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The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team will start the inaugural Friends Life Women’s Tour on Wednesday with Brits Hannah Barnes & Sharon Laws (more…)

After years of dominating local racing, Hannah Barnes is back from America with her pro team to tackle the Friends Life Women’s Tour on home roads (more…)

First British winner of the Tour du Loire et Cher in France, Graham Briggs in 2014 is at home in a stage race or crit. VeloUK talks to him … (more…)

Talking to Kiwi Tom Scully (2nd) and Madison Genesis Team manager Roger Hammond about their CICLE Classic last weekend (more…)

Talking to Tom Stewart about his second place in the Dutch Arno Wallaard Memorial UCI 1.2 Road Race on April 19 (more…)

Friends Life Women’s Tour talks to Lizzie Armitstead who stars in the race that starts on May 7-11 in Oundle (Northamptonshire) and finishes in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (more…)

After looking at the course on Saturday, double winner Ian Wilkinson (Team Raleigh) says he would not be surprised if it finished in big group sprint (more…)

A rider seen in early season British classics, Josef Metelka, is a World Champion after the Paracycling Worlds in Mexico (more…)

As the summer of cycling approaches, Virgin Money Cyclone founder and organiser, Peter Harrison, tells VeloUK what riders and spectators alike can expect from this year’s UCI Beaumont Trophy. (more…)

Paul Burgoine talks to an undeniable legend in women’s racing, Marianne Vos, who is heading to Britain in a few weeks for the Women’s Tour (more…)

A long time supporter of VeloUK, Mick Tarrant of Prendas Ciclismo writes about how clothing has changed for cyclists since he was a boy (more…)

Product News – Velotastic CC are delighted to launch Rikulau Bicycles in the UK - Reynolds 931, 953 (to order)  and 853 steel frames (more…)

Selection of excellent images from PelotonPhotos.com from Amstel Gold won by Philippe Gilbert (more…)

VeloUK joins organiser Bill Owen and contender Matt Bottrill for a look at the British Time Trial Championship course (more…)

Selection of great pictures from Antony Edmonds from the Good Friday Track Open at the Olympic Velodrome (more…)

Very tasty line up for 10th anniversary of the Rutland – Melton CiCLE Classic on April 27 as local heros take on foreign invaders (more…)

One of the sports biggest ‘doers’, Guy Elliott has come out of retirement and is at it again organising with Sweetspot the UCI ranked Women’s Tour (more…)

Awesome video from Madison Genesis of their win in the Two Day Tour of the Reservoir (more…)

Hill climbing - To help you ease the burden when you’re riding uphill, GCN have got some simple tips for you (more…)

Some awesome images from Paris Roubaix won by Niki Terpstra by Thomas van Bracht of PelotonPhotos.com (more…)

20 year old Alex Peters (Madison-Genesis) has his biggest victory so far in his young career (more…)

Paul Burgoine talks to Tom Boonen and Zdenek Stybar plus Niki Terpstra on Flanders at the Omega Pharma Quickstep press day in Belgium (more…)

Gordon Wiseman talks to the most experienced team manager in Britain, John Herety about the stages in the 2014 Tour of Britain and the team he’ll want for it (more…)

With three weeks or so to the 10th Edition of the Rutland-Melton International CiCLE Classic, the organisers spoke to 2010 winner, Michael Berling (more…)

Exciting new route for the Tour of Britain 2014 unveiled in London – Liverpool, Bristol, Bath & Brighton plus the Tumble! (more…)

Former World Track Cup winner with GB, Russell Hampton from Essex, is off and racing in 2014 thanks to valued sponsors including Onimpex/Bioracer (more…)

A look at the courses for the British Road Championships in Wales in June where the Men’s and Women’s champions in road race and time trial will be crowned. (more…)

The CiCLE Classic talk to the winner in 2007, Malcolm Elliott who was third in the Amstel Gold Race in 1987 and a legend of British racing cyclists! (more…)

Talking to Rob Partridge (Velosure-Giordana) after he’d won the Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race in Essex on Sunday (more…)

Talking to Adam Blythe, Graham Briggs and Yanto Barker after the Jock Wadley Memorial on Sunday in Essex (more…)

