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Blog – Billy Oliver Then & Now

Billy Oliver looks back at his setup from this time last year and talks about what has changed as the season for 2015 approaches (more…)

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News: Weekly Racing in Lancs

The Steven Burke closed road circuit in Pendle (Lancashire) will host Thursday night racing from April 16th and will run for an initial 13 weeks (more…)

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Results – Manchester Premier Track League

Latest results from the Manchester Regional Track League Premier Division on Tuesday, on February 17th (more…)

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News – 43rd Severn Bridge

Top teams NFTO & One Pro coming out to play at the 43rd Severn Bridge Road Race near Bristol on March 1st (more…)

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News – Peter Young Memorial Road Race

Central region links long running events Roy Thame Cup & Peter Young Memorial Road Race on the same weekend (more…)

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News – Track Worlds Coming to London in 2016

Worlds best track riders coming to London for the World Championships on Wednesday March 2nd to Sunday March 6, 2016 (more…)

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Tour Oman – Stage 1

Astana’s Andrea Guardini sprints to victory on stage 1 of the Tour of Oman ahead of Tom Boonen and Matteo Pelucchi (more…)

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Team One Pro – Yanto Barker Interview

Yanto Barker – Talking to a key rider in the new British team One Pro Cycling which had its launch in London on Tuesday night plus quotes from team founder Matt Prior (more…)

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Report – LoveCrossed at Chavenage

Chavenage Challenges hosted their first Cyclocross race, LoveCrossed, last weekend, on 14th February (more…)

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News – London 3 Day Stage Race

Three day stage race on London’s cycle circuits – VeloPark, Hillingdon and CycloPark – for category 2/3 riders starts on May 2nd (more…)

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Results – VeloPark Winter Series 3

Nicole Oh, Mark McCullagh & Dominic Munson winners at round 3 of the VeloPark Winter Series on Thursday, 12 Feb (more…)

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Results – Ludgershall Winter Series Round 7

Andrew Mackay, Sam Oliver, Spencer Robinson & Andy Shackel winners at round 7 of the Ludgershall Winter Series on Saturday (more…)

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Result – Winter Series Redbridge

Andrew Lovelock, Joshua Outram and Sophia Chastell winners at the final round of the winter series held at the Redbridge Cycle Centre on Saturday (more…)

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Classic TT – North Road CC Hardriders 25

Ashley Cox of CC Luton top seed in the classic early season time trial, the North Road Hardriders 25 on Sunday (Feb 22nd) (more…)

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News – Giordana Triton Women’s Team

Riders in the Giordana Triton Women’s Team go public at the bike show in London for sponsor Yellow Ltd (more…)

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Team News – Fusion Development Team

Fusion Racing team launch all female Youth and Junior development squad (more…)

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News – World Champion for Algarve

World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski heads the Etixx – Quick-Step line up for the Volta Algarve stage race whilst Swift, Thomas & Fenn are the Brits in the race (more…)

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News – Tour of Oman 2015

Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali heads up the line up for the 2015 Tour of Oman; Adam Blythe rides too (more…)

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News – Talking to Chris Opie

Chris Opie pleased to be racing with his best friends in a new team for 2015 after an illness affected 2014 season (more…)

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Results – Bath Circuit Racing

Jenny Holden, Sam Calder & Jordan Wade winners at the circuit racing at Bath on Saturday (Feb 14) (more…)

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News – Grandstand Tickets for Linoln Road Champs

Spectators can reserve seats in undercover grandstand for the Road Championships in Lincoln (more…)

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News – Eagle RC Time Trial

The Eagle Road Club based in Ugley near Bishop Stortford hosts a time trial on the morning of Sunday 29th March 2015 on the E1/35 course. (more…)

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Result – Redhill CC Sporting Time Trial

Chris Mcnamara fastest by 20 seconds in Redhill Cycling Club’s 70th Anniversary Edition of their Sporting 18.7 Time Trial (more…)

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News – Cavendish bosses sprint in Almeria

Win number five in 2015 for Mark Cavendish in a 1-3 for Etixx – Quick-Step Clasica de Almeria (more…)

