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Big Ride: The Passo dello Stelvio, legend of the GiroRibble Ultra Race is 12% lighter and saves 2.6 watts over the Endurance SL R, with 6.58kg builds possibleNew Cannondale Synapse integrates SmartSense, adds storage and gets more aeroPro team history: Alcyon‘I have a brain that doesn’t really let up’: Matteo Jorgenson Q&ACyclist magazine issue 163: on sale nowLook 795 Blade RS road bike reviewClassic climb: Col du Portillon, the Pyrenean climb that’s more than just a sidekickRapha Super-League launched as a lifeline for the British racing sceneLike the Factor Ostro VAM but not the £10k pricetag? Meet the £6,500 Factor MonzaYorkshire gold: Remembering Barry Hoban 1940-2025Ribble Allroad Ti road bike reviewRacing Africa: Inside the Tour de LunsarPro race history: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins the Road Worlds in 2014Colnago V5Rs is 146g lighter, nine watts more aero and has a slightly more aggressive geometry than the V4RsColnago V5Rs review: First ride on Pogačar’s new bikePro bike: Mathieu van der Poel’s Paris-Roubaix 2025 Canyon AeroadParis-Roubaix tech gallery 2025: 1x chainrings, Cervélo Soloist and Gravaa tyre pressure adjusterMVDthreePeat: The best photos from Paris-Roubaix 2025French Revolution: The best photos from Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2025Big Ride: A Tuesday in Hell in RoubaixWe created British versions of cycling’s five MonumentsItalian ace: Inside Colnago’s HQRainbow Ronde: The best photos from the Tour of Flanders 2025Tour of Flanders 2025 tech gallery: Negative angle stems and 30mm tyresPro bike: Tadej Pogačar’s Tour of Flanders Colnago V4RsAdios Ineos: Luke Rowe profilePro race history: Van Steenbergen wins the 1944 Tour of Flanders aged 19Cyclist Track Days 2025 info and tickets‘I really want to make my mark in one-day races’: Anna Henderson Q&AMeet the maker: Pete Skelton of Medusa CyclesVan Rysel launches RCR-F thoroughbred aero road bikeBMC Teammachine R 01 One road bike review ‘A major goal of mine for 2025 is to have fun’: Stefan Küng Q&AStandert Pfadfinder bike reviewBig Ride: The treasure island of MallorcaPro bike: Tadej Pogačar’s Strade Bianche Colnago V4RsThe best photos from Strade Bianche men’s 2025Strade Bianche 2025 tech gallery: New tyres, gravel wheels and Zipp’s smart wheelsClassic climb: Blockhaus, the climb that made Eddy MerckxScott Addict RC road bike review‘I was made out to be the bad guy’: Tom Pidcock profileNew Boardman SLR gets big update including aero boost and 36mm tyre clearanceCyclist magazine issue 161: on sale nowAre on-bike aero monitors set to become the new power meters?Remembering the time Ian Stannard played QuickStep at their own game and wonMeet the maker: Chris Roberts of Havren FrameworksClothes maketh the team: behind the scenes at WorldTour kit supplier GobikFactor Ostro VAM road bike reviewPro Log: Geraint Thomas to retire; Oscar winners making Gino Bartali biopic; Demi Vollering wins first race for FDJ-Suez; Netflix’s ‘Unchained’ cancelledBig Ride: Glory of the snow on the Passo GiauCannondale’s new SuperX gravel race bike weighs a claimed 7.4kg‘It was a dream year’: Ben O’Connor Q&ASingular Kite Titanium gravel bike review Classic climb: Coll de Rates, a favourite training climb of the prosPinarello Dogma F review Live cycling moves to TNT Sports premium subscriptionWhat could OneCycling mean for pro cycling?Shimano GRX RX825 Di2 12-speed groupset review Cyclist magazine issue 160: on sale nowBuilding a community: BabyLDN and the Community Bike ShopNew Basso SV all-round road bike replaces aero Diamante SVBasso SV: First ride review on Basso’s featherweight aero