velouk.net

Cooking up a great win in her kitchen last weekend was 19 year old April Tacey (Drops cycling) who made history by being the winner of the first stage of the Virtual Women’s Tour de France (more…)

When the women’s Virtual Tour de France started last weekend, one of the stars was Joss Lowden who was second on stage 2 – we get some great insights from Joss on eRacing! (more…)

British Road Race Champion in 2018, Connor Swift made a surprise jump in 2019 from the domestic peloton to the pro one in Europe for Arkéa-Samsic – we chatted about how he is finding the racing? (more…)

The British Circuit Race Champion Joey Walker (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) talks about crit racing with VeloUK (more…)

Winner in 2019 of the Tour of Reservoir, and on the podium at the Tour of Yorkshire, winner of the 2020 Women’s V-Tour Leah Dixon gives us an insight into her eRacing (more…)

trainSharp coach Connor Murphy writes about a mad ride across the South Downs Way recently which was eleven and a half hours on a mountain bike! (more…)

Former Lincoln GP winner Alex Richardson who rides for Alpecin-Fenix will be racing in August and says the summer break from racing has helped him immensely (more…)

After his stage win and 10th overall in the Joe Martin Virtual Stage Race, Zak Herrod, who was 9th in the Eddie Soens in March,  gives us an insight into his eRacing (more…)

Whilst racers in Britain have no road racing to look forward to yet, one of the country’s leading pros, Harry Tanfield is heading back to France for a season restart (more…)

Connor Murphy from trainSharp writes there are lessons highlighted by lockdown and in this article, he looks at how you can use these moving forwards (more…)

Brilliant Read! Lockdown is a good time to catch up on your reading, and here writer Owen Rogers interviews William Fotheringham about William’s latest book, The Greatest: The Times and Life of Beryl Burton. (more…)

Double blow for Saint Piran ambassador Steve Lampier (Ribble Weldtite) as his Tour of Britain hopes are dashed and is then knocked down by van whilst training (more…)

Race organiser (CiCLE Classic) and UCI Commissaire, Colin Clews reveals his best memories in the sport of cycling and surprisingly, it’s the Tour of Rwanda in 2009. Great read! (more…)

If ever there was a major life moment in cycling, the Tour of Britain One Day Ahead ride by Phil Jones MBE and James Golding in 2018 was one as Phil explains in a recent interview (more…)

It was a busy week for the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team with two ‘Everesting’ attempts for their chosen charity, CALM. We chat to the team … (more…)

trainSharp’s Connor Murphy looks at the numerous advantages of Strength and Conditioning for cyclists (more…)

A photographer who has covered over 50 editions of the Tour de France, John Pierce writes about one the most memorable, the 1987 win by Ireland’s Stephen Roche (more…)

We asked Nozard at CHS for his top 10 reasons why he thinks (we do to) Cycling Holiday Spain are the number one training retreat in Spain and why it should be on your bucket list for your next cycling holiday! (more…)

With normal racing still a long way off, e-Racing has replaced racing on the road and we have a feature from trainSharp coach and Sport’s Scientist, Alex Welburn with tips on this new and developing form of cycle racing (more…)

Going through the pics in my archives, former pro Tom Murray is one of the riders who is constantly in the mix in races – he lets us in on what his favourite memories in cycling are… (more…)

  For me at VeloUK, this is perhaps the most special of people I have known as Doug helped me during my years as a junior in my home town in Australia – here are his best memories (more…)

There might not be any racing but Saint Piran’s new signing for 2020 Chris Opie is keeping busy promoting his home part of the country – we have a chat on what he’s up to (more…)

The Coaching Process: walking through the trainSharp new athlete process, what it involves and what you can expect as a rider (more…)

It seems so long ago now, but at the end of February I sat down with two people who have a very long running association with the Lincoln Grand Prix; the current organiser Dan Ellmore (2020 will be his 5th) and the organiser of all but 15 of the 65, Ian Emmerson. (more…)

Part of the world class Huub Wattbike track team and one of the funniest & nicest guys you can meet, we have a great read from Jonny Wale Team Pursuit & Kilo champion & Silver medallist in the Individual Pursuit (more…)

