Cycling Weekly – March 05 2026 – Cycling Weekly

After Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour victory last year threatened to be overshadowed by a debate over her weight loss, Vollering wrote an impassioned post on social media, warning of the dangers of disordered eating. “[It] can grow quietly and stay hidden for a long ƹĭŊÝÆƊƴƝħÝƴǫƏşƹÝżƴ She had been similarly outspoken a few months before, at La Vuelta %ÝŊÝŔĭŔ’ÆƴÍÝÍĭ´’ƹĭŔĔƴħÝƏƴƝƹ’ĔÝƴĆǪÝƴ victory to those struggling with their mental health. “For many people – especially young people – the mind ¥Ý´şŊÝƝƴƹşşƴƝƹƏşŔĔƴĭŔƴƹħÝƴǫƏşŔĔƴǫ’DZÆƊƴ she said. “It overwhelms, it isolates, it ǫĭŔƝƴƃǓĭÝƹĽDZżƊƴ.ƴƏݒÍƴƹħÝƴƃǓşƹÝƴ¥’´Ļƴƹşƴ her and ask what motivated it.

“That day I was thinking of a person close to ŊÝƴǫħşƴǫ’Ɲƴħ’ǪĭŔĔƴ’ƴƏݒĽĽDZƴħ’ƏÍƴƹĭŊÝÆƊƴ ƝħÝƴƝ’DZƝÆƴħÝƏƴǪşĭ´Ýƴ¥ƏĭÝČDZƴǫ’ǪÝƏĭŔĔƴ with emotion, “so I just wanted to let people know that those struggling already have the strength inside them ƹşƴĔÝƹƴşǓƹƴ¬şúƴƹħÝƴƝĭƹǓ’ƹĭşŔ®ƴ’ŔÍƴƹşƴĆŔÍƴ ’ƴŵĽ’´ÝƴǫħÝƏÝƴƹħÝDZƴ´’ŔƴĔÝƹƴ¥ÝƹƹÝƏżƊƴqħÝƴ realm of social media – where she posts photos of trail running in the mountains and bike rides with her beloved dog %ĽşƴíƴşüÝƏƝƴ’ŔƴĭŔƹĭŊ’ƹÝƴĔĽĭŊŵƝÝƴĭŔƹşƴħÝƏƴ life beyond racing, but it poses risks, ƹşşżƴƉƒÝƴƝÝÝƴƝşƴŊǓ´ħƴúƏşŊƴƹħÝƴĭŔƹÝƏŔÝƹƴ nowadays of how a perfect life should look, and we can make ourselves ´Ə’ǸDZƴ’¥şǓƹƴĭƹÆƊƴƝħÝƴƝ’DZƝżƴƉkşŊÝƹĭŊÝƝƴ the mind is just too strong.

This can get worse and worse, not only with depression but even worse mental states. I know just by saying it it can mean a lot to people and that’s what I ÍĭÍƴƹħ’ƹƴ͒DZżƊ Team tension cĭÍĭŔĔƴúşƏƴkƴƒşƏǰƴ¥ƏşǓĔħƹƴǫĭƹħƴ it many glories, but also some major challenges. The team being replete with so many potential race winners led, at times, to a fraught internal atmosphere – tensions that occasionally spilled out into the open, Realisation that she’d won the 2023 Tour ● Chris Marshall-Bell curates his own imperfect life on Instagram and Bluesky: cmbreports such as when Vollering and ƹݒŊīŊ’ƹÝƴHşƹƹÝƴFşŵÝ´ĻDZƴ sprinted against each other ’ƹƴƹħÝƴǎǼǎDŽƴkƹƏ’ÍÝƴĭ’Ŕ´ħÝżƴ At FDJ United-Suez – who are ĻÝÝŔƴƹşƴÝǰƹÝŔÍƴħÝƏƴƹǫşīDZݒƏƴ contract beyond this season – Vollering is the undoubted leader.

