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Dedicated solely to road cycling, Cyclist is the very first magazine of its kind. A celebration of the freedom to explore and the gear that makes road cycling special. Cyclist will take you on the world's best routes and get behind the doors of iconic brands. With performance advice from the experts, we unearth tall tales from the pro peloton and get you up-close to the best road bikes and technology. Plus, Cyclist mixes in-depth articles with breathtaking imagery from the sport's best photographers. It's the road cycling magazine you've been waiting for.

Welcome • Have you heard of three-way football? It’s like normal football except the pitch is triangular with a goal in each corner, and three teams play simultaneously, with each team trying to beat the other two. If this sounds unfamiliar to you, that’s because I just made it up, but I’m pretty certain it’s going to be huge.

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LEADOUT • Bikes, gear, people, racing, opinion

Shifting gears • British brand Pearson is changing, and its new Shift is leading the way

New gear LEAD OUT

Craft work • Craft Bikes’ James Egercz talks MTB-inspired gravel bikes and workshop cats

Q&A Fran Millar • Rapha’s CEO on turning round fortunes, Team Sky’s strengths, hard times at Ineos and TNT buying cycling’s broadcast rights

Team history Faema • Sponsored by an Italian coffee machine company, the Faema team went on to win every major race with some of cycling’s most notable names

Visma are strong, Pog is stronger • The Giro d’Italia showed that UAE Team Emirates XRG lack the tactics and team cohesion of Visma-Lease a Bike. But, says Felix Lowe, they don’t need it

Pale rider • Earthy hues are this summer’s look

Q&A Ian Botham • England’s greatest all-rounder talks cricket, winning the 1981 Ashes and his upcoming charity fundraising bike ride with Bradley Wiggins

Pick ’n’ Mix • Things that make you go zoom

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The Kingslayer • It was on the Col d’Izoard that the great Eddy Merckx finally cracked. Cyclist makes a pilgrimage to the French Alps see if it’s as tough as they say

Wizards of Iz • Follow Cyclist’s route over the Col d’Izoard

The rider’s ride • Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7, approx £7,000, specialized.com

Summit stories • The mountain that made legends

Win or go home • Jasper Philipsen tells Cyclist about his need to win, his reaction to losing and why this year will be the Belgian sprinter’s toughest Tour de France yet

Quick hits • The major milestones of Jasper Philipsen’s career to date

Giro for the ages • This year’s Giro d’Italia lived up to its reputation as the most beautiful and thrilling of the Grand Tours. Photographer Zac Williams talks Cyclist through his favourite shots of the three-week race

Passo Pordoi • The fabled Dolomite peak that Fausto Coppi made his own

Climb info • Passo Pordoi

The stats • Passo Pordoi (from Arabba)

The men who made the Tours • Vision, drive, ruthlessness and the need to sell newspapers… these are the stories of how cycling’s Grand Tours came to be

Clean slate • After a few hiccups, Campagnolo is banking that its new Super Record 13 will get it back on track

Italia Bellissima • The Valtellina valley in northern Italy proves an arresting hinterland of rolling hills, imposing mountains, idyllic vineyards and more than the odd church

Rolling the rolling hills • Punchy climbs, sweeping vistas, gravel tracks… this ride has it all

The rider’s ride • Scott Addict Gravel 40, £2,499, scott-sports.com

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