Team News: Ribble Rebellion Team Launch
Star studded Ribble Rebellion Team takes to the crits with the primary focus of disrupting the global Crit circuit (more…)
Star studded Ribble Rebellion Team takes to the crits with the primary focus of disrupting the global Crit circuit (more…)
Ribble Cycles has collaborated with DJ Spoony to create a unique Special Edition Ultra SL R and shortly after DJ Spoony fronted 30 Years of Garage at this year’s MOBO Awards, his new bike arrived in his vinyl room! (more…)
Q&A with Arianne Holland of the Alba Development Road Team who is looking forward to some UCI racing saying “the overall atmosphere makes it feel very different” (more…)
Racing for trainSharp Orro Elite team in 2024 is Sam Shepard, a stage winner in the Surrey 2 Day last year and as a former Mountain biker, Sam is looking forward to the CiCLE Classic in April! (more…)
Q&A with Jack Rees who will be in the new bright team colours for 2024 of Moonglu Racing Team – Jack tells us about the team and the season goals (more…)
Q&A with Beth Morrow (Alba Development Road Team) who balances University studying with her training and is looking forward to some big stage races in 2024 (more…)
Quiz time with another rider in the Fensham Howes – MAS Design junior men’s race team, this time Harrison Dainty who comes out of the Youth ranks to take on the challenge of stepping up to junior races here and abroad (more…)
Quiz time with Toby Bush from the Fensham Howes-MAS design team who’s looking forward to having more opportunities to race a bigger and better calendar all over Europe as a 2nd year junior (more…)
In its 9th year after being set up by Ian Cullen as a team within Otley Cycle Club, after a successful 2023, the race team’s focus this year is primarily national series events for road and circuit (more…)
Quiz time with another of the riders in the trainSharp Orro Elite Team, Matt Webster who’s looking forward to the Elite Circuit series after a challenging winter in Yorkshire (more…)
Continuing our Q&A series with the riders from the Alba Development Road Team, this weeks quiz is with Daisy Barnes (more…)
A big winner in 2023 of road races and time trials, Ollie Peckover of the trainSharp Orro Elite Team is set to chase more victories in 2024 but with big changes in his life, those victories may be different to 2023 (more…)
Another BMCR quiz, this time Toks Adesanya quizzes Paul Stewart, who began his racing as a schoolboy at Eastway and who has had plenty of podium visits in 2023 – nine second places in 2023! (more…)
Winner of the Youth races at Otley and Ilkley and many more in 2023, Luca Bednarek is stepping up from the Youth ranks and into a high profile Junior team, FH Redbrick MAS Junior (more…)
Quiz time with one of the country’s top riders, Seb Grindley (Fensham Howes MAS Design Junior Team) who’s been British CX Champion and came so close to winning the 2023 Junior RR Championship – Seb also top 10’d in the Worlds! (more…)
This weeks quiz time with an Alba Development Road Team rider is with Eilidh Shaw who had an injury challenged year in 2023 but still won two national titles! (more…)
A very successful team in 2023 was the Shibden Apex Racing Team for Junior Women with their riders winning classics in Europe and competing well against the best of British senior riders – here is a look at 2023 and their 2024 riders (more…)
In a very special Q&A, VeloUK quizes a rider who I have worked with and watched race track and road for 20 years – Ed Clancy who heads up the Elite Road Racing Task Force (more…)
Toks Adesanya quizes Category B racer in BMCR events, Paul Allen who broke his hip just before Christmas so is currently nursing himself back to fitness with gentle rides on the turbo (more…)
Exciting quiz time! with the British Under 23 Road Race Champion Sam Watson who races for the World Tour team, Groupama-FDJ – thank you Sam! (more…)
Joining Soudal Quickstep’s Wolf pack (dev team) in 2024 is Britain’s Cormac Nisbet – we quiz Cormac about his 2023 season and the insights into his racing are just amazing! (more…)
Ribble Cycles has curated a striking collection of bikes for Rouleur Live 23 – ‘The Edit’ showcases five stunning models with eye catching paintwork (more…)
It was a difficult decision says Mick Waite to walk away from organising the Perfs Pedal race after 60 years but he says this seems to be the right time. End of an era. The Perfs Pedal was an iconic race in the sport, one I’ve read about for 50 years. (more…)
