News Archive | September 2021

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September 30th
- ‘A lot of self doubt, but it actually wasn’t that bad’: Joss Lowden reflects on her blistering Hour Record ride
- 'I think it would be quite cool if it rains': Mathieu van der Poel ready to take on the challenge at debut Paris-Roubaix
- Joss Lowden smashes Hour Record
- Joss Lowden's Hour Record LIVE: Updates as British rider takes on prestigious track record
- ‘He was one of the first coaches to believe in my potential’: Heiko Salzwedel, former British Cycling Olympic coach, has died
- The Tour Down Under will not be taking place in 2022
September 29th
- Peter Sagan: I'm not afraid of a wet Paris-Roubaix
- ‘I hope to not touch Wiggins’ power for even a second’: Can Dan Bigham’s aero gains overcome wattage in Hour Record attempt?
- Gianni Moscon leaves Ineos Grenadiers after six years
- Tom Dumoulin to Team BikeExchange for 2022?
- Family pay tribute to ‘passionate cyclist’ Andy Fowell who died in crash
- Paris-Roubaix switches dates again for 2022
September 28th
- Dan Bigham announces Hour Record attempt
- Julian Alaphilippe says losing the rainbow jersey would have been 'a certain form of relief'
- Who are the bookies' favourites for Paris-Roubaix 2021?
- Should you ditch long, slow winter miles? Reverse periodisation says yes
- Does sports science only tell us half the story?
- Cycling for charity? Everything you need to know to get started
- Cycling boom continues in the UK, but bike trips to school are still low
- Teenage truck driver ploughs into group of cyclists while allegedly trying to blast them with fumes
- 'The girls who were still there can blame themselves': Annemiek van Vleuten critical of team-mates at World Championships
September 27th
- Neilson Powless rescues remarkable fifth for USA at World Championships road race
- 'Remco Evenepoel was the best man in the race after Julian Alaphilippe': Lefevere baffled by Belgian tactics at World Championships
- Owain Doull to join EF Education-Nippo in 2022
- CW5000 2021 finisher's medals now available!
- Greg Van Avermaet looking for redemption at Paris-Roubaix after omission from Belgian Worlds squad
- Road World Championships 2021: Strava data shows brutality of race around Flanders
- The Women's Tour will not be broadcast live on TV in 2021
- 'I was almost dead': Jan Ullrich speaks out on his recovery on Lance Armstrong's podcast
- Thomas Voeckler: 'We wanted to attack earlier than everyone else at Worlds so they would think we were idiots'
September 26th
- 'I don't want to become a robot': Julian Alaphilippe's second rainbow jersey is another triumph for pure bike racing
- Five talking points from the World Championships 2021 elite men's road race
- 'S**t, it's up to me now': Michael Valgren 'saves the day' for Danish Worlds hopes
- Crashes mar Ethan Hayter's Worlds leaving 'missed opportunity' feeling
- Mathieu van der Poel hopes World Championships will help him deliver in Paris-Roubax
- Tom Pidcock says Belgians made it 'near impossible' for Wout van Aert to win Worlds as Brit rides to impressive sixth
- World Championships 2021: Wout van Aert says he’s ‘only human’ as he admits he didn’t have legs to follow Julian Alaphilippe
- Julian Alaphilippe: ‘The Belgian fans asked me to slow down and weren’t very nice - that gave me extra motivation’
- Julian Alaphilippe solos to heroic defence in men's 2021 World Championships road race
- Mark Cavendish abandons World Championships 2021 road race
September 25th
- Five talking points from the women's elite World Championships 2021 road race
- Marianne Vos: 'Silver was all I could do' as Dutch spell over rainbow jersey is broken
- Worlds win was 'revenge for this season' says Elisa Balsamo, who now sets sights on finishing her degree
- Road World Championships 2021:Italian Elisa Balsamo outsprints Marianne Vos to take the rainbow jersey
