Cycling Weekly — December 07, 2017

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ISSUE

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t’s easy for us cyclists to

feel like the embattled

users of the UK’s roads.

It’s not uncommon to encounter

abuse or even violence just for

being on our bikes, and barely a

week goes by when another paltry

fi ne or suspended sentence is

handed out to a driver responsible

for serious injury or worse.

So hats off to Surrey Police and

their road policing unit’s Twitter

account (@SurreyRoadCops) that

recently took to task some bright

spark who warned us all that we

should stick to the extreme left of

the road “so people can overtake

you without risking their lives”.

Now you and I know this is all

kinds of stupid, but while the ‘get

out of my way’ attitude behind the

tweet isn’t surprising, the thought

that they have to overtake even if

it’s dangerous, really is. Thankfully

Surrey Police were straight on it,

putting @fl eurjongepier right on

cyclists’ rights and overtaking.

This doesn’t guarantee

@fl eurjongepier will turn into a

considerate driver over night, but

at least they haven’t caused anyone

any injury before being put right.

It’s responses like this that

earned them the title of Best

Tw e e t i n g Po l i c e

Account at the Police

Twitter Awards 2017.

Alaphilippe’s struggle

to the top, p

Contents

Brian Johnson’s retro

training makeover, p

NeilPryde’s new

Nazaré on test, p

Photos: Belga/PA Images

Simon Richardson

Editor

News

6 Froome eyeing historic double

8 Giro 2018 route analysis

10 Briefi ng: team budget caps

12 Disc brakes for UK races

14 Brits strike gold in Canada

16 New women’s series announced

18 Week in cycling

Features

24 Britain’s fi rst road world champ

28 Julian Alaphilippe interview

30 From the archives

Te ch

34 Is the quick-release dead?

36 NeilPryde Nazaré ridden

and rated

38 Our pick of winter gloves

Fitness

42 How we used to train

48 Retro training makeover

Racing

54 Scottish Cyclo-Cross Champs

Regulars

4 In focus

20 Big question, plus your letters

50 We ride with Stonehaven CC

55 Race results

60 Doctor Hutch

62 Icons: Campag track spanner

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