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Twice second in the Lincoln GP, winner of the Premier Calendar and a rider who rode as a pro in Europe, Gordon McCauley also medalled in the Commonwealth Games, one of his best moments in the sport (more…)

Today’s E-Racing lockdown Q&A is with Oliver Peckover (ActiveEdge Race Team) who was a 2018 Zwift academy finalist in Cape Town with Team Dimension Data (more…)

Hill climber Rebecca Richardson (Brother UK-OnForm) reveals her best of memories – a very ad hoc and low-tech trip around Ireland (more…)

Two very different 1970’s memories from former British champion Neil Martin – one with Aussie hero Phil Anderson at the AC BB and the other from his teenage racing days on a tandem! (more…)

Today’s lockdown Q&A is with Maura (Maurabellla) Claffey of Brother UK/Onform who is based in Dublin (Ireland)  and has her my own physiotherapy practice – Beyond Baseline Physiotherapy (more…)

Today’s E-Racing question and answer is with young Rebecca Dawes (RFDA cycling team) who loves the virtual racing (more…)

A detail packed Q&A from Paul Moss, Chairman of Stowmarket & District CC and running an Ipswich and District Cycle Association Zwift TT league (more…)

Today’s lockdown Q & A is from Tom Wright of (Brother UK/Onform) who is based in Spalding, (south Lincolnshire) and who’s highlight in 2019 was the chance to race in Belgium (more…)

Going through the pics in my archives, former pro Tom Murray is one of the riders who is constantly in the mix in races – he lets us in on what his favourite memories in cycling are… (more…)

Another look at E-Racing, this time from Sharon Bird, an e-racer for the Wahoo LeCol team who is based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, Scotland and was third in the British champs in 2019 (more…)

Today’s Lockdown Q&A is with Bailey Wilmot of Brother UK/Onform who is based just on the edge of the Peak District (Derbyshire) and who’s last race was the Eddie Soens in March (more…)

A keen rider with E-racing is George Mills-Keeling (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling)  who finds it a lot of fun and says he would still race on Zwift if Covid stopping normal racing as he finds e-racing  makes for super good training.  (more…)

Bronze medalist in the 2020 World Championships (U23 Women), Anna Kay, ‘the new British sensation’ said the UCI in an article last year, has been at the forefront of the sport of cyclocross and in our Best of Memories series, gives us an awesome account of her best memories so far in her young career […]

New! We have another Lockdown Q&A from the Brother UK/Onform team, this time with Bryn Richards, a first year junior (17) from Spalding (Lincs) who races road, cyclo cross and some time trials (more…)

The pocket rocket from the Isle of Man, Steve Joughin, recalls the trip he had to do to get to races in Britain from the Rock … (more…)

Third in the British E-Racing championship in 2019, Gavin Dempster knows E-Racing well and rides for one of the top ranked teams on Zwift, ‘Saris + The Pro’s Closet’ (more…)

The Lockdown Q&As continue, this time with the very strange (see the picture) Ieuan Woods from Team Brother UK-OnForm (more…)

  For me at VeloUK, this is perhaps the most special of people I have known as Doug helped me during my years as a junior in my home town in Australia – here are his best memories (more…)

From the experience of TDF rider Adrian Timmis in the first of the series to a young talent from trainSharp, Lance Childs, who tells us about his E-Racing in the second in the series (more…)

The 24-year-old Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider, James Knox, talks about life in lockdown and getting his head kicked in by the grippy roads and hard terrain in Cumbria after escaping from Andorra! (more…)

Today’s Lockdown Q&A is with Hannah Lancaster (Brother UK/Team OnForm) who is based in Shropshire and who’s highlight in 2019 was riding the Curlew Cup (more…)

Former triathlete Travis Bramley from the South West rides for the Saint Piran Development team and in this feature length Q&A gives us an insight into how he went from triathlon to cycling and how’s dealing with lockdown (more…)

A rider who knows how to finish a proper bike race, the Tour de France no less (1987), Adrian Timmis is still racing and in this first series feature on E-Racing, he takes the e-racing quiz… (more…)

