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VeloUK spoke to winner Gunnar Gronlund , Matt Clinton and Mike Cumming after the Hill Climb Champs last Sunday … (more…)

  Russell Downing disappointed at not getting a contract with Sky for 2012 after giving 110 per cent … (more…)

Interview with Olympic medallist, a multi-World Champion, a British Road Race Champion, Cofidis professional and of course, winner of the Colne Chopper race, Rob Hayles is about to leave the building … (more…)

150 riders set to punish themselves up Long Hill in Derbyshire chasing Hill Climb Title (more…)

The oversock is one item of clothing that comes out of the drawer when it gets cold and Prendas Ciclismo are not short of some good value items (more…)

Jon Lewis of the Charlotteville CC writes … I recently competed at the Masters World Track Championship 2011, here’s how it went… (more…)

Exclusive -  VeloUK talks to Sydney 2000 Olympic Champion Jason Queally (legend!) about his challenge for London 2012 (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: VeloUK talks to former World Women’s Team Pursuit champion and record holder Joanna Rowsell (more…)

Alex Dowsett’s Season Closer sees him third in Time Trial Classic (France) (more…)

It’s been a good start to the ‘cross season for Jody Crawforth of Hargroves Cycles with a victory last weekend in Huddersfield (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: Talking to Olympic Team Pursuiter Ed Clancy in Holland who’s looking to captain the GB team to another victory … (more…)

Focus, an international brand that covers the entire spectrum of sport and racing bikes, is now available at Twenty3C in Stony Stratford (Milton Keynes). (more…)

Former elite cyclist Jon Sharples has set up TrainSharp Cycle Coaching in partnership with Team Sky’s Director Sportif Sean Yates, to coach novice and elite cyclists across the cycling disciplines, in the UK and internationally. (more…)

Exclusive: We talk to the coach who has guided Mark from a talented junior to a superstar in six years, Rod Ellingworth (more…)

Gordon Wiseman writes… Ian Stannard brought his 2011 racing season to a close on Sunday afternoon in the most stunning fashion, taking 4th place overall in one of the final classics of the season, the 230km Paris – Tour. (more…)

One of Britain’s top male Cyclo-Cross riders, former National Series winner Ian Field of Hargroves Cycles has been busy in the USA in search of UCI ranking points … (more…)

Gordon Wiseman talks to Alex Dowsett about the Tour of Beijing where the British champion was on the podium in his first World Tour event when third in the Prologue (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: Middlesbrough’s David Daniell is back on track to challenge for a spot in the GB team competing in the 2012 Olympics (more…)

VeloUK talks to new Junior World Road Race Champion Lucy Garner about her race, how it compares to the UK races and more … (more…)

The Abergavenny RC women’s team rides the ‘Ras na mBan’ a hilly and mountainous five day stage race for women held around the Ring of Kerry in the Irish Republic. (more…)

Barney storey writes … The Nationals this year were my 14th consecutive National track champs (feeling old now!!), which I didn’t realise until driving into the track for my first event on Day 1, the kilometre time trial. (more…)

Tom Southam, who has ridden at the very top at World Championships and twice been on the podium at the British Road Race Championships has announced his retirement. (more…)

After two years with Team Sky, the Wirral’s Stephen Cummings is moving on to BMC’s ‘Super Team’ (more…)

Gabby Day writes …  I have finally had that proper race sensation, where I feel like I am actually on it and everything flows well. It was a great feeling after my previous races where I felt pretty average at times! (more…)

Sarah Storey writes … Just two and half weeks after returning from the World Road Championships we were back to racing again but this time on the track and contesting National titles (more…)

Talking to a young rider, Jon Dibben, who is one of many to find their cycling future through the Hargroves Cycles development team. (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: VeloUK talks to one of the World stars in Women’s Cycling, the delightful Lizzie Armistead, British Road Race Champion. (more…)

Post Road Worlds was a heady mix of chill out time, some work with some of the Olympic and Paralympic sponsors as well as that all important first chance to ride the London Velodrome. (more…)

Barney Storey writes … Watching Sarah compete in the World Championships in Denmark has been an extremely satisfying and proud occasion. (more…)

Get comfortable! Details on Endura’s new top-of-the-line bibshorts which were launched at Eurobike recently (more…)

