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 • ISSUE 288/DECEMBER 2021

GALLERY • THE WORLD’S BEST CYCLING PHOTOGRAPHY

A new golden age of racing all-rounders

WOMEN’S PRIZES MUST IMPROVE

COMMUNIQUÉ • NEWS • GOSSIP • CHATTER

MAX STEDMAN • Canyon dhb SunGod’s British all-rounder on DJing, weird prizes, and Anthony Head

THOMAS GLOAG • The young British climber destined for big things, following the well-trodden Herne Hill pathway

COACH’S CORNER

OBJECTS OF DESIRE • THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL GEAR

NÍCOLAS SESSLER • The Brazilian rider on finding joy in cycling, how he came to Europe, and his new team

RACING BEYOND BORDERS • HOW CYCLING HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN HEALING DIVISIONS IN IRELAND

DAN MARTIN • ISRAEL START-UP NATION

DAN’S LIFE IN CYCLING

CHARLIE QUARTERMAN • TREK-SEGAFREDO

KÉVIN RÉZA • B&B HOTELS P/B KTM

BRODIE CHAPMAN • FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE

BEING PIPPO • Italian rider Filippo Ganna recently won his second world time trial rainbow jersey, off the back of a spectacular Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit. He’s also been one of the Ineos Grenadiers’ most effective team riders. Procyling gets a rare audience with the world’s best rouleur

FILIPPO GANNA • FILIPPO GANNA HIGHLIGHTS YEAR BY YEAR

TTS ARE DEAD. LONG LIVE TTS • The modern era has been unkind to the time triallists, with fewer events. A shame, given that Filippo Ganna is one of the best ever

GINO MÄDER THE FUN REPORT • SWITZER LAND’S GINO MÄDER HAD A BREAK THROUGH YEAR IN 2021, WITH A STAGE WIN AT THE GIRO. HOWEVER, IT WAS HIS FIFTH PLACE AT THE VUELTA WHICH REALLY CAPTIVATED THE ATTENTION. PROCYCLING FOLLOWED HIM THROUGH THE SPANISH GRAND TOUR

FOUR WEEKS IN JULY • The route of the 2022 Tour de France has been announced, and it looks like an intense and challenging race. But organisers ASO also drew praise for the design of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes. Procycling breaks down the routes

CYCLING’S COMING HOME • The final instalment of our State of the Nation series takes us to cycling’s true heartland: Belgium. Procycling looks at how the sport defines Belgium’s Flanders region, and how the country is still putting out champions, even if there will never be another Eddy Merckx

STATS OF THE NATION

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DIVIDE & CONQUER • The 2021 Road Worlds in Flanders saw the return of large crowds to the UCI’s flagship event, after the quiet and eerie atmosphere of 2020. The riders responded by treating fans to a series of races which led observers to describe it as the best Worlds ever. Procycling was there to witness the fun

ALL THE RAINBOW JERSEY WINNERS

SILENT SUMMER • Road cycling’s environmental disaster

MARLEN REUSSER • Alé BTC Ljubljana rider Marlen Reusser is one of the fastest rising stars in the Women’s WorldTour. Despite only taking up cycling relatively recently, she has won the Swiss national TT championships four times, and progressed to the European title this year. She also won silver medals in the Worlds and Olympic time trials. The Swiss rider tells Procycling about her continuing upward trajectory

MAJOR RESULTS

FINDING BALANCE • At the end of...