Cycling Weekly

Published by TI Media Limited 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!

China in your brands

In Focus

Vingegaard in control at Giro after first week • Dane was not in a winning position after two summit finishes, but remains favourite for pink

Italian hopes fade

Lauren Dickson achieves WorldTour best at Itzulia • Scottish rider finishes third overall in Basque Country women’s race

Farewell, Katie • As Katie Archibald retires, her former coach at BC, Monica Greenwood, looks back at her career

MATT RICHARDSONSATISFACTION IN HONG KONG

Racing round-up

Schreurs doubles up at The Gralloch • Pöstlberger wins the men’s gravel race in Scotland

2028 Tour to start in Reims

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

Bike mirrors: fashion faux pas or non-negotiable accessory?

Goodbye, Katie

Cycling Weekly

SAME TECHALF THE PRICE • As emerging bike brands offer ever more performance for less money, Rosael Torres-Davies asks: should your next bike be Chinese?

FIVE CHINESE PRODUCTS WORTH A LOOK

THE RACE THAT TIME FORGOT • A radical 1947 Paris-London race promised to transform British cycling. Angela Mills-Bannon discovers the man who risked everything to make it happen – her great-uncle

THE PATH TO OLYMPIC ROAD RACE GOLD

Should you ride with radar? • Real-time tracking of vehicle behaviour could change your relationship to riding forever

LATEST KIT FIZIK ERGOLACE 2 £149.99

RIDDEN AND REVIEWED CANNONDALE CAAD14 2 £4,250 • The iconic aluminium platform gets an old-school makeover but the result is more race weapon than retro relic

THE MAN WHO BUILT A TWO-TIME TOUR WINNER • Ex-Visma coach outlines the training philosophy behind Vingegaard’s Tour de France victories

PRO PHILOSOPHY, AMATEUR REALITY • We asked Heemskerk for his top-three tips for amateur riders

AN EXPERT’S TAKE ON… METABOLIC EFFICIENCY • How to unlock your body’s fuel-burning potential

METABOLISE THIS! THE COMMON MISTAKES • Most amateurs don’t struggle because metabolic efficiency is untrainable, but because they misapply the training rules. Here’s where things typically go wrong:

MARTIN SOLOS TO VICTORY AT BANBURY • Snodden wins in Doncaster

COMING UP

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OLLIE PATERSON GIANT PROPEL

HOW TO… CHOOSE THE BIKE PATH OR THE ROAD

“There are only a few riders I am a genuine fan of – Katie Archibald is one of them” • The Doc is always impressed by Archibald, even in the way she retired

Acts of Cycling Stupidity

Tour de France

FJ SANDERS • A 1930s chrome-clad London lightweight