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If you’re searching for the perfect holiday rental where cyclists can train while their families and friends relax, look no further than Casa Guadalest in Spain nestled in the stunning Costa Blanca (more…)

At CHS Ciclismo , they pride themselves on being the best all-around cycling retreat and training camp, offering an unparalleled experience that goes beyond just pedalling through breath-taking landscapes. (more…)

Casa Guadalest rental in the the Costa Blanca. The region, particularly around Calpe, is renowned as a premier destination for road cycling enthusiasts, ranging from professional athletes to casual riders and club members. The area’s stunning landscapes, varied terrain, and favourable climate make it a cycling paradise. (more…)

At CHS Ciclismo’s cycling retreat, the food and nutritional offerings are meticulously crafted to meet the needs of athletes and cyclists. The focus is on providing fast, nutritious, and perfectly designed meals that fuel performance and recovery, ensuring participants maximize their experience on the bike. (more…)

Renting your own private retreat in Spain – Casa Guadalest is truly a hidden gem, offering a superb spa zone that elevates your holiday experience to unparalleled levels of relaxation and luxury. (more…)

Each day at our cycling retreat and training camp is meticulously crafted to fuel ambition, enhance performance, and provide athletes with the nurturing environment they need to thrive. (more…)

Escape to Casa Guadalest: The Ultimate private vacation holiday rental in Costa Blanca Spain for active and cycling oriented families and friends (more…)

A MESSAGE FROM A MOST VALUED SPONSOR OF VELOUK – Santini UK and supplier of kit to the GFTL team (and many others) (more…)

CHS RETURNS! A long time sponsor in Spain CHS returns to support VeloUK – here is their first editorial on what they have to offer. (more…)

Ribble Cycles unveils the new Allroad range created with the prime purpose of redefining what’s possible on a road bike. (more…)

Thursday 11th saw the final round of a truncated Super4 series. Previously known as the Super6, having to reduce the amount of races demonstrates the current challenges some race organisers face with the lack of riders committing to race. (more…)

Now the season is here. Step up your performance with the Shutt 2024 jerseys and if you’re quick enough, you can use a VeloUK code to get a discount! (more…)

Interview with cyclist and business owner Justin Belcher of Cycling Brands Limited (Prendas/Shutt Velo Rapide) about growing brands and fostering the community through Crowdfunding (more…)

 A jacket so light it feels like a jersey, yet it promises full protection against wind and light rain while adapting to a wide temperature range. All with an eco-friendly twist. (more…)

Ribble Cycles has curated a striking collection of bikes for Rouleur Live 23 – ‘The Edit’ showcases five stunning models with eye catching paintwork (more…)

A look at Handsling bikes and where they come from and riders they have supported who are now super stars  (more…)

With many riders now looking to ensure they have a career outside of racing to fall back on, options for that include Sports Scholarships – Steve Abbott explains more (more…)

Continental’s Grand Prix 5000 TT TR, as used on Filippo Ganna’s Hour Record bike, is Continental’s fastest ever performance tyre & joins the Grand Prix 5000 TR range (more…)

The new Grand Prix 5000 AS TR has been created to provide cyclists with the perfect balance of performance, protection and longevity, giving them the confidence to ride outside in all seasons. (more…)

One of the leading women’s teams in 2022 with several riders moving up to UCI level, is bigger and better for 2023 – we chat to Team Hutchinson-Brother UK’s manager Ian ‘Watto’ Watson (more…)

Ribble Cycles bolster their award-winning gravel focussed platform with the release of the Ribble 725 gravel model crafted using Reynolds 725 tubing (more…)

In action tonight in Majorca (October 12) is the UCI Track Champions League with Santini Cycling Wear speedsuits (more…)

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Feature looking at how Josh Golliker is the latest rider to be given a helping hand by trainSharp to sign for a pro team with FDJ in France (more…)

Founded in late 1897, Ribble Cycles are celebrating their 125th anniversary with the launch of a 125 Campaign and unveiling three signature 125 Anniversary Edition designs. (more…)

Custom Santini cycling kit as used for the Tour de France Yellow jersey now available to all (more…)

Geoff Caton, an ordinary club rider who enjoys long rides, climbing hills ambitions to ride faster, reviews the Moda Bikes ‘Stretto’ (more…)

Grand Tor Cycling has a look at the bike used by Elite team Cycling Sheffield, the Moda Bikes Vivo (Rim brake) and finds it hard to find anything it doesn’t like! (more…)

After a quiet spell, the British brand Moda have made something of a renaissance over the past couple of years, resuming production with a revamped range to cater for the modern market. (more…)

Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling will be racing on Ribble’s ground-breaking and eye catching, Ribble Ultra SL-R Team Edition across the 2022 season (more…)

Clothing supplier to Cams Basso, Brother UK/Orientation Marketing, Bike Exchange, Groupama FDJ & Bahrain Victorious has unveiled its Spring/Summer collection (more…)

Your chance to ride epic climbs from the Vuelta in June with some help from Cycling Holiday Spain in a sportive that the organisers say its just a tour but THE tour  (more…)

Training camp after training camp is being held in Spain right now and riders outside of the pro teams can get pro team style support thanks to Nozad at the Cycling Holiday Spain in the Calpe region of South West Spain – here’s a day in the life of Nozad and his clients! (more…)

Rotor/Velotech Services to partner with Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen as title sponsor for 2022 (more…)

We quiz a fascinating new signing for the Saint Piran Women’s Racing Team, Sophie Earl from Yorkshire who is an intensive care doctor who had her first road race in 2019 after a spell doing triathlons  (more…)

Well known cycling brand and maker of jerseys for Tour de France, Paris Roubaix and Vuelta is supporting VeloUK! (more…)

Keeping a team on the road is no easy task but former Prems rider and now team owner, Dave Coulson has a host of loyal sponsors and a new bike sponsor in 2021 and onwards, Moda Bikes (more…)

VeloUK asked Noze from Cycling Holiday Spain for seven reasons why you, the cycling fans, should go to his resort for your holiday – here is what Noze said… (more…)

The Women’s Tour starts on Monday and the youngest rider in the race will be 18 year old Alice Towers of Drops who will race her Ribble bike in the country’s biggest Women’s International race (more…)

Cycling Holiday Spain (CHS) are super excited to be running training holidays and retreats over the festive period and the the probablity of clear blues skys and temps of 20 degrees, its just perfect for riding (more…)

The Neutral Service p/b Brother UK in-race support crews will be at the side of professional cycling’s biggest stars at this year’s Tour of Britain starting on Sunday (more…)

Cycling Holiday Spain “Training Camp For cyclists of all levels “ is now fully open for cyclists wanting a break to go and ride their bike and get looked after pro style. (more…)

Ribble Cycles has launched the all-new ‘Ultra Road’ high performance race bike after being set the challenge to develop the world’s most aerodynamically advanced road platform (more…)

Ribble’s flagship and award-winning electric carbon road bike, the Endurance SL e, is now available in a new Hero edition creating the lightest e-bike in its class and one of the lightest e-bikes in the world at just 10.5kg. (more…)

The Crimson Orientation Marketing Race Team will be back to the start grid this summer after a long 16 months with no racing with ‘name’ riders such as Circuit Race Champion Joey Walker, CX star Toby Barnes, Hill Climb star Mary Wilkinson and more (more…)

Ribble Cycles have opened their brand new, landmark state of the art flagship showroom in the heart of the Ribble valley. (more…)

Final part in Brother UK Cycling’s look at British domestic racing – Now, more than ever, the sport needs sponsors with vision and integrity. (more…)

Part 3 of a chat with Ian Watson, founder of the Brother UK-LDN teams for men and women. In this final part we talk about the men’s squad for 2021 (more…)

Part 8 of Brother UK Cycling’s big feature on British domestic road racing and the challenges it faces with a shortage of younger organisers (more…)

Brother UK Cycling talks to Olympic Junior Academy rider Imani Pereira-James who will also race for Team Brother UK-OnForm in 2021  (more…)

In this extract from a major article on the challenges the British domestic road racing scene faces by Brother UK Cycling, they chat to Jonathan Durling, Partnerships Director at The SweetSpot Group, organisers of The Tour of Britain, The Women’s Tour and The Tour Series. (more…)

In part 2 of our look at the Brother UK-LDN women’s team, we hear from the riders about what it means to be part of a team with aspirations of success in the National Series events  (more…)

Team JRC Shutt Ridley have five strong under twenty-three and senior women ready to tackle whatever 2021 tends to throw at them. (more…)

The Way Ahead from Brother Cycling chats to Peter Harrison, organiser of the Beaumont Trophy and Curlew Cup (more…)

Eight first and second year Junior women in the JRC Shutt Ridley Junior team for 2021 targeting a variety of races (road & track) including races in Europe and Britain (more…)

Eleven Junior Men in the JRC Shutt Ridley Junior team for 2021 targeting a variety of races including the British national series (more…)

Part 1 of a chat with Ian ‘Watto’ Watson, founder of the Brother UK-LDN teams for men and women. In this part we talk about the women’s squad for 2021 and its aims next season (more…)

Voted eRacer of the year, April Tacey will be racing on the road next year for Drops and after an injury hit year, is looking to be back to her best in 2021 (more…)

