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At the end of a tough 188km, Gabz Cullaigh won the 2018 Edition of the CiCLE Classic from Karol Domagalski and Koos Kers (more…)

The only former winner of the CiCLE Classic on Sunday is Tom Moses of JLT Condor and we chatted out on the course about the race (more…)

Following up the interview with Dan on how to win CiCLE, we  look at the data from Dan Fleeman’s win at the 2017 CiCLE Classic on his Kuota Khan (more…)

We talk to winner of the 2017 CiCLE Classic – Dan Fleeman – to get an insight into how he won the race after a series of top 10 places (more…)

Karol Domagalski solos to an emphatic victory whilst Madison Genesis  put two on the podium as Jonny McEvoy is second and Richard Handley third (more…)

We chat to a rider who has finished third and fourth in the last two editions of the Chorley Grand Prix, Dexter Gardias of Canyon Esiberg (more…)

First there was the East Yorkshire Classic RR, a victim of politics in British Cycling, and now the long running Beverley Elite Crit has been cancelled because of British Cycling decision making… (more…)

The 22-year-old Cumbrian neo-pro for Quickstep Floors James Knox talks about settling into World Tour racing, life in Girona and his new team (more…)

AlpCycles.com invites riders to their ‘patch’ in the Alps on roads that the Criterium du Dauphine Libere will be racing on the same week – discount too for VeloUK readers …  (more…)

Having a final hit out at the Danum Trophy out before flying to the Commonwealth Games was Tour of Normandie winner Tom Stewart – we had a chat pre –race (more…)

Little spot interview with Connor Swift of Madison Genesis about his second on the final stage of the Tour of Normandie (more…)

Breaking away with three miles to go, Matt Holmes of Madison Genesis solo’d to victory in the Danum Trophy, chased all the way to the line by second placed Adam Kenway of Vitus Pro Cycling. Third was Ed Hopper who won the sprint from what was left of the leading group (more…)

TLI Cycling’s Geoff Readman tells us how they assist organisers to put on races for a growing membership (more…)

Steele Davis Via Roma RT may be a small team but they have a big name in Marcin Bialoblocki – we did a Q & A with the Polish star (more…)

At the Eddie Soens recently, Sarah Storey and her team had their launch after the racing and we spoke to team boss, Dame Sarah Storey (more…)

Last Saturday we sat down in the warmth of the JLT Condor camper and spoke to Ed Clancy about that World Championship win at the Track Worlds two weeks ago (more…)

After a few years in triathlon, Matt Bottrill has returned to cycling and was in sparkling form at the Eddie Soens Memorial (more…)

Estrella Bikes specialise in high quality carbon fibre frames and bespoke builds. Whether it’s for track racing, road racing, time trials, sportives or cyclo-cross; Estrella Bikes have it covered with their unique looking bikes. (more…)

On Thursday, the riders and manager for the 2018 Madison Genesis UCI team were presented to the public in their new colours – VeloUK was there and spoke to DS Colin Sturgess (more…)

DS and manager of Team Wiggins, former pro, Simon Cope tells us about the 2018 squad and their expected racing programme (more…)

After a glittering career on the bike, Dean Downing is doing just as well away from riding the races and for 2018 joins his brother Russell at Holdsworth Pro Racing as the team’s DS (more…)

A trip down memory lane with a look at Keith Lambert’s Holdsworth 70’s championship winning bike – steel frame, Campagnolo groupset and more (more…)

The race bike for Russell Downing of the Holdsworth Pro Racing team is a one off as you will see in this picture special on it (more…)

A rider in the mix a lot at the front of British races with experience in Belgian classics, Joshua Hunt will be a very valuable addition to the Vitus Pro Cycling Team. We chat … (more…)

Cycle Division and Cero Wheels are delighted to announce the appointment of Dan Fleeman as a brand ambassador, bike fitter and product expert (more…)

Chat with another rider for the new team, Vitus Pro Cycling, Andy Shackle who has ‘bounced’ back from breaking two vertebrae  and looking forward to his first season with a UCI team (more…)

A new name in the British peloton in 2018 will be Ben Walsh, the 2017 Junior Tour of Ireland winner who will be a first year senior with the Vitus Pro Cycling Team. (more…)

