One hit wonder
Machine-like consistency, in a sportsperson, is boring. Dips in form are needed to punctuate the purple patches. In pro cycling,Continue Reading
Category: pro cycling
Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades
“Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades” – Eddy Merckx Wise words, of course, from perhaps the greatest bike rider of allContinue Reading
The Grand Tour Diaries: pro cycling tales of mountains and mileage
Below is an excerpt – the prologue – from my new book: The Grand Tour Diaries 2018. It’s available now inContinue Reading
The Grand Tour Diaries 2018: OUT NOW!
Available in paperback and Kindle e-book: click here to buy now Every stage of the 2018 editions of the GiroContinue Reading
We need to talk about Gaviria
Were I asked, here at the start of 2019, to pick a bike rider to sprint for my life, IContinue Reading
The first rule of nicknames (with Philippe “The Crush-o-tron” Gilbert)
The first rule of nicknames is: you don’t get to give yourself a nickname. As a schoolboy, left to negotiate theContinue Reading
