After a break from racing that allowed for some time to get back to training, Tom travelled out to race the UCI Class 1 Taça de Portugal, this time without Seb, who decided to stay at home to hone the form a little more before returning to racing. 

Mel has put in some stunning rides this year in the lead up to the National 10m TT, but sometimes things just don’t come right on the day …

In the eight years that have past since doing any serious time trialling, the competition has become fierce in women’s racing with PB’s tumbling down all aided by the introduction of power meters, faster equipment, better aerodynamics and more intelligent training.  

After almost two months of missed training, following a stroke diagnosed in June, Louise dives in at the deep end with the Scottish Track Championships…

So after all my bad news and not being able to do any proper training for the best part of seven weeks, I made the ridiculous decision to ride the Scottish Track Champs.  

Jan tells us about the racing in the fifth and penultimate round of the National Series, as it heads north over the border into Scotland…

If the British are preoccupied with the weather – and apparently 70 per cent of us check the weather forecast at least once a day – then British track cyclists are totally weather obsessed.  

Mel coaxes (or should that be dupes?) 

After setting a new PB and winning four silver medals at the Masters National Track Champs in Newport, Lou heads home to Edinburgh, but ends up in Gloucester hospital instead…

On the Sunday afternoon, having won my fourth silver medal at the Masters National Track Championships, I decided to head home to Edinburgh rather than race the points race.  

Louise Haston digs really deep and performs incredibly well at the Masters National Track Championships despite feeling (and subsequently confirmed she was) very ill indeed…

Training had been going really well leading up to the Masters, we had a trial run at one of the Scottish Cycling sessions the week before and I managed two personal bests, one in the flying 200TT and one in the 500TT, so the indications were excellent and I was really looking forward to the Masters National Track Champs in Newport. 

TORQ Fuelled Mountain Bike Marathon racer Sally Bigham heads to the USA for her 4th Leadville 100, the infamous 100 Mile, high altitude mountain bike race. 

Our TORQ Track Team Manager Jan reports from sunny Reading, after racing the fourth Omnium in the National Series for 2015…

Pictures courtesy of Jun Aishima – full set available here

There are many reasons why this Series is such fun and the Fourth round of the 2015 Series, in Reading, was a great reminder that there are some fantastic people within the cycling community and I feel lucky to enjoy some great friendships through my sport. 

Jan rides at the Reading Grand Prix, which is the perfect warm up for the National Derny Champs…

The Reading GP has established itself as a high profile event in the domestic calendar, with a round of the National Sprinters League and the National Endurance League, alongside a well-timed warm up for the Elite National Derny Championships for women. 

The 2015 British National XCO Championships were held on the purpose built track at Hadleigh Park on the Thames Estuary, site of the London Olympics. 

Mel Sneddon enjoys the thrill of the chase at the National Masters Track Championships and shares her belief that women’s racing seems to be on the resurgence…

The opportunity to race at the National Masters Track Championships is one of the reasons I returned to cycling, after nearly eight years.