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Happy birthday GG!! From all at ELV.

ELV made the second of our series of winter visits to Calshot on 21st November. It was a great day out with everybody making progress on the boards. Apart from ELV bus karaoke, directed by Mick French, the highlight was the flying lap. Will Holyman came out on top, showing not only the ELV seniors [...]

An eventful day out in Audley End, produced some very good rides from numerous ELV riders.
A full report from TT Captain Simon will follow.
After the ride several ELV riders took part in a new and exciting event which will be included in the upcoming club champs. TT Supremo Simon Bateson hid his car keys in [...]

E/1/2 National B     28 riders
1    Jason White    Cycling Bargains
2    Rob Jackson    Team Toachin
3    Ashley Cox    Beds RC
4    Ian Franklin    BMC UK RT
5    Dan Patten    Maximas Coffee
6    Matt Carden    Team Quest
7    Darren Barclay    Arctic RT
8    Richard Da Silver    Stevenage CC
9    Andy Sanders    Ciclos Uno
10    Roger Browne    Bee Line RT
11    Phil Hersey    Eagle RC
12    Andy Hastings    [...]

At the Redbridge CC Regional A Road Race, East London Vélo put up its strongest riders, but we faced a daunting field packed with the strong men from all across the ERRL, and strengthened further with reserves called in from Central and South-Eastern regions.
This race called for a little imagination in the planning.  Our highest [...]

ELV riders came home from the last night of the Hog Hill Tuesday Tens Club with a total of 6 prizes. Riders had to compete on at least 6 of the 11 Tuesdays to qualify for the series prizes.
Adam French - 1st Junior
Anna Grundy - 1st Lady
Michael Rolfe - 2nd Vet
James Cocker - 2nd Senior
Dave Bamford [...]

The Prologue edition of the Club 10 on 3 July gave us the chance to celebrate the Tour de France. A sublime summer evening called forth really competitive rides and eye-catching times for the single five mile lap.
None of this was more memorable than the beautiful picnic that followed. Craig, Riba, it [...]

ELV Road Race Captain Graham Galvin won the ERRL Finchley Road Race today, which capped a great team performance.
Galvin delivered the coup de grâce with 15 miles to go, breaking from the bunch and taking one rider with him. He duly powered to the finish and took the sprint by 3 bike lengths.
More to [...]

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East London Vélo Road Race – 21 June Regional A – Birds Green Circuit
A full field of 70 riders set off on a dry yet cool midsummer’s day for over 70 miles racing on the undulating Birds Green course in Essex.
It didn’t take long for the action to start with [...]

Imperious   
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James Cocker and Wayne Crombie on their way to winning the Abberton Road Race (ERRL) on 7 June. Guile and race-wit opened the way to a demonstration of peerless strength and aggression: the ELV pair pulled out an emphatic lead of almost two minutes. We congratulate them - [...]

ELV rider Jonathon “Tommy” Tomlinson took a fantastic victory in the Ken Wright Memorial Road Race on Sunday.

© Martin Orpen
Jason Jeffers also managed a fantastic result picking up third in the bunch sprint and finishing 4th overall.
The team also rode fantastically to play there part in the victory. Well done Tommy!
Full Results here.

4 stalwart members of ELV went to take part in the Ronde Van Vlaanderen sportive over the weekend. Peter, Tommy, Murdo and Leon
Thanks to the hard efforts made by Rob Windsor getting the kit ready for distribution on thursday, Peter and Leon were able to test run the new ELV kit. Testament to how striking [...]

Report by our Time Trial Captain Simon Gent - Some more pictures from the day can be found in the Gallery
Of the eleven who signed up to ride this event, we managed nine to ride on the day (bad luck Dave Bamford regarding your Achilles and good to hear it’s on the mend).
The entire course [...]

14th February 2009
Updated series standing available here
We are very sorry to have to announce that East London Vélo’s Ruth Middleton came off her bike in the tenth race of the series.  She has broken her collar bone and so will be unable to ride again for several weeks.
Ruth, however has been crowned as the Winter [...]

The 2009 East London Vélo membership form is now available for download. It can either be filled in and returned by email to our membership secretary Leon (the chap in the middle, below) or you can print the form and post it back. All the relevant details are on the form, but if you do have any [...]

Hog Hill earlier this week.

From 9.30am this Saturday (24th January) we will be holding youth spinning and turbo training sessions at Hog Hill. All youth members and non-members are welcome. Please contact Leslie for more Information.

Proving it’s not just bikes that our members like to compete on. Youth Members Zoey and Armanni both qualified to represent the Essex County Schools at the National Inter Counties Cross Country Championships in Leicester in March. Both ran solid races to qualify in tough fields.
We will keep you updated as to how they get [...]

Hog Hill Winter Series 6 - 17th January 2009
Well done to each of the 100 riders that raced today.
Updated series standings are available here for download.
More pictures can be found in the gallery.
The race was run in an anticlockwise direction. The Regional C+, B and Womens races used the hairpin bends, and the National B [...]

Flavio Zappi takes the win. Full report to follow.

A 3 man break has developed with a 30 second lead.

As it happens!!

Earlier this week, East London Vélo Youth Members Bea Windsor, Sam Harmon, Ashraf Ali Mahmood, Michael Peat all collected their boxed gold medallions for the Jack Petchey Achievement Awards, at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch.
Each rider achieved some fantastic individual goals in 2008 and their achievements are listed below.
Sam Harmon, Completing the C2C ride to [...]

Science in Sport (SIS) are kindly providing all riders entering Round 6 of the Hog Hill Winter Series on Saturday 17th January, with a complimentary energy drink and gel. For more information on their products please visit Science in Sport.

In the U16 Category ‘A’ race held at Hog Hill, Ed Bird of East London Vélo, took 1st place with Simon Alexander (Southend Wheelers) and Daniel Young (Glendene CC) 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Bea Windsor, Matthew Mannix and Simon Bird all of East London Vélo, also placed well in their respective races. Well done guys!
Results
Youth- Ability [...]