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Former British Road Race medallist Russell Hampton (Onimpex Bioracer RT) fastest in the Stowmarket & District 10 mile Time Trial on Sunday; Isabella Johnson fastest woman; Rachael Elliott and Ian Greenstreet fastest tandem (more…)

Tom Bell the only rider under 3 minutes as he wins Ilkeston CC’s Holly Lane Hill Climb ahead of Adam Kenway (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK), Mary Wilkinson was fastest woman (more…)

Conrad Moss fastest (19.21) in the Plymouth Corinthian 10 mile time trial on Sunday (September 6), Catherine Hilton fastest woman (more…)

Philip Jones fastest (19.23) in the Beacon Wheelers Charity 10 mile time trial near Keswick on Saturday; Frances Owen fastest woman (more…)

Simon Wilson fastest (19.12) in the Common Lane Occasionals 10 mile time trial; Sarah Storey fastest woman; Hugh English fastest on a road bike – Jo Jebb fastest woman (raod bike) (more…)

Lots of winners on a big day of racing at round 1 of the Richard Kell Memorial Super Crit Series at Abingdon on September 5 – here are the provisional results (more…)

The first day in the Pyrenees saw a big break stick and from that, Nans Peters won the stage solo; in the GC battle, Pogacar took time back after his loss in the crosswinds yesterday; Adam Yates leads (more…)

After a crazy stage where GC riders were dropped on a sprint stage due to the cross winds, a lead group of 40 formed with race leader Adam Yates and Wout van Aert who won his second stage of the race (more…)

There was another big turnout at the Brooks Cycles Track League on Thursday league (Sept 3) with 71 riders in attendance. The league now moves to three Sundays in September … (more…)

The Protégé: Dean’s victory at Lincoln provides an emphatic illustration of his mantra regarding the finish line. It is evident too in the rainbow stripes won by the most successful rider he has coached. (more…)

Jonathan Schubert fastest in the Oxonian Cycling Club 10 mile time trial (Burford/Lechlade) on Wednesday (September 2); Ann Warren first woman (more…)

Matthew Malone fastest (19.39) in the Race Rapid Mallory Park Time Trial on September 3rd (provisional) (more…)

Harry Johnson, Jacob Aries, and Joe Parker winners at the Portsmouth Evening Circuit Races on September 2nd at the Mountbatten Centre (more…)

Conditions were overcast but thankfully dry for the 257 competitors who took part in last Tuesday night’s eighth and penultimate round of this year’s RL360 youth league on the Isle of Man. (more…)

Joe Wilson of Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling fastest in the Croft 10 Mile time Trial on 2nd September in the North East, Miriam Jessett fastest woman (more…)

Victory for Alexey Lutsenko out of the day’s breakaway as the GC battle takes a day off in the mountains; Adam Yates continues to lead (more…)

David Huck fastest in the Barrow Central Wheelers club Hill Climb on August 31st ( Monday); 15 year old Eva Newby first female (more…)

Sam Tillett fastest in the Kinetic-One Castle Combe Summer TT Series on September 2; Claire Weston fastest woman (more…)

Alexander Royle fastest (47.13) in the Drighlington BC 25 mile time trial near Thirsk on August 31st; Junior Abi Smith fastest woman (more…)

Twenty-four hours after the triumph of his leader Primoz Roglic at Orcières-Merlette, Wout Van Aert thrillingly broke free of his domestique role to grab a second consecutive victory for Jumbo-Visma – Adam Yates in yellow (more…)

Ryan Christensen fastest in the Sussex CA 25 mile Time Trial on Monday (August 31st); Sally Turner of trainSharp fastest woman; Paul Burton fastest on a road bike (more…)

James Knox sits in second place overall after his Deceuninck – Quick-Step team win the opening TTT in Coppi e Bartali TTT; Ethan Hayter second on stage 1 (more…)

Primoz Roglic showed that he is definitely in top shape as the Slovenian champion took his third Tour de France stage win in Orcières-Merlette – Julian Alaphilippe, fifth on the line, retained the yellow jersey (more…)

