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Both Sam Allen and Lindy Brazier-Larkin continued their winning form by winning their respective races in the Wessex League, Round 11 – report by Graham Robins (more…)

Wins in the senior race for Sam Allen and a second win at the venue for Southampton based Abbie Manley (Hargroves Montezuma’s). Barney Clacy (Hargroves Montezuma’s) won the junior race whilst Dan Guest won the vet40+ and Kevin Holloway (GS Vecchi) the vet50+ category. (more…)

Ben Askey (RST/Cycle Division), Harriet Harnden, Toby Barnes, Phillip Glaze and Mark James winners at round 9 of the Lazer Ridley West Midlands CX League on November 18 (more…)

Tim Gould, Louise Heywood-Mahe, Ben Askey and Darren Atkins & Lewis Askey both of Zanatta Ride Coventry winners at round 7 of the Ridley Lazer West Midands CX League at Bromsgrove (more…)

Wins today for Katie Scott (Hargroves Montezuma’s) and Adrian Lansley on a tricky course made harder by a heavy shower during the women’s race. (more…)

There were wins for Sam Allen and a maiden senior race win for Swindon based Lindy Brazier-Larkin in round 7 of the Wessex League (more…)

Robert Burns, Karen Summers, Ed Moseley and Stephen Knight winners at round 6 of the Lazer/Ridley West Midlands CX League at Kenilworth on Sunday, October 28 (more…)

On a bright sunny day there were wins for Callum Macleod and Abbie Manley (Hargroves- Montezuma’s) at the sixth round held at the Southampton Sports Centre. (more…)

Jack Brown winner of the Finsbury Park Road Race for category 2/3/4 riders at Ugley (Essex) on October 14 (more…)

Tadley rider Adrian Lansley and Southampton junior Abbie Manley (Hargroves- Montezuma’s) ran out winners today at a rain lashed and windswept Droxford motor cross track for round 5 of the Wessex CX League (more…)

Riding as BC South Region George Bazley (Bristol Rc) and Sam Walsham (Maxx Rt) clinched a narrow victory in the Junior category of the 51.8 km Duo Normand. (more…)

Connor Swift who rode for Madison Genesis this season and is riding now as a stagiaire for Dimension Data, speaks about his road worlds experience “As I was riding I was thinking ‘it doesn’t get better than this” – Connor (more…)

Harriet Harnden, Toby Barnes, Ed Moseley, and Stephen Knight winners at the Lazer Ridley West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League at Shrewsbury on Sunday (September 30) (more…)

In the late autumn sunshine there were wins for Callum Macleod and Katie Scott (Hargroves-Montezuma’s) at the Reading CC Bill Higson Memorial races (Wessex League, Round 3) (more…)

After two silvers and four bronze medals in the UCI Road World Championships, at 38 Spanish veteran Alejandro Valverde has finally netted gold in the Elite Men’s Road Race, ahead of France’s Romain Bardet and Canada’s Michael Woods. (more…)

Matthew Osborn winner of the category 3/4 Portmore Classic Road Race on Sunday; September 30 at Wimborne, Dorset (more…)

Beth Crumpton, Toby Barnes, Stephen Knight, Kieran Riley and Darren Atkins winners at the third round of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands CX League on Sunday organised by Stratford CC (more…)

Round 2 – Wessex CX League: There were wins today for Adrian Lansley and Emily Wadsworth at the NHRC event held at Stratton Park in Basingstoke – Graham Robins reports (more…)

Stephen Knight, Melissa Baker, and Lewis Askey winners at round 2 of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League at Coventry on Sunday, 16 September (more…)

The new season arrived for the Wessex CX League with a bang and they had ‘two firsts’, a separate women’s race which had 54 entries and a dead heat for the win in the senior race  (more…)

26-year-old Simon Yates rolled across the line in Madrid to claim his maiden Grand Tour at the La Vuelta a Espana, creating history in the process as the first Grand Tour victory for an Australian-owned team, Mitchelton-SCOTT. (more…)