- Zoe Bäckstedt keeps composed until finish line tears to take rainbow jersey as dad Magnus watches on from the booth
- Road World Championships 2021: Elite men’s road race start list
- 'It's just not feasible': The uphill battle for Tao stagiaire Red Walters to even get to the Worlds start line
- Zoe Bäckstedt takes the Junior women’s rainbow jersey after an exemplary British display in Leuven
September 24th
- Ethan Hayter: 'I think everyone knows Tom Pidcock is the leader' at Flanders World Championships
- 'People think I just sit behind eight people and sprint, I can race,' says Cavendish ahead of return to Worlds
- Road World Championships 2021: Elite women’s road race start list
- Filippo Baroncini triumphant in men's Under-23 road race at World Championships
- Road World Championships 2021: Five things to look out for in the men's road race
- Tweets of the week: André Greipel gets a lesson from Alex Dowsett, a rabbit predicts the new world champion and more
- How to watch the Flanders 2021 World Championships road races: Live stream the brutal Belgian races
- German former rider receives nine year doping ban and stripped of 11 years worth of results
- Intensity, 'idiots' and a broken spoke: GB junior men secure top 10 in Worlds road race but residual hunger remains
- 'My respect and appreciation for him is enormous, apparently is not mutual': Remco Evenepoel responds to Eddy Merckx's comments
- Taxi driver jailed after seriously injuring cyclist while using two phones, before trying to delete evidence
- Road World Championships 2021: Norway’s Per Strand Hagenes crushes the field in junior road race
September 23rd
- Sir Dave Brailsford responds to rumours that Egan Bernal wants to leave Ineos Grenadiers
- Lizzie Deignan on Patrick Lefevere: 'I'm pleased he has no interest in women's cycling, we have no interest in him either'
- Vincenzo Nibali returns to Astana for the 2022 season
- Rwanda will host the 2025 Road World Championships
- UCI announces gravel World Championships, new cyclocross format and 'the development of snow bike'
- Ethan Vernon: The ups and downs and the patience required en route to the promised land of WorldTour stardom
- Strava unveils new 3D terrain to help with route-planning
September 22nd
- Jeopardy, drama and the antidote to archaism: GB riders give their verdict on mixed relay TT
- Tony Martin: 'Twice I was lying in the ambulance, the dad of two daughters, you start questioning if it’s really worth it'
- British riders explain reason for lumps on front of their jerseys during World Championship team time trial
- Austrian junior hospitalised after ‘collision with bus’ during World Championships recon
- Bora-Hansgrohe set to use Le Col kit for the 2022 season
- Germany dominate the mixed relay at the World Championships in Tony Martin's last ever race before retiring
- Eddy Merckx says that if Belgium have one leader for World Championships Evenepoel should not ride
- Australian federation shares update on investigation into handlebar failure that caused Tokyo Olympic crash
- 1 in 5 drivers stopped for overtaking advice as Dame Sarah Storey joins police on close pass cycling patrol
- 'I'm not a welfare centre': Patrick Lefevere criticised for comments on a future Deceuninck - Quick-Step women's team
- 17-year-old Brit Josh Tarling: not boring, not bad on a bike either, after claiming silver in junior men's time trial
- Road World Championships 2021: Five things to look out at the women's road race
September 21st
- CW Awards: Last chance to nominate those who have helped and inspired in 2021
- 'I thought I was having a heart attack on the start line': Mechanical engineer, mother of two, making Pakistani history
- Denmark tops time trial podium again as Gustav Wang takes junior World Championship jersey
- Days after being injured in an attempted burglary, young star Cian Uijtdebroeks suffered through Worlds junior time trial
- Road World Championships 2021: How does the mixed relay time trial work?
