Issue 154
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This month we take on the most important mountain of the Tour de France: the mighty Col du Tourmalet. It has made heroes, cast villainous assassins and in Cyclist 154 it’s the centrepiece of a truly epic, and achingly beautiful Big Ride.
Elsewhere, we’ve got an exclusive interview with Geraint Thomas, who gives us the straight-talk on the problems with today’s wonder-kids; we head up the Col du Sarenne, so dangerous it drew the peloton’s ire when it featured in 2013 Tour; and we catch up with pro-snapper Chris Auld for an exclusive Giro d’Italia photo gallery. It’s very pink and very Poggie.
In-depth reviews come in the form of the 3T Extrema Italia monster gravel bike, the new Sram Red AXS 2024 groupset, the Cervélo Áspero gravel bike and Officine Mattio’s £13k superbike dream-machine. All that plus heaps more kit and components, a Q+A with Ineos’s Josh Tarling, a look ahead to the Tour with Felix, the TransAtlantic Way gravel race and a deep-dive into the story behind the Specialized Tarmac.