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British Cycling has confirmed the route details for the Lloyds National Road Championships in Ceredigion, Wales between 26-29 June 2025. (more…)

60 riders entered for the category 2/3/4 Sloan Trophy on April 27 at Stamfordham (Northumberland) – still places for riders wanting to race (more…)

Eighteen teams will take to the start line of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women this June, as the largest field in the event’s history has today been announced. (more…)

An international line up racing against the best of British domestic based riders in this Sundays only single day UCI race, the CiCLE Classic in its 20th year (more…)

For the first time in its over 20 years of existence, the Rutland International CiCLE Classic will both start and finish in Oakham town centre. Here’s a look at where the race goes … (more…)

Glasgow will host the overall finish of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women this summer (5-8 June), as the host venues for the 2025 race, which will head to Scotland for the first time, are announced today, marking 50 days to go until the race. (more…)

Scottish Road Race Champion Logan McLean would take the spoils in the Elite Men’s race, with comeback queen Millie Thomson taking the Perth GP title in the Female race. (more…)

April 19 sees the running of Portsmouth North End CCs National B road race incorporating the South & South West Senior Open Regional RR Championships (more…)

The Community Traffic Management  East Cleveland Classic runs in the East Cleveland area and will comprise the first round in the Men’s National Road series and the second round in the Women’s National Road Race Series. (more…)

This weekend sees the first running of the Witham Hall Junior National Series two day stage race for both Junior Men and Women in Lincolnshire (April 5/6) (more…)

51st edition of this stage race promoted by the Mid Devon CC. The race’s origins go back to 1973 when the Mid-Devon Road Club first promoted a two-day event to mark the twinning of Totnes and Vire in Normandy. (more…)

Cold Dark North  National B road races for Men and Women at Capenwray (North West) sponsored by Brother UK / Brother UK Cycling #atyourside #startlists #coursemap (more…)

Owing to the continued popularity and growth of Britain’s ONLY single day International Cycle road race, we require a large number of volunteers to support us in delivering our prestigious event. The race will take place on Sunday, 27th April 2025. (more…)

John Archibald, 2nd in 2024, one of the stars in the 2025 Bike Box Alan Danum Trophy (National B Road Race) nr Doncaster on April 6 (10am) (more…)

Startlist: The Under 23 Men’s National  Road Series begins its 2025 season at the PB Performance races at Griffydam on Sunday, March 30 (more…)

 British Cycling and the Welsh Government have confirmed a landmark agreement to host the next three British Road Championships from 2025 through to 2027 starting with the 2025 championships in the county of Ceredigion (where Aberystwyth is). (more…)

Friday saw the final round (19) of the Glasgow Track League. With over 210 members ranging from Youth C to Masters riders including local legend Katie Archibald (and Father) the league has been going from strength to strength. (more…)

Peaks Two Day winner Rowan Baker heads up the riders for the classic Dulwich Paragon Wally Gimber Trophy on Sunday in the South East (March 23) (more…)

The final National Road Series event of 2025, The Wentworth Woodhouse Grand Prix, Rotherham (Sunday 31 August) will be seven miles down the road from me in South Yorkshire. Yah! (more…)

IN its 10th anniversary year in 2025 Halesowen Academy is proud to present a 15-rider line-up including a 5-rider junior squad and a strong under-23 team with a new backer in materials company Nicofe, who join several local companies led by Mapei UK. (more…)

In their centenary year, Edinburgh Road Club (Scotland) is proud to launch their new youth squad for 2025 (more…)

For the first time the Tour de France will visit Scotland, as part of a historic dual Grand Départ to come to Great Britain in 2027. (more…)

For the March meeting,  recently retired from his twenty five year conventional career, Jeremy Ford, now intends to devote his energies to his passion – the promotion of African cycling (more…)

Introducing The Merlin Cycles Rivington Brewing Co. Racing Team – a multi-discipline road, gravel and triathlon team set up with the sole aim of having some fun on bikes, getting some podiums and maybe having a beer or two! (more…)