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Feature – Under 23’s Living the Dream

With the help of an icon in British fashion, Jeff Banks, young riders in the Catford CC are given pro backing to race the major British events (more…)

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Results – Lee Valley VeloPark Track League

Results from the Thursday night Lee Valley VeloPark Track League at London’s indoor Olympic track (more…)

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Results Manchester First Division Track League

Results from the First Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on Friday 13th February (more…)

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Results – Velo29 Winter Series Rd 5

Seonaid Thompson, Ellis Kirkbride & Arthur Didelot winners at round 5 of the Velo29 Winter Series at Croft on Saturday (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – Win for Bennett of Ireland

Sam Bennett of Ireland has won the final stage of the Tour of Qatar, with Adam Blythe sixth. Nikki Terpstra wins the overall (more…)

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Report & Results – Imperial Winter Series

Claire Richardson, Tom Hargreaves, Joshua Outram & Josh Curtis winners at week 8 of the Imperial Winter Series at Hillingdon on Saturday (more…)

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News – Cavendish to Murcia & Almeria

Etixx – Quick-Step’s Mark Cavendish race in the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia and Clasica de Almeria on February 14th and February 15th (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – 3 Stages for Kristoff

Win number three for Kristoff in Qatar, Adam Blythe 5th and Ian Stannard drops to 4th overall due to bonuses for the stage winner (more…)

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News – Sarah Storey leads GB for Para Cycling Worlds

Dame Sarah Storey leads a squad of 14 for the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, taking place from 26 – 29 March in Apeldoorn (more…)

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Team News – New for 2015, Easton Ritte RRT

Silverfish UK announce they have a new Elite Road Racing Team for 2015, Easton Ritte (more…)

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Blog – Emma Coldwell

Time for reflection by Emma after her first year in the saddle where cycling has become an enormous part of her life (more…)

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News – Sleaford Wheelers CC 10

Time Trials – A date of your diary is the Sleaford Wheelers CC (Charity) 10 mile Time Trial Saturday, April 4th (more…)

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Results – Lee Valley Velopark Track League

Latest results from the Lee Valley Velopark Track League on February 9th at London’s Olympic indoor velodrome (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – Double for Kristoff

Adam Blythe 4th on stage four of the Tour of Qatar as Kristoff wins his second stage, Terpstra leads with Stannard 3rd (more…)

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Team News – HMT Academy

HMT Academy reveals 2015 international race programme spanning six countries (more…)

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News: Storey Nominated for Laureus Award

Dame Sarah Storey has been nominated for a prestigious Laureus World Sports award (more…)

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Results – Premier Manchester Track League

Latest results from the Premier Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on Tuesday night (more…)

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Feature – Raleigh’s Steve Lampier

Leading British based rider in the 2014 Friends Life Tour of Britain, Steve Lampier has new colours on his back for 2015 – Raleigh-GAC (more…)

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Results – VeloPark Winter Series 2

Jennifer Crouch & Nathan Parnell winners at round 2 of the winter series at London’s Velopark on Thursday (Feb 5th) (more…)

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Results – Stourport Circuit Racing

Molly Weaver, Jono Goulding & James Ireson winners at the circuit racing at the Stourport Sports Club on Saturday (more…)

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Results – Ilton Circuit Races

Will Bjergfelt of SportGrub KUOTA Cycling Team gets his season off to a winning start at the Ilton Circuit races in Somerset on Sunday (more…)

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News – TLI Membership At Record Level

This year already, over 800 TLI Cycling membership racing licences have been issued and we are urgently seeking additional events to accommodate these members (more…)

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News – Changes for Reservoir Prem

A long standing fixture in the Premier Calendar series, the Northumbrian Water Tour of Reservoir has a course change for 2015 (more…)

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News – 49th Spring Classic Handicap

Strong field for Clayton Velo’s 49th edition of the Spring Classic in Lancashire on February 22nd as last years winner Simon Wilson returns and a surprise from France enters (more…)

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News – Chiltern Finish for Women’s Tour