Talking to Aussie (Bathurst) Mark Renshaw, a former trackie, who won the stage into Exmouth today, about the stage, his team for next year and non-selection for the worlds (more…)

In sixth place overall is Motorpoint’s Ian Bibby and VeloUK talks to him about his race so far…. (more…)

Talking to a rider who two days in the row has either been in a race long break or tried to get in one, former Kiwi champion Jack Bauer (more…)

On stage 3, Russell Hampton put himself into the moves and yet again went clear and got the chance to gather more points in the King of the Mountains competition. (more…)

Exclusive interviews with some of the stars of the Tour of Britain, Theo Bos, Steve Cummings & Russell Hampton (more…)

Press conference with Mark Cavendish, Roger Hammond and Geraint Thomas (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Chris Froome after a day he snatched second place back on the GC after popping rival Nibabli. (more…)

Britain’s national tour a major goal for Jack Bauer and Endura Racing who this week are preparing for the big race by training in the Pyrenees (more…)

VeloUK talks to Simon Yates, Richard Handley and Matt Cronshaw about the Twinings ProAm road race last Sunday. (more…)

VeloUK spoke to the newly crowned British Circuit Race Champion Graham Briggs who was in York last weekend resplendent in the white champion’s skinsuit and on an equally white Condor bike.  (more…)

First things first, hill climbs hurt.  Now that’s been put forwards, you can understand why many people don’t do them. (more…)

VeloUK takes a look at the new Condor bike for British Circuit Race Champion Graham Briggs … (more…)

Exclusive: VeloUK talks to the Premier Calendar leader about the series, the Tour of Britain and the winter ahead and some ‘cross perhaps? (more…)

EXCLUSVE: Ahead of a crucial day today, VeloUK talks to Team Sky’s Chris Froome about his first Vuelta so far (more…)

Michela Johnson (Online PR Consultant) writes … If you are looking to purchase a bike, then firstly you must establish what sort of bike you need and how it’s going to be used. (more…)

Larry Hickmott talks to Tom Murray who was one of the three British heros in the break last Sunday … (more…)

Liverpool’s Mark McNally wins stage race in France, La Mi-Août en Bretagne (more…)

Matt Clinton – Occasional Racing Cyclist — guide to riding hill climbs as that season approaches fast (more…)

VeloUK’s Larry Hickmott feature on a photographer with over 40 years of covering the Tour de France, John Pierce (more…)

Winner for the third time of the Elite Circuit Series, Rotherham’s Dean Downing  was part of a team that dominated the five events, Rapha Condor Sharp (more…)

After some exciting events for the “one year to go” to the Olympic Games and an easier week following the efforts at the Thuringen Rundfahrt, my attentions turned to my final Road event with Horizon Fitness Prendas for 2011. (more…)

One last podium presentation, one last interview, one last attempt to get out of the city centre you spent hours before the event trying to get yourself and your belongings into and the crit season 2011 is pretty much done. (more…)

On Sunday, 18 year old Hannah Barnes from Towcester surprised herself by winning the Women’s British Circuit Race Championship for the second year running. (more…)

‘Il Sasso’ is a cycling only based company in central Italy providing cycling training camps, Gran Fondo racing and holidays (more…)

Patrick Salt writes… It’s been a bit busy over the last few weeks, but I managed to get to a few races anyway, as you do. (more…)

Sarah Storey writes about her recent stage race expereience on Germany … “When I came into cycling I always wanted to see just how far I could test myself in the sport both on the track and road”. (more…)

VeloUK talks to Endura Racing’s Ian Wilkinson who was the Silver medallist in the 2010 British Circuit Race Championships ahead of this Fridays circuit race championships in Beverley (more…)

Team Time Trial Win in Czech Cycling Tour and 4th overall for British team (more…)

VeloUK talks to Ben Swift at the place it all started for him on the bike, on the Rotherham chaingang where he couldn’t help but show off his form on the roads of five counties! (more…)

Ben Swift writes … Stage 16 was a very a fast stage 162km in a little more than 3:30hours. From the gun it was attack galore and it took a full 100km for the right break to actually form. (more…)

On the 29th of July, an Olympic Champion and World Record holder, Ed Clancy, will be looking to keep the British Circuit Race champion’s jersey in the Rapha team. VeloUK talks to Ed about that race and a little event next year in London … (more…)

