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Rainbow warrior

Javier Valiente of Amapola Cycles tells us about his multicoloured custom race machine

This Olympic Road Race might actually be worth watching

A punchy finale around Paris's Butte de Montmartre will bring the excitement usually missing from the Olympic Road Race, says Felix Lowe

Can't stop the chop

Unleash your inner kid the Raleigh Chopper is back

Q&A George Bennett

The New Zealand climber tells Cyclist about the changing face of racing, working for and against the big stars, and his future plans

Different times

What was the cycling world like 75 years ago? Now in his midnineties, Scottish former champion Ramsay Mackay remembers those times like they were yesterday

SCOTT GAMBLER 910 - £4,399 A bike park-ready budget beater worth taking a chance on

This latest iteration of Scott's long-standing Gambler launched in 2019.

TRAILCREW HAFOD TRAILS

We discover the delights of Wales's newest bike park, located deep in beautiful Carmarthenshire

TRANSITION SPUR XO AXS - £7,999 Can the smallest of revisions keep Transition's downcountry demon at the top of the pile?

Transition's Spur has set the benchmark for downcountry bikes since its release in 2020.

MBUK SUPER BIKE - #128 MATT WALKER'S SARACEN MYST

The British national downhill champ has a new ride for the 2024 race season

PARIS HERE WE COME!

With the 2024 Olympics in France fast coming around, we take a quick dive into the history of mountain biking at the Games, plus explain what to expect, how to watch and who to keep an eye on this year

Factory Fresh - THIS MONTH'S NEW BIKE YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

REFINED BUT NO LESS RADICAL

ROUTES ISLAND ESCAPES

With summer in full swing, our route maker Max has brought forth three rides that celebrate some of the offshore delights that lie just off mainland Britain

HAT-TRICK HERO

Ademola Lookman wrote his name into European football's history books with a hat-trick in the Europa League final

PHILLIPS' GOLDEN YEAR

As Harry Kane wins the 2023-24 ESM Golden Shoe, Sean Cole looks back to the turn of the century to remember the last Englishman to win the award

WEIGHT OF HISTORY GIVES REAL 15TH CROWN

Real Madrid's knowhow eventually overpowers determined Dortmund in Wembley final

GREEK LEGENDS

Olympiacos become first Greek club to win UEFA trophy

AI Hilal sweep to another Saudi crown

The first edition of the Saudi Pro League's glamorous new era ends with a familiar title winner

2023-24 SEASON REVIEW

VIOLENCE OVERSHADOWS TURKISH TITLE RACE

GRIME TIME - EXPERT WORKSHOP ADVICE

WHEELY ANNOYING

BIKETEST ULTIMATE HIRE BIKES

We test three park-cum-DH rigs - the kind of bikes available in holiday spots like Morzine and Whistler, as well as uplift venues closer to home

PINARELLO DOGMA XC - £12,000 Designed by and for Elite racers, with a ride feel to match

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX & ONTO THE TRAILS

My SCARIEST Moment - TIM COMMERFORD

The Rage Against The Machine/ Audioslave/Prophets of Rage bassist wasn't fazed by an encounter with an apex predator, but a crash near his California home left him questioning whether MTB was the sport for him

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Kriss Kyle's success shows where an obsessive love of bikes can take you - although it helps if you have a shedload of talent and a good crew!

MARIN ALPINE TRAIL E2 BOSCH - £6,385 Big-battery, high-powered e-MTB for gravity fans at a (relatively) affordable price

The Alpine Trail E Bosch is Marin's first e-MTB to use a four-bar linkage suspension design and a non-Shimano motor.

THE MANY FACES OF MOUNTAIN BIKING

WE HIT THE ARIZONA DESERT AS PART OF A HUGE FEMALE-LED GROUP RIDE THAT PUTS THE FOCUS ON FUN AND FRIENDSHIP

Second round of World Cup qualifying underway

Favourites perform largely as expected, yet Cayman Islands dominate the headlines

ATALANTA END LEVERKUSEN'S UNBEATEN RUN

Atalanta lift the Europa League trophy by becoming the first team to beat Bayer Leverkusen in a year

Record four in a row for City

Pep Guardiola's side sweep to unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title

PARIS'24

This summer's Olympic Games marks the 100th anniversary of Uruguay's football victory at the 1924 Olympics, a tournament where the beginning of the sport's globalisation can be traced

Brazilian clubs eye Copa number six

As the Copa Libertadores group stage concludes, a sixth consecutive Brazilian winner is looking likely