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In Focus
Tarling steps up with first GT stage win • Ineos rider triumphs in the Giro’s stage two time trial in Tirana, reports Chris Marshall-Bell in Albania
Roglič in control
Mads in heaven • Pedersen dominates opening weekend to rule Giro d’Italia in Albania
Dickson heading for top after Lincoln win • 25-year-old takes victory from six-woman group on Michaelgate, reports Owen Rogers from Lincoln
McKay lucks out in Lincoln
MONICA GREENWOODMEEK EXPECTATIONS
Racing round-up
Vollering back on top after Vuelta win • FDJ-Suez rider wins second Spanish Grand Tour to become the favourite for Tour de France Femmes
Van der Breggen’s victorious return
THE HUB • All the news you might have missed from the last seven days
Movistar riders fined after late start at Vuelta Femenina TTT
Tour 2027 opening TT?
Cycling Weekly
DÉPART ON OUR DOORSTEP • The first seven stages of this year’s Tour take place just across the Channel in northern France. Steve Shrubsall provides a Manche-hopping spectator’s guide
THE ESCAPE ARTIST • Across 16 years as a pro, Thomas De Gendt spent hundreds of hours in long-range attacks. He shares his breakaway secrets with Tom Davidson
DE GENDT’S BREAKAWAY WORKOUT
DE GENDT’S CAREER TIMELINE
James McKay’s Cannondale SuperSix Evo 3 • Wheelbase CabTech Castelli rider’s race-winning all-rounder
LATEST KIT POC CYTAL £310
SCRIBE CORE SL+ 50 WHEELSET £999 | 1.376 KG • Affordable carbon wheels that offer impressively versatility and low weight
Fizik Vento Omna Wide £164.99 • Great value, wide-fitting race shoe
BURN FAT TO THE MAX • Keen to shift some weight and get to the bottom of the science, Steve Shrubsall puts FatMax training under the microscope – and into his weekly routine
FATMAX IN NUMBERS
‘FEELS TOO EASY?YOUR PHYSIOLOGY DOESN’T CARE!’
AN EXPERT’S TAKE ON… WEIGHT LOSS AND PERFORMANCE • Rob Kemp learns the right way to get lean
CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT
TEAM BOTTRILL IMPRESS IN WALES • Sargent and Martin in form ahead of National 50-mile Championships
COMING UP
RACE WITH US ON ZWIFT!
JACOB BRADBURY’S WILIER CENTO
“The riders who joined us on the ride had been sent by God to annoy Bernard” • Four riders good, eight riders very bad, reckons the Doc
CYCLING INVENTIONS 2015 - PICKLE JUICE
Dear Doc
Giro d’Italia
SIMONCINI • Track-inspired Italian lo-pro TT machine