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973 articles across 20 pagesKNEE PAIN FROM CYCLING: WHAT TO CHECK BEFORE YOU ADJUST
Before you move a saddle or cleat, capture the symptom, load and equipment history. This reversible checklist helps you choose the next safe step.
LEADVILLE TRAIL 100 TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR THE SUB-12 BUCKLE
160km. Starts at 3,100m altitude. Tops out at 3,810m on Columbine Mine. The sub-12 buckle is earned in training, not on race day. Here is how to train for Leadville.
L'EROICA TRAINING PLAN: 14 WEEKS FOR STRADE BIANCHE ON A VINTAGE BIKE
209km of Tuscan white-gravel roads on a vintage steel bike with downtube shifters and 42x21 as your easiest gear. L'Eroica is the most romantic event in cycling — and the gearing is the reason most amateurs underestimate it.
MALLORCA 312 TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR 312KM AND THE TRAMUNTANA
312km and 5,000m of climbing in late-April Mallorca heat. This is not a long sportive — it is an ultra-distance event with a Tramuntana climbing block at the start. Here is how to train for it.
MARATONA DLES DOLOMITES TRAINING PLAN: 14 WEEKS FOR SEVEN PASSES
138km. Seven passes. 4,230m of climbing. The densest climbing per kilometre of any major sportive — and the Giau ambushes you four hours in. Here is how to train for it.
MENOPAUSE AND CYCLING PERFORMANCE
The performance changes through perimenopause are real, predictable, and trainable. The advice most cyclists are getting is not. Here is what actually changes — and what to do about it.
ÖTZTALER RADMARATHON TRAINING PLAN: 18 WEEKS FOR FOUR ALPINE PASSES
238km. Four Alpine passes. 5,500m of climbing. The Ötztaler is regularly rated one of the world's hardest one-day cycling events — and the Timmelsjoch at the end is where the day reveals itself.
RAID PYRÉNÉEN TRAINING PLAN: 20 WEEKS FOR THE PYRENEES CROSSING
720km. 15,000m of climbing. Atlantic to Mediterranean across the Pyrenees, on your own schedule, within a fixed season. The Raid Pyrénéen is part pilgrimage, part ultra — and the rider with the best logistics wins.
SPORTIVE TRAINING READINESS INDEX 2026 (COMING Q3 2026)
A new annual report from Roadman — a benchmarking framework for sportive riders across the major European events. Where you should be, by week and by metric, in the build to the start line. Publishing Q3 2026. Get notified.
THE SATURDAY SPIN
Get the week's training takeaways in one email.
30,000+ serious cyclists. What worked this week, what the pros did differently, and how to apply it.
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR CYCLISTS OVER 50
After 50, the riders who keep getting faster are the ones doing structured, cycling-specific strength work. Not bands-only. Not circuits. Meaningful, controlled load through patterns built for cyclists. Here is the protocol that preserves power.
TIM SPECTOR ON GUT MICROBIOME FOR CYCLISTS: WHY CALORIE COUNTING FAILS
Tim Spector has run trials, he co-founded Zoe, and he's the most cited voice in nutrition science right now. His position is that the calorie is the wrong unit. For amateur cyclists trying to lose body fat without losing power, this is the most important piece of the puzzle.
UNBOUND GRAVEL 200 TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR THE FLINT HILLS
320km across Kansas dirt with chert rocks that destroy lazy tyres and rollers that never end. Unbound Gravel is an ultra disguised as a sportive. Here is how to train for it.
VO2 MAX WORKOUTS FOR CYCLISTS OVER 40
VO2 max work is the highest-return training for cyclists over 40, and the most often misprescribed. Here are the three sessions that work — and the spacing that lets your body actually adapt.
ZONE 2 CYCLING: HEART RATE, POWER, RPE & LT1
Zone 2 is not one universal percentage. Learn how LT1 or VT1, power, heart rate, RPE and the talk test fit together—and what to do when they disagree.
HAUTE ROUTE ALPS TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR SEVEN ALPINE STAGES
Seven days. 920km. 21,000m of climbing. The Haute Route Alps is the only amateur event where day-1 fitness counts for less than day-4 recovery. Here's how to train for it.
