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September
Sun 19 Steve Taylor Memorial Road Race (E/1/2/3) [More]
August
Mon 16 
Upavon Summer Series: Packer 2nd in the 3/4
Sun 15 Chippenham & Distrist Wheelers Road Race: Parry wins the E/1/2/3
Thu 12 Castle Combe: Parry 3rd in the E/1/2
July
Sun 25 National Masters Road Race Championships: Parry 6th
Mon 19 Upavon Summer Series: Smith 2nd in the 3/4
Thu 15 Milton Keynes Circuit Series: Coombs 4th in the E/1/2
Tue 13 Cotswold League: Poulton: Brookhouse wins and McInnes takes overall
Mon 12 Upavon Summer Series: Smith 2nd in the 3/4
Fri 09 Circuit Series #4 [Photos] [More]
Fri 02 Circuit Series #3 [Photos] [More]
Thu 01 Castle Combe Summer Series: Parry 4th
June
Fri 25 Circuit Series #2 [Photos] [More]
Thu 24 Castle Combe Summer Series: Parry 9th
Tue 22 Cotswold League: Staunton: Coombs 1st, McInnes 3rd and Packer 7th
Sun 20 Kalas Cup 2-Day: Parry wins stage 4
Sat 19 Darley Moor Circuit Series: Cowley 2nd
Fri 18 Circuit Series #1 [Info] [Photos] [More]
Mon 14 Upavon Summer Series #4: Hopkins 3rd and Smith 6th in the 3/4
Sat 12 Minet Park Festival Race: Coombs 7th
Tue 08 Cotswold League: Toddington: Coombs 4th and McInnes 8th
Sun 06 Gerry Hughes Memorial: Addis 2nd
Thu 03 Mallory Park Circuit Race League: Coombs 4th and Cowley 7th
May
Mon 31 Upavon Summer Series #2: Parry 6th in the E/1/2
Sun 30 Dumfries Bikefest Grand Prix: Coombs 26th
Sun 30 Baxter & King Construction Road Race: Falder 13th in the E/1/2
Sun 23 South Division Championships: Parry 2nd in the E/1/2
Mon 17 Cotswold League: Down Ampney: McInnes 6th and Jones 10th
April
Mon 26 Thames Velo Spring Road Race: Parry wins, Coombs 9th and Falder 15th in the E/1/2
Sat 24 Echelon Spiuk Road Race: Parry 2nd and Coombs 8th
Sun 18 Archer Spring Road Race: Coombs 15th in the 1/2/3
Sun 18 Auchterlonie Memorial Handicap #2: Parry 7th
Sun 11 Ham Hill Road Race: Coombs 14th in the E/1/2
March
Sun 28 Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers: Parry 5th and Coombs 7th in the E/1/2
Sat 27 Darley Moor Circuits: Cowley 6th
Sun 21 Evesham Vale Road Race: Falder 9th and Parry 13th
Sun 21 Tom Hawkins Memorial Road Race: Addis 3rd
Sun 14 LVRC @ Towster: Hopkins first Cat A
Sun 14 Upavon Winter Series #10: Addis 9th in the E/1/2
Sat 06 Paramount Circuit Race Series #1: Falder 4th and Coombs 11th
February
Sat 27 Upavon Winter Series: Parry 6th and Addis 13th in the E/1/2
January
Sat 23 Upavon Winter Series: Addis 9th in E/1/2
November
Wed 25 Gloucestershire Sports Awards: VCM win senior team of the year
August
Wed 26 Ray Martin Autumn Finale League #1: Coombs 6th
Mon 24 Upavon Summer Series: Cook 3rd in the 3/4 and achieves 2nd cat
Thu 13 Castle Combe Summer Series: Pain wins the overall
Mon 10 Upavon Summer Series: Cook 8th in the 3/4
Thu 06 Castle Combe Summer Series #14: Pain 3rd
July
Sun 19 National Masters Road Race Championships: Coombs 4th
Tue 14 Cotswold League: Coombs wins the overall and Green second
Tue 14 Cotswold League: Ashton Down: Coombs 3rd and Packer 4th
Sun 12 South Circuit Racing Festival: Cook 8th in the 3/4
Thu 09 Team Tor 2000 Circuit Series #6: Standen 5th in the E/1/2
Thu 09 Castle Combe Summer Series #10: Pain 4th and Coombs 5th in the E/1/2
Sun 05 Omega Thruxton Circuits: Standen 3rd and Pain 7th in the E/1/2
Sun 05 Ras de Cymru [More]
Thu 02 Castle Combe Summer Series #9: White 2nd
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Tour de France – 4th - 26th July Information: SteepHill Photos: The Big Picture |
June
Tue 30 Cotswold League: Aldbourne: Coombs 2nd and Packer 6th [More]
Mon 29 Upavon Summer Series: Pain 4th in the E/1/2 and Cook 8th in the 2/3/4
