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ARE YOU READY TO RACE?

So you've been cycling for a while and now you're eager for a competitive challenge but are you ready? Tom Couzens sets out everything you'll need to get started

WATT WORKS FOR ME - Jack Carlin

Fresh from a golden hat-trick at the Track Nationals, the GB sprint ace spills the secrets of his success

Wiggins walks the line

Ben Wiggins makes his Track Nationals debut as dad Sir Brad plays mentor from track centre

Teams left ‘angry' and we 'confused' by WorldTour relegation battle

Lotto and BikeExchange among those in danger, reports Chris Marshall-Bell

PARIS - ROUBAIX 2022 CONTENDERS

Only the toughest need apply - here's CW's favourites for the Hell of the North

REMEMBERING ROUBAIX

Last October Lizzie Deignan entered the history books as the first ever winner of the women's Paris-Roubaix and became the first ever Brit to win the race to boot. She regales Vern Pitt with the tale of that day

THE DEBUTANT

Ineos Grenadier Magnus Sheffield will be the youngest rider in the race when he lines up for his first Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. James Shrubsall finds out what makes him tick May

STEPPING UP PART 1 - RESET, REBUILD RESTART

How do you step up and take your performance to the next level? Determined to shrug off a disappointing 2021, Alex Ballinger kicks off this three-part series by going in search of inspirational advice

Olympic body criticised after BC trans U-turn

National governing body axes inclusion policy for trans riders

Martínez eyes Tour de France after Basque Country victory

Primož Roglič struggles with painful knee injury

Cannondale Topstone redesign

Gravel is just the start for a new range that has the versatility to take on almost any terrain

Stewart returns after Crohn's diagnosis

Young Brit says he can still race at the top level

Specialized Aethos Comp - £5,000 7.86kg

The new Aethos Comp continues to concentrate on ride quality - Luke Friend finds out just how fruitful this focus has been

Van der Poel takes tactical Flanders finale

Dutchman bides time as ‘impressive’ Tadej Pogačar loses out on podium place

Van Baarle propels Ineos's Classics rebirth

The British team showed at Paris-Roubaix that their Classics transformation is complete

Phil Williams's National Road Bike TT-winning Giant TCR

The bike that was fastest in the new RTTC championship

THE ONLY WAY IS

Tens of thousands of riders will line up in London on 29 May as the UK's biggest sportive returns with a brand new route

SWAPPING ROUBAIX FOR RUTLAND

Canadian Ben Perry tells Amy Jones why leaving the top flight of the sport to join British stalwarts WiV Sungod is reinvigorating his career, and how he can't get to grips with British jargon

Dr Hutch

Piloting a TT bike is something the Doc knows about, and he’s not convinced by Mr Froome’s thoughts on banning them

DON'T WASTE YOUR BREATH!

Inhale, exhale – two actions you rarely have to think about. But could altering the way you breathe improve your cycling performance? Rob Kemp finds out

Long transfer hampers British Tour Grand Départ 2026 bid

Prudhomme also expresses scepticism on a return of the Tour de Yorkshire

OBITUARY Richard Moore 1973-2022

Richard Moore’s sudden death at the age of 49 has left a “huge void in the cycling industry” as the sport came together to mourn the passing of one of its best-loved journalists.

Longo Borghini delivers poetic Roubaix win

The Italian champion invoked Dante's Inferno as she tasted paradise at the 'Hell of the North'

LET'S TALK ABOUT...GENITAL HEALTH

Long spells in the saddle can put our nether regions in jeopardy - but most of the risks can be prevented or at least managed. Chris Marshall-Belltackles the taboo

Everesting in extremis

Having proven his talent for ultra-distance running, Nima Javaheri got on his bike and targeted Everesting's ultimate record – the most elevation ever climbed

Kopecky continues ascent with home Flanders win

Belgian national champ on Classic form

Colnago C68: next-gen classic

It’s the Elvis of handbuilt carbon frames and the latest model is aimed at the connoisseur rider

EL CHICO DE ORO

Tucked away in the shadow cast by Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar is a Spanish golden boy that UAE Emirates think could surpass the young Slovenian. Chris Marshall-Bell meets Jan Ayuso

Cycling and Mopeds 24 August, 1959

Beryl Burton's talent shines through and Vic Sutton makes Tour debut

Canyon Endurace CF 8 £2,199 | 8.5kg

Simon Smythe hails a mile-muncher that makes few sacrifices to speed