James Shrubsall

4 days ago | cyclingweekly.com | James Shrubsall

In the world of interval workouts in cycling, nothing sounds quite so welcoming as sweet spot. It has the ring of your favourite ice cream parlour, rather than the sort of workout that might leave you aching and exhausted. Very different to the clinical 'VO2 max intervals', or the alarming 'back to back over/unders' or, perhaps worst of all, '20 minutes max power test'. (I'll make my excuses now, if you don't mind).

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | James Shrubsall

While the maglia rosa may be the Giro d'Italia's ultimate prize, the cachet of being first across the line at the end of each day can be career-defining and cannot be underestimated. As such we find a handful of the world's best one-day riders, and a handful of the world's best fast finishers peppering the start list and ready to vie for stage victories over the next three weeks.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | James Shrubsall

With two or three top-line GC riders angling for the pink jersey in Rome and not a Tadej Pogačar in sight, this year's Giro d'Italia is every fan's favourite kind of Grand Tour – one that's wide open. Close behind the big three favourites – Juan Ayuso (UAE-Team Emirates), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) come British brothers Adam and Simon Yates.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | James Shrubsall

SDWorx rider Femke Gerritse powered to an impressive sprint victory at the end of the 132km third stage of the Vuelta Femenina, pipping green jersey Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) to the line. "It's really crazy, I didn't expect this," Gerritse said afterwards. The bonus seconds also saw the Dutch rider lift the leader's red jersey from the shoulders of Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco).

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | James Shrubsall

British Cycling has announced full route details of next month's Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, which begins in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire on Thursday June 5 and runs to Sunday June 8, when it will finish in Glasgow. The riders are set to be tested throughout, with a lumpy first stage, an uphill finish on stage two at Saltburn-by-the-Sea and a third stage in the Scottish Borders that is loaded with tough climbs.