May 16, 2024

Cycling Weekly

Cycling Weekly is the UK's only weekly special interest magazine focusing on the cycling market.

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In Focus
Monumental racing In the shadow of what was once the tallest building in the world, Lincoln Cathedral, the peloton winds its way up Michaelgate at the Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday. Turn to page 10 for more. ■
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Start Line 16.05
This week as well as bringing you a full review of the all-new SR AM Red groupset – I got to ride it for about 1.5 miles last week, it’s very nice, but you’ll be glad to know our tester rode it considerably further than that – we take a look at the d
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Pink Pogačar In Complete Control
Only once this century has a rider had a bigger time gap than Tadej Pogačar’s at the end of stage nine of the Giro d’Italia. That was Jens Heppner of Telekom in 2002, who took pink after a breakaway, and so had a lead of 3:33, but was not considered
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Thomas’s Form Bounces Back After TT Blow
Geraint Thomas had “one of those days” on stage seven of the Giro d’Italia, as he gave up a full two minutes to Tadej Pogačar in the 37.2km TT. The Ineos Grenadier finished 10th, 11 seconds behind Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe), who jumped above him
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Cavendish Officially Best Male Sprinter Of All Time
Mark Cavendish is now officially the greatest male sprinter of all time, after taking his 164th career win at the Tour of Hungary last Thursday. The second win of his final season took him to second place in cycling’s male alltime wins ranking behind
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Matt Holmes Kickstarts Comeback With Lincoln Win
After stepping out of retirement with a goal to reach the 2028 Olympic Games, privateer Matt Holmes showed why he could still have a future in the sport on Sunday. The 30-year-old former Lotto-Soudal professional powered to victory in the Rapha Linco
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A Happy Accident
I spent 50 days on the road in the US this spring. I raced gravel, road, crits and TTs across nine different states. On average I changed beds every 3.2 days. It was a trip I’ll never forget. There were so many of those “how the heck did I get here?”
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Lifeplus-Wahoo Aim For Pro Ranks
British Continental women’s team Lifeplus-Wahoo are hoping to step up a tier next season and become a ProTeam from 2025. The new tier will be introduced for the first time next year, serving as a second professional division of women’s cycling teams,
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My View
For a country with such strong roots in the sport, it always surprises me that there’s no British women’s team at WorldTour level. One of the things that stood out in my chat with Lifeplus-Wahoo boss Tom Varney was that he feels the up-and-coming jun
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The Hub
This year’s Unbound route heads north into the Flint Hills of Kansas, USA, and promises plenty of rocky action – a far cry from last year’s muddy mayhem. Organisers of the world’s biggest gravel event say it’s the most technical course yet and featur
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CTT Regs And Road Bike Time Trials
The road bike category is a brilliant innovation and needs a championship. But there’s an obvious problem with rules that are so broad that they cover multiple bikes. This means the limits can be pushed, as George Fox has done. He might be competing
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Burton Blunder Leaves Andy The Weakest Link
Some time ago I was riding home through West Wickham when I passed three cyclists, side-by-side, with the outer two holding each other’s arms behind the central rider. As I passed they called, “Hey, mate, do you have a chain tool?” The middle rider h
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Editor: Simon Richardson Web editor: Michelle Arthurs-Brennan News editor: Adam Becket Features editor: David Bradford Senior writer: James Shrubsall Tech editor: Simon Fellows Tech writers: Hannah Bussey, Joe Baker Staff writers: Anne-Marije Rook, T
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America’sgreat Again*
America’s back, baby! After a lull spanning almost a decade and a half, going back to the era of Lance Armstrong and his misbehaving compatriots, star-spangled riders representing the USA are once again in the ascendant. Whether it’s Sepp Kuss (Visma
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‘Every Bike Race Is A Party!’
Privateer racer Joe Laverick (Ribble Rebellion) spent the first six weeks of his 2024 season racing in the USA. We asked the 23-year-old Brit to outline the differences he observed between the US and UK domestic scenes You could fit 40 of the UK into
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What About The Women?
The situation for women’s cycling in the US is similar to that of the men’s: there are few races and just three US-registered teams present in the big races. A handful of riders have excelled at various points in the past decade – notably Evelyn Stev