Britain’s Simon Yates and Australian team Mitchelton-SCOTT are on the verge of creating history at Vuelta a Espana after Yates finished third on the decisive stage in Andorra to extend his lead  (more…)

With a confident ride attacking his rivals, Simon Yates finishes second on stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana to extend his overall lead to one-minute 38 seconds with one difficult and decisive mountain stage to come tomorrow. (more…)

Louise Heywood-Mahé and Michael Butler two of the many winners at round 1 of the East Kent Cyclo Cross League at Sandwich on September 9 (more…)

Simon Yates safely through sprint stage won by Jelle Wallays as breakaway denies the sprinters the victory on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana (more…)

Race leader Simon Yates fights through dangerous stage 17 at La Vuelta for another day in red with help of secret weapon in brother Adam (more…)

Britain’s Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) has extended his lead at the Vuelta a Espana with a strong time trial performance on stage 16 – winner was Rohan Dennis – reactions from Yates, Dennis, Valverde and Quintana (more…)

Chris Bartley sets a completely new standard of 1.20.07 for this tough Cotswold circuit used for the Bidlake Memorial Time Trial – Harriet English first woman (more…)

Toby Barnes won the first round of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League whilst in the Women’s event, Harriet Harnden clinched the victory at the Redditch Road and Path CC promotion (more…)

 Britain’s Matt Gittings finished a creditable fifth in the  European Derny Championship as Nick van der Lijke led a Dutch one-two  (more…)

Aussie Caleb Ewan wins the final stage of the 2018 Tour of Britain whilst Julian Alaphilippe captured the overall – Brits Paton, Davies and Holmes on the podium (more…)

Yates conquers stage 14 with well-timed effort on the final climb to re-claim overall lead (more…)

Ian Stannard produced yet another brilliant individual performance to solo to victory in Mansfield during the Tour of Britain’s penultimate stage in Nottinghamshire on Saturday (more…)

Wout Poels wins the Queen stage in Cumbria as Julian Alaphilippe moves into the leader’s jersey as Roglic is dropped in final GC battle of stage 6 of the Tour of Britain (more…)

Britain’s Nicola Juniper, guesting with Irish squad TC Racing, powered up the finishing climb to take her first stage win in Rás na mBan and, with it, take over the overall lead of the 2018 edition. (more…)

Nina Kessler wins stage 1 of the Women’s RAS, the Rás na mBan 2018 on Wednesday; Nikki Juniper and Anna Henderson both in the top 10 in a race with plenty of Brits racing (more…)

BMC’s Alessandro De Marchi secured his third individual stage victory at the Vuelta a España after an impressive solo attack in the closing kilometers of stage 11 (more…)

Stage win again for Andre Greipel into Royal Leamington Spa with Dan McLay 8th and Andy Tennant 9th. Overall leader is Patrick Bevin. Matt Holmes the star of the stage… (more…)

Quick-Step Floors’ Julian Alaphilippe wins an explosive stage 3 of the Tour of Britain whilst Kiwi Patrick Bevin now leads overall (more…)

The sun returned to the Brooks Cycles track league at Newcastle under Lyme (Staffordshire) which took place on Thursday 30th August  (more…)

Aussie Cameron Meyer won stage 2 of the Tour of Britain whilst Alessandro Tonelli leads overall (more…)

After leading the Giro d’Italia for 13 days earlier in the season, Simon Yates now adds Vuelta’s red leader’s jersey to his palmares following the first ‘real’ GC day on stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana (more…)

André Greipel stormed to victory in the city of Newport, at the end of the Tour of Britain’s opening stage across South Wales from Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire to Newport. (more…)

Mildenhall Cycling Festival blighted by bad weather on the Sunday fails to stop racing on the long weekend of cycling (more…)

Elia Viviani of Quickstep Floors wins 1500th stage in Vuelta a España history; Michał Kwiatkowski continues to lead overall (more…)

Liam Walsh (VC St. Raphael – Waites Contracts) triumphed at the finish of a super hard 108 miles, outsprinting the other three survivors of the near race long break in the Victor Berlemont Trophy (more…)

