''Procycling'', or ''ProCycling'', was a
bicycling
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sport magazine owned by
Future
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. First published in April 1999, there were 13 issues a year
distributed in all countries where there are
English
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-speaking readers.
Andrew Sutcliffe, the former editor of ''Cycle Trader'' and the
IPC Media
TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of its tit ...
publication ''
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". '' helped form a company called Cabal Communications, run by other former IPC staff. Cabal introduced a monthly magazine called ''Procycling'' as a rival to IPC's own monthly publication, ''
Cycle Sport
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''. Its first editor was
William Fotheringham
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, who had also been on IPC's staff. He was assisted and then succeeded by
Jeremy Whittle, correspondent to
The Times
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and author of ''Bad Blood''. In 2003, Cabal was acquired by
Highbury House.
Future
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acquired ''Procycling'' and several other magazines from Highbury House in 2005. In 2014, Future sold its sport and craft titles to
Immediate Media
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. In 2019, Future reacquired ''Procycling'' from Immediate Media.
Procycling described itself as a "glossy and dynamic magazine . . . the authoritative, worldwide voice of international professional road racing, distributed in every country where there are English-speaking fans. With exclusive features and spectacular photography, Procycling brings to life the complexities, rivalries and hardships of the European professional scene."
The magazine is edited by Ed Pickering. The majority of the readers were males (90%) in their early thirties, the magazine had a global circulation of 54,000.
ProCycling ceased publication in January 2022. The final issue was guest-edited by professional cyclist
Lizzie Deignan
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is ...
.
References
External links
ProCycling official blogs
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Cycling magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1999
Sports magazines published in the United Kingdom
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
1999 establishments in the United Kingdom