The Jock Wadley Memorial RR sees the tastiest line up for a race so far in 2014 in Britain and VeloUK is there with live photos (more…)

Talking to Team Raleigh’s Yanto Barker, Britain’s top ranked UK based rider in 2013 who helped make UK Youth the dominant team it was last season (more…)

Talking to a rider who ‘burst’ onto the scene with second in the Premier Calendar in 2013, Tom Stewart (more…)

The best French rider in the 2013 Tour de France, Romain Bardet (AG2r) tells ASO about his weak spot for Paris–Nice (this weekend), a race he discovered last year. (more…)

The organisers of the race everyone wants to win, the UCI CiCLE Classic, interview Robin ‘Sharminator’ Sharman, winner in 2006 (more…)

Talking to former professional in Europe Roger Hammond who has strengthened the Madison Genesis pro team for 2014 (more…)

Latest results from the Premier Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on Tuesday night (more…)

The Pearl Izumi Tour Series will feature ten venues this May and June, as the five-week season takes place across Britain with rounds from Edinburgh in the north to Jersey in the south. (more…)

Talking to Isle of Man rider Mark Christian (Team Raleigh) who was 9th on the final stage of Haut Var last weekend. (more…)

Dave Rayner funded rider, Doug Dewey is already a winner in 2014 and has two goals, to have fun and turn professional! (more…)

A name to remember for the future – ‘Gabz’ Cullaigh (RST) is still a Junior but at the last Revolution raced with the seniors and did very well indeed. VeloUK talks to him … (more…)

If you have a broken rear derailleur out riding, and have a multi-tool with chain breaker on it, then here’s how to make a singlespeed and ride home (more…)

BMC chasing more success after Phinney’s, Cummings & Moinard’s victories in recent weeks in a pair of one-day races this weekend in France (more…)

A prolific winner over the years, Simon Wilson had one of his biggest victories in the Clayton Spring Classic on Sunday (more…)

Finishing second ten years after he was in the same position to Kevin Dawson, and the third time he’s filled that position, the Merseyside rider David McGowan is still waiting for the victory (more…)

Nick Frewin fastest medium gear while Simon Beldon and Andy Jackson tie for first in Open Yorkshire Cycling Federation 10 mile time trial on the weekend (more…)

The Ruta del Sol concluded with a bunch finish after a tight twisty city centre finish won by Belkin’s Moreno Hofland. The overall was won by Valverde for Movistar who are sponsored by Endura. (more…)

The organisers of the Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic speak to Scott Gamble, the first ever winner of the Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic (more…)

Feature on Will Stephenson by Eamonn Deane- Life Down Under, Epic Chaingangs & manning up in the UK! (more…)

BMC’s team for the Tour du Haut Var (France) this weekend will include  Sami Sanchez, Cadel Evans and Thor Hushovd (more…)

Cycling Royalty were on stage to watch the 2014 Raleigh team be presented at the launch in France on Wednesday night. (more…)

As more and more teams are seeing the value of a team coach, for 2014, NFTO Pro Cycling has Trainsharp helping their riders be the best they can be (more…)

A young lady going places in cycling is Grace Garner, part of the RST/NFTO racing team in 2014 and about to take her first pedal strokes in the Junior ranks (more…)

BMC’s Tejay van Garderen makes his season debut Tuesday at the Tour of Oman along with a past winner of the race, Peter Velits (more…)

John Degenkolb (Giant Shimano) makes it three from three whilst Stephen Cummings (BMC) wins the Time Trial and now leads overall (more…)

In front of industry hitters, the NFT Pro Cycling team had their launch in a swanky West End of London BMW dealership on Thursday night (more…)

The 2015 British Road Race and Time Trial Championships are awarded to Lincolnshire during historic year for Lincoln (more…)

Samuel Sánchez says races in France and Italy will be first up in his competition schedule for BMC leading up to his first goal race of the season, Vuelta Ciclista Al Pais Vasco, in his home country. (more…)

Winner of the Dubai Tour, Taylor Phinney is now looking to keep that success rolling for BMC at the Tour Méditerranéen with Stephen Cummings also selected (more…)

