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!

Caravan of love

In Focus

Mathieu van der Poel back in yellow • Dream weekend for Alpecin-Deceuninck overshadowed as Philipsen crashes out

Vingegaard attacks

Determined Thomas starts his final Tour • The 39-year-old Welshman is the oldest rider at this year’s Tour – can he bow out with a stage win?

Watson impresses after late call-up

TOUR IN REVIEW • The 112th Tour de France begins with a wet and wild welcome from northern France

Tour stats

SOUNDS OF THE TOUR

LEWIS ASKEYCROWDS, DELAYS AND STRESS ON TOUR

LIFE ON TOUR

NED BOULTINGBRITISH FANS HIT THE NORTH

THE FALL OR THE FIGHTBACK? • Of the past 12 Grand Tours, Ineos Grenadiers have not won a single one. Can they withstand another Tour de France washout, asks Chris Marshall-Bell

INEOS’S WIN DROUGHT IN NUMBERS

TOUR DE PROTEST • Protecting the Tour’s 3,500km route from sabotage is almost impossible, and history reminds us of the race’s vulnerability. Patrick Fletcher looks back on an extraordinary day from 1982

HINAULT’S PUNCH

Tour poster

TOUR DE FRANCE 2025 STARTLIST • All the teams, all the riders

Beldon plotting route back to the top • Nineteen-year-old took on the pros at the National Champs with an eye on joining them next year

Welcome back - Sir Dave Brailsford rejoins Ineos

A parkrun for bikes?

Cycling Weekly

Felix Gall’s Van Rysel RCR-F • The Austrian mounted a speedy steed for the Tour’s opening stages

SPECIALIZED S-WORKS POWER EVO WITH MIRROR £379

Specialized Ares 2 £479 • The latest Ares race shoe locks down the power

MIDLIFE REBOOT • Hormones wreaking havoc? Do not despair. Corey Coogan Cisek explains how to train smarter, fuel better and tackle the midlife rollercoaster without losing your mojo

HOLDING BACK THE YEARS: KEY STATS

MORRIS LEADS CIRCUIT SERIES • Crockett tops men’s standings after Ilkley and Otley

WEAVER BREAKS COASTAL RECORD

COMING UP

RACE WITH US ON ZWIFT!

PHILIP EVANS’S SPECIALIZED TARMAC SL4

HOW TO… STAY COOL

“When I look back at what has been going through my mind, I find the tapes are missing” • For the Doc, riding alone is a blissfully thought-free zone

Acts of Cycling Stupidity

Tour de France

GAZELLE ‘STAYER’ BIKE • For riders with legs of iron and nerves of steel