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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…

Yellow jersey contenders in 2014

July 3, 2014 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Who’s going to win this year’s Tour de France? Probably one of these guys and most likely one of the first two. But plenty can happen over the course of a Grand Tour. Just think…

Michael Matthews was the sprinter who was glad he turned up for the 2013 Vuelta

September 15, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

No-one else was. Two sprint finishes. Two Michael Matthews wins. The Chris Horner post-Vuelta interview on ITV4 Was one of the most extraordinary slabs of gibberish I’ve ever heard. It was a bizarre collage of …

Chris Horner’s standing climbing style wins him the Vuelta

September 14, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

There’s a phrase in cycling: ‘dancing on the pedals’. It’s used when a rider gets out of the saddle on a steep slope. The finest exponents sway sinuously, the bike flicking from side-to-side beneath them….

Joaquim Rodriguez would like a bit more Vuelta

September 14, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

Perhaps irritated by Chris Horner’s habit of making him sound like he’s from Turkey or somewhere, “Hakim” Rodriguez finally found the zip he seems to have been lacking for most of the Vuelta and won…

It’s a good job Vincenzo Nibali has tooth skin

September 13, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

Because that’s the amount by which he’s retained the lead in this year’s Vuelta. It’s not looking good for Vince Nibbles. He tried to follow Chris Horner on stage 18’s final climb, the Pena Cabarga,…

Little Chris Horner attacked on a corner

September 2, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

What were you doing in 1971? Chris Horner was being born. That was a long, long time ago and yet here he is, in 2013, beating the fittest athletes in the world on a mountain…

Chris Horner wins one for the middle-aged

August 26, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

A lot of people resign themselves to poor physical condition by the time they’re 30, saying that they’re getting old and implying there’s little they can do about it. But they’re not paunchy because of…

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