Group riding training plan

Call me a masochist, a dopamine junky, or just a good old-fashioned weirdo – I’ll happily answer to all of the above – but I love nothing more than to find myself teetering on the verge of complete ph

Dissecting the physiology of a 10-mile TT minute by minute, Steve Shrubsall suffers for the sake of science

It’s not the part of training that gets the most kudos, but base training should be an important part of your training year. After a big training cycle and goal race, the professionals will take a rec

Where once it was all about a rider flogging themselves and racing by feel, now it’s about slick aerodynamics, no junk miles and huge amounts of number crunching. In fact, you could argue that road cy

How can you improve your vision? What’s the best way to navigate blind corners? Rapid Training coach Dave Hewson shares tips for practising this and more while enjoying your next summer ride – and the pitfalls to avoid

A You might wonder how it could be possible that cyclists who ride for 21 days around a lap of France at warp speed can finish heavier than when they started, but for some that’s the case. “It’s easil