Oliver Peckover (19:39) fastest in the Rutland CC 10 mile time trial on August 29 near Doncaster; Isobel Conibear fastest woman (more…)

Matthew Smith fastest in the Essex Roads 25 mile time trial on Monday (Aug 31); Jennifer George fastest woman (more…)

Bragging rights go to Dan Bigham as be beats Ribble Weldtite teammate John Archibald, Hayley Simmonds fastest in the womens race at the Coalville 10 mile time trial on Bank Holiday Monday at Griffydam (more…)

Daniel Watts fastest in the North Shropshire Wheelers 25 mile time trial on August 30 near Telford; Deb Hutson-Lumb fastest woman (more…)

Steve Lampier fastest in the Saint Piran 10m Time Trial on Sunday (August 30) near Truro; Bexy Dew fastest woman (more…)

Caleb Ewan brings some joy back to his team as he wins stage 3 ahead of Sam Bennett, Julian Alaphilippe leads overall from Adam Yates (more…)

Robbie Mitchell fastest in the Tyneside Vagabonds 100 mile time trial on Sunday; Joanne Rea fastest woman (more…)

Ryan Christensen fastest in the Sussex CA 10 mile time trial on Saturday nr Billinghurst, Becca Drake fastest woman (more…)

David Janes fastest in the FTP Racing 10 mile time trial on Saturday near Dursley; Ellie MacKman fastest woman, Lewis Whitcombe fastest on a road bike (more…)

Thursday saw the last evening event of this year’s Otley CC Triangle TT series, and fastest was Kieran Savage with 19:47, and fastest women was Helen Goldthorpe for the second week in a row, at 24:48. (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) took his fifth Tour de France stage victory in Nice after outsprinting Marc Hirschi and Adam Yates. Alaphilippe now leads overall. (more…)

Dan Bigham of Ribble Weldtite was fastest ahead of Chris Fennell and Bigham’s teammate Simon Wilson in the Merlin Cycles sponsored CTT 10 mile time trial championship on Sunday at Newbury (more…)

Abi Smith and Finlay Pickering the Junior winners in the CTT 10m TT Championships for Junior/Youth riders. Isabel Sharp & Jacob Bush  fastest of the Youth riders (more…)

Emily Meakin was fastest in the CTT 10 mile TT Championship sponsored by Merlin Cycles. Alex Clay was second and Kimberley Morrison third (more…)

After a stage of many crashes, Alexander Kristoff won the first bunch sprint of the 2020 Tour de France beating world champion Mads Pedersen and Cees Bol. It’s Kristoff’s fourth stage win in the Tour de France & the second Norwegian to take the yellow jersey after Thor Hushovd (more…)

In the finale of La Course by le Tour de France, Trek-Segafredo teammates Elisa Longo Borghini and Lizzie Deignan put on a show that saw Deignan win the sprint against Vos (more…)

Cumbria’s James Knox is part of a young Deceuninck – Quick-Step six-man team heading to Settimana Coppi e Bartali starting on September 1st (more…)

Trek-Segafredo riders  for the 2020 Tour de France, Bauke Mollema, Richie Porte, Jasper Stuyven, Mads Pedersen and Edward Theuns answering questions prior to the race starting on Saturday (more…)

Rachael Elliott & Ian Greenstreet (tandem) fastest in the Newbury RC Club Time Trial on the H10/3A (Wednesday 26 Aug); Felix Wilkinson fastest solo and Melanie Sneddon fastest woman (more…)

Roger Cutler (19.21) fastest in the latest round of the Beacon RCC Club Time Trials on Wed (Aug 26); Denise Burrows fastest woman, Gerard Henry fastest on a road bike (more…)

Josh Charlton fastest (19.07) in the Barnesbury CC 10 mile time trial on August 26 at Cramlington; Joanne Rea fastest woman (more…)

John Hale fastest in the Hardwick 10 (Oxonian CC) on August 26; Laura Pittard fastest woman (more…)

