The final stage of the Tour, as we know, is fifty-percent ceremony and fifty-percent unofficial sprinters World Championship. Champagne is quaffed, backs are slapped, and then laps are raced. Some say it’s […]
It was Philippe Gilbert’s day, of course. How could it be anyone else’s? He won Paris-Roubaix; perhaps the most revered, definitely the most romanticised, of all the bike races. Any time you […]
“Y’see how uncomfortable he looks, drinking champagne on the bike and taking the applause of the crowd,” said the Welsh man on the radio. “It really shows you how normal he is. […]
One year, it’ll happen. You’ll be slumped on your settee with one eye on the Sunday papers, and one on the TV coverage, as the final day procession of the Tour de […]
I find it almost impossible to write about pro cyclist and all round man-of-the-people Geraint Thomas without using the phrase ‘genial Welshman’. He’s genial, no doubt, but if he was English I […]
By January, your average race starved cycling fan has just about had their fill of new kit launches, stories of pro cycling teams wrangling with sponsors, and tales of just what great […]
