Beicio Cymru’s Director of Talent and Performance, Darren Tudor, reflects on how SD Team’s support over the past 10 years has shaped the Academy programme.
From training camps and specialist workshops to filling critical funding gaps, Darren explains how SD Team’s partnership has helped create meaningful opportunities for rider development in Wales.
🎥 Filmed at the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales
🤝 Celebrating 10 years of support
Learn more: https://www.beiciocymru.org/2025/07/08/10-years-of-progress-beicio-cymru-and-sd-teams-lasting-partnership/
SD Team, formerly known as SD Sealants, was established in 1973 as a family-owned business in Somerset, which specialised in supplying and applying sealant. Over the years, SD has grown significantly and is now one of the largest sealant and cosmetic repair companies in the UK, with nine offices located across England, Scotland, and Wales.
over the last obviously 10 years the support that SD team have given us has been significant we’re in the valadrome today we got best part of 25 under 18s all part of a training camp this week they’ve had nutrition workshops they’ve had uh bike mechanic workshops you know they’ve done a lot of bike riding a lot of coaching involved with our whether that’s on the track whether that’s on the road whether it’s in the gym so you know that’s that’s invaluable experience for the youngsters you know we have a very much athlete centered approach any Welsh athlete we support all the way through so having additional income um from the likes of SD team is is critical really to what we’re able to do with with our athletes where we got those gaps uh within their development within the programs within training programs