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Website providing cycling news

Cyclingnews.com

Screenshot Screenshot of Cyclingnews.com's homepage in April 2013
Type of site News
Available in English
Owner Future
Created by Bill Mitchell
Editor Peter Stuart[1]
URL cyclingnews.com
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional
Launched 1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Current status Active

Cyclingnews.com is a website providing cycling news, race results, bike-related reviews and buying advice owned by Future.

In 1995 Australian Bill Mitchell, a keen cyclist and professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, created the website titled "Bill’s Cycling Racing Results and News" after finding there was a need for fast-breaking news and race results in English-speaking countries.[2][3] In 1999 Sydney-based publishing company Knapp Communications purchased the website from Mitchell,[4] and in July 2007 they sold it to British publisher Future plc for £2.2m.[5][6][7] In July 2014 it was bought by Immediate Media Company, along with the print-only Procycling magazine.[8] In February 2019, Immediate Media sold its cycling titles back to Future.[9]

  1. ^ "About Cyclingnews: Who we are, what we do, and how to contact us". January 2005.
  2. ^ "About Cyclingnews". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Cyclingnews | A Web 1.0 Success Story". Cycling Tips. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. ^ Knapp, Gerard (4 July 2007). "It's been quite a climb, and now it's really time to ride". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Acquisition of www.cyclingnews.com". Future plc. 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. ^ Reid, Carlton (3 July 2007). "Future buys Cyclingnews.com for £2.2m". BikeBiz. Hertford, UK: Intent Media. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  7. ^ Luft, Oliver (3 July 2007). "Future buys Cyclingnews.com for £2.2m". Journalism.co.uk. Brighton, UK: Mousetrap Media. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. ^ "IMMEDIATE MEDIA CO COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF FUTURE CYCLING AND CRAFT BRANDS". Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Back to Future: Immediate sells CyclingNews and Procycling to Future plc, their previous owner". Bicycle Retailer and Industry News. Retrieved 16 November 2019.