Author: Alex
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Who will win the 2020 Tour de France? (and other assorted questions)
Preview + favourites Week One recap Week Two recap Week Three recap So. The Tour de France then. Any questions? There’s a Tour de France this year? Yes. Are they actually going to make it all the way to the finish? Well, now you’re asking. Not sure I’d put big money on it happening, but…
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Woot! Wout! | A 2020 Italian classics recap + talking points from the Critérium du Dauphiné
The second phase of the World Tour season kicked off with Strade Bianche, the gravelly one-day race that actually only started in 2007 but which everyone has agreed to talk about like it’s been going for at least 100 years. It was an inauspicious start in some ways with Sylvan Dillier hoicked from the start…
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Who is in form for the 2020 Tour de France? And who isn’t? Which other 2020 races will actually matter?
There is going to be a Tour de France. It is due to take place from Saturday August 29 until Sunday September 20. It’s mad that they’re even trying to hold a three week race on public roads, but then if any sporting event can adapt to unexpected circumstances, it is the Tour de France.…
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Team Ineos are bad at cobbled classics because Team Ineos aren’t Belgian
Dig out your thermal base layers and your SealSkinz gloves, winter is sorta, kinda, almost over and the Spring Classics are underway. They race in Australia, they race in the Middle East, but the road racing season only really starts with the Omloop and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (even if they’re not technically top-ranked events). We know what…
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Primoz Roglic says nothing but does everything – a recap of stages 11-21 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana
Favourites for the 2019 Vuelta a Espana A recap of stages 1-10 A recap of stages 11-21 After the first half of this year’s Vuelta, Primoz Roglic was in the lead. He was in the lead after the second half too. How did that happen? Let’s pick up with, ooh, let’s go with Stage 13.…
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Primoz Roglic takes a turn to be favourite – a recap of stages 1-10 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana
Favourites for the 2019 Vuelta a Espana A recap of stages 1-10 When you’re reporting on the first 10 stages of a 21-stage race, there’s only one logical place to start. Let’s talk about Stage 7. Some things never change Stage 7 was the archetypal Vuelta stage. It finished with 20% gradients and Alejandro Valverde…
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Who’s going to win the 2019 Vuelta a Espana?
Favourites for the 2019 Vuelta a Espana A recap of stages 1-10 Simon Yates won the Vuelta last year. Simon Yates isn’t riding the Vuelta this year. So who’s going to win? Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) The former ski jumper is the most interesting rider at this year’s race because he’s the only one who’s an…
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Egan Bernal might never win the Tour de France again – a recap of stages 16-21 of the 2019 Tour de France
Main contenders for the 2019 Tour de France A recap of stages 1-10 A recap of stages 11-15 A recap of stages 16-21 Team Ineos’s 22-year-old Colombian rider Egan Bernal won the Tour de France and everyone instantly agreed that he’d win the next 10 editions – just as they’d agreed that Nairo Quintana would…
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Thibaut Pinot is climbing – recap of stages 11-15 of the 2019 Tour de France
Main contenders for the 2019 Tour de France A recap of stages 1-10 A recap of stages 11-15 A recap of stages 16-21 At the start of my first week recap, I said that Julian Alaphilippe was the perfect man to be leading the race. You may have noticed that I then completely failed to…
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Julian Alaphilippe’s pyromania – a recap of stages 1-10 of the 2019 Tour de France
Main contenders for the 2019 Tour de France A recap of stages 1-10 A recap of stages 11-15 A recap of stages 16-21 After the first “week” of the Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe is in the yellow jersey. Julian Alaphilippe is the perfect man to be leading the race at this point. How did…