The Women’s and Junior Men’s CiCLE Classics will kick off the British Cycling’s major race series once again in 2025 with the 9th edition of the ANEXO/CAMS sponsored Women’s CiCLE Classic and 11th Junior Men’s CiCLE Classic. (more…)

This year’s edition of the West Lothian Grand Prix on 6th April has secured a prize pot of £500 to be split equally between the Open and female elite races. (more…)

 Ribble Cycles, the leading British cycle manufacturer since 1897, is continuing its ongoing support for the British cycling scene with the launch of the UK’s first professional gravel racing team – the Ribble Outliers. (more…)

The ‘Peaks Two Day’ is a high profile National B stage race promoted by the Yomp Bonk Crew on the 15th and 16th of March 2025 in the Peak District for both men and women with equal prizes #TP2D (more…)

Three road races for Category 3/4 Men (32 miles) and E/1/2/3/4 Men (75 miles) and Women (32 miles) on Saturday, March 15 at Gifford (East Lothian, Scotland) (more…)

Here is the entry list for the a long standing early season race in Worcestershire on Sunday is the Evesham Vale Road Race (100km), a National B event (more…)

This year’s edition of an exciting race series for youth cyclists in Scotland at the West Lothian Cycle Circuit in Linlithgow has just been launched. (more…)

Rhyl Cycling Club held their season opening races at Marsh Tracks in the town over three Tuesday evenings. …. Thanks to Michael Bell (more…)

A classic BMCR event, this flagship BMCR event, a 3 day stage race, began in 1998 and is as popular as ever for the over 40s  (more…)

Exciting times ahead! Back for 2025 is the UK calendar’s premier early season stage race – The Peaks 2 Day (Men & Women) 15th and 16th of March 2025 in the Peak District.  (more…)

Trustees and guests of the Charles Arthur Rhodes Board caught up with Cat Ferguson recently to make the formal presentation of the 2024 CA Rhodes Memorial Award to her. (more…)

The 41st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race is just over a week away on March 9 and the stacked startlist is out headed up by last years winner Jacob Vaughan! (more…)

QUIZ TIME with a leading talent in Britain, first year Junior Leon Atkins (Fensham Howes MAS Design Junior Team), a new signing for the team looking to take his talent to international races… (more…)

QUIZ TIME!! Time for another Q&A with the riders of Fensham Howes MAS Design Junior Team , this time new signing Seth Jackson who already has great results abroad and in Britain – a name to watch! (more…)

Startlist – This coming Saturday, March first, is the Royal Navy Cup at RNAS Merryfield, Somerset with races for E/1/2/3 Men and Women and a category 4 race  (more…)

 Lauren Bell and Matthew Richardson claimed their third sprint titles of the weekend as Katie Archibald won the Women’s Points championship and Noah Hobbs the Men’s Scratch race on the final day of the Lloyds National Track Championships 2025 in Manchester. (more…)

Startlist for this Sunday’s opening road race of the season in the north of the country, the Clayton Spring Classic Handicap 2025 (sponsored by PM+M) (more…)

Winner of stage 1 in the 360 Junior North West Tour in 2024, Harrison Dainty did well as a first year junior last season with several podiums and good performances in races abroad for his team Fensham Howes MAS Design Junior Team (more…)

Stallard Series Update – Moved race to 11th (Stallard #2 – Southwick nr Peterborough) of May & new race date of 17th of August (Cheltenham & County road race) (more…)

 CHS Ciclismo hosts riders from Britain’s Hope Factory Racing Team at UCI event in Spain with two of them winning their event (more…)

At the February Pedal Club get together, Cormac Nisbet explained why he retired from the pro cycling world at just 20 years of age and legend Keith Butler’s sister signed his golden book (more…)

Ribble Cycles is continuing its support of the domestic cycling scene in the UK by coming on board as an official supporting sponsor of the 2025 ANEXO/CAMS Women’s CiCLE Classic. (more…)