racerDream bikes: Moots Vamoots CRDGiro d’Italia 2025 route revealed with the return of the Colle delle Finestre, Albania stages and Strade BiancheGiro d’Italia Women 2025 route revealed with three summit finishes and Imola 2020 Worlds finaleMeet the maker: Curve’s new massive bikeGravel Big Ride: A symphony of gravel in AustriaInside Giant’s Taiwan factoryAll the 2025 WorldTour kits ranked from worst to first‘You need to have that killer mentality’: Victor Campenaerts profileRibble Allroad SL R road bike reviewClassic climb: Passo Fedaia, the Gothic Italian monster dubbed ‘the graveyard of champions’Cyclist’s Gear of the Year 2024: Other stuffCyclist’s Gear of the Year 2024: KitCyclist’s Gear of the Year 2024: TechCyclist’s Gear of the Year 2024: BikesBig Ride: Everesting in the PyreneesTrek Madone Gen 8 road bike reviewMaap joins the WorldTour with Jayco-AlUla and Liv-Jayco-AlUlaCanyon Aeroad CFR 2024 road bike reviewPro race history: Connie Carpenter-Phinney wins the first women’s Olympic road race in 1984Cyclist’s 2024 Pro Cycling AwardsRadical Colnago Y1Rs has claimed class-leading aerodynamicsSRAM Red XPLR AXS groupset reviewMeet the maker: Swanee Ravonison of Atelier PariahUK ride: To the Golf BallTadej Pogačar interview: Light is the crownScott says the new Addict RC weighs 5.9kgZipp 303 XPLR SW wheels reviewClassic climb: Cap de Formentor, a bucket list climbColnago celebrates its 70th anniversary with a modern steel bikeVan Rysel RCR road bike reviewThe 50 best men’s road cyclists of the 2020s so farThe top 50 women’s road cyclists of the 2020s so farEnigma Esker gravel bike reviewBig Ride: Good cop, bad cop on the Mortirolo and GaviaCampagnolo Super Record Wireless groupset reviewEnve Fray road bike reviewCyclist magazine issue 158: Out nowThe 21 best women’s one-day races of the 2020s so farMagic of metal: Behind the scenes at MasonMeet the maker: André Pfeil of Kocmo Titan BikesCyclist Magazine Podcast episode 117: Fabian Cancellara: Classics king, Tudor Pro Cycling owner, patron of the pelotonThe 21 best men’s one-day races of the 2020s so farMen’s Tour de France 2025 route revealed with Mont Ventoux, Superbagnères, La Plagne, Col de la Loze and a mountain TTClimb-heavy Tour de France Femmes 2025 route revealedBig Ride: A ride through time in JordanCondor Leggero road bike reviewThe 21 best women’s Grand Tour stages of the 2020s so farClassic climb: Col du Galibier, a different take on a Tour de France legendGiant TCR Advanced Pro road bike reviewThe 21 best men’s Grand Tour stages of the 2020s so farCyclist Magazine Podcast episode 116: Peter Sagan, highs and lows of a triple World ChampWilier Verticale SLR road bike reviewBig Ride: An ode to LombardiaFulcrum Sharq allroad wheelset reviewPro race history: Marianne Vos wins her first world title in 2006The best photos from the UCI Gravel World Championships 2024UCI Gravel World Championships 2024 tech gallery: Road, gravel and CX bikes, self-inflating tyres and incredible paintjobsFiftyOne Sika road bike reviewPro bike: Kristen Faulkner’s gold star spangled Cannondale SuperSix Evo from the World ChampionshipsPro bike: Remco Evenepoel’s gold Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 from the World ChampionshipsPro bike: Tadej Pogačar’s World Championships-winning Colnago V4RsThe best photos from the UCI World Championships men’s road race 2024The best photos from the UCI World Championships women’s road race 2024Best seat in the house: behind the scenes at FizikBMC says its new Teammachine R Mpc frameset is ‘the pinnacle of peformance, engineering and manufacturing’Pro race history: Beryl Burton wins her first road Worlds in 1960Campagnolo Ekar GT groupset