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In a series of interviews with British pros stuck at home whilst their teams are training in Spain, we chat to Matt Holmes (Lotto Soudal) who a year ago was celebrating his maiden UCI professional victory (more…)

Someone I raced against many years ago and in recent years has kept his Women’s team Drops in the spotlight, Bob Varney, talks about his time running his team (more…)

With his team about to kick off their 2021 racing campaign in Spain at the Classica Communitat Valencia (UCI 1.2), we speak to team boss Tim Elverson about the season ahead (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…)

A name that constantly crops up in results is Lauren Creamer who will race for UCI team LVIV in 2021 – we did a Q&A with Lauren on her time in the sport of cycling (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…)

The Brother UK/Cycle Team OnForm team is focused on delivering a solid foundation for developing riders and has named the riders in its 2021 men’s squad with Jamie Caldwell stepping up to manage the team (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…)

A look at the Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling team for 2021 which has seen four star names come in to strengthen the squad along with a new sporting director in former World Champion, Colin Sturgess who will be looking to guide the team to success during a busy (hopefully) season next year in Britain and […]

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…)

Heading to France in 2021 to race for a DN1 French team with a link to Warren Barguil is Vitus Pro  Cycling p/b Brother UK rider Joe Sutton – We chat … (more…)

Heading for Belgium for the next World Cup Cyclocross is Toby Barnes (Cero wheels/Cycle Division) who in 2020, broke course records in time trials, won the National Trophy at Westmorland, was top 10 in the Tabor World Cup and 13th at Euros in Netherlands – we chat (more…)

Britain’s Georgia Bullard has recently signed for a UCI team and it won’t be long before Georgia moves to Spain and begins her season of racing in February pandemic permitting. We chat! (more…)

There are so many young Brits making their mark in Europe and Jake Stewart is another, signed by WorldTour team, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope in 2020. We spoke to Jake recently about this momentous opportunity. (more…)

Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, has studied professional cycling’s commercial development closely. He has made the company the domestic’s sport’s most trusted partner by anchoring his sponsorship decisions solely on its ability to generate return on investment. (more…)

With two sons racing in Europe, and a team travelling to Europe when able, Giles Pidcock is well aware of what it takes to get riders out of Britain and into Continental European races. We chat. (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…)

Chat with the Isle of Man’s Mark Christian about his move to the new ProConti team Eolo-Kometa; Mark is a former King of the Mountains in the WorldTour race, the Tour de Suisse (more…)

Last weekend, Ben Turner came back from a broken collarbone and wrist in October, to place second in the Under 23 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup at Tabor (Czech Republic) and shared the podium with Thomas Mein (more…)

Racing for a UCI team, Lviv, 20 year old Fiona Turnbull from the North East had a busy 2020 and is looking forward to 2021 – “I stood on the podium at the Milton Keynes CX World Cup – that was pretty special” (more…)

Chat with Head of Performance, Sean Yates, at new Pro Continental team Eolo-Kometa about the team, the signing of two British riders and Sean’s highlights as a DS and Rider (more…)

We chat with first year Under 23, Alice Towers, who has been riding for Cero Wheels/Cycle Division, who will move up to UCI level in 2021 with the Drops Women’s team, the 18 year-old being the youngest rider on the Drops team roster (more…)

Winner of two Grand Tour Stages in his career, Alex Dowsett has had a roller coaster of a pandemic 2020 season with a Giro stage win and then Covid stopping him from taking on the Hour record (more…)

VeloUK chats to Jenny Bolsom of new women’s team Saint Piran which will have an ambitious racing programme in 2021 to promote the brand and give female riders the opportunity to ride for team (more…)

VeloUK has called upon the very experienced Gemma Sargent who will be racing for new Women’s team Saint Piran, to give you all an insight into the races in the Women’s National Road Series (more…)

Former professional on the continent and in Britain, Erick Rowsell has ridden the National Road Series for many years so we talk about what it’s like racing the proposed Men’s events for 2021 (more…)

One of the revelations of 2019 racing season for Vitus Pro cycling p/b Brother UK was Freddie Scheske who is joining Ribble Weldtite in 2021 (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…)

After a successful career in domestic racing in both the Junior and Senior ranks, Matt Holmes realized the dream of a racing cyclist and that is to ride at the highest level, WorldTour. We chat about racing a Grand Tour … (more…)

