Finally - a reason to get out cycling in the cold - and not be afraid! My full review of Sportful's Total Comfort jacket & bibtights, BodyFit Pro long sleeve base layer, and cap (they call it a helmet liner).

When we were younger we all had heroes, but as the years pass that changes to an admiration of a person's style, personality and in this case, cycling ability. Ed Hood has taken a poll of his chums and the PEZ crew to find the 'Top Cycling Heroes of All Time' (in our humble opinion).

Jan 13, 2022: The training camps are all go... except Jumbo-Visma. Who will be riding the Grand Tours - TOP STORY. Australian TT champs. Rider news. Team news: Jumbo-Visma, Arkéa-Samsic, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl and Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux. Canada Nations Cup. Video interview with Peter Sagan.

Endurance performance is impaired in the heat, and the best way to prepare is to heat adapt. We don't all have access to heat chambers or saunas, but can we instead effectively acclimate on our indoor trainers by wearing lots of clothes?

Dutch 'boy-wonder' Mathieu van der Poel has had to call a halt to his cyclo-cross season due to his back problems - How will this affect his spring Classic campaign and the future of his Alpecin-Fenix team? Spencer Martin gives us his Takeaways on the 'Van der Poel effect'.

Jan 10, 2022: National cross champs from Belgium and Netherlands - Results and video. Terrorist threat could stop the Saudi Tour. Rider news: Quintana, Tulett, Van Poppel, Kristoff, Affini, Coquard, Sagan, Clarke, Groenewegen, Thomas and Mora. Team news. Race news. Plus Johnny Carera home and Peter Sagan shows off his new kit.

Sports fans love comparisons. Baseball is famous for its obsession with statistics (“The most successful left-handed pitcher throwing against a Chicago team on a Tuesday evening...”) and certainly all sports have record-holders. Pro cycling defies easy comparison of its stars. Can we figure out who was truly The Greatest of All Time?

For today's Readers' Rigs we head north to Canada where we find one of France's favorite machines, a LOOK 695 Light decked out in Dura-Ace Di2 and with Easton Carbon Clinchers on board. Not a new bike, but timeless in its looks, very rideable and could be right out of the box yesterday.

British ex-pro Jim Moore who emigrated to Canada in 1974; he enjoyed a long and varied career - from amateur road and track man in the UK to ‘independent’ in France, representing GB in the 1964 Tour de l’Avenir, a ride in the Skol Six Day, a successful pro career in the UK before crossing the Atlantic.