Brother Cycling UK speaks to Elite Road Racing Manager at British Cycling, Erick Rowsell (more…)

From the Road Book 2020 comes this feature written by Nic Dlamini sharing his childhood memories and the story that made international headlines just as the year was getting underway (more…)

From The Roadbook 2020 comes this superb article from the 2020 Giro – In the Winners’ Words with British hero Tao Geoghegan Hart (more…)

Calling It Home: How the Giro made it to Milan – To celebrate the publication of The Road Book 2020,we have a special extract from this year’s book for you written by Rob Hatch (more…)

Chat with organiser of the Klondike & Stockton Prems as well as sportives, winter series events, cycling raffles and much more – Richard Williamson of Velo29 (more…)

Cycling Holiday Spain, based in the Northern Costa Blanca near Calpe under an hour from Alicante airport is open to enjoy (more…)

trainSharp catches up with their coached ITP (Inspire Talent Programme) rider Michael Renardson, who has just started his winter training preparing for his second season with the TBWU23 Team (more…)

From Brother Cycling comes the second part of their in-depth investigation into British domestic road racing and its challenges (more…)

Ribble have added to their award winning e-bike range with two new models; the new Hybrid ALe Step Through and CGR ALe Step Through models (more…)

After a couple of years racing the big pro events like the Vuelta, Harry Tanfield has signed for Ribble Weldtite as rider contracts in Europe get real scarce for those out of contract at current teams (more…)

British domestic road racing faced serious challenges even before Covid19 decimated the 2020 calendar. How can it recover, strengthen and achieve sustainability? Here is part one of our in-depth investigation. (more…)

With the season on the road rapidly coming to an end, here are a few simple tips from trainSharp for when you start that training process again. (more…)

This week trainSharp caught up up with their inspire talent programme rider James Shaw for him to share advice for aspiring juniors and U23 riders pursuing the dream of becoming a professional cyclist. (more…)

Ribble Cycles are proud to support Darren Hardy, Veteran and Warrior Games double Gold Medallist, and his epic 10x10x10 challenge: 10 Ironman’s in 10 days in 10 different locations. (more…)

In part 9 of the serialisation of Brother Cycling’s in-depth interview with Dean Downing, they discuss the reality and recovery at the end of a career on the road (more…)

What is the value of an end of season break? (more…)

In Brother UK Cycling’s serialisation of an in-depth interview with Dean Downing, they discuss the difficult transition for a professional cyclist into retirement (more…)

It’s getting colder and racing continues for many so here’s a few tips from trainSharp on warming up for a race or training session (more…)

Brother Cycling’s indepth chat with former crit champion and much more, Dean Downing continues with part 7 of this serialisation – A Question of Confidence (more…)

Three tips from trainSharp about nutrition that can play a major role in a rider’s performance (more…)

Genesis bikes announce new range including a new top-spec Croix de Fer 50 and a second flat bar Croix de Fer after the success of this year’s model. (more…)

The Protégé: Dean’s victory at Lincoln provides an emphatic illustration of his mantra regarding the finish line. It is evident too in the rainbow stripes won by the most successful rider he has coached. (more…)

Feature question and answer with Jake Hales (Spirit Tifosi BSS Rotor) based in Milton Keynes who’s last road race was back in March at the Roy Thame (ours too!) – brought to you by Rotor UK (more…)

After suffering through Covid 19 in March and then dealing with months of recovery, Stephen Bradbury (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) returned to racing at the first of the two test events at his home track league at Reading. (more…)

With the current wet weather hitting the UK, we thought it would be appropriate to share some of our wet weather racing/training tips with you thanks to trainSharp (more…)

In part 5 of the Dean Downing In-Depth feature interview, Tim asks Deano about what makes a winner and how smart can beat strong … (more…)

A look at Dan Bigham’s Project Speed (Ribble Weldtite) Ribble Cycles Time Trial Bike (more…)

trainSharp’s Time Trial guru Chris Mcnamara has some tips on testing yourself against the watch in the year of the Time Trial (more…)

In part 4 of the Dean Downing In-Depth feature interview, Tim asks Deano about that sensational victory in the Lincoln Grand Prix which saw one of the most joyous images of a rider winning a bike race… (more…)

In part 3 of the in depth feature on Dean Downing, we look at how Dean and brother Russell got to ride for the Great Britain team and travel to the other side of the world for the worlds (more…)

Estrella Bikes reveal new and improve endurance carbon fibre Liso V3 – lighter and faster than ever (more…)

When it comes to knowing the potential of a rider, trainSharp are in the perfect place with the numbers from training & racing – here’s a piece  from April Tacey’s coach Alex Welburn on this young star (more…)