New Series! In the first of a series called “The Best of Memories”, we find out from superstar Colin Sturgess what his best memories are in the sport of cycling (more…)

There might not be any racing but Saint Piran’s new signing for 2020 Chris Opie is keeping busy promoting his home part of the country – we have a chat on what he’s up to (more…)

In the last of the current Lockdown Q&As, we quiz Joe Sutton (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) based in Kent but isn’t phased by training on the turbo… (more…)

Christina rides for Jadan-Cyclespace Vive le Velo and is currently a postgraduate student based in Leeds but at home in Cumbria. (more…)

Another Lockdown Q & A from the Cycling Sheffield Elite cycling team with Julian Varley of Harrogate (more…)

This latest lockdown Q & A is with Ben Foames of TBW23/Stuart Hall/trainSharp who has just spent three years in Belgium and is now based In South East England in Kent and working part time. (more…)

It seems so long ago now, but at the end of February I sat down with two people who have a very long running association with the Lincoln Grand Prix; the current organiser Dan Ellmore (2020 will be his 5th) and the organiser of all but 15 of the 65, Ian Emmerson. (more…)

Part of the world class Huub Wattbike track team and one of the funniest & nicest guys you can meet, we have a great read from Jonny Wale Team Pursuit & Kilo champion & Silver medallist in the Individual Pursuit (more…)

In a lockdown feature from  Deceuninck – Quick-Step, the team’s Sports directors’ Davide Bramati, Brian Holm, Geert Van Bondt, Rik Van Slycke, Klaas Lodewyck, Wilfried Peeters and Tom Steels look back on some of their most memorable days in the saddle. (more…)

Commonwealth Games, Worlds and European championship medallist/champion Neah Evans from Scotland is the next star to take the lockdown quiz … (more…)

This lockdown Q & A is with Howard Shaw who races for the trainSharp team, is a full time builder and his last race was a hardriders in East Sussex where he was third (more…)

Great insight into being the mechanic for the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team as we quiz Josh Hand about his job looking after the Vitus bikes … (more…)

Lockdown is a worldwide phenomenon and so we have a lockdown Q&A from Irish based  triathlete Shannon Kelley in Dublin who is an ambassador for Estrella Bikes (more…)

The youngest rider to take part in the Lockdown quiz on VeloUK is Mak Larkin (Rotor Race Team) from the South East (more…)

A lockdown feature written by by Timothy John on hill climber Rebecca Richardson who is sponsored by Brother UK (more…)

A rider at home on the road or track, Stephen Bradbury of the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team gives us an insight into his experience of Lockdown (more…)

This lockdown Q&A is with Liv Bent of Jadan Cyclespace -Vive le Velo who is a part time rider studying at Loughborough University but currently living at home in Carlisle. (more…)

From a full gas training camp to an empty Spanish resort packed with five star facilities, the Covid 19 crisis has crippled many a business – we quiz family business CHS on how they are coping (more…)

This latest Lockdown Q&A is with Tim Torrie of TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling P/B trainSharp Cycle Coaching – brought to you by trainSharp (more…)

Lockdown Q & A with Nathan Smith of Cycling Sheffield who is based in North Yorkshire. Brought to you by Bioracer UK (more…)

We have another lockdown Q&A from the Rotor Race Team, this time from self employed sports massage therapist Jess Cobbe based in Leicestershire (more…)

Winner on Saturday night in the Zwift Classics Pro-Am series event, the Crit City Slam e-race, was Ireland’s Chris McGlinchey (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) – we chatted afterwards (more…)

Lockdown Q & A with Chrissie Slot of Team Jadan Cyclespace Vive le Velo who has been cycling for two years and works part time. “I graduated last summer, so this year I wanted more of a relaxed year in which I could dedicate a bit more time to cycling” (more…)

Here is another Lockdown Q&A, this one with 16 year old Lance Childs who rides for the trainSharp Junior Development Team, has had a win already in 2020 and is studying sport at Canterbury College (more…)

