DAS-Hutchinson to close at end of 2026 after decade in British women’s cycling

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DAS-Hutchinson will stop racing at the end of the 2026 season, bringing to a close a British women’s team whose history stretches back to 2017 and through several familiar names including Team OnForm, Brother UK-Tifosi, CAMS-Tifosi, CAMS-Basso and DAS-Handsling.

The team confirmed that 2026 will be its final season after almost a decade of racing across the British domestic calendar and, from 2020 onwards, at UCI Continental level. Simon Howes has been central to the project throughout that period, overseeing its progression from a strong domestic squad into one of the most recognisable British teams on the international women’s calendar.

The closure removes another established pathway from British women’s racing at a time when the gap between domestic teams and the professional peloton continues to widen. DAS-Hutchinson had built its identity around giving riders access to UCI racing while still treating the National Road and Circuit Series as important parts of the programme.

From Team OnForm to CAMS-Basso

The project began in 2017 as Team OnForm. Brother UK came on board the following year, before the squad raced as Brother UK-Tifosi p/b OnForm in 2019. That season established the team as the leading force in the British domestic women’s scene, with victories across the National Road Series and Tour Series and a roster that included riders such as Anna Henderson.

A larger change came for 2020. The team stepped up to UCI Continental status as CAMS-Tifosi after securing a multi-year sponsorship agreement with CAMS. The move opened the door to a broader international calendar and invitations to races including Amstel Gold Race and the Women’s Tour, although the first UCI season was heavily disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Basso replaced Tifosi as bike partner in 2021, creating the CAMS-Basso name that remained through 2022. Those years produced some of the team’s best-known domestic performances, including another Tour Series title, while the squad increasingly mixed British racing with WorldTour and international UCI events.

CAMS-Basso celebrate winning the 2021 Tour Series

DAS era brought another reset

When the CAMS agreement ended, the squad relaunched as DAS-Handsling for 2023. The underlying structure remained familiar, but the change marked another attempt to keep the project moving forward as sponsorship and equipment partnerships shifted around it.

DAS-Handsling racing at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana in 2023

The following winter brought another significant change when DAS-Handsling merged with Hutchinson-Brother UK. The combined team raced as DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK in 2024 before becoming DAS-Hutchinson for 2025. ProCyclingUK covered the 2024 merger at the time, when the aim was to create a stronger single British Continental structure rather than have the two programmes competing for the same limited pool of riders and sponsors.

That decision helped produce some of the team’s strongest domestic seasons. DAS-Hutchinson won both the National Road and National Circuit Series team classifications in 2024 and 2025, while riders from the squad also took the individual titles. The 2025 season brought the team’s first UCI stage victory and reinforced its position as one of the leading British Continental programmes.

A development route that produced WorldTour riders

The team’s value was not only measured by domestic titles. Across its different identities, it gave riders a place to build towards the highest level. Henderson progressed from the 2019 squad to the WorldTour, Becky Storrie moved on after her CAMS-Basso years, and Robyn Clay stepped up to Team Picnic PostNL for 2026 after a strong spell with DAS-Hutchinson.

Others used the team to combine road racing with international track programmes. Tiffany Keep raced for the squad while preparing for the Paris Olympics, while riders such as Mia Griffin and Alice Sharpe were part of the merged 2024 structure during Ireland’s Olympic qualification cycle.

The 2026 roster reflected the same model. DAS-Hutchinson added riders including Mieke Docx, Meike Uiterwijk Winkel, Anne van Rooijen, Alice McWilliam, Josie Knight and Aliyah Rafferty while retaining a British core around Morven Yeoman and other established riders. Uiterwijk Winkel completed the line-up in December, with the team still speaking then about building on a strong 2025.

Final season closes a long-running British project

DAS-Hutchinson remained competitive through its final year. Katie Scott returned to the team during the spring after winning the East Cleveland Classic, then added another major domestic victory at the Sheffield Grand Prix. Morven Yeoman also remained one of the strongest riders in the National Circuit Series, while the team returned to the Tour of Britain Women as one of four British Continental squads in the field.

The end of the team therefore closes more than a two-year DAS-Hutchinson chapter. It ends a structure that survived repeated sponsor changes while continuing to give British-based riders access to UCI racing. The names changed regularly, but the line from Team OnForm through Tifosi, CAMS-Basso, DAS-Handsling and DAS-Hutchinson remained clear.

For British women’s cycling, that continuity mattered. The team spent almost a decade sitting between the domestic scene and the top level, offering riders a route into bigger races without abandoning the national calendar. When the 2026 season ends, one of the longest-running programmes in the current British women’s peloton will end with it.

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