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Tom Dumoulin isn’t planning on winning the Giro despite being in the lead

May 6, 2016 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

That’s what he says anyway. He’s all: “Ooh no, I’m all about the Olympics this year. I haven’t even been to an altitude training camp or anything. No-one needs to worry about me. I’m just…

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…

A reason to warm to Alejandro Valverde

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

“There were some unexpected moves by Movistar,” said Tom Dumoulin after the stage. What he meant was there was one unexpected move by Movistar, the team, and then about a billion inexplicable attacks by Alejandro…

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…

Purito earns a stupid hat and a different jersey

September 7, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

Stage 15 was notable for a rare sighting of the fabled Haimar Zubeldia, a man of such astonishing invisibility that he has five Tour de France top ten finishes to his name without anyone even…

Nairo Quintana isn’t particularly ill as it turns out

September 6, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

Nairo Quintana’s had a virus. He said he thought he was getting over it. I said he’d flag. On stage 14 of the Vuelta, he beat all of the major contenders, so when it comes…

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…

Can Tom Dumoulin climb?

August 30, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

Tom Dumoulin can climb. I keep calling Tom Dumoulin ‘big’ but he’s not that big. He’s not Miguel Indurain big and being as Indurain won seven Grand Tours, we can safely assume that Dumoulin’s size…

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