The Irish EF Education-EasyPost rider talks breakfast innovation, high-torque training and the mental challenges of racing

TUESDAY 6 JANUARY

Winter riding doesn’t have to be survival mode. Pro riders who know how to thrive through the colder months share their best hacks, habits and kit tweaks with Chris Marshall-Bell

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After riding a tandem the length of Britain stopping only by pubs, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham argue that bikes and beer do mix – and that pedal-pushers need to keep pint-pullers in business

No salaries, no cameras, no guarantees – yet they train and race like their lives depend on it. Chris Marshall-Bell meets five full-time riders laying it on the line for the sheer love of it