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A Tao KO in the final round | A recap of stages 10-21 of the 2020 Giro d’Italia

October 26, 2020 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

In my recap of the first week of this Giro d’Italia, I wrote that British interest ended after Stage 1. That turned out to be a bold and not very great prediction because turned out…

Bye bye Bernal | A recap of stages 10-15 of the 2020 Tour de France

September 14, 2020 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Preview + favourites Week One recap Week Two recap Week Three recap It’s not often that the reigning Tour de France champion cracks like old plaster and waves his chances of winning the race again…

A sprinter’s view of the mountains as Mark Cavendish fails to make the time cut

July 19, 2018 · by Alex · in Tour de France

When Mark Cavendish finished stage 11 of this year’s Tour de France, they were clearing the barriers away. Podium ceremonies had been and gone and the new yellow jersey, Geraint Thomas, was busy doing a…

Greg Van Avermaet exploits curt climbs, cobbles and crash avoidance | The 2018 Tour de France week one recap

July 16, 2018 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Yellow jersey contenders Green jersey contenders Week one recap Week two recap Final week recap Week one is best divided into the green story and the yellow story. Let’s deal with the green story first…

Paris-Roubaix Peter Sagan or Amstel Gold Peter Sagan? Which Peter Sagan did the better sprint?

April 16, 2018 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Peter Sagan is the central figure in pretty much every race he rides, so let’s just write about Peter Sagan today. Sagan has appeared in two one-day classics in the last fortnight – Paris-Roubaix (which…

Stage four: Cavendish finds more give in roadside barrier than Sagan’s elbow

July 4, 2017 · by Alex · in Tour de France

It was a day of aqueducts, châteaux and sheep. The flat profile meant the break was always going to be caught and when that break turned out to be just one rider – Belgian Guillaume…

Stage three: Peter Sagan gets it wrong – but not wrong enough

July 3, 2017 · by Alex · in Tour de France

It’s hard to explain why Peter Sagan’s win was so impressive. He only bested Michael Matthews by about half a metre – so why was it such a big deal? It boils down to this:…

Michal Kwiatkowski again surprised to beat Peter Sagan – even though he does it all the time

March 18, 2017 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Peter Sagan is such a colossal figure in cycling that it’s odd to thing he doesn’t necessarily have more of a claim to greatness than Michal Kwiatkowski. Sagan does wheelies and snarfs Gold Bears like…

What does Peter Sagan eat after a bike race?

February 27, 2017 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Haribo. Haribo Gold Bears, specifically. One fistful, smushed into the mouth via the palms of both hands. Here’s some footage, because I know that you’re yearning for footage. The greatest Haribo advert ever created ::…

Autumn round-up: from Belgium to Qatar

October 17, 2016 · by Alex · in Classics and day races, Stage races

I’ve rather permitted the season to peter out and for that I apologise. Last time I wrote about actual racing, Steve Cummings had won the Tour of Britain. What’s happened since then? Eneco Tour I…

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