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Mathilde Pauls, Joseph Smith, Trevor Ormes and William Crabtree some of the winners at the Ixworth Village Cycle Races on May 2nd (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…)

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…)

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…)

The 57th Edition of the Perfs Pedal road race was won solo by Damien Clayton of Wiv Sungod in a race where Alex Richardson was solo for a lot of it before being caught as the rain tumbled down on the race and the wind blew it apart (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…)

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…)

After a tactical start with the Belgians swarming around him, Tom ‘superman’ Pidcock put the hammer down and drove his rivals into the ground, opening up a big gap and winning solo in the same manner he did when he won the British title at Cyclopark a few years ago. (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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

An organisation that has since the 1980s been looking after the interests of those wanting to race their bikes, TLI Cycling, is looking forward to a restart in 2022 after a difficult time since the loss of Nigel Harrop, who sadly died early in 2021. (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…)

Catford CC has passed the ‘Devil’s Trident’ to Westerham CC who now become the event organiser of the Hell of the Ashdown (HOTA) – an iconic sportive which marks the start of the cycling season in south east England (more…)

Tom Bell smashes the course record to win the men’s Hill Climb Championship and Bithja Jones sets new course record as she becomes the first Queen of Winnats on an epic day on this iconic climb (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 […]

Huge Victories for Ben Swift and Pfeiffer Georgi on a wet day at the British Road Race Championships in historic Lincoln (more…)

Jo Tindley solos to the dream victory whilst Ethan Hayter wins championship number two of the week at the Circuit Race Championships at Lincoln on Friday Night (more…)

Ethan and Leo Hayter, Anna Henderson and Anna Shackley champions at the 2021 British Time Trial Championships on Thursday at Tealby, Lincolnshire Wolds (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…)

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

A star-studded cast of Britain’s best bike riders have been revealed with the start sheets of those racing this year’s British Road Championships in Lincoln, which take place from 14-17 October. (more…)

Abi Smith won the Curlew Cup in a bunch sprint from Charlotte Berry and April Tacey; Jacob Scott won a very exciting Beaumont Trophy from breakaway rival Alex Richardson with Matt Gibson winning the sprint for third. (more…)

On Thursday September 23, Bioracer and the INEOS Grenadiers confirmed their partnership for the upcoming cycling season  (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…)

Two days of cyclocross bossing it at Derby’s Moorways at round 1 of the National Trophy sponsored by Bioracer UK (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…)

After two attacking races at a sunny Grasscrete Ryedale GP, under 23 rider Illi Gardner and former Sky professional Alex Peters, were celebrating awesome victories in brutal races (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…)

In two cracking races with the best of the best in Guisborough, Matt Gibson solo’d to victory whilst Eluned King sprinted in first to win the Women’s race. Healing wishes to all those who crashed – heal quick (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…)

Throughout the Tour de France, the question has been, can Mark Cavendish equal/break the record of Eddy Merckx for the number of stage wins in the Tour – today (Friday) he did just that (more…)

Eluned King sprints to victory ahead of April Tacey and Jenny Holl in the Womens event, Matt Gibson won the Men’s event after a three up break dominated the race, Rob Scott was second and junior Josh Tarling was third (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…)

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…)

For over six decades, the road race in Lincoln has grown in popularity and become a local Monument and following on from 2015, the British Road Race Championships return to Lincoln for a really unique event (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…)

As expected, the 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia was as epic as the fans were hoping it would be with Schmid winning the stage from the breakaway whilst Bernal took time out of all the GC hopefuls (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…)

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…)

After a thrilling, edge of the seat final, five riders go clear and in the sprint Tadej Pogacar beats Julian Alaphilippe to the victory. 41 year old Valverde celebrates his birthday with fourth (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…)

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

A brave attack at the bottom of the Poggio by Jasper Stuyven, and some help from DSM’s Søren Kragh Andersen, saw the Belgian Stuyven win the fastest edition of Milan San Remo (more…)

In 2020, Wout Van Aert had a winning year and in The 2020 Roadbook, Wout van Aert talks about the winning of races (more…)

The youngest rider in the Drops LeCol s/b Tempur team, Alice Towers, is making her debut this weekend in Belgium – we chat! (more…)

Feature length chat to Ribble Weldtite’s Jack Rees about his team’s goals for 2021, when their season will start and the challenges they face. (more…)

With his season about to kick off, a new lighter Alexandar Richardson (Alpecin-Fenix) is excited to see what this season brings him (more…)

Back in January, we spoke to performance director and former Yellow jersey in the Tour de France, Sean Yates of Eolo Kometa Cycling Team about the challenges of 2021 and a pandemic (more…)

In an interview on Sporza, Tom Pidcock’s long time coach and former boss at An Post/Sean Kelly, Kurt Bogaerts says 2021 “will be one big exploration for Tom this year”. (more…)

At a time when teams are folding & sponsors are pulling away, Ribble Cycles have essentially doubled their investment into cycle sport by having a new team in Drops Cycling on their race bikes (more…)

Heading to France today (Tuesday) is Connor Swift of Arkea Samsic for his first race of the year before he tackles the Spring Classics – we chat about the challenges he has been facing to get racing. (more…)

New signing for (Qhubeka ASSOS) Harry Tanfield was one of 25 riders, together with a full complement of staff who spent ten days in Spain for an intensive training camp. (more…)

Former King of the Mountains in the Tour of Switzerland (2018), the Isle of Man’s Mark Christian is training hard on the Rock for the 2021 season (more…)

Currently training on the Cote d’Azur, VeloUK caught up with Jake Stewart on January 19 when like a lot of British pros, he was at home in Coventry unable to join his team for the training camp but still putting in the hard yards to be ready for some racing this weekend at GP la […]

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…)

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…)

VeloUK chatted last week to John Archibald of pro conti team Eolo-Kometa about being stuck in Scotland whilst his team trained in Spain. (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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

Boss of CPR (Cherie Pridham (Racing) which raced in the colours of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK and Raleigh UK over many years, will be the first female DS in the WorldTour as she joins Israel Start-Up Nation for 2021 (more…)

Cycling Sheffield elite team is ready to race in 2021 after completing their line up for 2021 with the signing of four new riders who will join Matt Taylor and Joe Clark. (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…)