Steve Knight Dedication: From the West Midlands CycloCross website is an obituary to Steve Knight by Isla Rowntree. Steve, who has sadly passed away recently, was a legend of the sport of cyclocross. (more…)
Saint Piran’s Remarkable Journey: A Year of Achievements and Growth by Richard Pascoe (team boss) (more…)
Winners in National B road races for 2023 — Cat Ferguson, Tammy Miller, Lucy Lee, Zoe Langham, Jessica Finney, Ruth Shier, Cat Ferguson, Francesca Hall, Emily Proud, Emma Jeffers, Georgia Lancaster, Jamie-Lee Wright, Sammie Stuart, Gemma Mitchell and Awen Roberts (more…)
Whilst in the National A Road Races, the riders from Saint Piran dominated, in the National B events, there were a lot of different winners as you can see in this list of top 10s from all the National Bs in 2023. (more…)
Ribble takes their award-winning Gravel range to the next level with the introduction of the all-new Stone Collection that features an exclusive and unique series of three CustomColour hand painted finishes (more…)
Tim Shoreman completed a special brace of Scottish National titles on Sunday claiming the Men’s Road Race title in Alford from a bunch sprint to add to his Scottish National Circuit title on Saturday. (more…)
Tomos Pattinson wins the 2023 Junior Tour of Wales; Stage winners were Cormac Nisbet (x2), Ben Marsh, Jed Smithson & Tomos Pattinson (more…)
Ribble adds the all-new Shimano 105 R7100 Mechanical 12-speed groupset to a cross-section of models across their award winning range (more…)
Harry Birchill lead a 1-2-3-4-5 for @Saint Piran in the Men’s race and 19 year old Millie Couzens won the women’s event at the 2023 Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix national series events (more…)
Race winners at the BMCR Road Race Champs (Men A/B & Women) were Alison Fovargue, Greig Burt and James Sharp on August 13 (more…)
A super Saturday at the 2023 World Cycling Championships with six world titles for Great Britain riders including World mega star Tom Pidcock on the penultimate day of 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland (more…)
A look at Handsling bikes and where they come from and riders they have supported who are now super stars (more…)
The Great Britain Cycling Team enjoyed a medal-filled fourth day of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, with stand-out performances across the road, track, downhill and para-track events. (more…)
Four weeks ago, C3 para-cyclist Millie Cass was planning to watch the World Track Championships on TV. But after getting a sudden call up to Team GB, she’s now lining up on the boards of the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on a brand new Handsling TR3evo track bike. (more…)
With many riders now looking to ensure they have a career outside of racing to fall back on, options for that include Sports Scholarships – Steve Abbott explains more (more…)
Ribble unveils the Ultra SL R Alumni Edition to commemorate its renewed partnership with The Tour 21 for 2023 (more…)
The first name on the entry list I have for the Peaks Two Day in just over a week is Daisy Barnes who is a new signing for the Alba Development Road Team – we quiz Daisy! Good luck Sunday at Capenwray! (more…)
The manager of the LDN Academy women’s racing team is Sarah King who takes the VeloUK quiz to introduce the team with a new name in 2023 (was Team Watto) (more…)
The Velo Bavarian Race Team, which enjoyed significant success in its first year, finishing on top of the British Cycling East Midlands regional points table has recently relaunched as Contiki Velo Bavarian Race Team (Contiki VBRT) (more…)
Ribble Cycles launch their all-new Ribble Collective – a group of talented individual privateer riders competing across multiple cycling disciplines, who will be ‘Riding As One’ with the support of Ribble. (more…)
Riders in the Elite Cycling Sheffield are team racing the very aero Moda Bikes ‘Finale’ model in 2023 races already with great results – chat to Dave Coulson and Dave Williams (more…)
Quiz time with riders from the Scottish Alba Development Road Team, this week its Sophie Enever’s Q & A (more…)
A new rider in the Alba Development Road Team for 2023 is second year Junior, Evie White who joins the Alba team from Deeside Thistle – VeloUK quizes Evie on her 2022 season and the one ahead of her in 2023 (more…)
Not only does James Hawkins race his Moda bike with an Elite team (Cycling Sheffield), but he has been organising races the last few years. VeloUK quizes James about being a teenage race organiser (more…)
