Welsh cycling superstar Geraint Thomas is entered in the 2025 Lloyds National Road Championships in Ceredigion next week.
Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), twice national champion, twice Olympic champion and 2018 Tour de France winner, is entered in the road race and time-trial in what would be his last National Road Championships, having announced he is retiring at the end of the year.
Twenty former cycling national road champions headline the provisional rider list for the championships in Ceredigion, which gets underway on Thursday, June 26. Riders will compete in both Aberaeron and Aberystwyth, with routes taking then both inland and along the coastal road.
Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team) will be one to watch in the women’s elite road race and under-23 time-trial. Ferguson is fresh from an impressive 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women campaign where she claimed both the points classifications and best young rider jerseys, the best British rider accolade and a career-first stage win in Kelso.
Three-time national road race and 2022’s under-23 time-trial champion Pfeiffer Georgi (Team Picnic PostNL) is set to defend her title. Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek), who won the time-trial last year in preparation for her silver-medal winning performance in the Olympic time-trial, also returns.
Max Walker (EF Education–EasyPost) will be looking to go one better after winning silver last year in the national road elite time-trial, while Seb Grindley (Lidl – Trek Future Racing) will be keen to build on his junior silver at worlds last year in the under-23 time-trial.
Welsh riders include Owain Doull (EF Education – EasyPost), sisters Zoe (CANYON-SRAM zondacrypto) and Elynor Backstedt (UAE Team ADQ) and Elinor (Uno-X Mobility) and Megan Barker (Tekkerz CC).
Twice national champion, twice Olympic champion and 2018 Tour de France winner, Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) is entered in the road race and time-trial in his home country in what would be his last National Road Championships, after announcing he is due to retire at the end of the year.
Aberaeron’s hometown hero Josh Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers) is hoping to return to make it a hat-trick and defend his time-trial title from the previous two years, while Tomos Pattinson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development) will aim to defend his U23 men’s time-trial title from last year.
The 2025 Lloyds National Road Championships provides a fantastic platform for British riders to enjoy the home roads and experience the support of friends, family and local fans.
A total of 10 coveted national champion’s jerseys are up for grabs across three days of racing, with the time-trial on Thursday, June 26, the circuit race on Friday, June 27 and the road race concluding the action on Sunday, June 29.
Councillor Clive Davies, Ceredigion County Council’s cabinet member for economy and regeneration, said: “We are pleased to see such an exciting line up for the Lloyds National Road Racing Championships and we look forward to welcoming the riders and supporters to Ceredigion.”
For more information about the routes of all three stages, the race, host venues and participating teams, visit: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships
The 2025 Lloyds National Road Championships starts with a challenging time-trial in Aberaeron on June 26. Starting in Ffos-y-Ffin, the elite women, under-23 women and under-23 open will take to 27km of road, while the elite open will have to battle over 41km.
Aberystwyth plays host to both the circuit race on June 27 and the road race on June 29, allowing fans to come down and watch their favourite national riders battle for the title.
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So have the cyclist’s and support cars been given the OK to break the law ??? as in the 20 limit which we have to crawl though .
Marion Martin Hisom i bet you can’t sleep at night over the worry of someone being able to go faster than 20mph.
A – I think 20 is stupid , B -A bike race was banned a few moths ago because the support cars could not legally keep up with the bikes , C– thousands of welsh drivers have been fined for braking is limit, so why not bikes.and support cars .
Marion Martin Hisom bikes don’t have to obey speed limits. Can you imaging send children to speed awareness classes and getting parents fined for days off school!!! It’s a mad world
Marion Martin Hisom OH Dear, that’s a yes then. Must be staying awake all night worrying about all those speeding cyclists causing accidents. I’m sure you’ll be relieved to see 20mph restrictions reversed. Perhaps the children who survived being hit by a car at 20mph would have also lived if they had been hit at 30mph. (maybe !!!!!!) Let’s see how the much the statistics change when we do go back.
Marion Martin Hisom how to say you don’t know what the Highway code says without actually saying. Perhaps you should hand your driving licence back in.
Try understanding things that are posted on here.
Fantastic!
Yep coursing a hole day of mayhem where even our local vet can’t open and the same for a local factory people living on the route elderly and disabled have been ordered to park there cars elsewhere away from home and ccc are in forcing a clearway with there vehicles being towed away a friend has been told they are using his drive way and forecourt for there vehicles and to keep it clear he owns his property he has said to me it won’t be happening and he has had to book a day of work same for his wife and son as they won’t be able to travel on the rd from his home it’s the same for everyone on the route as all the roads will be closed from 7 till 7 it’s a shambles some businesses stand to loose 1000s this
Mark George if you’re going to try to present a coherent argument, you might first want to learn to spell, and punctuate. The problem you otherwise face, is that people will just laugh at you.
Bob Watkinson maybe you sir need to relise that some people are dyslexic and stop being so judgemental towards others
Mark George don’t those suffering dyslexia bother with punctuation then? Also, does it excuse the nonsensical arguments you put forward? Does it also render you incapable of spell checking your writing?
Bob Watkinson not all so think on not everyone is literate
Just because my writing is crap who are you to judge me or anyone
Mark George I judge you on your content and lack of ability to spell/grammar check. Do have a lovely evening.
Ceredigion is a fantastic backdrop for the 2025 National Road Championships — the blend of rugged coastline and rural climbs should make for some exciting racing. Great to see such a high-profile event coming to West Wales!