reviewEddy Merckx Pévèle Carbon road bike review Pro race history: Costante Girardengo wins the unofficial world championship in 1924Cyclist Magazine Podcast episode 114: Tadej Pogačar on the Tour, Vingegaard, hating being in yellow, and his work with PlumeStrongRibble launches titanium Allroad with 3D printed elementsG is for Gravel? Grande? New Brompton G Line is big and versatileChanging the Game: How the Brompton G Line came to beClassic climb: Grimsel Pass, the Swiss climb that’s anything but grimMeet the maker: Javier Valiente of Amapola CyclesGravel Big Ride: Welcome to Girona, cycling centralThe 21 best photos from the Vuelta a España 2024The best photos from the Tour of Britain 2024Big Ride: Land of the green giants on the Lagos de CovadongaDifferent times: 75 years of cycling with Ramsay MackayA history of cycling in 6 objects at the Koers Museum, FlandersMeet the maker: Alex de Kraker of St Joris CyclesThe weird and wonderful places to have hosted a Grand Tour stageHunt Sub50 Limitless wheelset reviewThe best photos from the Tour de France Femmes 2024Rim brakes are back from the dead on the new Colnago C68 Rim BrakeThe best photos from the men’s Olympic Road Race Paris 2024The best photos from the women’s Olympic Road Race Paris 2024Ranking the gold bikes of cycling’s Olympic championsNew SRAM Red XPLR AXS is 13-speed and uses an Eagle Transmission-esque full-mount rear derailleur New Zipp 303 XPLR gravel wheels combine mountain bike width with road depth May the road rise to meet you: Riding 2,400km across Ireland on the TransAtlantic WayClassic climb: Col de Sarenne, the wild col that terrified the Tour‘I still believe this team can get back there’: Geraint Thomas profile‘Everything leads towards the Olympics’: Josh Tarling Q&AThe 21 best photos from the Tour de France 2024Canyon’s new Aeroad is very recognisable but lighter and fasterCanyon Aeroad CFR 2024 review: First ride impressions of the ‘fastest bike in the peloton’Meet the maker: Dominik Dominiak of Project DBig Ride: Master and apprentice in the PyreneesCanyon Tempr CFR road cycling shoesGallery: Look’s classic bikesThe sprinting Methusaleh: Mark Cavendish’s rollercoaster ride to #35Pro bike: Mark Cavendish’s record-breaking Wilier Filante SLRGallery: Wilier’s classic bikes‘We expect a completely new level from Tadej Pogačar’: Mauro Gianetti Q&ANew Trek Madone kills off lightweight Émonda ‘I like being under the radar’: Simon Yates profileThe Wilier Verticale SLR is 10% lighter than the 0 SLRGarmin Edge 1050 has a new shape and more social features including Garmin Pay and a bellFara F/Gravel bike reviewGallery: Pinarello’s classic bikesTour de France history: Pantani goes from hero to legendTour de France history: Miguel Induráin time-trials to unique double-doubleAnna van der Breggen to return to racing in 2025Cyclist Magazine Podcast episode 107: Factor Bikes owner Rob GitelisPinarello changes the Dogma F’s recipe to get lighter and a touch fasterPinarello Dogma F review: First ride impressions of Ineos Grenadiers’ latest race bike Tour de France history: Greg LeMond snatches the closest Tour ever on final day TT in 1989Tour de France history: Stephen Roche does the Giro/Tour double in 1987Tour de France history: Coppi triumphs on debut for first Giro/Tour doubleWhat makes Copenhagen the world’s most bike-friendly city?Gallery: Cinelli’s classic bikesShimano 105 Di2 groupset reviewPro race history: Bernard Hinault wins a frozen Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 1980Zwift Ride smart bike frame reviewThe best photos from the Tour of Britain Women 2024What we ride: James’s Swift ‘classic’ racerA history of Bianchi’s classic bikesArgon 