Tag: Ian Stannard
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Four or five riders to watch in 2015
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 months now, so I finally decided that four was my number. The perfect fifth selection will doubtless materialise in my…
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Four British riders for the Spring Classics
I make no apologies for the Brit-centric nature of this website. I have milk in my tea and it’s a .co.uk domain name. You can’t argue with unshakeable truths such as those. Today’s article therefore takes a look at the handful of riders who will be carrying Britain’s fairly slim hopes in the 2014 Spring…
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Sagan-Cancellara tiff helps decide Milan-San Remo
I think it’s fair to say that. Here’s why. The history Fabian Cancellara is still pissed off with Peter Sagan after the goofy Slovak sat passively on his wheel before sprinting to victory in stage one of last year’s Tour. I don’t mean Sagan literally sat on Cancellara’s wheel, you understand, because you don’t win…
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Ian Stannard leads the peloton
You’ll hear that phrase a lot if you watch much bike racing. The man’s basically a locomotive. Yesterday, Alejandro Valverde fell while wearing the red jersey. Sky were trying to take advantage of some cross-winds at the time. It was immediately clear that no-one was going to slow down, but we didn’t really fear for…