Category Races
Vuelta a Espana ’14: Final phase preview
Alberto Contador, for all his heroics on a bike, shouldn’t consider a post-retirement career in medicine. His initial diagnosis was that his fractured tibia would rule him out of the Vuelta entirely, but he ended up turning up anyway. Contador then revised his assessment of the situation, pledging to try and be competitive in the […]
Vuelta a Espana ’14: So far…
Nine predominantly sweaty stages down, and the Vuelta’s in full swing. In true Vuelta style, the geography’s been unforgiving, and the time gaps minimal. Plus, listening to ITV’s Gary Imlach giving proper Spanish pronunciation a good go has been plenty of fun. That, actually, is all ITV have got relatively right – their shambolic commentary […]
GP Ouest-France ’14: Race Preview
Tomorrow sees the non-Vuelta portion of the World Tour peloton head to the French village of Plouay… because… well, I’m not sure. It seems you can stick a bike race on pretty much any roads and someone will find a way to make it interesting. Plouay only actually features on a corner of the route […]
Vuelta a Espana ’14: Race Preview
The Vuelta a Espana – the awkward, unplanned third sibling in the Grand Tour family – starts this Saturday. What the Vuelta could be thought to lack in prestige, at least compared to its siblings, it makes up for in bite: make no mistake, this is a brutal race – one that can dole out […]
Some stuff you may have missed
Since the Tour de France is more attention-demanding than a rich white girl on her 21st birthday, it’s hard to notice anything else going on around it. But, just like that rich white girl, often the other stuff is a lot more interesting, if a little less shiny. This is just a quick run-down […]
Tour de France ’14: The Lazy Man’s Summary
Weep, because the Tour de France is over. Again. It has a habit of doing that, and in my case, it’s rather passed me by: a combination of trips, doing some work experience as an actual sports journalist (hooray) and desperately trying to get in shape (not so hooray) have left me with little […]
Criterium du Dauphine ’14: Race Summary
Ah oui, le Dapuhine. Recently the best indicator of who will be winning the Tour de France, this year’s edition, if anything, made things a little more unclear. This race was effectively divided into two sections, with the GC-relevant section split either side of the opportunist-stage-winning/who’s-got-form section. On the first two (GC) stages, things […]
Giro d’Italia: Race Summary
Hello. Yes, the Giro’s been over for nearly three weeks now, and yes, all cycling talk is centred black-hole-style around the Tour de France, but time provides a decent enough distance from which to properly assess the Giro (also I’ve been a bit lazy). There are many more winners than the guy holding the […]
Criterium du Dauphine ’14: Race Preview
As the Giro ends (I’ll write about that, promise), all eyes turn to the Tour de France, which begins in under a month. The gossiping’s already started, with Bradley Wiggins all but out of the Sky line-up, almost certainly due to his old feud with Chris Froome (I’ll write about that, too). The main contenders […]
Giro d’Italia: Phase 4
Like Sir Terry Wogan, this Giro started in Ireland, and has got better with age. And just like the great man’s time on Eurovision, I’m reluctant to see it end. Tenuous comparisons aside, this Giro’s been something of a slow-burner. Fortunately, the powder was lit over the weekend, as the GC rumbled into action having […]
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