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!

Time for heroes

In Focus

Riders rush to form new British Continental team • Tanfield brothers face 10-day deadline to build new team after closure of Saint Piran

British Cycling confirms 2025 calendar • British Cycling has released full details of the calendar for the 2025 National Road and Circuit Series, now backed by Lloyds Bank. The road calendar is largely unchanged from this year, save for the notable absence of the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix, which has lost the backing of its host venue. The Tour of the Reservoir, which was cancelled in 2024, will also not return next season. A round in the South-West has been added.

Part 3 Online entry causing organisational anxiety • This week our investigation into the problems facing the UK road racing scene looks at the ‘leave it late’ online entry mentality

PFEIFFER GEORGI TOP TIPS FOR SURVIVING WINTER

Zoe Bäckstedt scores first CX podium

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

Are electronic groupsets worth the investment?

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Cycling Weekly

JOE BLACKMORE • After a year of prolific winning, the 21-year-old is set to take the WorldTour by storm. James Shrubsall meets him

BLACKMORE’S BANGERS

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

CAT FERGUSON • The 18-year-old tells Tom Davidson about her ‘perfect season’, picking up four world titles and her first pro wins

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

IMOGEN WOLFF • The Yorkshire-born teenager, who steps up to the WorldTour next season, tells Tom Davidson about her gold-plated year

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

PEEBLES CYCLING CLUB • The thriving Scottish Borders club tell Tom Thewlis how inclusivity and community are at the heart of their ethos

TADEJ POGAČAR • Becoming the first male rider since 1987 to complete cycling’s hallowed triple crown earns the Slovenian this year’s prize

EILIDH SHAW • The 19-year-old tells Adam Becket about her journey from the CiCLE Classic to the UAE

ROLAND BELL • Kettering CC’s stalwart volunteer goes above and beyond for the club and the community. Adam Becket meets him

GREG LEMOND • A true sporting icon whose 1989 Tour win is one of cycling’s greatest hits, the American speaks to Chris Marshall-Bell

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE • We've got the perfect present for the cyclist in your life

WAHOO ELEMNT ACE £549.99 | 208G • How does the biggest cycling computer on the market stack up against its rivals?

LATEST KIT COLNAGO STEELNOVO £16,199

SILCA CHAIN WAXING SYSTEM £99 (MELTER ONLY) | 1.53 KG • Bring fine temperature control to your chain-waxing regime

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT… KETONES • Cycling rocket fuel or over-priced hype? Rob Kemp weighs up the evidence for the use of ketone supplements as a performance aid

BIG WIN FOR NEW SCOTTISH CHAMP • Lewis Martin takes title as cross season continues

RACE WITH US ON ZWIFT!

COMING UP

PHILIP CLAY’S GIANT TCR

“Would anyone want to watch a race where all the riders have arrived fresh from 1985?” • Going retro to make racing safer is not an idea with a future

GREAT INVENTIONS OF CYCLING 1874 - THE EUPHEMISM

Acts of Cycling Stupidity

National Cyclo-Cross Championship

RALEIGH BANANA • The star of the 1980s school bike shed