Question and answer with Erin Murphy of the Alba Development Road Team who says the Lincoln GP was the most fun to do “the atmosphere was amazing on the climb and I loved the cobbles” (more…)
One of the leading women’s teams in 2022 with several riders moving up to UCI level, is bigger and better for 2023 – we chat to Team Hutchinson-Brother UK’s manager Ian ‘Watto’ Watson (more…)
Currently racing the British track championships in Wales, VeloUK quizes Sophie Lankford of the Alba Development Road Team who we see a lot in National Series events (more…)
WorldTour rider, Sam Watson (Groupama-FDJ) talks to his team about his journey from his days at school with a bike to making it into the big time in the world of pro racing (more…)
After the success of its first edition, back for 2023 is the Yomp Bonk crews road event, the UK calendar’s biggest early season race – a two day, three stage event for men and for women (separate races). (more…)
Brother UK will remain at the side of elite British cycle sport in 2023 as a sponsor of two Elite Development Teams and two international races delivered by Sweetspot Group as well as VeloUK. (more…)
Entering into their 26th year, is British team Arctic-Aircon Racing Team and they are pleased to announce the continued support of their clothing partner and valued sponsor Santini Custom UK (more…)
British Cycling today has revealed the National Series race calendars on the road for Under 23, Youth & Junior riders (more…)
Events in the 2023 National (British) Road Series have been revealed with the Women’s series starting in March and the Men’s series in May (more…)
Feature looking at how Josh Golliker is the latest rider to be given a helping hand by trainSharp to sign for a pro team with FDJ in France (more…)
Founded in late 1897, Ribble Cycles are celebrating their 125th anniversary with the launch of a 125 Campaign and unveiling three signature 125 Anniversary Edition designs. (more…)
Custom Santini cycling kit as used for the Tour de France Yellow jersey now available to all (more…)
The Groupama-FDJ worldtour team chat to their British rider Lewis Askey who has extended his contract with them until 2025 – its a big chat! (more…)
Geoff Caton, an ordinary club rider who enjoys long rides, climbing hills ambitions to ride faster, reviews the Moda Bikes ‘Stretto’ (more…)
Listen to the new episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast for an in-depth preview of the 2022 hill climb season where Adam Kenway, the former national hill climb champion, joins co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones (more…)
Dame Sarah Storey injury recovery fuelled by goal to compete in able-bodied Cycling World Championships in Glasgow next year (more…)
The courses for the 2023 Road Cycling Championships (Road Race and Time Trial) have broadly been released with different starting points for the Men’s and Women’s road races leading to the finishing circuits in Glasgow. (more…)
As many of you will not have been in the sport when I began here in the UK in the late 90s (after a few years of racing), you probably won’t remember my first ever website EchelonVelo and then my years at British Cycling. (more…)
A born winner on two wheels, Ethan Hayter, has extended his contract to the end of 2024 with his current team, Ineos (more…)
Ribble introduces the all-new SHIMANO 105 Di2 to a cross-section of key models across their award-winning range. One of the first to market, Ribble will provide a broader choice, product diversity and greater accessibility to more cyclists. (more…)
Brother UK have renewed and expanded their commitment to Britain’s biggest professional cycling races, the Women’s Tour and the Tour of Britain, ahead of the 2022 events. (more…)
Jack Rootkin-Gray wins the Men’s race at the Aughton Road Races in the North West on Sunday, whilst the inform Sammie Stuart won the women’s race (more…)
Mathilde Pauls, Joseph Smith, Trevor Ormes and William Crabtree some of the winners at the Ixworth Village Cycle Races on May 2nd (more…)
Based in the Midlands, Eliot Ward has gone from BMX to the road and races for the team, Inflite Cycling. We quiz him on how covid pretty muched wiped out his 2021 season … (more…)
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling will be racing on Ribble’s ground-breaking and eye catching, Ribble Ultra SL-R Team Edition across the 2022 season (more…)
Question and answer with 22 year old Maddie Gammons from Nottinghamshire who has been racing for ten years already after a Go-ride session at school (more…)
