Newsletter
Welcome to Cycle Sport’s Big Read of the Year 2011, a collection of some of the finest writing from Britain’s best monthly cycling magazine.
Features
Seconds from disaster: how Garmin won the Tour’s TTT
Team manager Jonathan Vaughters explains to Cycle Sport how Garmin-Cervélo won the Tour de France’s team time trial.
Fumiyuki Beppu interview: Japan’s rising son
Japan is full of bicycles and kerin racing is huge, but Fumiyuki Beppu is one of only four Japanese road riders competing at the top level.
Classic races: Tour of Flanders 1992
The 1992 Tour of Flanders followed the usual pattern – an escape going early in the race. But did the peloton know what they were doing by giving unknown Frenchman Jacky Durand a 22-minute head start?
All aboard the magic bus
Cycle Sport spent a week embedded with the Sky team at the Critérium du Dauphiné, watching Bradley Wiggins win the race from the inside. This article first appeared in Cycle Sport August 2011.
Mark Cavendish interview: centre of attention
Cycle Sport was the first magazine to run an in-depth interview with BBC Sports Personality of the Year Mark Cavendish following his world championships win in Copenhagen. Here is the feature, from Cycle Sport December.
Iconic Places: Alpe d’Huez
The ultimate summit finish of the Tour de France was featured in our Iconic Places series in July 2008.
Iconic Places: Col du Galibier
The Tour de France celebrates the centenary of this historic climb by crossing it twice in 2011. It was our very first Iconic Places feature, in the April 2008 edition of the magazine.
Iconic Places: Sestriere
The Tour will cross the 2,033-metre high climb of Sestriere en route to Pinerolo. We covered this historic climb in the June 2009 edition of Cycle Sport.
Cycle Sport’s Tour Village: All our coverage is here
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Pop in, grab a coffee and have a wander around. Cycle Sport’s Tour de France coverage is all here.