Tour de France 2019 Stage 21: Parisian perfection…but no Pinot
The final stage of the Tour, as we know, is fifty-percent ceremony and fifty-percent unofficial sprinters World Championship. Champagne isContinue Reading
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Paris-Roubaix 2019: Philippe Gilbert and the van Aert of war
It was Philippe Gilbert’s day, of course. How could it be anyone else’s? He won Paris-Roubaix; perhaps the most revered,Continue Reading
Tour de France 2018 Stage 21: Geraint Thomas – man of the people
“Y’see how uncomfortable he looks, drinking champagne on the bike and taking the applause of the crowd,” said the WelshContinue Reading
TDF 2017 Stage 21: The law of averages
One year, it’ll happen. You’ll be slumped on your settee with one eye on the Sunday papers, and one onContinue Reading
Keeping busy with Geraint ‘the genial Welshman’ Thomas
I find it almost impossible to write about pro cyclist and all round man-of-the-people Geraint Thomas without using the phraseContinue Reading
Bordeaux – Paris, The Lost Classic
By January, your average race starved cycling fan has just about had their fill of new kit launches, stories ofContinue Reading
