News Archive | October 2025

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October 31st
- Should I spend the whole winter cycling indoors? Is it worth it?
- Australian WorldTour teams saved after 'paperwork issues' delay UCI registration
- Movistar state 'commitment to a clean and transparent sport' in week where two former riders receive anti-doping suspensions
- Colnago's new track bike looks like a mix between their TT and road options, but you won't see Tadej Pogačar riding it
- Friday cycling quiz: From early trainers to Esports World Champs, how much do you know about indoor training?
October 30th
- Spanish rider leaves Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe after being provisionally suspended over 'unexplained abnormalities' in biological passport
- 'Incredibly dangerous and exhausting': retiring Ineos Grenadiers rider reflects on how bike racing has changed
- Organiser of 'forbidden' track cycling series insists it 'will be implemented', apologises for launch delays
- 'You could just bully them out the sport, back to where they belong' – Luke Rowe says he used to make 'life hell' for ex-dopers in peloton
October 29th
- I used to ride on my home trainer in my parents' shed – thanks to platforms like Zwift, indoor cycling no longer feels so lonely
- 'It's depriving us athletes' - German track cyclist calls out UCI for 'misconduct' after points scoring delay leads to missed medal
- Wout van Aert to lead group ride on ROUVY as part of series of pro livestreams on indoor training app
- Race with us every Wednesday in the Cycling Weekly Club Ten
October 28th
- Look's new Keo Vision pedals are a simple idea done well - the real question is why hasn't anyone done this before?
- An Adventure ride with a race bike fit – is this new stainless steel bike from Berlin inadvertently more exclusive than Berghain?
- I have ridden 30,000km in the last five years and I still managed to fall off my bike at a red light – we’re all the same as cyclists
- Zwift launches biggest map expansion for five years with new New York routes
- Strava adds Garmin attribution to activities after dropping legal action
October 27th
- 'There’s nothing wrong with the wheels': Chris King, Revel, Reynolds and others respond to FusionFiber supplier shutdown
- Stranded on your e-bike? There’s now a rescue service for that
- 'We have the resources, tools and expertise to take this team to the very top of the sport' – Lidl-Trek now majority-owned by Lidl, aim to be best in the world
- It's indoor training week on Cycling Weekly
- 'I'm not the most gifted rider but I've worked very hard for this' – Galler and MacFarlane conquer Bank Road at British National Hill-Climb Championships
- 'This is really not normal' – The Netherlands' Harrie Lavreysen makes history with four gold medals at Track World Championships
October 26th
- 'Pretty crazy' – Katie Archibald and Maddie Leech win Madison gold on Track World Championships day four, Anna Morris defends individual pursuit crown
October 25th
- 'It went to plan' – Josh Tarling and Josh Charlton win gold for Great Britain on Track World Championships day three
October 24th
- Riders ready? Your guide to 2026's biggest gravel events and key registration dates
- 'It doesn't get more quintessential than Ventoux' – climb's inclusion in Tour de France Femmes route will be 'massive' for race, says Zwift director
- 2026 L'Étape du Tour de France and L'Étape du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift to tackle iconic Tour climbs
- The Friday cycling quiz: How well do you know track cycling?
- Tadej Pogačar 'vastly superior' to Eddy Merckx, says retiring WorldTour star – for reasons you might not have thought of
- Swiss Side rolls over and adds a UCI-compliant 65mm deep option to its Hadron range but the rebellious amongst you can still buy the illegal 68mm
- 'I just didn't have the legs' – GB's Katie Archibald scores silver on day two of the Track World Championships, Emma Finucane relegated out of sprint title defence
October 23rd
- $590,000 in prize money, new selection rules, finisher compensation: Life Time unveils 2026 Grand Prix
- Mid South splits pro and amateur race days to prioritise safety while preserving the gravel spirit
- The Tour de France route designers hope for suspense until stage 20 next year, with novelty thrown in, but will Tadej Pogačar listen?