Fri 26 Circuit Series #4: [Photos] [More]
Tue 23 Cotswold League: Staunton: Pain wins and Coombs 2nd [More]
Fri 19 Circuit Series #3: [Photos] [More]
Sun 14 Susies Circuits (Thruxton): Cook 8th in the 3s
Fri 12 Circuit Series #2: [Photos] [More]
Thu 11 Castle Combe Summer Series #6: Pain wins and Coombs 4th
Wed 10 Cotswold League: Winchcombe: Green 3rd and Coombs 4th [More]
Fri 05 Circuit Series #1: [Photos] [More]
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Le Dauphine Libere – 7th - 14th June This mini Tour de France, based around the Alps gives a good insight to those who've got the form for the real Tour in July. Information: SteepHill |
May
Sun 31 South Region Championships: Standen 12th and Coombs 17th
Thu 28 Castle Combe Summer Series #4: Pain 5th, Mattinson 7th and Packer 8th
Sun 24 Kings of Wessex Road Race: Pain 15th and Coombs 17th
Sat 23 Totnes Town Centre Crits: Packer 4th
Thu 21 Castle Combe Summer Series #3: Pain wins and Mattinson 4th
Sun 17 Blackdowns Grand Prix: Pain 8th and Coombs 10th
Thu 14 MKCA Summer Series #5: Coombs 3rd
Thu 14 Castle Combe Summer Series #2: Pain 4th and Packer 9th
Sun 10 BEC CC Road Race: Pain 2nd in the E/1/2/3 race in Surrey
Sun 10 Birmingham CC Crits: Packer 2nd in the 3s race
Thu 07 Castle Combe Summer Series #1: Pain 3rd
Tue 05 Bash: May to August routes [More]
Sun 03 Lichfield City Spring Road Race: Green 9th
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Tour of Italy – 9th - 31st May The first of the three Grand Tours. |
April
Sun 26 AW Cycles Spring Road Race: Pain 2nd in the E/1/2
Sun 26 Reading Spring Road Race: Packer 5th in the 3/4
Sun 26 Echelon 2-Day: Standen 4th overall and Mattinson 5th overall
Sat 25 Echelon 2-Day: Mattinson 2nd and Standen 8th on stage 1 [Photos]
Sun 19 Totnes-Vire 2-Day: Pain 9th on stage 3 and 8th overall
Sun 19 Two Counties Road Race: Packer 3rd
Sat 18 Totnes-Vire 2-Day: Pain 8th on stage 1
Fri 10 Castle Combe Easter Classic: Pain 5th in the E/1/2
Sun 05 Legstretchers: Coombs 7th in the E/1/2
Sun 05 Thames Velo: Cook 9th in the 3/J
March
Sun 29 Ham Hill Road Races: Pain 4th in the E/1/2
Sun 29 Dengie Marshes Tour: Coombs 14th
Sun 22 High Wycombe CC Road Race: Hopkins 5th in the 3/4
Sun 22 Thruxton Crits: Standen 8th and Coombs 11th in the E/1/2
Sun 22 Thruxton Crits: Cook 8th in the 3/J
Sat 21 Shrewsbury Crits: Coombs 6th in the E/1/2
Sat 21 Mark Cavendish wins Milan - San Remo!!!
Sun 15 Thruxton Crits: Hill 7th in the 3/J
Sun 08 Thruxton Crits: Standen 4th, Pain 6th and Mattinson 13th in E/1/2
Sun 08 Thruxton Crits: Cook 7th and Packer 9th in 3/J
Sun 08 Jock Wadley: Coombs 23rd in the 90 mile E/1/2 road race in Essex
Sat 07 San Fairy Ann Spring Circuits: Coombs 4th in the E/1/2
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The race to the Sun, 8th - 15th. Information: SteepHill. |
February
Sat 28 Team Launch [More]
Sat 28 Upavon Winter Series: Cook 4th in the 3/4 and 3rd overall in series
Sat 21 Upavon Winter Series: Cook 8th in the 3/4
Sat 14 Upavon Winter Series: Cook 6th in the 3/4
Sun 08 Perfs Pedal Race: Cook 30th in the season opener for E/1/2/3s [More]
Wed 04 Great Britain's Mark Cavendish wins the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar
Mon 02 Great Britain's Roger Hammond wins first road stage of Tour of Qatar
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America's biggest stage race attracts many big names... Information: SteepHill, CyclingFans, Stages. |
January
Sat 31 Upavon Winter Series: Coombs 2nd in the E/1/2 and Hopkins 6th in the 3/4
Sat 24 Upavon Winter Series: Coombs 5th in the E/1/2 and Cook 10th in the 3/4
Thu 01 Happy New Year to everyone – here's to another great season!
