Movistar, Valverde, and the great de-clutter
Team Movistar, it seems, have fallen under the spell of minimalist guru and ‘organising consultant’ Marie Kondo, the uber-influential JapaneseContinue Reading
Tag: pro cycling
Doping royalty and the language of denial
It’s been a great (or should that be terrible) few days for that niche area of the English language: theContinue Reading
Richie Porte: the Macbeth of pro cycling
And so the Tour Down Under drifts by for another year. For most of us, here in the UK, it’sContinue Reading
Pro cycling 2020: new season, same old blah-de-blah
Well done. A new pro cycling season is upon us, which means you have negotiated another barren period between theContinue 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
Pro cycling perspective and the lure of retirement
2019 was the year of the early retirement. First it was Marcel Kittel. Aged 31, the gloriously coiffured German wasContinue Reading
Hope, Lotus, and the cult of relentless
Check out the new Hope Lotus track bike, the marketing blurb implores us. Futuristic, wind tunnel tested, revolutionary, radical, cuttingContinue Reading