This latest lockdown feature is with Gemma Sargent of Jadan Cyclespace -Vive le Velo who is based in the North West of the UK and works full time at Merlin Cycles as a customer service advisor (more…)

In this latest Lockdown Q&A, we chat to new signing for Crimson Orientation Marketing RT who are also sponsored by Brother UK, Leon Mazzone (more…)

Better known as NSJ, Nick Smart-Jones is part of the trainSharp team (family) and a passionate part time ultra cyclist based in Sussex, UK who will be joining 80 others to raise money by cycling round the world on Zwift! (more…)

This lockdown Q & A is with Sally Turner, mother of five, who’s cycling discipline is time trialing and she races for the people that coach her, trainSharp (more…)

Continuing our Lockdown Series, this is from self-employed plumber and carpenter, David Carr (Rotor Race Team) who enjoys some cross country mountain biking (more…)

Lock down question and answer with Peter Merritt of TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling p/b trainSharp who works but is currently on furlough and is based in Britain (more…)

With no road racing, riders like British Circuit Race Champion Joey Walker (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) are turning to Zwift for some action – we chat (more…)

Over in Ireland, Darnell Moore of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK is having to get used to no racing after a season opener at the GP Samyn UCI 1.1 in Belgium (more…)

More Q&A’s with those in the racing community, this one with Connie Hayes (AWOL Worx) who is a full time student at Queen Mary university and based in East London (more…)

After a winter of cyclocross in Europe, Ben Turner’s road season has been taken away from him by the Covid 19 crisis – we chat (more…)

A really interesting Lockdown Q&A with Lexi Brown who is based in the Netherlands working full time as the Senior Media Manger for adidas Europe and also supports The Cyclists Alliance  (more…)

The lockdown quiz series continues (I have more!) with Kieran Savage of Cycling Sheffield who is based in Kippax (pronounced Chipesch) near Leeds, winner of the ‘Magnificent 7’ last month. (more…)

In the latest Lockdown! quiz, we question George Mills-Keeling (Ribble Weldtite) who was a full time student at his local sixth form before COVID-19 struck. (more…)

Former Hill climb Champion and a rider who has a habit of getting in the breakaways in races, we quiz Adam Kenway on what he’s doing during Lockdown in Britain (more…)

Neil Martin (Dan’s dad) is a former British RR Champion and winner of the Lincoln GP as well multiple stages in the Milk Race (Tour of Britain). Nowadays, Neil is manager of the Under 23 Irish National Road team and based in Girona on Lockdown! We chat … (more…)

In the latest Lockdown! quiz, the Isle of Man’s Conor Davies (Saint Piran) tells us about life on the Isle of Man at this time (more…)

Chris Opie has officially joined the Saint Piran Elite cyclingteam and even though there’s no racing at the moment, his experience and influence is already being felt in the team. Here’s a Q&A (more…)

Lockdown Q & A with trainSharp’s road and time trial coach Chris McNamara who races for Nuun – Sigma Sports London RT and  is based in East Sussex (more…)

This lockdown feature is with Josh Housley who rides for Team PB Performance. Josh is based on the Nottingham/Derbyshire border so the Peaks are his playground (more…)

More Lockdown stories, this time with Tom Couzens of the under 23 Zappi racing team who has suddenly found himself a full time cyclist as school was cancelled! (more…)

Another of the team’s winners and breakaway specialists, Mikey Mottram of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK gives us an insight into Lockdown in the South East. (more…)

Our next Lockdown! feature is with Caroline Stewart, the Assistant Manager and Race Mechanic of the Bianchi Dama Women’s Cycling team (more…)

Third in the Eddie Soens Memorial in March, the next Lockdown quiz is with Cycling Sheffield’s Matt Taylor who is based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (more…)

It’s not only riders who missing races, UCI International Commissaire Trevor Reade is another without races to go to… (more…)

The latest lockdown chat is with Tom Portsmouth of the Urbano Cycling Team who even has a video in his to watch! (more…)

Lockdown with Andy Turner who rides for Swift Carbon Pro Cycling and is based in Herefordshire (more…)

