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 …
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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…
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My intention this morning had been to watch the Muscat Classic where Mark Cavendish was making his debut for Astana-Qazaqstan. However…
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When does your road cycling season start? Much as I like the idea of the Tour Down Under and the Vuelta a San Juan, …
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A few days back I wrote about one of the stories that had held my attention over the off-season. Now I’m looking at another, …
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Among the stories that I’ve been enthralled by over recent months has been the apparent rise and the then very evident collapse of the …
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I’m not quite sure how I’ve managed to get almost 30 years into a career as a cycling journalist and writer and yet…
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The opening four days of the Giro d’Italia have underlined that every Grand Tour is a long slog…
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One of the narratives of the Classics season has been the failure of the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl to compete for the titles that have …
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Sat having breakfast in the dining room of my hotel prior to the start of the third stage of the Tour of the Basque …
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My day started with my mum in tears, initially because she was pleased that I’d remembered to call her on Mother’s Day…