The Litherland (Merseyside) Circuit League Committee will be organising a 20 week racing programme for the 2014 Season (more…)

A crash that delayed all eight riders in the BMC Team Monday at the Tour of Qatar virtually eliminates any hope for a high finish overall (more…)

Swiss national road champion Michael Schär finished third for BMC after being part of a five-man breakaway late in Sunday’s opening stage of the Tour of Qatar. (more…)

Simon Clarke has been crowned 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour champion, continuing local WorldTour team Orica GreenEDGE’s dominance of the Australian summer of cycling. (more…)

Cycle Division, situated near J28 on the M1, now have a lot of road bikes in stock and have written this guide to which one is right for you (more…)

The Velo29 Winter Series was established in 2011 as the North’s only racing in the months of January and February. (more…)

Interview with Team NetApp-Endura’s Scott Thwaites from Yorkshire & Endura MD Jim McFarlane’s first reaction on Tour de France news (more…)

Olympic champion and road star in Britain, Ed Clancy’s next stop is a trip to Cali for the Track Worlds in Columbia (more…)

Lots of endurance racing at the Premier Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on Tuesday night (more…)

Maxine Filby, James Middleton & Adam Lewis winners at the Woolly Mamil Winter Crit Series races last Saturday at Stourport (more…)

The aptly named Ben Swift certainly had some top end speed at Revolution 44 on Saturday night when he was scorching the boards on his comeback (more…)

GCN speak to Fabian Cancellara, Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Peter Sagan, Tony Martin and Taylor Phinney before the 1st ever Dubai Tour (more…)

The eleventh edition of the Tour of Britain cycle race will be a UCI 2.HC category, ranking it alongside many of the great events around the world (more…)

Britain’s Stephen Cummings heading for Dubai Tour with BMC who have clear goals for the inaugural edition says DS Max Sciandri (more…)

Next stop Milton Keynes – First Cyclo-Cross World Cup for Britain to be held November 29 – the real work starts now says Burney (more…)

One of two world class French riders added to the Raleigh Squad, introducing Matthieu Boulo (more…)

Tour de France winner Chris Froome starts season in Tour of Oman with Fabian Cancellara & Vincenzo Nibali (more…)

Talking to superman Ian Wilkinson (Team Raleigh) about an exciting start to the 2014 season and much more for the British team with a French twist (more…)

Entertaining Question & Answer with son of legend Chris Walker — Joey Walker who races as a first year Junior for RST/NFTO in 2014 (more…)

Singers, artists and performers join forces in a glittering spectacle at Europe’s newest shopping complex, to give the public a taste of what to expect at Yorkshire Festival 2014. (more…)

Results from the First Division (Friday nights) of the Manchester Regional Track League (more…)

Cadel Evans says result in Tour Down Under is encouraging in a season building towards bettering his third-place finish in 2013 at the Giro d’Italia (more…)

Movistar find another TT hero as Adriano Malori wins Time Trial in Argentina whilst Nairo Quintana seizes overall lead with two days left for finale. Adam Yates holds on to Young riders jersey (more…)

Former Servetto Footon rider Jasmine Dotti is the latest addition to the new British based Women’s Team Velosport Pasta Montegrappa (more…)

French based rider Antoine Gaudillat (24)  looking for a British team for 2014 (more…)

Over in Argentina, North West rider Adam Yates has begun his pro career in the Tour de San Luis and on terrain that suits the 58 kilo rider, he’s still in the Young rider’s jersey as of stage 4. (more…)

Tinkoff-Saxo CEO Stefano Feltrin talks about the direction and aims of the team after Oleg Tinkov’s recent acquisition of the team (more…)

Evans: “When you have an opportunity, you have to run with it” – Aussie legend turns up the heat on his rivals in Tour Down Under (more…)

Called Ireland’s Best Sportive by organisers, online entries now available for Giant’s Causeway Coast Sportive (more…)

BMC’s Aussie hero Cadel Evans was third and climbed up to fourth overall at the Santos Tour Down Under Wednesday. (more…)

Nineteen top pro teams heading for the deserts of Qatar to get their seasons off to a flying start (more…)