Founder of Twenty3c in Stony Stratford and supporter of the Onform Womens Racing Team, Ceri Dipple, writes on how you can help the local bike shop (more…)

The story behind an ambitious new team race team called Crimson Performance Race Team with kit by Bioracer sponsored by Brother UK  (more…)

The team for 2018 is packed with interesting riders and Leon Gledhill is certainly that. Leon first started racing at 13 with the help of one of the sports well known figures in Mark Barry. (more…)

Whilst the team owner might be a seasoned campaigner in British racing, Vitus Pro Cycling is a new team with mostly new riders – we speak to Liam Davies, a first year senior and winner of the Tour of Assen in 2017 (more…)

The global brand, ‘Brother’ is a regular sight in today’s domestic races from grass roots events to major UCI internationals and that’s primarily down to one person, Phil Jones MBE, managing director of Brother UK. (more…)

The British Cyclo-Cross Championships are Hetton Lyons Country Park on Saturday and Sunday with practice on Friday – VeloUK will be there for all three days with live TV coverage on Sunday as well as live photos and more from the event during and afterwards… (more…)

The final round of the National Trophy CycloCross at Trinity Park in Ipswich, saw an action packed day of some truly fast and furious racing – we have the results and podium pics (more…)

One of the best road riders in Britain, we spoke to Tom Stewart, a new signing for JLT Condor in 2018, before he left on a plane for Australia (more…)

Introducing sprinter, Jonny Wale, a proper character and great for morale at Team KGF – we have a bit of chat (more…)

After the route for the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire was revealed, we spoke to the man who comes up with it, Operations Director Bob Brayshaw. (more…)

This weekend sees the final round of the National Trophy for this season at Ipswich, the final big race before the championships the week after (more…)

When we look back at 2017, one of the talking points will be the day one of Beryl Burton’s long standing records was broken by Alice Lethbridge; the 12 Hour time trial. We have a chat with Alice! (more…)

VeloUK’s visits VanillaBikes in Carnforth in Lancashire to see some high performance cycling kit in the flesh (more…)

Winner of the Bay Crits Series in January of this year, Chorley GP, Lincoln GP, Velothon Wales and a bronze in the British RR Championships – Ian Bibby could well be the British based rider of the year! (more…)

We chat to former World Masters champion Ian Taylor about the Worlds experience after he returned to defend his title and was third to Tour de France stage winner, Erik Dekker (more…)

Another of the very special bikes at the National Trophy is Beth Crumpton’s yellow Boardman Elite CXR that matches her leader’s jersey – yellow! We talk to Beth about the bike … (more…)

With the next Olympics on the horizon in 2020, we chat to three time Olympic Champion Ed Clancy about his goals on road and track (more…)

Bike shop owner, former GB manager, organiser and still racing – few have the passion for cycling that Dave Mellor has! We chatted to him recently … (more…)

With at least three teams gone and new teams on the way, the men’s 2018 British road season is shaping up to be an interesting one …. (more…)

Chatting to a three time winner in 2017, Connor Swift (Madison Genesis) at the launch of the Tour of Yorkshire (more…)

Talking to a rider who was at the sharp end of National Trophy races in the last two rounds, Bronze medallist in the Cyclo-Cross Worlds (junior), Ben Turner (more…)

A preview of the 2018 bike in the colours of a long established French pro team who will be racing them in 2018. (more…)

Quickfire question and answer with Tom Grigson who will ride for the Bikestrong-KTM team for 2018 and says you can’t beat South Wales for great roads to ride on? (more…)

Jody Warrington, Head Coach Transition Cycle Coaching, has sent this feature on the Cold and Flu mindset as winter starts to freeze (more…)

Quickfire Q & A with a young champion in Caitlin Peters who’s favourite training session is a hard smash fest – be careful riding with this young lady ;-) (more…)

Chat with WorldTour Brit, Ben Swift who was 5th in the Worlds this year – we talk about lots of things including that race he’s podiumed twice on – Milan San Remo (more…)

Q & A with AlpCycles who help riders climb a mountain or three in the Alps as well as get a ride in the major Sportives/Fondos (more…)

On a hilly course and sunshine predicted, the next round of the National Trophy looks like it will be very different to the last one in Shrewsbury (more…)

