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

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT WE FORGET ABOUT DEADLINES

GREG VAN AVERMAET • The Belgian classics star on Vespas, cowboy hats and meeting the Belgian football team

DAAN HOOLE • The latest Dutch sensation to come out of the SEG Academy

COACH’S CORNER

OBJECTS OF DESIRE • THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL GEAR

MATTEO TRENTIN • The Italian all-rounder on the dangers of cycling and aggressive racing

SMELLED LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

A LIFE IN CYCLING

ONE OF EACH, PLEASE • Our guest editor Lizzie Deignan has won virtually every major one-day race on the women’s calendar over the course of her career. She tells Procycling how she added Paris-Roubaix Femmes, the sport’s newest event, to her palmarès, and why she hates it when riders sit on

LIZZIE DEIGNAN ALL HER MAJOR ONE-DAY WINS

A RIDE WITH LIZZIE • Procycling follows guest editor Lizzie Deignan on her old training circuit near Otley, the ‘After School Loop’, whose grippy climbs forged her racing strength

GO WEST • Phil West was Lizzie Deignan’s first coach, and a formative influence on her career. He now works as a DS for Team DSM. In her capacity as guest editor, Deignan grills West on psychology, bonding and his wide experiences in the sport

JOJO HARPER’S BEST IMAGES OF 2021

HOW TO WIN THE TOUR OF FLANDERS

ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH • PHILIPPE GILBERT HAS WON ALMOST EVERY RACE HE HAS SET HIS MIND TO, INCLUDING FOUR MONUMENTS AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. AHEAD OF HIS FINAL YEAR IN THE PRO PELOTON, HE TELLS PROCYCLING WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THE BEST RIDER IN THE WORLD, AND WHAT HE WANTS FROM 2022

SD-WORK WORKER • Christine Majerus is known as one of the best domestiques in the peloton, and always stands out in her national champion’s jersey, which she has retained for over a decade. The Luxembourgish rider tells Procycling about her life in the sport

POWLESS THE GENERATION GAME • LAST SUMMER, IN THE LAND OF THE BASQUES, EUROPE'S OWN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, NEILSON POWLESS OUTSPRINTED MATEJ MOHORIČ IN THE DONOSTIA KLASIKOA AND BECAME THE FIRST NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN TO WIN A ONE-DAY WORLDTOUR RACE. PROCYCLING TALKS TO POWLESS AND HIS FAMILY ABOUT HIS JOURNEY THROUGH THE SPORT

Standing on the shoulders of a GIANT • One of the first features our guest editor Lizzie Deignan suggested was about Harrie van der Horst, or ‘Big Harrie’ a she is known by the dozens of young riders he has helped as they have progressed into professionals. His former charge, 2014 Dutch champion Iris Slappendel, went to catch up with her old friend

SECOND LIFE • Two decades before the current era of Dutch dominance in female cycling, The Netherlands produced one of the greatest riders ever. Procycling looks at the career of Leontien van Moorsel, and the struggles she faced

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WISHLIST • THE WORLD’S BEST CYCLING KIT

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LAURENS TEN DAM • Laurens reflects on endings, and new beginnings