Vern Pitt
Having trained as a journalist at Cardiff University I spent eight years working as a business journalist covering everything from social care, to construction to the legal profession and riding my bike at the weekends and evenings. When a friend told me Cycling Weekly was looking for a news editor, I didn't give myself much chance of landing the role, but I did and joined the publication in 2016. Since then I've covered Tours de France, World Championships, hour records, spring classics and races in the Middle East. On top of that, since becoming features editor in 2017 I've also been lucky enough to get myself sent to ride my bike for magazine pieces in Portugal and across the UK. They've all been fun but I have an enduring passion for covering the national track championships. It might not be the most glamorous but it's got a real community feeling to it.
Latest articles by Vern Pitt
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People who commute to work by bike should get £250 tax break, says British Cycling
British Cycling to lobby government with proposal to give cycle commuters a tax break, a move that has the backing of Chris Boardman and Dame Sarah Storey
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To mark a decade of National Park status, I rode the entire 164km route of the South Downs
Before lockdown, Vern Pitt rode the entire route from one end to the other to mark 10 years of the South Downs National Park
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Bradley Wiggins says he's not aiming to become like Dave Brailsford after he retires
Bradley Wiggins is looking to develop young riders after he calls time on his career, but says he doesn't want to take up a role like Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford
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Condor Potenza review
Condor Potenza is the more wallet friendly option from the London based brand but offer the same great riding ability
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British champion Connor Swift to stay at Madison Genesis in 2019
Continental-level squad strengthens its roster with signings from JLT-Condor and Team Wiggins
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Tougher than Everesting: I rode up Box Hill 91 times
To highlight the shocking statistics on men’s mental health, Chris Hall rode down, and up, Box Hill 91 times. He tells Vern Pitt how it went
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Tom Dumoulin: 'I always keep a little bit of faith that I can still win the Tour de France'
Sunweb look to shake up the general classification on Friday’s mountain stage
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Yorkshire named as host of 2019 UCI Road World Championships
Yorkshire will host the UCI road World Championships in 2019, the UCI announced on Wednesday in Doha
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Team Ineos haven't ruled out setting up women's squad
Team Ineos principal Sir Dave Brailsford hasn’t ruled out starting a women’s team now the squad has the backing of Britain’s richest man.
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Huge roadside support a major factor in securing 2019 World Championships for Yorkshire
An expected high turnout of spectators on the roadside was one of the key factors of securing the Worlds for Yorkshire ahead of its rivals
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Lawyers will have to green light any Jess Varnish return to Great Britain track team
British Cycling performance director Stephen Park says he and Jess Varnish have had a 'great positive conversation' about a potential return for the track sprinter
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Mark Cavendish: Caleb Ewan was the strongest today
Abu Dhabi Tour race leader and stage one winner Mark Cavendish pays tribute to Caleb Ewan's sprint on stage two, despite being pipped on the line by Marcel Kittel
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British Cycling appoints Frank Slevin as its independent chairman
The House of Fraser executive chairman will head up the BC board, replacing Jonathan Browning
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'You have to be smart & you have to be strong, you can’t be one or the other': Why 2018 was Katie Archibald's year
As well as penning a weekly CW column, Archibald has also found the time this year to etch her name onto the list of British cycling greats
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Straight to the front: Anna Shackley's whirlwind year
Nineteen-year-old Scot Anna Shackley had never raced a pro race until this year’s World Championship road race, but as Vern Pitt finds out, there’s no way it’ll be her last
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Jess Varnish still battling to get full report into sexism complaints from British Cycling
Track sprinter’s lawyer blasts lack of transparency at governing body
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Is this Britain's smoothest road?
A new high-tech road surface in Oxfordshire could herald a cycling revolution, we rode it to find out more
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Elinor Barker: ‘I’m close to the form of my life’
Elinor Barker showed she is “pretty close” to the form of her life entering the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, as she claimed Britain’s only gold of the track World Championships in Berlin.
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Chloe Dygert: ‘My goal is to go under 3.10 in the individual pursuit’
American beat German Lisa Brennauer in the world championship final
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John Archibald on making his WorldTour debut at 30
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Maxxis High Road tyres review
Maxxis High Road tyres are the latest high end road tyres on the market developed throughout 2018 with UK based team Canyon Eisberg
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Top Fun - Racing jets around the Mach Loop
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'The last real TT I did was when I was a junior': Mathieu van der Poel surprises himself with Tour of Britain time trial performance
Young Dutchman retook the overall lead after finishing sixth
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Made In Italy: The companies that keep Italy in a league of its own
When it comes to pioneers of quality cycling gear, Italy has been and still is in a league of its own at the forefront of the industry
By Vern Pitt Published