The UK domestic road calendar kicked off in big style this weekend with the first of the Premier Calendar races, the two-day Tour of the Reservoir, and the second National Women’s Series Cheshire Classic Road Race. Biketreks Racing Academy riders were also in action at Saltayre and at the Out of the Saddle Spring Series...
Jacob Kelly reports from a weekend spent with the West Midlands division getting a taste for road racing French and Belgian style: France: A couple of Fridays ago saw 6 West Mids boys, including myself, head down to Dover to get the ferry to france! Staying in Ardes, we were racing in Guines on the...
The season is now really starting to crank up, despite the apparent quiet on here recently (although how busy it’s been might have something to do with it). This weekend the team were in action across the country with Fabio and Jacob racing in the junior series at Hog Hill, the women’s squad racing in...
The Cheshire Classic women’s road race comes to Northwich on the 28th of April. The race happens round a 7.7km course on the outskirts of Northwich, featuring the legendary “Cliff” up Acton Lane. Race starts at 10am with the riders completing 10 laps. The race has a long standing history, having been organised by Northwich-based...
Close to the Slovakian border in Czech Republic, in a little village called Slavičín, lies one of the biggest wheel and rim manufacturers in Europe for big names such as Mavic; the Remerx Factory. Team sponsor Milan Sihelsky of Sihel Cycling, a UK distributor of Remerx wheels, visits the factory which has 21 years of...
Tom Bracegirdle has brought in Biketreks Racing Academy’s first win of 2013, riding his Remerx shod Specialized, supplied by Biketreks Ltd to victory at the first round of the Litherland Crit Series. Tom says… “I’m delighted to pick up my first win of the year and the team’s first win of the season. It was...
After an all out effort at the Ras Mumhan last weekend, it was back to racing on the mainland for the riders of the Biketreks Racing Academy this weekend. The girls squad were up in Scotland at the first round of the National Women’s Series, the Perth 2 day, whilst the juniors began their season at...
The Biketreks Racing Academy scored their first major result of 2013 at the Kerry Group Ras Mumhan when the team steered Mike Ashurst to third overall on the General Classification and the team as a whole into the top ten overall. Held on Easter weekend over 4 stages on some of Irelands toughest roads, the...
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Mar 31, 2013 • Epic day. Epic performances. Wet,Windy, Cold. Exposed. Cold. Sharp hard climbs. All riders pulled a massive performance, rode like two teams, stuck to the plan and at the end of it LegoMan Mike finished fourth on the Stage and climbed up to Third in the General Classification. Suffice to say we’re all very proud...
With many of the team away at the Ras Mumhan and several other of the team’s targets cancelled, Jacob Kelly reports from the Elite/1/2/3 race at Shrewsbury: With a strong field including Luke Mellor of Rapha Condor JLT and Liam Holohan of Madison Genesis, I had my work cut out. I settled quickly into the...
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Mar 30, 2013 • Today saw the yellow jersey changing hands between Damien Shaw to Harry Sweering (West Fresia) where a 5 man break formed just before the ascent of the Healy Pass (Cat 1) and second major climb of the day. The Biketreks riders have had a share of bad luck today with a number of crashes and punctures....
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Mar 29, 2013 • Strong ride by Mike “LegoMan” Ashurst who finished 4th at the issue of the 1st Stage in Killorgin of Ras Mumhan. Stage won by Damien Shaw (Aquablue). 193 Starters for Stage 1 of Ras Mumham, 110k with some undulating terrain, about 5 degrees C and strong winds. Of the Biketreks team, Mike Ashurst, James Dunlop,...
