Procycling

Procycling is the monthly magazine that takes readers inside the world’s toughest sport – professional road racing. From the mud and rain of the spring Classics through to annual summer spectacular of the Tour de France, the magazine combines thoughtful, probing sports journalism and insightful interviews with incredible sports photography. The rich, often scandalous history of cycle sport and its high tech future also feature in a magazine that’s a must for every follower of the grand tours and the peloton.

PREFACE

GALLERY • THE WORLD’S BEST CYCLING PHOTOGRAPHY

Turkish delight for Cavendish

PIDCOCK LIVES UP TO THE HYPE

COMMUNIQUÉ • NEWS • GOSSIP • CHATTER

ALEXANDER KRISTOFF • The Norwegian sprinter talks sleeping, skiing and trance music

ROBBE CEURENS • Novo Nordisk Conti team’s Belgian puncheur on riding with diabetes

OBJECTS OF DESIRE • THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL GEAR

TANEL KANGERT • BikeExchange’s Estonian rider on the difference between a pro and a champion

THE CARBON NEUTRAL ZONE • MICHAEL WOODS ON WHY HE’S TRYING TO RACE A CARBON-NEUTRAL SEASON

DAN MARTIN • ISRAEL START-UP NATION

KÉVIN RÉZA • B & B HOTELS P/B KTM

BRODIE CHAPMAN • FDJ NOUVELLE - AQUITAINE

CHARLIE QUARTERMAN • TREK - SEGAFREDO

ALPHA BEATER • After winning two stages and the green jersey at the 2020 Tour de France, including the sprinters’ blue riband stage in Paris, Sam Bennett has become the man to beat in the bunch finishes. But as he tells Procycling, he doesn’t need to shout about it

SAM BENNETT BIGGEST WINS, YEAR BY YEAR

A NEW BEGINNING • Sam Bennett caught the Irish imagination with his Tour green jersey. Can he spark a renaissance for the sport in his home country?

HIGH FIVES • After finishing second in the Vuelta in 2018 at the age of 23, Spain’s Enric Mas struggled to follow up on his breakthrough the following year. But in 2020, he found equilibrium and consistency, finishing fifth in the Tour and the Vuelta. Now he’s aiming even higher

WAIT AND MAS

BE INSPIRED TO RIDE

High & Mighty • The Tour of the Alps has a long history but in recent years has become the warm-up race of choice for the Giro d’Italia. Procycling reports on the 2021 edition, which saw a dominant winner against a stunning Alpine backdrop

THE MAN AT THE TOP

FRINGE BENEFITS • Spain has produced many grand tour winners and a few classics champions. However, its teams and fans are concentrated in one small corner of the country. And while the Tour and Giro unite France and Italy, the Vuelta just highlights Spain’s atomised cycling scene. Procycling looks into a unique cycling nation

ONE WEEK IN HEAVEN • THE ONE-WEEK STAGE RACES MAY NOT BE AS PRESTIGIOUS AS THE GRAND TOURS, BUT THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST TRAINING GROUNDS FOR BIGGER, LONGER EVENTS. PROCYCLING ANALYSES THE RESULTS OF THE TOP WEEK-LONG RACES, TO FIND OUT WHO EXCELS AT THEM

Perfection recharged • Lisa Brennauer has bounced back from a couple of less successful years to be back at her best, Procycling finds out what has changed

HAPPY HAIG • After five years with Mitchelton, Jack Haig moved to Bahrain Victorious, where he hopes to find balance between his sporting ambitions and his sense of contentment

SPRATT BROWN • Amanda Spratt and Grace Brown are leaders at Team BikeExchange. They tell Procycling how they took wildly different pathways to end up at a similar destination

Bridging the gap • Mary Wittenberg, the president of EF Education-Nippo, is the most senior female executive in the men’s WorldTour. She tells Procycling about her journey into cycling, her background as an elite runner and her plans to make the sport bigger

THE WILD,...