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Resilience versus risk: Why mental health issues pose pro cycling's biggest problem
Member Exclusive Cycling is scarred by riders who have suffered mental health issues, including Mark Cavendish and Tom Dumoulin. There’s evidence that over a quarter of professional riders battle with these issues during their career. Cyclingnews investigates the dark side of a sport that revels in suffering…
Safety in the spotlight: Are the UCI's new rules doing more harm than good?
Member Exclusive 2025 has seen the UCI introduce and propose a number of changes aimed at making professional cycling safer, but many of their ideas have attracted major backlash. Cyclingnews investigates the initiatives and issues at play to see if the UCI is looking in the right places…
Training, genetics, and ageism: How close could you get to Pogačar and Niewiadoma?
We’ve all dreamt it – just how strong and fast could we ride if we lived and trained like the world’s best? And if the dream dies and we can’t make it, just what is it that WorldTour teams look for in younger riders?
Pro Cycling's speed evolution – The new advances set to make the peloton even faster
With more investment and ever-more data, Cyclingnews investigates the new developments in science, tech and training set to accelerate the WorldTour
Predictive nutrition and mathematic modelling - How AI is changing the WorldTour peloton
How much has machine learning infiltrated the professional peloton and where does its future lie? Cyclingnews investigates…
The health risks of doping: Is WADA fighting a losing battle?
The health risks of doping are one of WADA’s major weapons in deterring athletes from crossing the line. But does it have the desired effect? And how robust is the evidence of performance enhancement of different banned substances? Cyclingnews investigates…
'We’ve shown that ketones boost EPO levels' - Years after their inception, what impact are ketones having on WorldTour performance?
The once secretive so-called super-supplement came into the mainstream at this year’s Tour de France. But does research suggest its moment in the sun will be short-lived? Cyclingnews investigates
The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 2
In part 1, we examined the effectiveness of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABO) since its cycling rollout in 2008 and sport-wide rollout a year later. We ended by focusing on the mooted modern-day scourge of the ABP – separating legal altitude-induced changes in a cyclist’s blood profile and illegal micro-dosing EPO blood profiles. Here, we investigate the issue at hand and what the testers are doing about it…
The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 1
It's 15 years since WADA rolled out the Athlete Biological Passport, regarded as the greatest development in anti-doping history. But in 2024, does it remain fit for purpose? Over two parts, Cyclingnews investigates
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Resilience versus risk: Why mental health issues pose pro cycling's biggest problem
Cycling is scarred by riders who have suffered mental health issues, including Mark Cavendish and Tom Dumoulin. There’s evidence that over a quarter of professional riders battle with these issues during their career. Cyclingnews investigates the dark side of a sport that revels in suffering… -
Safety in the spotlight: Are the UCI's new rules doing more harm than good?
2025 has seen the UCI introduce and propose a number of changes aimed at making professional cycling safer, but many of their ideas have attracted major backlash. Cyclingnews investigates the initiatives and issues at play to see if the UCI is looking in the right places… -
Training, genetics, and ageism: How close could you get to Pogačar and Niewiadoma?
We’ve all dreamt it – just how strong and fast could we ride if we lived and trained like the world’s best? And if the dream dies and we can’t make it, just what is it that WorldTour teams look for in younger riders?
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Pro Cycling's speed evolution – The new advances set to make the peloton even faster
With more investment and ever-more data, Cyclingnews investigates the new developments in science, tech and training set to accelerate the WorldTour -
Predictive nutrition and mathematic modelling - How AI is changing the WorldTour peloton
How much has machine learning infiltrated the professional peloton and where does its future lie? Cyclingnews investigates… -
The health risks of doping: Is WADA fighting a losing battle?
The health risks of doping are one of WADA’s major weapons in deterring athletes from crossing the line. But does it have the desired effect? And how robust is the evidence of performance enhancement of different banned substances? Cyclingnews investigates…
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'We’ve shown that ketones boost EPO levels' - Years after their inception, what impact are ketones having on WorldTour performance?
The once secretive so-called super-supplement came into the mainstream at this year’s Tour de France. But does research suggest its moment in the sun will be short-lived? Cyclingnews investigates -
The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 2
In part 1, we examined the effectiveness of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABO) since its cycling rollout in 2008 and sport-wide rollout a year later. We ended by focusing on the mooted modern-day scourge of the ABP – separating legal altitude-induced changes in a cyclist’s blood profile and illegal micro-dosing EPO blood profiles. Here, we investigate the issue at hand and what the testers are doing about it… -
The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 1
It's 15 years since WADA rolled out the Athlete Biological Passport, regarded as the greatest development in anti-doping history. But in 2024, does it remain fit for purpose? Over two parts, Cyclingnews investigates