The 57th Edition of the Perfs Pedal road race was won solo by Damien Clayton of Wiv Sungod in a race where Alex Richardson was solo for a lot of it before being caught as the rain tumbled down on the race and the wind blew it apart (more…)
In our final Q&A from the Scottish Alba Road Team, we quiz 18 year old Erin Murphy from Aberdeenshire where the Tour Series and Tour of Britain have both visited in recent years (more…)
Former runner, Rachel Galler of the Saint Piran’s Women’s team, from the county of Northumberland, has been road racing for two years – we quiz her on her racing and goals (more…)
Quiz time with Arianne Holland of the Alba Road Team who comes from Fife in Scotland and is currently studying at University in Edinburgh – 2021 was her first season bike racing! (more…)
Today’s quiz is with Saint Piran Women’s Racing Team rider Lucia Bruton who lives in West Sussex and has been racing for three years. Lucia looks forward to trying some racing in Belgium in 2022! (more…)
After a tactical start with the Belgians swarming around him, Tom ‘superman’ Pidcock put the hammer down and drove his rivals into the ground, opening up a big gap and winning solo in the same manner he did when he won the British title at Cyclopark a few years ago. (more…)
Question and answer with the talented 21 year old Corinne Side of the Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen women’s team who was third in the British circuit race championships despite tumbling over Abi Smith onto the cobbles (more…)
Plenty more Q&As from the Women’s peloton – today’s is with Emma Smith of Scotland’s Alba Development Road Team who had a go at a Scottish national series race a few years ago and enjoyed it so much, she’s still racing! (more…)
New to the team in 2022 is 22 year old Welsh rider Gwenno Hughes who lives in Manchester and has been racing since she was 13 (more…)
Question and answer with a rider who’s a familiar name in the women’s peloton, Sian Botteley who is based in Rutland and will be racing for the Women’s team, Brother UK-LDN in 2022 (more…)
We continue to quiz the riders in the British Women’s peloton, with a Q&A with Hertfordshire’s Emily Chilton of the Saint Piran’s Women’s team who has been racing for just a year (more…)
Training camp after training camp is being held in Spain right now and riders outside of the pro teams can get pro team style support thanks to Nozad at the Cycling Holiday Spain in the Calpe region of South West Spain – here’s a day in the life of Nozad and his clients! (more…)
The Q&As continue with 19 year old Kate Richardson from Glasgow and who races for Alba Development Road Team in 2022. After five years on the British Triathlon Performance Pathway, Kate crossed over to cycling in July 2021 (more…)
Question and answer time with new signing for Saint Piran, 22 year old Hannah Bayes from North Yorkshire, who has been racing for five years after having been a runner and triathlete (more…)
It’s Quiz time and taking the question and answer is Millie Skinner of Pro-Noctis Rotor Redchilli Bikes Heidi Kjeldsen, a 24 year old racing cyclist from Sheffield who has been racing for three years (more…)
Question and answer with Lewis Askey by his team Groupma-FDJ on signing for a World Tour team, his goals for 2022 and much more… great feature on the young British rider (more…)
Quiz time! A rider I have seen at races for a few years now, Gemma Sargent (Saint Piran) from Lancashire takes the VeloUK quiz (more…)
Double British Champion (RR) Ben Swift looks back at his win at the Road Race Championships organised by Dan Ellmore in Lincoln in 2021 and more (more…)
The rider taking the quiz today is Bexy Dew (a doctor no less) who will be racing in the colours of Pro-Noctis-Rotor-RedchilliBikes-Heidi Kjeldsen in 2022 and started racing in 2018 (more…)
Quiz time for 20 year old Scottish Circuit Race Champion Beth Maciver of the Alba Development Road Team who is from Inverness way up in the north of Scotland and only started racing in 2021! (more…)
A rider I still see during the winter is Christina Wiejak of the Saint Piran Women’s team who competes in the National Trophy and regional Cyclocross series as well on the road… Here is her Q&A! (more…)
Another question and answer feature, this time with new Alba Development Team rider, Sophie Lankford who now lives in Glasgow who came into cycling after seeing the London 2012 Olympics. (more…)
21 year old Isabel Darvill of Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen is the next rider to take on VeloUK’s Question and Answer feature (more…)