- 'Remco Evenepoel will be rightfully disappointed': Ned Boulting's take on the route of the Tour de France 2026
- Tour de France 2026 route: Pyrenees, Massif Central, Vosges and two separate stages up Alpe d'Huez, before Montmarte finish in Paris
- 'The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift continues to break records and exceed expectations' – Zwift extends partnership with TDFF
- 'Coming away with a silver medal is bittersweet for me' – Dutch beat GB to gold twice on opening day at Track World Championships
October 22nd
- Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France-winning Met Trenta 3k Carbon helmet finally launches to the public
- 'The Cycle to Work Scheme has helped prop up the bike market' – £219 million put into bike industry through tax-break system
- Hammerhead is ending Karoo 2 updates but I’m not ready to let go
- 'I rode my first century': one rider's first foray into distance on the latest Going Long podcast now
- How to watch the Track World Championships 2025: Everything you need to live stream all the rainbow action on the boards
- Strava walks away from Garmin legal action, users of both can relax
October 21st
- If you want to win a Grand Tour next year, the Giro d’Italia or Vuelta a España are your best bet
- ‘You still ride black tyres? They're dirty and slow’ - Vittoria wants to change what bike tyres look, feel and even smell like
- Want to help design GB's bike for the 2028 Olympics? British Cycling has the job for you
- State of the Industry: Participation is surging but the bike industry faces critical crossroads and looming tariffs
- 16 iterations and countless hours in a wind tunnel, how MAAP developed the jersey that Luke Plapp didn't want to take off
October 20th
- WorldTour applicants for 2026-2028 published by UCI, includes Tom Pidcock's Q36.5 Pro Cycling
- “It is extra motivation to just do it” - How the MyWhoosh Big Ride Challenge inspired Stephe Fletcher to bigger things
- French cycling star ends season with monster training ride that was almost an Everest
- Following WorldTour exit, Rapha to sponsor Team USA with an eye on 10 Olympic medals in L.A.
- 'We have some things to fix' - Rapha posts financial losses for eighth year in a row
- Super-team in the making, or desperate survival ploy? What can we expect from a Lotto-Intermarché merger?
- 'It's not the most feasible option' – Tadej Pogačar unlikely to ride Vuelta a España in 2026
- UCI 'does not recommend' use of ketones in cycling, but does not restrict their use
- 'It's absolutely ludicrous' - British Continental teams unlikely to compete at Tour of Britain Women after UCI rule change
October 19th
- The end of the Giro d'Italia was the essence of cycling – 'someone else should do it,' is our mantra
October 18th
- Cam Jones and Sofia Gomez Villafañe win Life Time Grand Prix after 'gnarly' weather-shortened Big Sugar race
- From angled seatposts to extreme positions, here are the riders who have taken on the UCI regulations and lost
October 17th
- 'Get off the course and seek shelter' - tornado, lightning threatens to disrupt the Life Time Grand Prix finale
- 'I can't quite believe it' - British cyclist wins 16th world title in a row
- The Friday cycling quiz: Whose bike is this?
October 16th
- 'I get it if he wants to stop cycling': Tadej Pogačar's mum voices concern over her son's exhaustion
- Strava tells Garmin users not to worry amid legal dispute: 'Uninterrupted connectivity is our top priority'
- Ineos Grenadiers to continue riding Pinarello bikes for next three years
- Over £170,000 in bike parts up for auction with current bid just £2600 after bike company restructuring
- 'This feels like the most turbulent, hard year I've ever had' – Evie Richards conquers difficult 2025 as most successful female short track rider ever
- 'I realise how valuable it was' – don't discount your short cycle to work – it could be worth more than you think
- Josh Tarling set for UCI Track World Championships debut for Great Britain
October 15th
- Campagnolo does the most Campagnolo thing ever and drops a range of hop ups to make your Super Record Superer
- French WorldTour team to fold, according to reports
- 'I don't have 100% of me to give to it anymore' – British Olympic medallist retires at 28
October 14th
- I was overtaken so badly by a lorry driver at the weekend that I feared the worst, and this is just normal for a cyclist
- You think that's light, Brompton? Oleg at Twisted Wheels says, "hold my beer" with a custom Brompton that only weighs 5.99kg
- World champions, Olympic medallists and a Tour de France winner – these are the riders retiring in 2025
- Brompton abandons front wheel drive in big rethink on e-bike range
- 'It attracts a lot of attention – especially from bankers': Strava confirms plans to go public on stock exchange
October 13th
- Debate: Were the Dutch right to chase down their own teammate at the Gravel World Championships? Is gravel a team sport or an individual one?
- Former British champion to retire at 28 after 'difficult few years'
- 'My chance to win the world title has been taken away from me' – Dutch confuse with tactics in elite women's race at UCI Gravel World Championships
- 'He didn't manage to catch me' – Tadej Pogačar beaten by British hill climber at event in Slovenia
October 12th
- 'It’s the end of a long comeback' - Florian Vermeersch overcomes adversity to reach top step at the UCI Gravel World Championships
- Florian Vermeersch takes breakaway victory to win the men’s elite race at the UCI Gravel World Championships
October 11th
- 'This is my best season so far' says Tadej Pogačar after winning his fifth consecutive Lombardia title
- Lorena Wiebes holds off Marianne Vos to clinch elite women's race at the UCI Gravel World Championships
- 2026 Giro d’Italia to start in Bulgaria confirms RCS president
- How to watch the UCI Gravel World Championships 2025: Everything you need to live stream the rainbow bands battle
- 'Not one puncture since... 2015': You had your say on a world without flats while cycling
- How to watch Il Lombardia 2025: Everything you need to live stream the year's final major Classic
October 10th
- Kilian Jornet on fueling with olive oil, riding gravel and finding freedom in wild spaces during his epic 5,000km quest
- 'Team Sky chucked me under a bus' – Bradley Wiggins on doping allegations
- Tadej Pogačar domination or something else? Four things you need to know about Il Lombardia
- 3T's fastest aero gravel bike just got an update
- 'It would change everything': is cyclo-cross coming to the Winter Olympics?
