Issue 125

Issue 125

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He’s got the rainbow stripes, he’s got the diamond grin, he’s the definition of panache. He’s Julian Alaphilippe, and this month we sat down for an exclusive interview with the peloton’s great entertainer to talk lighting up races and not being able to sit still in school. Continuing in the pro vein, Richard Moore takes a look at the Women’s WorldTour, and we find out what it takes to start a professional team.  

Our Big Ride takes on the beautiful island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea, while our Classic Climb profiles one of Flanders’ most storied bergs, the Kemmelberg, whose history reaches far beyond cycling, and our UK ride traverses the gravel tracks and swooping roads of Northumberland and the Pennines.  

Bikes tests come in the shape of Pearson, Vitus and Tifosi, plus we get the skinny on Cannondale’s all new Synapse.