Tao Geoghegan Hart is the winner many didn't expect at last year's Giro d'Italia, taking the pink jersey after the final day time trial in Milan for his first Grand Tour victory. procycling magazine (opens in new tab). The February 2021 issue features an exclusive interview with the Briton and also comes with a 66-page booklet previewing everything you need to know about the 2021 season.

Geoghegan Hart has long been touted as a future Grand Tour winner, revealing in February that he will make his Tour de France debut this July following his Giro victory. But along with his own racing ambitions, the 25-year-old Londoner has other plans for how to get more young people into cycling in the UK.

"Access to the sport is very difficult and definitely not for everyone. I've been thinking a lot lately about how I can be the protagonist of it and, economically and non-romantically speaking, how to lower the barriers to entry, and that's still developing," Geoghegan Hart tells Procycling.

"I don't want to make too big a statement, but I would love to see a big event come back to London. A real event that would resonate with the public, especially young people. That's what I'm working on right now."

Another young rider who made her mark in 2020 is Lorena Wiebes. In just three seasons, this Dutch sprinter has emerged as one of the fastest riders in the peloton. Last year, Vives, who will not turn 22 until March, moved to Team Sunweb (now Team DSM) and is adapting to the new lead-out train.

Thomas Olsthorn spoke to Wiebes: "At Sunweb, they want me to be the best sprinter. To be unbeatable in sprints. We'll have to wait and see if that works out."

Geoghegan Hart, under 23, races for the Axeon Hagens Berman team led by Axel Merckx, and Joao Almeida, an alumnus of the team, made a breakthrough at the Giro last fall. Joan Almeida wore the pink jersey for 15 days and finished fourth overall.

"It was special to be able to wear the pink jersey and I have grown a lot mentally in this Giro.

"This Giro has helped me grow a lot mentally, and I think it's really positive for the future," said Adam Beckett, "I think I'm going to be a better rider for it.

The final week of the 2020 Giro d'Italia was dramatic and exciting, with Geoghegan Hart winning on the final day, but it also highlighted a painful truth about Italian cycling in general. As Vincenzo Nibali prepares to leave the stage, Harvey Sykes asks what - or who - is next for Italy in the second of a special series exploring the state of the cycling nation.

Still one of the jewels of Italian racing, the Strade Bianche, one of the newest one-day races in its 14-year history, has quickly become one of the most important races in the world. Adam Beckett tells how evoking the spirit of the past has ensured the future of the race.

Elsewhere, Rebecca Reza describes the evolution of Movistar's women's team, which last year pulled off a major coup by acquiring Annemieke van Fruten for 2021. Sophie Halcomb talks to Shelly Pridham, the first woman to become a full-time director sportif of a men's world tour team at Israel's Startup Nation, about her experience as a professional rider and manager of the Raleigh team. Interview.

James Witz looks at why so many young riders are winning major races to see if the youth revolution in cycling is not just a fluke, and this month Retro looks back at Dutch team PDM.

In addition to featuring the regulars, the February issue introduces new 2020 diarists Kevin Reza, Brody Chapman, and Charlie Quarterman, and Dan Martin and columnist Lawrence ten Dam make a return appearance.

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