The Grand Tour Diaries: pro cycling tales of mountains and mileage
Below is an excerpt – the prologue – from my new book: The Grand Tour Diaries 2018. It’s available now inContinue Reading
Tag: Vuelta Espana
The Grand Tour Diaries 2018: OUT NOW!
Available in paperback and Kindle e-book: click here to buy now Every stage of the 2018 editions of the GiroContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 21: anyone for shin-kicking?
I must admit, I was hoping for tears on the podium. Not “full Winslet” perhaps, but a quiver in theContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 17: the Vuelta-o-meter
If you ever find yourself with exactly sixty minutes in which to demonstrate the Vuelta Espana to a complete novice,Continue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 16: the TT party
As anyone who has been watching this year’s Vuelta Espana will know, Simon Yates is managing to lead the raceContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 15: the dingers on the donga
There’s a church at the bottom of the climb: the Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga. As the riders skirted past it I felt sure that Carlton Kirby, Eurosport commentator extraordinaire, would make reference to it. That the riders might be wise to offer a prayer before the climb. That divine intervention might be handy. Instead, he fixated on the two massive bell-towers.
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 14: suspicious levels of Los Lobos
As he attacked in the final kilometre or so I carefully monitored his cadence. His legs were spinning quickly. Wasting no time, I instinctively clicked on Apple music, streamed La Bamba by Los Lobos, and had my suspicions confirmed. Yates’s legs were spinning at the exact RPM of that 1987 hit single.
