Giro stage 17 preview
Stage 17: Caravaggio to Vicenza, 214km, flat Sprinters must think the race organisers have it in for them. They see the word ‘flat’ at first glance of the race book and think, “Hurrah! This is our...
View ArticleTweets: Wiggo mystifies while Jens turns on the charm
We’re looking at the end of the alphabet this week for Tweets of the Week. We have Bradley Wiggins – why is he being nice to Froome? How did he gain so much weight? Who is he really? Then we have Jens...
View ArticleGP Ouest France-Plouay review
Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) emerged triumphant in the bunch sprint, edging out compatriot Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Leopard) and the diminutive Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r La Mondiale). The Italian...
View ArticleVeloVoices Awards 2013: Funniest Moment of the Year
Now is your chance to make your voice heard in our second annual VeloVoices Awards. We’re asking you to select your personal favourites of 2013 across a variety of serious and not-so-serious...
View ArticleTweets of the Week: Special Valentine’s edition – love ya, bro!
This is the week of that great holiday for lovers, St Valentine’s Day. And what better way to celebrate than with a little velo love? Has Bernie been replaced in Cav‘s bromantic heart by That Boy...
View ArticleTweets of the week: Bernie, beach boys and more bromance
I’m starting to think that in the Veloshire, Groundhog Day comes around in mid-February, not Feb 2nd like in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Why? Well, because last week we had some bromances, we had some...
View ArticleTweets of the week: Stybar presses on, Fluff arrives and Pippo sparks
This week, we have laundry hijinks, gourmet peanut butter sandwiches, Hour rumours and the thrill of a desert race. From Sagan to Froome, Mick Jagger to Luca Paolini, Spartacus to Stybar and Bertie to...
View ArticleTweets of the Week: Monuments Man, rainy SanRemo and helmet hell
Where do I begin? To tell the story of how great a race can be? There were so many stories within stories at Milan-SanRemo – from the weather (one rider peed on his own hands in an attempt to get them...
View ArticleTweets of the Week: Chaos, cheese and buried stitches
Chaos, attacks left, right and centre, winning, losing, crying – it might have been an exciting week at the Dauphine but that has nothing on what was going on in the Twitterstream! So let’s go down to...
View ArticleVuelta stage 19: Hansen stuns the sprinters
Adam Hansen gave the sprinters the slip on stage 19 of the Vuelta and hung on to cap his tenth consecutive grand tour with a stage win. The Australian capitalised on a chaotic finish at Cangas do...
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