Quickfire Q & A with 18 year old Primera Sports/Team Jobs rider Alex Collins whose strength is sprinting and weakness climbing  (more…)

Our next quickfire Q & A is with Shutt VR rider George Day who’s best performance of 2017 was  a win in the Abingdon Crits (more…)

We chat with multiple National Trophy winner and a former British CX champion who’s done pretty dam good in mountain biking; Paul Oldham (more…)

Isaac Appleby of Clay Cross RT joins in the fun of the Q & A challenge whose goal in 2018 is to get a domestic pro contract …. (more…)

Elite rider for Team KTM UK & University of Gloucestershire, Andy Turner takes the VeloUK Q & A challenge (more…)

Former team manager at Team GB and owner of bike shops, we talk to race organiser and Three Peaks competitor, Dave Mellor about the discipline of CX (more…)

The Q & As continue with Elite rider Cameron Foster who will be riding for for Velo Schils Interbike RT in 2018 (more…)

Quickfire Q & As with Danny Smith (Mammoth Lifestyle RT) whose dream result in 2018 would be winning the regional champs (more…)

He may be known for his MTB exploits but Liam Killeen has been a special rider in CX for well over a decade now. We had a quick chat with him post race … (more…)

Winner at Koppenberg, third in the Euros and winner at the National Trophy Shrewsbury – Ben Tulett (more…)

Post race chat with Ian Field (Hargroves-Ridley-Montezuma’s) about his dominating ride at the Shrewsbury National Trophy (more…)

Taking up the challenge (thnx) of the VeloUK Q & A is Michael Burke (Welland Valley) who has some top 10s in National B’s to his name in 2017 (more…)

Time to meet 2018 Primera Sports/teamJobs Junior team rider Conor Chandler (17) who just asks for no bad luck in a race (more…)

Taking to Twenty3c bike shop owner Ceri Dipple about her support of a new team in 2017, Team OnForm and their Bianchi worldtour quality bikes (more…)

Over 500 riders are pre-entered for the 3rd round of the National Trophy Cyclo Cross which takes place at Shrewsbury Sports Village venue and organised by Mid Shropshire Wheelers (more…)

VeloUK pays a visit to the local bike shop in Harrow (West London) to chat about the shop, bikes and whats popular with consumers (more…)

He was World Champion on the Track, and has ridden classics like Paris-Nice but for 2018, Colin Sturgess will be DS at Madison Genesis (more…)

Talking to the new British Hill Climb champion in 2017, Joscelin Lowden from Lewes Wanderers in London (more…)

In a pre-race poll, 60% of 300 people thought Dan Evans would win the title on the climb to Hedley on the Hill and so it proved. We talked post race to the new champion. (more…)

Third in the Hill Climb Championships, Hayley Simmonds has had a long and successful season – we chatted post race (more…)

Post race chat with defending Hill Climb champion Adam Kenway of Raleigh GAC after he was second in the 2017 Hill Climb Championships at Hedley on the Hill. (more…)

A month after finishing 4th in the Under 23 World Road Race Championship, Ollie Wood is busy pedalling his butt off in the London Six (more…)

Feature interview with Adam Kenway (Raleigh GAC) who on Sunday defends his Hill Climb title in the North East (more…)

Chatting to Judith Smith, a director for Primal Europe, a valued sponsor of VeloUK (more…)

A chat to the latest UCI Track Team to come from Great Britain to showcase the talent that races outside Team GB (more…)

Chat with the junior who was 5th in the Junior Men’s World Road Race Championship, Jake Stewart (more…)

Feature interview chat with British Cyclo-Cross champion Ian Field (Hargrove’s Ridley Montezuma’s) (more…)

The World Road Championships in Bergen was packed with great British performances, such as the one by Hannah Barnes in the Women’s road race (more…)

A look back at the 2017 season by the 365-4-Bikes Academy including an insight into racing at Premier calendar level by a first year senior, Ollie Peckover (more…)

A look at TLI Cycling who provide age related racing that doesn’t break the bank and with an emphasis on events being safe (more…)

Featured advertorial: Why the Bicycle Doctor is one of the best bike shops in Manchester (more…)

A look at Welsh company Cambrian Tyres who have helped revolutionise what tyres are fitted to racing bikes in Britain (more…)