A star in time trials and road races, Alice Lethbridge tells us about how she is coping with Lockdown in Britain (more…)

Joe Nally (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) has had to suffer lockdown longer than most of us due to glandular fever and is slowly getting back into training in the hope of some racing in the coming months (more…)

Too many years ago, I would see Louise and Phil Jones when visiting their race the Five Valleys. Now the former sprint champion is in Brisbane, Australia with Phil and family. We find out what’s happening in Lockdown there… (more…)

Lockdown Q & A with Madeleine Gammons (Team Boompods) studying sport and exercise science at the University of Birmingham & currently based at home in Lincolnshire (more…)

Lockdown chat with Adam Lewis who rides for BEAT Cycling Club, a Dutch UCI continental team and Adam is usually based in Belgium until this virus poked its nose in where its not wanted. (more…)

We continue our series looking at riders in Lockdown by quizzing Tom Mazzone of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK who is on the Isle of Man (more…)

Quiz time with the CTT’s British Best All Rounder and Champion of Champions Caitlin Peters of Weston-Homes Torelli Assure who’s under lock down in Portsmouth  (more…)

Quickfire Lockdown! question and answer with Will Tyrer, media manager at the Liv Awol team (more…)

If you think Lockdown! is hard here, how about Spain? We quiz Fergus Robinson (Eiser Hirumet) from Hexham in the North East who is in Spain under strict lock down. It was this rider where the idea came from for this series… thank you! (more…)

Chat with young rider for Cornish team Saint Piran, Matt Ellis based in the small Lincolnshire town of Spalding – maybe one of the best places to be during the outbreak as it’s in the middle of nowhere. (more…)

The reigning E3 Harelbeke champion Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) talks of his 2019 victory and coping with the pause that abruptly hit the cycling season. (more…)

Third in the Jock Wadley and winner of the Roy Thame Cup in 2020, Ollie Maxwell of Saint Piran was in great form before the racing was taken away from him and everyone else – we chat (more…)

One of the revelations of 2019 who thrilled the crowds around the country in the circuit races was Freddie Scheske (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) who is based in Exeter. We check in with Freddie to see what he’s doing … (more…)

A long way from his native South Africa where he has been national champion four times and represented his country at two World Road Championships, Devin Shortt in 2020 is being looked after by the Cero Wheels/Cycle Division racing Team in the UK … (more…)

With the Eddie Soens Memorial to be held on Saturday the 7th of March, the day before the race I went to visit a double winner of the event in the mid 90s, Dave Williams, boss at DHW Agencies, (KuotaUK/GSG/etc) (more…)

A long way from a Nat B start to the season, UCI conti team, Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK, travelled to Belgium and a UCI 1.1 to get their season started. (more…)

First year senior George Mills-Keeling of Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling won the 2020 edition of the Severn Bridge Road Race on Sunday – we quiz him on the victory (more…)

A World Championship medallist in cyclo-cross as a Junior, Dan Tulett of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK is now focused on a road career (more…)

From cyclocross to the road including the madness of Paris Roubaix to crits in Britain, one of the country’s top cyclists Jonny McEvoy is now taking to gravel riding as an ambassador for Genesis bikes – we chat about his 2020 year ahead and the career that preceded being a gravel rider… (more…)

Quiz time with Olivia Bentley who starts her fifth season in 2020 in a new team, Team Brother UK/LDN and is looking forward to two of th toughest British races, Ryedale GP and Tour of the Res (more…)

A long time racing for Tim Elverson, Max Stedman (Canyon DBH) is part of the strongest line up ever for Tim’s teams – we had a chat (more…)

On the first stage of the Tour La Provence, neo pro Charlie Quarterman (Trek Segafredo) got himself into the break and finished the stage with two jerseys. Over on his team’s website is a Q&A with the talented British rider (more…)

Quiz time with Tom Elwood of Brother UK/LDN who has been with the team in previous years and who started racing in 2016 on the road (more…)

