Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's new cycling team named after patron saint of Cornwall

The patron saint of tin-miners and Cornwall is the inspiration for the name of Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's cycling team

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke.

(Image credit: Jesse Wild)

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke makes his return to racing a week on Sunday (February 28) for his four-man team named after the patron saint of Cornwall.

Tiernan-Locke's two year ban from racing came to an end on December 31, 2015, and his first race is the 53km Primavera Road Race, in Hatherleigh, Devon.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.