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National Championships road races

23-25 June | Redcar and Cleveland

Van der Poel shows Tour form with Belgium blitz

Dutchman dominates second race back after Paris-Roubaix win, reports Vern Pitt

Evenepoel leads tributes toster Gino Mäder at Tour de Suisse

The Bahrain-Victorious rider died after a high-speed crash on stage five

Trek 5500 OCLV

A bike that was on another planet in 1999

Herne Hill to stage major international

Legendary velodrome draws GB and world talents with new UCI event

Liv EnviLiv Advanced Pro AXS

Hannah Bussey looks at the peaks and troughs of Liv's latest offering

Gear of the week

Just landed - we try before you buy...

Industry divided over new tyre rim-size regulations

Some much needed standardisation for tyre and rim combinations has arrived, but not everyone is happy about it. Hannah Bussey digs a little deeper...

INSIDE THE TOUR'S ALPINE AMBUSH

How do you beat the best rider of a generation? By setting a trap and luring him in. Chris Marshall-Bell speaks to those who engineered Tadej Pogačar's 2022 Tour downfall

THE BEST BRITISH PRO YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF

From training on jam sandwiches to mixing it with Pogačar at the Tour of Slovenia, we chart Paul Double’s singular route to racing’s world stage

Keeping the faith

Held back from cycling by cultural traditions, it was not until Iffat Tejani faced a life-and-death diagnosis that she decided the time had come to set her dreams free

HOW TO KEEP TRACK OF TRAINING VOLUME: DISTANCE VS ΤIΜΕ

Measuring training has never been easier, but for keeping tabs on volume, is it better to add up the miles or the hours? Charlie Allenby garners expert opinion

BALANCING THE SCALES DO YOU REALLY NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT?

The next time you find yourself thinking, 'if only I could shed a few kilos, I'd be so much fitter, faster, happier...' - pause! Dr Eimear Dolan provides a framework for a careful, considered weight check

Ken Bird 'Big Bird'

A bike built for Britain's tallest man

Canyon Grail CF SLX 8 Di2

Price range: £2,399 - £6,199 | Model tested: £5,099 | Weight: 7.92kg

GRAVEL BIKE OF THE YEAR

Cycling Weekly's recommendations for the rough stuff

INSIDE BRITAIN'S ALT SCENE RACE

Fastest-known times are growing in popularity, so we take a look at what's going on in the speedy off-road scene in the UK

REBELS WITH A  CAUSE

James Shrubsall rises up to the challenge of a three-day odyssey through unruly Norfolk

THE HUB

All the news you might have missed from the last seven days

Tour de Suisse June 11-18, Switzerland

Evenepoel returns to action in Switzerland

PFEIFFER GEORGI Life as a leadout

Throughout my career so far I've taken on a variety of roles within our team, from domestique focusing on early support and positioning, to road captain, and more recently a leader in the Classics

Cav's first mentor Dot Tilbury calls for him to be knighted

British sprint ace will retire at end of season after highly decorated 17-year career

U23 road cuts could see no GB team at Tour of Britain

Financial pressures and changing landscape mean British Cycling is scaling back its U23 road programme

Bob Jackson Audax Club

Popular classic from a Leeds brand that was big in America

MY TRAINING SPACE: David Rhead

I used to store all my bikes and kit inside the house, but as I was amassing more and more, my wife’s tolerance was getting stretched. Shopping around for garden rooms, I was being quoted prices of over £20,000, and I thought, ‘Hang on a minute, I can build this myself ’. So in 2016 that’s what I did – for about a quarter of that cost.

GIRO GASTRONOMY: A FEAST FIT FOR A GRAND TOUR AFTER-PARTY

To celebrate an action-packed, albeit unpredictable Giro, chef Hannah Grant lays on a carb-crammed Italian spread

Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar £549

Garmin’s near range-topping Forerunner 955 is not so much an activity tracker as a complete wrist-based diagnostics tool. Aside from tracking your riding, running or whatever activity you wish to partake in, the GPS watch measures a staggering amount of data, via light reflection, to feed back on your recovery, health, training readiness, optimal training zones, stress levels and more. You can also add the altimeter, barometer, compass, pulse oxidation, respiration, sunrise and sunset times, music player controls, race calendar and more.

Coros Apex 2 Pro £499

The most striking benefit of the Apex 2 Pro is its incredible battery life. Coros claims 30 days of regular use per battery charge, equating to 75 hours of GPS-enabled activity – it only needed charging twice in two months of use.

Amazfit Falcon £499

Amazfit is a smartwatch company based in Hong Kong which specialises in fitness wearables. The Falcon features a titanium body, a 42mm sapphire crystal touchscreen, four buttons and liquid silicone strap. We used the buttons rather than the touchscreen when wearing gloves and they performed well.

Garmin Forerunner 225 £299

The Forerunner 255 is the cheapest watch on test, and by some margin. Naturally something has to give, and when it comes to the 255 it's the lack of any mapping.