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

After years in the GB Academy playing a supporting role, Erick Rowsell was taken on by Endura Racing and the former British Junior Road Race Champion flourished and will ride for NetApp-Endura in 2013 (more…)

Britain’s international Raleigh-GAC team look back at a successful 2012 on the roads here and abroad (more…)

VeloUK talks to Garmin-Sharp rider Dan Martin who’s won a stage in the Vuelta and been second in the Tour of Lombardy about his future goals in cycling (more…)

VeloUK talks to Tour of the Med & Tour of Britain winner Jon Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) on his signing for Team Sky (more…)

VeloUK talks to team manager Cherie Pridham about the very international Raleigh-GAC team for 2013 that is certainly packed with riders capable of winning bike races (more…)

Larry Hickmott talks to Graham Briggs who in seven races in the Elite Circuit Series, won four, was second in two and fifth in the other…. (more…)

After two years learning the ropes with Team Sky, Alex Dowsett feels the time has come to move on to further his career as a professional cyclist and he’s signed for Movistar for two years. (more…)

Two victories and even more podiums for Omega Pharma Quickstep, no surprise 22 year old Andy Fenn is pleased with his first season at the World Tour team (more…)

A common question I get asked is ‘when does the road cycling season end’ – Answer is Never! (more…)

VeloUK.net talks to British Hill Climb Champion Gunnar Grönlund ahead of this weekends big one, the 2012 British Hill Climb Championship on the Rake. (more…)

British Hill Climb Champion Gunnar Grönlund’s Trigon RQC28A is a bike that weighs under six kilos and has helped its rider to multiple wins and podiums in 2012 (more…)

Great photo album from Dave Hayward at the Bec CC and Catford CC Hill climbs in the South East last Sunday… (more…)

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

Talking to Endura Racing’s Jonny McEvoy who has signed a two year contract for NetApp-Endura in 2013. (more…)

Last weekend, VeloUK spoke to the King of the Sprints in the Tour of Britain, Peter Williams of Node4 (more…)

A look back by Kieren Banlin and his week long training camp at a valued VeloUK sponsor, Cycling Holiday Spain (more…)

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

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 (more…)

Ian Stannard and Alex Dowsett temporarily put their professional Team Sky racing colours to one side to compete for Team GB at last week’s Elite World Road Race Championships. (more…)

Paul Burgoine writes about his time in Holland at the 2012 World Road Championships (more…)

Paralympic Games legend Sarah Storey with Part 1 of her blog on London 2012 (more…)

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. (more…)

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

VeloUK talks to Alex Dowsett who successfully defended his title last Sunday in the British Time Trial Championship where he was head and shoulders over his rivals on a tough course. (more…)

Latest News: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins announces he is riding the Tour of Britain along with many of the Worlds best in the 2012 edition (more…)

The next major road cycling event in Britain is the Tour of Britain starting on September 9 and on the start line for the sixth time will be IG Sigma Sport’s Simon Richardson. (more…)

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. (more…)

Olympic cycle race on Box Hill brings on the feel good factor as massive event brings people together (more…)

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

With the Colne Grand Prix and Chopper dash on Wednesday night, we look at Carl Pawson’s Chopper  (more…)

So many champions are using them, Matt Bottrill, Michael Hutchinson, even a certain Yellow jersey in the Tour de France apparently — Osymetric Chainrings. (more…)

Winning a lot of bike races is the Raleigh Militis as ridden by the Raleigh – GAC pro team. VeloUK focuses its camera on the bike and talks to the mechanic Pete Mooney and rider Graham Briggs (more…)

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 […]

After his third place in the National Road Race Championship, Russell Hampton (Raleigh GAC) feels he’s made a step up in his goal towards riding the biggest races in cycling.  (more…)

Second in the Beaumont Trophy on Sunday was UK Youth’s Chris Opie who was happy to have got so close to the win he’s been racing for this year. (more…)

Photos from Dutchman Thomas van Bracht of stage 1 of the Tour de France in Belgium (Sunday, July 1st) (more…)

Part of a huge cycling weekend in the North East (June 28-July 1), the Beaumont Trophy is one of the oldest events on the racing calendar and in 2012, was round 5 in the Premier Calendar series. (more…)

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. (more…)

VeloUK visits the course for the British Road Racing Championships on the eve of the big races. (more…)

Endura Racing recorded a 1-2 in the National Circuit Race Championship in Otley on Wednesday night with home grown hero Scott Thwaites winning from Russell Downing and Matt Cronshaw (Node4-Giordana) third in front of a huge crowd in the West Yorkshire town. (more…)

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

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. (more…)

After the best ever Halfords Tour Series & Johnson GP Series, we look back with lots of interesting stats (who was the best male rider) and links to the reports for both the men’s and women’s series. In other words, its packed with info! (more…)

Winner of the women’s race at the National 25 Time Trial Championship was Julia Shaw. VeloUK spoke to her. (more…)

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 (more…)

