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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British women’s team Hess Cycling collapsesSquad backed by London-based Swiss businessman has ceased operating “with immediate effect”
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Visma-Lease a Bike suffer mass bike theft at Vuelta a EspañaPolice launch investigation as up to 18 bikes reportedly stolen from Turin hotel over night
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João Almeida wins Tour de Suisse stage 7 in GC favourites sprintUAE Team Emirates-XRG rider keeps GC hopes alive but yellow jersey wearer Kévin Vauquelin remains favourite to score overall victory
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Tadej Pogačar and Urška Žigart to star in children’s picture bookSlovenian cycling power couple will take on elves, giants and dragons in pictorial adventure
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‘This rule endangers cyclists’ - peloton hits out at UCI minimum handlebar widthPro women's union The Cyclists Alliance joins chorus of disapproval of 40cm handlebar width rule unveiled earlier this month.
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'Giro d'Italia win is the defining moment of my career' - Simon Yates turns his Grand Tour fortune around with historic winThrough illness, injury, and bad luck, the Visma-Lease a Bike rider kept patient, waiting for the moment to make history
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Simon Yates wins Giro d'Italia as Olav Kooij triumphs in Rome sprintLancastrian wraps up pink jersey victory for Visma-Lease a Bike as the team also claims the stage
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British teenager claims first pro GC win in style at Tour of NorwayVisma-Lease a Bike rider Matthew Brennan won two of the four stages
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Lotte Kopecky powers to historic third Tour of Flanders winWorld Champion sees off challenge from Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Liane Lippert
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Tadej Pogačar wins Tour of Flanders soloMathieu van der Poel and Wout Van Aert battled valiantly but were eventually distanced
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Defending Tour of Flanders champion Elisa Longo Borghini crashes outPuck Pieterse, Simone Boilard and Martina Alzini were also brought down with the Italian champion
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Primož Roglič halves Ben O’Connor’s Vuelta a España lead as Michael Woods wins stage 13Wout van Aert takes a clear lead in the king of the mountains competition
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All out bling or subtle touches? The best custom bikes of the Vuelta a EspañaSubtle touches for race leader Ben O'Connor but bold colours for Irish Champion Darren Rafferty
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Evans Cycles opens first of two huge new stores after posting £23m lossBristol store will reward first 150 customers with prizes
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'I broke my collarbone and bought a Lego Millienium Falcon': The cyclists who love building blocksEver wondered what the pros do to wind down? We look at why Lego has clicked with cycling's movers and shakers
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A love letter to inner tubesThere's a simple beauty to this tyre inflation option that's been around for over 100 years
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Bradley Wiggins at risk of bankruptcy as near £1m claim remains unpaidLiquidators of Wiggins’s company are selling the rights to the Bradley Wiggins name
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Opinion: Jumbo boss’s Saudi-backed revolution might just succeed where others failedMany have failed to modernise pro cycling but perhaps big enough backing can make it happen
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A love letter to my Castelli Gabba jacketThe Gabba is the holy grail of cycling kit. That's why I have three
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Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles pauses invoice payments and cancels orders as insolvency loomsOnline retailer has seen its parent company hit with funding cuts earlier in the week
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Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles parent suffers major financial blow as €150m financing axedCompany says it was relying on the financing to continue as a going concern
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Valteri Bottas and Tiffany Cromwell won't be troubling the Oscars with their race promo videoF1 star dons a pair of budgie smugglers to sell tickets to Radl Grvl
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'Just a bad day for Remco': Evenepoel's Vuelta a España challenge crumbles in the PyreneesBelgian finds himself distanced with 90km in the Pyrenees left to race
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Jonas Vingegaard wins atop Col du Tourmalet as Sepp Kuss keeps Vuelta a España leadJumbo-Visma tighten their grip on the race as Tour de France champion lifts himself into contention
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