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Primoz Roglic says nothing but does everything – a recap of stages 11-21 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana

September 17, 2019 · by Alex · in 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…

Primoz Roglic takes a turn to be favourite – a recap of stages 1-10 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana

September 4, 2019 · by Alex · in 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…

How are you supposed to feel about Alejandro Valverde being world champion?

October 2, 2018 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

After two silver medals and four bronze ones, Alejandro Valverde’s world championships bridesmaidery finally came to an end this weekend. A lot of people will say it’s nothing less than a spectacularly good rider deserves….

Simon Yates gets to grips with three-week racing | a recap of stages 16-21 of the 2018 Vuelta a Espana

September 15, 2018 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

A cast list for the 2018 Vuelta a Espana Week one recap Week two recap Final week recap Earlier this year, in the closing stages of the Giro d’Italia, Simon Yates collapsed like your granny…

Alejandro Valverde is no panda

April 23, 2017 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

When Dan Martin won Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2013, he was chased up the final drag by a panda. It was a memorable backdrop to a race-winning, perhaps even career-defining, attack. Look at him (Dan Martin) go!…

Alejandro Valverde, La Fleche Wallonne, the Mur de Huy, etc, etc

April 21, 2017 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Last year, I wrote: “La Fleche Wallonne pretty much always amounts to a hill climb after a 200km warm-up. Alejandro Valverde is still the fastest hill climber, just as he was last year and the…

Robert Gesink has a new modus operandi

September 4, 2016 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

Without wishing to sound too wilfully contradictory, Robert Gesink is an interesting rider for how boring he is. A man who has finished fourth and sixth in the Tour de France and who has three…

Alejandro Valverde is still in the Giro d’Italia

May 24, 2016 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

Alejandro doesn’t always sprint for fourth place. Sometimes there aren’t three riders ahead of him and he has to settle for sprinting for the win. That’s what happened at the end of a short but…

A reason to warm to Alejandro Valverde

September 12, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

“There were some unexpected moves by Movistar,” said Tom Dumoulin after the stage. What he meant was there was one unexpected move by Movistar, the team, and then about a billion inexplicable attacks by Alejandro…

Alejandro Valverde can use Google StreetView

August 25, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

And back to second. After yesterday’s win, normal service has resumed for Peter Sagan. He didn’t seem too bothered. I guess he’s used to it by now. Alejandro Valverde was the latest person to take…

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