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April 30th
- Top 5 five U.S. cities with the most bike commuters revealed
- ENVE Composites under new ownership: private Utah investment firm takes the wheel
- Marianne Vos powers to stage three Vuelta Femenina victory, Blanka Vas keeps race lead
- I'm a nutritionist - this is how long a bike ride needs to be for carb loading to be beneficial, and what to eat
- Zwift's Watopia expands again with new climb
- Ride the nostalgia trip as Panasonic returns to European cycling after 40 years
- What happened to the 'golden age' for cycling in the UK?
April 29th
- Jumbo-Visma won 3 Grand Tours with 3 different riders in 2023. All of them were wearing these shoes: the Nimbl Ultimate reviewed
- 'I can not describe my disappointment and frustration': Bora-Hansgrohe rider hits out at non-selection for Giro d’Italia
- Alison Jackson sprints to Vuelta Femenina stage two victory after crashes affect race
- Team GB’s Paris Olympics track bike officially unveiled
- Giro d'Italia 2024 contenders: Can anyone stop Tadej Pogačar?
- Giro d'Italia 2024 route: Stelvio removed due to 'risk of avalanches'
- 'Tadej Pogačar is capable of winning every stage of the Giro d'Italia', says Ineos Grenadiers DS
April 28th
- Carlos Rodríguez seals overall victory at the Tour de Romandie for Ineos Grenadiers
- Lidl-Trek narrowly win opening team time trial at La Vuelta Femenina after late crash
- Why do coffee and cycling go together so well? An investigation
- 'I’ve been battered by the cycling community for wearing normal clothes, not to mention not using a helmet' - Chris Boardman on riding for utility, and sport
- Folding bike riders know it's about the size of the watts, not the wheels
April 27th
- Nightmares, niceties and gnarl: 10 years of the Transcontinental Race
- Why the best commute will always be aboard my old steel fixie
April 26th
- Tweets of the week: Pogačar can be beaten, Pidcock meets the royals, and Remco's an Arsenal fan
- Friday roundup: Rapha does sportswear, Oakley meets PNS and Restrap makes a vest
- Giant Defy Advanced SL0 is a smooth operator that goes the extra mile
- Remco Evenepoel goes on first outdoor ride since horror crash, hints at Tour de France on Strava
- Four weeks after breaking arm, Lizzie Deignan set to start La Vuelta Femenina
- £500k worth of bikes, clothing and accessories up for auction after Leeds shop closure
- Rapha lays off employees, closes North American office
April 25th
- Trek USCX will host 4 consecutive UCI cyclocross race weekends on US soil
- Lip service isn't good enough: here's what needs to change for cycling events to actually be inclusive
- Ask a coach: ‘Should I cycle commute every day?’
- Opportunity knocks for Demi Vollering and Elisa Longo Borghini at open La Vuelta Femenina
- Introducing the start-up that helps cyclists find local mechanics and get a 'better service'
- What pressure are you running? Three different pressure monitoring systems, put to the test
- 'Why are other bikes so expensive?' - Van Rysel says it's not 'cheating the customer' as WorldTour bike undercuts competition
- 'We found out on social media' - British team Lifeplus-Wahoo on their Tour de France Femmes invite snub
- Giant files lawsuit and recruits top Stages Cycling staff as power meter brand closes down
April 24th
- Overachiever: Cameron Wurf competed in the Amstel Gold, La Flèche Wallonne and an Ironman, all in just eight days
- The tech nerd's guide to the perfect coffee
- Wout van Aert back on drop bars as he says he’s 'almost professional again' in Strava post
- 'Ride like you own the road' - Zoe Bäckstedt on Paris-Roubaix Femmes, her Grand Tour debut and her new Red Bull helmet
- Stages Cycling lays off entire workforce, according to report
- Tech Question: Should a commuter bike be a joy to ride or a workhorse?
- Cycle to Work scheme is 'sucking the lifeblood' from local bike shops, say retailers - here's how to save on tax, ethically
- Coach's view: Does cycle commuting really count as training?
- 'I've taken the power meter off and it has made me focus more on speed': Alex Dowsett on picking up results after ditching data
April 23rd
- Among market turmoil, Colnago boasts €55 million in sales: CEO shares the brand’s secret
- Why e-bike torque numbers matter more than you think
- FSA recalls 12,300 cranks fitted to prominent bike models
- 2.28km in 2:55: The Tour de Romandie prologue which was over in a flash
- Bike rental schemes hit record numbers in the UK, almost topping 25 million hires
- Egan Bernal says he has regained his pre-crash form, but others have improved
- Lotte Kopecky to miss Tour de France Femmes with Olympics the main goal
- Specialized has joined the price slashers and there are huge discounts to be had on electric, hybrid and gravel bikes
- Was this the best women’s Classics campaign ever?
