Cycling Weekly

This year's Tour de France just keeps on getting more and more exciting, and springing more and more surprises. Last weekend's first individual time trial featured a huge number of shocks – not least that yellow jersey Michael Rasmussen stayed on the road and produced a performance that kept him the race lead. Can he keep hold of it to Paris, or will emerging star Alberto Contador finally break him in the hills? Follow the last week of the 2007

Meanwhile in this week's magazine, the Tech team get their hands on Rasmussen's bike, as well as green jersey-elect Tom Boonen's race machine. Fitness gurus explain how riders should keep themselves hydrated during long days in the saddle.

Cycling Weekly

In this week's mag

There's never a dull moment in this year's Tour de France. Every day there's a have-a-go hero, including our own Bradley Wiggins, Tour rookie Linus Gerdemann and supreme climber Michael Rasmussen in a triple whammy of great rides beginning last Friday. Read about the first week in detail in this week's 100-page Cycling Weekly.

The team look at the new prototype groupsets that the big three – Shimano, Campagnolo and SRAM – are airing at the Tour. We can't wait for that new carbon Dura-Ace crankset to hit the shelves.

Cycling Weekly

In this week's mag

This week's issue is a massive 164-page Tour special. It's got every aspect of the Tour de France covered, from the tense Brit showdown at the prologue in London this Saturday to the Champagne-swilling grand finale on the Champs-Elysees in three weeks' time. The teams, the riders, the route, the stage profiles, the timings, the TV schedule, our predictions for the jerseys – it's all here.

It's 40 years since Tom Simpson died on Mont Ventoux in the 1967 Tour and we talk to his team-mates, Barry Hoban and Vin Denson, who witnessed the tragic events. They tell Cycling Weekly what it was like to be there, and how they feel four decades on.

Fitness, Tech, Sportive, Rides, Killer Climb and How Do I… are all there, with Dr Hutch bringing up the rear. Don't miss it.

Cycling Weekly

What's in this weeks mag

Despite the appalling weather it has been a good week for bike fans. Nicole Cooke won the women's Tour de France for the second year running and Mark Cavendish took more scalps with his sixth win, sprinting to victory in the last stage of the Ster Elektrotoer. Catch up with our top riders in this week's news pages.

On the eve of his movie stardom, Graeme Obree talks to Cycling Weekly about The Flying Scotsman, the film of his incredible story starring Jonny Lee Miller, in cinemas this week. Fitness is about training for real improvement, with new sessions formulated by Dr Jamie Pringle. In tech we ride the revolutionary new Mavic R-SYS wheelset. Sportive, Rides, Killer Climb and How Do I… are all there, and as ever Dr Hutch has the last word.

Cycling Weekly

In this week's mag.

Bradley Wiggins last week proved he is a bona fide favourite for the Tour de France prologue. The 27-year-old Brit beat the world's best to win the Dauphine Libere prologue last Sunday. Can the greatest pursuiter of his generation finally become a champion on the road, and take the yellow jersey in London on July 7? CW takes a look at Wiggins's and fellow Brit David Millar's form over four pages at the front end of this week's magazine.

In Fitness CW looks at the relationship between pain and cycling. Do top cyclists go faster because they suffer more? CW also talks to top Spanish climber Samuel Sanchez and former Tour de France winner Pedro Delgado. In Tech there's a major arm, leg and knee warmer grouptest as well as an exclusive first ride on Trek's all-new Madone. As ever, there's something for everyone.

Cycling Weekly

In this week's Mag

If you're looking for a new bike and you've got between £1,200-£1,600 to spend then this week's issue is for you. In a Tech special, we put six machines from Specialized, De Rosa, Orbea, Kuota, Focus and Felt through a week of rigorous testing in Majorca, arguably Europe's best proving ground.

Professional cycling is still reeling from the recent Telekom doping confessions. At the front end of this week's mag we look at the effect Bjarne Riis's admission that he took EPO to win the 1996 Tour de France is having on this year's race - which starts in less than a month.

We've also got a spread on the last week of the Giro d'Italia, another one on the National '25' and five pages on the three-day Tour of Wessex as well as all your other favourites. It's a packed 88-page issue at the regular price.

SPORTIVE: Tamar Collis reports from a soaking wet Tour of Wessex, three days of soggy cycling. But her spirits are far from dampened NEWS: No Tour for Riis, Indurain’s response to Riis’s confession, Tour fights for its future, Wiggins prepares for Dauphine, Cooke’s World Cup campaign, Downing home after USA visa refused

BIG INTERVIEW Mark Cavendish, Britain’s brightest cycling hope talks exclusively to Cycling Weekly. Is he going to ride the Tour de France? How much better will it get for the young T-Mobile star?

