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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…)

Based in the Midlands, Eliot Ward has gone from BMX to the road and races for the team, Inflite Cycling. We quiz him on how covid pretty muched wiped out his 2021 season … (more…)

The third rider to be featured today who will be racing in Spain this weekend, is Lucas Towers who had a stunning 2021 on the podium in Spanish stage races and here in the UK; GC and stage wins and was also on the podium in the Junior Tour of Wales as well as the […]

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…)

Question and answer with 22 year old Maddie Gammons from Nottinghamshire who has been racing for ten years already after a Go-ride session at school (more…)

In our final Q&A from the Scottish Alba Road Team, we quiz 18 year old Erin Murphy from Aberdeenshire where the Tour Series and Tour of Britain have both visited in recent years (more…)

Former runner, Rachel Galler of the Saint Piran’s Women’s team, from the county of Northumberland, has been road racing for two years – we quiz her on her racing and goals (more…)

A results page for the early season classic organised by Mick Waite since 1964 when Tony Mills was the first winner. The last winner was Jacob Vaughan – who will add their name to others such as Sean Yates, Chris Newton, Julian Winn, Rory Townsend, Alex Dowsett & others (more…)

Quiz time with Arianne Holland of the Alba Road Team who comes from Fife in Scotland and is currently studying at University in Edinburgh – 2021 was her first season bike racing! (more…)

Today’s quiz is with Saint Piran Women’s Racing Team rider Lucia Bruton who lives in West Sussex and has been racing for three years. Lucia looks forward to trying some racing in Belgium in 2022! (more…)

Question and answer with the talented 21 year old Corinne Side of the Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen women’s team who was third in the British circuit race championships despite tumbling over Abi Smith onto the cobbles (more…)

Plenty more Q&As from the Women’s peloton – today’s is with Emma Smith of Scotland’s Alba Development Road Team who had a go at a Scottish national series race a few years ago and enjoyed it so much, she’s still racing! (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…)

New to the team in 2022 is 22 year old Welsh rider Gwenno Hughes who lives in Manchester and has been racing since she was 13 (more…)

Question and answer with a rider who’s a familiar name in the women’s peloton, Sian Botteley who is based in Rutland and will be racing for the Women’s team, Brother UK-LDN in 2022 (more…)

We continue to quiz the riders in the British Women’s peloton, with a Q&A with Hertfordshire’s Emily Chilton of the Saint Piran’s Women’s team who has been racing for just a year (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…)

The Q&As continue with 19 year old Kate Richardson from Glasgow and who races for Alba Development Road Team in 2022. After five years on the British Triathlon Performance Pathway, Kate crossed over to cycling in July 2021 (more…)

Question and answer time with new signing for Saint Piran, 22 year old Hannah Bayes from North Yorkshire, who has been racing for five years after having been a runner and triathlete (more…)

It’s Quiz time and taking the question and answer is Millie Skinner of Pro-Noctis Rotor Redchilli Bikes Heidi Kjeldsen, a 24 year old racing cyclist from Sheffield who has been racing for three years (more…)

Question and answer with Lewis Askey by his team Groupma-FDJ on signing for a World Tour team, his goals for 2022 and much more… great feature on the young British rider (more…)

Quiz time! A rider I have seen at races for a few years now, Gemma Sargent (Saint Piran) from Lancashire takes the VeloUK quiz (more…)

Double British Champion (RR) Ben Swift looks back at his win at the Road Race Championships organised by Dan Ellmore in Lincoln in 2021 and more (more…)

The rider taking the quiz today is Bexy Dew (a doctor no less) who will be racing in the colours of Pro-Noctis-Rotor-RedchilliBikes-Heidi Kjeldsen in 2022 and started racing in 2018 (more…)

Quiz time for 20 year old Scottish Circuit Race Champion Beth Maciver of the Alba Development Road Team who is from Inverness way up in the north of Scotland and only started racing in 2021! (more…)

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

A rider I still see during the winter is Christina Wiejak of the Saint Piran Women’s team who competes in the National Trophy and regional Cyclocross series as well on the road… Here is her Q&A! (more…)

Another question and answer feature, this time with new Alba Development Team rider,  Sophie Lankford who now lives in Glasgow who came into cycling after seeing the London 2012 Olympics. (more…)

21 year old Isabel Darvill of Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen is the next rider to take on VeloUK’s Question and Answer feature (more…)

