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

Bäckstedt aims for Worlds podium after National Champs win • Eighteen-year-old’s coach, Emma Trott, says ‘anything is possible’ for Bäckstedt ahead of Netherlands showdown

My view

Five battlegrounds of the 2023 Vuelta • This year’s Spanish Grand Tour sees the scuffling start in earnest as early as stage three

NASA Mars-tech coming to bike tyres

Rapha to redesign Olympic champ’s kit after UCI rule oversight • Richard Carapaz’s EF Education-EasyPost kit lacked the required gold

Martin Ayres 1943-2023 • Celebrated editor who led Cycling Weekly through the 1980s

Thibaut Pinot to retire at the end of the year • Frenchman’s departure leaves a hole in the sport and Tom Davidson’s heart

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

What should Netflix call its TdF documentary series?

Pidcock should honour the rainbow jersey

Cycling Weekly

SONIC YOUTH ETHAN HAYTER • Ethan Hayter firmly established himself among the best British riders on the road in 2022. Andy McGrath catches up with him to see how he’ll go one step further still in 2023

Brothers in arms

BEST & WORST KITS OF 2023 • Before the WorldTour war commences, the pros parade their battle fatigues… and some are scarier than others

Wilier brings back suspension for new endurance superbike • Italian brand introduces second-generation version of the rear microshock absorber developed in 2017 for the Cento10 NDR

SPECIALIZED FLUX 1250 HEADLIGHT

Winter jackets • We put six of the best outer layers to the all-weather test

Which jacket for you?

Gear of the week • New products to help you see off the worst of winter

THINK LINK A PRO • Pro cyclists don’t just have different genes from the rest of us, their minds work differently too. Sports psychologist Josephine Perry highlights the mental traits inseparable from success

‘Discipline comes first’

Five ways to think like a pro

WATT WORKS FOR ME Sean Flynn • The former national champion on the mud tells CW how he’s transferred his talents to the road

DOMESTIC RESULTS

How To… amuse yourself on a turbo trainer

Dr Hutch • The Tour Down Under’s sunny disposition prompts the Doc to remove his rose-tinted Oakleys for a while…

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Stephen Roche, Dublin 1987

Cycling and Mopeds 30 July, 1958 • All hail the Empire Games as England tops medal table