Throwing no shade on Geraint Thomas and his bitter disappointment in the Giro d’Italia, but losing the leader’s jersey…
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Sport can put the passage of days, hours, minutes and seconds into a different dimension. It feels like a lifetime since Remco Evenepoel…
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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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21 things you probably did know about the Giro but we’re going to tell you anyway
The GC battle has been dull. I’ll call on Philippe Gilbert to provide supporting evidence for this verdict…
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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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As the Giro d’Italia gets back under way today, erstwhile race leader Remco Evenepoel is under fire…
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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 cancellation of the Women’s Tour – hopefully for only a one year hiatus – was sad but not surprising news. To raise half a million…
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When a rider is good enough, their very presence on a startlist can completely change the way a race is raced…
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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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They call them ‘gifts.’ The one-day races, the stage wins, the classification jerseys, handed on a plate to other riders…
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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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Patrick Lefevere may remain one of the most renowned and successful team managers in professional cycling, but outside the Belgian bubble…
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The morning after the afternoon before, the key players in Paris-Nice were taking stock of a week’s racing, from the French capital to the Côte d’Azur…
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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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“Well, Jumbo-Visma have some work to do,” they kept saying — as if it was any comfort — in the vehicles descending from the stage finish…
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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”…