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

Mathieu van der Poel storms towards Flanders record • The Dutchman has won as many editions in five years as anyone in history. Adam Becket was there to witness his charge

Arkéa take first Monument podium

Elisa Longo Borghini conquers cobbles at Flanders • Lidl-Trek takes the fight to SD Worx-Protime to beat them on the bergs

Mark Cavendish turns up at local Isle of Man race, finishes 29th • Junior talents benefit from a WorldTour patron, reports Tom Davidson

Alan Bates 1934-2024

Egged on at the Classics

RACING ROUND-UP

Paris-Roubaix • Sat-Sun April 6-7 France

THE CONTENDERS

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

Cavendish joins local race on Isle of Man

Brits were winners at the birth of road racing

Cycling Weekly

BEHIND THE LOGOS • Don’t know your DSM from your Decathlon, your SD Worx from your Soudal? CW delves into the identities of the companies funding cycling’s biggest teams

How to shop your way to ultimate fandom

State-funded teams

UK team sponsors

The most iconic cycling sponsors of yesteryear

BLOOD, SNAGS AND TEARS • A rare arterial condition curtailed Zdeněk Štybar illustrious career but not before one last heroic home tilt at the cyclo-cross Worlds

Iliac artery endofibrosis FAQs

Matt Bostock’s Ribble Ultra SL R Disc • Race bike that makes an art form out of aero

HUTCHINSON BLACKBIRD RACING LAB TYRE

Temple Adventure Disc 1 £3,195 | 10.3 kg • Ed Westrop puts this range-topping, continent-crossing, go-anywhere, load-lugging adventure bike through its paces

MY RIDING

ALTERNATIVELY…

Garmin Forerunner 265 £429.99 • Intuitive multi-sport watch that can go the distance – Tom Couzens reviews

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM! • Older cyclists don’t only extend their healthy years, they keep alive the passion to strive. Rob Kemp meets eight indomitable over-50s

‘Bolster your bones and eat more protein’

DOMESTIC RESULTS

YOUR RACE BIKE

Great Inventions of Cycling The sticky bottle, Circa 1900

Dr Hutch • The Doc's 'Week in Training' showcases his inventive approach to getting race-fit; just take the cycling stuff with a pinch of salt…

DEAR DOC

Herne Hill Golden Wheel Race 12 April, 1963

Hobbs of Barbican • A London brand of brothers aimed squarely at British club folk