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Report: Abergavenny Youth Races

For the fourth consecutive year youth racing, preceded the Elite Circuit Race in Abergavenny last Friday evening. (more…)

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Results: Ras De Cymru (Wales)

Final results for the Ras de Cymru stage race won by Michael Smith of Corley Cycles (more…)

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Report: Velo29 Circuit Races (North East)

Dan Smith from Velo29 writes … It was a great day’s racing that ended in victory for Sigma Sport Specialized’s Tom Murray.  (more…)

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Report: Velo Club Norwich RR

Chris Guy (Iceni Velo) wins the Velo Club Norwich Road Race at Wicklewood in Norfolk (more…)

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LE TOUR: Sanchez wins Stage, Voeckler Dons Yellow

In a dramatic stage which saw two of the contenders for the stage taken out by a TV car,  Luis Sanchez won the hill top finish while fellow escapee Thomas Voeckler did enough to take the yellow jersey off Thor Hushovd who dropped to 24th overall. (more…)

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Report: Gas Hill Gasp Norwich

Crowds flock to see the Gas Hill Gasp in Norwich which was part of the New Lord Mayor’s Celebrations on the 8th July 2011 (more…)

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Report: Abergavenny Grand Prix

Riding so strong no-one was able to live with him around the streets of Abergavenny, Dean Downing was the winner of the Abergavenny GP. (more…)

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Report: Wyre Forest Circuit Races

Report and brief results from the Wyre Forest 4th category and 2/3 category  road race on the 7th July (more…)

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Report: Moreton Village Evening Series

A fast and furious race saw junior Will Stephenson (Bournemouth Arrow/Hotel Collingwood) taking victory right on the line. (more…)

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LE TOUR: Victory for Boasson Hagen on stage 6

Team Sky had a second reason to celebrate today with Boasson Hagen following up Ian Stannard’s win in Austria with a stage victory in the Tour de France. Boasson Hagen, a former winner of the Tour of Britain, sprinted in ahead of Matt Goss and yellow jersey Thor Hushovd. (more…)

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Report: Royal London 360 IOM’s Youth League.

Despite the changeable weather conditions and alternative attractions of Tynwald Day (the Isle of Man’s national day), there was a good entry of 263 competitors at the NSC last Tuesday night for round 12 of Team Royal London 360 IOM’s youth league. (more…)

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Report: Guildford Town Centre Races

Graham Robins reports on the town centre circuit races where Wouter Sybrandy lapped the field to win the Elite race on Wednesday night, July 6. (more…)

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Win for Cavendish on Stage 5 of the Tour de France

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has won the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a big bunch gallop defeating Belgium’s Phillip Gilbert and JJ Rojas with Geraint Thomas also in the mix. (more…)

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Report: Beacon RCC Round 2

Sean Mungoven wins round 2 of the Beacon RCC series at the Stourport Track on a wet evening of racing on July 5th (more…)

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Report: Sotonia Heath Race 3

Graham Robins reports … Rees wins race but Edgell takes Honours (more…)

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LE TOUR: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – Evans snatches stage victory

Former World Champion, Australian Cadel Evans beat Spanish Tour favourite Alberto Contador to the line to win stage 4 of the Tour de France. Three Brits in the top 10 overall. (more…)

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Results: 2011 British RR Championships

On a hot and memorable day in the North East on June 26, Bradley Wiggins and Lizzie Armitstead won their respective Road Race Championships and the right to wear the champion’s jersey for the next 12 months. (more…)

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Report: Walsh Takes Racecourse Grand Finale

Sean Walsh grabbed victory in the final round of the Leisure Lakes Circuit Series at Cheltenham racecourse last Friday evening (1/7) in warm and dry conditions. (more…)

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Le Tour: Cavendish 5th on Stage 3

Stage 3 of the Tour de France has been won by Garmin’s Tyler Farrar, the  first American to win a stage of the Tour de France on July 4, American Independence Day. (more…)

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Championship: Pearson Wins Junior Road Race Championship

The 2011 Junior Road Race Champion is Welsh Champion Daniel Pearson of Port Talbot Wheelers (more…)

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NatWest Island Games XIV – Isle of Wight

Graham Robins reports on the cycling from the NatWest Island Games XIV – Isle of Wight (more…)

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Le Tour: Thomas Sixth on Stage 1 of Tour

Fresh from his Silver medal in the British Road Race Championships, Welshman Geraint Thomas was sixth on the first stage of the Tour de France (more…)

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Leazes Park Criteriums 2011

Endura Racing’s Ian Wilkinson grabbed victory in the elite category of Friday (24 June) night’s elite Leazes Criterium (more…)

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Report: Modbury evening Road Race