- Road World Championships 2021 route: Course details and profiles for all the races in Flanders
- A family affair for 'disappointed' Zoe Bäckstedt at the World Championships, as 16-year-old takes GB's first medal
- Dan Bigham, Johan Price-Pejtersen and Juliette Labous share their Strava stats from World Championships time trials
- Alena Ivanchenko narrowly beats Zoe Backstedt in junior World Championship time trial
- Ineos youngster Luke Plapp: 'I can't find a flight, it's been quite a while since I've seen my family'
- Sir Dave Brailsford to leave Ineos Grenadiers as Rod Ellingworth to take over team, according to report
- Joss Lowden hopes Hour Record try will encourage more female attempts but 'give me a moment with it first, if I get it'
- Mathieu van der Poel will ride World Championships road race
September 20th
- Ellen van Dijk rode 'like the world was going to end' in order to claim time trial rainbow jersey
- Five talking points from the 2021 World Championships elite women’s time trial
- Dan Bigham is definitely NOT the bad boy of British Cycling
- Ellen van Dijk powers to an astonishing World Championships individual time trial title in 2021
- Magnus Sheffield says he thinks Ineos Grenadiers 'will rise to the top again' as he joins British WorldTour squad
- ‘More than a bike rider’ - Danish winner of Worlds under-23 time trial pays tribute to Chris Anker Sørensen
- Road World Championships LIVE: Updates from elite women's time trial in Flanders
- Scottish rider sets new record for distance ridden in a week
- Road World Championships 2021: Denmark’s Johan Price Pejtersen storms to gold in under-23 time trial
- Ineos Grenadiers signs record-breaking teenage star for 2022 season
- Meet Chris Symonds: The 47-year-old Londoner who works at the House of Commons and rode Worlds TT for Ghana
- Road World Championships 2021: women's elite individual time trial start list and times
- 'I got it from an ad in Cycling Weekly': Ireland's Marcus Christie rode Bradley Wiggins' old time trial bike at Worlds
September 19th
- Wout van Aert: 'It's not funny anymore to get second' after another silver medal in Flanders Worlds ITT
- Filippo Ganna thanks rivals for motivating him in fight for time trial World Championships
- 'It feels like we're not allowed to be world champion' says Remco Evenepoel after Belgians beaten for third year in a row
- Five talking points from the elite men's time trial at the 2021 World Championships
- World Championships time trial LIVE: Updates as Filippo Ganna wins elite men's TT for second year
- Filippo Ganna retains World Championships time trial crown after thrilling battle with Wout van Aert
- ‘Unbearable that we will never see each other again’: Cycling world responds to death of Chris Anker Sørensen
- Tony Martin announces retirement from professional cycling
- Road World Championships 2021: men’s elite individual time trial start list and times
- Chris Anker Sørensen killed in crash at Flanders World Championships
September 18th
- Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel looking for extra one per cent at Worlds as task of beating Filippo Ganna looms
- Miguel Ángel López to leave Movistar, team announces
- David Lappartient: Riders are sharing rumours of new doping techniques, they feel there is a gap
- Mark Cavendish reaches agreement on wages, final sticking point is role with Deceuninck - Quick-Step after retirement
September 17th
- Tweets of the week: Evie Richards tries skateboarding, Alex Dowsett's puncture nightmare and more
- Strava finally add 'Gear' option to mobile app
- This crit pays out $100,000, but competition is going to be fierce
- Five things to look out for at the Road World Championships time trials
- Who are the favourites for the World Championships time trials in Flanders?
September 16th
- Mark Cavendish spotted cycling in central London
- Michael Valgren ends winning drought with two consecutive victories ahead of World Championships
- Nominate your 2021 local hero - deadline extended to September 24
- Does your cycling club have what it takes to be named club of the year?
- Spanish pro launches social media tirade after race disqualification for illegal riding position
- Muc-Off releases ‘world’s fastest race lube’
September 15th
- How one CW5000 rider took on an even bigger ride challenge
- Mathieu van der Poel focussed on Paris-Roubaix, but coach holds his World Championships place
- ‘Should I take the risk?’: Patrick Lefevere favours Fabio Jakobsen over Mark Cavendish for Tour de France 2022, as contract negotiations continue
- Cyclist airlifted to hospital after severe crash with e-scooter rider who fled the scene
- Sam Bennett makes return to Deceuninck - Quick-Step squad in Belgian one-day race
- Video documentary reveals the struggle behind riding the Tour de France 2021 route solo in just 10 days
September 14th
- Chrome Industries to use Panaracer tyre compound for grippier soles
- Cycling Weekly awards - nominate your indoor inspiration
- Anna van der Breggen won't defend title at World Championships time trial
- Alberto Contador sets off on 1,600km ride after his team won a stage of the Giro d’Italia
- Alex Peters is enjoying cycling again, returning to Tour of Britain after mental health break
September 13th
- Police catch close-pass drivers by joining group ride, and upload to Strava
- Ethan Hayter disappointed to surrender Tour of Britain title on final day
- Mathieu van der Poel stuns with one-day race victory despite back injury
- Rival teams lend spare bikes to BikeExchange after thieves steal 12 machines at Tour de l'Ardeche
- Five things we learned from the Tour of Britain 2021
- Phenomenal British team confirmed for 2021 World Championships in Flanders
September 12th
- Young fan who 'led' Tour of Britain breakaway presented as Jumbo-Visma's additional rider ahead of final stage
- Sonny Colbrelli outwits Remco Evenepoel to become European men's road race champion
- Wout van Aert makes it four Tour of Britain stage wins and steals overall title from Ethan Hayter
September 11th
- Ellen van Dijk solos to European Championships road race victory against all odds
- Yves Lampaert storms to breakaway win after tactical masterclass on stage seven of the Tour of Britain 2021
- Why aren’t British riders competing in the Trento 2021 European Championships?