Great insight into being the mechanic for the Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK team as we quiz Josh Hand about his job looking after the Vitus bikes … (more…)

Lockdown is a worldwide phenomenon and so we have a lockdown Q&A from Irish based  triathlete Shannon Kelley in Dublin who is an ambassador for Estrella Bikes (more…)

A lockdown feature written by by Timothy John on hill climber Rebecca Richardson who is sponsored by Brother UK (more…)

Ribble Cycles R&D team is proud to announce the launch of the new redesigned and re-imagined Titanium framed CGR Ti, (more…)

We all know that nutrition can play a big role in our performance and good nutrition can be the difference between winning and not finishing, so here are three trainSharp top tips to Sports Nutrition (more…)

From a full gas training camp to an empty Spanish resort packed with five star facilities, the Covid 19 crisis has crippled many a business – we quiz family business CHS on how they are coping (more…)

Winner on Saturday night in the Zwift Classics Pro-Am series event, the Crit City Slam e-race, was Ireland’s Chris McGlinchey (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) – we chatted afterwards (more…)

With no road racing, riders like British Circuit Race Champion Joey Walker (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) are turning to Zwift for some action – we chat (more…)

At races before lockdown, I have had riders outside of the Ribble Weldtite team say to me how great the Ribble team bike looks so I thought we’d take a look at the race winning Endurance SL R  with help from Jamie Burrows and Jack Rees (more…)

With the cancellation of cycling events across the UK, competitive cyclists have a decision to make; to continue training and reap the rewards, or stop training all together due to lack of motivation. trainSharp’s Connor Murphy looks at detraining and how much fitness you will lose (more…)

Neil Martin (Dan’s dad) is a former British RR Champion and winner of the Lincoln GP as well multiple stages in the Milk Race (Tour of Britain). Nowadays, Neil is manager of the Under 23 Irish National Road team and based in Girona on Lockdown! We chat … (more…)

In these uncertain times a large majority of us will be spending a considerable amount of time on our indoor trainers so here’s trainSharp’s Connor Murphy’s top 10 Indoor Training Tips (more…)

Lockdown chat with Adam Lewis who rides for BEAT Cycling Club, a Dutch UCI continental team and Adam is usually based in Belgium until this virus poked its nose in where its not wanted. (more…)

Ribble Cycles have added a new model to their award-winning road bike line-up with the titanium Ribble Endurance Ti Disc. (more…)

Third in the Jock Wadley and winner of the Roy Thame Cup in 2020, Ollie Maxwell of Saint Piran was in great form before the racing was taken away from him and everyone else – we chat (more…)

One of the revelations of 2019 who thrilled the crowds around the country in the circuit races was Freddie Scheske (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) who is based in Exeter. We check in with Freddie to see what he’s doing … (more…)

A long way from his native South Africa where he has been national champion four times and represented his country at two World Road Championships, Devin Shortt in 2020 is being looked after by the Cero Wheels/Cycle Division racing Team in the UK … (more…)

Brother UK will honour the contracts of its four sponsored cycling teams throughout 2020, despite the decimation of the racing calendar by the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)

With the Eddie Soens Memorial to be held on Saturday the 7th of March, the day before the race I went to visit a double winner of the event in the mid 90s, Dave Williams, boss at DHW Agencies, (KuotaUK/GSG/etc) (more…)

First year senior George Mills-Keeling of Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling won the 2020 edition of the Severn Bridge Road Race on Sunday – we quiz him on the victory (more…)

A World Championship medallist in cyclo-cross as a Junior, Dan Tulett of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK is now focused on a road career (more…)

From cyclocross to the road including the madness of Paris Roubaix to crits in Britain, one of the country’s top cyclists Jonny McEvoy is now taking to gravel riding as an ambassador for Genesis bikes – we chat about his 2020 year ahead and the career that preceded being a gravel rider… (more…)

A long time racing for Tim Elverson, Max Stedman (Canyon DBH) is part of the strongest line up ever for Tim’s teams – we had a chat (more…)

A 2020 new signing for Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK is the British circuit race champion Joey Walker from Yorkshire who is three weeks away from his first race in the Vitus colours (more…)

After a long struggle to be given a chance in the WorldTour, Matt Holmes didn’t just get a ride in a team in 2020 (Lotto Soudal), he also won the final stage of the WorldTour race, the Tour Down Under! We chat. (more…)