Six times the winner of the National 25 Championship, Michael Hutchinson came back from defeat on the course to beat Alex Dowsett in the National 25 Championship on Saturday in Teeside by just seven seconds. (more…)

In his second interview from a night in London, Paul Burgoine talks to the Nocturne winner, Ian Stannard (more…)

Paul Burgoine talks to former Milan-San Remo winner Matt Goss who raced the London Nocturne last night about the pressure of leading an Aussie team in the Grand Tours and goals for the Tour de France & Olympics. (more…)

Thirteen weeks after a season defining accident in Belgium, Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) returned to racing at last weekend’s Tour of Luxembourg  … (more…)

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. (more…)

Paul Burgoine talks to Cycle Premier-Kovert rider Jon Mozley who like many in the British peloton has to mix work with racing…  (more…)

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

Barney Storey talks about that winning feeling as he wins the 2012 Tandem Championship (more…)

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 … (more…)

Talking to Kristian House, Dean Downing & Marcel Six as well as an album of images from the evening’s race. (more…)

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

Gordon Wiseman talks to Alex Dowsett who’s road season is only just getting started after a crash in Belgium (more…)

Endura Racing’s Russell Downing won his 4th Lincoln Grand Prix today in front of a huge crowd in the heart of the historic cathedral city.  (more…)

The BIG photo album from the Bedford 2 Day as well as talking to the top three in the race, Ciara Horne, Elinor Barker and Lucy Garner (more…)

Catching up with a Welsh youngster who has been figuring in a lot of results this year in the UK and abroad (more…)

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 … (more…)

Jim Hendry MBE looks at the history of cycle sport and the British Cycling Federation (more…)

As Mark Cavendish gets set to embark on another winning spree, Jim Hendy provides a look at his achievements so far (more…)

VeloUK talks to Chris Walker who won races in Britain and Europe, inspired champions of today and is now helping the champions of tomorrow. (more…)

Talking to the two riders who shared the podium with Alex Blain at the CiCLE Classic last weekend, Jamie Sparling & James McCallum, and hear their stories of this epic epic race…  (more…)

The 2012  CiCLE Classic saw Endura Racing again triumph and one of the squad who has helped the team to a winning 2012 is Russell Downing. His story in words and pictures. (more…)

The UK Youth rider says “That has to go down as the hardest day on a bike I have had – today was an epic epic day” (more…)

It was quite a successful ending for Endura Racing in the Le Tour De Bretagne Cycliste stage race (UCI 2.2) in France with a third place on the stage (Scott Thwaites) and jersey win (Rob Partridge) on the final day of the event as well as a rider in 7th overall (Erick Rowsell). (more…)

2011 Tour of Reservoir winner Ian Bibby returns for Endura Racing in next Premier Calendar event (more…)

Paul Burgoine writes about his time in the team car watching the CiCLE Classic unfold before him with the rain falling and the wind blowing … (more…)

This year’s Tour of Britain has been revealed in the races official paper, the Telegraph prior to the launch to riders, guests and press at the GLive venue in Guildford. (more…)

VeloUK pays a visit to a young lady running a shop packed with bikes to make die hard cyclists drool – that would be Ceri Dipple (more…)

An 18 year old, just, Molly Weaver from Herefordshire rode superbly to finish second to a World Class rider in Sarah Storey on Sunday. VeloUK spoke to Molly to find out more about the former Halesowen rider… (more…)

While thousands pounded the streets of London, several hundred more decided to head for the trails on two wheels instead, getting their competitive fix at the final round of the ever popular Saddle Skedaddle Spring Series, run by the friendly Gorrick folk. (more…)

Pete Williams (Node4 Giordana) talks about winning the Drummond Trophy (Scotland) on Sunday (more…)

Almost 200 photos of the popular Cheshire Classic which was not only over subscribed but was also won by a rider who has won World Track Cups, Paralympic Gold Medals and lots more; Sarah Storey. (more…)

A winner in crits and in stage races, Ian ‘Superman’ Wilkinson will be a key part of the Endura Racing line up for the Halfords Tour Series. (more…)

VeloUK talks to Paul Oldham about his team getting a spot among the ten teams for the 2012 Halfords Tour Series (more…)

Jim Golden talks to Kiwi Mike Northey (Node 4/Giordana) about his trophy haul from the Tour Loire et Cher where he was sixth overall after having led the race for most of the tour (more…)

Eamonn Deane writes … The lighter evenings of Spring signal the start of club events across the UK but are they proper races you’d include on your own palmeres… (more…)

After the recent dry dusty roads of the Maldon Dengie Tour and a damp two days in Scotland at the Tour DoonHame, IG-Sigma Sport headed across the pond to take on the Tour of the Battenkill. (more…)

Twice the British Circuit race Champion (2002/2008), the important part of Dean Downing’s season will soon be upon him with the Halfords Tour Series on May 15. VeloUK talks to the Rotherham rider about 2012… (more…)

Promoting the Irish Cycling Show (May 19/20) in Dublin, top Irish professional Philip Deignan talks about life as a professional in this indepth interview (more…)

