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Blog: Matt Green – Europe to the U.S.A

British rider Matt Green talks about the change of pace going from Europe to the good ol’ USA

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Blog: Declan Byrne returns after broken back

MG Maxifuel’s Declan Byrne writes about returning to the sport after breaking his back in 2012

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Tour Series Diary: Adela Carter (Hope Factory Racing)

Always a joy to meet is Adela Carter of Hope Factory Racing who with a smile has been racing the Women’s Tour Series. This is her take on the Women’s series …

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Feature: Bottrill’s Top 5 Training Sessions

Matt Bottrill who races a Giant Trinity SL for Drag2Zero, talks us through his Top 5 Training Sessions and how he uses power as part of his training routine

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Racing Belgian Style with Rhys Howells (Twenty3c-Focus)

The tall one, that’s the Welsh giant Rhys Howells, in Twenty3C-Focus, went to Belgium for some racing where the bike is king and Cancellera is Spartacus

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch in France

Oh the joys of freezing on the bike! – report from British penguin Llewellyn Kinch racing the Grand Prix Nogent-sur-Oise UCI 1.2

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Blog: Thought Provoking Classics Weekend

Paul Burgoine travels to Belgium for a taste of the classics and doesn’t quite get what he expected on a freezing weekend where cycling is king

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News: Robbie Hassan heading back to Spain

Scotland’s Robbie Hassan is heading back to Spain to ride for Team Ibaigane Opel after a successful stint with them in 2012

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch – already racing in Europe

Llewellyn Kinch writes … Life in Soisson (France), my home for the next 8 months, has begun and it looks to be a great place to live.

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News: Paralympic Star Helen Scott back in training in Spain

Getting in the miles at the Cycling Holiday Spain training camp was London Paralympic Games star Helen Scott

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Blog: Patrick Salt’s Showstopper

The London Bike Show interesting as well as disappointing for the diehard cycling enthusiast Patrick Salt who has a little ramble about cycle racing in 2013

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch looks ahead to 2013 in France

Llewellyn writes twenty thirteen looks set to be an exciting year racing-wise as I’ve got my first full-time season of racing and my best winter of training yet behind me.

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Review: Dean Downing’s Rapha Years

One of the country’s best ever professionals, Dean Downing, looks back at six years wearing black for the same sponsors on the even of a new season with a new team

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch – When the Racing Ends

After a season in Belgium with lots of great results, Llewellyn mixes business with pleasure in the sun of Spain before he heads to France in 2013

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Comment: Tour of Britain Tender – Bizarre says Patrick Salt

VeloUK reader describes decision by British Cycling for Tour of Britain Tender bizarre

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Blog: Patrick Salt on Shortage of races

How bad is it getting? Is it a lack of sponsor money or organisers? Is it too challenging to promote a Premier?

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Blog: Peter Mitchell moves to Para-Cycling Camp

Sprinter Peter Mitchell last blogged at the start of his build up to the national championships in August and since then, a lot has happened as he writes in this latest blog.

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Blog: Paralympic Champion Sarah Storey

Britain’s most decorated Paralympian, Sarah Storey recalls her Golden summer and what she’s been up to since …

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Blog: Sarah Storey & London 2012 – Part Two

A legend in Paralympic sport, Sarah Storey writes about the competition at the Games and shares her account of what happened.

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Blog: Tall Tales from Conor Dunne in Belgium

One of the tallest riders in the peloton and based in Belgium for two seasons as an Under 23 rider, Conor Dunne looks back at his time abroad as he prepares to return home

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Blog: World Road Race Champs Limburg 2012

Paul Burgoine writes about his time in Holland at the 2012 World Road Championships

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Blog: Part 1 from Sarah Storey

Paralympic Games legend Sarah Storey with Part 1 of her blog on London 2012

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Feature: David Mclean says Keep Racing on the Roads. Please.

A rider who has raced in Britain as well as in Italy at pro level, David Mclean, writes Keep Racing on the Roads in Britain – please.

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch

Llewellyn writes … September and we’re in the last full month of the season.

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Blog: World Masters RR Champs

Shutt VR rider, Karen Poole, writes about her expereince at the World Masters races in St Johann

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Blog: Haute Route – Day 6

Adam is out of this world as he climbs on the highest through road in the whole of Europe over a landscape that looks a bit like the moon

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Blog: Haute Route – Day 5

Adam Tranter on the challenge that one cyclist says is definitely the strangest way he’s spent a holiday

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Blog: Haute Route Day 3

Adam Tranter’s blog on day 3 of the Haute Route sportive, the toughest marathon stage that included three big climbs, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Glandon and Alpe d’Huez.

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Blog: Haute Route – Day 2

Adam Tranter, who is taking on the 780km on the back of a motorbike, which we’re fairly sure is cheating, blogs about day 2 at  Haute Route.

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Blog: Josh Knight & His Belgian exploits

More from the Mountivation Academy juniors and Josh Knight blogs about his Belgian exploits including a prized victory

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch aiming high in 2013

After a season of wins and podiums in Europe, Llewellyn Kinch is on the road to becoming a better bike racer 

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Blog: Paracycling’s Mark Colbourne

GB Paracycling rider Mark Colbourne writes about his current training preparations going into the final phase towards London 2012 as well as his adventures off the bike.