We chat to one of the sport’s most prolific organisers of bike events (sportives/races) Richard Williamson (Velo29) to see how he is finding the challenge of organising events in 2020  (organiser of the Klondike & Stockton Prems) (more…)

Within the sport of cycling are many riders who have raced at the top level in Britain and now manage teams – one such rider is Andy Lyons, boss with Dean Shannon at Richardsons Trek racing team with many decades of experience of the sport behind him. (more…)

Second in the British Circuit Race Championships in 2020, Isaac Mundy of Richardsons Trek who’s highlight in 2019 was getting back on a mountain bike properly and toughest race, the Tour de Yorkshire (more…)

Quiz time with Yorkshire’s Regional champion Kieran Savage of Cycling Sheffield who hit a lot of his goals in 2019 (more…)

Question and Answer with Francesca Hall who joins Boompods women’s cycling team for 2020 who’s highlight in 2019 was a top 10 in the CTT 10 championships and winning the BUCS Individual pursuit (more…)

In the second Q & A with the all-round women’s champion Emily Meakin, we quiz her on her road racing here and abroad ahead of a season with UCI team Drops cycling – a superb read – thanks Doris!  (more…)

Alpcycles are helping cyclists achieve their dreams in 2020 with lots of events in the coming year including ‘Ride Across Portugal’ as well as custom bespoke holidays (more…)

Teammate to Mathieu van der Poel at Alpecin-Fenix (formerly Corendon Circus), Britain’s Alexandar Richardson is ready for the new challenge in a ProConti team (more…)

The Fensham Howes MAS Design Junior Road Race Team has a goal of creating a structure to support some of the UK’s most promising 17-and-18-year road riders to help in their quest to be World Tour Riders – we quiz Giles Pidcock on the team and its goals this year (more…)

Q & A with Team Boompod’s new signing for 2020 Gabriella Homer who has represented Ireland at the World and European Championships (more…)

Already up and racing in 2020 with third in round 1 of the Bay Crits in Australia, Aussie super sprinter Brenton Jones will be racing for British UCI team Canyon DHB – we put some questions to him (more…)

As expected, the British stars from the world of cyclocross are entered for the 2020 Shimano British CycloCross championships at Shrewsbury on January 11/12 where is a record breaking number of entries – event promoted by Mid Shropshire Wheelers and the West Midlands Cyclocross League (more…)

The first Q & A for 2020 is with Yorkshire’s Mason Hollyman who rides for Holdsworth Zappi and is based in Italy during the race season and who’s 2020 goals are the Baby Giro, Avenir and Road Worlds (more…)

Quiz time with one of the nicest legends in the world of cycling – Nick Craig, winner in CX and MTB since 1985 (Youth champion CX) #RideForCharlie (more…)

Five times a British cyclo-cross champion, Ian Field has a ‘habit’ of winning the National Trophy and in the 2019 series with one round to go, he leads! We quiz the country’s legend in cyclo-cross (more…)

A Bronze at the World Paracycling champs (tandem), bronze in the 10 champs and 5th on a stage of the Tour of Reservoir, Bex Rimmington has been a big achiever in cycling before focusing on triathlon with some cycle races along the way ;-)  (more…)

A new name to many followers of the sport in Britain, Darnell Moore was 4th, finishing with Jacob Scott, on that epic stage 4 of the Manx International – he’s another of the new signings for Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK (more…)

Final National Trophy this weekend and Ffion James is second in the Women’s series – we quiz the Welsh rider about her ‘cross season – super Answers from Ffion! Thank you …  (more…)

Winning four races in eight days in August; James Jenkins of Richardsons Trek had a good 2019 including 7th at Ryedale GP – we quiz him on the season and much more. Thank you James! (more…)

Rocking his Cero wheels around the country, Toby Barnes of RST/Cycle Division is leading the Under 23 National Trophy CX Series after five rounds (one to go) – we quiz him on his season (more…)

Team JRC and Shutt Ridley Racing Team are merging for 2020 and we quiz James Roberts on the new team for next season (more…)

One of the country’s best domestic based riders, Chris Opie is back from retirement next season racing for his native Saint Piran team – we grill him on his comeback LoL! (more…)