18 Sum Pro road bike reviewLife as a pro photographer at the spring Classics with Tornanti.ccOrbea Orca M10i LTD road bike reviewMeet the maker: Driss Boucif of Boucif Custom BikesColnago’s classic bike collectionValentin Madouas Q&A: ‘The one major objective for my career is to win a stage at the Tour de France’Classic climb: San Bernardino Pass, the Swiss climb with an Italian flavourThe best photos from the Giro d’Italia 2024Big Ride: Monte Grappa, the giant of the GiroWhat we ride: Adrian’s custom Feather all-road bikeParis-Brest-Paris: The audaxer’s audaxSeven Axiom XX road bike reviewThe people behind a WorldTour team #5: The directeur sportifEnve Mog gravel bike reviewSRAM Red AXS groupset review 2024Cyclist Magazine Podcast episode 105: RideLondon Special, with race director Kevin NashSRAM Red AXS reclaims lightest groupset mantle and updates ergonomicsHammerhead Karoo 3 has new internals and over 15 hours battery lifeZipp ups integration with new SL 80 Race bars and Goodyear-made Vector R tyresPro race history: Alfonsina Strada rides the men’s Giro d’Italia in 1924Cyclist Track Days 2024 – Book tickets nowFeeling bullish: Bora-Hansgrohe boss Ralph Denk profileLincoln GP gallery: Photos from Britain’s Tour of FlandersMeet the maker: Bryce Gracey of No.22 Bicycle CompanyThe 3T Strada Italia is an aero bike built for tyres up to 35mmBig Ride: Nice, the Tour’s second cityThe best photos from La Vuelta Femenina 2024: The empire strikes backOfficine Mattio OM1 RT road bike reviewSpecialized Sirrus 6.0 reviewClassic climb: Passo Gardena, a breathtaking climb in the Italian DolomitesSyncros Capital SL 40 wheels review ‘I’m really looking forward to this next chapter’: Tao Geoghegan Hart Q&AYou can now buy Tom Pidcock’s 2022 Pinarello Dogma F from Bikeroom (plus more ex-Ineos bikes)Cervélo Áspero gravel bike review We who travel have stories to tell: The Pan Celtic Ultra raceThe bottom line: Everything you need to know about bottom bracket standardsColnago C68 Allroad reviewThe people behind a WorldTour team #4: The mechanicMeet the maker: Tore Juncher Jørgensen of Starfish BicyclesClassic climb: Vallter 2000, the climb that sounds like a rollercoaster in a 1980s theme parkLauf Úthald Race Wireless reviewPro race history: André Mahé and Serse Coppi share Paris-Roubaix victory in 1949Paris-Roubaix tech gallery: Sticky bar tape, Pirelli prototypes and big tyresCycling Electric Demo Day – Book tickets nowParis-Roubaix gallery: Oh my god it’s a double rainbow all the way‘I’d love to win a Classic in the spring’: Pfeiffer Georgi profileCastelli claims its new Gabba R rain jacket is ‘faster’ than its Sanremo BTW speedsuitGravel Big Ride: Ride the volcano on Mount TeideCyclist Track Days Flash Sale – use code EASTERSALE25Paris-Roubaix 2024: Routes, start lists, history and all you need to knowThe edge of glory: Does history predict a win for Mathieu van der Poel at Paris-Roubaix 2024?Where Paris-Roubaix 2024 will be decided, part 1: The Arenberg ForestTour of Flanders tech gallery: Eddy Merckx returns and carbon chainringsTour of Flanders gallery: Koppenbergcross spring editionDisraeli gears: the world’s greatest collection of derailleursWout van Aert to miss Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix with multiple fracturesThe people behind a WorldTour team #3: The soigneurPro Log: Is there anything Tadej Pogačar can't do?E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2024: Route, how to watch and everything you need to know‘I don’t like to play the political game’: Adam Hansen profileThe best cobbled climbs in FlandersMilan-San Remo 2024: Route, how to watch and all you need to knowWho are the favourites for