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CYCLING WEEKLY
JUST ADD CARBS AND WATER...
If you want the best output from your legs, you need the best input in terms of your fuelling – but how exactly? Deena Blacking finds out
10+ min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
First blood, second chance
Refusing to let the health jeopardy of a serious blood condition hold her back, Sonia Chane-Sam found support and succour in cycling
5 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Ineos left trailing in Pogačar's wake
Hopes founder for British team as bad luck combined with a rampaging defending champion reduce them to a supporting role, Peter Cossins reports
6 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Fred Wright Tour diary
The Bahrain Victorious debutant reflects on a tough week at the Tour
3 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Gibson and King win as Circuit Series returns
Top-tier crit racing proves a spectacle worth waiting for as town-center drama resumes at the Otley GP
3 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
THE US CAVALRY
Several of this year’s Tour de France favourites are drawing on the support of good old Uncle Sam in their quest for yellow. Paul Knott gets to know the helpers from the home of the brave
6 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
ALPECIN'S WONDERFUL WILD CARD WEEK
Two-stage wins and six days in yellow was quite a return for Alpecin-Fenix, a team that began at the very bottom rung of Belgian cycling in 2008 but showed it can compete with and beat the world’s best in the Tour’s opening week
8 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
All hail the king of the sprinters
Cavendish’s peers and rivals pay tribute to the sprinter as he takes his Tour-winning total to 32
4 min |
July 08, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Is Tubeless Really Ready For The Road?
Self-sealing tyre tech has failed to gain traction in the road market – Stefan Abram finds out why
5 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
TOUR IN REVIEW
An action-packed Grand Départ has laid the foundations for a classic edition of the Tour
4 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
THE HUB
All the news you might have missed from the last seven days
2 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
RHIANNA PARRIS-SMITH ‘ONE TARGET DOWN, PLENTY MORE TO GO!'
My goal for the past month was to break 12.3 seconds for the flying 200m outdoors – and good news, I achieved it! At the SES Sprinters League at Herne Hill Velodrome on 5 June, I got my time down to 12.1 seconds. Though the time was good, my racing wasn’t brilliant – I’m still trying to get to grips with gearing and tactics. To cut myself some slack, I’m still very inexperienced compared to most of those I’m racing against, so these races are a valuable learning experience. Hopefully, the times will keep coming down; my goal is 11.8 seconds by the end of the year.
2 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
CAV'S ROAD BACK TO THE TOUR
After three seasons blighted by illness and injury, Mark Cavendish surprised everyone by gaining selection for the Tour de France. Peter Cossins investigates his climb back to the sport’s summit
9 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
As La Course ends, top women relish 2022 Tour prospects
New eight-day race fuels hopes of a full three-week Tour
3 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Anything you can do…
Mathieu van der Poel snatches yellow from Julian Alaphilippe on dramatic opening weekend
6 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
ANDY LEWIS ‘SLAMMED AND READY TO SMASH IT!'
The big changes for me this month are positional. On 10 June, I went for a bike-fit at Bike Loft in St Albans, and the changes made were the opposite to what I’d expected. I’d assumed that my 56cm frame was one size too big for me and that I’d need all the contact points brought closer together. But no! Fitter Simon Barnes asked how I was feeling on the bike and when I described the tension in my shoulders, he responded: “OK, I am going to do one thing”. With that, he slammed the stem, lowering it by 20mm. To my surprise, it felt better. He fitted a 10mm-shorter stem and it felt comfier still.
2 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
A SENSATIONAL GENERATION
Well, we had it all didn’t we? The predictability of the favourites living up to our expectations and the inevitable crashes, but with everything turned up to 11.
2 min |
July 01, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Cav Returns To The Tour De France
Manxman gets called up for another (final?) bite at La Grande Boucle, writes Vern Pitt
2 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Thomas targets Tour and Olympics double
Tokyo TT and road race for 2018 Tour champ
3 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
TOUR DE FITNESS 21 WAYS TO MAINTAIN YOUR FORM THROUGHOUT LA GRANDE BOUCLE
Don’t let your fitness take a back seat to watching the Tour. Chris Marshall-Bell has a motivational tip for every stage
8 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
La Course by Le Tour de France
Brest, Saturday 26 June, 108km
4 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Pinarello launches new flagship Dogma F
New top race bike will be used by Ineos from the Tour de France onwards
7 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
SIDE STEPPING THE SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Last year Tadej Pogačar pulled off one of the most dramatic Tour de France wins in memory. But few have been able to back up their first victory. CW investigates if the Slovenian youngster can do the impossible – again
6 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Cycling 19 November, 1983
Elliott turns pro but traditional time trials still rule
2 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
STRENGTH & DEPTH
For the first time Ineos Grenadiers are taking three Grand Tour winners to the Tour de France. CW asks, despite having won seven of the last 11 Tours, is this the British squad’s strongest Tour team ever?
9 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Ribble-Weldtite dominate National TTT podium
Simmonds and CAMS-Basso team take women’s title
1 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
I love time trialling when it's a family affair
Last week would have been Nationals week, which meant I had to do something to counter the fear of missing out whilst the rest of Europe battled it out for national TT stripes. So what better than to ride the Georgetown TT, Glasgow?
1 min |
June 24, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
LAKE SIDE RETREAT
In the latest in a series on the best UK riding destinations, Vern Pitt explores the challenging climbs of the south-west Lake District
10 min |
June 17, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Tour of Britain 1954
As picture researcher, I occasionally stumble across something in our archive that is like gold dust to me. Pre-lockdown I found a couple of small boxes containing 20, 3x4 inch, glass-plate negatives, ‘Ilford H.P.3 Plate’, marked ‘Tour of Britain’. Each in an individual sleeve, some had riders’ names written on them and I could work out with an old start-sheet that the year was 1954.
1 min |
June 17, 2021
CYCLING WEEKLY
Material gain
Should we be blown away by the new McLaren skinsuit? Simon Smythe went to the Silverstone wind tunnel to find out
8 min |