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The first event of 2009 and Lance Armstrong's big comeback. Information: SteepHill. Videos: SBS. |
December
Fri 26 Imperial Winter Series: Coombs 6th in the E/1
October
Sun 05 Downton 2-Day: Mattinson wins road stage and Coombs 6th overall
September
Sun 28 Blenheim Palace Road Race: Coombs 9th in the Elite criterium
Sat 20 Shrewsbury Circuits: Coombs 3rd in the E/1/2 and claims Elite licence
Sat 13 Ilton Circuit Races: Coombs 5th in the E/1/2
Sat 06 Ilton Circuit Races: Coombs 6th in the E/1/2
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World Championships – 23rd - 28th September |
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Tour of Spain – 30th August - 21st September Information: SteepHill |
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Tour of Britain – 7th - 14th September Information: British Cycling, Cycling News. |
August
Sat 23 Eastridge NPS: Bernard 28th in the Sport race [More]
Mon 18 Upavon Summer Series: Coombs 3rd in the E/1/2
Sun 10 National Services Road Race: Mattinson is national champion [More]
Sun 03 Gateway to the Beacons: Biggs 11th on the mountainous course
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Beijing Olympics – 8th - 24th August Road Race: Sat 9th – 4:00am - 10:30am (BST) Time Trial: Wed 13th – 6:30am - 10:15am (BST) Photos: Preparations, Opening Ceremony, Wrap Up. |
July
Sun 27 Tour of the Black Mountains: Cook achieves gold standard [More]
Mon 21 Cotswold League: Willis 2nd and Smith 3rd at Aston Down [More]
Mon 21 Cotswold League: Green wins overall and VCM top team
Thu 17 Tour de France: Cavendish wins again!
Wed 16 Cotswold League: Mattinson 2nd and Packer 5th at Chedworth [More]
Mon 14 Upavon Summer Series: Coombs 7th and Mattinson 9th in the E/1/2
Sun 13 Oakley Village Races: Cook 2nd in the 4ths race (and moves up to 3rd category)
Wed 09 Tour de France: Britain's Mark Cavendish wins stage 5
Wed 09 Portsmouth Circuits: Coombs 5th in the E/1/2
Tue 08 Cotswold League: Mattinson 3rd and Green 4th at Liddington
Mon 07 Upavon Summer Series: Mattinson 2nd in the E/1/2
Sun 06 Ras de Cymru – Results and Reports: [More]
Sun 06 Premier Calendar: Coombs 32nd in the Blackpool Grand Prix [More]
Sun 06 Thruxton Circuits: Griffin 6th in the 3rds and Cook 4th in the 4ths [More]
Tue 01 Cotswold League: Green 5th and Packer 6th at Winchcombe [More]
Tue 01 CCRL Road Race [More]
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Tour de France – 5th - 27th July Information: SteepHill Photos: First Week, Conclusion. |
June
Sun 29 Stratford Road Race: Green 2nd and we win the best team prize [Photos]
Sun 29 Certini Tor 2 Day: Biggs 15th in the tough stage race in Devon
Sun 29 Cycle Kingdom Classic: Coombs 20th in the hilly elite race in Hampshire
Tue 24 Cotswold League: Green 6th and Griffin 7th at Staunton
Sat 21 Shrewsbury Circuit Races: Cleaver 4th in the 3/4 event
Thu 19 Milton Keynes: Coombs 3rd in the E/1/2
Thu 19 Exeter Wheelers Crits: Cleaver 7th in the regional race for 3/4s
Tue 17 Cotswold League: Green wins the opening round
Sun 15 Susies Crits: Hopkins 5th in another bunch sprint today
Sun 15 Jean Baker Memorial: Green 2nd as the tough race finishes in a bunch sprint
Sun 08 Kalas Sportswear 2 Day: Coombs 6th overall (including 5th on last road stage) in the tough Elite stage race
Sun 08 Banbury Road Race: Green 10th on the hilly circuit
Sun 01 Southern Divisional Championships: Coombs finishes a strong 9th
Sun 01 Cheltenham Open 25: Three of the team go under the hour [More]
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Le Dauphine Libere – 8th - 15th June This mini Tour de France, based around the Alps gives a good insight to those who've got the form for the real Tour in July. Information available at SteepHill |
May
Sun 25 Castle Coombe: Mattinson 3rd in the E/1/2 event
