Welcome back to The British Continental podcast, the show all about domestic road racing.  In today's episode, host Denny Gray discusses the way forward for British road racing with Olympian Ed Clancy.

Last August Ed was asked to chair the elite road racing task force, an eight-person panel of experts tasked with the job of developing a series of recommendations for British Cycling to implement in 2024 and beyond. The task force was given a targeted remit, to consider the composition of the elite national calendar (including road and circuit), the challenges facing domestic teams and the opportunities to grow the reach and profile of domestic races. 

Jon Dutton, British Cycling’s CEO, stressed that the task force would not be a talking shop, saying that there were areas where British Cycling “can and will make immediate progress."

After several months of deliberations the task force published its report on Monday, the 29 January. It contained 16 recommendations for British Cycling to take forward, many of them calling for further exploration and review. 

Ed, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, is no stranger to domestic road racing. He was a long-time member of the renowned JLT Condor squad and was regularly at the pointy end of some the country’s top races, particularly when it came to crits.

In this episode, Denny speaks to him about the challenges facing domestic road racing, why he took on the job as chair of the task force, the task force's recommendations, and what difference he thinks the work of the task force will make. 

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