What A Day!
Ingleborough 2026 was truly outstanding! Many thanks to all those who took part and to all those who gave their time to make it a sucess.
I’ll add more details to this page over the coming days. First, just a few comments and useful links.
We had fantastic weather for the event and some truly amazing rides. I’d like to acknowledge several that stand out for me, there will be others too.
– Ellen Reynolds 1:12:38 (Elevate CC) first woman overall with a time coming within seconds of the event record and on a road bike.
– Olivia Smallshaw 1:15:32 (Secret Training CC) second woman overall (youth) and on a road bike. An outstanding ride – Olivia clearly has a great competitive cycling future ahead of her.
– Ben Pease 59:11 (Moonglu CC) first open road bike with a time that beats the longstanding event record set by James Gullen on a TT bike.
– Defending open champion, Maxwell Hereward 58:02 (Tactic Sport UK Race Team). Maxwell came within seconds of breaking the event record last year and this year he smashed it.
– George Peden 56:29 (Team PB Performance). What can I say? Nearly three minutes faster than Gullen. We used to say in Pendle Forest CC that the hour would never be broken. This is a truly astonishing achievement.
There are many more, you all have your stories and memories. I’ll be adding more.
Wishing you all a tailwind.
Richard (Event Secretary).