Anna Magrath (self confessed cycling nut) with a great indepth interview of Olympic Champion Jamie Staff now working in America … (more…)

VeloUK talks to the first ever winner of the Elite Circuit Series Simon Gaywood of Corley Cycles about the series in 2011 and more … (more…)

VeloUK talks to Endura Racing’s Director Sportif Julian Winn about the second half of the season for 2011 and the team’s goal of doing it big in Europe (more…)

Updated (July 11) – Gordon Wiseman … Castlethorpe’s Ian Stannard (Team Sky) reached a major milestone in his pro career when he claimed his first ever individual win taking the fifth stage of the Tour of Austria into Schladming on Thursday. (more…)

Latest offering from Patrick Salt who is listening in and thinking out loud about silly BC rules affecting 1st cat races and more… (more…)

Post Deloitte RAB activities! – It’s been a couple of weeks since the last blog from Deloitte Ride Across Britain and there hasn’t been much chance since then to get writing again. (more…)

The page to go to for links to each round of the Halfords Tour Series/Johnson Health Tech Women’s Grand Prix Series. (more…)

Riding his first Tour de France is a young Yorkshire rider who cut his teeth on a bike as part of the Rotherham chain gang and is now mixing it with the very best in the World. (more…)

News from team Sky’s Geraint Thomas and Ben Swift as the riders assemble on the start line for the fourth stage of the 2011 Tour de France (more…)

With the likes of Nigel Mansell, Magnus Backstedt, Stephen Roche and other famous names, Dave Hayward took the trip to Paris from London with cameras in hand and here is his story … I arrived at the start venue as a photographer, but deep down I’m still a cyclist envious of the adventure that lay […]

Eamonn Deane writes … Olympic and Commonwealth Games rider, Geoff Cooke was the principle guest at the recent opening of the new Bournemouth Velodrome (more…)

VeloUK talks to Peter Kennaugh who was on the podium for the fourth time since he turned senior in 2008 after a race where he attacked from start to finish (more…)

VeloUK talks to Raleigh professional Dan Fleeman who has his biggest race of the year this Sunday as he aims to improve on his previous best of 7th in the British RR Championship. (more…)

In the recent Ster ZLM  Tour, a 2.1 ranked pro race in Europe, Alex Dowsett backed up his outstanding victory in the London Nocturne with a third in the prologue and an eventual sixth overall. Not bad for a neo pro at that level! (more…)

Steve Lampier goes from selling Boardman Bikes to winning the Boardman Bikes Sprint jersey at the Halfords Tour Series (more…)

Scott Thwaites wins in Stoke for Endura Racing in round 5 of the Halfords Tour Series (more…)

Eamonn Deane of www.sportsmassagebournemouth.co.uk caught up with the newly crowned 10 mile Time Trial Champion, Julia Shaw (Drag2Zero.com) at the New Forest CC 32. (more…)

Eamonn Deane of www.sportsmassagebournemouth.co.uk writes “I rode with Daniel Lloyd (Garmin-Cervelo) for a couple of hours this week. He said it was a recovery ride but I am sure there was a little bit of level 2 in there! (more…)

VeloUK talks to Dean Downing, Scott Thwaites, Yanto Barker, Marcel Six and Simon Richardson about their Tour Series experiences … (more…)

In the last few years, the influx of Australians into the British peloton has grown and on Thursday in Colchester, Blair Windsor of Wilier/SelfGoDrive took his place on the start line. (more…)

Talking to two of the riders in the Halfords Tour Series about crit racing in Britain (more…)

May 26: Ed Clancy leads a Rapha Condor Sharp cleansweep in the Halfords Tour Series in Aberystwyth. (more…)

Anyone who follows the sport will know that Russell Downing is a class act. (more…)

Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins talks to VeloUK about going back to his roots and another little race in July, the Tour de France (more…)

During his first visit home since January, VeloUK catches up with An Post professional, Mark McNally. (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson about the bicycle and the sport of cycling in Britain. (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Tour de France. (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Tour of Britain commonly called the ‘Milk Race during its amateur days’. (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Tour of Italy commonly called the ‘Giro’, one of three Grand Tours in the Men’s pro cycling calendar. (more…)