Taking part in the Women’s Team Series race at Virginia Waters this weekend will be a former canoeist, Tracey Dresch, riding for the ShuttVR Squadra Donne team (more…)

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 …. (more…)

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. (more…)

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 … (more…)

“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) (more…)

Two photo albums and some words from the blue ribbon of classics, Paris-Roubaix, won by the record breaking Tom Boonen, king of the cobble! (more…)

Pictures of the GB Women’s Team Pursuit triumph, Clancy’s wheelie and much more in this album (more…)

Diminutive sprinter Rico Rogers has come halfway round the World to win races for Node4 Giordana Subaru … and do it on a Pinarello which he maintains makes a self confessed non climber able to go up hills better. (more…)

The Cape Epic is the biggest mountain bike event in the world and Ben Thomas is pretty pleased with 21st for him and Josh Ibbett. (more…)

Maldon Dengie Tour post race podium reactions from Ben Grenda who was second and Matt Cronshaw who was third (more…)

VeloUK talks to Alex Blain from Nice about his win in the Maldon Dengie Tour on Sunday (more…)

No pressure for junior Jessie Walker as she prepares for a season with top British women’s team, Matrix-Prendas Ciclismo (more…)

Home town favourite and Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion, Anna Meares (Australia) has declared today that she is ‘very proud’ of the way she races and will bring her trademark style to competition at next week’s 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. (more…)

Last weekend, a young 19 year old, Sam Harrison from South Wales, rocked up to the Rudy Project event in Northamptonshire and came with 14 seconds of beating Matt Bottrill on his ‘Giant fighter jet’. (more…)

Racing at the Eddie Soens recently was the 2000 winner, Julian Ramsbottom who back in ‘the day’ was known by the nickname ‘Rambo’. Still is it would appear.  (more…)

Paul Burgoine talks to a legend in the peloton, George Hincapie who races for the BMC dream team … (more…)

Winner of the 2011 Rudy Project Time Trial Series, Matt Bottrill (Drag2Zero) passed his first big test of 2012 in Northamptonshire with a victory. (more…)

  A lot of pictures from the racing at Darley Moor (Derbyshire) on March 24 where 200 riders battled it out on the motor racing circuit (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: VeloUK talks to Endura Racing’s young signing Erick Rowsell who soloed to victory today on stage 5 of the Tour of Normandy (more…)

The Endura FS260-Pro Adrenaline Race Cape is your protection from the elements in your sportives and races (more…)

The 2011 World Junior Women’s Road Race Champion Lucy Garner (Node 4 Giordana-Subaru) had her first big weekend of racing on the road in Holland and came away with a second and third from two races. (more…)

Gordon Wiseman writes … Team Sky’s Ian Stannard has just completed an intense period of racing in Italy and, having notched up eight days of racing in an eleven day period, he has nicely honed his form ahead of what he considers to be the most important three weeks of his racing year. (more…)

Larry Hickmott writes … A few weeks ago in Singapore, a new signing for ‘Node4 Giordana Subaru’, Matt Cronshaw, hit the ground running with sixth place in an international criterium won by no less a rider than GreenEdge’s Robbie McEwen. (more…)

Should the London Nocturne go ahead even though there is a National Series RR in the North of the country well over 200 miles north the next day? (more…)

Eamonn Deane talks to Gary Dighton about Winter Training, the Olympics & setting a competition record… (more…)

A new recruit to the Squadra Donne team (sponsored by ShuttVR) is first year junior Saskia Hook. Those who have seen her race say she is destined to do good things in the sport of cycling and VeloUK spoke to her at a recent team launch . (more…)

Hargroves Cycles place two riders in Great Britain Team for Junior Paris Roubaix, Jon Dibben & Sam Lowe (more…)

Winner of the 2012 Tirreno-Adriatico Vincenzo ‘the Shark’ Nibali, admits that his victory was not just down to good form but also massive determination.  (more…)

Node4-Giordana-Subaru rider, Andrew Magnier, a 23 year old University graduate from near Leek, is battling to resurrect his racing career (more…)

Full time cyclist for Terra Footwear – Bicycle Line, this is Llewellyn Kinch’s blog about making it on the Continent (more…)

Claire writes … Broken bike parts don’t make for a restful week, and too much rest is a bad thing… (more…)

Oliver Wright … Ours must be one of the most fragmented sports you could find. For something as simple as jumping on a bike and enjoying a ride, we do seem to have made things complicated (more…)

Matrix Fitness/Prendas Ciclismo talk training camps, proud fathers, Women’s racing & a big year for cycling — 2012! (more…)

Paul Burgoine talks to Belgium cycling superstar Tom Boonen (Omega-Pharma Quickstep), who this week at Paris-Nice, celebrated his 100th victory on stage 2 from Mantes-La-Jolie to Orleans. (more…)

Prolific organiser of Women’s races Jon Miles looks at how women’s racing has changed as the Women’s Team Series enters its 12th year (more…)