Conquista - The Cycling Quarterly Magazine - Issue 16

In this issue

Conquista 16 is here. And it’s more Conquista than ever.

Will a new generation of bright young things leave Thibaut Pinot in its shade – or set the real, gloriously imperfect Thibaut free? Tom Owen provides the analysis in Pinot Noir.

We investigate the Vuelta a España from a variety of perspectives: Suze Clemitson digs deep into the history of the Grand Tour más grande in The Propaganda Peloton; With Spain ravaged by civil war, the 1941 edition of the Vuelta gets underway. Marcos Pereda tells its strange story in A Forgotten Race; Holly Blades asks: who are the conquistadores of the Tour of Spain in Vamos, La Vuelta.

John Houlding created Liverpool FC and was president of the Anfield Bicycle Club, which has been holding the Anfield 100 time trial since 1889. We took on the challenge of this historic race, but things did not go entirely to plan. Read all about it in Unfinished Business.

Twice a cancer survivor and almost killed by a speeding truck in America, in 2015 James Golding attempted to break the Guinness Seven Day World Record – but was foiled by an injured knee. This year he was back. We went along for the ride: find out what happened in Seven Daze.

He turned down a ride in The Tour and has been fitting boilers (almost) ever since. Russell Jones meets Chris Lillywhite, who tells him all about Plying A Trade.

The TransAtlantic Way Race covers 2,500km, taking participants from Dublin to Derry along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, and finishing outside Cork. Photographer Rich Marshall gives us a fascinating insight in Where The Wild Things Are.

The Red Hook Crit came back to Greenwich for RHC London No. 3. It rained. It didn’t matter. Photographer Paul Davy was there to capture all the atmosphere and action.

Elsewhere, Club Coach Geraint Parry dissects the descending technique of Louis Meintjes – and doesn’t much like what he sees. We get exclusive Briefings from The Peloton Brief, and Tom Owen rounds things off with a Postcard from Liberia.