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Stage 16: Michael Matthews welcomes hills and crosswinds

July 18, 2017 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Proof that the best way to beat Marcel Kittel in a sprint is to bin him long before the finishing straight. As I said before the race, the German tends to fade a bit as…

Stage 14: Fabio Aru learns that the peloton is long

July 15, 2017 · by Alex · in Tour de France

As cocky finishes go, Michael Matthews’ 50m long no-handed roll to the line was up there. Greg Van Avermaet couldn’t catch him even when he stopped pedalling – although the ghost of Peter Sagan had…

Michael Matthews conserves his power – Peter Sagan doesn’t

July 13, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

What an odd stage. The hill near the end suggested that we might have the likes of Peter Sagan, Michael Matthews, Edvald Boasson-Hagen and Greg Van Avermaet contesting a bunch sprint rather than the out-and-out…

Green jersey contenders in 2016

June 29, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

I’ve been putting off writing this points competition preview for a few days now and presumed there was some reason for this – nothing conscious, just some mystic message from the cosmos saying: “No, don’t…

Pozzovivo’s apparently not too bad considering he’s been hospitalised with head injuries

May 12, 2015 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

Speaking about being held up by a crash on stage two, Domenico Pozzovivo said: “I try to console myself, saying that the time lost isn’t as important as getting injured and I got through it…

John Degenkolb stays at the right end of the spaghetti

September 11, 2014 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

John Degenkolb says his favourite type of training session is the rest day, or failing that the leisurely coffee ride. I doubt all the riders having the previous day off was what allowed him to…

John Degenkolb v Michael ‘Bling’ Matthews

August 26, 2014 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

John Degenkolb and Michael Matthews are suited to similar sorts of stages, but yet I much, much prefer the former. Why? I’ve given it some thought and I think it boils down to name, appearance…

Michael Matthews can sort-of-sprint and sort-of-climb

August 25, 2014 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

There was much dicking about in captain’s hats and aeroplane cockpits at the start of the day, with the stage beginning aboard The Don Juan Carlos I aircraft carrier. The ship managed to remain afloat…

Cadel Evans stays upright

May 16, 2014 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

A weird, intriguing, but ultimately unsatisfying stage. Crashes late on separated the bunch, leading to significant time gaps and abandons. Half the peloton decking it isn’t the way you want to see the general classification…

Michael Matthews was the sprinter who was glad he turned up for the 2013 Vuelta

September 15, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

No-one else was. Two sprint finishes. Two Michael Matthews wins. The Chris Horner post-Vuelta interview on ITV4 Was one of the most extraordinary slabs of gibberish I’ve ever heard. It was a bizarre collage of …

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