Giro d’Italia 2021 Stage 3: Mission Impossible
There was a moment, seventeen kilometres from the finish, when Swiss rider Simon Pellaud attacked his breakaway companions on theContinue Reading
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Tour de France 2020 Stage 15: pleasure and pain
The Lacets du Grand Colombier are laid out, a stretch of picture-perfect Tarmac, across the great shoulder of the GrandContinue Reading
Cycling in 2020: forget 24/7, it’s the year of the 28/10 lifestyle
The new (2020) pro cycling season is nearly upon us. I know this because social media is chock full ofContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2019 Stage 6: sweet Jesus…Herrada, not ‘of Nazareth’
Yesterday, on Stage 5, Jose Herrada had his shorts pulled down and his bum smacked by relentless Spaniard Angel Madrazo;Continue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2019 Stage 4: Bennett beaten, Ineos anonymous, and the Wolfpack howls
The first two thirds of stage four were slow, quiet, and featureless. The lull gave me a chance to considerContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 12: trust me…it’s a mountain!
The day started with confusion. Riders and team staff milled around, brows furrowed, baffled. The route profile for stage twelveContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 11: native tongues
“La Maglia Ciclamino est une consolation. C’est un nouveau Giro qui commence et on va essayer de le défendre” saidContinue Reading
