Latest articles by Chris Sidwells
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Barry Hoban: A British cycling great
Barry Hoban’s tally of Tour de France stage wins beats every British rider bar Mark Cavendish. There’s much more to Hoban than his palmarès, though, as Chris Sidwells found out when he visited him at home in Wales
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Icons of cycling: The maglia rosa
The story of one of cycling’s most distinctive jerseys
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Icons of cycling: The Cape Wrath Fellowship
The Cape Wrath Fellowship, a ride along the wildest road in Britain, is a challenge that still attracts people of all ages and was invented by Cycling Weekly
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From monster mileage to power meters: how training has changed through the decades
Imagine riding without GPS... without power... even without heart rate. How did the riders of yesteryear cope, and how greatly has training really advanced?
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How they used to train: How delivering coal helped Yvonne Reynders become a multiple world champion
Yvonne Reynders went from discus throwing to top cyclist thanks to an intense training regime
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Icons of cycling: Fallowfield Track
An icon owned by a legend, Fallowfield Track was a cycling Mecca in the 1950s
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Warning lights: Nine health checks for cyclists
Your cycling fitness relies on a complex interplay of biological systems. How can you check that nothing is falling out of sync? Chris Sidwells finds out
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Do these 27 old 'rules' of professional cycling stand up to the science?
Pro cyclists of old were duty-bound to follow an arcane and often baffling set of fitness rules. Chris Sidwells sifts through them for pearls of wisdom that have stood the test of time
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Tour de Yorkshire 2017 final stage 'could be carnage'
Tour de Yorkshire route analysis: Climb-packed last stage will provide an action-packed finale to the three-day race
