get signed up here: https://www.dynamiquefitness.com  You can follow Charline on Twitter and Instagram @ChaJoiner or visit her fitness page @DynamiqueFitness. Thank you to Brother UK for their support of our podcast, you can follow them on Twitter @brothercycling

In this episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter speaks to seasoned pro, Lauren Kitchen straight off her Zwift ride with her team, FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope.  Thanks to Brother UK for their support on our podcast, you can follow them on Twitter @brothercycling

Welcome to the first episode of the new Brother UK Cycling podcast. Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, talk to Dean Downing, a legend of the British road scene. Dean is the former British circuit race and madison champion and is now among the sport's most sought-after coaches. In part one, Dean talks about the early phases of his career. He begins by describing a happy childhood spent in the Yorkshire mining village of Thurcroft, where he and his brother Russell were taught how to race by their father, Ken Downing. Dean then discusses moving to London to pursue a career in construction management and later to Belgium to begin racing full-time. He describes winning the British madison title with Russell and representing Great Britain in the same event at rounds of the 2003/04 UCI Track World Cup and the 2004 World Championships. He describes forming lifelong friendships through cycling from Australia to Flanders and reveals how he discovered training with power data late in his career. Dean explains how this revelation now helps him to coach the new generation of British professionals. Dean, Phil and Tim are joined by Larry Hickmott, founder and editor of VeloUK.net and unofficially the hardest working man in UK cycling. Larry shares his memories of Dean's career and offers insights from his hard-earned position at the heart of the domestic sport.   Please note, this episode was recorded before UK Government measures to enforce social distancing. Brother UK strongly endorses the government's advice and urges listeners to this podcast to #stayhomesavelives.

Episode two of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast continues a fascinating conversation with Dean Downing, the former British Circuit Race Champion and British Madison Champion and now a sought-after coach.  Dean shares more stories from his riding career, including his most cherished victory, and offers his thoughts on the challenges faced by the domestic road scene: the structural and financial issues that have caused long-term instability, distinct from the recent slew of race cancellations caused by the coronavirus pandemic.  He describes the influence of former team manager John Herety on his development as a rider and later as a sports director. He reveals the mental challenge of recovering from a hit-and-run accident at the very start of his second career as a coach, manager and brand ambassador.  Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by Larry Hickmott, the founder and editor of VeloUK.net, for this fascinating conversation with one of the most successful domestic riders of the last fifteen years.  Please note, this episode was recorded before UK Government measures to enforce social distancing. Brother UK strongly endorses the government's advice and urges listeners to this podcast to #stayhomesavelives.

In this weeks episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter speaks to Trek - Segafredo's Abi van Twisk.  Abi talks making new food recipes with her house mate Lucy Shaw as well as making and perfecting their Tik Tok's. How Abi's keeping motivated and dealing with the crisis, her creative side and the support from the team, Trek - Segafredo. Thanks to Brother UK for their support on our podcast, you can follow them on Twitter @brothercycling

In the latest episode of the Voxwomen Cycling Podcast powered by Brother UK, Laura Winter chats to Zwift Academy winner and professional cyclist Ella Harris from the CANYON // SRAM Racing Team on Zwift Racing, what she's getting up to in lockdown down under in New Zealand, her loss of routine and how she's coping, along with her maiden pro win in Australia.   Thanks to Brother UK for their support on our podcast, you can follow them on Twitter @brothercycling

Road cycling podcast focused on the UK domestic scene hosted by Timothy John and Phil Jones. Featuring interviews with team managers, riders and stakeholders in the sport.

Rachael travels to Manchester to meet Phil Jones MBE, CEO of Brother UK, and to find out more about developing a company culture that is able to adapt to a fast-moving marketplace. As the landscape of work becomes ever more complex, how can you as a company ensure you have a workforce that is adaptable, resilient and diverse enough to make smart business decisions? Phil Jones MBE talks to Rachael about how to drive culture change, and the key values and behaviours needed to support a modern workforce. Do your people feel included enough to participate? Are they engaged to the level needed to boost innovation in a market as fierce and fast-paced as tech? Phil shares personal insights and examples of the changes he made – large and small – that have seen Brother UK named as one of the Times Top 100 places to work, as well as an Investors in People Platinum Workplace. Connect with Phil on Twitter. You're listening to Reworked, the EW Group podcast on workplace culture. For more on EW Group and the work we do to build inclusive cultures, follow us on Twitter.

On Wednesday 5th July 2017, Forever Manchester held its annual Business Supporters Lunch at the Lowry Hotel. The event was kindly sponsored by Close Brothers. Listen to talks from Forever Manchester Chief Executive Nick Massey, Close Brother's Jannette Makings together with Al Mackin (Chair at Forever Manchester). Phil Jones, (Brother UK) and Trevor Mather (Auto Trader). 

5 ways to stay in front of mind; the importance of following up referrals you've passed or received; Phil Jones, Country Head of Brother UK, on networking for your career; Zoey Jones - 'Maniac'; No holds barred - networking for constructive feedback

Interview with Phil Jones, Country Head of Brother UK on selling to large organisations, 5 ways to network into a new market, interview on referral strategy for Letstalkbusinessonline.com, Are you Listening?, music from Chris Butler