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!

START LINE 11.01

IN FOCUS

From second place in cyclo-cross to first in the Classics • Van Aert accepts van der Poel is unbeatable this CX season as Belgian builds for spring goals, reports Tom Thewlis

Mein scores a fourth win at the National Trophy Series • Ella Maclean-Howell wins women’s race in final round of the series

PREVIEW Tour Down Under • South Australia Friday 12 - Sunday 21 January

New year, new gear

European Track Championships • Apeldoorn, Netherlands Wednesday 10 - Sunday 14 January

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

Did you take on the Festive 500?

Challenge accepted!

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SUM TENTACLES OF • Disgusted by the grim weather conditions of the early new year, Steve Shrubsall casts his mind back to a tentacular gravel route ridden during last year’s Indian summer

THE UNBREAKABLE RECORD • When Marcin Białobłocki rode to a 42-minute ‘25’ in 2018, it seemed he had put the record out of reach. James Shrubsall ponders whether it can ever be broken

FINISHERS • Thousands of people signed up to ride 5,000 miles over the course of 2023 – here’s who completed the challenge

Do race bikes really need reflectors? • Dated pieces of plastic or an unsung safety feature? Hannah Bussey investigates…

POC ONME ULTRA MIPS

Rain jackets • As the rain continues to fall, Joe Baker went out to test six jackets

Gear of the week • The latest kit, ridden and reviewed by experts

SHAPE - SHIFTING IS BODY TYPE SET IN STONE? • Does your natural body type dictate your performance as a cyclist? Can a bulked-up sprinter transform into a slender climber and vice versa? Simon F ellows scrutinises the body of evidence

Body type glossary

‘Best body type for TTs? It’s sink or swim!’

WATT WORKS FOR ME Alison Jackson • The Paris-Roubaix Femmes champ talks racing by instinct and lessons learnt on the family farm

DOMESTIC RESULTS

How to… coax someone out of retirement

Dr Hutch • Many riders seem determined to peak in December, observes the Doc, who’s tempted to delay his winter training until the spring

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Severino Rigoni, Berlin Six-Day 1949

Mercian • Two-wheeled rulers of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom since 1946