After trickling some singing news here and there, America’s top criterium racing team, L39ION of Los Angeles, today announced its official 2023 team roster, which includes 11 male and seven female riders. As the team enters its fifth season, Justin Williams and crew are welcoming Mexican national champion Yarely Salazar,...
Colin Sturgess, the former head sports director at the Ribble-Weldtite team, is to join WiV SunGod for 2023, just weeks after learning that his former team would be no more come the end of the most recent season. The highly respected Sturgess brings a raft of experience to the Hampshire-based...
Matej Mohorič says that it’s only a matter of time before his Bahrain Victorious teammate Fred Wright pulls off a big result and lands a major victory. After a break-out classics season Wright rode both the Tour de France and Vuelta a España this year and was constantly on the...
Want to know how the best riders in the world train? For each article in this long-running MY WEEK IN TRAINING series from Cycling Weekly’s print edition, we sit down with a pro rider who talks us through a recent week of training in granular detail. This time it’s the...
Tom Pidcock and Zoe Bäckstedt have been crowned Cycling Weekly‘s male and female riders of the year, an award given to the season’s best British talents. Having both won rainbow jerseys at the cyclo-cross World Championships in January, the duo went on to enjoy success on the road, with Pidcock...
Most cyclists, it’s fair to say, can be a little (over?) obsessed with their FTP or ‘Functional Threshold Power’. The variety of testing protocols and profusion of names – CP, RCP and LT2 all being roughly the same as FTP – can be taken as a symptom of this fervent...
There are gravel riding gems everywhere, but they can be hard to find. This is the first installment in a series that aims to help you get inspired and find your next best gravel adventure. In this article, off-road pro and gravel veteran Yuri Hauswald (reluctantly) reveals the hidden beauty...
This week we’re celebrating cycling in the great indoors, in all it’s forms. From seasoned ‘indoor specialists’ to those considering a stationary trainer for the first time (as well as everyone in between!) – we’ll be sharing a whole host of advice to help you get the best out of...
Cynisca Cycling, a newly licensed American pro women’s cycling team joining the European peloton in 2023, has announces its roster for its debut season. In partnership with USA Cycling, the France-based team aims to grow elite women’s racing in the U.S. by introducing a new American team that lives, trains...
Gravel racing is still very much the wild frontier of professional bike racing with limited sanctioning, rules or standards. As such, professionals have been earning a living, managing their schedules and bringing their personality and talent into the sport in vastly different ways. Most riders have built what is called...
Cycling gives us a strong sense of who we are. As cyclists, we’re lovers of freedom, speed and achievement. We enjoy working hard to push to the next level, and we share a sense of belonging in a sport with a deep history and culture. All of this is underpinned...
America’s top crit racing team, L39ION of Los Angeles, today announced the signing of U.S. national road racing champion Kyle Murphy to its 2023 roster. The 31-year-old California-native is known as an all-rounder with climbing prowess, which perhaps signals L39ion’s growing interest in being more competitive beyond the crit scene...
Coming off a successful season with three national titles across the Americas, DNA Pro Cycling is continuing their international approach by adding talent from Canada, Great Britain and the U.S. to their roster. In the U.S., the pink team can always be counted on to be part of the pointy...
Airless bike tires might just be the answer to the cycling commuter’s worst problem. If you’re going to use your bike to get to and from work, you want your journeys to be reliable, but the thing most likely to stop that is getting a puncture. They have a tendency...
Belgian sprinter wins stage five through Nottinghamshire as Pidcock picks up bonus seconds with an impressive third This content was originally published here.
Filippo Ganna is set to target the Hour Record next month, it was announced by his Ineos Grenadiers (opens in new tab) team on Friday morning. The Italian two-time time trial world champion will attempt to break the 55.548km distance set by Dan Bigham at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen,...
Speaking after his victory, Foss said: “This is unbelievable. “If I were a top 10 today I would be really really satisfied and even top five I was hoping for. The 25-year-old became the first Norwegian to win the time trial at the World Championships. Heading into the race, Foss...
British Cycling has appointed Cameron Meyer as the new coach of its women’s track endurance team. The announcement comes just two days after Meyer called time on his professional racing career, from which he will retire at the end of the season. In a statement shared by British Cycling, the...
The race numbers haven’t even been pinned on yet but already, the Maryland Cycling Classic is receiving high praise and even higher expectations. The CEO of America’s governing body of competitive cycling, Brendan Quirk, called it the “most important bike race that’s happened in America in the last five years....
Martin Harvey, an 86-year-old cyclist from the West Midlands, is aiming to become the oldest male to complete the ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats when he sets off on Sunday 4 September. Alex Menarry is currently the oldest man to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats, completing...
Overlooking the well-to-do suburban sprawl of Palo Alto, California, the climb of Kings Mountain ascends to a heady 670m. Through the trees you can glimpse views down towards the Pacific Ocean. The Strava KOM up here is held by ex-pro turned serial KOM hunter and YouTuber Phil Gaimon at 18-02....
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) was in a relaxed and confident mood after successfully defending his position as race leader on stage eight of the Vuelta a España. Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took another impressive victory in the mountains of Asturias but Evenepoel looked firmly in control further back down the...
Winner of the Under 23 Giro d’Italia or ‘Baby Giro’ Leo Hayter will form a two-pronged attack on the general classification (GC) at the prestigious Tour de l’Avenir alongside new Jumbo-Visma rider Tom Gloag. Racing begins in France today and the pair will spearhead one of the strongest British teams...
The Tour of Britain gets underway on Sunday 4 September in Aberdeen, Scotland and the dynamic route on offer this year should provide a thrilling spectacle. From stage one’s summit finish at Glenshee Ski Centre with a challenging three kilometre climb, to the climb at the Needles on the Isle...
Richard Carapaz will ride for EF Education-EasyPost from next season, after joining from Ineos Grenadiers. Carapaz won the Giro d’Italia in 2019 and took the gold medal in the road race at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Ecuadorian rider is due to begin the Vuelta a España with...
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) was accepting of a third straight second place on stage four of the Vuelta a España. The Danish rider was outsprinted by Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) on the final ramp to the line but showed he is carrying impressive form as the race returned to Spanish soil. After...
Legendary bike designer and engineering pioneer Mike Burrows has passed away. Burrows’ most famous work was the Lotus 108 which was ridden by Chris Boardman to individual pursuit victory at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and he was also behind the first road bikes to utilise compact frame design. ...
Ineos Grenadiers will head to the Vuelta a España this week with a team that combines youth and experience, with Richard Carapaz expected to lead. Four riders will make their Grand Tour debut on Friday, with Ethan Hayter, Luke Plapp, Ben Turner and Carlos Rodríguez all set to start in...
