29/09/08
- The 1st Preston Grand Prix was a huge success.
It was a full
day of events with the Preston Run in the morning and the Cycle Race
in the afternoon. Ian Wilkinson took another win in the elite race.
Click here for race results.
16/09/08
- The Glasgow to Edinburgh Pedal for Scotland Event was extremely successful
with around 5800 riders taking part.
1/09/08
- The Salford Nocturne was a massive success and
attended by Olympic riders Chris Hoy ,Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy.
Ian Wilkinson was the Elite Race Winner and attending crowds were in
the region of 5000. Results.
28/08/08
- This Saturday 30th August is the Salford Nocturne
Event with Olympic riders Chris Hoy ,Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy taking
part. Click here for event
details.
21/08/08
- Olympic Congratulations to the GB Cycling Team
PRESS
RELEASE
VICTORIOUS
OLYMPIC RIDERS WELCOME NEWS TO LOCAL PEOPLE
As
the country celebrates the fantastic winning British Olympic Racing
Team in Beijing, people in the North West of England will be particularly
interested in the team's success.
For,
many members of the team have raced in a variety of cycling events in
the region.
Chris
Newton, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins have all taken part in the
Colne Grand Prix and the gruelling 84-mile Tour of Pendle races in recent
years, whilst triple gold-medallist Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton
raced against each other in a special sprint competition in Barnoldswick
as part of the Pendle Cycle Fest.
Steven
Burke from Colne, who collected a tremendous bronze in his first Olympics,
has always been a good supporter of the local festival too.
Organisers
of these events, Pennine Events Limited, based in Barnoldswick and Wigan,
have added their ‘congratulations' to the GB cycling team for its success
in China.
Mark
Sandamas, Director of Pennine Events, said: “These riders have done
so much over the last few years to ignite people's interested in the
sport of cycling and road racing in the North West that I am sure people
in the region will feel particularly pleased that the GB Team has done
so well in the Olympic Games.
“It's
a marvellous spectacle and I am sure the success of these riders will
encourage more people from our region to take up cycling and enjoy its
many benefits.”
Pennine
Events is one of the North of England's leading organisers of cycling
events and works with British Cycling, the UK's governing body for road
racing, to organise the latter's events such as The Colne Grand Prix
and Tour of Pendle.
This
summer, Pennine Events again organised a series of spectacular cycling
events in Pendle and Ribble Valley, called Pendle Bike Fest, where people
from the region not only watched some of the country's best riders but
also got a chance to try out cycling in events such as the sportive
Pendle Pedal or at Pendle Cycle Show at Rolls Royce Sports Ground in
Barnoldswick.
Pennine
Events is currently organising Pedal for Scotland – Scotland's biggest
bike ride involving more than 4,500 riders, many of whom are riding
for charity. The event takes place on 14 th September and participants
ride between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The
company which specialises in organising sports, leisure, and health
events, is also currently busy with a number of cycle road shows across
the country and the City of Preston Grand Prix on 28 th September.
10/08/08
- A wet start to the Tour of Pendle but produced an excellent Tour being
won by Rob Hayles with Russell Downing 2nd. Race
Report
03/08/08
- Yesterdays Pendle Pedal was a great success and enjoyed by all. With
just under 500 participants taking part in the event and the return
of the cycle show , riders commentated on how well organised the day
was and they enjoyed what they thought was "the best sportive in
the country". 160
km results.100km results.Photos
24/07/08
- Last night was another excellent race around Blackburn Town Centre.
The support race was won by Simon Yates and the elite race was won by
Tony Gibb. Race
Results
22/07/08
- Tomorrow will see the start of the Blackburn Grand Prix where Ian
Wilkinson will be hoping to give a repeat performance of the Colne Grand
Prix. Demonstrations will start at 5.30pm and racing starting
from 7.00pm. Riders List
17/07/08
- Last nights Colne Grand Prix was an excellent event with a large crowd
turn out to watch some of the best riders in the country. The support
race was won by Simon Adams and the Elite Race was won by local rider
Ian wilkinson. The
full report.
15/07/08
- Tomorrow sees the start of the Colne Grand prix with elite riders
from around the country taking part.more
info
12/07/08
- An excellent days racing took part today at the new MTB Track in Lee
Quarry, Bacup as over 80 Competitors took part in various categories
including round 3 of the British Trials.
All comments
about the new track were very positive.
7/07/08
- The Liverpool Chester Bike Ride was another Great Success with over
2000 cyclists taking part. Photo
Gallery
5/07/08
- The Blackburn Grand Prix Cylcle Race is getting closer. For more info
and entrant details click here
5/07/08
- Entries are still avaiable on the day for the Liverpool Chester Bike
Ride. Registration will be open from 7.30 am at the Queensway tunnel
entrance.For more info call 07931 765308
17/06/08
- Sundays Under and Over the Mersey event was a great success with around
15000 people taking part. The walk through the Queensway tunnel in liverpool
started with a vintage vehicle parade before the first walkers entered
the tunnel at 11:00am led by Phil Redmond (Ambassador for Liverpool
Capital of Culture) and Councellor Mark Dowd.