From the outside she looks happier. “It’s an environment where you feel everybody is really motivated and hungry to get better every day, and not afraid to pursue big ÍƏݒŊƝÆƊƴƝħÝƴƝ’DZƝżƴ ƉƒħÝŔƴÝǪÝƏDZ¥şÍDZƴĭƝƴ winning and daring to go after their big dream, even if it’s a bit too big, it makes me really happy.

Women’s Day. In this issue we have focused mainly on the stories and personalities around women’s cycling. The elite women’s racing scene has become ever more established over the past six years, with the trickle- ÍşǫŔƴÝüÝ´ƹƴƝĽşǫĽDZƴúÝÝÍĭŔĔƴĭŔƹşƴ’ĽĽƴ aspects of the sport and industry and giving us more races and riders to feature in the magazine each week. This week, it’s world number one Demi Vollering. In our exclusive interview she talks to us not only about her undimmed racing ambitions ¥Ǔƹƴ’ĽƝşƴħşǫƴƝħÝƴƝƹĭĽĽƴǫ’ŔƹƝƴƹşƴ’üÝ´ƹƴ change. And why she believes it’s still necessary for the women at the top of the sport to take a lead on that.

We also have Rosael Torres-Davis looking into what happened to women- ƝŵÝ´ĭĆ´ƴ¥ĭĻÝƝƴ’ŔÍƴĻĭƹƴŷƹǓƏŔƴƹşƴŵ’ĔÝƴDŽǎŹżƴ qħĭƝƴǫ’Ɲƴ’ƴ¥ĭĔƴÍÝǪÝĽşŵŊÝŔƹƴǎǼƴşƏƴƝşƴ years ago, as many manufacturers added women’s bikes to their ranges. Other highlights this week 8 Brennan’s biggest win 38 All-new Liv Enviliv 52 Elinor Barker’s training tips Vollering’s vocation Demi’s mission ● Page 24 Audax pioneers ● Page 46 Radar lights tested ● Page 40 Women’s bike design ● Page 32 Many were accused of taking the meaningless ‘pink it and shrink it’ approach, but some of the bigger ŷŊ’ĭŔĽDZƴwkŹƴ¥Ə’ŔÍƝƴĭŔǪÝƝƹÝÍƴ’ƴĽşƹƴşúƴ time and money into it.

That approach has largely faded away, to be replaced by a bigger range of unisex sizes that can be adapted with an ever-growing Ə’ŔĔÝƴşúƴĆŔĭƝħĭŔĔƴĻĭƹżƴ.ƹƌƝƴĭŔƹÝƏÝƝƹĭŔĔƴƹşƴ note that not even the best women’s bikes in the Noughties had handlebars as narrow as the ones the male peloton were racing on last year – before the w.ƴ¥’Ŕż What else will change over the next ƝĭǰƴDZݒƏƝƄƴ.ƴĽşşĻƴúşƏǫ’ƏÍƴƹşƴĆŔÍĭŔĔƴşǓƹż Simon Richardson Editor [email protected] Clash of the Celts Welshwoman Zoe Bäckstedt (r) rides next to Irishwoman Lara Gillespie at Omloop Nieuwsblad on Saturday.

It was St David’s Day Eve but there was no Welsh luck for Bäckstedt, who finished 42nd. In Focus Photo: Getty Images ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Up, up and away Mattias Skjelmose is urged on as riders crest the Mur des Royes outside Valence during the Faun-Ardèche Classic last week. The group was chasing Paul Seixas, who had just escaped off the front. ● ● A tough grind Cat Ferguson (L) grimaces as she fights her way up the Muur van Geraardsbergen alongside Teuntje Beekhuis during Omloop Nieuwsblad on Saturday.

The British Movistar rider would end up finishing fourth. ● ● ● Blossom’s blooming Spring is in the air at the Faun Drôme Classic, with riders passing trees in bloom. The race, wholly within the Drôme department, makes the other half of the alternative Opening Weekend. ● ● ● ● Big Brother The peloton is watched from above in gloomy skies in the early stages of Omloop Nieuwsblad. The road is barely wide enough to stop the riders spilling onto the verdant grass fields on either side.

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