The Grand Tour Files 2020: pro cycling tales from a social distance
The Grand Tour Files 2020: click here to buy in paperback or kindle e-book. On one hand we had aContinue Reading
Tag: Vuelta Espana
Vuelta Espana 2020 Stage 18: Madrid!
Laps around Madrid, back-slaps, photo-ops: you know the script. As the riders swallowed up the city streets, the late autumnalContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2020 Stage 17: Roglic, by a whisker!
In a sense, when the riders crossed the line at the summit of la Covatilla, they flipped back from athletesContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2020 Stage 16: Magnus Cort Neilsen is the least tired
Yesterday, a couple of sprinters – Philipsen and Ackerman – made it over the hills to contest a sprint. Today,Continue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2020 Stage 14: well, well, Wellens
Predicting bike races is often a fool’s game. Lot’s of variables, see. Form, tiredness, and fundamental talent being but three.Continue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2020 Stage 13: the tremble-o-meter
For a short while today we obsessed over how quickly each rider could dismount one bike, mount another, clip in,Continue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2020 Stage 12: Hugh Carthy tames the Angliru
Everything you’ve heard about the Angliru is true; it’s a terrible climb. In a world of exaggeration and hyperbole itContinue Reading
