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!

So long, RideLondon

In Focus

Ineos silent on Ratcliffe’s inflammatory comments • Billionaire owner said “the UK is being colonised by immigrants”

MY VIEW

Tour visit inspires return of major UK race • Lancaster Grand Prix back on the calendar this July

Tao’s back after ‘first normal winter’ • Former Giro d’Italia winner is in the frame for a Grand Tour ride this season

PFEIFFER GEORGIA SANDY START TO THE SEASON

Racing round-up

Goodbye RideLondon • Riders mourn the loss of Olympic legacy sportive

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

Ineos boss Ratcliffe says UK has been ‘colonised by immigrants’

Forget Armstrong

Cycling Weekly

WHY DO THEY HATE US? • Shouting matches, close passes and sudden bursts of rage are familiar to many cyclists. Psychologist Steve Mayers explores the reasons why some drivers are so quick to anger

TURNING DOWN THE HEAT

RIDE BEYOND LIMITSTHE LONG WAY TO BEIJING • After a devastating double trauma, Luke Grenfell-Shaw took on an epic adventure. Tom Davidson hears his story

FRIEND’S VIEW: TJ MITCHELL

Five things you need to know about…CANNONDALE SUPERSIX EVO £8,995 | 7.3KG • More aero and lighter than ever, the latest SuperSix Evo is the complete all-rounder

LATEST KITGIRO ECLIPSE PRO HELMET £294.99

GROUPTESTGRAVEL RACE BIKES

GRAVEL BIKE TESTWILIER RAVE SLR ID2 £5,699 • Aero-optimised with pure race intentions

GRAVEL BIKE TESTCERVELO ÁSPERO-5 £10,250 • If not the world’s best gravel bike, it’s the best all-round bike you could possibly want

GRAVEL BIKE TEST3T RACEMAX 2 ITALIA £7,303 • Butch, brash, but beautifully finished - this is a Lamborghini in a world of Golf GTIs

GRAVEL BIKE TESTFACTOR ALUTO £6,995 • Is this the kind of gravel bike we’d buy? Does the out-and-out aero even matter if the geo is right?

VERDICT

WATTS IN YOUR EARS? • Could tickling your ears with electricity really boost your VO2max? Simon Fellows investigates the strange but promising potential of vagus nerve stimulation

YOU’VE GOT A NERVE

OTHER WAYS TO INCREASE VAGAL TONE

FRANCIS AND KEMP WIN IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE • Time trialling begins in earnest across country

RACE WITH US ON ZWIFT!

GEORGE DALY’S ORBEA ORCA

HOW TO… BE A GOOD WINNER

Sponsored riders had to sell their kit fast, before it became worthless • Dr Hutch isn’t a hoarder, but if you saw all his old kit, there’d be questions

Acts of Cycling Stupidity

Tyre manufacturer

1949 RALEIGH RECORD ACE • The bike that symbolised the renewed vigour of post-war Britain