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…
Peter Cossins
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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 long been their hallmark as a team…
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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 Country…
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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…
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Due to work commitments at Paris-Nice, I missed out on Tadej Pogačar’s latest extraordinary feats at Strade Bianche and Tirreno-Adriatico…
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While politics should have no place in sport, the terrifying, bloody and criminal Russian invasion of Ukraine underlines that they’re fundamentally inseparable…
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The second stage of the Étoile de Bessèges seemed pretty unremarkable…
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This is an extract from a book that a friend of mine was writing about his cycling experiences, tales of which always had me in fits of laughter…
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It’s been some weeks now since I’ve had the time to write something for La Course en Tête, my absence largely down to the fact that…
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This is an extract from a book that a friend of mine was writing about his cycling experiences, tales of which always had me in fits of laughter…
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Tuning in to watch Alex Dowsett’s Hour Record attempt last night was the opposite of déjà vu…
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So there we have it, the first edition of the Paris-Roubaix weekend…
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Unless Enric Mas can channel the spirit, verve and finishing power of his Movistar teammate and four-time Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Alejandro Valverde…
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Before looking ahead, just a quick look back on Friday’s Vuelta stage into Villanueva de la Serena…
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The good, the bad and the ugly has become a cliché as a review of sporting contests. For once, though, this analysis is entirely appropriate…
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The Vuelta a España provides a better indication than any other event of some of the most significant changes that have rippled through the men’s side of professional racing over the course of the past 20 years..
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Today I had my best half an hour at the Tour so far. Ever since the news was announted that Luz Ardiden would be back on the race route…
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Can anyone or anything stop Tadej Pogačar winning the Tour for the second time in a row? Will Mark Cavendish break the Merckx record?
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Sometimes you come across a pass that has not figured on your radar before and by the summit you’re wondering how that could possibly have been the case. For me, the Col de la Core was one of those places.