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

Van Aert’s Bosberg blast-off • Belgian star distances all comers to win solo at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and dedicates his victory to the Ukrainian people

Van Vleuten’s Omloop masterclass

Pogačar signals sterling early season form • Unparalleled climbing strength sees Slovenian take UAE Tour overall, reports Simon Richardson

eSports exploits

CW5000 March challenges

FEBRUARY ROUND-UP

OPINION

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

Wout van Aert: Froome suggesting banning TT bikes “is bull****”

Do cyclists fall foul of selective vision?

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Christina Demetriou Gustafson Reading CC

VOLUNTEERING AS YOU RIDE • Become a ride leader on one of British Cycling’s numerous courses and enjoy riding your bike as well as the warm glow of ‘giving back’

Your sport needs you

OFF TO THE RACES • With Cycling Weekly’s volunteering drive in full swing, features editor Vern Pitt puts his back into it at the Perfs Pedal Race to find out what it’s like to do your bit

What’s involved in marshal accreditation?

THE SPORTIVE REVIVAL • After a turbulent two years, the UK sportive scene is set to come back into full swing. Paul K nott speaks to those at the forefront hoping the Covid-19 road bump will prove an unwitting launchpad

Ride guide ’22

Five bucket list sportives

BRITISH SEASON PREVIEW • Back to full strength with a range of races, we preview what promises to be a bumper British season

Stopping the watch: the best of the testers

CALENDAR

The elites

Ribble Ultra SL R Team Edition • The Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling team will be racing on custompainted Ribble Ultra SL Rs for the 2022 season

GIRO ECLIPSE SPHERICAL

Look 765 Optimum+ £2,999 | 9.31kg • Look’s gravel-leaning endurance bike is an assured if quirky performer but you pay a premium for the brand’s prestige, says Stefan Abram

ALTERNATIVELY…

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN • With travel restrictions lifting and the new season beckoning, it’s the perfect time to organise a training camp. Tom Couzens has a recipe for the perfect week away

Sample seven-day training camp schedule

Top training camp destinations

‘I just want to be competitive again’ • Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges tells CW about her hopes and fears as she prepares to begin competing in the female category

TRANSITION AND PERFORMANCE: GATHERING THE DATA

‘GET TO KNOW YOUR TRANS PEERS’

DOMESTIC RESULTS

How to… volunteer

Dr Hutch • The Doc rails against the increasingly youthful complexion of the WorldTour and proposes a talent search for the decrepit

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Paris-Nice March, 1966

Cycling 23 September, 1923 • A cautionary tale, and don’t dare suggest readers store their bikes for winter