Winner of three RTTC Championships in a shortened 2020 time trial season, we catch up with John Archibald (Ribble Weldtite) who admits winter training will be done on the turbo … (more…)

Success is the unifying factor in Dean Downing’s varied career where he has used the experience gained from winning the most prestigious races on the domestic calendar and representing his country to coach two of the nation’s brightest talents to British and World titles (more…)

Andrew Feather proved to be unbeatable during this year’s Hill Climb season, winning week in, week out before finally closing the season out with his second Hill Climb Championship win (more…)

On Sunday on Streatley Hill (Berkshire), new comer to the sport Bithja Jones, beat some big names to win the 2020 Women’s Hill Climb title – we chat about the win and her love for the sport (more…)

Five RTTC Time Trial championships ridden and three Gold and two Silver medals for Emily Meakin who finishes her season at the Hill Climb Championship this weekend – we chat (more…)

Back home in Yorkshire after a mega 2020 Tour de France, Connor Swift still has a few iconic races on his racing programme but before them, we get an insight into his Tour de France after a chat this week (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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

GS Metro’s Adam Wild is making an attempt on the RRA Circuit of Northumberland Record this weekend – here’s a Q&A with him from Ben Lane (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…)

Two weeks ago, Freddie Scheske left home in the early hours of the morning to drive up to meet five of his teammates for a 100 mile ride in the rain over the hills of Derbyshire. (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…)

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…)

Adam Kenway (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) spent his birthday a week ago riding 100 miles in the rain in the Peak District on roads he knows very well indeed with an eye on the Hill Climb season (more…)

Soon to be racing again and  a big winner on the road but a legend in time trialling, former postman turned super coach Matt Bottrill lets us in on what his favourite moments have been in a long and successful career (more…)

Cooking up a great win in her kitchen last weekend was 19 year old April Tacey (Drops cycling) who made history by being the winner of the first stage of the Virtual Women’s Tour de France (more…)

When the women’s Virtual Tour de France started last weekend, one of the stars was Joss Lowden who was second on stage 2 – we get some great insights from Joss on eRacing! (more…)

British Road Race Champion in 2018, Connor Swift made a surprise jump in 2019 from the domestic peloton to the pro one in Europe for Arkéa-Samsic – we chatted about how he is finding the racing? (more…)

In this good news series, we also hear from riders at the beginning of their cycling career and one of those is Caitlin Peters (Weston-Homes Torelli Assure) who was Champion of Champions (junior) in time trialling in 2019 – Cailtlin tells us what her best memories are. (more…)

The British Circuit Race Champion Joey Walker (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) talks about crit racing with VeloUK (more…)

Winner in 2019 of the Tour of Reservoir, and on the podium at the Tour of Yorkshire, winner of the 2020 Women’s V-Tour Leah Dixon gives us an insight into her eRacing (more…)

More lockdown features – this one with Spirit Tifosi BSS Rotor rider Rupert Graham who lives in Woking (West of London) (more…)

Former Lincoln GP winner Alex Richardson who rides for Alpecin-Fenix will be racing in August and says the summer break from racing has helped him immensely (more…)

After his stage win and 10th overall in the Joe Martin Virtual Stage Race, Zak Herrod, who was 9th in the Eddie Soens in March,  gives us an insight into his eRacing (more…)

Whilst racers in Britain have no road racing to look forward to yet, one of the country’s leading pros, Harry Tanfield is heading back to France for a season restart (more…)

We ask a double World Junior Champion, Lucy van der Haar (nee Garner) what her Best of Memories are in cycling … (more…)

When looking back at his many memories in the sport, one Golden memory stands out for sprinter and tandem pilot Barney Storey (more…)

Today’s Best of Memories in cycling comes from Welsh rider Gruff Lewis of Ribble Weldtite who recalls his journey through the sport of bike racing (more…)

Brilliant Read! Lockdown is a good time to catch up on your reading, and here writer Owen Rogers interviews William Fotheringham about William’s latest book, The Greatest: The Times and Life of Beryl Burton. (more…)

Double blow for Saint Piran ambassador Steve Lampier (Ribble Weldtite) as his Tour of Britain hopes are dashed and is then knocked down by van whilst training (more…)