April 22nd
- The 8 quirkiest tech innovations we spotted at the Sea Otter Classic
- Cycling training plans: 10 week plans for beginners, intermediates and racers
- Buy One Get One Free on bikes didn't save Kona as brand is put up for sale
- Is the Cycle to Work scheme disadvantaging those who really need it?
- It's Commuting Week at Cycling Weekly - here's what you can expect
- Kona’s for sale, Mavic and Parlee are back, Triban is no longer, Garmin Varia’s got competition and 4 other discoveries from North America’s biggest bicycle trade show
April 21st
- ‘It’s super special’ - Tadej Pogačar on taking his sixth Monument victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- Grace Brown outsprints the favourites to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
- Tadej Pogačar wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège with an unstoppable attack on La Redoute
- If you have too much money, coffee is right up there with cycling as a solution
April 20th
- Bring Bob Marley along for your next ride with State Bicycle’s 4/20 collaboration
- Undercover Mechanic: Contrary to popular belief, the bike industry is not collapsing - but disinformation is rife
- You need to ride easy to get faster - and that might be easier than 'Zone 2', here's why
April 19th
- Tweets of the week: Brutal weather at Flèche, an idiot sandwich and is there a new POC helmet?
- Juanpe López wins Tour of the Alps, does 34 kick-ups with a football
- Friday roundup: Enve x Classified partnership, a new Zipp disc wheel, and a reasonably priced gravel e-bike
- 6 ways riders are making their bikes lighter at the Tour of the Alps
- Is it time we all just bought gravel bikes rather than road bikes and be done with it?
- Freezing, wet and freezing, and non-existent: when cycling's weather gods don't play ball
- Are pockets on the Specialized Men's Prime SWAT Bib Shorts worth parting with extra cash? Perhaps
April 18th
- 'I'd love to be an F1 driver': Get to know GB track sprinter Emma Finucane
- 'I felt like I was the worst rider in the bunch' - Simon Carr dispels doubt with longest ever solo win at Tour of the Alps
- The ENGO 2 cycling sunglasses provide data in your eyeline - but aren't quite perfect, yet
- String spokes in an ultralight package that is a blast to ride: the Berd Sparrow Gravel Wheelset reviewed
- 'It's a surreal experience' - Meet the British teenager racing with his heroes
- A closer look at the 'disruptive' Ribble Rebellion crit bike: part artwork, part race machine
- Are cyclists who jump red lights really the problem?
- Injured Wout van Aert apologises to 'all those I gave sh*t to for using spacers under their stems'
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège match-up: Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel finally meet again
- 'I've missed races I was peaking for, but there's plenty of time to be ready': Lizzie Deignan says broken arm won't derail Olympic goals
April 17th
- Customizable titanium race bikes without the eye-watering price tag: Blackheart's Road Ti bike reviewed
- Kasia Niewiadoma wins La Flèche Wallonne, first road victory for five years
- 'It feels like a gamble' - bike shop sees Shimano cranks fail 5 months after passing inspection
- Love letter to the most annoying person on the group ride
- 'It was one of the hardest days of my life' - Rain and cold lay waste to Tour of the Alps
- Stevie Williams becomes first Brit to win men's La Flèche Wallonne
- What's so special about FTP? A lot - so here’s how to test and improve it
- A great value bike for gravel and fire roads, but capable of trails: Cannondale Topstone 1 Alloy reviewed
- 21 things you didn't know about Peter Sagan
- 'It was time to change': No regrets for Rod Ellingworth after leaving Ineos Grenadiers
- 'Sometimes I don't know what's happening' - How a Kiwi ended up on a legendary Basque team
- Great Britain qualifies full track cycling squad for Paris Olympics
- 7 steps you must not forget when preparing your bike for spring - by a mechanic
April 16th
- ‘To find out post-accident that I would be in a wheelchair… I felt like my life was over’ - How adaptive bikes give spinal cord injury survivors their lives back
- 'I got left out' - How one contractless pro is fighting to get back to the WorldTour