Lancashire Road Club ran their first “reliability ride” in the clubs 102 year history around West Lancashire on Sunday 16th February raising £200 for the ‘Ride For Charlie’ charity (more…)

Fensham Howes MAS Design have launched their squad for 2025 at the Scott Sports UK HQ. The team, including three returning riders and three new signings, will take on a packed calendar of the biggest races across the UK and Europe this year. (more…)

First held in 2005, the 19th edition of the Sigma Sports/ Schwalbe UK Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic will in 2025 make UK cycling history as the longest ever running one day international race in British cycle sport. (more…)

A look back at the cycling career of Welsh legend, Geraint Thomas by the GB Cycling team – Tour de France winner, British road champion, Olympic champion, Multi world champion and so much more (more…)

Great Britain’s Rhian Edmunds showcased some fantastic Keirin racing in today’s final day of competition, taking her third silver of the event, and top 10s for GB riders in both Madison finals (more…)

 It was raining medals in the velodrome for Great Britain as Josh Charlton delivered the first gold in the men’s Individual Pursuit, in sensational style. Medals for Michael Gill, Maddie Leech,  Rhian Edmund and Will Tidball (more…)

The team events brought more success for Great Britain as the men’s Team Pursuit squad took a hard-fought silver medal while the women’s Team Tursuit squad took home the bronze medal on the second day in Heusden-Zolder. (more…)

The Azets Spring Classic is scheduled for Sunday, 23rd February 2025, in Dorset, featuring the challenging Monkey World Circuit. (more…)

A full field of entries for the first Northern England road race of the season, the Clayton Spring Classic Handicap 2025 (sponsored by PM+M) on February 23 in Lancashire. (more…)

The Pedal Club’s John Barclay Academy made its first public appearance last Wednesday with a launch party at Condor Cycles in Grays Inn Road. (more…)

British Cycling has announced the 2025 Men’s and Women’s Elite Development Teams who are guaranteed eight rider entries into all National Road Series and National Circuit Series races events (more…)

Zoe Backstedt defends her World title and is champion again! Plus, GB in action in Junior and Elite Men championships (GB Cycling Team Press Release) (more…)

Tragic news from the 360 Team who say on their Facebook page “It is with the deepest sadness that today we lost one of our young riders.” (more…)

British winner!! Tom Pidcock wins the overall in the AlUla Tour whilst his teammate Matteo Moschetti won a windy stage 5 from a reduced bunch sprint. (more…)

 The 2025 West Midlands road race league will have 10 rounds, spanning the season from March to September, (more…)

Ribble Cycles, the UK’s premier performance bike brand, is proud to announce its official partnership with the Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team for the 2025 season. (more…)

First road race of 2025, is the second running of the Portsdown Classic near Portsmouth on February 9 with a stacked field including the rider who was third last year Rowan Baker (more…)

British Cycling has revealed the race calendar for the 2025-26 Lloyds National Trophy Cyclo-cross Series and national championships. (more…)

The second day of the 2025 British CycloCross Championships saw Cameron Mason, Xan Crees, Oscar Amey and Zoe Roche become champions at Kent’s Cyclopark  (more…)

The first day of the 2025 British CycloCross Championships saw Kate Eedy and Lewis Craven just two of many  champions crowned at Kent’s Cyclopark on Saturday (more…)

Raptor Factory Racing, a new team launched by Raptor Bikes in Putney, London, is excited to announce its 2025 lineup. Led by Team Manager David Streule, the squad blends young talent with seasoned riders. (more…)

At Kent’s Cyclopark this weekend, the best of British in cyclocross are battling it out for the Champion’s jerseys with World stars among the riders (more…)

Quiz time with Prologue Junior Race Team’s new recruit for 2025, Louis Herring. A second-year junior, Louis, who reached the finals of the Red Bull Junior Brothers Competition, joins the squad with a climbing pedigree well-suited to Prologue’s European ambition (more…)

Star names at the British Cyclocross Championships this weekend at Cyclopark include Cat Ferguson, Cameron Mason (defending champion), Thomas Mein, Nicholas Craig, Anna Kay (defending champion), Imogen Wolff, Oscar Amey (defending champion) (more…)