A special one for CX fans – Cyclo-cross stars Ian Field, Paul Oldham, Ffion James and Helen Wyman reveal their best of memories in this VeloUK series packed with happy news! (more…)

Race organiser (CiCLE Classic) and UCI Commissaire, Colin Clews reveals his best memories in the sport of cycling and surprisingly, it’s the Tour of Rwanda in 2009. Great read! (more…)

If ever there was a major life moment in cycling, the Tour of Britain One Day Ahead ride by Phil Jones MBE and James Golding in 2018 was one as Phil explains in a recent interview (more…)

Q & A with Mike Swart, founder of Power Dropouts, the number 1 ranked eRacing team on Zwift on May 27th (more…)

Twice a winner of the CiCLE Classic, Ian Wilkinson came into road racing from mountain biking and was one of the sports winners and now a much missed character (more…)

The next E-Racing feature Q&A is with Alistair Thomas (Crimson Performance) who says the best thing about e-racing is you’re only a few steps from the shower and the fridge when its done! Alistair also reveals there’s a ‘ghost’ button on Zwift ….  (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…)

A photographer who has covered over 50 editions of the Tour de France, John Pierce writes about one the most memorable, the 1987 win by Ireland’s Stephen Roche (more…)

Twice second in the Lincoln GP, winner of the Premier Calendar and a rider who rode as a pro in Europe, Gordon McCauley also medalled in the Commonwealth Games, one of his best moments in the sport (more…)

Today’s E-Racing lockdown Q&A is with Oliver Peckover (ActiveEdge Race Team) who was a 2018 Zwift academy finalist in Cape Town with Team Dimension Data (more…)

Hill climber Rebecca Richardson (Brother UK-OnForm) reveals her best of memories – a very ad hoc and low-tech trip around Ireland (more…)

Two very different 1970’s memories from former British champion Neil Martin – one with Aussie hero Phil Anderson at the AC BB and the other from his teenage racing days on a tandem! (more…)

Today’s lockdown Q&A is with Maura (Maurabellla) Claffey of Brother UK/Onform who is based in Dublin (Ireland)  and has her my own physiotherapy practice – Beyond Baseline Physiotherapy (more…)

Today’s E-Racing question and answer is with young Rebecca Dawes (RFDA cycling team) who loves the virtual racing (more…)

A detail packed Q&A from Paul Moss, Chairman of Stowmarket & District CC and running an Ipswich and District Cycle Association Zwift TT league (more…)

Today’s lockdown Q & A is from Tom Wright of (Brother UK/Onform) who is based in Spalding, (south Lincolnshire) and who’s highlight in 2019 was the chance to race in Belgium (more…)

Going through the pics in my archives, former pro Tom Murray is one of the riders who is constantly in the mix in races – he lets us in on what his favourite memories in cycling are… (more…)

Another look at E-Racing, this time from Sharon Bird, an e-racer for the Wahoo LeCol team who is based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, Scotland and was third in the British champs in 2019 (more…)

Today’s Lockdown Q&A is with Bailey Wilmot of Brother UK/Onform who is based just on the edge of the Peak District (Derbyshire) and who’s last race was the Eddie Soens in March (more…)

A keen rider with E-racing is George Mills-Keeling (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling)  who finds it a lot of fun and says he would still race on Zwift if Covid stopping normal racing as he finds e-racing  makes for super good training.  (more…)

Bronze medalist in the 2020 World Championships (U23 Women), Anna Kay, ‘the new British sensation’ said the UCI in an article last year, has been at the forefront of the sport of cyclocross and in our Best of Memories series, gives us an awesome account of her best memories so far in her young career […]

New! We have another Lockdown Q&A from the Brother UK/Onform team, this time with Bryn Richards, a first year junior (17) from Spalding (Lincs) who races road, cyclo cross and some time trials (more…)

The pocket rocket from the Isle of Man, Steve Joughin, recalls the trip he had to do to get to races in Britain from the Rock … (more…)

Third in the British E-Racing championship in 2019, Gavin Dempster knows E-Racing well and rides for one of the top ranked teams on Zwift, ‘Saris + The Pro’s Closet’ (more…)

The Lockdown Q&As continue, this time with the very strange (see the picture) Ieuan Woods from Team Brother UK-OnForm (more…)

  For me at VeloUK, this is perhaps the most special of people I have known as Doug helped me during my years as a junior in my home town in Australia – here are his best memories (more…)

