British National Championships: Fred Wright outsprints Lewis Askey and Connor Swift to win elite men’s road title

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Pinarello Q36.5 rider claims second title in four years

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 28/06/2026 - Cycling - British Cycling National Championships - 2026 LLOYDS NATIONAL ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP - MEN/OPEN - Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales - Fred Wright, Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team celebrates as he wins and becomes National Road Race Champion, 2nd Lewis Askey and 3rd Connor Swift
Fred Wright (Pinarello-Q36.5) wins men's elite race at 2026 British National Championships (Image credit: SWPix.com)
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Fred Wright claimed his second elite men's road race title at the British Road Championships, outsprinting Lewis Askey (NSN) and Connor Swift (Netcompany Ineos) by a wheel in a tense three-rider finish. The Pinarello-Q36.5 rider's only two professional victories have both been national titles, the first one coming in 2023.

Swift bridged up to a four-rider break, which included Wright and Askey on the first of the five local laps in Aberystwyth. The quintet, which also included Mattie Dodd (Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy), Elliot Rowe (Visma-Lease a Bike Devo Team) worked well together to build an unassailable lead of almost three minutes with 11 kilometres to go.

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Katy Madgwick

Katy Madgwick is a freelance writer and broadcaster, covering multiple disciplines across both men's and women's pro cycling. Head of Creators at Domestique Cycling, Katy has written for a broad range of publications, and is a regular contributor to Cyclist Magazine, Cyclingnews, TNT Sports and The Roadbook Cycling Almanack. 

On the broadcast side, she is a co-host of the On Yer Bike podcast, occasional contributor to BBC Radio, and features on CADE Media's Pro Show podcast for the first time in 2025.

She is a lover of all things French and a cyclo-cross obsessive, and probably ought to get on her actual bike more often.

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