A rider with a lot of experience of Women’s racing, Amy Gornall (Pro-Noctis Redchilli Bikes Heidi Kjeldsen) who now lives in Scotland, takes the VeloUK quiz (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…)

VeloUK has quizzed the new organiser of the Tour of Reservoir, Steve Walton, who takes on the race following the sad death of former organiser Mike Hodgson during the pandemic #RIPMike (more…)

Winner of a stage of the Peace Race as an under 23 and twice on the podium at the CiCLE Classic including victory in 2018, Gabz Cullaigh has signed for Saint Piran after two seasons with Movistar (more…)

Our next quiz is with 28 year old Charlotte Berry (Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen), one of the leading riders in the team who lives in the picturesque Cotswolds area of England (more…)

Quiz time with 22 year old Sophie Enever (Alba Development Road Team 2022) who lives in Northumberland and has been racing since 2014. (more…)

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

In this extract from ‘A Pilgram’s Progress’ in the 2021 The Road Book Cycling Almanack,  Daniel Friebe provides a lens into the psychology of Primoz Roglic as he recovered from disappointment at the Tour de France to triumph in Tokyo and La Vuelta. (more…)

It was one of the ‘rides’ of the year when Jo Tindley solo’d to victory in the Circuit Race Championships on her ‘home’ circuit of Lincoln – here’s a Q&A with the champion! (more…)

After a broken collarbone in September, Anna Kay (Star Casino) came back with a stunning win in Belgium and the top results continue to come with 5th in the Trofee Kortrijk Urban Cross. We chat. (more…)

Joining Pro-Noctis-Redchilli Bikes-Heidi Kjeldsen for 2022 is one of the outstanding young riders in 2021, 18 y/o Lucy Ellmore. A win at Capenwray, 7th at Ryedale & top 10s in the Tour Series shows what a talent Lucy is – here is a Q&A with her (more…)

In this the first of the Q&As from the Alba Development Road Team, we find out more about a rider I have seen a lot in the results, especially in TT’s – Victoria Smith, last seen in Lincoln in the British Road Championships and before the Time Trial champs. (more…)

Get insights into racing a season in France – Ahead of his fourth year racing in France, we quiz Scotland’s Morgan Bowen who went off to Europe as a first year Under 23 and is still there and supported by the Dave Rayner Fund (more…)

One of the most popular riders in the British peloton is Harry Tanfield and to celebrate his birthday today (November 17), here is a feature length chat with the Team Qhubeka NextHash World Tour professional who moves across to Ribble Weldtite in 2022. (more…)

Feature interview with Swiss Racing Academy rider, Stuart Balfour from Scotland who in 2022 will race in the Ribble Weldtite colours (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…)

After their best year ever, Ribble Weldtite are signing a group of talented riders to replace those who will be leaving at the end of 2021. We speak to the team’s Jack Rees about 2021 & the goals for 2022 (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…)

What a year for Lucas Towers (Cero/Cycle Division RT)(Preveily Conforma)! Junior Tour of Wales Stage win & 3rd overall, 2nd on GC in a major Spanish Junior stage race, GC and stage wins in the Tour of Sussex and L’Etape de la Defonce  and lots of top 10s too. We chat to this talented Junior […]

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…)

A massive massive ride by Lizzie Deignan who attacked solo 80km from the finish, sees her make history in Paris-Roubaix Femmes (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…)

The final stage of the Junior Tour of Wales was as expected, a thrilling stage as Lucas Towers (Cero/Cycle Division) went on the attack and took a strong teammate (Jack Brough) and overall winner Tyler Hannay with him (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…)

On Sunday, the riders in the Cornish team Saint Piran, will have their first UCI race in 697 days and their first as a UCI Continental team. We spoke to Steve Lampier before they left … (more…)

Winner of the 2019 CiCLE Classic for Women, the last edition held, Emily Nelson spoke to Cycle Division about that victory, moments in the race and the challenges she faced in the race. (more…)

With support from the Dave Rayner Foundation, George Mills-Keeling is racing with French team AVC Aix En Provence for the rest of the season (more…)

After a stunning performance in Slovenia with three top six rides against the world’s best, James Shaw is on his way home – we had a chat about his race in the Tour of Slovenia (more…)

Quite probably, the biggest cycling party since 2019, is expected to be held in Otley on June 30 with races for the best of the best in mens & womens bike racing at The LOGCO Otley Cycle Races (more…)