From the experience of TDF rider Adrian Timmis in the first of the series to a young talent from trainSharp, Lance Childs, who tells us about his E-Racing in the second in the series (more…)

The 24-year-old Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider, James Knox, talks about life in lockdown and getting his head kicked in by the grippy roads and hard terrain in Cumbria after escaping from Andorra! (more…)

Today’s Lockdown Q&A is with Hannah Lancaster (Brother UK/Team OnForm) who is based in Shropshire and who’s highlight in 2019 was riding the Curlew Cup (more…)

Former triathlete Travis Bramley from the South West rides for the Saint Piran Development team and in this feature length Q&A gives us an insight into how he went from triathlon to cycling and how’s dealing with lockdown (more…)

A rider who knows how to finish a proper bike race, the Tour de France no less (1987), Adrian Timmis is still racing and in this first series feature on E-Racing, he takes the e-racing quiz… (more…)

New Series! In the first of a series called “The Best of Memories”, we find out from superstar Colin Sturgess what his best memories are in the sport of cycling (more…)

There might not be any racing but Saint Piran’s new signing for 2020 Chris Opie is keeping busy promoting his home part of the country – we have a chat on what he’s up to (more…)

In the last of the current Lockdown Q&As, we quiz Joe Sutton (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) based in Kent but isn’t phased by training on the turbo… (more…)

Christina rides for Jadan-Cyclespace Vive le Velo and is currently a postgraduate student based in Leeds but at home in Cumbria. (more…)

Another Lockdown Q & A from the Cycling Sheffield Elite cycling team with Julian Varley of Harrogate (more…)

This latest lockdown Q & A is with Ben Foames of TBW23/Stuart Hall/trainSharp who has just spent three years in Belgium and is now based In South East England in Kent and working part time. (more…)

It seems so long ago now, but at the end of February I sat down with two people who have a very long running association with the Lincoln Grand Prix; the current organiser Dan Ellmore (2020 will be his 5th) and the organiser of all but 15 of the 65, Ian Emmerson. (more…)

Part of the world class Huub Wattbike track team and one of the funniest & nicest guys you can meet, we have a great read from Jonny Wale Team Pursuit & Kilo champion & Silver medallist in the Individual Pursuit (more…)

In a lockdown feature from  Deceuninck – Quick-Step, the team’s Sports directors’ Davide Bramati, Brian Holm, Geert Van Bondt, Rik Van Slycke, Klaas Lodewyck, Wilfried Peeters and Tom Steels look back on some of their most memorable days in the saddle. (more…)

Commonwealth Games, Worlds and European championship medallist/champion Neah Evans from Scotland is the next star to take the lockdown quiz … (more…)

This lockdown Q & A is with Howard Shaw who races for the trainSharp team, is a full time builder and his last race was a hardriders in East Sussex where he was third (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…)

Lockdown is a worldwide phenomenon and so we have a lockdown Q&A from Irish based  triathlete Shannon Kelley in Dublin who is an ambassador for Estrella 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…)

A lockdown feature written by by Timothy John on hill climber Rebecca Richardson who is sponsored by Brother UK (more…)

A rider at home on the road or track, Stephen Bradbury of the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team gives us an insight into his experience of Lockdown (more…)

This lockdown Q&A is with Liv Bent of Jadan Cyclespace -Vive le Velo who is a part time rider studying at Loughborough University but currently living at home in Carlisle. (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…)

This latest Lockdown Q&A is with Tim Torrie of TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling P/B trainSharp Cycle Coaching – brought to you by trainSharp (more…)

Lockdown Q & A with Nathan Smith of Cycling Sheffield who is based in North Yorkshire. Brought to you by Bioracer UK (more…)

We have another lockdown Q&A from the Rotor Race Team, this time from self employed sports massage therapist Jess Cobbe based in Leicestershire (more…)

Winner on Saturday night in the Zwift Classics Pro-Am series event, the Crit City Slam e-race, was Ireland’s Chris McGlinchey (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) – we chatted afterwards (more…)

Lockdown Q & A with Chrissie Slot of Team Jadan Cyclespace Vive le Velo who has been cycling for two years and works part time. “I graduated last summer, so this year I wanted more of a relaxed year in which I could dedicate a bit more time to cycling” (more…)