The first round of the 2011 Halfords Tour Series is on May 24 in Durham and after talking to riders at the Canary Wharf photo call, this year’s series will be the best and most competitive yet. (more…)

Three days into the Tour of Italy and stage 3 was a particularly sombre one for the peloton after the death of Leopard-Trek professional, Wouter Weylandt of Belgium. (more…)

Larry Hickmott looks back at yet another fantastic Lincoln Grand Prix with a report and rider reactions as well as more than 200 photos of the race. Above: 21 year old Scott Thwaites, wins the Lincoln GP. Interesting piece of nostalgia is that the team manager for Endura Racing, Brian Smith, also won the race […]

An SRM box falling from the bike of Thomas Löfkvist and bouncing off onto the cobbles and then into the visor of Russell Downing (more…)

A young rider from Liverpool has managed, with unimaginable determination, to take himself from Merseyside to the monument races of the world with a ProTour team, HTC Columbia.  Matt Brammeier. (more…)

Larry Hickmott talking to Russell Downing about his final preparations for his first Grand Tour. (more…)

Latest: VeloUK talks to Rotherham’s Russell Downing on the eve of the Giro about the Team Time Trial work with Team Sky (more…)

The long running Bedford Two Day for women has been won for the second year in succession by Paralympic Gold medallist and multi World Champion Sarah Storey. (more…)

By Larry Hickmott. Some riders burst onto the scene like a certain Mark Cavendish whilst others  take the patient approach like one of the hottest British riders in the ProTour peloton right now, the British Road Race Champion, Geraint Thomas. (more…)

One of the special guests at the Tour of Britain launch in London last week was Team Sky rider, Alex Dowsett and VeloUK spoke to him about his experience in the Spanish stage race, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 2011. (more…)

VeloUK talks to British legend John Tanner of the Sportscover/Strategic/Altura/BBM Bikes team about his DoonHame … (more…)

Former Winner Dean Downing: “Lincoln is a classic on its own. It has the cobbled climb and the flat round the back and its like some of the amateur Belgian classics I used to race when based over there …” (more…)

This weekend  sees the start of the 2011 Premier Calendar with the DoonHame three day stage race in Scotland. VeloUK talks to Dean Downing and James McCallum about each of the rounds. (more…)

Winner of the final stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 2011, Ben Swift (Team Sky) sits in the VeloUK Question time chair. (more…)

Larry Hickmott talks to to up and coming rider for Endura Racing, Scott Thwaites ahead of the Tesco CiCLE Classic. (more…)

Endura Racing’s Rob Hayles is a legend in the sport and who better to ask about this unique race than ‘Killer’ Hayles on the eve of the great race. (more…)

500 Days to go to 2010 Paralympics  – All of a sudden the Paralympics in London are becoming very real, and I couldn’t be more excited. (more…)

Larry Hickmott talks to Matt Stephens, rider/manager for the Sigma Sport cycling team about ‘that’ crash which has kept him out of the racing since March (more…)

Riding for one of, if not the top team in the World, HTC-Columbia, is a British/Irish rider Matt Brammeier and VeloUK spoke to him this week. (more…)

New frame ideal for cyclo-sportive riders introduced to the Dolan Bike range. (more…)

The British team with an international line up, Team Raleigh, came away from their third UCI race of the season with their first overall Jersey when 20 year old Richard Handley won the mountains jersey for the UCI event, Cinturon Ciclista. (more…)

Larry Hickmott writes … having been going through the archives of national series tables by Jim Hendry, a name that crops up in both the Premier Calendar and the Elite Circuit Series tables is one of South Yorkshire’s finest ever cyclists, Dean Downing. (more…)

VeloUK is proud to have on the website a lot of historic content from Jim Hendry MBE. (more…)

Larry Hickmott writes “The top races this year are sure to be memorable as the top teams get stronger in order to win the bragging rights from the biggest British road race events”. Last year saw Rapha Condor Sharp on top in the Premier Calendar (Chris Newton), Endura Racing win the Elite Circuit Series (Ian […]

Welcome to VeloUK! – A new chapter in road racing’s history | By Larry Hickmott (more…)

British Time Trial Champion comes tantalisingly close to adding the National Madison championship to his palmares (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Giro d’Italia-Feminin. (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Brighton-Glasgow. (more…)

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Paris-Nice. (more…)