Weight 246g I used to train and race fulltime on the Continent, meticulously fuelling my body with the right nutrition, often leaving sweet treats behind. Those days are over. I now firmly believe that almost every ride I take should include a coffee

Cycling and coffee. The two go together like, well, coffee and cake! There will always be a place in my heart for the delights of the cafe stop: the shelter from the wind and rain, a comfy seat, authentic espresso without the faff, and deep counterto

Racing is so dangerous. All the hype of wider tyres being faster and being run at lower pressure is going to make crashes faster too, and tougher on the riders when they inevitably happen. Ian Young The diagnosis [for Jonas Vingegaard] sounds much be

“Coffee culture is huge in cycling,” says Will Girling, head of nutrition at EF Education EasyPost. “Many of the team have their own Aeropress, and Rigoberto Urán even owns a coffee farm in Colombia and sometimes brings his own coffee along.” As prof

Luxury Swedish watch brand Bravur has unveiled its latest range of cycling-inspired watches. The ‘Team Heritage’ collection features designs influenced by what Bravur calls the ‘golden days’ of cycling, with pattern and colour accents paying tribute

was a super-keen cyclist at school in the late-1970s I and wanted to become a pro rider. After school, I went to live in Belgium for 18 months, where I effectively got my head kicked in every single day on my bicycle. Although I was a decent national

Pfeiffer Georgi was just beginning to forge her identity as a cyclist when Lizzie Deignan won the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes in 2021. Three years ago Georgi was DSM’s road captian and final leadout rider for Lorena Wiebes, but now the dsm-Firmeni

Spain’s Luis Ocaña (on the right) rides alongside Leif Mortensen of Denmark, in the 1971 Trofeo Baracchi two-up time trial. The 1971 event ran from Bergamo to Brescia over an eye-watering 109km, and was won by the pair in the picture. This late-seaso

Mathieu van der Poel was lost for words as he sat down to answer questions from reporters in his race winners’ press conference at Paris-Roubaix. As he walked into the media centre, he would have no doubt seen the pictures on the walls of all the Rou

The men’s Tour of Britain will be cut from eight to six stages in 2024 in order to lay the foundations for full parity with its women’s equivalent in the years ahead. It follows on from British Cycling announcing it will now organise both races in-ho

The casualty list at Itzulia Basque Country last week read like a cycling’s Who’s Who. Tom Pidcock was the first to withdraw from the stage race, after crashing on a recon of the opening stage TT. The Ineos Grenadiers rider came off lightly though, a

I was sitting in a cafe not long since, sitting in a companionable silence with my friend Bernard. Old hostilities were forgotten, but not to worry, there were new hostilities about to break out. Our drinks arrived. Mine, a flat white. Bernard’s, a p

Danum Trophy Road Race (Sprotbrough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire): E, 1, 2, 3: 1. Damien Clayton (Le Col Race Team); 2. J. Archibald (HUUB WattShop); 3. B. Simons (Saint Piran); 4. J. Shillabeer (Loughborough Students CC); 5. J. McKay (Saint Pira

While they’d been around on mountain bikes for a while, tubeless tyres came to the road scene in 2006. They have a number of advantages over tubed tyres. They can run at lower pressures with less risk of pinch flats, which is nice and comfy and can r

All alone Mathieu van der Poel charges around a corner on the Carrefour de l’Arbre, the final five-star sector at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. The packed-in fans were treated to an exhibition by the world champion on the cobbles, with the final winning m

If this bike looks opulent, over the top and über-bling now, imagine the reaction of the bike-buying public 22 years ago when it was unveiled as a special limited edition made with real gold plate and costing the unthinkable sum of $10,000. Just 35 w

Our tech questions usually focus on a new piece of cycling kit and how it may influence your riding. But as this is the coffee issue, I decided to focus on the minutiae of making a great cup of coffee. When we take a comfy seat at a cafe stop, hands

I am writing this from an Airbnb in the small town of Cedar City, Utah. Out of my window, I can see the mountains of the Zion National Park as the sun sets behind them. It’s a beautiful summer’s evening, but a snow storm blows in tonight. I’m in the

As you read this, it is not unlikely that you have a coffee in hand. Ninety-eight million cups of the black – or brown, or white – stuff are drunk in the UK every day. Tea might still hold the upper hand as Blighty’s national beverage, but coffee is