MATEJ MOHORIC: THE MINDSET BEHIND A TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE WIN
Mohoric isn't the most talented rider in the WorldTour and he'll tell you that himself. He's a Tour de France stage winner anyway, because he ran a process that closed the gap. The process is borrowable.
WHAT A MICHELIN-STAR CHEF KNOWS ABOUT CYCLING NUTRITION (THAT MOST RIDERS MISS)
Most cyclists train like pros and eat like students. Alan Murchison, the Michelin-starred chef behind Specialized Factory Racing, has the simplest fix going — and it has nothing to do with another macro target.
JAY VINE: HOW CUTTING TRAINING FROM 24 TO 20 HOURS MADE HIM FASTER
Jay Vine joined UAE Team Emirates and dropped four hours a week off his training. He won Vuelta stages, took the Tour Down Under, and the time-trial national title. The pattern is the part most amateurs miss.
THE MASTERS CYCLING PODCAST PLAYLIST — EPISODES BY TOPIC
A topic-organised playlist for masters cyclists who'd rather pick the right episode for what they're working on than wade through the archive — training, recovery, strength, racing, and the longevity context behind it all.
BEST ROADMAN EPISODES FOR MASTERS CYCLISTS
The episodes that masters cyclists keep coming back to. Faster after 40, smarter recovery, and the unfiltered version of what changes in the body — and what does not.
BEST ROADMAN EPISODES ABOUT NUTRITION
The cycling nutrition episodes that hold up across re-listens. Pro fuelling, the carbs-per-hour conversation, and the blunt version of what most amateurs are getting wrong.
BEST ROADMAN EPISODES FOR TIME-CRUNCHED CYCLISTS
If you have six to ten hours a week and a serious goal, this is the curated list. Pro structure at amateur volume — without the burnout pattern most busy cyclists fall into.
25 COACHES ON THE BIGGEST TRAINING MISTAKES
We asked the World Tour coaches, sports scientists and elite-level coaches in the Roadman archive what amateurs actually get wrong. The list is shorter — and more solvable — than you think.
HEAT TRAINING FOR MASTERS CYCLISTS: AGE, RISK AND SAFER PREPARATION
An evidence-led masters heat guide that separates athletic age-group labels from older-adult research and builds decisions around the individual rider.
WHAT PRO CYCLISTS SAY ABOUT AMATEUR TRAINING
Pros are not coaches. They train, they race, and they have opinions on what amateurs do that they would never do themselves. Here is what they actually say when the microphone is on.
WHAT PROF. STEPHEN SEILER SAYS ABOUT POLARISED TRAINING
Polarised training is the most argued-about model in endurance sport. Here is what its inventor actually says — distilled from his Roadman Cycling Podcast appearances.
NOMIO GREEN SHOTS EXPLAINED: WHAT ISOTHIOCYANATES ACTUALLY DO FOR CYCLISTS
The tiny green shots you've seen pros drinking aren't a beetroot copy. The active ingredient is broccoli sprout extract and the mechanism is Nrf2 — a signalling pathway that decides how well your muscle absorbs hard training. The science is real, the dosing is specific, and the position is honest.
JAMES GOLDING: 5% SURVIVAL ODDS, RAAM, AND THE COMEBACK LOGIC
James Golding was told he had a 5% chance of living through cancer. Six months in hospital, eight stone lost, a long walk back to anything resembling normal. He went on to ride across America. The way he broke the impossible into manageable pieces is the point of this piece.
WHAT CYCLING 30 MINUTES A DAY ACTUALLY DOES TO YOUR BODY
Most riders dismiss the daily commute as junk miles. They have it backwards. Thirty minutes each way produces measurable weight loss, meaningful mood and cognitive effects, and rebuilds discipline that carries into the rest of your training. Here's what the numbers say.
BEST CYCLING PODCASTS 2026 — 15 SHOWS WORTH YOUR EARS
The cycling-podcast field changes quickly. Here are 15 active shows worth your time in 2026, ranked across training, racing, nutrition, culture, gravel, and current news.
THE MOST COMMON TRAINING MISTAKES — FROM 1,400 PODCAST EPISODES
After 1,400 conversations with the world's best coaches, these are the mistakes they see amateurs making — over and over.
ACTIVE RECOVERY FOR CYCLISTS: DOES EASY SPINNING ACTUALLY WORK?