Marlow, Buckinghamshire to Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum for Stage Five of Britain’s leading international women’s race, 2015 Friends Life Women’s Tour (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – Wiggins 3rd in TT

World time trial champion Bradley Wiggins 3rd in Qatar race against the watch, Nikki Terpstra wins and now leads overall (more…)

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2015 NFTO Mini Training Camp

Last weekend saw the UCI Continental team NFTO gather in the team’s house near Hereford where they would have their first mini training camp. (more…)

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Result – First Division Track League Manchester

Results from the First Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on Friday, 6th February (more…)

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News – Joughin’s New Cycle Team

Twice British Road Race Champion, Steve Joughin, has applied his unrivalled knowledge into a cycle team in his adopted North Staffordshire (more…)

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Results – Cyclopark Masters Spring Series

Antony Wallis & Geoff Wiles winning at the Cyclopark Masters Spring Series on Friday (Feb 6th) (more…)

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Results – Redbridge Winter Series 5

Ben Smithers, Frank Longstaff, Keira McVitty winners at the Redbridge Winter Series (Round 5) on Saturday (more…)

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Results – Lee Valley Youth Series 2

Daniel Maynard , Callum Bulley & Lorna Bowler two of the winners at round 2 of the Lee Valley Youth Series on Saturday at Redbridge (more…)

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News – Wattbike Links up with UCI

Wattbike signs deal with the UCI WCC for its high-performance testing and training facility (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – Blythe & Stannard in Top 10 on Stage 2

Adam Blythe and Ian Stannard in the top 10 after smashfest second stage in Tour of Qatar – Kristoff wins and leads (more…)

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News – CiCLE Classic 2015 Races for TV

One of Britain’s most popular road races, the Rutland – Melton International CiCLE Classic may feature on ITV4 and Eurosport (more…)

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Result – Kingston Wheelers Gil Jessop Memorial

Rob Sharland is fastest in the Kingston Wheelers Gil Jessop Memorial Sporting 14 mile time trial in Surrey (more…)

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Feature – Interview with Eddie Dunbar

Talking to an 18 year old Irish rider coming from the Junior ranks into UCI Conti team NFTO, Eddie Dunbar (more…)

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Result – Ely and District CC 25

Joe Skipper fastest in the Ely and District CC 25 mile time trial at Little Downham, Cambridgeshire (top 10) (more…)

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Interview – Perfs Winner Yanto Barker

Star Trophy & Lincoln GP winner Yanto Barker ticks a box winning the 50th Perfs Pedal at Soutwick in Hampshire on Sunday (more…)

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Brief Results – Winter Series Hillingdon

Tom Hargreaves & Claire Richardson two of the winners at the winter series at Hillingdon on Saturday (more…)

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Team News – Ride 24/7 Race

Ride 24/7 race team are continuing to grow and increase the momentum in becoming a team that creates a pathway for younger riders (more…)

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Results – Manchester First Division Track League

Latest results from the First Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on Friday 30th January (more…)

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News – BMC rider Dennis Breaks Hour Record

Aussie Rohan Dennis of the BMC Racing Team broke the UCI world hour record on covering a distance of 52.491 kilometers (more…)

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Team News – Jungels wins Etoile de Bessèges

Team Trek’s Bob Jungels laid claim to the stage win and with it the final leader’s jersey in Etoile de Bessèges (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – Spanish Surprise

Stage 1 of the Tour of Qatar was as eventful as expected with wind, crashes, echelons and a Spanish surprise as José-Joaquin Rojas proved to be the fastest (more…)

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News – Downing 4th in Italy

Russell Downing (Cult Energy Pro) continues to show great form with 4th in Costa Degli Etrusch (more…)

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Perfs Pedal- Win for Yanto Barko

As expected, One Pro Cycling dominated the 50th running of the Perfs Pedal led home by Yanto Barker (more…)

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Sun Tour – Scott Davies 8th on final stage

On the tough uphilll finish of Authurs Seat, Welsh lad Scott Davies was 8th on the stage but lost his lead in the Under 23 competition (more…)

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Winter Series – Ludgershall Round 6