Still only a first year junior, Yorkshire lass Abby-Mae Parkinson is breaking records and making her own mark on the sport of cycle racing (more…)

Updated article by Gordon Wiseman on a round of the World Cup Cyclo-Cross coming to Milton Keynes in 2014 (more…)

Double for Ian Taylor as he wins the latest round of the North West Cyclo-Cross league at Beacon Country Park (Wigan) (more…)

George Thompson beats US rider Jeremy Durrin in round 15 of the Lincolnshire Cyclo-Cross League at Abbey Farm on Sunday (more…)

A look at the bike that will be going to the World Cyclo-Cross Champs with Under 23 Ben Sumner (National Trophy Series winner Under 23).  (more…)

The BMC Racing Team announce their early season race programs for team stars Gilbert, Evans, Hushovd etc  (more…)

Winner of the Amstel Gold Race in 2013 as well as 5th in the Tour de France, Tinkoff-Saxo’s Roman Kreuziger is tired but happy ahead of the 2014 season. (more…)

A more detailed look at the major men’s road races in the UK and beyond including Pro classics, time trials and circuit races in order of date (more…)

It was the dream start for Hannah Barnes ( UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team), a pro win for her new team in her very first race and then the lows, falling off and taken out of the race … Here’s Hannah’s story in her own words … (more…)

UCI Delegation inspects Campbell Park in Milton Keynes for what looks like a probable World Cup in November 2014 (more…)

With the cold weather here in Britain, time to join Cycling Holiday Spain (CHS) and train in the mountains with the pros in Spain (more…)

Latest results from the First Division of the Manchester Regional Track League held on Friday nights (more…)

Britain’s Hannah Barnes sprints to Victory on Stage 1 of the 2014 Tour Femenino de San Luis – first win for new team UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling  (more…)

Building on a sound reputation for providing the best fully inclusive pro style training camps, CHS now have guaranteed entries for two amazing sportives in Spain and Italy; Granfondo Santini Stelvio in Italy. (more…)

Hannah Barnes is about to move up to the next phase of her career, racing as a full time pro bike rider for the biggest team in America, the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (more…)

The 2013 Bidlake Memorial Plaque has been awarded to the Isle of Man’s Dot Tilbury for bringing hundreds of youngsters into cycling including star professional Mark Cavendish. (more…)

Trek Factory Racing’s Hayden Roulston has won the first ever race for the new WorldTour team by outsprinting Jack Bauer of Garmin-Sharp (more…)

GCN’s Daniel Lloyd’s tips on getting home when you have run out of tubes and puncture… Plus, tips on choosing a turbo trainer (more…)

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step) I just want to have the same level as 2012 — if I can get the same level, I can start winning races again.” (more…)

A winner with ProTour teams over the last four years, Adam Blythe talks to VeloUK about signing for British team, NFTO (more…)

The North East major events calendar will this year again kick off with the Velo29 North East Trophy at the Croft Circuit – Darlington, 22nd Feb (more…)

Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and Robert Gesink (Belkin) two of the names heading Down Under for first World Tour race of 2014 (more…)

Thrilling the crowd at Revolution was the Isle of Man’s Peter Kennaugh who’s in good form ahead of a big year on the road (more…)

It’s the race all riders want to win more than any other – the British Championship with the stripes up for grabs at Derby next weekend (more…)

Talking to a legend in off road racing including cyclo-cross, Oli Beckingsale (EnduraMTB) who’s recovering from a nasty Xmas ‘present’. (more…)

Part of a family of star cyclists in the North East, Junior Charlie Tanfield is racing for a new team in 2014, Adept Precision RT (more…)

Mid Shropshire Wheelers organising the finale to the National Trophy at the Shrewsbury Sports Village on Sunday (more…)

Paul Oldham & Ian Bibby to give Ripley Castle Cyclo-Cross on New Years Day a flying start in first big cycling race for Yorkshire in 2014, the year of ‘le Tour Yorkshire’ (more…)

HAYLEY Jones is hoping to move her cycling career up a gear in 2014 as she follows further in the footsteps of her mum Louise. (more…)