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

Can anyone stop WVA and MVDP at Flanders? • Cycling’s longstanding rivals will battle once again on Sunday. Can they be beaten?

Lidl-Trek offer up a third way

SD Worx-Protime take winning form to Flanders • Will strength in depth deliver the team to their third successive Ronde van Vlaanderen?

Pogačar: “I’m in the best shape ever” • Slovenian flexes his climbing legs in Catalunya, reports Chris Marshall-Bell in Barcelona

Bernal edging back to the top

GB track team in form ahead of Paris 2024 • Para-squad picks up record 32 medals at Rio Track Worlds, reports Tom Davidson

West Midlands Velodrome dream draws closer

JACOB TIPPER Adventures in Rio

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

Why do Ineos Grenadiers still not have a women’s team?

Spanish roads put Scotland’s to shame

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10 YEARS OF THE TRANS CONTINENTAL • The brainchild of British rider Mike Hall, the Transcontinental Race has become a must-do event for ultra-distance aficionados the world over. James Shrubsall charts its unconventional and epic rise to prominence

A view from the mid-pack

Ultra-distance events to try

KEEPING IT TEIDE • High altitudes, year-round sunshine – and intense demand from pro teams. Emma Magnus flies to Tenerife to test the volcanic pressure to secure lodgings on Mt Teide

‘The blood adapts to carry more oxygen’

Training on Teide: the costs

Is Tenerife still a doping hotspot?

Are all road bikes all-road bikes? • Is the bike industry trying to sell you the same bike twice?

SANTINI UNISEX OMBRA JERSEY

Giant Defy Advanced SL0 £11,499 | Weight: 7.3kg • Owen Rogers finds Giant’s range-topping endurance bike does exactly what it says on the tin, but is it exciting to ride?

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

REDEFINING EASY • It’s well known that easy riding is the bedrock of endurance, but what exactly do we mean by ‘easy’? Charlie Allenby seeks clarification

Easy riding essentials

Toms Skujiņš

DOMESTIC RESULTS

How to… Have a slow puncture

Dr Hutch • Inspired by Bernard’s tragically organised time trial, the Doc sets about stabilising the Tour of Britain, but be warned – it’s going to cost

Athens Olympic road race 1896

Paris Galibier • Eccentric but iconic English bike that’s still in production today