January 11/12 sees the British Cyclocross Championships held at Kent’s Cyclopark – entries still open! (more…)

The CTT National 10 mile Time Trial Championship is coming to Cornwall for the first ever time on August 30/31 hosted by the Kernow Racing Team (more…)

Round 5 (final round) of the National Trophy Cyclocross kicks off the racing in 2025 in Britain at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre in West Yorkshire on January 4 & 5 (more…)

BMCR Newsletter January 2025 – Bike racing for the over 40s (more…)

Riders for the 2025 BCC team’s have been announced “On the back of a great season, our riders and support team are eager to get racing and they are confident about the coming season’s successes” (more…)

The Scotland based UCI Continental team will race as Handsling Alba Development Road in 2025 with the aim to build on this season’s remarkable success in both domestic and continental cycling.  (more…)

Two juniors in 2024, Paul Opie and Tom Mead who rode for Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club, are heading to France as first year Under 23 riders to take on the challenge of racing against the elite riders in Europe. (more…)

West Lothian Clarion Cycling Club are delighted to announce the launch of a new junior regional development race team (more…)

The Corries (Plymouth Corinthian) announce a bolstered calendar of road events next year. (more…)

Dates and venues for the 2025 Youth National Circuit Series, Junior Women’s National Road Series, and Junior Open National Road Series. (more…)

The National Trophy Cyclocross series travels to Clanfield in Hampshire for round 4 over the two days (Saturday and Sunday) with many of the series leaders defending their leader’s jerseys (more…)

British Cycling has announced the dates for the National Road Series for Men and Women as well as the events in the National Circuit Series (more…)

Turbulent media coverage hits sponsorship opportunities for next year for the Saint Piran Pro Cycling team so the UCI Continental Team and Saint Piran WRT Elite Development Team will not take to the startline in 2025 (more…)

The club’s speaker for November was Oliver Schick, a cycle campaigner whilst the meeting included the presentation of the club badge to newly enrolled member Bob Downs (more…)

Latest update on the Brother UK / Team Onform riders for 2025 and races the team are organising next road season (more…)

Following the launch of the revamped Lloyds National Track Series, British Cycling can now announce the full 2025/26 track calendar (more…)

At CHS Ciclismo , they pride themselves on being the best all-around cycling retreat and training camp, offering an unparalleled experience that goes beyond just pedalling through breath-taking landscapes. (more…)

The Fensham Howes – MAS Design Junior Men’s team which races internationally and has helped riders fulfil their potenial over the years has revealed their 2025 team (more…)

Round 3 of the National Trophy Cyclocross heads down south to Devon for the next event in the series at Torbay Velopark on November 16/17 (more…)

Leading junior women’s and junior men’s team Tofauti Everyone Active announces new partners and new name for 2025.  (more…)

Rider News: Matt Thompson has signed up to race in France next season for BMC Bezier and will move their shortly. (more…)

The Youth Tour of Scotland will return to Perth and Kinross in 2025, with three stages of exciting racing on the weekend of the 12th and 13th April. (more…)

Billy Ladle’s Stellar Season  sees the 14 year old double National Champion follow in the footsteps of Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas to win the Youth Challenge and Stan Kite trophies (more…)

 THE Prologue Junior Race Team are proud to announce their rider line up for 2025. The Team, only in its 3rd season of racing, has already made its mark on the domestic and European Junior scene (more…)

This Saturday (November 2) sees the BUCS cycling & Para-Cycling Hill Climb Championships 2024-25 taking place at Grantham on  Terrace Hill, a 1.1km hill with a 79m elevation gain (more…)

Winner of this year’s West Midlands Road Race League supported by Fusion Media was a blast from the past, former GB international Ian Gilkes, who showed the younger riders a thing or two by picking up healthy points in every round he rode, and then hung on in on a tough finale on the Astley […]

