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VeloUK speaks to former Milk Race winner Malcolm Elliott about an event that is one of the most well known sporting events in the history of cycling in Britain. (more…)

“It was a little bumpy” was how Russell Downing (Netapp-Endura) described his day on the cobbles preparing for a dream come true – racing Paris-Roubaix (more…)

Championship winner and one of the best time trial riders in the country, VeloUK talks time trialling to Matt Bottrill (Drag2Zero) (more…)

Post race chat after the Peter Chisman Memorial Road Race with Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt, Matt Cronshaw, Will Bjergfelt and the race winner Peter Williams (more…)

Eamonn Deane feature on a sprinter turned Tandem star in Paralympic events on the track and road – Barney Storey (more…)

After the Maureen Baines Memorial RR, VeloUK spoke to some of the riders, the top three and the ever experienced Dean Downing (more…)

Talking with Jon Sharples, head coach at TrainSharp where they help cyclists of all abilities achieve their goals (more…)

To find out what the route for the 2013 Tour of Britain will be like, who better to talk to than the person mapping each of the stages, Andy Hawes (more…)

London Olympic champion Joanna Rowsell swaps the warmth and smooth boards of the velodrome for the Baltic conditions and cobbles in Belgium (more…)

As Russell Downing prepares to start Three days of De Panne today, we talk to him about his last race in Belgium a week ago, Dwars Door Vlaanderen (more…)

Organisers of the Tour Series and Tour of Britain, Sweetspot, look at organising a Women’s only UCI five day stage race in Britain in 2014 (more…)

Talking to Jake Martin, Elliott Porter and Dr Alex Higham after the cold and wet Peter Young Memorial last Sunday (more…)

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step’sMark Cavendish and Tom Boonen met with the press on Friday afternoon, two days prior to 298km Milano – Sanremo. (more…)

Netapp-Endura’s Russell Downing selected for cycling Monuments  Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix (more…)

Powering his way over the climbs in Yorkshire, Net-App-Endura rider Russell Downing is training hard to make the team selection for the Spring Classics (more…)

Fifth last year before being crowned the best young rider in the Tour de France American Tejay Van Garderen is back on Paris-Nice with higher ambitions (more…)

Talking with Rapha Condor JLT rider Luke Mellor about spending two months in Australia racing and training whilst Britain got soaked and froze (more…)

VeloUK talks to Sean Yates who after 32 years in the sport at the highest level has stepped back to reality to help others realise their potential with Trainsharp coaching (more…)

Paul Burgoine writes Helen Wyman (Kona) finished second to Sanne Cant (BKCP) in the final Superprestige race of the season in Middelkerke (more…)

After an up and down 2012, Ian ‘superman’ Wilkinson is in new colours and looking to have consistently good form in 2013 for his new team, UK Youth (more…)

Paul Burgoine interviews Former World Road Race Champion Alessandro Ballan of the BMC team who had a bad accident recently (more…)

Gordon Wiseman interviews Movistar rider Alex Dowsett who has moved to new pastures in his professional racing career (more…)

Colston Crawford talks to Sam Lowe who admits that life with the British Cycling Academy can be “like a cocoon”. (more…)

A climbers race for the first Premier in 2013 as the Tour of Reservoir expands to two days on tough roads around Blanchland in Northumberland (more…)

Winner of the Dengie Marshes and CiCLE Classic off/on road races in 2012, Frenchman Alexandre Blain is excited to be with another British team, Raleigh, after three seasons with Endura Racing. (more…)

A very hilly stage 2 of the Tour de France will be on home roads for Sheffield’s cycling legend Malcolm Elliott (more…)

Paul Burgoine interviews Zdenek Stybar who became National Cyclo-Cross Champion of the Czech Republic for the seventh time last weekend (more…)

Olympic and World Championship Silver medallist Ross Edgar talks about his switch from the track to the road for IG Sigma Sport (more…)

BMC’s 23 year old Adam Blythe had fourteen top tens including two victories and seven podiums in 2012. VeloUK talks to him about 2013. (more…)

After five years with Phil Griffith’s teams, Tour of Britain Sprints winner Pete Williams has changed teams for 2013 to ride for IG SigmaSport (more…)

Moving up to ProConti level a dream come true for Russell Downing as he looks forward to a season riding the big races again. (more…)

Winner of the Tour DoonHame last year for Endura Racing, we talk to one of four Brits in the NetApp-Endura team, Jonathan McEvoy (more…)

“We are the Champions!” – 2013’s first British title winners in cycling are Jon Mould and George Atkins who won the Madison title on Saturday. VeloUK spoke to them both … (more…)