Milan-San Remo 2024?How to watch Milan-San Remo 2024Reduce, reuse… cycle: Inside Endura’s headquartersMallorca’s secret climb: Riding the Kill the Hill sportiveCanyon Grail CF SLX 8 Di2 reviewBig Ride: Valley of the Tears in Gran CanariaMeet the maker: Fabio Putzolu of Ichnu CyclesClassic climbs: Passo Falzarego & Passo Valparola, a Dolomites duo with a rich historyGiant Defy Advanced SL 0 review Strade Bianche vs Palio: A tale of two racesTenth gen Giant TCR gets lighter, stiffer, more aero and hides cablesThe complete history of the Giant TCRStrade Bianche tech gallery: Bikes of the Women’s WorldTourStrade Bianche gallery: Pain faces of a dusty spring classicThe complete history of the Cannondale SuperSixStrade Bianche 2024: New routes, how to watch and all you need to knowMathieu van der Poel’s insane Strade Bianche watts revealedPro race history: Anna van der Breggen wins a rain-soaked Strade Bianche in 2018The people behind a WorldTour team #2: The bus driverOmloop Het Nieuwsblad tech gallery: Van Aert’s Cervélo Soloist, 30mm tyres, Lidl-Trek on tubs?Emma Finucane Q&A: ‘The goalposts just keep moving’Giant Revolt X Advanced Pro 0 reviewMeet the audaxersEkar GT brings Campagnolo 13-speed gravel shifting to lower price pointOmloop Het Nieuwsblad 2024: Routes, TV and everything you need to knowRemembering the time Ian Stannard played QuickStep at their own game and wonCyclist Magazine Podcast episode 98: African cycling pioneer David Kinjah, the man who made Chris FroomeThe new Trek RSL Knit shoes are as expensive as they look‘You can change from Giro to Tour, but you can’t change your wedding date’: Giulio Ciccone Q&ANew Factor Ostro leaves old design in its wake Meet the maker: Sami Al-Khayat of WolkenAnother planet: The Atlas Mountain RaceElves Vanyar Pro Disc 2024 reviewRed rock rollin’: Utah, USA Gravel RideWahoo and Zwift merge turbo trainers to launch the Kickr Core Zwift OneArgonaut Supernaut GR3 reviewA party with a race: Six Days of GhentZwift Hub One reviewLoosening lever risk: SRAM issues recall on 12-speed shifter clamp boltsCyclist Magazine Podcast episode 97: Cycling to the South Pole with Maria LeijerstamNow you can buy a Colnago C68 gravel bikeRocacorba, the most celebrated climb never to have featured in a pro raceCampagnolo’s Bora and Bora Ultra WTO wheels get wider, lighter and faster‘I am happy with everything I achieved’: Annemiek van Vleuten profileThe people behind a WorldTour team #1: The team chefPro race history: Rik Van Looy is upstaged by his teammate at the 1963 WorldsSpecialized Roubaix SL8 Expert reviewThe Fred: Fred Whitton Challenge sportive reviewRidley Falcn RS reviewAll the WorldTour team bikes, tech and kit 2024Sarto Raso TC reviewGateway to Hell: Catalonia Big RideMeet the maker: Enrico Bellé of BelléAll the cycling tech leaked by the pros in 2024All the 2024 WorldTour kits ranked from worst to firstWhat we ride: Pete’s custom-built Legend5 key storylines for the 2024 women’s pro cycling season5 key storylines for the 2024 men’s pro cycling seasonWho actually are the pro cycling team sponsors 2024?Col de Vars, a gentle giant in the AlpsCyclist Magazine Podcast episode 95: Simon Mottram, founder of RaphaHow to go fast and influence people: Alex Dowsett profileIs the Tour de France getting too hard?The new Lauf Úthald road bike is built differentSaddle up, hold on: GiRodeo sportive reviewPro race history: Jacques Anquetil, King of the NationsThe Ötztal Glacier Road: The highest paved road in the AlpsGT Grade Carbon Pro LE review Best gifts for cyclists: Christmas present ideas for the cyclist in your lifeBeyond and back: Andalusia, Spain Big RideRebuilding the world’s first pedal bikeKask Elemento helmet review Cannondale SuperSix Evo Hi-Mod 1 reviewEnve will supply bikes for TotalEnergies next seasonWhat We Ride: Sam’s flat-bar Specialized Diverge E5Tadej Pogačar’s 2022 bikes go up for sale on Bike-Room, including stunning TT1 time-trial bikeJobst Brandt: the Godfather of gravelPro race history: Tom Simpson wins Bordeaux-Paris in 1963Meet the maker: Mikoláš Voverka of RepeteSo you want to ride around the world?