This is a great piece and includes the line, "One quirk of working with cyclists is that they have particularly sensitive necks that need to be kept limber," which is obviously true but makes them sound like giraffes.

This is a really good read for Bastille Day.

One of the best takes on today's #TdF2026 stage you'll likely read. open.substack.com/pub/edwardpi...

The #TdF2026 is about to cross the Cols d'Aspin + Tourmalet, two of the climbs first crossed when Henri Desgrange discovered the Pyrénées in 1910. Much has been said about that discovery, much of it wrong. Here's a long read on what really happened, based on archival research. Please share.

Today I really miss not being at Tour Dr France. That's because today's stage finish is in Foix, which consistently has one of the best press buffets of the Tour. It's usually a delicious BBQ by the river behind the press centre, which, for balance, is a furnace-level hot sports hall. #tdf2026

I didn't love that look behind from Vingegaard. If you're racing for the win, you look ahead. As soon as you're looking back you're defending, which means he knows he can't match Pog in that scenario. Maybe on a longer climb it's different. I doubt it. #TdF2026

Can someone please make sure Keir Starmer has Gianni Infantino's number? BBC News - World Cup 2026: Uefa claim 'integrity of the game is at stake' over Fifa's Folarin Balogun decision - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Nope.

I absolutely cannot wait to read @iaintreloar.bsky.social's 900-word take on this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LX...

The big news today is obviously whether or not MVDP is gonna do the grand départ in budgie smugglers

This is bonkers. Impressive, but bonkers. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/6-042km...

As I listen to a US politics podcast where they play the clip of Donald Trump running into the WWE ring to battle Vince McMahon, I realise, oh god, Jelly Roll is gonna be President isn't he? #wwe #thehorror #popcountry

I think this marks the real start of the Giro d'Italia, right?

For all those asking (zero) after today's football conversion, I do not have a take on this.

No, you're not dreaming, I wrote a thing about football. Sort of. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-a-5...

Let me praise the #VueltaBurgos organisation for their well-made roadbook including details (with photos!) of every potentially dangerous spot on the route. This is the gold standard - and should be copied by every other race, really.

This helpful reminder in today's Giro commissaire jury bulletin, in case anyone spectators end up with a souvenir they won't forget

One of the nicest and greatest in the bike racing world hangs up her wheels. The sport will miss you. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/its-s...

Pleased to say that today I have my first feature for @cyclist.co.uk on the trials and tribulations that riders go through after retirement. A massive thanks to all those that spoke to me about this often sensitive subject especially Julián Arredondo, Ed Clancy, Marcel Kittle and many others.

My first article for @theathletic.com reveals how nervy and tetchy pro cycling is right now: 🌈UCI pressing ITA to catch a big name rider 🚲 Rumours that many banned doping doctors/trainers are back. Not just Martí 💊 Concerns over finishing bottles and decongestants www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

This is about as stupid as re-naming Arsenal to "Arsenal FC Islington North London". velo.outsideonline.com/news/lost-in...

I will buy a beer for the first person to ask Primož Roglič's take on this. I'm looking at you @jonnylong.bsky.social @iaintreloar.bsky.social @cmbreports.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Always interesting to see how other sports cover doping stories. I don't think you would get away with not saying what a suspension was for in cycling, which would negate 50% of this discussion. Odd how despite min info it seems to be framed as an isolated incident. youtu.be/IobOf_-x1Dw?...

"Obviously the most pernicious crime here is to use the word ‘whilst’ instead of ‘while’..." That there is @iandunt.bsky.social preaching the gospel for you all. iandunt.substack.com/p/adelaide-a...

If you buy this then on 25 December David Lappartient will climb down your chimney and personally check the length of your socks. It's what every kid dreams of.

I spend a fair bit of time telling students sports journalism isn't just match reports, so I'm glad to have a new bonkers example to use. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

I had fun on Saeed and Jason's podcast the other week talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, hunting centaurs and ice cream. If you're keen to know what creature I'd select as my battle companion. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Gam... WARNING: There is no cycling chat.

Oscar Delaite rode 752 laps of an indoor track to break the longest continuous wheelie record cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/french-c...

Well considered stuff from @adambecket.bsky.social here. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-r...

If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts. If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%. bsky.jazco.dev/stats

Kit designer: How bright would you like in this kit? Mali cycling boss: Yes.

"Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell

Worth a read. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/cycli...

Ned's bang on here.

Stage 18 has been shortened from the 27.2km ITT to the much shorter 12.2km due to worries around rider safety with the potential of more protests. On the racing side, Vingegaard 🇩🇰 and Almeida 🇵🇹 looked to have poorer day yesterday but Pidcock 🇬🇧 and Hindley 🇦🇺 will, however, likely lose time today.

"Audiences don't care about platforms - they care about stories, authenticity, and relevance," Ed Sayer talking about cooking shows, but he could just as easily be talking about journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kinda sucks that it's come to this but I think @cmbreports.bsky.social is on the money here. The UCI need to remember the distance between farce and tragedy is very very small.

Hope he makes a full recovery, this sounds really nasty. www.instagram.com/p/DN5kbeDEVh...

Presumably it will fight Godzilla in The Channel on bonfire night.

Sick burn.

The plot thickens.

@cmbreports.bsky.social doing the lords work here. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/maybe...

More developments in this story, which I'm certain will run and run. 🎩 @jeremywhittle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Now he passes Cavendish with 21 wins - 14 left to go.

Can the Kevin Vauquelin fans not get a better chant than "KEEEE-VIN!" C'mon dudes, sort it out. #tourdefrance #tour25

Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France stage win total is now even with Mark Cavendish at the same age. Plus, Pogačar has several more chances to win at this Tour. That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26. 🧵 1/X

There is absolutely no way that dude is All About Desserts.

Nice stat.

To all those concerned that the Tour de France as a contest is already effectively over you should know that Morden, south London, has everything you're looking for. #tourdefrance #tour25