TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT WE FORGET ABOUT DEADLINES

irst up, a big thank you to our guest editor Lizzie Deignan, who has done an excellent job of making this a very special edition of and has been nothing but helpful, which is heading to the great cycling magazine graveyard in the sky after 22 brilliant years. The covid pandemic wasn’t kind to our newsstand sales, and while we enjoyed an increase in subscriptions (thank you!), the ongoing lockdowns had an impact on the number of magazines we could sell. We were also facing large increases in printing costs. We’ll miss you. We were paid by various media companies over the years, but all the way through we believed we were really working for our readers and we worked hard at building a relationship of trust with you all. There was always, of course, a commercial side, but the priority of the editorial team, as well as balancing the books, was to provide intelligent coverage of pro cycling, with nothing more complicated than well-written words, beautiful photography and an elegant layout. The effort and care that we put in was a compliment to and inspired by our readership’s love and respect for the sport.