Alex Hickson & Stuart Fairweather tie for the win at the August 27 round of the Ipswich & District TT Series, Mathilde Pauls fastest woman (more…)

Alastair Ribbands from Manachester Wheelers was fastest with a 21:16, a very respectable time for this course. Ben Bright (Marsh Tracks) was second and Matt Wales (RichBott RT) third. Ben Bright also fastest Junior whilst Nicole Clarke was the fastest female. (more…)

Jason Harper and John Potter winners during the week at the Matlock CC Midweek Time Trials (more…)

James Ashcroft a triple winner at the Portsmouth Evening Circuits on the 26th of August at the Mountbatten Centre (more…)

Team Jumbo-Visma will be in the hunt for the yellow jersey in the Tour de France as the Dutch World Tour formation tries to finish on the top step of the podium in Paris with one of the two leaders, Primoz Roglic and Tom Dumoulin. (more…)

Richard Butler fastest on the first running of the Roa Island TT organised by Barrow Central Wheelers on Wednesday night; Katie Miles set the course record for the womens (more…)

Junior Jamie Whitcher (19.48) fastest at the Wednesday night Kinetic-One Castle Combe Summer TT Series; Jo Buckland fastest woman (more…)

Thomas Hutchinson fastest in the Blaydon CC 23 mile time trial on August 23 (Sunday); Miriam Jessett fastest woman by a single second (more…)

Monument winner Dan Martin will lead team Israel Start-Up Nation in the Tour de France – the first time an Israeli team will participate in the hardest race in the world. (more…)

First year junior Joshua Giddings (18.48) closes in on Connor Swift’s course record as he goes fastest at the penultimate round of the Team Sheffield Cuckney Club 10; Jo Tindley fastest woman (more…)

Feature question and answer with Jake Hales (Spirit Tifosi BSS Rotor) based in Milton Keynes who’s last road race was back in March at the Roy Thame (ours too!) – brought to you by Rotor UK (more…)

After suffering through Covid 19 in March and then dealing with months of recovery, Stephen Bradbury (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) returned to racing at the first of the two test events at his home track league at Reading. (more…)

With the current wet weather hitting the UK, we thought it would be appropriate to share some of our wet weather racing/training tips with you thanks to trainSharp (more…)

Joe Skipper (1.45.11) fastest in the VC Baracchi 50 mile time trial on Sunday (Aug 23); Hannah Peel fastest woman (more…)

Ian Greenstreet/Rachael Elliott fastest in the East Anglian VTTA 10 mile time trial on Saturday (Aug 22); Adam Bidwell fastest solo; Jackie Field fastest solo woman (more…)

After a podium at Milan San Remo, Aussie Michael Matthews (Sunweb) made the top step in Bretagne Classic with Britain’s Dan McLay in 8th (more…)

After recent setbacks due to illness and crashes, Lizzie Deignan fought back through the rain to claim her first victory of the year at the Women’s World Tour classic and her third in the event. British rider Lizzie Banks (Équipe Paule KA) was second. (more…)

Alex Dowsett and Tom Pidcock go close to the podium in the European Time Trial Championships on Monday (August 24) (more…)

Stacked field of Time Trial stars in Coalville Wheelers on August 31st (Monday) – Archibald, Bigham, Simmonds, Meakin, Lowden, Gordon & more (more…)

Sebastian Garry (18.50) fastest in the Leamington C&AC Open 10 on Sunday; Joanna Patterson fastest woman (more…)

George Mills-Keeling of Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling fastest in the Wrekinsport 10 mile Time Trial, Deb Hutson-Lumb fastest woman (more…)

Alex Royle (50.28) fastest in the Manchester Bicycle Club 25 on Saturday 22nd August, Cathy Atkinson fastest woman (more…)

Will Smith (x3), Martin Smith & James O’Connell (both Team LDN – Brother UK), Nicholas Tyrie, Gemma Bitaraf, Jenni Lake & Nicola Lynch winners at the Bovingdon Bomber Sunday Racing (more…)

