A good Vuelta for Froome’s reputation but a better one for Quintana’s
For a race so profoundly sprint-unfriendly, the final stage seems bizarre – almost irrelevant. Supposedly a reward for sprinters who’ve lasted the course, the truth is that few turned up in the first place, so…
Tour Down Under 2016 – is anyone in any kind of form whatsoever?
For most of us, our main task at this time of year is overriding the thermostat so that the heating comes on a bit earlier. However, for professional road cyclists, the season begins with the…
Gerrans leads and Hansen continues in decidely Australian start to 2015 Giro d’Italia
It wasn’t an Australian start in the sense that it started in Australia. I know the Giro plays it fast and loose with its definition of ‘Italia’ but that really would be a bit much….
Adam Hansen is still going strong… somehow
Last year, Adam Hansen won a stage of the Giro and I took the opportunity to draw attention to an even more staggering feat – he was riding his fifth Grand Tour in a row….
Adam Hansen has put the work in
This is a bit controversial, but I’m going to post twice about stage seven. I’ll deal with Bradley Wiggins’ time losses and the general classification in a bit, but first let’s honour today’s stage winner,…