Another of the new signings for Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK is Stephen Bradbury from Reading who is relishing another UCI season (more…)

Star Interview! An Independent Pedaler in 2019 as well as racing for Brother UK/Fusion & Drops, Joss Lowden had an outstanding year with big wins in road races and time trials – we quizzed her recently (more…)

Q & A with new signing for Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK, Joe Nally from Scotland who was on the GB Academy (more…)

Second in the Curlew Cup race at Stamfordham for Brother UK/Fusion RT, and winner of two Women’s Team series races in 2019, April Tacey will be racing abroad in 2020 after signing for Drops Cycling. Here’s April’s Q & A (more…)

trainSharp are here to help you recover from training/racing with five essential elements to rest and recovery (more…)

The winner of Cycling Weekly’s 2019 Local Hero Award in association with Freewheel UK  was Dot Tilbury for her ceaseless work supporting young Manx riders – we have a Q&A with Dot! (more…)

The longest serving rider racing for Cherie Pridham at Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK is Adam Kenway who will be in the team’s colours again in 2020 (more…)

Star Interview! Third in the British Women’s Road Race Championships & second in the Under 23 TT Championship, Lizzie Holden has a new team for 2020, Bizkaia Durango and is looking forward to a different and challenging race programme (more…)

One of the many team transfers for 2020 is first year senior Amy Monkhouse who will be riding for Spanish UCI team Bizkaia-Durango – we quiz her on 2019 and 2020 … (thnx Amy) (more…)

Winner of the blue ribbon 25 mile championship, Chris had a great season on the TT bike – here’s a Q&A with him … (more…)

If ever there is a versatile rider it’s ‘Doris’ – Emily Meakin (The Independent Pedaler) who is not only the 25 mile time trial champion, but races abroad in Road Races and last weekend was competing in Glasgow on a Tandem… sensational Emily! (more…)

RTTC junior women’s Champion of Champions, we chat to a very talented junior, Caitlin Peters who has still to find a team for 2020 (more…)

One of the stars of the sport of time trialling, Alice Lethbridge is broadening her racing in 2020 and will be doing the domestic Women’s National Road Race Series – we chat about her 2019 and what’s next (more…)

A small team from Canterbury in Kent, the Independent Pedaler, have had a mega season in time trials with wins in the blue ribbon events, the 10 and 25 championships (more…)

Feature length chat with the boss of the Canyon DHB team which in 2019 swept all before it and had success in Europe as well and that looks to get better in 2020 (more…)

A bronze medallist at the World Road Championships to add to World Cup wins on the track and so much more, Dan Bigham has had a season to remember and it’s far from over! We chat and as always, there is a lot of chatter! Thnx Dan… (more…)

A feature interview with another rider who had a brilliant season, winning no less than three prems and on the podium of UCI races abroad as well as racing the World Road champs – Rory Townsend of Canyon DHB (more…)

One of the riders of the year, if not THE rider of the season is John Archibald who’s season has been nothing short of brilliant. We chat to him about 2019 … (more…)

The beginning of 2019 saw a new UCI Continental team emerge from an Elite team; Ribble Pro Cycling, and from the get go, they were in the mix in the major domestic races. (more…)

One of the riders to retire after the Madison Genesis team stopped at the end of the road season is Tom Moses – we spoke about his career and will he carry on racing … (more…)

A look at the essential service that the Brother UK sponsored Neutral Service cars provide in major road races in Britain (more…)

After second in the Perfs Pedal Road Race at the very start of the 2019 road season, Damien Clayton has had eight victories, signed for a UCI team and already won his first UCI race… we chat (more…)

An interview with Matt Holmes of Madison Genesis who showed day after day in the Tour of Britain he has it what it takes to race with the best and finished the race Best British rider in 15th overall. (more…)

British Criterium champion Joey Walker of Madison Genesis will be racing for Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK in 2020 – we chat about his season in 2019 (more…)

At the 10 mile time trial championships on August 31st I got to speak to some of the big names in the sport like Chris Fennell, Emily Meakin, Neah Evans and Adam Duggleby Feature Interview: 10 Time Trial Championships (more…)

