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Welcome • Welcome to the first issue of Cyclist for 2025! As the new UCI WorldTour season kicks off, we’re excited to bring you a packed edition filled with inspiring stories, challenging rides and cutting-edge gear.

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LEADOUT • Bikes, gear, people, racing, opinion

Project 5.9kg • Scott’s new Addict RC promises to be the world’s lightest production disc brake road bike

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The future is unwritten… • … but Felix Lowe is still happy to make his predictions for how this year’s racing will pan out

Q&A Ben O’Connor • The Aussie had a standout year in 2024. So how does he plan to top it in 2025?

Q&A Julian Alaphilippe • After 11 years on team Quick-Step, the mercurial Frenchman has joined Tudor Pro Cycling Team. At a training camp in Spain the two-time world champion speaks to Cyclist about his reasons for the move, expectations for 2025 and how becoming a father has changed his outlook on life.

Ride like the wind • Are on-bike aero monitors set to become the new power meters? Cyclist finds out

Soft play • Tore Juncher Jørgensen of Starfish Bicycles talks step-through frames, single-speeds and why a less serious approach to cycling is sometimes best

Mind how you go • Peak performance relies as much on our state of mind as it does on our hours on the turbo, says Phil Cavell

Big Ride: Flanders One day Classic • Can you get from London to Flanders, ride a loop of the region’s most famous climbs, and get back to London in a day? Let’s find out

SQUEEZING THE LEMON DRY • Belgium’s Victor Campenaerts tells Cyclist about his emotional Tour de France stage victory, becoming a dad, moving to Visma-Lease a Bike and extracting the last drops of his competitive juices

Classic Climbs Falls Creek • Tackle one of the longest climbs in Victoria’s High Country – and also one of the most picturesque

HRV • You can easily measure it with your phone or smartwatch, but what is heart rate variability and how can it make you a better rider? Cyclist consults the experts

Gravel Ride: Austria Symphony of gravel • Home of Mozart and the Von Trapps, Salzburg offers a week’s worth of gravel roads set among green hills, freshwater lakes and the chime of Alpine cowbells

Moots Vamoots CRD • In the first of a new series about the world’s most desirable bikes, we start with a shining example of how titanium can hold its own against carbon on the road

Big Ride: Italy Good cop, bad cop • The Italian double act of the Passo del Mortirolo and Passo di Gavia dishes out pain and pleasure in equal measure

TESTED • The latest bikes and kit get put through their paces

Pinarello Dogma F • It’s more marginal gains than seismic shifts for Pinarello’s top bike

Shimano GRX Di2 • Semi-wireless and 12-speed, but still 2x-only – for now

Factor Ostro VAM • The new Ostro is even better than the old one, and it was already phenomenal

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Viair TLC Pro • Simplifies tubeless tyre inflation with speed and portability

Canyon Aeroad CFR • Canyon doubles down on aero with a more customisable Aeroad

Wahoo Elemnt Ace • The latest model from Wahoo is bursting with firsts, including a wind sensor

Respect the peloton • In the back room of a bar in Flanders, a meeting of the ‘capos’ of pro racing has been called. But what is on the agenda?