''Procycling'', or ''ProCycling'', was a

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sport magazine owned by

Future The future is the time after the past and present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently ...

. First published in April 1999, there were 13 issues a year distributed in all countries where there are

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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 Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

''. Its first editor was

William Fotheringham William Fotheringham (born 1965) is a sports writer specialising in cycling and rugby. As a newspaper journalist he writes for ''The Guardian''. Fotheringham was a features editor for ''Cycling Weekly'', the features editor of ''Cycle Sport'' and ...

, who had also been on IPC's staff. He was assisted and then succeeded by Jeremy Whittle, correspondent to

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and author of ''Bad Blood''. In 2003, Cabal was acquired by Highbury House.

acquired ''Procycling'' and several other magazines from Highbury House in 2005. In 2014, Future sold its sport and craft titles to

Immediate Media Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co) is a British multinational publishing house that currently publishes a significant range of titles, including ''Radio Times, BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food'' and a host of others. In H ...

. 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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