Annual Rayner Foundation Dinner takes place in Leeds, as vital funds are raised for the next generation of British cyclists. The Rayner Foundation has been one of the few projects on the British Isles that has survived to this day and has become a key step for most of the young cyclists from the country who wish to make a name for themselves racing in Europe.
"Like a boy band gone wrong," is how
Harrison Wood describes
Cofidis in front, as fellow Rayner-funded rider
Oliver Knight prepares to become the second Brit on the French WorldTeam in 2024. Wood's words are said in jest, of course, and immediately draw laughter from the Leeds crowd, that includes GCN reporters, who have gathered at the annual Rayner Foundation Dinner.