Giro, Giro, here we ****’in go! Yep, the Giro d’Italia is in full swing… and going about the way everyone and their dog expected. That’s not to say it’s not exciting though, with plenty of highlights including OAP Julian Alaphilippe nearly winning a stage yesterday (at the time of writing). Outside of the Giro, the … Read more
This weekend sees the start of the first Grand Tour of 2024, by way of the Giro d’Italia. As a result, lots of the main cycling sites were very Giro heavy this week. But in the background to that there was a lot of retail news, due to (I think) it being the end of … Read more
Normal service resumes this week, with lots of racing , team transfer antics, and some positive, some comical retail talk to enjoy. Oh, and lots of bike pics from the Sea Otter Classic. As always you can see last week’s post by clicking here. Right-o, let’s crack on, shall we? Pogačar Powers to Victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège … Read more
Being away last week meant I didn’t post a ‘This Week In Cycling’ post. That didn’t mean I didn’t read all the cycling news – and I managed to watch a good chunk of both the women’s and men’s Paris-Roubaix races live. This week then is a bumper edition, catching up on all the stories … Read more
Last weekend was all about Mathieu van der Poel’s dominance at the Tour of Flanders. Grabbing most of the headlines this week in the pro peloton has been plenty of crashes, and the resulting injuries. Fingers crossed for speedy recoveries all round. We hit on April Fools, albeit with not so many hilarious memes and … Read more
I think it’s fair to say the biggest news in cycling this week was the awful crash for Wout van Aert, and the news that trickled out after is none too good about his condition. A real shame for us as fans. Beyond that it’s a lot of pro cycling news this week, racing, race … Read more
It would be easy to sum up this week’s news in a single name: Mathieu van der Poel. He was everywhere. Well, maybe not everywhere, but if you were going to look for him, somewhere right at the front would be a great place to start. There was other news though. My favourite non MvdP … Read more
It certainly felt like the glut of retail bad news was back this week, perhaps largely due to the demise of Wiggle. Beyond that, Mr. Lefevere is once more in trouble for engaging his mouth without engaging his brain. And we got a glimpse of a new (to Cycling racing, anyway) and exciting way that … Read more
The big news from last weekend was Tadej Pogačar’s stand out performance at Strade Bianche. Absolutely unreal. Unsurprisingly, that story dominated the cycling news for the first half of the week. After that we saw Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group finally put Wiggle out of one set of misery, and – if opinions are to be … Read more
Racing is now fully underway, and a lot of the week’s news was either looking back at last weekend, or looking ahead to the big races this weekend – that would mainly be Strade Bianche on Saturday (yesterday at the time of posting), and the first stage of the Paris-Nice today (Sunday). Beyond that, the … Read more