After a long struggle to be given a chance in the WorldTour, Matt Holmes didn’t just get a ride in a team in 2020 (Lotto Soudal), he also won the final stage of the WorldTour race, the Tour Down Under! We chat. (more…)

A new signing for Cycling Sheffield in 2020, Matty Dobbing is pretty experienced for his age, having raced outside the UK on several occasions – quiz time! (more…)

Quiz time with first year Junior, Molli Keenor of the JRC Shutt Ridley racing team who’s favourite discipline is road racing (more…)

We chat to one of the sport’s most prolific organisers of bike events (sportives/races) Richard Williamson (Velo29) to see how he is finding the challenge of organising events in 2020  (organiser of the Klondike & Stockton Prems) (more…)

Quiz time to find out more about the Team Brother UK – LDN cycling team. Created to help London based riders, and founded 18 months ago by Ian Watson & Drew Morris, the team in 2020 is sponsored by Brother UK. (more…)

Within the sport of cycling are many riders who have raced at the top level in Britain and now manage teams – one such rider is Andy Lyons, boss with Dean Shannon at Richardsons Trek racing team with many decades of experience of the sport behind him. (more…)

Quiz time with Under 23 rider Fergus Jones (JRC Shutt Ridley) who’s aims for 2020 are to win a National B road race (more…)

More quiz time with the riders of JRC Shutt Ridley, this time junior track rider Darcey Ellis who will be racing the British Track Championships this weekend (more…)

Second in the British Circuit Race Championships in 2020, Isaac Mundy of Richardsons Trek who’s highlight in 2019 was getting back on a mountain bike properly and toughest race, the Tour de Yorkshire (more…)

Quiz time with Yorkshire’s Regional champion Kieran Savage of Cycling Sheffield who hit a lot of his goals in 2019 (more…)

Question and Answer with Francesca Hall who joins Boompods women’s cycling team for 2020 who’s highlight in 2019 was a top 10 in the CTT 10 championships and winning the BUCS Individual pursuit (more…)

In the second Q & A with the all-round women’s champion Emily Meakin, we quiz her on her road racing here and abroad ahead of a season with UCI team Drops cycling – a superb read – thanks Doris!  (more…)

Teammate to Mathieu van der Poel at Alpecin-Fenix (formerly Corendon Circus), Britain’s Alexandar Richardson is ready for the new challenge in a ProConti team (more…)

Q & A with Team Boompod’s new signing for 2020 Gabriella Homer who has represented Ireland at the World and European Championships (more…)

Already up and racing in 2020 with third in round 1 of the Bay Crits in Australia, Aussie super sprinter Brenton Jones will be racing for British UCI team Canyon DHB – we put some questions to him (more…)

The first Q & A for 2020 is with Yorkshire’s Mason Hollyman who rides for Holdsworth Zappi and is based in Italy during the race season and who’s 2020 goals are the Baby Giro, Avenir and Road Worlds (more…)

Six years racing for Tim Elverson of Canyon DHB, Max Stedman is already going full whack in training to get ready for Challenge Majorca and the end of January (more…)

Quiz time with Pete Cocker from the long running team of Andy Lyons, Richardsons Trek who works full time and favourite race is the Lincoln GP…. (more…)

Quiz time with one of the nicest legends in the world of cycling – Nick Craig, winner in CX and MTB since 1985 (Youth champion CX) #RideForCharlie (more…)

Quiz time with James Lloyd of the new team for 2020, JRC Shutt Ridley (more…)

2019 was a success for Matt Taylor who races for Cycling Sheffield in 2020 whose 2019 highlight was mixing it with the best in the classic Otley Grand Prix (more…)

In the 2020 line up for Holdsworth Zappi is Paul Double, 2nd in the Hill Climb champs and who rode for Italian Conti team Colpack in 2019 and found himself battling out races with the likes of Nibali, Chaves and Aru (more…)

After spending January & February winning events in the Manchester Premier Track League, Sam Watson upped a gear for the road season in 2019 and won the Belgium Junior classic, Guido Reybrouck Classic, was 3rd in the Junior Gent Wevelgem, won the Junior CiCLE Classic & there was much more! (more…)