Tom Davidson

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Tom Davidson

Flocked by his entourage, Tadej Pogačar walked slowly into the press room beside the open-air Roubaix Velodrome. He took a seat beside Mads Pedersen, the day’s third-place finisher, and, as he waited for the Dane to finish his conference, looked out at the faces of the journalists in front of him. Those before him saw a portrait of exhaustion. The Slovenian's cheeks were dusty with mud, his complexion drained of colour, and his eyes half-shut. Simply blinking took longer than usual.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Tom Davidson

For the layperson, Christmas Day falls on 25th December. But for bike nerds like us at Cycling Weekly, it comes in April, stretched over a weekend in northern France. With its unique and unrelenting cobbled sectors, Paris-Roubaix always promises to bring a sleigh full of interesting tech. This year is proving no different. Ahead of the fifth edition of the women's race, Cycling Weekly wandered from team bus to team bus, armed with a camera and an inquisitive mind.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Tom Davidson

The school half term is a time for students to relax, catch up on classwork, and prepare for their upcoming exams. Unless you’re Carys Lloyd, who also found time to make history at one of the biggest bike races in the world. At 18 years and 102 days old, the Movistar rider is, as far as Cycling Weekly can ascertain, the youngest rider to ever compete in Paris-Roubaix.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Tom Davidson

Last October, Sophie Capewell and her mother Debbie both won world titles in track cycling, just two weeks apart. It’s a feat that few parent-child pairings can claim to have achieved, but one that, for a passionate cycling family like the Capewells, seemed almost inevitable. What’s more, the duo won their titles in the same event – the team sprint – Sophie at the UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Debbie at the Masters equivalent in Roubaix, France.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Tom Davidson

Thirteen years ago, Imogen Wolff stood at the start line of Paris-Roubaix with her family. She was six years old at the time, smaller than half the size of the riders competing, and in awe of her first taste of bike racing abroad. Keen to remember the moment, she set out collecting as many mementos as she could. “It was all so new, so exciting, and so special. We went to the team buses to see all the bikes and the mechanics, and try and get free bidons,” she laughs.