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The sport of cycling is packed with stars of the road and one of them was John Parker (1958 – 2018) who passed away recently (more…)

Over a decade after Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas was part of GB’s Academy under the guiding hand of Rod Ellingworth, this season, the Wales Academy for riders 18-20 with former pro Rob Partridge in charge, is helping Welsh talent on the road. (more…)

As the season end approaches, thoughts turn to holidays and training camps and one that gets rave reviews is Cycling Holiday Spain – we look at it through the power of images (more…)

Before his race at Leicester on Sunday, I caught up with British Road Race Champion Connor Swift of Madison Genesis to chat about being a stagiaire for Dimension Data (more…)

Feature interview with Alex Dowsett after his 5th place in the European Time Trial Championships by Gordon Wiseman (more…)

After a breakaway started by Tobyn Horton and strengthened by Alex Richardson was caught 3k out, Gabz Cullaigh won from teammate Rob Scott in a crash affected finish (more…)

Question and Answer with Estrella ambassador Penny Harris on her bike she uses for triathlon, sportives and exploring the south west Pembrokeshire countryside (more…)

Hour record next big aim for Marcin Bialoblocki if he can find the sponsorship whilst Euro’s and Worlds time trial championships for Poland also big goals for the new 25 champion (more…)

British road race champion Connor Swift of Madison Genesis is to ride as a Stagiaire for Dimension Data for the remainder of the 2018 season (more…)

Some of the biggest supporters of British cycle sport have joined forces with Phil Jones MBE, managing director of Brother UK, to support his #TOB1DA ride with James Golding in a bid to raise £50,000 for the Dave Rayner Fund. (more…)

Ridden by some of the fastest time trialists in the world such as Marcin Bialoblocki and Sarah Storey, Revolver Wheels is a brand that has been growing steadily in the UK since 2014 – we look at Revolver Wheels (more…)

Welshman Geraint Thomas, one of the most grounded pros you can meet, has made history, winning the 2018 Edition of the Tour de France, Alexander Kristoff won the final celebration stage – round up of reactions … (more…)

Live from Stockton on Tees, VeloUK is at the British Circuit Race Championships for Men and Women – Live action, pictures, video clips and interviews  (more…)

Vitus Pro Cycling Team’s Cherie Pridham, the only female team owner and manager in the British peloton, will support Phil Jones MBE’s ‘Tour of Britain One Day Ahead’ ride as sporting director. (more…)

Former world tour professional Dan Fleeman is still very much in the sport coaching many a star rider through his coaching business but recently, he also joined up with Cycle Division to help cyclists of all abilities to make sure they get a bike that fits. (more…)

Talking to the organiser of the newest National Series Men’s Road Race (Prem), Phil Adkins about the 100km kermesse around Bristol on July 8 (more…)

The 2018 British Time Trial Championships are being held near Ponteland in the North East – VeloUK is here to capture moments from the day … (more…)

Ribble Cycles has launched the bike that knows no boundaries, the CGR Ti – a stunning Titanium bike that will take you anywhere with timeless performance and style (more…)

Prior to doing a 17.38 in the Hemel Hempstead 10 on June 16, VeloUK spoke to TT legend in Britain Dan Bigham about racing drag strips and hilly courses, his new Ribble Cycles Ultra TT bike, new Boardman Bikes Performance Centre & the British TT Champs course (more…)

VeloUK chatted with Storey Racing’s Beth Crumpton during stages 3 and 4 of this year’s OVO Energy Women’s Tour as the race made its way around many of the roads familiar to the Redditch born rider. (more…)

If you have ever wondered about giving  Cycling Holiday Spain  a try when looking for a training camp, read the latest testimonial from Lindsay who seems mightily impressed  (more…)

On a visit to the now fully open Boardman Performance Centre, not only does it have state of the art performance experts and facilities but also the latest range of Boardman Bikes (more…)

Less than a year after the extremely successful launch of the Carbon Inflite CF SLX cyclocross bike, Canyon has increased it’s portfolio of this race-oriented off-roader with CF SL and AL SLX model variants. (more…)

