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Alex Dowsett: The TT Man

In the recent Ster ZLM  Tour, a 2.1 ranked pro race in Europe, Alex Dowsett backed up his outstanding victory in the London Nocturne with a third in the prologue and an eventual sixth overall. Not bad for a neo pro at that level! (more…)

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Yellow for Sigma’s Steve Lampier

Steve Lampier goes from selling Boardman Bikes to winning the Boardman Bikes Sprint jersey at the Halfords Tour Series (more…)

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A quick chat with TT Champ Julia Shaw

Eamonn Deane of www.sportsmassagebournemouth.co.uk caught up with the newly crowned 10 mile Time Trial Champion, Julia Shaw (Drag2Zero.com) at the New Forest CC 32. (more…)

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Daniel Lloyd: One More Cup of Coffee for the Road

Eamonn Deane of www.sportsmassagebournemouth.co.uk writes “I rode with Daniel Lloyd (Garmin-Cervelo) for a couple of hours this week. He said it was a recovery ride but I am sure there was a little bit of level 2 in there! (more…)

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Halfords Tour Series Interviews: Colchester

VeloUK talks to Dean Downing, Scott Thwaites, Yanto Barker, Marcel Six and Simon Richardson about their Tour Series experiences … (more…)

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Introducing Aussie Blair Windsor

In the last few years, the influx of Australians into the British peloton has grown and on Thursday in Colchester, Blair Windsor of Wilier/SelfGoDrive took his place on the start line. (more…)

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Tour Series Spot Interviews Downing & Backstedt

Talking to two of the riders in the Halfords Tour Series about crit racing in Britain (more…)

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Russell Downing: One day at a time

Anyone who follows the sport will know that Russell Downing is a class act. (more…)

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Bradley Wiggins: Back to His Roots

Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins talks to VeloUK about going back to his roots and another little race in July, the Tour de France (more…)

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Talk Time: An Post Pro Mark McNally

During his first visit home since January, VeloUK catches up with An Post professional, Mark McNally. (more…)

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Feature: Halfords Tour Series Starts May 24

The first round of the 2011 Halfords Tour Series is on May 24 in Durham and after talking to riders at the Canary Wharf photo call, this year’s series will be the best and most competitive yet. (more…)

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Giro: Russell Downing’s Tour of Italy

Three days into the Tour of Italy and stage 3 was a particularly sombre one for the peloton after the death of Leopard-Trek professional, Wouter Weylandt of Belgium. (more…)

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Talk Time: Matt Brammeier – Chasing the dream

A young rider from Liverpool has managed, with unimaginable determination, to take himself from Merseyside to the monument races of the world with a ProTour team, HTC Columbia.  Matt Brammeier. (more…)

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Giro: Downing’s First Grand Tour

Latest: VeloUK talks to Rotherham’s Russell Downing on the eve of the Giro about the Team Time Trial work with Team Sky (more…)

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Talk Time: Geraint Thomas, British & Olympic Champion

By Larry Hickmott. Some riders burst onto the scene like a certain Mark Cavendish whilst others  take the patient approach like one of the hottest British riders in the ProTour peloton right now, the British Road Race Champion, Geraint Thomas. (more…)

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Alex Dowsett : Mountains, TT’s & Leadouts

One of the special guests at the Tour of Britain launch in London last week was Team Sky rider, Alex Dowsett and VeloUK spoke to him about his experience in the Spanish stage race, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 2011. (more…)

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John Tanner: Racing at new level

VeloUK talks to British legend John Tanner of the Sportscover/Strategic/Altura/BBM Bikes team about his DoonHame … (more…)

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Question Time: Ben Swift

Winner of the final stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 2011, Ben Swift (Team Sky) sits in the VeloUK Question time chair. (more…)

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Enduras Up and Coming Scott Thwaites

Larry Hickmott talks to to up and coming rider for Endura Racing, Scott Thwaites ahead of the Tesco CiCLE Classic. (more…)

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News: Rob Hayles on the CiCLE Classic

Endura Racing’s Rob Hayles is a legend in the sport and who better to ask about this unique race than ‘Killer’ Hayles on the eve of the great race. (more…)

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Interview: Matt Stephens

Larry Hickmott talks to Matt Stephens, rider/manager for the Sigma Sport cycling team about ‘that’ crash which has kept him out of the racing since March (more…)

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Question Time: Matt Brammeier

Riding for one of, if not the top team in the World, HTC-Columbia, is a British/Irish rider Matt Brammeier and VeloUK spoke to him this week. (more…)

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Question Time: Dean Downing of Rapha Condor Sharp

Larry Hickmott writes … having been going through the archives of national series tables by Jim Hendry, a name that crops up in both the Premier Calendar and the Elite Circuit Series tables is one of South Yorkshire’s finest ever cyclists, Dean Downing. (more…)

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