Bauke Mollema and Richie Porte will co-lead Trek-Segafredo at the re-scheduled 2020 Tour de France, which will start in Nice on 29th August (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe and Sam Bennett will lead the Deceuninck – Quick-Step team at the season’s first Grand Tour – the Tour de France (starts Aug 29) (more…)

With near full groups and 70 riders competing, it was a great night of racing last Thursday at Newcastle (Staffs) with a good display of skill and with the pace high, the riders had to work hard to get on the podium. (more…)

German team BORA – Hansgrohe signs sprinter Matt Walls – The team say “we are confident that this foundation will enable him to cope well with the jump to the WorldTour” (more…)

Harry Tanfield fastest with 47.08 in the Darlington CC 25 mile time trial on Sunday; his girlfriend Sophie Lankford made it a double celebration as the fastest woman (more…)

Provisional – Adam Wild rode the furthest in the Mersey Roads 12 Hour Championship on the weekend whilst Christina MacKenzie looks to be the first woman (more…)

Astana’s Luis Leon Sanchez took his first road race title at the Spanish National Championships after a powerful attack inside the final kilometre of the race (more…)

Chris Fennell fastest (47.10) in the Catford CC 25 mile time trial on Sunday, August 23; teammate Emma Lewis was fastest woman (more…)

trainSharp coach Chris McNamara fastest with a sub 50 minute ride in the Southdown Velo 25 mile time trial on Sunday (August 23); Lucy Gadd was first woman (more…)

Former Head of Education at British Cycling, Dr. Vinny Webb, is to launch a full time cycling academy where riders aged between sixteen and eighteen years old can study for a BTEC ( Business and Technology Education Council in Cycling Performance and Development. (more…)

Kieran Savage fastest with a sub 20 minute ride in the very windy Otley CC club time trial over 9.5 miles on August 20. Fastest woman was Helen Goldthorpe (more…)

Tim May fastest in the Birmingham Midland Time Trial on August 20; Gaby Homer second and fastest woman (more…)

Adam Yates will ride for the team from January 2021, strengthening the squad’s British Grand Tour contenders. (more…)

Tim May fastest in the Birmingham Midland Time Trial on August 20; Gaby Homer second and fastest woman (more…)

In part 5 of the Dean Downing In-Depth feature interview, Tim asks Deano about what makes a winner and how smart can beat strong … (more…)

James Young fastest in the Ipswich & District Time Trial Series (Plomesgate) 5m TT on 20th August; Becky Ridge fastest woman (more…)

Charles Page of Ribble Weldtite fastest in the final club time trial of the season for Hemel Hempstead CC on August 20; Sian Botteley fastest woman (more…)

Nick English fastest in the Maidenhead & District CC’s club time trial on August 20; Kate Kelland fastest woman (more…)

Jennifer Millmore (20:21) fastest in the ECCA Ladies Open 10 on Saturday, August 15 (more…)

Ben Williams fastest in the Portsmouth North End 15 mile time trial on August 20; Johanna Lovell fastest woman (more…)

Damp conditions failed to deter the 182 competitors who turned out for round 6 of the Isle of Man’s RL360 youth league on Tuesday (August 18) (more…)

CCC Team will line up at the Tour de France to target stage wins when the Grand Tour gets underway next Saturday, 29 August – led by Greg Van Avermaet, Matteo Trentin & Ilnur Zakarin (more…)

Daniel Bigham on his new look Ribble TT Ultra sets new course record at the Race Rapid Mallory Park Time Trial on Thursday night, Jessica Rhodes-Jones fastest woman (more…)

Jasper Philipsen took his first win of the season for UAE Team Emirates on stage 3 of the Tour du Limousin with Britain’s Jake Stewart second. (more…)

British Cycling have announced that Sportives can resume with events capped at 600 riders – no (noticable) changes though to Circuit, Track or CX – still no road racing (more…)