- More than just Little Red Wagons, Radio Flyer introduces new line of family-friendly e-bikes
- Jonas Vingegaard leaves hospital after Itzulia Basque Country horror crash
- Affordable pro bike set to 'turn the market upside down' sells out in minutes
- Safer pro cycling scheme boss ousted after less than a year, as number of crashed-out WorldTour riders reaches 38
- Promising Scottish rider Anna Shackley forced to retire from cycling at 22
- 'We're fighting all the time to be in front': Is cycling more dangerous nowadays? We asked the pros
- It’s time for riders to stop celebrating before they reach the finish line
April 15th
- Dozens of riders left stranded as National Cycling League announces 2024 season hiatus citing 'current economic challenges in domestic and global cycling industry'
- Welsh Grand Départ for first ever Tour of Britain Women, British Cycling confirms
- 'Cycling is a requirement, not an obsession': how one 46-year-old vet racer stays motivated to keep on winning
- 'I spent five weeks on the sofa': How Tobias Foss overcame illness and got back to winning ways
- I'm a mechanic - here's how I keep tubeless setups safe
- Muslims branded 'a drain on modern society' in social media tirade on Michelle Froome's account
- I chilled out at Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23 - and then took victory, explains British winning machine
- ‘For a guy my size, it’d be a big challenge’ - Matteo Jorgenson rules out Grand Tour ambitions
April 14th
- ‘It feels really good’ - Tom Pidcock finally tastes victory at the Amstel Gold Race
- Tom Pidcock sprints to victory at the Amstel Gold Race
- Marianne Vos wins the Amstel Gold Race as early celebration denies Lorena Wiebes at the finish
- 'If I'd been training I'd have turned around and gone home': the fickle fortunes of ultradistance record breaking
- British Cycling coach reveals the one item you should never leave at home when travelling without a bike
- 'Monday will be a whole new me': How not to stick to a training plan
April 13th
- Custom hybrid shifters and prototype tyres: Elisa Balsamo's Classics setup
- 'I'm the same age as Remco – he respects what I'm doing': Meet the WorldTour's youngest performance director
- The ice method cometh: Is cold water therapy revolutionary, a waste of time, or actually dangerous?
April 12th
- Friday Roundup: Race-winning wheels, featherweight shoes, an artisan photo stick and Cycling Weekly goes racing, sort of...
- Tweets of the week: What is crostata and why is it making Elisa Longo Borghini win?
- Gocycle releases 2.6kg carbon-fibre super bike... for toddlers
- Patrick Lefevere apologises for 'derogatory' remarks about women, avoids fine
- Julian Alaphilippe claims to have raced 11 times this spring with a broken knee
- Primož Roglič to miss Liège-Bastogne-Liège in order to recover for Tour de France
April 11th
- 'A lot roadie, a little groadie': first ride impressions of the all-new Enve Fray, an endurance bike designed for and by former road racers
- Wout van Aert to miss Giro d'Italia due to injuries suffered at Dwars door Vlaanderen
- I rode 200km and was confronted by the folly of middle age
- From broken back to Paris-Roubaix podium: Bob Donaldson is making a statement
April 10th
- From silver bullets to black holes: Where did all the bling go?
- 'There's blood on my handlebars': Inside one rider's debut at Paris-Roubaix Juniors
- Eight reasons to ride LEJOG fully supported
- I rode every cobble in my city and I found my hidden talent
- I’ve gone from full time to time-crunched athlete: 6 tips for smashing cycling goals on limited hours
- New study reveals impact of chest fairings in time trials - and it’s big
April 9th
- Can one bike do it all? BMC unveils next gen Roadmachine family that aims to serve road, gravel and e-bike riders with one platform
- Gravel bikes aren't fit for the cobbles: five tech trends from Paris-Roubaix
- Pro-Palestine activists call for 'more protests than ever' against Israel-Premier Tech at Giro d'Italia and Tour de France
- Should all drivers put stickers on cars to help keep cyclists safe?
- Elia Viviani says helmet 'saved his life' in Paris-Roubaix crash
- Wout van Aert showers for first time in 12 days, posts on Strava
- Will the Tour de France be won by the last man standing?