For a rider new to the sport, 2019 has been a really good one for the very lovely Claire Steels of Brother UK/Fusion RT) who has just won the Ras na mBan overall, was third in the Tour of Reservoir, second in the South Coast Classic and then the winner of the Ryedale GP (more…)

Steve Lampier of Saint Piran may be one of the most experienced riders in the top level racing in Britain but as he showed this year, age is but a number and with nine top 10s in major road races including two thirds, he still has the legs to show the younger riders around a […]

On Saturday (last weekend), Charlie Quarterman of the Zappi team raced his way to a ’10’ title then on Monday, his new team, WorldTour squad Trek Segafredo no less, announced he was racing for them – I spoke to Charlie after he won the 10 title (more…)

Post race chat with the women’s winner of the 10 Champs Jos Lowden who after a long spell off the time trial bike came out and raced her way to a new personal best for the distance (more…)

The legend that is Russell Downing was back at the Ryedale Grand Prix many years after he won the first ever edition in 2005 – we had a quick chat … (more…)

The winningest rider in 2019 in major British events for women was Rebecca Durrell (Brother UK/Tifosi) who also won the British National Road Series for women – we spoke recently (more…)

The South Coast Classic winner Jacob Scott who was as much a winner at Ryedale as his teammate James Shaw, spoke to us after the race about his season. (more…)

The all-new CX SL is a stunning addition to the Ribble line-up, with monocoque construction, seamless integration, superior control & grip and optimised power transfer. (more…)

One of the rider’s of the season, James Shaw is looking forward to the Tour of Britain to see for himself whether he can earn himself a ride back in the WorldTour. We chatted before his win at the Ryedale GP on Sunday (more…)

James Shaw and teammate Jacob Scott came up the finish straight arms aloft, together to celebrate a win for them both whilst earlier in the day Claire Steels of Brother UK Fusion RT the winner of the Women’s edition of the 2019 Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix (more…)

Day 3 of the Manx International and ona grim day for racing with fog and rain on the mountain, Matt Holmes of Madison Genesis won his second stage and the overall as well for a career highlight (more…)

Imagine riding mountains where the pros train and race, fully supported and planned and then returning to base greeted by recovery shakes, massage sauna and spa and to top it off a hearty home cooked three course meal to get you ready for the next day. All this and much more at CHS! (more…)

Stage 21 of the Tour de France saw the changing of the guard in the pro peloton as the new generation of Egan Bernal and Caleb Ewan celebrated great victories on the Champs-Elysées (more…)

Eluned King and Oliver Stockwell of Team Ribble win their British Junior Road Race Championships at Bassingham in Lincolnshire on July 28 (more…)

Rebecca Durrell (Brother UK/Tifosi) and Joey Walker (Madison Genesis) are the 2019 Circuit Race Champions! Congrats to both riders and all the others who raced – great racing … (more…)

To celebrate the launch of their latest pop-up, Ribble held a launch evening featuring British cycling legend Sean Yates, cycling luminary Brian Robinson BEM, Ribble Pro Cycling alongside the Ribble design team at their new store in Trinity Leeds. (more…)

On a day for the strong riders, Ben Swift solo’d to victory as did Alice Barnes at the 2019 running of the British Road Race Championships on a warm sunny summers day (more…)

The Estrella Bikes Liso & Liso Disc models have been updated for 2019 and during the Tour de France, they are offering custom coloured decals at no extra charge! (more…)

Alex Dowsett, Alice Barnes, Charlie Quarterman and Anna Henderson were the big winners at the 2019 British Time Trial Championships at Sandringham on Thursday, June 27 (more…)

A former World Champion and Silver medalist at the Rio Paralympic Games, Colin Lynch retired from racing in 2019 and is now Sales Director at Shutt Velo Rapide – we chat about his career on a bike and clothing then and now!  (more…)

When it comes to rare bikes, the Scott Foil Ultimate Limited Edition disc brake carbon fibre 12 speed race weapon is very special indeed – 50 world wide and just four in the UK and three are at Cycle Division! (more…)

Chris Lawless became the first British winner of the Tour de Yorkshire after defending champion Greg Van Avermaet won an enthralling final stage in Leeds and Lawless stayed glued to his wheel for his biggest victory (more…)