Edward Pickering
Edward Pickering is Procycling magazine's editor. He graduated in French and Art History from Leeds University and spent three years teaching English in Japan before returning to do a postgraduate diploma in magazine journalism at Harlow College, Essex. He did a two-week internship at Cycling Weekly in late 2001 and didn't leave until 11 years later, by which time he was Cycle Sport magazine's deputy editor. After two years as a freelance writer, he joined Procycling as editor in 2015. He is the author of The Race Against Time, The Yellow Jersey Club and Ronde, and he spends his spare time running, playing the piano and playing taiko drums.
Latest articles by Edward Pickering

Mark Cavendish: The fire within
By Procycling, Edward Pickering last updated
In an interview with Procycling, the sprinter explains how he returned to winning ways in 2021

Mark Cavendish: Equal among firsts
By Edward Pickering, Procycling published
Procycling Procycling looks back at the sprinter's record-equalling Tour de France

Tour de France stage 17 analysis: Pogacar flattens the competition
By Edward Pickering published
The King of the Mountains classification was upended by Tadej Pogačar. Is it time to change the system?

Tour de France stage 15 analysis: a team sport for individuals
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling How team tactics on the first big Pyrenean stage of the 2021 Tour de France shaped the day’s racing

Tour de France stage 13 analysis: The butterfly effect and Cavendish's record
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Mark Cavendish's improbable path to his 34th Tour victory is a metaphor for his whole season.

Tour de France stage 9 analysis: Pogacar first, the rest nowhere
By Edward Pickering published
ProCycling Tadej Pogačar is so far ahead of the rest that they are now fighting for crumbs. What does that mean for the 2021 Tour?

Tour de France stage 7 analysis: Back to the future
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling The aggressive racing of riders like Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, and Mark Cavendish looked like a throwback to past Tours

Tour de France stage 2: Chaos and control
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Mathieu van der Poel imposed himself on the Tour after two crazy days in Brittany

One week in heaven: Procycling analyses week-long stage races
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling This extract from the June issue of Procycling reveals which riders are the best over seven days

Giro d'Italia: The art of war
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Ganna may be, depending on your definition of the term and prejudices, the best cyclist in the world at the moment

Giro d'Italia stage 5 analysis: Concentrated action
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling When one of the quietest days packs all the action into the final kilometres

Giro d'Italia stage 4 analysis: Rain temporarily stops play
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Too early for race winning moves with enough time for fatigue to slowly work into the gaps

Close encounters: Are grand tours getting closer?
By Edward Pickering last updated
Procycling Procycling magazine analyses whether grand tour results are getting closer

No holds barred: the Mark Cavendish Procycling interview
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Mark Cavendish talks to Procycling about winning, illness and his legacy

Procycling magazine: Inside the Ronde
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Procycling looks at the history and geography of Belgium's biggest race

Paris-Nice: more than a race
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Procycling looks at the cultural, geographical and temporal history of the Race to the Sun

Just deserts: racing in the Middle East
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling Procycling looks at the history of races in the Middle East and their place in the sport

Tour of Flanders 2011: The great race
By Edward Pickering last updated
Procycling Procycling magazine looks back at one of the best one-day races of all-time

Julian Alaphilippe: Rage against the machine
By Edward Pickering published
Feature Procycling interviews Julian Alaphilippe ahead of the 2020 season restart

Tour de France stage 17 analysis: Winners and losers on the Loze
By Edward Pickering published
Analysis The hardest finish of the 2020 Tour was beautiful, spectacular and… didn’t tell us much that we didn’t know already. Procycling looks at how the shape of this stage and the Tour has influenced the GC battle

Tour de France stage 10 analysis: Under pressure
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling The 2020 Tour de France has been described as one of the most stressful ever for riders

Tour de France stage 8 analysis: A team sport for individuals
By Edward Pickering published
Procycling After a cagey first week, the Tour de France suddenly exploded into life, with most of the favourites fighting it out among themselves

Tour de France stage 5 analysis: Breaking bad
By Edward Pickering published
Analysis Stage 5 of the 2020 Tour passed without a single serious attack. Procycling looks at the long, slow death of the breakaway
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