June 27 will be a massive day for road racing in the UK as the CiCLE Classic returns after 666 days with the Junior Men’s and Women’s Editions of this unique event – VeloUK joined organiser Colin Clews for a look at the parcour (more…)

Team feature on Cumbria’s James Knox – currently riding his third Giro, James talks about how he got into cycling and what it means for him to sport the jersey of Deceuninck – Quick-Step. (more…)

Former British Road Race champion Connor Swift won his first race for Arkea Samsic in a French classic, TroBro Leon – we chat about the victory (more…)

A recent winner in Spain was Toby Perry, in the GP Vila-Real event, on May 16, his second win this year – we chat to him about racing Spain and his goals (more…)

On Friday, Scotland’s John Archibald will line up with Eolo Kometa at the Vuelta a Asturias – we chat about his racing so far in the pro peloton after a year of time trials in 2020 (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…)

Team Jumbo-Visma has announced the final roster for the Giro d’Italia with the most notable name on the roster being the return of Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo Visma). (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…)

First year senior Alice Towers (Drops LeCol pb/ Tempur) is about to race the biggest races in her life at Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege – we chatted last week. (more…)

In the Monument that is the Tour of Flanders, Connor Swift showed he has the legs to flex his muscles at the front of the bike race – we chat about it… (more…)

A leading coach at trainSharp, Chris Mcnamara, continues to win races and coach cyclists from pro riders to those who just ride; we chat about his goals for 2021 and much more (more…)

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

Feature article by Rose Manley  on Annemiek van Vleuten the rider and person and Anna van der Breggen who won the Road Worlds in 2020 – the article is from the 2020 Road Book which you can get a discount on thanks to a VeloUK code at the end of this article. (more…)

Ashley Cox fastest in the Welwyn Wheelers 31.1 mile time trial on April 2nd; Lucy Charles was fastest woman (more…)

The Danish Champion Kasper Asgreen wins his first ever Monument victory on clinchers at the end of an incredible Tour of Flanders – beats Mathieu van der Poel in two up sprint (more…)

Oliver Peckover (19:40) fastest in the Velo Club Long Eaton 10 mile Time Trial on April 4; Jessica Denman fastest women (more…)

Rob Walker fastest in the Plymouth Corinthian 10 mile Time Trial on April 4; Martina Geraghty fastest woman (more…)

George Peden fastest in the North Lancashire RC 10 mile time trial on April 3rd; Maddie Leech was fastest female (more…)

Racing for a leading Elite team in 2021, Joey Walker is also being supported by some personal sponsorship like that from Cero Wheels (more…)

Ross Fawcett fastest in the Kings Lynn CC 25 mile Time Trial on April 3rd, Anna Harrison fastest woman (more…)

With a monument in the pocket, Jasper Stuyven of Trek Segafredo enters Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) with a calm mind and strong legs (more…)

Mathieu van der Poel, winner in 2020 of the Tour of Flanders, is one of the favourites again for this Monument in Belgium and chatted to WielerFlits  (more…)

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) solos to win the one day race in Spain, GP Indurain ahead of Alexey Lutsenko and Luis León Sánchez (Astana – Premier Tech) (more…)

Wout van Aert looking to win the ‘Ronde’ this year after finishing second last year and after having won Ghent-Wevelgem recently. (more…)

Team BikeExchange head into the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday with Michael Matthews leading the hunt for the team’s only missing Monument.  (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe and Kasper Asgreen share their thoughts ahead of this Spring’s only cobbled Monument, the Tour of Flanders – Alaphilippe: “It’s an immense honour to race Flanders in the rainbow jersey again” (more…)

Joshua Tarling fastest (19.06) in the return of the Castle Combe 10 mile Time Trial Series on March 31st (Wed); Isabel Sharp fastest female (more…)

trainSharp coach Chris McNamara fastest in the Crawley Wheelers CC Sporting Time Trial on Good Friday in the South East; Kerry McGawley was the fastest female (more…)

Tim Wellens on Tour of Flanders: “The Ronde is one of the most important events on the Belgian cycling calendar. Of course there are three big favourites, but especially in a race like De Ronde, there’s so much that can happen along the way and that’s why it is dangerous to say who will win […]

Saint Piran’s Steve Lampier got his 2021 campaign off with a flying start, taking the win in the Mid Devon CC’s Hilly event in a new course record. Natasha Reddy won the women’s event (more…)