A sensational final kilometre effort by the ‘Marvel from Murcia’ – Alejandro Valverde, sees him knotch up his 120th pro victory and his tenth stage in the Vuelta (more…)

Report and results from week 16 of the Brooks Cycles Track League at the Lyme Valley Velodrome, Newcastle under Lyme on Thursday 16th August (more…)

Aimee Jones and Tim Cartwright winners at the Didcot Phoenix CC 10 mile time trial on the H10/17r Southmoor course on a breezy but dry day (more…)

Alex Dalton, Hannah Larbalestier and Glen Turnbull Paton and  Jim Brown winners at the 2018 Yorkshire Regional Road Race Championships on Sunday, August 19 (more…)

George Wood winner of the Bob Whitear Memorial Road Race (inc the Eastern Region Road Race Championship) at Saxlingham Nethergate on August 19 (more…)

Molly Patch from Brother UK sponsored Fusion RT and David Veitch fastest in the ECCA 10 mile Time Trial on August 11 for men and women near Cambridge (more…)

Jessica Finney & Jamie Caldwell winners in the Bournemouth & District Women’s Cycling Association Two-Up 10 mile time trial at Ringwood on August 11 (more…)

Italian Matteo Trentin sprinted to victory from a small group at the European championships in Glasgow, bringing the special championship jersey to Mitchelton-SCOTT for the first time in the team’s seven year existence. (more…)

After a breakaway started by Tobyn Horton and strengthened by Alex Richardson was caught 3k out, Gabz Cullaigh won from teammate Rob Scott in a crash affected finish (more…)

Despite the forecast of showers it stayed dry at the Brooks Cycles track league at Newcastle under Lyme took place on Thursday 9th August where Adam Kenway of Vitus Pro Cycling had a winning evening (more…)

Michal Kwiatkowski is putting on quite a show on the roads of Poland. After yesterday’s victory on the Szczyrk wall, today the Polish champion from Team Sky dominated again at Bielsko-Biala in the 5th stage of the Tour de Pologne – UCI World Tour. (more…)

Alan Thomson fastest in the Glasgow Green CC 25 mile time trial on August 5 in Scotland, Lynsey Curran fastest woman (more…)

Hayley Simmonds was fastest on the rolling A3 course at Liphook to win the women’s 25 championships, Ollie Stockwell won the Junior Mens & Elizabeth Marvelly the junior womens (more…)

Despite a very overcast sky, conditions remained dry for the 219 competitors who turned out at the NSC last Tuesday night for round 15 of Team RL360 Isle of Man’s youth league. (more…)

The latest round of the Brooks Cycles track league at Newcastle under Lyme took place on Thursday 26th July and there was an international feel with German visitor Marcel Laurent competing. (more…)

Daniel Butlin (EvoVelo Karbona) sprinted out of a four-man breakaway to clinch victory on the night in the final round of the Shropshire and South Staffordshire Road Race League.  (more…)

Philip Graves the only rider under 20 minutes in the Sports-Lab 10 mile time trial on July 28; on the V714; Karen Taylor fastest woman (more…)

German champion Pascal Ackermann bounced back from a mid-race crash to win the sixth RideLondon-Surrey Classic on a borrowed bike after a thrilling race through pouring rain brought the curtain down on the capital’s two-day celebration of cycling. (more…)

Welshman Geraint Thomas, one of the most grounded pros you can meet, has made history, winning the 2018 Edition of the Tour de France, Alexander Kristoff won the final celebration stage – round up of reactions … (more…)

Conditions near perfect at a sun kissed NSC last Tuesday night for the 227 riders competing in round 14 of Team RL360 Isle of Man’s youth league. (more…)

GC contender Tom Dumoulin, the world champion no less, may have won the Time Trial stage of the Tour de France, British Time Trial Champion Geraint Thomas rode the race of his life to keep Yellow. (more…)