April 8th
- 'Age is no barrier to extreme sports': Cyclist aims to be the oldest woman to row the Atlantic at 70
- Everything is bigger in Texas: meet the group ride regularly attracting 800 cyclists
- Opinion: Mathieu van der Poel firmly grasps legend status with second Paris-Roubaix victory
- 'People who know me know I'm sometimes a bit loco' - Lotte Kopecky's rise to be the best cyclist in the world
April 7th
- Van der Poel ‘in a different league’ at Paris-Roubaix, says Mads Pedersen
- ‘It’s a completely different beast’ - Tom Pidcock happy with top 20 finish after ‘epic’ Paris-Roubaix debut
- 'I just wanted to make it a hard final' - Mathieu van der Poel on unplanned Paris-Roubaix winning attack
- Mathieu Van der Poel claims historic solo victory in action-packed Paris-Roubaix
- Pfeiffer Georgi credits setup on her Scott Foil RC for Paris-Roubaix Femmes podium ride
- 'I’m just here to enjoy it': Tom Pidcock on his surprise Paris-Roubaix appearance
- 'Remember pain is just French for bread': We could all learn something from this cancer survivor's method for dealing with tough days in the saddle
- If entry to your next local race costs £27,000, you'll know who to blame
April 6th
- Lotte Kopecky: Paris-Roubaix Femmes went ‘exactly as planned’
- Mads Pedersen: Paris-Roubaix suits me better than the Tour of Flanders
- Lotte Kopecky sprints to Paris-Roubaix Femmes victory from six-rider group
- Prototype tyres and 5 other tech insights from Paris-Roubaix Femmes
- Tom Pidcock to ride Paris-Roubaix, days after Itzulia crash
- Legal action to be taken against 'violent' spectators, warns riders' union
- Tweets of the week: Forget the cobbles, Paris-Roubaix is now all about goats and chicanes
- 'Age and hormonal changes play a part of my cycling journey - but it is still possible to improve': The journey to ultra endurance racer
April 5th
- Friday roundup: Oakley hopes to make integrated visors cool, Hunt's new wallet-friendly wheels, and a new groupset from Shimano
- Ineos doesn't think you need a 'special bike' for cobbles - Tom Pidcock's Classics set up
- Israel-Premier Tech to tackle Paris-Roubaix on gravel bikes
- Mikel Landa the latest to break collarbone at Itzulia Basque Country
- Coming soon, Hard Miles is a true story film blending Breaking Away's spirit with a modern twist
- SD Worx-Protime hoping for 'dose of luck' at Paris-Roubaix Femmes
- 'It's not normal that riders should risk their life' - Ex-pro cyclist calls for action on crashes
- Mathieu van der Poel hopes for 'bonus' win at 'Russian roulette' of Paris-Roubaix
- ‘Clearly something needed to be done’: Soudal Quick-Step back introduction of Arenberg chicane at Paris-Roubaix
- 'I didn't think the mechanics put a chain on my bike' - Magnus Bäckstedt on his Paris-Roubaix victory, 20 years later
- From narrowing the approach to no Arenberg at all: Six ways to solve Paris-Roubaix's trench problem
April 4th
- Jonas Vingegaard suffers broken collarbone, 'several' broken ribs and collapsed lung in Itzulia crash
- Ask a coach: How can I train consistently when life is so hectic?
- Jonas Vingegaard, Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel caught up in huge crash at Itzulia Basque Country
- Evans Cycles store lines its walls with cut-price WiggleCRC stock
- Campagnolo enters the power meter market the only way it knows how: with a $2400 crank-based power meter — which, of course, we had to get our hands on
- Cargo brand to replace 22,000 bikes in mass recall
- Tour de France stage winner in intensive care after being hit by car driver on training ride
- 37psi in 32mm tyres: Why tyre pressures are getting lower at Paris-Roubaix
- Paris-Roubaix Arenberg chicane aims to avoid 'death trap' but is labelled 'a joke' by Mathieu van der Poel
April 3rd
- Exploring the Mexico-US borderlands: 3 days riding among the mountains the border wall blasted through
- I ditched my cycling computer - now I listen to the birds sing when I ride
- MAAP shows 'intent' for Europe by landing in Amsterdam
- Redshift's funky new Top Shelf Handlebar is made for those who want their gravel bike to feel more like a mountain bike
- Exclusive: Men’s Tour of Britain stages cut to seek parity for women’s race
- Wout van Aert posts a walk on Strava, but could he still ride the Giro d'Italia?
- Tom Pidcock unable to bear weight on right leg after Itzulia Basque Country crash
- 'Every time we hit the cobbles, I wanted to cry' - 5 tales from riders who finished last at Paris-Roubaix
April 2nd
- Are all road bikes 'allroad' bikes?
- Luxury watch maker releases range evoking golden age of cycling and we want to replace our smart watch
- Can Mathieu van der Poel defend his title at Paris-Roubaix?
- Specialized introduces the Search, a breezy, feature-packed gravel helmet
- A first look at Specialized's revamped family of Recon off-road shoes, designed for versatility and diverse budgets
- 'I'll take time to recover then change direction': Lizzie Deignan looks to bounce back after suffering first fracture at Tour of Flanders
- I watched Mathieu van der Poel ride to Flanders glory - and I was not excited
- Mark Cavendish to miss Scheldeprijs as illness continues to affect schedule
April 1st
- Specialized being pursued for $659,000 owed to Salvadoran workers in unpaid wages, investigation reveals
- The ultimate gel taste test: We sampled 21 energy gels so you don't have to
- Ask a coach: 'I don't have time for endurance rides at the weekend – how can I build up to a 100-mile event?'
- 12 hacks to make your ride better and more fun