Week one review
What a fabulous first week! Take a bow ASO. We’ve had confusion and controversy, thrills and spills, cobble calamity, tears and tantrums, rain, heatwaves, picturesque countryside, beautiful châteaux,...
View ArticleIt’s fleeting
Pressing matters down at the cycling club have meant I’ve been mostly catching the evening highlights of the Vuelta rather than live coverage. This also means that I’ve made no inroads into the “To do...
View ArticleStunning victory
Be afraid, be very afraid. If anything, Spartacus (Leopard Trek) is in even better form than last year. How is this possible? I don’t know, he just is. He was 2nd last week end in Milan-San Remo....
View ArticleUnknown soldiers
I’m writing this on the train trip back from a marvellous week end in Roubaix with truly magnificent weather for the spectators of 109th running of Paris-Roubaix, one of the oldest events on the...
View ArticleTopsy turvy
I’ve been thrown a little off kilter this week by the Tour of Beijing, television coverage of which understandably has been in the morning. As a consequence, I have sacrified my pre-ride work to watch...
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