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How do you feel about Fabio Aru?

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

Last week a reader wrote to me wondering why he couldn’t warm to Fabio Aru. It’s a common feeling. For this reader at least, his cycling played a part. “Aru looks like a spasticated muppet…

Aru on the uphill, Dumoulin on the downhill and Nicolas Roche way ahead of them

September 10, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

In the autumn of his career, Haimar Zubeldia appears to have made an uncharacteristic decision to get on TV. He was one of two riders to emerge from a really rather sizeable break on stage…

Half-decent time trial from Fabio Aru the most meaningful ride of the day

September 9, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

The threat of a time trial is a lot more interesting than the time trial itself. Beforehand, you can try and gauge riders’ fitness and fatigue while simultaneously weighing their size and power. You can…

Mikel Landa manages to race, Tom Dumoulin manages to survive, Chris Froome disappears from view

September 2, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

A hard, hard stage. So hard that half the riders found they were too tired to race. Mikel Landa – who’ll move to Sky next year – was the only man from the breakaway to…

Steep gravel and dehydration – together they are Alberto Contador’s kryptonite

May 31, 2015 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

The final stage is a flat stage, so Alberto Contador will win the 2015 Giro d’Italia. He had a bloody good go at losing it on stage 20, but he’d built up such an advantage,…

Fabio Aru successfully overcomes the drag resulting from his gaping dribbly mouth

May 29, 2015 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

Faces don’t come much more repulsive than those pulled by Fabio Aru as he rode away from everyone on the final climb of stage 19. I’m not being cruel (because he does have a bit…

Contador way better than Aru – but that probably ain’t saying much at the minute

May 26, 2015 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

The nuts and bolts of the story are these. At the foot of the really-rather-nasty Mortirolo climb (12.4km at 10.5%) – the penultimate of the day – Alberto Contador was on his own, about a…

Fabio Aru changes jersey while rivals change bikes

May 23, 2015 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

Like an enthusiastic but incompetent charades player, this year’s Giro keeps you guessing. A day after I suggested that Fabio Aru might be fading, he gains the maglia rosa. It didn’t have much to do…

Philippe Gilbert goes into the red

May 22, 2015 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

An important aspect of cycling is that different terrain suits different riders. That’s why I always like to see the Grand Tour contenders beaten on an incline. It reinforces the notion that the sport’s a…

Four or five riders to watch in 2015

December 18, 2014 · by Alex · in General

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…

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