Beeline Race Team
Over the years we've been very fortunate to be involved with a number of very good riders. I'd like to say this is down our excellent talent spotting, but some of it was just down to luck! Like many a shop therace team originated from thedesire to get some shop kit made. We sponsored a few shop regulars who were racing with kit and this grew into a team, focused on cyclo cross. Here's a run down of some of our most notable riders.
Emily Wadsworth
Emily rode for Beeline for a number of years and won countless National Titles in the youth ranks on the Mountain Bike, and won the National Junior Cyclo Cross Championships in 2017. Emily spent time on GB's Olympic Development program and is now riding for a Dutch Womens Under 23 Team, NXTGRacing.
Ben Sumner
Ben started riding for us as a junior and his final season was as a elite. His glory years were as an Under where he took bronze at the National Under 23 cyclo crosschampionships three years in a row and rode for Great Britain at the World Cyclo Cross Championships in the Under 23's in Hoogerheide, Holland, 2014 and Tabor, Czech Republic in 2015.
Jozef Metelka
Jozef is a Paralympic gold medallist, winning pursuit and Time Trial in the C4 Class in Rio. Jo has now relocated to Calpe and races as a full time professional. In September 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics Jo retained his Olympic Pursuit Title and took Silver in the Time Trial.
Dan Bigham
Dan was a student at Brookes, a converted triathlete who won the Oxfordshire Road Race League, after which we sponsored him for a year. Dan has gone from strength to strength in recent years; bronze medalist at the World Championships Mixed Time Trial, National Titles at Kilometer, Individual and Team Pursuit on the track, a number of time trial titles and for the last few years has been the driving force behind the Huub-Wattbike track team, and riding for Ribble Pro Cycling on the road. In October 2021 Dan broke Bradley Wiggins Mens British Hour Record.
Ben Tulett
Beeline's World Champion! It seems strange looking back on it now, but Ben hadn't won a National Title, let alone a world title when he began riding for us. Ben rode for us for three years during which time he won the World Junior Cyclo Cross Championships in Valkenburg, Holland in 2018, won back to back National Youth Cross Champs and the National Junior Road Champs. Ben has spent the last two seasons riding as a professional for the Alpecin-Fenix team, finished second in the Mens Elite National Cross Champs in 2020 and has signed for Team Ineos for the 2022 season.
Maddie Wadsworth
Younger sibling of Emily, Maddie represented Great Britain at the World Cyclo Cross Championships at Bogense, Denmark in 2019 and Dubendorf, Switzerland in 2020.
Page Last Updated October 2021.