One contender, one debutant, one Canadian, a directeur sportif, the Roubaix velodrome caretakers, even the broomwagon driver… We leave no cobblestone unturned in our Paris-Roubaix masterclass.

Michal Kwiatkowski’s first season with Team Sky was a rocky affair. The Polish former world champion has learned to curb his over-enthusiasm, and will be all guns blazing for the Ardennes Classics.

In a suburb of Taipei, photographer Paolo Martelli finds a man with the most extraordinary collection of racing bikes – hundreds of famous machines from the past 40 years of design developments, and rare experiments in aerodynamics. A photo special.

Also featuring: nutrition myths debunked, Belgium’s house of cycling stars, snow at Paris-Nice, race to the sun, and summer threads from VOID, Rapha, Santini and Pas Normal Studios.

Plus columnists Matt Seaton, Matt Rendell and Robert Millar.