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''International Cycle Sport'' was a British cycling magazine that covered British and European road racing. It had 199 issues between May 1968 and December 1984.


History

''International Cycle Sport'' was the idea of Kennedy Brothers Publishing, a printing company in
Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...
, Yorkshire, owned by three brothers. With help from cycle parts importer and advertiser Ron Kitching, they brought in
Jock Wadley John Borland Wadley (1914 – March 1981) was an English journalist whose magazines and reporting opened Continental cycle racing to fans in Britain. Wadley covered 18 Tours de France from 1956. He worked for the British weekly, ''The Bicycle'' ...
as editor, who was head of the newly defunct '' Sporting Cyclist''. By 1972, the magazine was selling around the world, with a special issue for the United States that had different centre pages for local stories.


See also

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Cycling Weekly ''Cycling Weekly'' is a British cycling magazine. It is published by Future and is devoted to the sport and pastime of cycling. It used to be affectionately referred to by British club cyclists as "The Comic".
'' * ''
VeloNews ''VeloNews'' is an American cycling magazine headquartered in Boulder, CO. It is published by Outside and is devoted to the sport of cycling. History The magazine was first published as ''Northeast Cycling News'' in March 1972 by Barbara and R ...
'' * '' Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated''


References

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