Tough Boys
Forget the skinny climbers for a moment. Let’s talk about these two on Stage 16 and appreciate just why they are the professionals and we…
Velominati Super Prestige
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La Solidarité
We will always have strength, we will always have Paris, and we will always have the Tour de France racing to the finish on the Champs Élysée in…
Pinot or Bardet?
That is my question. Both want to be considered great cyclists, not great French cyclists. It is a cruel and heavy burden to be an…
Anatomy of a Photo: Gatorade
If Gatorade had any marketing sense whatsoever, they would have plastered photos of this pair all over every billboard in Europe.
Roubaix: Anatomy Of A Shithole
One of the best, most memorable (and repeated) lines from the movie In Bruges is “it’s a shithole”. Of course this isn’t true; Bruges (or…
Five Face
Why is it that all the greatest riders look strangely happy when they are suffering the most? Hinault says he still hasn’t regained the feeling…
Riding Beautifully Ugly
The cobbles are not for everyone. Peter van Petegem said it best, that you have to really love the stones to be good at them. Much…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Mad Jacques, Pioneer Of Neutral Service
Whenever you see one of those yellow cars or motorcycles laden with spare wheels and manned by efficiently deliberate young professionals with no allegiance or favour…
Reverent: Ravito
There are many revered places in Cycling, places that are instantly recognisable, places that command their own special page in history and in our memories…