Author: Alex
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ITV4 are not showing the 2024 Giro d’Italia – here’s where you can see it
ITV4 will not be covering this year’s Giro d’Italia. The race is run by a different organisation from the Tour de France and many other major races and they don’t have the rights. That isn’t to say you can’t see it though. You still have options. Live TV coverage Eurosport do a great job of…
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Sepp Kuss survives three Grand Tours and his own team-mates | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana
A strong, loyal and selfless servant on the crucial days when stage races are won and lost, Sepp Kuss is pretty much exactly what you’d mould if you had the power to shape the perfect team-mate. It was therefore something of a surprise when the two men he helped to victories in this year’s Giro…
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Can anyone place a foot on Jumbo-Visma’s podium? | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana
Remco Evenepoel bested all his overall rivals in the Stage 10 time trial and then won Stage 14 in the Pyrenees. If it weren’t for the small matter of shipping 27 minutes on Stage 13 in between those two triumphs, it would have been a pretty good week for last year’s Vuelta a Espana winner.…
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Three talking points after Stages 1-9 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana
I’m already a day late with this, so the time trial will have happened by the time you’re reading it. Let’s ignore that for the time being and instead make some sort of effort to sum up the first nine days of racing in this year’s Vuelta a Espana. I’d normally do a fuller recap,…
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Who are the favourites for the 2023 Vuelta a Espana?
Until the racing or an abandonment or two tell us otherwise, we can keep this very simple. The main contenders for the 2023 Vuelta a Espana are the guy who won it last year; the guy who won the three before that; and the guy who’s won the last two Tours de France. I will…
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2023 Vuelta a Espana highlights will NOT be on ITV4 – here’s where you can watch it
ITV4 lost the rights to the Vuelta a Espana a couple of years back. The highlights willl still be on free to air UK TV though. They’ll be on Quest, which is a channel you may not think you have, but probably actually do. The race starts tomorrow (Saturday). If you’re a casual cycling fan,…
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Jonas Vingegaard does not deal in seconds | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2023 Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard’s average daily time gain over Tadej Pogacar over the first two weeks of this year’s Tour de France was less than half a second. He improved on this rather dramatically over the next two days. While the Dane was frequently second by seconds, by the end of three weeks he was first by…
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Seven seconds away | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2023 Tour de France
I can actually cover this middle week in a paragraph for all the significant developments there’ve been: Jonas Vingegaard’s lead over Tadej Pogacar has slipped from a barely meaningful 17 seconds to a neither-here-nor-there 10 seconds. Everyone else is now even further behind than they previously were. I say that Vingegaard’s advantage is neither here…
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Two heads are better than none | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2023 Tour de France
This year’s Tour de France was seen as a straight head-to-head between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and almost immediately appeared to become that. That’s probably better than only having one of them left in the race – or neither. We have a decent idea how good different riders can be going into the Tour…
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What if the Pogacar v Vingegaard head-to-head loses a head? | a 2023 Tour de France preview
This 2023 Tour de France preview is so breath-takingly comprehensive, it actually features a smattering of references to riders who aren’t Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard. There’s a quick look at some of the big stages coming up in the first week as well. Last year’s Tour de France was won by Jonas Vingegaard ahead…