Part 2 of our serialisation of an in-depth interview with Dean from Brother UK Cycling where Dean talks about the family and racing with younger brother Russell.  (more…)

A special Lockdown Q&A with David Bolland (Spirit Tifosi BSS Rotor) who is one young cyclist to recover from Covid19 and able to get back out in his bike (more…)

Warming up for a bike race is something most, if not all bike riders will do before a race but why do you need to warm up? – Alex Welburn from trainSharp explores the subject here on VeloUK (more…)

Dean Downing was one of the most successful domestic pros in the modern era and is now a sought-after coach. Enjoy part one of our serialisation of an in-depth interview with Dean from Brother UK Cycling. You can read the full article on the Brother UK Cycling Blog. (more…)

Lucas and Jonny Towers along with Irish rider Devin Shortt (all Cero/Cycle Division) went to Belgium recently to ride on some famous cycling roads (more…)

Great insights from Darren Kenny into how new models are created and developed as we look at the Fangoso range of bikes released by Estrella Bikes and a new one on the way, the Fangoso Adventure.  (more…)

We got in touch with one of our sponsors, Velotech Services in Stratford upon Ave, distributor for Rotor & C-Bear products in the UK for a quick Q&A (more…)

trainSharp coach Connor Murphy writes about a mad ride across the South Downs Way recently which was eleven and a half hours on a mountain bike! (more…)

Connor Murphy from trainSharp writes there are lessons highlighted by lockdown and in this article, he looks at how you can use these moving forwards (more…)

It was a busy week for the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team with two ‘Everesting’ attempts for their chosen charity, CALM. We chat to the team … (more…)

trainSharp’s Connor Murphy looks at the numerous advantages of Strength and Conditioning for cyclists (more…)

We asked Nozard at CHS for his top 10 reasons why he thinks (we do to) Cycling Holiday Spain are the number one training retreat in Spain and why it should be on your bucket list for your next cycling holiday! (more…)

With normal racing still a long way off, e-Racing has replaced racing on the road and we have a feature from trainSharp coach and Sport’s Scientist, Alex Welburn with tips on this new and developing form of cycle racing (more…)

The Coaching Process: walking through the trainSharp new athlete process, what it involves and what you can expect as a rider (more…)

Great insight into being the mechanic for the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team as we quiz Josh Hand about his job looking after the Vitus bikes … (more…)

The youngest rider to take part in the Lockdown quiz on VeloUK is Mak Larkin (Rotor Race Team) from the South East (more…)

Ribble Cycles R&D team is proud to announce the launch of the new redesigned and re-imagined Titanium framed CGR Ti, (more…)

We all know that nutrition can play a big role in our performance and good nutrition can be the difference between winning and not finishing, so here are three trainSharp top tips to Sports Nutrition (more…)

From a full gas training camp to an empty Spanish resort packed with five star facilities, the Covid 19 crisis has crippled many a business – we quiz family business CHS on how they are coping (more…)

At races before lockdown, I have had riders outside of the Ribble Weldtite team say to me how great the Ribble team bike looks so I thought we’d take a look at the race winning Endurance SL R  with help from Jamie Burrows and Jack Rees (more…)

A really interesting Lockdown Q&A with Lexi Brown who is based in the Netherlands working full time as the Senior Media Manger for adidas Europe and also supports The Cyclists Alliance  (more…)

With the cancellation of cycling events across the UK, competitive cyclists have a decision to make; to continue training and reap the rewards, or stop training all together due to lack of motivation. trainSharp’s Connor Murphy looks at detraining and how much fitness you will lose (more…)

In these uncertain times a large majority of us will be spending a considerable amount of time on our indoor trainers so here’s trainSharp’s Connor Murphy’s top 10 Indoor Training Tips (more…)

Over in Barton Under Needwood is a popular bikeshop, the Cycle Division, where Simon Harvey is the mechanic – the most experienced bike technician in the Midlands I’m told (more…)

New from Estrella Bikes is the Fangoso Pro, one for the off-road specialists (more…)

A long way from his native South Africa where he has been national champion four times and represented his country at two World Road Championships, Devin Shortt in 2020 is being looked after by the Cero Wheels/Cycle Division racing Team in the UK … (more…)

British UCI team, Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling, are heading to Saudi Arabia for an ASO organised five stage race there starting on February 4th (more…)

Alpcycles are helping cyclists achieve their dreams in 2020 with lots of events in the coming year including ‘Ride Across Portugal’ as well as custom bespoke holidays (more…)

Team JRC and Shutt Ridley Racing Team are merging for 2020 and we quiz James Roberts on the new team for next season (more…)