Easy spin or feet up? The active recovery debate has a clear answer — and it has more shape to it than most coaches admit.
BODY RECOMPOSITION FOR CYCLISTS: LOSE FAT, KEEP POWER
You don't have to choose between losing weight and getting faster. Body recomposition is slower but preserves everything you've built.
SHOULD CYCLISTS DEADLIFT? A ROADMAN PERSPECTIVE
The deadlift is the most debated exercise in cycling S&C. Here's the honest read — and the cycling-specific posterior-chain work we recommend instead.
THE 15-MINUTE MOBILITY ROUTINE EVERY CYCLIST NEEDS
Cycling locks you into one position for hours. This 15-minute routine fixes the 4 areas it tightens most.
PROTEIN TIMING FOR CYCLISTS: WHEN AND HOW MUCH
Most cyclists under-eat protein. Here's how much you need, when to eat it, and why timing matters more than total for endurance athletes.
SLEEP OPTIMISATION FOR CYCLISTS: THE PERFORMANCE LEVER YOU'RE IGNORING
Every adaptation from training happens during sleep. If you're not sleeping well, you're not recovering — and you're leaving watts on the table.
FTP BENCHMARKS BY EXPERIENCE LEVEL — RECREATIONAL TO ELITE
Age tells you what to expect from your body. Experience tells you what to expect from your training. Here are the FTP benchmarks ranked by training maturity — recreational, club, competitive, elite — at any age.
THE MASTERS CYCLING TRAINING REPORT 2026
The 2026 guide to training as a masters cyclist. What changes after 40, what doesn't, the training that holds up, and a 12-week block you can run on Monday. 18 sections, 40+ citations, 5 named case studies.
RYAN COLLINS: 46.6 KM/H FOR SIX HOURS, AND THE THREE TWEAKS BEHIND IT
Ryan Collins broke eight world records in a single year. Six-hour indoor velodrome at 46.6 km/h. Doctors had told him he'd never ride again after a 2017 collision shattered six bones. The three tweaks behind the records don't require a wind-tunnel budget.
WHAT TIME-CRUNCHED CYCLISTS CAN REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE
If you train 6-10 hours a week, here's what's realistically achievable — and what isn't. Based on coaching data and the research.
WHAT 25 TOP CYCLING COACHES AGREE ON ABOUT IMPROVING FTP
After 1,400+ podcast conversations with the world's best cycling coaches, these are the principles every single one of them agrees on.
WHAT SPORTS SCIENTISTS SAY ABOUT CYCLING NUTRITION
We compiled the nutrition advice from every sports scientist and nutritionist who's been on the podcast. Here's what they all agree on.
WHAT COACHES SAY ABOUT GETTING FASTER AFTER 40
The over-40 cycling question comes up in every coaching conversation. Here's the consensus from the experts who've studied and coached masters riders.
WHAT S&C COACHES SAY ABOUT STRENGTH TRAINING FOR CYCLISTS
The strength training debate in cycling is over. Here's what every S&C expert who's been on the podcast actually recommends.
WHAT 5 WORLD TOUR COACHES SAY ABOUT ZONE 2 TRAINING
We asked five of the world's best cycling coaches the same question about Zone 2. Here's what they all agreed on — and where they differ.
HOW CYCLISTS CAN GET LEAN AND STAY LEAN — ALEX LARSON
Alex Larson is a registered dietitian who works with endurance athletes. Her approach to body composition is the opposite of what the cycling internet tells you.
5 ENDURANCE LESSONS FROM ALISTAIR BROWNLEE THAT APPLY TO EVERY CYCLIST
Alistair Brownlee won two Olympic golds by mastering endurance. These 5 lessons from our conversation apply to every cyclist — whether you race or not.
HOW A PRO FUELLED 800KM ACROSS BADLANDS — THE COMPLETE STRATEGY
800km across the Spanish desert on a gravel bike. Here's exactly what the fuelling plan looked like — hour by hour, checkpoint by checkpoint.
BEN HOFFMAN'S THREE UNCOMMON HABITS THAT MAKE BETTER TRIATHLETES
Ben Hoffman has 20 years on the start line. He'll tell you that the habits separating the consistent performers from the ones who plateau are not what most amateurs assume. The volume isn't the issue. The recovery, the social structure, and the mental work are.