Frederik Scheske, Ejay Harris (Storey Racing) and Zoe Backstedt some of the winners at the Hargroves Cycles sponsored Winchester Criteriums (more…)

Adam Yates attacked inside the last kilometre of today’s final stage of Criterium du Dauphine to take a stage victory and finish in second place overall behind Geraint Thomas. (more…)

Phil Jones MBE, the Managing Director of Brother UK, will ride the entire route of the 2018 OVO Energy Tour of Britain in September for charity, one day ahead of the elite professional riders who will tackle the same demanding eight-stage course. (more…)

Ed Clancy and Nikki Juniper triumph individually in Salisbury Tour Series Grand Final; Canyon Eisberg and Team Breeze win the team classifications (more…)

After a day of rain, the racing at Wembley on a revised circuit was held on a drying circuit with two exciting races won by EJ Harris and Tom Pidcock (more…)

A new star name shone brightly in Stevenage on Monday as Anna Henderson showed how versatile she, sprinting to victory in a bunch kick after her Tour series solo win in Aberystwyth (more…)

A night for winners to double up as Anna Henderson and Harry Tanfield, winners in Aberystwyth, repeated the victory in Stevenage – Canyon Eisberg now lead team classification after two team victories on the night (more…)

Stunning solo efforts from Anna Henderson (Onform) and Harry Tanfield (Canyon Eisberg) saw them triumph in two exciting races in the Abersytwyth round of the Tour Series (more…)

Ribble Cycles has launched their new range-topping Ultra TT and Tri models; the fastest ever bikes the brand have developed to date. (more…)

It was a night for the double as Canyon Eisberg riders Jack Pullar and Andrew Tennant won the individual races (Hill Climb & Crit) whilst Madison Genesis won the team award in both. In the Womens race, Nikki Juniper won her race … (more…)

After being out front in the day’s break, Alex Richardson still had the legs at the end to solo to a stunning victory in the very prestigious Lincoln Grand Prix 2018 ahead of Andy Tennant  and Ali Slater. (more…)

Alexandar Richardson solos to win the men’s Lincoln Grand Prix, Rebecca Durrell sprints to a glorious victory (more…)

JLT Condor kicked off their OVO Energy Tour Series title defence with victory at the opening round in Redditch to pull on the leaders’ green jerseys, while British Cycling’s development squad Team Breeze took the honours in the women’s premiere. (more…)

British cycle brand, Ribble Cycles have launched a striking Limited Giro Edition of their award winning R872.   (more…)

At the Klondike GP, we got to speak to two riders who came back from Australia with Commonwealth Games medals, Charlie and Harry Tanfield (more…)

Little chats with Tom Pidcock, Erick Rowsell, Jonny McEvoy, Joey Walker, Tom Moses and Steve Lampier post race at the Klondike Grand Prix on Sunday (more…)

Getting away in a three man move with a lap to go of the 10 mile circuit, Tom Pidcock outsprinted Tom Moses to take the win in the 2018 East Cleveland Klondike GP (more…)

Former Team Wiggins rider Dan Patten, based in Belgium, is racing for Merlin Cycles in 2018 … we chat (more…)

Quickstep’s Bob Jungels solos to career-defining Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory – round up of reactions including Scott Davies, Dan Martin, Mark Christian and Tom Southam (more…)

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

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…)

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…)

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

Here’s a day-by-day look at Paceline RT’s trip to the Cycling Holiday Spain’s resort where they get to climb plenty of mountains and are looked after like pros (more…)

With just over six weeks to go until the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire, organisers Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organisation have announced a record 40 teams will compete. (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…)

Another race and another two up sprint decides who stands on the top step as Mikey Mottram beats Joey Walker to the win in the Jock Wadley 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…)

The stablemate to the Kuota Khan ridden by Cofidis, the K-Uno is not just a great looking machine but also lightweight, comfortable and perfect for endurance racing and sportives (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…)

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

With the snow falling outside on the Wirral, thoughts go to warm weather training pro style at Cycling Holiday Spain – we chat to Noze at CHS (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…)