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Tom Simpson’s tragic death, the Pedal Club’s guest for its September lunch was his daughter, Joanne. (more…)

On the final days of the Tour of Britain, we spoke to Connor Swift and Mike Northey of Madison Genesis about the race (more…)

He’s normally chasing breakaways for his team Lotto Soudal but on stage 6 of the Tour of Britain, James Shaw was the one being chased down … we talk about breakaways (more…)

Ending the season with a victory, Team Wiggins rider Joey Walker is looking forward to more results in 2018 (more…)

With a PB in the ‘19s’ for the 10 mile TT, Tom Temple is one of many fast young 17 year olds – we spoke to him about going fast … (more…)

Selected for the Great Britain team for the road worlds, we spoke to Hayley Simmonds after she won the 10 championships for the fourth time (more…)

Harry Tanfield, in a break on stage three, 7th in the sprint stage 4 and then on ONE gear, 14th against worlds best in the time trial – he’s also in the break today! (more…)

At the start of day 6 on the Tour of Britain, post time trial the day before, we spoke to Alex Dowsett, Ryan Mullen, James Gullen, Jacob Scott, Geraint Thomas and Scott Thwaites (more…)

On the day the 10 mile Time Trial takes place in the Tour of Britain, we talk to Men’s 10 champion Dan Bigham about his victory and future plans (more…)

Chatting to Graham Briggs of JLT Condor who has made the break for the third day in a row at the Tour of Britain   (more…)

A key partner in the The Zwift Academy 2017 is trainSharp – we asked them about this great competition for men and women (more…)

Another of the British riders who made it into a break was Connor Swift of Madison Genesis – we chatted about stage 1 (more…)

Rob Partridge celebrated his many years in the Tour of Britain by getting in the break on stage 1 – we chatted to him (more…)

His first Tour of Britain was 1998 (PruTour) but Russell Downing is still doing the business helping his sprinter teammate Brenton Jones in the bunch kicks … we chat … (more…)

A quick chat with Alex Dowsett who says the Essex Time Trial stage will see the second strongest line up outside of the world championships (more…)

Talking to one of the leading time trial riders in the World, Ryan Mullen before stage 2 about his hopes and aims in the Tour of Britain 2017 (more…)

Pre-race chat with James Knox of the Great Britain team who was 8th in the Tour de l’Avenir in 2017 (more…)

Quick pre-start chat with Lotto Soudal rider James Shaw who is one of the youngest riders in WorldTour (more…)

Chat with a former King of the Mountains winner in the Tour of Britain, Mark McNally of Pro Conti team Wanty Groupe Gobert (more…)

A double British champion in 2017, VeloUK spoke to Steve Cummings recently about his season and what’s ahead for him …. (more…)

Racing cyclist Jake Yarranton with a decade of service in the cycle industry looks at the benefits of the Bike Fit (more…)

The winningest rider in the British pro races in 2017 has been Aussie Brenton Jones – we had a chat at Ryedale last Sunday (more…)

Women’s national series winner Lizzy Banks talks to VeloUK about her breakthrough season on the road (more…)

After her win in the Ryedale GP on Sunday, VeloUk spoke to winner Laura Massey about the race (more…)

Michael Matthews wins the battle of the classics kings to win stage 14 of the Tour de France whilst Aru loses yellow with the mistake of an amateur as Froome hits back (more…)

Start sheet and stage details for the Tour of Reservoir Two Day (Men & Women) which starts Saturday (more…)

After this third place in the Beaumont Trophy, we spoke to Tom Stewart about the race and his goals for the next block of races (more…)

The men’s road season continues in Britain this weekend with the UCI 1.2 Beaumont Trophy at Stamfordham in Northumberland (more…)

After a successful Manx GP in 2016, the organisers this year will bring the Best of British to the Isle of Man in June (more…)

Gordon Wiseman chats with Lydia Boylan about the Women’s Tour Series  and the Women’s Tour which starts today (June 7) (more…)

We talk to the An Post RAS winner James Gullen about his major achievement of winning one of the most uncontrollable stage races in the world (more…)

So, the Tour Series 2017 is over and the winners lauded on the podium but who were the movers and shakers in the 2017 series. We have an individual classification to find out… (more…)