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

Cavendish off to flyer in Colombia • The Astana-Qazaqstan sprinter won on just his fourth race day in 2024. Will it be a good sign, asks Adam Becket

My view

Saint Piran dominate season opener again • It wasn’t a 1-2-3 at the new Portsdown Classic, but it was a similar performance to 2023

SD Worx-Protime stamp authority in season debut • Lotte Kopecky proves GC credentials with victory at the UAE Tour Women, writes Tom Davidson

Preparing for the desert

UAE Tour 19-25 February

THE CONTENDERS

New CTT guidance on speed limits will ‘protect our sport long term’ • Governing body’s latest ruling on 20mph zones gets the thumbs-up from time trial ace Alex Dowsett, reports Tom Thewlis

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

Are TPU inner tubes the future?

Ghostbusting with Edward

Cycling Weekly

REALITY BYTES • Zwift remains the world leader in virtual cycling, but the post-Covid tail-off has hit the company hard. James Shrubsall traces the giant’s rise and its quest to retain market dominance

Zwift in Numbers

‘Lockdown left us with no alternative’

Who are the challengers to Zwift’s domination?

BEATING THE CLOCK AT EVERY DISTANCE • Despite two major crashes, Team Bottrill women took a clean sweep of CTT title s in 2023; Ben Goddard charts the ups and downs of their incredible year

Why aren’t more road cyclists riding tubeless? • Gravel and mtb have embraced tubeless but it still hasn’t fully taken off for road cycling; we examine why and look at the alternatives

LAZER Z1 HELMET

Canyon Endurace CFR £8,599 | Weight: 7.4kg • Joe Baker puts a premium mile-muncher through its paces

Wahoo Kickr Climb £530| 7.9kg • Can a gradient simulator elevate virtual riding? Rachel Sokal finds out

THE PRODIGY PARADOX • Riders are being signed to pro teams at ever younger ages, but does this mean youngsters need to specialise earlier to be in with a chance? Former junior high-flyer Joe Laverick investigates

‘For some of us, it just takes longer’

‘While young, do as many sports as you can’

Katia Ragusa • The Tour Down Under QOM winner on why she’s hit a purple patch so early in the season

DOMESTIC RESULTS

Great Inventions of Cycling: 1878 - The “Cyclists Dismount” sign

Dr Hutch • The age of product recalls and built-in obsolescence gets the Doc reminiscing about indestructible components that refused to die

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Coppi & Bobet, Giro di Lombardia 1951

Bates B. A. R. • The post-war speed machine with a fork that was ahead of the curve