- Ineos Grenadiers sign Kévin Vauquelin, their second French transfer this year
- 'Serious concerns from a safety and personal-belief standpoint that weighed heavily on my conscience' – Derek Gee opens up on Israel-Premier Tech contract termination
- The Friday Cycling Quiz: How well do you know ... Il Lombardia?
October 9th
- 'Innovation and safety are not opposing forces': SRAM welcomes UCI halt on gear restriction, calls for better, 'open' governance in professional cycling
- Belgian court sides with SRAM, tells UCI to back down on its gear-ratio crackdown — for now
- Know a great local cycling route? Why not get it – and yourself – into the Fastest Known Times record books, as long as you obey the rules
- Tour de France 2026 route rumours, from Alpe d'Huez to Le Lioran
- 'I'd not even looked at the TT bike since April': how one young rider returned from a broken back to win Britain's best-loved non-British time trial
- The 'Lion of Flanders' roars again: cycling legend Johan Museeuw to race the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships
- 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships: How to watch, who to watch, and everything else you need to know
October 8th
- Tom Pidcock, Marianne Vos, Lorena Wiebes, but no Mathieu van der Poel: UCI Gravel World Championships 2025 start lists confirmed
- Bike bells might be deeply uncool, but every cyclist should have one
- 'It wasn't great, the way the team dealt with it' – Geraint Thomas on the David Rozman fallout at Ineos Grenadiers
- UCI releases full details of helmet clampdown – here's what's going to be banned
October 7th
- Closure of GCN+ cost Warner Bros £3m, new account filings reveal
- 2025 Cycling Weekly awards - nominate your club or a local volunteer for this year's awards!
- 'We're going to be seen from outer space' - As Rapha and EF Pro Cycling part ways, we look back at their most iconic collaborations
- 'Rapha is leaving the WorldTour' – Rapha and EF end partnership after seven years
- Pro cycling's problem with expectation vs reality
- 'I've been riding in fear and pain': another young bike racer retires from the pro peloton
- Tour of Britain Men and Women dates confirmed for 2026, both to be five-stage races
October 6th
- The woom WOW wants to get more kids on a bike earlier, with the only self-balancing bike for babies and toddlers
- Meet the teacher rallying hundreds of kids, Justin Timberlake and Benson Boone to bike to school
- Tadej Pogačar harassed and 'stickered' at European Championships: is this the start of a backlash against the world champion?
- Israel-Premier Tech to be renamed and rebanded, 'moving away from its current Israeli identity', as co-owner Sylvan Adams steps back
- Why did only 17 riders finish the European Championships elite men's road race?
- 'I had to push really, really hard' – Tadej Pogačar unbeatable once more, this time at European Championships
October 4th
- The stress-free way to deal with a major technical issue on your bike, is to ignore it
October 3rd
- Alpha, Max Blower, Regal and Rolls, in this weeks serving of rich tech soup
- 'I don't think I ever relaxed, I was always pushing as hard as I could': meet Jenson Young, who beat Lachlan Morton and set a new course record at the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross
- Pogačar v Evenepoel v Vingegaard: the European Championships road race could be the most interesting one-day event of the season
- Friday cycling quiz: Who's saying goodbye to their teammates and moving on to pastures new?
- Spanish cycling team takes 'disciplinary measures' against pro rider for 'violating road safety regulations'
- Belgian cycling star breaks contract for second time, leaves Visma-Lease a Bike for Movistar
- Strava takes legal action against Garmin, demands it stops selling almost all devices
October 2nd
- Watch live as Life Time Grand Prix titles are decided at Big Sugar finale
- 'I think we'll improve him' - Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe plot performance gains for incoming Remco Evenepoel
- Bike theft is becoming effectively decriminalised, and something needs to change
- Portuguese cycling team banned for 20 days after two anti-doping rule violations
- Ineos Grenadiers lose key management pair to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe as Remco Evenepoel's arrival nears
- Is it wheelie October already? New gravel and road hoops dropping everywhere just now
October 1st
- Portland to protest Trump’s troop deployment in the most Portlandia way: a naked bike ride
- Castelli's says its new Do.Di.Ci jacket is the "spiritual heir" to the Gabba
- 'I'm super happy to take another title': Remco Evenepoel blasts to European Championships time trial victory
- 'I was not sure to win' – Marlen Reusser caps rainbow jersey debut with European Championships time trial victory
- Team Bottrill dominate best all-rounder time trial competition with late victory by a whisker
- You don't need £800 worth of gadgets to ride a bike – cycling should be inexpensive and accessible