James Smith of www.rutrainingtoday.co.uk writes … Another great evening of racing and on the open road too! Next race is July 28th so get your entries in for that. (more…)

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Steve Dring Wins at Moreton Evening Series

Eamonn Deane writes … With series leader, Jason Eastwood (Hargroves Cycles) not riding, Steve Dring (Echelon-rotor) claimed the honours in round 8 at Moreton. (more…)

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Report: Royal London 360 Isle of Man’s Youth League

Conditions could not have been any better for the 324 competitors who turned out at a sunny National Sports Centre last Tuesday night (more…)

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Premier Calendar: 2011 Tour of the Reservoir

Ian Bibby wins the Premier Calendar event in Northumberland in a Motorpoint 1-2 (more…)

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Huge Turnout for Rd 9 of Royal London 360 Isle of Man’s Youth League

Conditions were perfect for the 341 competitors who turned out at the NSC last Tuesday night for round 9 of Team Royal London 360 Isle of Man’s youth league. (more…)

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Report: Helen Wyman crowned in Woking

Victory for Lucy Garner isn’t enough to overall Wyman at top of inaugural Johnson Health Tech Women’s Grand Prix Series standings (more…)

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Report: Wyndymilla Road Races

Dave Hayward reports on the mens and women’s races in Seal, Surrey last weekend (more…)

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News: Bradley Wiggins wins Critérium du Dauphiné

Bradley Wiggins with stands the attacks from his rivals to win the very prestigous stage race, Critérium du Dauphiné. (more…)

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Annie Simpson leads Horizon Fitness 1-2 in Oldham

Simpson and King head the field for Horizon Fitness, as Helen Wyman continues in Series lead (more…)

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Report: Royal London 360 Isle of Man’s Youth League

Dot Tilbury reports … Round 8 of Team Royal London 360 Isle of Man’s youth league was staged at the NSC last Tuesday night in cold but mainly dry conditions (more…)

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Report: Moreton Village Evening Series

Eamonn Deane writes … Proving unstoppable in the sprint, Jason Eastwood (Hargroves Cycles) powered his way to another comfortable victory at Moreton village (more…)

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News: Thomas wins Bayern-Rundfahrt

Olympic champion Geraint Thomas wins first pro race in Germany (more…)

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Motorpoint Dominate Opening Round of Women’s Series

Hannah Barnes wins opening round of The Johnson Health Tech Women’s Grand Prix Series (more…)

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Report: Cheshire TLI Event Event 5

Lower Withington May 31st: In the final event of the series promising junior Jack Bower who has been active throughout impressivley took the winning sprint. (more…)

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Halfords Tour Series Peterborough

The first double header of the Halfords Tour Series was held in Peterborough in front of a huge crowd and under bright blue skies. (more…)

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Stage win for Bialoblocki in RAS

Marcin Bialoblocki of the Motorpoint team has won stage 6 of the An Post RAS. (more…)

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Scottish Road Race Men’s Championship

As in the women’s championship in the morning, the 2011 gold medal went to last year defending champion, this time Evan Oliphant (Endura Racing). (more…)

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Report: Dean Downing Wins Stage 1 of RAS

Rapha’s Dean Downing showed he has the good form ahead of the Halfords Tour Series when he won the first stage of the AN Post RAS. (more…)

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Report: Moreton Village Circuit Race Series

Eamonn Deane reports … Jason Eastwood (Hargroves Cycles) was a comfortable winner in race 2 of this 13 race, kermesse series. (more…)

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Giro: Stage for Mark Cavendish

On one of the few stages made for the sprinters in this years race, Britain’s Mark Cavendish showed he’s coming back to his best with victory on stage 10 of the Tour of Italy. (more…)

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Premier Calendar: 2011 Lincoln Grand Prix

Larry Hickmott looks back at yet another fantastic Lincoln Grand Prix with a report and rider reactions as well as more than 200 photos of the race. Above: 21 year old Scott Thwaites, wins the Lincoln GP. Interesting piece of nostalgia is that the team manager for Endura Racing, Brian Smith, also won the race […]

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Lincoln Grand Prix – Event Report

Storm clouds swept across a bright and breezy Lincolnshire sky line heralding the start of the day for every one involved with the 56th Lincoln Grand Prix. (more…)

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Giro: Tough start for Russell Downing

An SRM box falling from the bike of Thomas Löfkvist and bouncing off onto the cobbles and then into the visor of Russell Downing (more…)

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Report: Women’s Two Days of Bedford

The long running Bedford Two Day for women has been won for the second year in succession by Paralympic Gold medallist and multi World Champion Sarah Storey. (more…)

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Reports: Isle of Man Youth Tour

