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

CTT bans body fairings • But drinking bladders remain an option at all distances, new rule states

Tour snubs Roubaix cobbles

Training and chugging in equal measure

RACING ROUND-UP

Tour of Britain organiser facing fresh threat of legal action • SweetSpot facing claims of up to £950k, reports Tom Thewlis

AG2R’s Van Rysel bikes to be cheapest in WorldTour

Hack bikes and high jinks are the heart of it

Cycling Weekly

2023 Cycling weekly Awards • Celebrating this year’s cream of British and world cycling

EMMA FINUCANE • A breakthrough year brought a rainbow jersey for the 20-year-old. She takes Tom Davidson behind the scenes of her success

ADAM YATES

COWLEY ROAD CONDORS • In just 12 years, the Condors have grown to become Oxford’s biggest club by stressing inclusivity and friendliness

CAT FERGUSON • As a first-year junior, Ferguson surprised everyone in 2023, including herself

SHARON DYSON • As a mainstay of Barnesbury CC, Sharon Dyson epitomises the commitment and enthusiasm that grassroots racing depends on

MATHIEU VAN DER POEL • The Dutch showman lit up the men’s race scene with an unprecedented double

ZEB KYFFIN • Saint Piran’s Zeb Kyffin led the charge for the boys in black at the Tour of Britain

MALCOLM ELLIOTT • First as Great British hope in the Tour, and then as comeback man extraordinaire, no one epitomises Sheffield steel like Elliott

Bianchi revamps its gravel bike • The new Impulso is said to be fast, and it looks beautiful too, says Joe Baker

PAS NORMAL STUDIOS MECHANISM PERTEX RAIN JACKET

Gear of the week • High-mileage tyres, earphones that let you hear, and a classic lube

LET’S TALK ABOUT … HEARING LOSS • Struggling to catch all the banter on group rides can be frustrating – but it shouldn’t be a source of shame or stigma. Chris Marshall-Bell calls for greater openness around hearing loss

‘I’m a deaf cyclist – and we need more role models’

DOMESTIC RESULTS

Great Inventions of Cycling Winter: 1965

Dr Hutch • His friend Bernard’s FTP may be questionable but so is the concept itself, says the Doc. Mind you, his is still bigger than yours…

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Blenheim Palace 1938

Mal Rees • From bike builder to journalist, Rees was a regular in the pages of CW