PREFACE

ISSUE 282 / JUNE 2021

GALLERY

THE WORLD’S BEST CYCLING PHOTOGRAPHY Tour of Turkey Stage

Turkish delight for Cavendish

MARK CAVENDISH ENDS WIN DROUGHT

PIDCOCK LIVES UP TO THE HYPE

I remember standing in the Roubaix velodrome in

COMMUNIQUÉ

NEWS  •  GOSSIP  •  CHATTER  

ALEXANDER KRISTOFF

Q&A

ROBBE CEURENS

SCOUTING REPORT

COACH’S CORNER

Images: Team Novo Nordisk/Mario Stiehl.wz I would say that

OBJECTS OF DESIRE

THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL GEAR

TANEL KANGERT

EXPERIENCE

THE CARBON NEUTRAL ZONE

PERSPECTIVES

DAN MARTIN

PRO DIARIES

KÉVIN RÉZA

PRO DIARIES

BRODIE CHAPMAN

PRO DIARIES

CHARLIE QUARTERMAN

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

ALPHA BEATER

SAM BENNETT

COUNTERPOINT

A NEW BEGINNING

ALWAYS THERE

The Mercier team was ubiquitous in cycling from the 1930s to the 1980s. Though they never won the Tour, they came close, and won most other major races. Procycling looks at the history of a quintessentially French team

Debrief

ANALYSIS •  INSIGHT  •  DATA

WHY I LOVE…

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LAURENS TEN DAM

Laurens reflects on the power of visualisation for professional cyclists

HIGH FIVES

After finishing second in the Vuelta in 2018 at the age of 23, Spain’s Enric Mas struggled to follow up on his breakthrough the following year. But in 2020, he found equilibrium and consistency, finishing fifth in the Tour and the Vuelta. Now he’s aiming even higher

High & Mighty

The Tour of the Alps has a long history but in recent years has become the warm-up race of choice for the Giro d’Italia.  Procycling reports on the 2021 edition, which saw a dominant winner against a stunning Alpine backdrop

FRINGE BENEFITS

Spain has produced many grand tour winners and a few classics champions. However, its teams and fans are concentrated in one small corner of the country. And while the Tour and Giro unite France and Italy, the Vuelta just highlights Spain’s atomised cycling scene. Procycling looks into a unique cycling nation

ONE WEEK IN HEAVEN

THE ONE-WEEK STAGE RACES MAY NOT BE AS PRESTIGIOUS AS THE GRAND TOURS, BUT THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST TRAINING GROUNDS FOR BIGGER, LONGER EVENTS. PROCYCLING ANALYSES THE RESULTS OF THE TOP WEEK-LONG RACES, TO FIND OUT WHO EXCELS AT THEM

Perfection recharged

Lisa Brennauer has bounced back from a couple of less successful years to be back at her best, Procycling finds out what has changed

Bridging the gap

Mary Wittenberg, the president of EF Education-Nippo, is the most senior female executive in the men’s WorldTour. She tells Procycling about her journey into cycling, her background as an elite runner and her plans to make the sport bigger

THE WILD, WILD WEST OF E-RACING

Cycling is undergoing a quiet revolution, with the advent of e-sports. Procycling looks at the growth of online racing, which attracts a huge number of riders and even has its own Worlds

HAPPY HAIG

After five years with Mitchelton, Jack Haig moved to Bahrain Victorious, where he hopes to find balance between his sporting ambitions and his sense of contentment

SPRATT BROWN

MEETING  POINT