April 2: Phil Williams and Joss Lowden fastest in men/women categories in the first round of the Merlin Cycles CTT Classic Circuit Series in Cheshire. Jacob Tipper (Ribble Weldtite) fastest on a road bike (more…)

Dylan van Baarle secures one of his biggest victories with a rousing solo victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen. (more…)

European champion Annemiek van Vleuten wins two up sprint to take a brilliant victory in Waregem in the semi classic, Dwars door Vlaanderen, (more…)

Ribble Cycles unleash an all-new Gravel focused platform designed for riders looking to conquer off-road terrain, Four key category models in three distinct materials. (more…)

trainSharp coach Chris McNamara last off in the Crawley Wheelers Sporting time trial over 41.6 miles near Brighton on April 2nd (more…)

Ashley Cox last off in the Welwyn Wheelers 31.1 mile time trial on April 2 in Hertfordshore; 120 riders (more…)

2020 championship medallist Simon Wilson of Ribble Weldtite last off in the North Lancashire Road Club 10 mile Time Trial on April 3rd near Lancaster; Rebecca Rimmington of Merlin Cycles top seed in the women – 120 riders (more…)

74 riders entered for the Brighton Mitre CC Hilly 10 mile time trial on April 3 near Billingshurst in the South East (more…)

Keith Murray last off from the 120 entries in the Barnesbury CC 21 mile Time Trial on April 3rd near Ponteland in the North East (more…)

Mark Richards last off in the Kings Lynn CC 25 mile time trial on April 3rd near Kings Lynn on the A134 (more…)

Multiple champion and record breaker Matt Bottrill last off in the Velo Club Long Eaton 10 mile Time Trial on April 4 near Derby (more…)

65 riders on the startlist for the Plymouth Corinthian CC 10 mile time trial on April 4 near Totnes (more…)

53 riders on the startlist for CC Weymouth’s 10 mile time trial on April 4 on the P451/10 course (more…)

Joss Lowden, who recently unofficially broke the women’s hour record in training, one of the star riders entered in the Brighton Mitre CC Hilly Time Trial (more…)

Former British RR Championship medallist Russell Hampton and GB International Hayley Simmonds on the startlist for the Cambridge CC 15m Time Trial on April 5th nr Cambridge (more…)

Championship medalist Simon Wilson (Ribble Weldtite) takes on GB academy riders & track star Jonny Wale in Manchester Bicycle Club TT (Bioracer Kudos Series); Sarah Storey & Eluned King two of the leading females   (more…)

Road stars Steve Lampier, Max Stedman, Freddie Scheske headline the entry for the annual Teign Valley Hilly TT over a tough 23 mile course which skirts the edges of Dartmoor (more…)

  Julian Alaphilippe continues his Classics campaign with his race debut at Dwars door Vlaanderen in what will be the UCI World Champion’s second outing of the season on the cobbles (more…)

On Sunday April 4 the women’s peloton will gather in Oudenaarde for the start of the Tour of Flanders & in addition to defending champion Van den Broek-Blaak, the provisional start list includes many other big names, such as Van Vleuten, D’hoore, Kopecky and our very own Lizzie Deignan. (more…)

Following a disappointing Milan-Sanremo and abandons at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem, the 2017 Tour of Flanders winner  Philippe Gilbert  (Lotto Soudal) will take a period of necessary rest, both physically and mentally. (more…)

Adam Yates, Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas locked out the podium at the WorldTour event after a thrilling final day in Barcelona where Thomas de Gendt won the stage. (more…)

A group of seven riders battled for the win in the 2021 Edition of Gent Wevelegem with Wout van Aert fastest from Giacomo Nizzolo and Matteo Trentin (more…)

Mikkel Honoré won a pulsating final stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, after an audacious day spent on the offensive; Ethan Hayter 4th on stage, Paul Double 9th (more…)

A strong BORA-hansgrohe team puts Peter Sagan on top with sensational sprint victory on Volta a Catalunya stage 6, Adam Yates continues to lead overall (more…)

Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) won an amazing edition of E3 Harelbeke after a solo effort “Winning this makes me super proud and happy” says the Danish champion (more…)

Lennard Kämna solo’s to victory on stage 5 of Volta Catalunya after a big breakaway stays clear of Adam Yates and his team who controlled the gap to the breakaway and Adam continues to lead overall (more…)

Vingegaard wins fourth stage and consolidates leading position in Coppi e Bartali, Ethan Hayter third overall, best Young rider and Points leader (more…)