Bermuda’s national time-trial and road race champion Nicholas Narraway has completed one of the toughest challenges of his 2026 season, finishing the UCI 2.1 Sibiu Cycling Tour in Romania.

Narraway finished 88th of the 132 riders in a world-class field that included WorldTour teams, Grand Tour stage winners and many of the sport's most promising young professionals.

Widely regarded as one of Eastern Europe's premier professional stage races, the 2026 edition attracted WorldTour powerhouses UAE Team Emirates XRG and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, five UCI ProTeams and many of Europe's leading Continental squads.

For Narraway, the week represented another significant step in his development racing at one of the highest levels outside the WorldTour.

The opening road stage covered more than 110km at an average speed exceeding 43km/h, with Narraway finishing in the peloton and recording the same time as many of the race favourites despite a late breakaway deciding the victory.

Later that day, the riders tackled a highly technical 3.2-kilometre individual time-trial through the narrow cobbled streets of Sibiu's medieval old town. Narraway produced arguably one of his strongest performances of the week, finishing just 18.7 seconds behind stage winner Julius Johansen.

The race then moved into the mountains with consecutive summit finishes at Paltiniș Arena and the legendary Balea Lac atop Romania's iconic Transfagarasan Highway. The queen stage featured almost an hour of continuous climbing to more than 2,000 metres above sea level, with relentless attacks from the race favourites.

While the mountain stages produced significant time gaps throughout the field, Narraway completed both demanding climbs, gaining invaluable experience racing alongside many of the world's best young climbers and seasoned professionals.

His highest placing of the race came on the final 181-kilometre stage, where he finished 40th, crossing the line in the same finishing time as Tour de France stage winner Danny van Poppel and the lead peloton after another day of racing at professional speeds.