Tour de Suisse review: Movistarlet success
The Tour de Suisse is over and now it’s only two weeks away from the start of the Tour de France. And what have we learned? We’ve learned that Peter Sagan‘s multi-stage winning performance in the Tour...
View ArticlePhoto gallery from the Basque Country
My in-house camera man aka my husband has only recently been restored to the post after various misdemeanours at recent cycling events such as forgetting to recharge his camera’s battery, failing to...
View ArticleGiro stage 8: Dowsett soars in British one-two
Stage 8: Gabicce Mare to Saltara, 54.8km individual time trial A leg-breaking 54.8km time trial was topped and tailed by a pair of Movistar riders. British national time trial champion Alex Dowsett set...
View ArticleGiro stage 16: Movistar triples with Intxausti
Stage 16: Valloire to Ivrea, 238km Benat Intxausti (Movistar) won a three-man sprint ahead of Tanel Kangert (Astana) and Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida). The threesome went clear of the maglia rosa...
View ArticleTour de Suisse review
This year’s Tour de Suisse had some weather problems (snow curtailing stage two, inflatable banners coming down), some worrying crashes (one Tour contender and an IAM cat) and some magnificent racing....
View ArticleTalking Tactics: Spotting the next generation
One of my favourite things about the Vuelta is that it is so often a springboard for the sport’s up-and-coming stars, despite it being the one grand tour not to have a best young rider competition. In...
View ArticleTalking Tactics: Scenarios for the Vuelta’s final week
With five stages to go – three of them summit finishes – the outcome of this year’s Vuelta a Espana remains in the balance, with podium places and top-ten finishes up for grabs. So what can we expect...
View ArticleVuelta review: Round-table (part 1)
The race and the riders All the VeloVoices gathered on Monday to give our verdict on the 68th Vuelta a Espana. It may be the last of the year’s grand tours but it was in no way the least, and that’s...
View ArticleFinal KM: Giro del Trentino Stage 3, Tour of Croatia Stage 3
Queen stage action from Trentino and another tricky sprint finish from Croatia. It’s a Final Kilometre of just the right size to go with breakfast. Giro del Trentino St 3, Sillian to Mezzolombardo,...
View ArticleFinal KM: Giro del Trentino Stage 4, Tour of Croatia Stage 4
It’s the weekend so we have just that little bit extra in the Final Kilometre post. We’ve got podiums, bubbly, and a down to the last second finish at the Giro del Trentino. If that’s not enough...
View ArticleTour de France 2018 Stage 17: Quintana attacks (yes, really) and Thomas keeps...
In what can only be described as one of the most surprising things in cycling all season … Nairo Quintana actually attacked! In fact, he was so committed to this attack, he won the tough 65km stage...
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