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Chris Froome more than a little relieved that there wasn’t more road

July 25, 2015 · by Alex · in Tour de France

The final climb of the 2015 Tour de France was really quite something. A French cyclist, Thibaut Pinot, in the lead; Chris Froome, in the yellow jersey, a few minutes back; and in between, Nairo…

Alejandro Valverde is occasionally the bride

April 27, 2015 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Now that I look upon his breathtaking white dress, it suddenly seems inaccurate to call Alejandro Valverde a perennial bridesmaid. If he fulfilled the role once again at Amstel Gold, finishing second, it turned out…

Alejandro Valverde still likes La Fleche Wallonne

April 23, 2015 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking ‘did Greg Van Avermaet come second, or possibly, in light of his recent major results, third?’ The answer is no. He didn’t race. He might be back for…

Dan Martin remains upright round the final corner

October 6, 2014 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Dan Martin has spent most of this season on the deck. He crashed out of the Giro on the first day, he crashed in the Tour any number of times and most memorably of all,…

The buoyancy of Michal Kwiatkowski

September 29, 2014 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

It’s always good to know that a win isn’t a fluke and being as the World Championships finished with the same three riders on the podium as in this year’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege (albeit in a different…

Alejandro Valverde adds to the uncertainty

August 29, 2014 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

I love the Vuelta. I really, really love the Vuelta. I’ve been thinking this a lot recently and can’t put my finger on precisely why I enjoy it so much more than other races. Sometimes…

Eight pairs to watch in the 2014 Vuelta a Espana

August 21, 2014 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

There aren’t enough race previews binding riders together into twos. Let’s be honest, all the best things come in pairs. Also Twixes. The Chrises – Chris Horner and Chris Froome Horner won last year. Froome’s…

Velocipedes at the Empire Games

August 4, 2014 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

A quick update from the Commonwealth Games where, unlike the Tour de France, British riders have figured prominently. Time trials Cycling News went all Phil Liggett, calling Alex Dowsett’s win for England ‘the ride of…

A French majority on the Tour de France podium

July 27, 2014 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Chances are, if you’re into cycling, you’re not anti-French. I think most of us would consider having French riders finishing second and third in the Tour to be ‘a good thing’. Okay, you’d probably prefer…

Alejandro Valverde falls off the podium

July 25, 2014 · by Alex · in Tour de France

He’s been tottering around these last few days, but on stage 18, Alejandro Valverde finally slipped. Now he’s lying in the dirt, clawing at the air and screeching the word ‘podium’ like Gollum. There was…

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