Cycling Weekly

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Cycling Weekly is the UK's only weekly special interest magazine focusing on the cycling market. It is the best source of breaking international and UK news, race reportage, reliable fitness advice, trustworthy product reviews and inspirational features for British cyclists. Always a great read, Cycling Weekly inspires you to ride your bike more!

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IN FOCUS

UCI set to clamp down on extreme brake lever position • The angle of riders’ brake levers to be monitored from next season

What the UCI rules say

All change at Ineos Grenadiers • John Allert, Steve Cummings and Scott Drawer are the new senior management team at the British squad. Who are they?

Inside EF Education’s winter camp

Women’s glucose levels dip more than men’s

Matt Bottrill has ‘unique’ bikes stolen • Time trail ace on the lookout for custom Giant Trinity TT rig

Bora and Jumbo in legal battle for young rider

British Cycling extends elite road series for 2024 • Tour of the Reservoir returns to calendar for first time since 2019

Mein claims National Trophy

THE HUB • All the news you might have missed from the last seven days

Is Strava messaging a good idea?

Give the Tour of Britain over to the under-23s

Cycling Weekly

YEAR IN REVIEW • We look back at the riders, races and stories that lit up 2023

THE YEAR OF MATHIEU VAN DER POEL • Double world champion and Monument winner, the Dutchman had a golden 2023

It could only happen to a journalist

IN THE NEWS

SAINT PIRAN’S YEAR OF DOMINANCE • With the loss of AT85 Pro Cycling, Saint Piran ran riot on the domestic racing calendar this season, reports Tom Thewlis

IN THE NEWS

PAINTING A MASTERPIECE IN SIENA • Tom Pidcock’s coach gives Tom Thewlis the lowdown on how the Yorkshireman’s main goal of 2023 became a reality

Cycling’s sponsorship woes • The sport is struggling to adapt to the digital age

IN THE NEWS

THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

A ROUBAIX TO REMEMBER • Alison Jackson tells Tom Davidson how she rewrote her legacy through the fields of northern France

British Cycling bounces back • New CEO revamps national governing body as it recovers from year of controversies and builds towards Paris Olympics

IN THE NEWS

HEARTBREAK FOR THOMAS • Geraint Thomas ceded the maglia rosa on the penultimate stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia – we recall the decisive and agonising day

IN THE NEWS

Cavendish soars to victory in Rome • Manxman celebrates ‘beautiful’ final-day Giro stage victory thanks to a perfect lead-out from Geraint Thomas

TOP OF THE WOMEN’S SUPERTEAMS • For SD Worx, a mid-season rout of various national championships was just one high point during an eight-month winning streak

IN THE NEWS

RACING THROUGH THE LENS • Bike racing has always produced a wealth of inspiring images, and 2023 was no different

THAT TT • The Tour de France swung decisively in Jonas Vingegaard’s favour with an incredible time trial on stage 16

IN THE NEWS

TADEJ POGAČAR’S ONE - DAY DOMINANCE • A two-time winner at the Tour de France, is the Slovenian superstar actually a Classics rider, wonders Adam Becket

Spinning out in Clermont-Ferrand

LOTTE KOPECKY GRABS THE CROWN • There was a shift in power at the World Championships in Glasgow, as Annemiek van Vleuten finally gave up her throne

IN THE NEWS

Glasgow meant more • For Scottish para-cyclist Fin Graham, the home World Championships felt like a turning point

PICTURING SUCCESS

WILL SEPP KUSS SPARK A US ROAD REVIVAL? • Super-domestique records first US Grand Tour win for a...