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Five steps to the perfect bike (regardless if it's women's specific or not)

Our feature, in celebration of International Women's Day, looks at the key areas of a bike involved in creating the perfect ride

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The truth about female physiology

For too long, female cyclists have been urged to follow the same training principles as their male counterparts. Here, Dr Stacy Sims explains to Deena Blacking why female physiology demands a different approach

Women are not small men. This is the watchword of Dr Stacy Sims, a world-leading physiologist who specialises in female nutrition, training and wellbeing. A former bike racer for UCI Team Tibco and a proud applied scientist, Sims has been in high-performance environments for decades. Her work has been tried and tested by the world’s […]

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CW women's edition - finding a fast finishing photographer

Perhaps the most serendipitous happening when creating our women’s edition of Cycling Weekly magazine was finding a GB squad rider who is a natural behind the lens

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 10/11/2020 - Cycling - 2020 UEC European Track Championships - Kolodruma, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Sophie Capewell and coach Jan van Eijden of Great Britain during training.
When guest editor Elinor Barker suggested her idea for what became the Making Racing Happen article, we hit upon an instant problem. The feature was about the women behind the riders, teams and the sport as a whole.  ‘Great’, we said. ‘If we can get pictures’. The problem with the people behind the riders is […]

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Racing, Strade Bianche, Top story -

Five things to look out for at Strade Bianche 2021

Esteemed start-lists confirms prestige of the race Whether or not Strade Bianche is still just a Classic or should now have its status upgraded to a Monument is a question that’s being debated more and more in the cycling world. Although it certainly appears as great a physical challenge as pretty much any single-day race […]

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How to watch Strade Bianche 2021: Live stream the picturesque Italian one-day race 

Marianne Vos during the 2019 Strade Bianche (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
Strade Bianche 2021 is just a few days away as the peloton heads to Italy - here’s how you can watch the action on the gravel roads of Tuscany. 

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