- 'Probably the best seat in the house': James Shaw explains his tactics after sprinting with Wout van Aert, Julian Alaphilippe, and Ethan Hayter
- Tom Dumoulin still plans to continue cycling career next year
September 10th
- Mark Cavendish explains mid-race frustration to viewers during Tour of Britain breakaway
- Taking on the Rapha Women’s 100: The movement inspiring women to push their limits
- Wout van Aert powers to a hat-trick win on stage six of Tour of Britain 2021
- Tweets of the week: Tour of Britain special featuring Alex Dowsett, Wout van Aert, and Swan facts
- ‘Grim viewing’ as video emerges of driver mocking injured cyclist in Richmond Park
- Tom Dumoulin forced to end season after being hit by driver in training
September 9th
- 'I just put it in my biggest gear and went flat out': Ethan Hayter on his first Tour of Britain stage win
- Wout van Aert says he's 'happy he made it to the finish in one piece' after avoiding late Tour of Britain crash
- Stefan Küng shatters time of Filippo Ganna to become European time trial champion
- Furious Patrick Lefevere slams Sam Bennett for racing European Championships
- Ethan Hayter sprints to victory and retakes overall lead on Tour of Britain stage five
- Marlen Reusser powers into gold in elite women’s time trial at 2021 European Championships
- 'Not much is missing': Julian Alaphilippe says he's close to peak fitness for World Championship defence
- ‘I was doing sports to stand for human rights for girls’ - Afghanistan’s cyclists watch as Taliban outlaws women’s sport
- Wout van Aert hails 'special finish' on Great Orme at Tour of Britain after beating Julian Alaphilippe
September 8th
- Filippo Ganna and Elisa Longo Borghini help Italy to claim mixed relay team time trial victory at European Championships 2021
- Wout van Aert pips Julian Alaphilippe on the Great Orme after a frantic stage four of Tour of Britain
- Spanish pro has set off on 1000km ride home after finishing Vuelta a España
- Huge new cycling facility in Cornwall gets green light as part of Tour of Britain legacy
- Gino Mäder gives £4000 to charity after pledging to donate for every rider he beat in Vuelta a España
- Ribble-Weldtite reveal mechanical hindered their performance in Tour of Britain team time trial
September 7th
- 'I tried to convince him to continue': Miguel Ángel López's team-mate speaks out after his leader abandoned the Vuelta
- Dutch team unveil phenomenal squad for women’s road race at 2021 World Championships
- Ethan Hayter says he's 'up against it' as he leads Tour of Britain into queen stage
- Ineos Grenadiers storm to stage win and overall lead with Hayter on Tour of Britain stage three team time trial
- Tour of Britain rider fined £700 after he was photographed urinating in public
- Remco Evenepoel says 'everyone will ride for Wout van Aert' at World Championships in Flanders
- 'In my own country, I'm not part of the team': Philippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet not selected for home World Championships
- Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert and Lotte Kopecky headline Belgian squad for World Championships in Flanders
September 6th
- Can Ribble-Weldtite humble WorldTour squads in Tour of Britain team time trial?
- Vuelta a España 2021 team ratings: How did each team perform?