VeloUK chats to National Trophy runner up Paul Oldham and winner of the Under 23 series and third in the Elite series, Steven James (Hargroves Cycles) (more…)

For the second time in the 2012/13 series, the National Trophy was graced with the presence of the British Cyclo-Cross Champion Ian Field. VeloUK Spoke to him after the race in Derby (more…)

VeloUK talks to National Trophy winner Oli Beckingsale of Endura about his victory on Sunday and the Championships next weekend plus a selection of pics of Oli racing at Derby (more…)

In events as brutal to race as the Tour Series, Raleigh’s Graham Briggs is quickly up to speed in Australia for the Bay Crits (more…)

Back from his team’s first get together ahead of the 2013 season, Endura Racing’s Russell Downing is busy mixing business with pleasure in the British rain (more…)

Despite a ‘pretty horrible’ race in Shrewsbury, a win in the National Trophy Series in Derby is doable says Paul Oldham (more…)

Endura’s Oli Beckingsale found himself in Yellow after a second place at the Shrewsbury National Trophy. (more…)

VeloUK speaks to the twice World Junior Women’s Road Race Champion Lucy Garner ahead of a big year as she steps up a level to the senior ranks (more…)

You will wince when you read this … Winner of a Grand Tour stage in 2012 after four serious crashes during the year, VeloUK spoke to Steve Cummings about his season … (more…)

VeloUK talks to a young Welshman who has very quickly made his mark in pro racing with his first win and the Yellow Jersey in the Tour of Britain. Luke Rowe. (more…)

VeloUK talks to a young rider progressing well in the development programme introduced in 2012 by British UCI team, Rapha Condor – Luke Grivell-Mellor (more…)

VeloUK talks to British Women’s Road Race Champion Sharon Laws about her season and her goals for 2013 (more…)

VeloUK talks to National Trophy organiser for Shrewsbury, Dave Mellor who gives us an insight into what it takes to put on a major event (more…)

VeloUK talks to one of the World’s top female professional cyclists, Lizzie Armitstead, Silver medallist in the London Olympic Road Race (more…)

Marianne Vos is quite simply a legend in Women’s cycling, winning on Track, Road and Cyclo-Cross and at Manchester on Saturday, the crowd showed the love they have for her… (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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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

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

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

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 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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

Former British Road Race Champion (2009) Kristian House is in Rapha colours again for 2012 and VeloUK spoke to him last weekend about the season ahead. (more…)

  Heather Bamforth interviews Marianne Britten, Team Captain of VC St Raphael Women’s Team and leading British Cycling points scorer for Elite Women in 2010 and 2011. (more…)

One of Britian’s top Juniors, Jonathan Dibben (Hargroves Cycles) was fifth in the Junior Kuurne-Brussells-Kuurne after winning the bunch kick a mere two seconds behind a break of four riders that just held on. (more…)

Gordon Wiseman writes … Ian Stannard put in arguably his best ever stage race performance in last week’s Tour of Oman – and in doing so will have boosted his morale ahead of the start of the cobbled Classics this weekend – Ian’s favourite part of the season. (more…)

Interview with the four time Olympic Champion Sir Chris Hoy ahead of the London World Cup starting on Friday for Chris. (more…)

Latest reports, results and photos from the biggest World Cup since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (more…)

The performance manager for Team GB Shane Sutton in a very interesting, forthright and revealing interview about the team for the London World Cup and beyond. (more…)

Jon Dibben (Hargroves Cycles) celebrated his 18th birthday by finishing 6th against the top riders in the country at the Perfs Pedal (more…)

The racing at the London World will be properly serious says Matt Crampton who is ready to rock and roll on the Olympic track in just over a week. (more…)

Paris Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt  “We just want to get going, I can’t wait to pin the number on for the first time! We have an exciting season coming up”. (more…)

Olympic Champion Ed Clancy — “I’m guessing the Aussies are not going to go any slower than a 55 or56, if not quicker, but I’d like to think we will take the fight to them”. (more…)

Gordon Wisman writes … Ian Stannard, the 24 year old Sky professional, has just completed an arduous winter’s training that will ensure he starts his 2012 racing campaign as fit and as strong as he’s ever been. (more…)

VeloUK’s Q & A with a World Champion who is going to Los Angeles to bring back more rainbow jerseys – Sarah Storey (more…)

Winning the British Circuit race championship is always going to bring a rider some extra rewards when it comes to signing a new contract and for Graham Briggs, his reward was a two year contract from Raleigh-GAC to give them some firepower in the Halfords Tour Series and the other top British races. (more…)