FITNESS How British Cycling is using cherry juice and chocolate milkshake to prepare our athletes for the 2012 Olympics

RIDES Tony Gibb and Gordon McCauley of the PCA-Evans team show Cycling Weekly where they go on a summer’s morning when the sun is shining

TECH Performance Bike of the Year 16-page special, where we test bikes from Specialized, De Rosa, Kuota, Felt, Focus and Orbea

RACING Reports, analysis and photos from the last week of the Giro d’Italia and the National 25-mile Championship, where Jason McIntyre was chasing his second consecutive win

DR HUTCH Who wants to climb the legendary 21 hairpins ofo Alpe Huez wearing the maillot jaune when there’s the A1 in Bedfordshire to ride at six o’clock on a Sunday morning

Cycle Sport

What's in the July Edition

Professional cycling's rich list revealed!

FOCUS Stunning images from the Giro d'Italia REVIEW What's been happening in the world of cycling TOUR CLASS OF 2006 Where are they now? A look at what happened to last year's top 10 a year on INTERVIEW: OSCAR PEREIRO With the Floyd Landis case still rumbling on, does Pereiro see himself as the defending champion? MEN WHO MATTER: TOUR CONTENDERS CS profiles the riders who are set to shape this year's Tour ONE STAGE AT A TIME All the stages of this year's Tour de France, with maps, profiles, timings, interviews with past winners and tips from local pros TOUR TEAMS Every team on the race, with strategies, jerseys, rider profiles and squad line-ups all detailed TOUR JERSEYS Yellow, polka dot, green and white: we explain each of the classification jerseys STAGE WINNERS AND YELLOW JERSEYS LEAGUE TABLE The men who have big tour experience DESTINY UNFULFILLED White jersey winners whose talents failed to flourish RULE BRITANNIA We dream up the ultimate British team from past Tour de France heroes TOUR TECH A look back at the most memorable tech innovations of the Tour de France

Mountain Bike Rider

In this month's Mountain Bike Rider

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: ASTON HILL MBR check out one of the UK's longest established trail centres, right in the heart of England.

KILLER LOOP: EXMOOR VS DARTMOOR The two against each other with a Killer ride on each.

BEST OF THE PEAK DISTRICT 10 of the best atb trails in Britain's most easily accessible National Park.

PULL-OUT ROUTES The usual selection of mapped and guided routes from across the UK. Try one today!

HEAD2HEAD: CASUAL GEGS Style-conscious riding glasses from Oakley and Uvex.

GROUPTEST: CHEAP SHOES What to look out for, plus a review of the best racy and casual shoes on the market.

GROUPTEST: DISC BRAKES Lightweight discs from all the big brands.

WEIGHT: DISTRIBUTION How weight on your bike, and your body, can affect your ride.

BIKE TEST: TRAIL BIKE OF THE YEAR Eight bikes get our annual spanking — see right for list of title contenders.

BIKE TEST: BUDGET FULL-SUSSERS Entry-level squidgers get put through the mbr mangle.

WOMEN'S SECTION Product tests, advice and top tips for our female riders.

Q&A Experts answer your routes/buying/tech/fitness queries without laughing.

WORKSHOP: DERAILLEUR TUNE-UP Get your mechs singing from the right hymn sheet.

BUYERS' GUIDE Don't part with your cash until you've read our buying advice and hardtail listings.

TESTED IN THIS ISSUE Shimano M121W Specialized Women's Taho Cannondale XCE3100 Elite Racer shoes ID Inner-splined spacers Magura Laurin 130mm Charge Spoon Geax Saguaro KCNC Jockey Wheels Token Pyrotec Seatpost Kenda Small Block 8 Uvex Chile Oakley Gascan S

SHOE GROUPTEST Adidas El Moro Nike Kato 4 Northwave Kaiman Scott Trail Shimano MT20D Cannondale Roam 661 Expert Specialized Sport MTB

DISC BRAKE GROUPTEST Avid Juicy Ultimate Formula ORO Puro Hope Mono Mini Pro Magura Marta SL Shimano XTR

BIKES TESTED Commençal Meta 5.5.1 Fusion Raid SL GT I.d 5.10 Iron HORSE Hollowpoint MKIII Kona Dawg Primo Specialized Stumpy FSR Pro Trek EX9.0 Whyte E5 XT Claud BUTLER Spectre Commençal Combi S Merida AM 500-D