Ryan Visser, Chanel Mason , Jordan Frampton & Kez Greenham winners at round 6 of the Ludgershall Winter Series on Saturday (more…)

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Tour of Dubai – Double win for Cavendish

Second stage win for Mark Cavendish in Tour of Dubai on Stage 4 plus the Overall and the Paul Smith winners jersey (more…)

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Preview – Mens Tour of Qatar

Sir Bradley Wiggins warms up for the Spring classics and his quest to win Paris-Roubaix in Qatar and a chance to sparkle in the Rainbow jersey (more…)

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Sun Tour – Stage 3 won by Ewan

NFTO’s Steele Von Hoff third to Caleb Ewan and Tyler Farrar on stage 3 of the Herald Sun Tour. Scott Davies leads Under 23 overall. (more…)

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Tour of Qatar – Armitstead wins Overall

Superstar Lizzie Armitstead has become the first British rider to win the Ladies Tour of Qatar (more…)

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News – GB team for Track Worlds

Great Britain has announced team who will represent Great Britain at the forthcoming UCI Track World Championships (more…)

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Sun Tour News – Steele Von Hoff 2nd

NFTO’s Steele von Hoff was seccond on stage 2 of the Herald Sun Tour, stage won by Caleb Ewan. Scott Davies in 9th overall (more…)

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Review – Notts & Derby Cyclo-Cross League

Richard Edge looks back at the 2014/2015 SRAM Notts and Derby Cyclocross League where there were fourteen action-packed rounds (more…)

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Feature – Raleigh Riders Health Checked

In a world class facility, Raleigh-GAC riders are tested by team sponsor Perform of Spire Healthcare (more…)

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Report, Photos & Results – Imperial Winter Series 7

Henry Sheldon, James Bradley, Joshua Outram & Abigail Dentus winners at round 7 of the Imperial Winter Series at Hillingdon on Saturday – report, results & photos (more…)

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Herald Sun Tour – Stage 1 Report

Cameron Meyer wins stage 1 of Herald Sun Tour whilst Scott Davies is leading the Under 23 Classification (more…)

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Report – Armitstead wins stage 3 in Qatar

Women’s superstar Lizzie Armitstead wins stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar and takes the leader’s jersey (more…)

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News – First Sky win for Viviani

Italian Elia Viviani won his first race for team Sky after winning stage 2 of the Tour of Dubai (more…)

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Results – VeloPark Winter Series 2015 Race 1

James Freeman, Therese Coen and James Perry winners at the first of the winter series races at London’s Velopark (more…)

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Results – Lee Valley VeloPark Track League

Results from the Lee Valley VeloPark Track League at the Indoor Olympic track in London on February 2nd (more…)

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Women’s Tour of Qatar Stage 2

Lizzie Armitstead moves up to 2nd overall after 3rd place on stage 2. Teammate Ellen van Dijk leads, Lucy Garner was 62nd today (more…)

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Result – MRTL Premier Division Track League

Results from the Premier Division of the Manchester Regional Track League on February 3rd (more…)

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News – Twenty Weeks to Go to British Champs

Historic Michaelgate cobbled climb the focus point for the British Road Race Championships in Lincoln (more…)

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Dubai Tour Stage 1 – Cavendish Wins

Britain’s Mark Cavendish of Etixx – Quick-Step made it two wins in 2015 after victory on stage 1 of the Tour of Dubai (more…)

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News – Tickets for British TT Champs Available

Tickets for spectators & support race riders (in cars or motorcycles) to the British Time Trial Championships on Thursday June 25th at Cadwell Park Motor Racing Circuit are now on sale (more…)

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Interview – Russell Downing off & Racing

Britain’s Russell Downing (Cult Energy Pro Cycling) already has a top 10 to his name in 2015 with some big races to come (more…)

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Report & Results – Herald Sun Tour

Will Clarke wins the prologue for the Herald Sun Tour with Steele Von Hoff (NFTO) the top rider from the British teams (more…)

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Women’s Tour of Qatar – Stage 1

Annalisa Cucinotta wins Stage 1 of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar in a bunch sprint by the beach in Dukhan (more…)

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News – The Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo ‘Race’

