Back from two weeks away on holiday, normal service resumes. I tried my best to keep up with all the happenings in the world of pro cycling – the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, and the still happening Vuelta a España, but with the time difference and lack of televised coverage, it was a real … Read more
A shortened update this week as I have other commitments from Thursday so that’s where this week’s news cuts out. Personally I’ve been (continuing to) enjoying the Olympics, and not just the cycling either. There’s always something new and interesting to watch, but it has been a little frustrating that some events get way more … Read more
This week’s sporting news has been dominated by the Olympics, and personally I’ve been enjoying a number of sports I would normally never get to see. Swimming, skateboarding, and BMX have been just a few I’ve watched. I tried the clay pigeon shooting, but that doesn’t translate well to the TV. One event I tried … Read more
I wasn’t surprised by the GC outcome at the Tour. Given Pogs form going into the event, and Jonas’s accident / recovery, I think we got a much better overall race than I had anticipated. Even so, it was a really enjoyable watch for me, and I managed to get in several of the weekend … Read more
Hopefully you’ve all been watching the bevvy of cycling available over the last few weeks. We’re in the final week now of this year’s Tour de France, and last Sunday saw the finale of the Giro d’Italia Women. Personally I got in about 6 hours over Saturday and Sunday, watching Pog vs Jonas (cheering Jonas, … Read more
We start this week with two deaths in the cycling world. Both stories got very little coverage outside of the cycling press, and even then not every site picked them up. And of course there is plenty of Tour drama unfolding – overshadowing everything else. It’s been a busy week so far for me, and … Read more
There’s a bunch of things happening this week, but most of the big headlines went – quite rightly – to Sir Mark Cavendish and his record breaking 35th Tour Stage win. Beyond that, we have the Women’s Giro d’Italia kicking off this weekend, and the Eurobike show happening in the background. Which ultimately means a … Read more
With the Tour de France 2024 due to set off this Saturday, very unsurprisingly the big cycling news sites have been going into TdF overdrive this week, even more so than last week. Is it a foregone conclusion that, incidents and accidents omitting, this one is practically in the bag for Pog before a single … Read more
Racing settled down a bit this week after the end of the Tour de Suisse, giving all the big news websites time to publish all their back catalogue of Tour de France preview articles. Well, I say all the big news websites. Not all. In fact, not my favourite. Yes, this week saw the very … Read more
Opinion pieces abound this week, mostly around the Tour de France. Here’s my opinion: I’m seeing no one who can challenge Tadej Pogačar on an individual basis based on both the Dauphiné and the Tour de Suisse. Either Jonas comes back from injury souped up, or there is going to have to be the most … Read more
