Team Sky’s fate is in Sir Dave Brailsford’s mad hands
That image above depicts one of Sir Dave Brailsford’s very many crazy hand gestures. These days Sir Dave’s about 50 per cent the boss of a cycling team and 50 per cent mime. “Mime is…
A fans’ guide to knowing where to draw ‘the line’ when it comes to Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky doping allegations
It would be good to write about Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico this week, but unfortunately that’ll have to wait. Right now we need to talk about Bradley Wiggins, Team Sky, British Cycling and the latest wave…
Bradley Wiggins’ gurning on The Jump – a real dignity-stripper with which to commence retirement
Bradley Wiggins has retired from cycling. I would have written something about it sooner, but he voiced so many contradictory plans that it wasn’t until I saw the last 25 seconds of The Jump last…
All the unsatisfying equivocal answers about Bradley Wiggins’ asthma TUEs
There are things I write about because I want to and there are things I write about because I think it’ll look weird if I don’t. This is the latter. Don’t get me wrong. It’s…
Lizzie Armitstead emerges with a nice grey sheen
I’ve been covering Lizzie Armitstead’s racing triumphs semi-regularly over the last year, so it only seems fair that I also report on her legal triumphs. If you haven’t seen the news, Armitstead has not been…
Cycling transfers for 2016 – and do you care?
For the last few days, one of the feeds on my homepage seems to have been stuck presenting the headline ‘Cancellara chooses not to use disc brakes in 2016′. Perhaps the world is trying to…
Four or five riders to watch in 2015
I was going to pick five riders to watch, but while four came to me quite quickly, the fifth proved more elusive. A draft version of this article has been hanging around for about three…
Email subscription?
Basically, whenever I write something, you’ll receive that article in an email the following day. It saves checking the site for updates – instead, they come to you. Email addresses will never be shared with…
Who won the classics and Grand Tours in 2014?
It occurs to me that I spend a lot more time looking forward on this website than looking back. It makes sense to look forward of course or you walk into things, but it can…
The Schlecks become Frank Schleck
Because Andy Schleck has retired from cycling. The reason given is that he has no cartilage left in his knee, which causes it to swell up whenever he makes harder efforts. However, that’s really just…