With riders only staying in the junior ranks for two years, each year brings news of riders moving onto the Under 23 ranks as younger riders step up from the Youth ranks – here is the 2025 team for Tofauti Everyone Active (more…)

Riders from around  the country including Imogen Wolff & Leon Atkins heading for round 2 of the National Trophy Cyclocross at South Sheilds this weekend (more…)

The INEOS Grenadiers have announced structure and staff changes following a thorough review of the team’s performance operations. (more…)

The finale to the Hill Climb season is on Sunday at Hexham in Northumberland with hundreds of riders chasing the RTTC national titles (more…)

 Ian ‘Watto’ Watson a well known face at Women’s races and Charlie Allen (road safety and driver training professional) were the two speakers at October’s Pedal Club Lunch  (more…)

A year after finding himself in a tough spot, the 23-year-old from the Isle of Man has just signed with EF Education-EasyPost. It’s been an incredible rise for the softly-spoken British rider but after such a dogged and determined start to his pro racing career, he’s raring to go in 2025. (more…)

Victory on stage 3 of the Tour of Guangxi in Bama was Ethan Vernon’s second win of the season; it also moved him into the lead of the GC, Points and Best young rider standings. (more…)

Britain’s Louis Sutton makes the leap to the professional ranks and will wear orange for the next two seasons in the Euskaltel Euskadi Team (more…)

Scottish Hill Climb Championships being held on October 13 near Oban in Scotland (more…)

Winner of the CiCLE Classic as a junior, Ben Marsh is off to France next season; joining French Team Apoge Charente-Maratime for 2025, the team that Ben Chilton who we interviewed on Saturday, has done so well in. (more…)

Marianne Vos and Mathieu Van der Poel perfectly mastered the variety and intensity of challenges offered by the 2024 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships in Flanders, Belgium, this weekend. Both Dutch athletes add another UCI World title to their already vast collections from different disciplines. (more…)

With the cyclocross season in full swing already, next, its the turn of the National Trophy Series to kick off at Moorways Leisure Centre in Derby thanks to John Holmes and his crew. (more…)

Here are the final overall standings from the 2024 Isle of Man Youth league. A total of 425 riders took part in this year’s league, with an average of 193 turning out for each of the 16 rounds (more…)

Escape to Casa Guadalest: The Ultimate private vacation holiday rental in Costa Blanca Spain for active and cycling oriented families and friends (more…)

A MESSAGE FROM A MOST VALUED SPONSOR OF VELOUK – Santini UK and supplier of kit to the GFTL team (and many others) (more…)

Ribble unveils the new Allroad Ti. Crafted for more. Cutting-edge titanium construction, seamlessly sculpted lines, optimised for performance. Marrying state-of-the-art 3D printing with traditional construction techniques, this is the future of titanium bikes. (more…)

The Pedal Club’s speaker for September was Jez Cox, a former competitor in cycling and duathlon, who is now a commentator and presenter. He is freelance and has worked for all the leading sports channels including GCN, Eurosport and ASO. (more…)

CHS RETURNS! A long time sponsor in Spain CHS returns to support VeloUK – here is their first editorial on what they have to offer. (more…)

A 55 strong squad will be representing Great Britain at the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland from 21-29 September 2024. (more…)

Coming off the back of a very active Junior Tour of Wales, Alistair Gardner won the first two Junior Kermesse races he entered last weekend. Having finished his A Levels earlier this year, Alistair is fully focussed on racing and looking for a Team to ride for next year. (more…)

On **29th September**, the ever popular **Portmore Classic** hits the road, and it’s going to be **epic**! 🔥 While many races have seen declining numbers, we’ve **bucked the trend** with a whopping **70+ riders** ready to battle it out on the course. 💥 (more…)

Next Sunday at Newbury is the National Youth (GHS) Championship Final with record holder Leon Atkins seeded the final rider from the start gate (more…)

Paris 2024 Olympic Games gold medallists Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), headline the 108-rider provisional start list for the Lloyds Bank Men’s Tour of Britain Men, which gets underway in Kelso, Scottish Borders on Tuesday (3 September). (more…)