June 6/7 will see the biggest field for a ‘race’ in Britain as The Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo takes to the road (more…)

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2015 Paris-Nice – Get out the stop watches

The 2015 Paris-Nice, March 8th-15th, has a familiar theme this year with the return of a prologue & a final time trial on the col d’Èze to add to the suspense (more…)

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News – Circuit of the Fens 2015

Due to demand for places, new race ‘Circuit of Benwick’ is added to the Circuit of the Fens weekend (more…)

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Mid Devon CC Totnes Vire Stage Race

British Classics – Plans are well underway for what will surely be one of the best Totnes Vire Race’s in many years (more…)

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Feature Interview – Ian Wilkinson (Raleigh)

Raleigh-GAC team rider Ian Wilkinson looking to bounce back in 2015 after a disappointing few months in 2014 (more…)

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Team News – Rhino Racing

This spring sees the launch of Northamptonshire’s newest development team, Rhino Racing   (more…)

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News – 2015 Masters Road Champs

British Masters Road Race Championships for 2015 to be held near Milton Keynes on the 30th and 31st May (more…)

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News – Women’s Tour of Qatar

World stars led by Lizzie Armitstead heading for Women’s Tour of Qatar starting today (more…)

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Results – Winter Series at Stourport

Emily Barnes, James Ireson & John Hunt winners at Round 3 of the winter series held at the Stourport Sports Club on Saturday, January 31st (more…)

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Blog – Billy Oliver Getting Ready to Race

Billy Oliver reflects on how far he has come in his quest to find the perfect time trial set up for 2015 and discusses using HR versus Power for training (more…)

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Results – Redbridge Winter Series RD 4

Lewis Bulley, Patrick Christopher & Alice Lethbridge winners at round 4 of the winter series at Redbridge Cycle Centre in North London (more…)

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Results – London Cyclo-Cross Team Championships

Vicious Velo takes the senior London Cyclo-Cross championship whilst Russell Short of London Dynamo wins the individual race to the line (more…)

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Results – Eastern CycloCross League

Russell Jones & Dave Copland winners in the Eastern CycloCross League Team event at Mistley (Essex) on Sunday, Feb 1st (more…)

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Results – Calshot Track League

Results from the final round of the Calshot Indoor Winter Track League in Southampton Sunday (more…)

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Time Trial – Matt Bottrill Talks Courses

A rider who made himself a proper legend in 2014, Matt Bottrill, talks to VeloUK about fast courses, enjoyable courses and just going fast (more…)

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Blog – Lucy Coldwell in Oz

Scotland’s Lucy Coldwell is racing for an iconic name in Australia, Holden Motor Cars and just competed in the Women’s Cadel Evans Road Race (more…)

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Results – Revolution 49 International

The results from Revolution 49 International Track Open at Glasgow on Saturday in Scotland (more…)

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News – Cavendish to ride Dubai Tour

Mark Cavendish leads Etixx – Quick-Step at the Dubai Tour from February 4th to February 7th (more…)

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Report & Results – Wessex League Rd14

Sarah Barber & Sam Allen winners at round 14 of the Wessex Cyclo-cross League at Tidworth on Sunday (more…)

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News – Meersman wins Cadel Evans RR, Rowe 4th

Luke Rowe 4th in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race in Australia which saw a victory for Gianni Meersman and final race for Cadel Evans (more…)

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News – Downing is 7th in Mallorca Challenge

Russell Downing of Cult Energy Pro Cycling was 7th in the final race of the Mallorca Challenge on Sunday, Ben Swift 3rd (more…)

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World Cyclo-Cross Championships – Elite Men

GB’s Ian Field, Hargroves Cycles – Ridley is 21st at Elite Men’s World Cyclo-Cross Championships  (more…)

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World Cyclo-Cross Championships U23

Paul Burgoine talks to the Brits in the World Cyclo-Cross Championships for Under 23 men won by Michael Vanthourenhout of Belgium (more…)

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Results – Velo29 Winter Series Round 4

Ben Hetherington wins round 4 of the Velo29 Winter Series at Croft in the North East on Sunday (more…)

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