‘I love the feeling of going to the limit’: Ricarda Bauernfeind interviewHow to ride a bike in the rain: Wet weather cycling guideTop 10 moments in the 2023 men’s road cycling seasonEF are selling their 2023 Dura-Ace-equipped team bikes for under £5kMeet the handcyclist who’s been tackling Britain’s toughest hill climbsPasso Sella: Fabled rock of the Giro d’ItaliaMason Bokeh 3 reviewAcross the Andes: Riding the 1,517km Rat Race Trans Andean75 years later: Marking Herne Hill velodrome’s Olympic anniversaryPearson Forge review Carbon brake calipers and a broken stem: The sub-4.6kg Cannondale SuperSix EvoRace history: Diot outsprints Muller to claim Paris-Brest-Paris in 1951Bikepacking Alaska’s Denali landslideDerbyWheel: The series aiming to take Japanese and Korean keirin racing worldwideJapanese keirin: sport and culture beyond the velodromeMeet the maker: Rubén Durán of Rizzo CyclesTour de France Femmes 2024 route announced ft. Alpe d’Huez and a mini MonumentMen’s Tour de France 2024 route announced: What will riders face on the road from Florence to Nice?Specialized Tarmac SL8 S-Works Di2 review‘I’ve been knocking on that door for a while and it’s keeping me hungry’: Magnus Sheffield interviewCanyon Endurace CFR AXS reviewThe forgotten world of Epirus: Greece Big RideMerida Silex review: First ride on Merida’s new World Champ-winning gravel bikeThe trials of time: Marlen Reusser profileBespoked 2023: Highlights from Euro edition of handmade bike showSkye’s the limit: Skye UK RideCanyon launches all-new Grail, bids farewell to the double-decker bar‘It’s like Glastonbury for bikes’: Inside the epic Unbound gravel raceUCI Gravel World Championships tech gallery: [Redacted] bikes win both elite racesUCI Gravel World Championships 2023 race galleries: Almost a roaring successNew BMC Teammachine R launched with aero tech from Formula 1Classic climb: Madonna del GhisalloCervélo Soloist Ultegra Di2 reviewRemembering the first Il Lombardia in 1905Mark Cavendish delays retirement to race for one more year in 2024Lapierre Pulsium SAT Allroad 6.0 2023 reviewCol de Peyresoude: A Tour de France institutionPassoni Titanio Disco reviewLondon Bike Kitchen: We’re here to fix thingsMeet the maker: Chris Lord of Lord CyclesFactor O2 VAM review‘There was never pressure to be in cycling, it was just what I wanted to do’: Zoe Bäckstedt interviewThe rest is Istria: Riding the Istria 300, Croatia’s biggest sportiveThe complete history of the Trek MadoneShimano recalls 760,000 Dura-Ace and Ultegra cranksThe 21 best photos from the Vuelta a España 2023Nice guys finish first: The Sepp Kuss effectNew Bianchi Specialissima RC is faster and illegally lightNew Giant Defy follows Liv Avail from endurance to all-roadA grande day out: Asturias, Spain Big RideClassic climbs: Alto de l'AngliruSpecialized Roubaix SL8 Expert review – first rideNew Specialized Roubaix goes all-road with 40mm clearance and extra mountsThe best photos from the Tour of Britain 2023Best places to cycle in the French PyreneesColnago V4Rs reviewWhy the Hardknott Pass is the hardest climb in EnglandSpoon Customs Izoard RR Disc reviewShimano launches 12-speed GRX mechanical groupsetMeet the Maker: Cybro IndustriesHaute Route Davos sportive reviewVuelta a España favourites