PREFACE

GALLERY

THE WORLD’S BEST CYCLING PHOTOGRAPHY

The PSG-ification of road cycling

UAE AND THE TRANSFER SEASON

PETER SAGAN’S LAST HURRAH

There are so many transfers at this time

COMMUNIQUÉ

NEWS • GOSSIP • CHATTER 12 The number

ELISE CHABBEY

Q&A

HENRI VANDENABEELE

The Belgian sensation who is already racing at WorldTour level

COACH’S CORNER

Images: Cor vos (Vandenabeele), Team DSM (Lambregts). BENNIE

OBJECTS OF DESIRE

THIS MONTH ’S ESSENTIAL GEAR

EVALDAS ŠIŠKEVIČIUS

The Lithuanian pro on almost an entire career spent at the same team

RACE AND BIKE RACING

DR MARLON MONCRIEFFE ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS NEW BOOK LOOKING AT BLACK CHAMPIONS IN CYCLING

DAN MARTIN

ISRAEL START-UP NATION

KÉVIN RÉZA

B & B H O T E L S P / B K T M

BRODIE CHAPMAN

F D J N O U V E L L E - A Q U I T A I N E

CHARLIE QUARTERMAN

T R E K - S E G A F R E D O

BAUKE MOLLEMA CAREER BREAKS

Trek-Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema picked up his second career stage win at the Tour de France this summer, to add to his triumph at Il Lombardia in 2019. The Dutchman tells us why he broadened his horizons when the trend in cycling was towards specialisation, and how he keeps getting big wins

COUNTERPOINT

FAST AND STEADY WINS THE RACE

WISHLIST

THE WORLD’S BEST CYCLING KIT

Debrief

ANALYSIS • INSIGHT • DATA

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THIS MONTH

REMCO IS AS GOOD AS HE EVER WAS

The Guide

RACECALENDAR / SEPTEMBER 2021

LAURENS TEN DAM

Laurens reflects on the Tokyo Olympics and how times have changed

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

After a few seasons in the wilderness, Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič made a stunning comeback to win two Tour stages and come second in Clásica San Sebastián. The Bahrain Victorious rider tells Procycling how he has learned the hard lessons of being a professional racer

INDIVIDUALGLORY

The Olympic Games road events are an increasingly prestigious addition to the road season. Procycling looks at how the women’s road race especially was one of the most spectacular in living memory

DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIAN KLASIKOA

IN PICTURES

A LONG WAY TRAVELLED

Riders from Australia have always faced an uphill challenge in racing at the highest level, but the huge distance from Europe bred a character of resilience and industriousness. Procycling looks at the journey Australian riders have been making to Europe for over a century

AUSSIE HEROES

Though consistent international success only really started in the 1970s or 1980s for Australia, their participation in international road cycling goes almost back to the beginning of the sport RACE WINNER RUNNER-UP THIRD

AUSTRALIA’S BEST- RANKED RIDERS

MICHAEL MATTHEWS BikeExchange UCI Ranking: 16th GRACE BROWN

BEST RESULTS IN THE BIG NINE

WINS BY YEAR

International wins ranked .1 and above by Australian

ROCK OF AGES

TREK-SEGAFREDO’S ROAD CAPTAIN TRIXI WORRACK TURNED PRO IN 2004, HAS 47 WINS AND OVER 300 TOP 10S, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED RIDERS IN THE PELOTON. AS SHE APPROACHES THE END OF HER CAREER, THE GERMAN TELLS PROCYCLING WHY SHE’S SATISFIED WITH HER CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS

THE CLIMBER

The UCI’s President, Frenchman David Lappartient, is standing unopposed for re-election in September this year. In an exclusive interview, Procycling asks him what he has achieved in his four years so far, and what he hopes to achieve in the future

ARCHITECTS

Road captains set the tone for a team, providing the catalyst for victory but also representing the outfit’s ethos. Procycling shines the spotlight on the most influential riders in the peloton

THE SIXTH MONUMENT

The Züri-Metzgete, the Championship of Zürich, was one of the most prestigious one-day races in the world even into the 21st century. Procycling looks at how a race that could have been the sixth monument met its demise