Thu 22 Milton Keynes Criterium: Coombs 5th in the E/1/2 event
Tue 20 Down Ampney: Mattinson wins the scratch group race [More]
Sun 18 Worcester Spring Road Race: Green 19th in the local E/1/2/3 event
Thu 15 Team Tor Circuit Races: Mattinson 4th in the E/1/2
Mon 12 Tour of Ireland Challenge: Booth 36th covering 500 miles in 4 days
Sat 10 Tour of the Milburys: Mattinson 7th overall (3rd on road stage)
Sun 04 Plan B Stage Race: Mattinson 4th overall (3rd stages 1 and 2) [More]
Thu 01 Castle Coombe: Mattinson 5th
Thu 01 Castle Coombe Summer series starts [More]
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Tour of Italy – 10th May - 1st June The first of the three Grand Tours. The 'alternative' Giro TV – and a very nice presenter! |
April
Sun 27 CiCLE Classic: Coombs lines up for Britain's Spring classic [More]
Sat 26 Milton Keynes (LVRC): Harrison 4th in the Cat-C (50-54)
Thu 24 Mallory Park: Coombs 7th in the E/1/2/3
Sun 20 Totnes - Vire: Coombs finishes 12th overall in the elite stage race in Devon
Wed 16 Britain's Mark Cavendish wins the pro race Scheldeprijs in Belgium
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Paris - Roubaix – Sunday 13th April A hard race across north-east France. Photos: Warming up for the big one. Photos: Another dry and dusty year. |
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Tour of Flanders – Sunday 6th April Perhaps the toughest one day professional race. |
March
Sun 30 LVRC: Harrison 12th at Pinvin
Sun 30 Sportives: Booth 35th home in the 100 mile Chesire Cat (~500 starters)
Sat 15 Paramount Circuit Races: Coombs wins the 1/2 race
Sun 09 Thruxton Circuit Races: Packer 6th and Griffin 8th
Sun 09 Bikeline 2 Day: Coombs places 29th on final stage
Sat 08 Roy Thame Cup & Spring Chicken: Mattinson 7th in the E/1/2 and Packer 4th in the 3/4 [More]
Fri 07 Cardiff Winter Series: Rawlings 3rd in 4ths and Mattinson 5th in 2/3
Sun 02 Severn Bridge Road Race: Mattinson is 21st on a tough windy course
Sat 01 Paramount Circuit Race: Coombs places 3rd in the 1/2 race
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The race to the Sun, 9th - 16th. Plenty of information available here. |
February
Tue 26 Team Launch Press Release [More]
Fri 22 Cardiff Winter Series: Mattinson and Brookhouse both get 2nd [More]
Wed 20 Team Launch – Monty's Cocktail Bar (George Hotel) – 7:30pm
Sat 16 Upavon Winter Series: Coombs places 4th and Mattinson 8th in the E/1/2 [More]
Fri 15 Cardiff Winter Series: Jones wins first race for team [More]
Tue 12 Britain's Steve Cummings wins stage 2 of the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria [More]
Sun 10 Perfs Pedal Race: Mattinson places in the top 20 [More]
Sat 09 Upavon Winter Series: Hopkins 2nd in 3/4 [More]
Sat 02 Upavon Winter Series: Coombs 7th in E/1/2 [More]
Sat 02 Training Weekend [More]
Crashing pro style at the recent Tour of Langkawi.
All you need at SteepHill and CyclingFans.
January
Sat 26 Upavon Winter Series: Mattinson 2nd in E/1/2 and 3rd-5th in the 3/4 [More]
Sat 19 Upavon Winter Series: Wayne Coombs places 6th in the E/1/2 race. [More]
We'll be having a team launch soon so check back for more information on the exact date and venue.
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The first ProTour event of 2008. Plenty of information available here. |
December
Thu 27 Colin's 10 Hills. Meet 9:30am at Upton-St-Leonards Church. Also a group will meet at 8:45am opposite Morgans in Montpellier.
Sun 23 Christmas Social, 3:00pm. Venue TBA.
Wed 19 Christmas Carols, King's Head, Withington. [More]
November
Sun 04 Cheltenham & County's winter training rides start.
EICMA: Some nice bling from the Milan bike show.
October
Thu 25 The 2008 Tour de France route is announced. More info here.
Sat 20 Cunego wins Tour of Lombardy.
The clothing order will be placed on the 29th so please let us know your sizes.