About us

Kudo Coach was founded by friends Steve Vangasse and Oli Beckingsale. With a shared passion for cycling and sports science, they each bring complimentary skills and experience to create an app with a whole new approach to training.

Steve Vangasse - Founder

Steve has been racing bikes of one sort or another for over 30 years. He started out racing mountain bikes as a teenager alongside Oli (Oli was much faster!) in the Welsh mountain bike series and has been training for and racing at all sorts of events since. Steve has completed 4 Etape du Tours in the French Alps and Pyrenees, along with sportives and mountain bike events all over the UK. With a track record building and scaling software startups, Steve handles the tech side of the business.

Oli Beckingsale - Founder

Three time Olympian, Commonwealth Silver Medalist, 17 time UK National Champion. Professional Cyclist for 16 years in cross country MTB, road and Cyclo-cross, Oli has been coaching professionally since 2012 with cyclists of all disciplines and all levels. Oli takes care of the training, coaching and sports science side of Kudo Coach.