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17 STOREROOM ESSENTIALS OF PRO NUTRITIONISTS

Which staple foods and core ingredients do pro cycling nutritionists keep in stock at all times? Rob Kemp asks four specialists for their must-have items

An extra gear, but no batteries for new GRX

Joe Baker takes a first ride on Shimano's new and improved 12-speed gravel groupset

Fifth-generation Liv Avail 'built for endurance'

Women-specific all-rounder features a re-engineered frameset with bags of tyre clearance

Giant's new Defy promises a smoother ride than ever before

Redesigned frameset is lighter, while new seatpost and bars are created with comfort in mind

TOP 8 INTRA-TEAM RIVALRIES

Eight classic clashes where allies became adversaries

TONY DOYLE REMEMBERED

A legend of the track and road alike, Tony Doyle's life was cut short by cancer earlier this year - but as you'll read, it was a life led very much in the fast lane

Cat Ferguson inks World Tour deal

17-year-old Brit takes fast track to the top tier

Saint Piran's perfect ending

A clean sweep of National Series events for the Cornish-based squad

Sepp Kuss makes history

American's ascension to Grand Tour winner status causes Jumbo-Visma headaches

Peugeot Aspin

The French brand's classic that made Britain great in the Eighties

LET'S TALK ABOUT...MALE LONELINESS

Too many men have too few friends, and it's having disastrous effects on our mental health. Rob Kemp breaks the taboo on friendlessness and explores how to forge new connections through cycling

Luke Lamperti's Specialized Tarmac SL8

Trinity Racing's riders have been easy to spot at this year's Tour of Britain.

Tom Pidcock's Pinarello Dogma F

At first glance Tom Pidcock's race bike looks to be standard issue. However, a closer look reveals an interesting choice of groupset.

Wahoo moves the indoor market up a gear

New Kickr MOVE and SHIFT models aim to upgrade indoor training

THE PATH TO THE WORLD TOUR

What does a rider need to reach cycling's highest tier of racing?

3X THE STRUGGLE

For the latest in our occasional series of 'three ways up the same hill' Simon Warren travels to the Lake District to tackle the mighty Kirkstone Pass

Howcroft-Jones is Bunsall Cob top dog

High North Performance man takes second consecutive victory by a whisker in the Buxton CC hill-climb

Jumbo poised to make GT history

Dutch team closing in on clean sweep after Evenepoel's Vuelta jour sans

Wout van Aert rounds out Jumbo domination

Jumbo-Visma take home Tour of Britain title but are made to work for it in the mountains of South Wales, reports Tom Thewlis

De Rosa

Italian thoroughbred from the heart of pro racing

Vuelta a España, stage 17 22 September, 1999

Belgian Frank Vandenbroucke, one of the most talented yet tragic riders of his generation, leads the peloton on stage 17 of the Vuelta en route to Guadalajara just outside Madrid.

Dr Hutch

The Doc reflects on the more left-field events at the Glasgow Super Worlds and realises it’s not the cycle-ball that is the most peculiar

The unbreaking of a record-breaker

Long-distance record-setter Christina Mackenzie tells us about her biggest challenge yet - returning to racing following a devastating hit-and-run crash

MiND oVer MisHaP

Returning to cycling after a crash involves not only healing the body but also calming the mind. Dr Marianne Trent explores the psychology of getting back on

Vitus Venon EVO-RS 105 Di2 £3,599 | 7.8kg

Paul Grele tastes freedom on an all-road bike that comes in two flavours

Close and yet so far at Glasgow Worlds

It’s funny being at a bike race and not racing. I don’t mean funny in the ‘ha ha’ way, more the strange way.

Peden takes maiden 25-mile championship

Northern Irish rider emulates his hero with blue riband TT victory

OBITUARY - Jim Hendry 1939-2023

Tributes have been paid to Jim Hendry, former Chief Executive and General Secretary of the British Cycling Federation (later British Cycling), who died on Sunday, 20 August, at the age of 83.

Chaos marks Vuelta a España opening weekend

Remco Evenepoel led after three rain-hit and incident-packed opening stages, reports Chris Marshall-Bell in Barcelona

GAUGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Artificial intelligence can scan through past workouts far quicker than we can manually, but does that mean it knows best what to do next? Joe Laverick pits apps against instinct