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5 days ago | cyclist.co.uk | Robyn Davidson

The months are going by as fast as Simon Yates on the Colle delle Finestre. Let’s check out the winners and losers from the past month of pro racing. Demons quashed. Simon Yates exploded into life on the Colle delle Finestre on the final day of May – the climb that he lost the race to Chris Froome on in 2018 – to ride to his first Giro d’Italia title.

1 week ago | cyclist.co.uk | Ewan Wilson

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last In The Drops before the official start to summer, so there are no raincoats or thermals to share with you this time around. This week at Cyclist we’ve been very busy. Issue 164 of the magazine hit the shelves, which featured articles including my Monte Zoncolan Big Ride and our Göscheneralp Classic Climb. The latest podcast also came out with one of Wales’s favourite sons, Luke Rowe.

1 week ago | cyclist.co.uk | Robyn Davidson

The maglia nera was to the Giro d’Italia what the lanterne rouge is to the Tour de France: something to mark the last placed rider in the general classification. It only featured in the race for six years in the mid 20th century, but it made quite the impression, and I think it’s time to bring it back.

1 week ago | cyclist.co.uk | Robyn Davidson

The Tour of Britain Women, scheduled to run from 5-8th June 2025, will be broadcast live on BBC Sport. The four-stage race from Tees Valley to Glasgow will be free to watch on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Content will also be on the BBC Sport social media channels. The coverage comes as part of the BBC’s ‘women’s summer of sport’, joining a host of sports including football, tennis and athletics that will be broadcast live on the BBC’s channels.

1 week ago | cyclist.co.uk | James Spender

This week on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast, James and Will are joined by the superest of super domestiques, Welshman Luke Rowe. As road captain at Ineos Grenediers (née Team Sky), Rowe helped win countless Grand Tours over more than a decade at the British team. However complications from a crash forced Rowe to retire last season, and here he talks about how that decision played out, and about reconstructing his life after pro-riding.