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 Tadej!

In Focus

Cummings ‘never had a problem’ with Pidcock • British sports director downplays rift and looks ahead to future with Jayco-Alula after leaving Ineos

Double, Donaldson and Wiggins lead Brit charge

Cycling receives record £39m funding for 2028 Olympics and Paralympics • GB cycling boss ‘incredibly pleased’ with allocation for LA Games

Mathieu van der Poel weighs up skipping Tour de France • Dutchman hints at missing Tour in favour of mtb Worlds bid, reports Tom Thewlis from Dénia, Spain

MONICA GREENWOODWINTER COMES FOR US ALL

Cavendish wins lifetime achievement award at SPOTY

Lefevere cashes in his chips and leaves cycling management • The news that Patrick Lefevere will step down as Quick Step boss marks the end of an era, after 22 years in charge

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

Colnago’s new Y1Rs aero bike

CW5000 done and dusted

Cycling Weekly

BORN TO WIN • How Pogačar is defining the era

HALF MAN HALF GOAT • Tadej Pogačar may have had a phenomenal season, but has he done enough to cement his status as the greatest of all time? Chris Marshall-Bell weighs the arguments for and against

CAREER TIMELINE

UNSEEN MOMENTS • One man has unparalleled access to Tadej Pogačar, capturing him as no one else can. Behold the superstar through the eyes of his personal photographer Alen Milavec

MEET THE PARENTS • What made Tadej Pogačar the phenomenon he is today? Chris Marshall-Bell went to Slovenia to meet his mum and dad, Mirko and Marjeta

LITTLE BROTHER TROUBLE TILEN’S STORY

CYCLING WEEKLY’S CHRISTMAS QUIZ • Get your brain in gear and see how many questions you can answer before reaching for your phone

REVIEW OF THE YEAR • An Olympic year is always special and the cycling season once again delivered a year of highs and lows, from Pogi’s triple to Katie Archibald’s pre-Olympic trip

PICTURE PERFECT • The grit, the grime and the glory – we look back at the defining images from the 2024 season

Why do modern aero bikes look less aero? • Are today’s aero bikes really faster, or is marketing just getting better? Joe Baker investigates…

OnGuard RockSolid 8590 lock £250 | 1.3kg • Resists the most aggressive attacks, light, but pricy

POG-UP YOUR PLAN • Tadej Pocačar’s performance is out of reach but you can adapt his training to raise your game. Chris Marshall-Bell consults the experts to find out how

WHO IS THE MYSTERY MOU?

THE POGI CHALLENGE

WATT WORKS FOR METADEJ POGAČAR • The man himself – subject of this special issue – explains the key performance changes behind his record-breaking year

WUNDERKIND HUDSON WINS YORKSHIRE CX • Newly crowned junior hill-climb champ shows his versatility by winning round seven on the mud

Why not give the gift of lower rolling resistance this Christmas? • Christmas gifts for the cyclist in the family can easily go wrong

GREAT INVENTIONS OF CYCLING 1885: UGLINESS

Acts of Cycling Stupidity

Roller racing, Streatham

JOHNNY BERRY • Johnny be good at making beautiful lightweight bikes