A rider with a lot of experience of Women’s racing, Amy Gornall (Pro-Noctis Redchilli Bikes Heidi Kjeldsen) who now lives in Scotland, takes the VeloUK quiz (more…)
We quiz a fascinating new signing for the Saint Piran Women’s Racing Team, Sophie Earl from Yorkshire who is an intensive care doctor who had her first road race in 2019 after a spell doing triathlons (more…)
VeloUK has quizzed the new organiser of the Tour of Reservoir, Steve Walton, who takes on the race following the sad death of former organiser Mike Hodgson during the pandemic #RIPMike (more…)
Winner of a stage of the Peace Race as an under 23 and twice on the podium at the CiCLE Classic including victory in 2018, Gabz Cullaigh has signed for Saint Piran after two seasons with Movistar (more…)
Our next quiz is with 28 year old Charlotte Berry (Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen), one of the leading riders in the team who lives in the picturesque Cotswolds area of England (more…)
Quiz time with 22 year old Sophie Enever (Alba Development Road Team 2022) who lives in Northumberland and has been racing since 2014. (more…)
In this extract from ‘A Pilgram’s Progress’ in the 2021 The Road Book Cycling Almanack, Daniel Friebe provides a lens into the psychology of Primoz Roglic as he recovered from disappointment at the Tour de France to triumph in Tokyo and La Vuelta. (more…)
It was one of the ‘rides’ of the year when Jo Tindley solo’d to victory in the Circuit Race Championships on her ‘home’ circuit of Lincoln – here’s a Q&A with the champion! (more…)
An organisation that has since the 1980s been looking after the interests of those wanting to race their bikes, TLI Cycling, is looking forward to a restart in 2022 after a difficult time since the loss of Nigel Harrop, who sadly died early in 2021. (more…)
After a broken collarbone in September, Anna Kay (Star Casino) came back with a stunning win in Belgium and the top results continue to come with 5th in the Trofee Kortrijk Urban Cross. We chat. (more…)
Joining Pro-Noctis-Redchilli Bikes-Heidi Kjeldsen for 2022 is one of the outstanding young riders in 2021, 18 y/o Lucy Ellmore. A win at Capenwray, 7th at Ryedale & top 10s in the Tour Series shows what a talent Lucy is – here is a Q&A with her (more…)
In this the first of the Q&As from the Alba Development Road Team, we find out more about a rider I have seen a lot in the results, especially in TT’s – Victoria Smith, last seen in Lincoln in the British Road Championships and before the Time Trial champs. (more…)
Get insights into racing a season in France – Ahead of his fourth year racing in France, we quiz Scotland’s Morgan Bowen who went off to Europe as a first year Under 23 and is still there and supported by the Dave Rayner Fund (more…)
One of the most popular riders in the British peloton is Harry Tanfield and to celebrate his birthday today (November 17), here is a feature length chat with the Team Qhubeka NextHash World Tour professional who moves across to Ribble Weldtite in 2022. (more…)
Feature interview with Swiss Racing Academy rider, Stuart Balfour from Scotland who in 2022 will race in the Ribble Weldtite colours (more…)
Keeping a team on the road is no easy task but former Prems rider and now team owner, Dave Coulson has a host of loyal sponsors and a new bike sponsor in 2021 and onwards, Moda Bikes (more…)
After their best year ever, Ribble Weldtite are signing a group of talented riders to replace those who will be leaving at the end of 2021. We speak to the team’s Jack Rees about 2021 & the goals for 2022 (more…)
VeloUK asked Noze from Cycling Holiday Spain for seven reasons why you, the cycling fans, should go to his resort for your holiday – here is what Noze said… (more…)
Catford CC has passed the ‘Devil’s Trident’ to Westerham CC who now become the event organiser of the Hell of the Ashdown (HOTA) – an iconic sportive which marks the start of the cycling season in south east England (more…)
Tom Bell smashes the course record to win the men’s Hill Climb Championship and Bithja Jones sets new course record as she becomes the first Queen of Winnats on an epic day on this iconic climb (more…)
What a year for Lucas Towers (Cero/Cycle Division RT)(Preveily Conforma)! Junior Tour of Wales Stage win & 3rd overall, 2nd on GC in a major Spanish Junior stage race, GC and stage wins in the Tour of Sussex and L’Etape de la Defonce and lots of top 10s too. We chat to this talented Junior […]
Huge Victories for Ben Swift and Pfeiffer Georgi on a wet day at the British Road Race Championships in historic Lincoln (more…)