Despite their undisputed place as one of the iconic locations in bike racing, and particularly the Tour de France, the French Pyrenees…
Peter Cossins
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When the 2019 Tour de France passed through our village, my mum and my two kids walked down to the main road to watch …
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The concurrent running of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico is among the many quirks of the international cycling calendar…
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In the aftermath of Tadej Pogačar’s decimation of his competition at Strade Bianche, I ended up in some social media back and forth…
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I will start by saying that this is very much a personal list. Since the Tour of Britain returned to the international calendar five …
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Exactly thirty years ago this Friday, I spent a good part of my thirtieth birthday sitting in the lobby of a Mexican hotel waiting …
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Like London buses, shock transfers are appearing in numbers. Even while we’re still getting accustomed to the prospect of seeing Primož Roglič…
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My good friend Clive died on Monday. Although he’d been ill for many years, his death came unexpectedly and suddenly…
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Change is in the air amidst the Ineos Grenadiers. Most of it has been planned, although the sudden and very unexpected departure…
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On Sylvan Adams, Israel-PremierTech and Palestinian cycling
The most recent podcast from the RadioCycling team featured an interview with Israel-PremierTech boss Sylvan Adams. In normal times…
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RadioCycling latest: One Cycling, Paris’s Olympic climb & split stages
Road racing may now have ceded centre stage to cyclo-cross, but there’s still plenty of major stories and issues for the RadioCycling team to …
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In the days just prior to the Tour de France’s Grand Départ in the Basque Country, L’Équipe published its top 10 greatest mountain stages…
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This is the first time I’ve not worked on the Tour de France for a good few years, so long in fact that I …
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Hearing the news of Gino Mäder’s death, familiar thoughts filled my head, memories of past riders who have suffered the same awful fate…
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The Philippines team born in Portugal and racing for experience in Uzbekistan
A few weeks back, a series of almost unheralded one-day races in Uzbekistan attracted wide attention when accusations…
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There’s been plenty of talk during this Giro d’Italia of the contest for the maglia rosa failing to spark into life until the last …
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It’s now 28 years since the Vuelta a España changed from a mid-April to a late August start date. The switch was designed…
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You may have been wondering where we’ve disappeared to for the last few weeks. Apologies for the absence…
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Any bike race can highlight the extreme highs and lows that have always been a fundamental part cycle sport, but Paris-Roubaix…
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Everyone knew what was coming, but no one could prevent it. Tadej Pogačar had signalled what his likely tactic would be…