SGP QUALIFIER 2026
KING’S Lynn and Glasgow skipper Chris Harris is one of three British riders competing in Saturday’s Grand Prix Challenge in Italy.
Harris and Anders Rowe of Sheffield and Oxford are both just five rides away from reaching the full GP series in 2027 – but they will need to finish in the top four of a tough meeting at Terenzano to do so.
Meanwhile Robert Lambert is already a GP regular and sits third in this season’s standings, but the meeting gives him added insurance over his place for next year.
Both Harris and Rowe came through their qualifier at Glasgow in late May with Harris eyeing what would be a remarkable return to the sport’s top table after a decade away.
Harris said:
“I’ve always had a fairly good record in the Challenges when I have been in them.
“It will be a lot tougher this time around. I am a lot older. The other guys are a lot younger and a lot faster. But I am always up for a challenge; I never back down from one.
“I think everyone in that field will look at me and probably not worry about me whatsoever. They won’t be scared that I am in the field, so I can just go there and enjoy it.
“Obviously, I want to go there and qualify, but I am not putting any pressure on myself that I have to qualify or do this or do that. I will just take every race as it comes.”
The line-up also includes Northampton No.1 Jaimon Lidsey, Edinburgh captain Paco Castagna, and recent Premiership riders Luke Becker, Maciej Janowski, Keynan Rew and Rohan Tungate.
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