National champion Adam Blythe signs for Aqua Blue Sport alongside Andy Fenn

New Pro-Continental Irish team Aqua Blue Sport have further bolstered their squad with the acquisitions of Adam Blythe and Andy Fenn.

British road race national champion Adam Blythe is to become the fifth WorldTour rider to step down a level next year and race for the new Irish Pro-Continental team Aqua Blue Sport.

Blythe, who beat Mark Cavendish to the red, white and blue stripes in June, and then rode superbly at the World Championships in support of Cavendish just last week, joins the team from Tinkoff, who are closing.

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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.