Whilst Nairo Quintana got his stage win, it was Geraint Thomas extending his lead and Froome loosing time that was the big news of the day (more…)

Ryan Peirce winner of round 12 of the Dunsfold Park 4ths Series on Friday, July 20 (more…)

James Horton (VC ST Raphael) won the final round of the Bournemouth Cycleworks Moreton Series, taking the bunch gallop on a warm, pollen-filled evening in deepest Dorset (more…)

Geraint Thomas became the first British winner at Alpe d’Huez and he did so wearing the yellow jersey – Nibali and sprinters out of the race,Froome attacked on the climb by spectator (more…)

Geraint Thomas attacked his way to the yellow jersey as the battle for the 2018 Tour de France explodes in the mountains (more…)

In the Hounslow & District Wheelers Open 25 Liam Maybank (Twickenham CC) took every prize available to him with a stunning 49 minute 3 second ride; Lenka Vackova was fastest woman (more…)

Callum Ferguson powered up the finishing climb before riding clear for victory in round 10 of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League. (more…)

Live from Stockton on Tees, VeloUK is at the British Circuit Race Championships for Men and Women – Live action, pictures, video clips and interviews  (more…)

A shift in the difficulty of the parcours on stage 5 of the Tour de France saw the sprinters in difficulty except for the likes of Peter Sagan who won his second stage whilst Van Avermaet held on to yellow (more…)

Winner of the 2018 Tour of Sussex is John Hale who was also a three time stage winner; Jack Freeman and Steve Rees-Clark also stage winners in the race July 5 to 8 (more…)

After a long delay, the Bristol GP took the roads of the city on Sunday where a breakaway dominated the race and from it, Matt Gibson beat Jack Pullar of Canyon Eisberg second and British RR Champion Connor Swift (Madison Genesis) third. Alex Paton (Canyon Eisberg) was 4th in the break. (more…)

Rhona Callander, Stephen Paterson, Amelie Wayte, Joe Pidcock and Matt Walls winners at the Otley Grand Prix on Wednesday night (more…)

In the Ilkley GP (Wed, June 27) Tom Moses won a scintillating sprint finish to just edge out Scott Thwaites who made a return to racing after sustaining career-threatening injuries in March (more…)

It’s an early 18th birthday present for Monmouthshire Junior GP winner Mason Hollyman who wins Junior National Series Road Race (more…)

Philip Glaze powered clear from a winning breakaway to clinch his first victory of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League. (more…)

Despite the overnight storm the wind dropped and the sun came out for week 7 of the Brooks Cycles Track League, Lyme Valley Velodrome, Newcastle under Lyme on June 14 (more…)

Coryn Rivera retains race lead in Women’s Tour as Amalie Dideriksen wins stage 4 into Worcester, Best Brit Dani Rowe crashes in finale (more…)

James Ireson sprinted to victory in the sixth round of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League (more…)

The USA’s Coryn Rivera edged out legend Marianne Vos to win stage 2 of the Women’s Tour; Rivera leads overall from Dani Rowe (more…)

Jolien D’hoore opened up her 2018 Women’s Tour just as she left off in London in 2017 by sprinting to victory at the head of a world-class field in Southwold, Suffolk on Wednesday (more…)

The success for Mitchelton-Scott continues as Chris Juul-Jensen solos to victory on the fourth stage of Tour de Suisse (more…)

Frederik Scheske, Ejay Harris (Storey Racing) and Zoe Backstedt some of the winners at the Hargroves Cycles sponsored Winchester Criteriums (more…)

Marcin Bialoblocki smashed the course record to win the Didcot Phoenix open 25 mile time trial – Suzy Patience fastest woman (more…)

Adam Yates attacked inside the last kilometre of today’s final stage of Criterium du Dauphine to take a stage victory and finish in second place overall behind Geraint Thomas. (more…)

Kirk Vickers took his third victory of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League to regain the overall series lead with another perfectly timed effort in round five. (more…)

Stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné was won by Pascal Ackermann in sprint where 80 of the riders were in the same time. Daryl Impey took the leader’s jersey thanks to a time bonus (more…)

