Apparently Rui Costa always wins the Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse is not the easiest race to follow. With two time trials before any of the proper mountain stages, you can’t be totally sure who’s really in contention until it’s basically over….
Benat Intxausti wins the race that no-one’s all that bothered about winning really
The hotly-contested Tour of Beijing is over. Benat Intxausti won. There was a hilltop finish on stage four and the results of that pretty much equate to the final general classification. Dan Martin came second….
Tony Martin really can do a decent team time trial on his own
The team trial took place over the same course as the individual time trial. Based on his individual time, Tony Martin would have finished sixth in the team event. Being as it’s easier to cycle…
Contenders for the time trial at the 2013 World Championships
It ain’t much of a spectator sport, but the world time trial promises great drama this year. This is because there are three major contenders, whereas time trials often seem to be more about whether…
Tony Martin’s solo break in the Vuelta
No, seriously. I don’t think you’re quite getting how great a ride this was. That man at the front, in the light blue jersey, gob hanging open, white socks pulled right up – do you…
Tony Martin v the peloton
I think I’ve said before that cycling isn’t about winning. It’s about losing. It’s about losing with panache. Tony Martin lost stage six of the Vuelta in the absolute finest style. When seventh outranks first…
Tony Martin in flat time trials
Tony Martin didn’t actually win by as great a margin as might have been expected. But he did win. Even without any back skin, he’s the strongest time trialist in this race. The majority of…
Dan Martin is no relation to Tony Martin
Despite their seemingly identical fear of surnames, Dan Martin and Tony Martin are not related. Time trialist, Tony Martin, is fully German, while 2013 Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner, Dan Martin, is fairly Irish. Dan was born in…
