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 09.02

IN FOCUS

Bäckstedt to carry double medal form into Classics • CX fitness bodes well for cobbles campaign

Van der Poel wins clash of the titans

Tao on the ‘tricky’ comeback trail • Geoghegan Hart scores first win since 2020 Giro

Gloag makes his mark

CTT seeks new calligrapher for comp records • Have you got the write stuff? Scribe needed as Christine Minto’s 45 years comes to an end

Olympic champion joins Israel-Premier Tech

PREVIEW Tour of Oman • Oman | 11-15 February

RIDERS TO WATCH

OPINION

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

Sven Nys questions sky-high start money for ‘the big three’

Uplifting conversation with Costa

Cycling Weekly

42 THINGS TO DO IN 2023 • Looking for something to inspire your riding in 2023? Look no further

Scrolling through the Atlas

Grabbing a big handful of gravel

Crossing the Pyrenees

Build back better

FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE TO THE WORLDTOUR THE STORY OF SPATZ • Joe Laverick meets the man who’s pulling up the socks of winter riding apparel

More productz • The products that Spatzwear revolutionised and helped to build its reputation

Steering comes to RGT, but not via handlebars • An affordable solution to the one thing missing from the indoor training on-screen experience

RAPHA BREVET INSULATED LONG SLEEVE GORE-TEX INFINIUM JERSEY

Scott Foil RC Ultimate £15,899 | 7.28kg • Anna Abram cranks up the pace on Scott’s overhauled aero superbike

ALTERNATIVELY…

Gear of the week • From top-end apparel to entry-level indoor trainers

RIDING THE RHYTHM • Tracing his own journey back to fitness after being struck down by a heart rhythm problem 12 years ago, Simon Fellows investigates the link between exercise and arrhythmia

How to detect arrhythmias?

There’s an app for that

RIDING WITH AFIB – THE LIVING PROOF

ASK THE EXPERT What is heart rate variability and does it matter? • Marco Altini highlights the importance of an overlooked marker of fatigue

Low HRV readings – what to do?

DOMESTIC RESULTS

Dr Hutch • The Doc silences his inner coach on the road… but his local supermarket’s fresh produce section could be a tougher proving ground

Great Inventions of Cycling 2005: The ice bath

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Tour of Flanders 4 April, 1999

Cycling 2 March, 1938 • Rough stuff – an early form of cyclo-cross or was it just gravel riding?