In this issue

A RIDE WITH: LIZZIE DEIGNAN - We take to the roads of Otley with our guest editor, on one of her favourite training loops.

PHIL WEST - Guest editor Lizzie Deignan interviews Team DSM’s sports director on his life in cycling.

Summit Ambition

With nine summit finishes and a testing third week, is the Vuelta the year's toughest grand tour, once again?

3 mins

ZDENĔK ŠTYBAR

The Quick-Step Floors' Classics specialist on cars, climbs and Belgian fans

3 mins

Mathieu Burgaudeau

The French teenager at Vendée U has already caught the eye of Direct Énergie

2 mins

Jasper Philipsen

The 19-year-old Belgian won six races in his first year at U23 level, including a stage of the Baby Giro Six wins. That sounds impressive. 

2 mins

Richie Porte

The 2017 Pre-Tour favourite recalls the journey back to racing after his stage 9 horror crash

3 mins

Greg Van Avermaet - On Top Of The World

The 2017 season saw Greg Van Avermaet finally clinch a debut monument, amid a run of major spring wins that helped propel him to the top of the WorldTour ranking. Procycling met the Belgian Classics king at his home to find out what's next.

10+ mins

Down Under UPS Its Game

What to expect from the Australian WorldTour season opener

3 mins

Ryan Mullen

Trek's new Irish TT specialist on why the café run should be a bike-talk free zone

2 mins

Dani Rowe

The Olympic gold medallist on how the track has influenced her road racing

3 mins

Danny Van Poppel

Lot toNL's Dutch sprinter on his best and worst grand tours and crashing on the cobbles

3 mins

The Bardet Mystery

Libération journalist Pierre Carrey explains how Romain Bardet is perceived in his home nation.

6 mins

Cycling Is Religion

A cycling museum in Belgium is currently hosting an exhibition that explores the links between the sport and Roman Catholicism. There are more than you might think

7 mins

Let Me Entertain You

The 2018 Tour route has twists and surprises aplenty as organisers try to ignite the race

3 mins

Tom Pidcock

Telenet-Fidea Lions

2 mins

Simon Geschke

The German Sunweb rider reflects on a career spent entirely on one team 

3 mins

The Road Captain Samuel Dumoulin

Samuel Dumoulin has been competing since the age of five. At age 37 he’s still going strong and riding for Ag2r La Mondiale, despite a setback with a bad crash this year. He tells Procycling what keeps him fighting

7 mins

Thomas De Gendt

Lotto-Soudal

2 mins

Lachlan Morton

The Dimension Data climber reveals a curious hidden talent and a penchant for long distances

2 mins

Larry Warbasse

The Aqua Blue rider had hunted his first pro win for over four years - then two came at once

3 mins

The One

Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria is the most exciting young talent in cycling today. His exploits are legendary: at 20 he beat Cavendish twice in one race; he won Paris-Tours with a 700-metre sprint; he won four stages at his Giro debut this year. Procycling asks Gaviria just what he is going to achieve in cycling?

10 mins

Jens Voigt

Jens reflects on the hardest thing about being a pro: time spent away from loved ones 

3 mins

Free From Distractions

Girona might be the Spanish hub for Anglo-Saxon riders, but Cannondale’s new pro Hugh Carthy has carved out a life for himself in Pamplona. Procycling meets a young man with a strong sense of identity.

10+ mins

Orica Scott Talent

From humble beginnings picking at sprint stages and TTs, to taking on the world’s best in Grand Tours with young GC riders who were built, not bought, Orica-Scott has come a long way in a short time.

10+ mins

Worlds Come To Bergen

Procycling previews the upcoming Worlds Week in Bergen, between 16 and 24 September

3 mins

Thomas De Gendt- Lotto Soudal

Another month, another Grand Tour.

2 mins

UCI Under the Hammer

The expanded WorldTour has had highs and lows, but are we any closer to a coherent race calendar?

3 mins

Cipollini NK1K

The famously flamboyant Italian sprinter’s bike brand has a new flagship. Is it a winner or all show and no go? Procycling’s Jamie Wilkins thrashed it to find out

6 mins

Suisse Miss

The Tour de Suisse’s beauty hides the fact the race is suffering from an identity crisis 

3 mins

Alone On A Mountain

JEREMY WHITTLE The Tour is ignoring the 50th anniversary of Tom Simpson's death

3 mins

The Other Yellow Jersey

Almost fifty years on from the Tom Simpson tragedy in the 1967 Tour de France, the unheralded overall winner of that race passed away. Procycling examines the life and times of  Roger Pingeon, the forgotten Maillot Jaune 

10 mins

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Procycling Magazine Description:

Procycling is the monthly magazine that takes readers inside the world’s toughest sport – professional road racing. From the mud and rain of the spring Classics through to annual summer spectacular of the Tour de France, the magazine combines thoughtful, probing sports journalism and insightful interviews with incredible sports photography. The rich, often scandalous history of cycle sport and its high tech future also feature in a magazine that’s a must for every follower of the grand tours and the peloton.