Latest articles by Michael Hutchinson
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The only thing Visma-Lease a Bike’s Control Room didn’t have was a 'Ban Me! Ban Me!' decal
Normally when a team concocts a new marginal gain, they are at least a tiny bit secretive about it
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Dr Hutch: How to prepare for disastrous underperformance at a bike race
It’s all rather easy when you know how...
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Dr Hutch: ‘Henri Desgrange came up with the perfect 21st-century bike race... in 1903’
Shorter stages be damned. What the Tour needs is more suffering
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Dr Hutch: ‘I once thought ketones were so good they’d rendered training obsolete’
The deeper your pockets, the better the placebo effect
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If the bike design department were making the same progress as the marketing guys, they’d be able to fly by now
Cycling Weekly's columnist can see through the choreography of the modern bike launch but it’s still got him dancing to its tune
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I wish I could forget my favourite ever bike ride, my cycling perfection
A great ride can quickly turn from cherished memory to nagging reminder of your subsequent inadequacy, bemoans Dr Hutch
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If family members demand to see your sportive medal you've got problems that finishing a ride won’t solve
If there’s no eventual glory, what’s the point in suffering on your bike? It’s complicated, says the Doc
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It’s been fun watching others deal with Pogačar's un-ignorable excellence
If Tadej Pogačar’s Giro d’Italia dominance has taught us anything, says the Doc, it’s how to lose with style and grace – or not...
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It's OK for pro cyclist to hate cycling - my affection for the sport has had ups and downs, too
Amateur cyclists' relationship with the sport is less than simple, so why should professionals be expected to love it all the time?
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'I’m too good a rider to tell one bike from another': Why our columnist will never write a good bike review
The Doc's useless at reviewing bikes but finds himself possessed by a pedantic, critical voice that's landing him in domestic hot water
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Riders who exceed the limits of a polite margin spoil everyone's day with their showboating victories
At what point does a brave show of strength become brazen showboating? The Doc ponders the etiquette of the long solo break
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Non-cyclists think there’s something wrong with us
Cyclists are still viewed as a strange breed, even by close friends, observes Dr Hutch, from a towel draped chair after a heroic 20-mile ride
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Bike riders never crash where you want or expect them to
In a sport as unpredictable as cycling, we have to learn to expect the unexpected, says the Doc, no matter how painful that might prove
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Folding bike riders know it's about the size of the watts, not the wheels
Riding a folding bike marks you out as a crank, especially with the addition of a monocle and dinner jacket, recalls the Doc
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If you have too much money, coffee is right up there with cycling as a solution
'I suspect that you can divide cyclists into personality types around coffee', muses columnist Dr Hutch
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'Monday will be a whole new me': How not to stick to a training plan
In an overview which will sicken anyone targeting Cycling Weekly's Zwift time trial, columnist Dr Hutch outlines his weekly training rituals - complete with baking
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If entry to your next local race costs £27,000, you'll know who to blame
Inspired by Bernard's tragically organised time trial, the Doc sets about stabilising the Tour of Britain, but be warned – it's going to cost
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Everything we cyclists have put on our heads since we invented the bike has been mystifying and ridiculous
Will the UCI ban Giro's wacky TT helmet for being too weird? And if so, will the response be weirder still?
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Heat training left me thinking 'if that’s what Hell is like, it would be easier to be good'
Hutch's attempts to incorporate heat conditioning into his training have often taken him dangerously close to boiling point
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My friend had warm urine squirted in his ear on the Alpe d’Huez - and it impresses people more than my national titles
When it comes to impressing people with his cycling exploits, Cycling Weekly's columnist finds that anecdotes trump achievements every time
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It only takes a little mathematics to explain why size isn't everything
Cyclists love to lose their minds over a 'dinner plate', but it's gear ratio - and cadence - that makes the difference
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Identifying the rider who will get a lot of punctures is just as valuable a skill as anticipating a crash
A sixth sense for avoiding crashes is useful, observes CW's columnist, but so is an intuition for spotting spongers and puncture-prone clubmates
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Components that cost too much and don’t last long enough make us truly appreciate the opposite
The age of product recalls and built-in obsolescence gets CW's columnist reminiscing about indestructible components that refused to die
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'Zone two' is what cyclists call 'having a nice time' when we want to make it sound scientific
Intensity zones may be based on science but it's the subjective scale of suffering that really counts