- Robin Carpenter takes shock solo victory from breakaway on stage two of Tour of Britain 2021
- Mathieu van der Poel cleared to race again as back injury threatens rest of 2021 season
- 'I was not at my normal level': Anna van der Breggen pulls out of European Championships after poor showing in Spain
- ‘I learned about suffering’ - Egan Bernal and Adam Yates reflect on mixed Vuelta a España for Ineos Grenadiers
- Movistar react to result of Vuelta a España after drama in final week
- Wout van Aert unsure of targeting Tour of Britain GC after opening stage win
- Evie Richards didn't think first MTB World Cup victory would come so quickly after World Championships win
September 5th
- Five talking points from stage 21 of the Vuelta a España 2021
- Vuelta a España 2021 standings: The final results from the Spanish Grand Tour
- Primož Roglič seals Vuelta a España 2021 title with victory in final time trial
- Lotte Kopecky wins final stage of Challenge by La Vuelta as Annemiek van Vleuten secures title
- Matej Mohorič rides to brilliant stage seven victory as Sonny Colbrelli wins Benelux Tour
- Wout van Aert wins stage one of Tour of Britain 2021
- Dan Martin reflects on a career of consistency, instinctive racing and a panda: 'It was the human element that I found fun'
- Mark Cavendish unsure if he will remain at Deceuninck - Quick-Step but vows 'I will get even better'
- Mathieu van der Poel signs contract extension with Alpecin-Fenix until 2025
- 'I decided to stop fighting' - Miguel Ángel López apologises and explains decision to abandon Vuelta a España
- 'It's a brutal world': Chasing the dream with James Shaw, who steps back up to the WorldTour
September 4th
- Miguel Ángel López abandons Vuelta a España after being told to stop chasing Roglič group, source claims
- Five talking points from stage 20 of the Vuelta a España 2021
- Clément Champoussin mugs the GC riders to take last-ditch victory on stunning stage 20 of the Vuelta a España
- Sonny Colbrelli takes solo stage six win and surges into overall lead at Benelux Tour
- Dominant Van Vleuten crushes the opposition at Challenge by La Vuelta to take stage three honours and GC lead
- Primož Roglič unlikely to contest time trial rainbow jersey at Flanders World Championships
- Tweets of the week: Egan Bernal, Tom Pidcock, Primož Roglič and more
September 3rd
- Dan Martin announces retirement from professional cycling
- 'I'm in survival mode': Egan Bernal doubtful of Vuelta a España podium after tough stage 19
- 'I hope I don’t wake up from this dream': Magnus Cort on taking his third stage win at Vuelta a España 2021
- Five talking points from stage 19 of the Vuelta a España 2021
- Koen de Kort speaks out about his career-ending injury
- Magnus Cort makes it a hat-trick of victories with breakaway win on Vuelta a España stage 19
- Annemiek Van Vleuten wins Challenge by La Vuelta mountain time trial
- Caleb Ewan flies to stage five victory at Benelux Tour 2021
- Remco Evenepoel abandons Benelux Tour with stomach issues
September 2nd
- Miguel Ángel López eases pressure on Movistar with his first Vuelta a España stage in four years
- Five talking points from stage 18 of the Vuelta a España 2021
- Miguel Ángel López soars to stage 18 victory on monstrous Altu d'El Gamoniteiru at Vuelta a España
- Hitting the hills in the Yorkshire Dales
- Marlen Reusser takes solo win on opening stage of Challenge by La Vuelta
- Tim Merlier bests Mads Pedersen in bunch sprint on stage four of the Benelux Tour 2021
- Your CW5000 September challenges
- 'Roglič already seemed unbeatable': Vuelta a España rivals giving up hope of taking red jersey
- 'It’s been the team I’ve always looked up to': Britain's Ben Tulett joins Ineos Grenadiers for 2022 season
- Mikel Landa explains why he abandoned Vuelta a España 2021
- Sarah Storey claims 17th gold medal with road race victory in Tokyo
September 1st
- 'We have saved a very, very difficult day': Movistar duo content to limit losses to unstoppable Roglič on Vuelta a España stage 17
- Vuelta a España: Egan Bernal says he took 'revenge' against himself with long range attack
- 'I didn’t think, I just went': Roglič revels in 'real racing' on Vuelta a España stage 17
- Five talking points from stage 17 of the Vuelta a España 2021
- Primož Roglič stamps his authority on the Vuelta a España 2021 with stage 17 summit finish win
- Taco van der Hoorn wins stage three of Benelux Tour 2021 as break holds off bunch
- Fans react to Tour de Yorkshire cancellation
- Tour de Yorkshire will not take place in 2022
- Rohan Dennis signs for Jumbo-Visma from Ineos Grenadiers