Luke Barfoot continued where he left off three weeks ago by winning the PNECC Summer Road Race after claiming top spot and the Bournemouth Jubilee 2-day race (more…)

Matthew Garthwaite  took back the leader’s yellow jersey he lost last week with a fine victory in round four of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League. (more…)

Ed Clancy and Nikki Juniper triumph individually in Salisbury Tour Series Grand Final; Canyon Eisberg and Team Breeze win the team classifications (more…)

After a day of rain, the racing at Wembley on a revised circuit was held on a drying circuit with two exciting races won by EJ Harris and Tom Pidcock (more…)

A new star name shone brightly in Stevenage on Monday as Anna Henderson showed how versatile she, sprinting to victory in a bunch kick after her Tour series solo win in Aberystwyth (more…)

A night for winners to double up as Anna Henderson and Harry Tanfield, winners in Aberystwyth, repeated the victory in Stevenage – Canyon Eisberg now lead team classification after two team victories on the night (more…)

Kirk Vickers (Rhino Velo RT) fended of the bunch for the second time in three weeks to clinch another solo victory in the South Shropshire and Shropshire Road Race League. (more…)

It was a night for the double as Canyon Eisberg riders Jack Pullar and Andrew Tennant won the individual races (Hill Climb & Crit) whilst Madison Genesis won the team award in both. In the Womens race, Nikki Juniper won her race … (more…)

Freddie Jagger was an impressive winner of the Ilkley 2 day held in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire. (more…)

Mitchelton-Scott rider Simon Yates rides to a stunning third stage win to further extend his overall lead at the Giro d’Italia today (more…)

Winners in Motherwell, Megan Barker and Matt Gibson on the start lists for the racing on Thursday night in Aberdeen (more…)

Wednesday saw Simon Yates claim a second emphatic victory in the pink leader’s jersey on stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia. (more…)

Megan Barker solos to second in series whilst Matt Gibson sprints to victory in the Mens Tour Series at Motherwell (Scotland) (more…)

Kirk Vickers took his opportunity and soloed to a fine victory in the opening round of the Shropshire & South Staffs Road Race League around the lanes of Knighton near Newport. (more…)

Mitchelton-Scott successfully piloted race leader Simon Yates through a sprint finish on stage seven of the Giro d’Italia to retain the pink leader’s jersey for another day. (more…)

The second week of the Brooks Cycles Track League took place under lovely blue skies which attracted a good field of riders.  (more…)

Round five of Team RL360 Isle of Man’s Youth League was staged at the NSC last Tuesday night and, for the first time this season, conditions were perfect for the 311 competitors took part in the eleven race programme. (more…)

Report from Gordon Wiseman on Megan Barker’s win in Redditch at round 1 of the 2018 Tour Series (more…)

JLT Condor kicked off their OVO Energy Tour Series title defence with victory at the opening round in Redditch to pull on the leaders’ green jerseys, while British Cycling’s development squad Team Breeze took the honours in the women’s premiere. (more…)

Chris Pook wins the 2/3/4 Phil Ward Memorial Road Race nr Telford on Sunday ahead of Matthew Higgins of RST/Cycle Division Racing Team (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) wrapped up the overall victory in the Tour de Yorkshire after Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis)had secured a sensational lone stage win. (more…)

A wall of sound greeted Maximillian Walscheid as he sprinted to victory on a sizzling third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire on a day the Brits made a break for it …. (more…)

Magnus Cort wins stage 2 but Mike Cumming holds on to KoM jersey, Harry Tanfield the green jersey and Tom Baylis the most agressive one … (more…)

Wins for Seb Herrod and Alice Lethbridge at the CC London Road Races Wendens Ambo nr Saffron Walden, Essex (more…)

On a very tough course for the Chitterne Road Races, there were wins for Jessica Finney and Michael Mottram (more…)

Ryan Morley fastest in the East Lancs Road 10 mile Time Trial neat Knutsford on Saturday (April 28) (more…)