Jonathan Schubert fastest in the Oxonian CC Club 10 mile time trial on Wednesday, August 19; Laura Pittard fastest woman (more…)

Jason Bouttell fastest in the Newmarket Cycling & Triathlon Club 10 at Bottisham on 19th Aug; Hayley Simmonds fastest woman in second (more…)

Joe Wilson of Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling gets the better of the 14 year old Alex Beldon at the Croft 10 Mile Time Trial with 168 finishers on the 19th August; Louise Scupham fastest woman (more…)

Joe Beckingsale fastest ahead of Max Stedman in the Kinetic-One Castle Combe Summer TT Series on August 19; Lauren Johnston fastest woman (more…)

Arnaud Démare wins the final stage and the overall for the Tour de Wallonie after an action packed final stage (more…)

Fernando Gaviria wins stage 2 of the Tour du Limousin Stage on a day when the race was well split at the finish, Joel Sutter leads overall with Jake Stewart in 6th (more…)

Junior road race champion Ollie Stockwell and James O’Connell of Team LDN – Brother UK winners on Tuesday night (August 18) at the Hemel Hempstead CC promotion (more…)

Stuart Day fastest in the Worcester St. John’s Cycling Club Time Trial (Tuesday, August 18) on the k46/10 course (more…)

James Potter fastest in the Plomesgate (Ipswich District CA) 10 mile time trial on 13th August; Becky Ridge fastest woman (more…)

Star studded huge entry for the RTTC National 10 Mile Championship sponsored By Merlin Cycles on August 30 at Newbury (more…)

Kevin White quickest in the Matlock CC 5 mile time trial on Tuesday night at Ashford, Amelie Wayte fastest female (more…)

Lucas Towers (10.13) breaks Dan Fleeman’s (his coach) course record  for the Brereton Wheelers Club  5 mile time trial, Sarah Fleeman first woman (more…)

2018 Vuelta a España champion and two-time Tour de France stage winner Simon Yates will remain at Mitchelton-SCOTT having agreed to a contract extension that will see him race with the team until the end of 2022. (more…)

Ben Granger recorded yet another a new course record, this time at the Barrow Central Wheelers Hill Climb; Fastest woman Mary Wilkinson smashed the previous record too (August 17) (more…)

GB for European Road Champs – Lizzie Deignan, Alex Dowsett and Tom Pidcock are amongst the squad of 23 riders who will represent Great Britain in the elite and under-23 categories. (more…)

Josh Griffiths fastest in Severn Road Club Time Trial (week 5) on August 18 (more…)

Mike Akers fastest in the New Forest CC club 10 mile time trial (more…)

George Skinner fastest Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers Club 10 on Tuesday, Bob Richardson fastest from host club; Louisa Cooper first female (more…)

Paul Jones fastest in the Crabwood CC club 10 mile time trial on August 13; Debbie Hallett fastest female (more…)

J Griffiths fastest in the Dursley Road Club 10 mile time trial, first TT of the season due to roadworks on U7b course (more…)

Thomas Robb fastest in the August 13 running of the Bedfordshire Road Club TT League, Jenni Lake first female (more…)

Jams Foggensteiner fastest at Birmingham Midlands club TT on August 18; Celia Brown first female on a night where riders were honouring the Memory Of Brian Hession (more…)

Reading CC Club Time Trial 18th August – a super turnout & some great times too with the win going to Callum McQueen with a time of 22:14. Quickest Road Bike time was recorded by Pete Ackroyd 24:03, currently unconfirmed Road bike course record. (more…)

Steve Fidler fastest at week 3 of the Birkenhead North End CC Boardman 5 mile time trial where it was a retro event with road bikes; Zoe Brunton fastest female (more…)

The Ineos team reveal their Tour de France team without Geraint Thomas or Chris Froome who will be targetting other Grand Tours in 2020 – Bernal aims to repeat 2019 win (more…)

Charles Page of Ribble Weldtite fastest in the West Thames Racing Time Trial on August 18 at Hillingdon, Olivia Matthews first female (more…)