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Don’t give Richard Carapaz an inch – a recap of stages 16-21 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia

June 4, 2019 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

The main contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia A recap of stages 1-9 A recap of stages 10-15 A recap of stages 16-21 You might think that the marathon is a long race, but people…

Richard Carapaz at altitude, Primoz Roglic on the wrong bike – a recap of stages 10-15 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia

May 28, 2019 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

The main contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia A recap of stages 1-9 A recap of stages 10-15 A recap of stages 16-21 That should probably more accurately read ‘a recap of stages 12-15 of…

Vincenzo Nibali is slowly winning all of the things

March 17, 2018 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Milan-Sanremo really is one of the finest races of the year. At 291km, it is very long, which is a very important quality as it means people can deploy the word ‘epic’ which is a…

Vincenzo Nibali stays the right side of the barriers

October 13, 2017 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Vincenzo Nibali won the final Monument of the season on a day defined by descending. The Sicilian is pretty good downhill but also had to be strong enough uphill to be right at the front…

Dumoulin v Quintana, time trialist v climber | The Giro d’Italia final week wrap

May 28, 2017 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

The idea with these round-ups is that I focus only on those stages that affected the general classification. This policy hasn’t proven especially time-saving on this occasion, as the numerate among you will realise upon…

Vincenzo Nibali, Mr Popular, cheers up the peloton by losing a load of time

July 6, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Vincenzo Nibali is, by many accounts, not the most popular rider in the peloton. It’s the general air of thinking he’s somehow better than everyone else that people seem to object to. Maybe he’s misunderstood….

Yellow jersey contenders in 2016

July 1, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Who’s going to win the Tour de France? Probably not Bartosz Huzarski or Tsgabo Grmay unless an awfully large number of people abandon the race injured. Maybe one of these guys though. Chris Froome Both…

Giacomo Nizzolo can’t even win a stage of the Giro when he crosses the line first

May 30, 2016 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

Quite a neat trick, really. After nine second places and four third places, Giacomo Nizzolo finally crossed the line before everyone else in a stage of the Giro d’Italia. Shortly afterwards the race judges concluded…

Vincenzo Nibali’s horrific and shameful Giro d’Italia somehow ends in victory

May 28, 2016 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

After Vincenzo Nibali won stage 19, Esteban Chaves said: “It’s not easy to follow Nibali downhill. He’s crazy to do that, but I must be crazy too to follow him.” Descending is perhaps an underrated aspect…

Nibali or Kruijswijk – choose your story

May 27, 2016 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books where you’d have a choice to make at the end of every passage? “If you choose to drink the potion, turn to page 110. If you choose to…

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