Meet #TeamSkoda for RideLondon

When I saw the bombardment of tweets about those that had been lucky enough to get a place in this year’s RideLondon, I realised I was missing out on something. At the time, I was living in Amsterdam. I didn’t know where I was going to be come August 2013, and I hadn’t really grasped just what RideLondon was at the point of the application deadline back in August 2012. As more and more friends around me started to brag about their place, I was... Read More

Cycling Stars Join City’s Charity Fundraisers at Trois Etapes 2013 Launch

Cycling Stars Join City’s Charity Fundraisers at Trois Etapes 2013 Launch   - Trois Etapes 2013 cycling Pro-Am has already raised $600k for charity, last year’s event raised $1.7 million - Launch attended by Olympic Gold medallist Ed Clancy MBE, Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre and a host of senior figures from the financial sector - Plans to launch ‘Giro’ version of the event in 2014 announced   Sports stars joined forces with... Read More

Viva La Revolution! – British National Madison Championship & Revolution 39

GB’s sprint team came away relatively empty handed, but it wasn’t through lack of effort. National Madison Championships and Revolution 39 report. Revolution 39 landed at the National Velodrome at Manchester on Saturday – the National Madison championships made an understated start to proceedings, run during the afternoon before the main event, with a surprisingly sparse crowd privileged to be present to witness some absolutely corking race... Read More

UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Day 1 Report

©Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com Men’s Team Pursuit   GOLD – Denmark (FOLSACH, HANSEN, NIELSEN, QUAADE) - 4:01.289 SILVER – Germany (BEYER, BOMMEL, REINHARDT, THIELE) – OVL BRONZE – Belgium (DE KETELE, DE BUYST, DE PAUW, VAN HOECKE) - 4:06.951   Denmark took GOLD in the Men’s Team Pursuit Final, beating Germany convincingly to win the first gold medal of  the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Glasgow. Germany lost two riders which... Read More

howies return to the Revolution

howies track team will be returning to the to race in series 10 of Revolution which starts this weekend. Confirmed howies riders for Saturday’s event include Sam Harrison and Owain Doull. The Welsh brand will be supporting 6 Welsh juniors as well as national and professional riders in four track meets over the winter. Alex from howies said “We’re proud to be part of a nation responsible for producing current Olympic and World... Read More

Out of the Saddle Gets Ready for Evening With The Stars

This weekend, professional cycling brothers, Dean and Russell Downing, will host “Out of the Saddle – An Evening with the Downing Brothers” on Saturday 20th October 2012 at the Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham. Last year’s event saw numerous stars from the cycling world join the Downing brothers, and this year is no different. Team Sky rider Ben Swift and new teammate, as of next season Cycling Shorts very own Jon Tiernan-Locke, the overall... Read More

The Revolution Continues…. The Manx Missile returns to the Track

  Rob Hayles Retirement Presentation - Image ©Copyright Ben Dando @ Cycling Shorts. Saturday night saw the arrival of the much anticipated second Revolution of the season and the return of Mark Cavendish to the track after more than 2 years. Mark’s last outing was at the World Championships in 2009 and as a former World Madison Champion it was great to see him back at the track reunited (if only for a manly hug) with his former partner... Read More

Revolution Series Tickets Competition

    Win Tickets! It’s been a great year on the road for British cyclists, so how better to celebrate the impressive season than by winning yourself a pair of Revolution Series Tickets! The lucky winners will get tickets to the first of this years Revolutions, Revolution 33, held at Manchester Velodrome (National Cycling Centre) [UK] on Saturday 29th October 2011, it’s your chance to see some of the worlds top cycling stars... Read More