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Crisis? What Crisis?
Given all the doomladen headlines and social media posts over the past couple of years, you would be forgiven for thinking the UK domestic road racing scene is in a state of deep crisis. With teams folding, races cancelled and investment from local a
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'Coverage Is Key'
Harry Tanfield, 29, competed in the World-Tour, first with Katusha in 2019, then with AG2R La Mondiale in 2020 and Qhubeka NextHash in 2021. He’s now back in Britain riding for Saint Piran. CW: Assessment of the current UK scene? HT: With the lack of
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Elise Uijen’s Scott Foil RC
Elise Uijen’s Scott Foil RC is, for the most part, the archetypal WorldTour aero bike. It features the familiar deep-section tubing and the slimline integrated cockpit – slammed of course – that are commonplace on race bikes designed to cheat the win
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Muc-off Mobile Pressure Washer
Fed up with loading a filthy bike into the back of your vehicle? Tired of tripping over power cables? Then Muc-Off’s new mobile pressure washer could be a blessing. It features an integrated 20-litre water tank and is powered by a 500W motor that run
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SRAM Red AXS £4,248 | 2,496g
After months of rumour and speculation, the next generation of SRAM Red AXS is finally here. The new groupset broke cover in full at the Tour de Romandie three weeks ago, among claims of much-needed improved braking performance, front derailleur shif
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Sram Red Vs shimano Dura-ace
The big question on everybody’s lips is how does the new SRAM Red stack up against the bulletproof Dura-Ace Di2? Having put many hours into each groupset, I can tell you the answer is nuanced. What was, in my opinion, a onehorse race, has now become
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Syncros Capital SL Aero wheels | £3,830 | 1.29kg
The Syncros Capital SL Aero wheels, with their curious carbon monocoque design, are at the cutting edge of wheel development, a superlight solution for riders prepared to invest heavily in their quest for speed. They’re a distant descendant of Syncro
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7 Things I Learned From Breaking My Face
Earlier this year, I lived out one of my mum’s worst nightmares. It happened in an instant. I had cycled to the cinema to meet a friend, and while we were watching the film, the weather outside turned stormy. The wind gusts, I thought, would blow me
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ASK THE EXPERT Gut health
Is exercise such as cycling good for the gut? It is excellent for gut microbiome diversity. Regular exercise improves the good bacteria in the gut and reduces the bad bacteria, which is associated with better health outcomes. Exercise improves the mo
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CW Takes The Biome Test
Late last year, I started experiencing some bothersome gut symptoms, writes David Bradford. Nothing alarming, but a level of gassiness, gurgling and discomfort that just wasn’t normal for me. My GP ran blood and stool tests, which found nought untowa
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Domestic results
Dukinfield CC 50 (Cranage, Cheshire): 1. David Parkin (Velotik Racing Team) 1:46.23 2. A. Royle (Manchester Bicycle Club) 1:47.01 3. B. Akin (Tri Central UK) 1:49.13 4. L. Eccleston (Manchester Triathlon Club) 1:49.31 5. B. Murphy (Chorlton Velo) 1:5
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How to… Forget
If you are fond of setting yourself significant cycling challenges, it is essential you master forgetting. If you attempt a gold-standard ride at a big sportive, or try to ride 200 miles in a day, you will not want to remember the bad bits because if
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Dr Hutch
I was out for a ride recently with my friend Bernard. The conversation turned to Sir Bradley Wiggins, a rider whom Bernard has always admired, all the way back to his junior pursuit world title in 1998. Sadly, he’s a bit less of a fan these days. “He
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Acts Of Cycling Stupidity
A reader got in touch with a story from his childhood. Dan says that in the early 2000s he was a keen but mediocre junior road racer. His father was his mechanic, driver, coach and, alarmingly, pharmacist. “He used to give me EPO tablets,” Dan recall
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Tour de Suisse June 1955
Cyclists in the 1955 Tour de Suisse ignore the danger and duck under the barrier at a level crossing, determined to keep racing. Level crossings have long been the nemesis of bike riders, especially for a breakaway, whose advantage may legitimately b
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Shorter TT bike
If ever there was a bike to typify the British time trialling scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, this is it – a hand-built British frame with simplicity at its core and a name on the down tube that graced the bikes of some of the best in the bu

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