With her Winter training well under way, TORQ-fuelled track cyclist Jan Birkmyre tells us about her focus for the 2015 season…

 

According to research, just 8% of us will keep our New Year’s resolutions, so I have avoided even the suggestion of failure by not making any … and I have to tell you, I really recommend it, it feels good!  

Jan Birkmyre reports from a week of racing at the World Masters Track Championships, where 420 riders from 33 different nations set out to win the opportunity to wear the coveted rainbow stripes…

 

It’s hard to believe that only four weeks have passed since my week at the World Masters Track Championships (which marked the end of my race season), as so much has happened in that time: I have done countless loads of laundry, been ill (and happily got well again), had a week’s holiday and almost caught up on the work that I thought I could do between races up in Manchester (when will I ever learn?). 

I set out with the intention of finding a team that would take the title and set a new World Masters’ Record, which sounded straight forward enough…

Most people who have watched team pursuiting will have seen only the very best in the world aplying their trade.  

Seb Batchelor of Fluid Fin Race Team reports on the final round of the Taça de Portugal in Seia, where brilliant riding by the team resulted in another podium finish to round out the 2014 season…

To round out the 2014 season we opted for the seemingly always good courses of Portugal. 

After completing his recent epic Ultra Endurance cycling challenge ‘The Road 2 Mt Blanc’, a 1000km non-stop ride, taking in some of Europe’s biggest Alpine climbs. 

Fluid Fin Race Team take on two consecutive days of racing on Salamina Island, on different tracks, and hit the podium twice. 

My final hurrah at this level of racing, as I get to ride with some of the very best female track cyclists in the world, in a race that has been good to me in the past. 

Hamish Batchelor of Fluid Fin Race Team reports on the Taça de Portugal, Oliveira De Azemeis, where conditions started dry and dusty but finished wet and sloppy…

On completion of our mini Scandinavia tour, we gave ourselves a weekend off to recover before flying out to Porto for the C1 Taça de Portugal in Oliveira De Azemeis. 

TORQ-Fuelled ultra endurance cyclist, Mike Cotty, has been up to his old tricks, pushing the boundaries of human endurance. 

Fluid Fin Race Team continue their tour of Scandinavia, racing the Korso XCO in Finland and finishing up at the SRAM Liga in Kolding, Denmark. 

The final round of the National Series took place at Palmer Park, with some great racing all across the five disciplines that make up an omnium. 

The final round of the National Series took place at Palmer Park, with some great racing all across the five disciplines that make up an omnium.