Cycling Weekly – August 22, 2019

WELCOME

SIMON

RICHARDSON

Editor

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MY HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

6 British riders making the step up

14 Remembering Felice Gimondi

42 Basso bike on test

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s it just me or does it feel strange that

there won’t be a British Grand Tour

winner this year? Yes, I k now winning

all three last year with

Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas

and Simon Yates was never going

to be repeated, but I can’t help

feeling a little hard done by this

year. Just think, there’s probably a

whole generation of young cycling

fans who have grown up k nowing

nothing other than British riders

winning the Tour.

There have, however, been lots

of good performances elsewhere

for us to cheer. In the last week the

British under-23 riders have been

winning at the Tour de l’Avenir

— the best guide for who is about

to step up to the WorldTour — while the

British team won eight medals at the Junior

Track World Championships in Frankfurt.

A ll of which means it ’s going to be a

hard job short-listing our riders of the year

ahead of our awards night later in the year.

With riders performing across the board

our judging panel has a tough task ahead

of them.

There’s still time for you to be part of our

awards night. Nominations for club of the

year, local hero and charitable initiative are

open for a few more weeks. Go to w w w.

cyclingweekly.com/awards to fi nd out how

to enter and be part of our celebrations.

The truth about saddle discomfort

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Looking ahead to the Vuelta

Compact GPS units on test