Seasonal disorder

Pinpointing the start of the cycling season is no easy task, writes Ned

Ned Boulting

When does the season start? There are as many answers to this question as there are types of cycling fan. For me, it never really stops. So that’s my way of neatly sidestepping the entire debate. But there is a range of possibilities when it comes to declaring the new racing calendar open. Some of these will be seen as grotesquely misguided, others as quite missing the point, but most of them are valid in their own ways. Before diving into the more nuanced choices, which will go some way to defining what type of fan you are, it’s perhaps worth acknowledging the head start you already have on the majority of those who consume road racing as a form of entertainment. The mere fact that you’re holding in your…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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