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Blog: Sarah Storey’s Tour of Limousin

Success for Paralympic Gold medallist Sarah Storey as she revisits the Tour of Limousin in France

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Llewellyn Kinch: Making it on the Continent

Mid season break, tactical accidents, mechanicals and busting for a nature break, all part of life for Belgian based Llewellyn Kinch, full-time rider for Terra Footwear – Bicycle Line

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Sarah Storey Blog: Krasna Lipa Tour 2012

Escentual For VioRed headed out for the Krasna Lipa tour in the north of Czech Republic with a slightly depleted squad due to illness and injury but with spirits high and legs ready to hit the roads of the race and see whether we could achieve a top ten overall and the odd podium spot [...]

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Annie Simpson – A Championship Medal!

Winner of the recent Johnson GP Series for her team, Matrix Fitness/Prendas, Annie Simpson recalls her race in North Yorkshire where she came away with a Bronze medal.

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Blog: Belgian Based Pro Llewellyn Kinch

So close but yet so far to a Green jersey in a mountainous stage race in France for Llewellyn Kinch

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Blog: Sarah Storey & Soggy Time Trials!

Sarah Storey writes … As we fast approach the National Road Race Championships, there was time to put the training and racing from the first half of the season to the test with a double header of Time Trials on two local courses in Cheshire.

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Rider Report: Two Races in two days for Sarah Storey

A busy weekend for paracycling champion Sarah Storey who won the latest round of the Jo Bruton Women’s National RR Series in Lancashire and also competed in the London Nocturne

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Tour Series Blog: Sleep, sleep, & more sleep

Three weeks in and two weeks to go of the 2012 Halfords Tour Series and everyone who is travelling to and from each round will be greeting the weekends with open arms. It’s time to sleep and recover and for the riders, get in a few endurance miles.

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch Making it on the Continent

Time for recovery rides, time off and a few beers and look back at mountainous stage races  & mixing it with Gilbert 

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Halfway Point in the 2012 Halfords Tour Series

Larry Hickmott looks back at the first half of the Halfords Tour Series and talks to Magnus Backstedt and Dean Downing about the racing so far and what’s to come….

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Blog: The Crowd & Crew take centre stage in Oxford

Larry looks back at the Halfords Tour Series visiting Oxford and two of the highlights plus photo albums from all the action  ….

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Another Tandem Champion for Barney Storey Sport

Barney Storey talks about that winning feeling as he wins the 2012 Tandem Championship

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Aussie Larry’s Blog: The Challenge from Down Under

As an Aussie, it’s been great to see so many riders from Down Under come to Britain to race the series for British teams. Two such riders are Rico Rogers and Bernie Sulzberger …

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Blog: On the road again with Halfords Tour Series

Last night (Tuesday) saw the first of the Halfords Tour Series for 2012, in Scotland. A month on the road has begun!

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Blog Llewellyn Kinch: Making it on the Continent

The latest from Terra Footwear – Bicycle Line rider Llewellyn Kinch living the dream in Europe

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Rider Report: Sarah Storey on her Bedford Two Day

Defending champion for the Bedford Two day, Sarah Storey of the Escentual For VioRed, writes about the 2012 race

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Llewellyn Kinch is third overall Tour De La Manche

Last week Llewellyn rode the Tour De La Manche in Normandy where he won a stage and was third on another and third overall. Here’s his story …

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Blog: Specialized Lululemon rider Trix Worrack

Trixi Worrack won the Gracia Orlova Queen Stage today in the Czech Republic. Here is her blog …

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Making it on the Continent Blog: Llewellyn Kinch

Llewellyn reports on three races in six days plus some Belgian phrases every cyclist should learn …

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Team News: GB Cycles Ladies Team at the Cheshire Classic

Sarah Maidment of the GB Cycles Ladies Racing Team with an excellent rider report about her expereince in the Cheshire Classic 2012

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Cheshire Classic: A rider’s blog

Hope Factory RT rider Adela Carter looks back at today’s Cheshire Classic women’s race from a ‘first-timers’ perspective.

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Blog: Sarah Storey and her support network

Sarah writes… The closer we get to the Games the greater the interest in the athletes bidding for places and of course one of the biggest sources of interest is in the support network around the athletes.

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Rider Race Report: Karla Boddy

High Wycombe CC’s Karla Boddy’s aspirations of a result in the David Peck Memorial Race (ShuttVR) Women’s Team Series halted by cramp

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Team News: Success for Mountivation Juniors

Double stage winner Matt Flynn’s report on the Gorey 3 Day in Ireland over Easter saw the Mountivation Junior team winning two stages, the Points jersey, holding the Yellow and 3rd in the KOM ….

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Photo Album-Video: Tour DoonHame Day 1

Over 100 images all lovingly edited by the iPad from the first day at DoonHame where we saw two stages held plus the video from BCPremierCalendar Youtube channel.

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Blog: Llewellyn Kinch – hospital, punctures & broken spoke

Llewellyn Kinch, Full-Time Cyclist for Terra Footwear – Bicycle Line, an his blog about making it on the Continent

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DoonHame: Photos & Blog from a soggy cold day in the mountains

Larry Hickmott’s photo album from the final stage of the Tour of DoonHame in Scotland where it rained, the wind blew and it was almost as cold as last year …

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Ian Field: Hitting the reset button

“It really didn’t take long for me to get itchy feet again and get out on the bike after the end of the season” – Ian Field (Hargroves Cycles)

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Blog: Sarah Storey

Snow, but not at Altitude, Altitude but no height gained and a very soggy Time Trial!

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