Three out of three for Hargroves Cycles with stage wins for Owain Doull, Ali Slatter and Jon Dibben plus the overall for Ali… a good weekend’s work for the country’s leading juniors. (more…)

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Report: Swift Victory in Tour of Romandy

Ben Swift sprinted to his fourth victory of the season as Team Sky rounded off the Tour de Romandie in perfect style on Sunday. (more…)

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DoonHame: Yellow for Zak Dempster

Rapha’s Zak Dempster scored his fourth big victory of the year when he scored the required bonus seconds in the first hotspot of stage 3 to win the overall for the Tour DoonHame. (more…)

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Report: Tour DoonHame Day 1

Promoted by Wallacehill Cycling Club | Race Report by Carl J Lawrenson | Event Website: (more…)

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Fareham Wheelers Spring Road Race

Jon Dibben, a junior riding for Hargroves Cycles, was the winner of the Fareham Wheelers Spring Road Race. We have two reports on the race. (more…)

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Report: Archer Spring RR & Inverse RT RR

Jason White was the winner of the Archer Spring Road Race and Mike Simpson the winner of the Inverse RT road race.  We have photo report of the Archer event plus words from Stuart Benstead … (more…)

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Report: Echelon Cycles RR (National B)

Steve Dring writes Ian Rees (Willier/goselfdrive.com) outfoxes Matt Cronshaw (Team Raleigh) to win the Echelon Cycles Road Race. (more…)

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Report: Noel Jones Memorial Road Race

Dave Mellor of Dave Mellor Cycles writes …. It always makes you feel good when 2 hours before the start, the race signs are out and HQ signs guide you straight to where you need to be.  (more…)

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Report: Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race

Jamie Shirlaw was the winner of the E/1/2/3 National B Event, the Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race on Sunday, April 17. (more…)

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Full report: Tesco CiCLE Classic 2011

Australia’s Zak Dempster (Rapha Condor Sharp) has won the 2011 Tesco Classic in Leicestershire. (more…)

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Luke Rowe wins ZLM Tour (Nations Cup)

Welsh rider, Luke Rowe, has won for the second time, the Under 23 World Cup event, the ZLM Tour. (more…)

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Report: Tuesday Night at Hillingdon

Week 2 of the West Thames Promotions at Hillingdon saw a good field for all events. With the light still a factor in determining the length of the events, last night saw the main event get 45 minutes and the other event getting 40 minutes. (more…)

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2011 TOUR TA’ MALTA

Jon Miles writes … There are times in cycling, admittedly rare, where something extraordinary and exciting happens and then we know why we chose this sport above others. (more…)

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Report: Jon Dibben 4th in Roubaix

Photos added: Hargroves Cycles rider, Jon Dibben, finished 4th in the Junior version of Paris Roubaix on Sunday. (more…)

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Report: Women’s Race at the ELV Rumble

Dave Hayward (www.davehaywardphotos.com) with words and pictures from the East London Velo’s spring rumble at Redbridge cycle centre (more…)

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Report: Success for Squadra Donne in Malta

A British women’s team, Squadra Donne, competed in Malta last weekend with Iona Sewell finishing in 3rd place overall and Steph Magri winning the first Maltese rider competition. (more…)

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Report: Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah RR

A good day for Team UK Youth in the Welsh race, Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah RR, with a 1-2 and six riders and in the top 15. (more…)

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Report: Glade CC Spring Road Race

Sigma Sport Specialized rider, Wouter Sybrandy has won the 145 kilometre Elite/1/2/3 race in Saffron Walden.  (more…)

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Report: SERRL Summer Series 5 (Brenchley)

Round 5 of the SERRL series, Photos, Report & Results from Dave Hayward. (more…)

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Report: NCRA Spring Handicaps Race 6

From Dave Birch, The final race of the Northants Cycle Racing Association Spring Handicap, on Saturday April 9th, was contested over three laps of the 10 mile Middleton circuit. (more…)

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Win for Endura in Cinturon Ciclista

Win for Endura in Cinturon Ciclista with Iker Camano winning the overall and Endura being the top team. (more…)

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Stage Win for Bibby in Cinturon Ciclista

Exclusive: VeloUK talks to Ian Bibby, Julian Winn and Phil Griffiths after Bibby of the Motorpoint team won stage 3 of the Cinturon Ciclista while Iker Camano of Endura racing took over the yellow jersey (more…)

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Report: Wickham Lights Up Middlesbrough

Andrew Johnston reports on the first race to be held at Middlesbrough’s new cycle circuit at Prissick Cycle Park (TS4 3SA) (more…)

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Report: Flying start for Motorpoint in Cinturón Ciclista

Stephen Wright: Motorpoint enjoys flying start to Cinturón Ciclista on Majorca with two riders in the top 10 (more…)

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