Article from Jody Warrington at Transition Cycle Coaching on the importance of a clear head to ‘enjoy’ for that training session (more…)

Changes to the course at the Tour of Reservoir for Men and Women on the Saturday as the organiser toughens the race up ahead of the National Championships which still don’t have an organiser apparently (more…)

Just under 100 days before the 14th Rutland – Melton International CiCLE Classic hits the roads and tracks of Rutland and East Leicestershire once again on Sunday 22nd April (more…)

Grant Ferguson, Helen Wyman, Evie Richards, Tom Pidcock and Sean Flynn winners after a big day of racing at Hetton Lyons at the 2018 British CX Championships (more…)

Winners on day 1 included Maddie Smith, Pete Middleton, Millie Couzens and Paul Oldham … work in progress… (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…)

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

At the forthcoming British CycloCross Championships at Hetton Lyons near Sunderland, one of the riders will feel right at home, former Hetton Hawks youngster, Anna Kay – we had a chat! (more…)

Five times a British Champion, four times National Trophy winner including this season and a legend in British cyclocross, Ian Field talks us through his Ridley X 9 XL with the special paint job (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…)

Five times a British Champion, and now four times a National Trophy winner, we talk to Ian Field of Hargroves-Ridley-Montezuma’s (more…)

Ffion James, Braam Merlier, Nick Craig, Maddie Smith, Cameron Mason, Pete Middleton, Millie Couzens, Oliver Stockwell, Zoe Backstedt and Joshua Tarling winners at round 5 of the National Trophy at Peel Park (more…)

On Tuesday, the route for the Four day Men’s and Two Day Women’s Tour of Yorkshire was launched in Halifax – VeloUK was there (more…)

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

A brand that has help VeloUK serve the sport for many years now is Shutt Velo Rapide and we chat to David O’Connor, new Head of Custom Kit and Operations (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…)

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

Braam Merlier and  Ffion James two of the winners at the fourth round of the National Trophy held at the Kent Cyclopark for the first time  (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…)

After being around Track World Cups and Championships for a decade, I cannot recall any team making such an impact in the Team Pursuit as Team KGF. I speak to the teams Dan Bigham about the worlds cups so far (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…)

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…)

Primera Sports have built another very high spec machine for a customer,  2018 Specialized S-Works ‘Peter Sagan’ limited edition Tarmac – we have the pictures (more…)

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

After a night of wind and rain, the course was a muddy mess where the big winners were Ian Field (Hargroves-Ridley-Montezuma’s) and Harriet Harnden (more…)

The National Trophy CX round 3 got underway at midday at Shrewsbury with Kate Eedy, Pete Middleton and Paul Oldham being the big winners (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…)

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…)

Two of the favourites indeed lived up to their tag and won the Mens (Dan Evans) and Womens (Joscelin Lowden) Hill Climb Championships at Hedley on the Hill on Sunday (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…)

Liam Killeen, April Tacey, Darren Atkins & Stephen Knight winners at round 7 of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands CX League at Misterton (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…)

Special offer for the Santini Lava Winter Bib Tights from Prendas Ciclismo (more…)

Record breaking third World Road Race title for Peter Sagan who prevents a home win for Kristoff, as Ben Swift sprints in for fifth (more…)

Several times in the Women’s Title race, GB riders looked like being in the race for a medal – post race reactions from them (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…)

The winner of the Junior World Cyclo-Cross title, junior Paris-Roubaix, Elite Mens Crit championship and a round of the Tour Series, Tom Pidcock showed he can time trial too with victory in the Junior’s mens championship in Norway. (more…)

Toby Barnes, Darren Atkins, Harriet Harnden & Stephen Knight winners at Henley-In-Arden at round 3 of the West Midland’s CX League (more…)

The Men’s and Women’s squads for Team Sunweb won both the Team Time Trial Titles in Bergen on Sunday (more…)

A look back over the decades of the podiums for the British Cyclo-Cross Championships (thanks Jim Hendry) (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…)