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…
Peter Cossins
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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 can’t actually remember…
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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 few days…
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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…
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The Flemish Classics still matter to QuickStep, but Evenepoel is pulling them in another direction
Let’s hope that Patrick Lefevere has picked out a good spot for lunch during this Sunday’s Tour of Flanders…
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Sport likes nothing more than a spicy rivalry, that extra competitive edge that is evident when Barcelona play Real Madrid…
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Milan-Sanremo isn’t a race that draws consensus. Glance down the list of starters and there may be two dozen names…
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The hashtag – tongue in cheek but right on the nose at the same time – captures it perfectly: #isMilanSanremoexcitingyet?…
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In the wake of Tadej Pogačar’s shows of brilliance in winning Jaén Paraíso Interior and the Ruta del Sol last month, I wrote a story
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Although the time trial purists were not wholly swayed by the new format for the team time trial at Paris-Nice today…
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As was the case last year after he had blitzed his rivals up sharp incline into the small Creuse town of Dun-le-Palestel…
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Sunday’s final stage of Paris-Nice will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Andrei Kivilev at “the race to the sun”…
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It used to be that Patrick Lefevere’s Soudal-QuickStep team set the performance standard in the cobbled Classics…
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Unfortunately, the many calculations that were made last week about whether it would be possible for Tadej Pogačar…
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Matteo Jorgenson always comes into my mind when I’m riding up the pass towards the top of the Pyrenean valley where I live…