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Cycling Weekly, Olympics 2020, Racing, Track cycling - March 12, 2020

World champion Elinor Barker plans to hone Olympic Madison skills at Manchester Six Day

Elinor Barker will ride the Madison at the Manchester Six Day Photo: Eloise Mavian / Tornanti.cc

Recently crowned points race World Champion Elinor Barker will ramp up her preparations for the Olympics when she races at the Manchester Six Day this weekend.

Best cycling power meter deals: Get up to £550 off a power meter

Riding with a power meter has become increasingly popular, and is a great way to keep track of your progress on a bike. It’s important for you to get the best tool for you when it comes to measuring your watts, but it’s also important to get it at a great price. There are several […]

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CW5000, Cycling Weekly, General News, News - March 12, 2020

CW5000: Staff progress - James Bracey

Senior tech writer James Bracey takes us through his riding for the first two months of the year. A former racer he mixes up his riding quite a bit and while he doesn't log all his miles he's another one expected to hit the big five-quadrouple-O in 2020.

Name James Bracey Job Senior Tech Writer How many miles have you done so far in Jan and Feb? In terms of the amount of miles I’ve managed to log via Garmin and Strava then it stands at 595. However I’m pretty slack at using my Garmin and don’t tend to log a lot of […]

Strava data reveals how brutal opening stages of Paris-Nice really were

Cees Bol leads in the bunch on stage one of Paris-Nice (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

A look at some of the power put out in the crosswinds by some of the top riders in the opening stages of Paris-Nice 2020

CW5000: Staff progress - Alex Ballinger

Web writer Alex Ballinger has his eyes on a fast ten this season, but he's never hit 5,000 miles in one year before. Can he do it, or will he get quarantined at the next race he goes to report on?

Name: Alex Ballinger Job: Digital news writer How many miles have you done so far in Jan and Feb? 753 miles Are you following a training plan, or just riding? So far I’ve just been riding, mostly on the commute, which has helped keep the miles high in the bad weather, but starting a time […]