Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable An edited extract from new book Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath (no paywall) dnlbenson.substack.com/p/tadej-poga...

Many thanks to @bloomsburysport.bsky.social for an advance copy of this fantastic book. Congratulations @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social, you've knocked it out of the park yet again. P.S. It's out tomorrow!

My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today! It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him. Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social

New book alert! This comes out tomorrow and I was delighted to receive an early copy to divulge. Looks incredibly in depth and bang up to date. Great work @andymcgrath.bsky.social and @bloomsburysport.bsky.social

Tadej Pogačar is not like any other professional cyclist. In this comprehensive biography, @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social follows his meteoric rise to the top, greatest race wins and rivalries, and the character, motivation and skills that led to his domination. Available to pre-order now.

Possibly the most depressing film I’ve ever seen, but a great turn from Jannik Sinner in it

COMING SOON 🚴 The first in-depth biography of the modern era's greatest cyclist, Tadej Pogačar. By @bookieprize.bsky.social winner @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social Out 6th November.

Aka why isn’t Lorena Wiebes a household name?

Let's see if there is time to fit one more result in the book 🏆 The first biography of Tadej Pogačar is out in four weeks, giving the inside line on his runaway success story. It'll be published in many different European languages too, not just English 🇪🇺

For a piece of pie: Nine professional cyclists have finished every men's Tour de France of the 2020s. Name as many as you can...

Tuesday

With the latest moves for Fred Wright and Lewis Askey, it's possible that Q36.5, Picnic-PostNL, EF Education First-EasyPost and Israel-Premier Tech could all have more British riders than British-registered Ineos Grenadiers in 2026 🤔

Featuring a late appearance of sorts from yours truly, fretting about Fulham's ageing squad and transfer inactivity this summer...

‘It was beautiful racing’ - 🇳🇦 Namibia hosts Africa’s first UCI women’s race in eight years ✍️ by @globalpeloton.bsky.social 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/...

I'm delighted to announce that my new book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, will come out on November 6th. Published by @bloomsburysport.bsky.social, it is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest. Available for pre-order now.

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Quinn Simmons was left disappointed after another Tour near miss - and Tim Wellens had a firm response when asked if moto drivers gave him a breakaway slipstream advantage.

Mark Cavendish’s stage 15 prediction: Mathieu van der Poel

Ineos apologized for striking a fan with a team car on the Peyresourde today. A team DS called for more respect from fans. bit.ly/3TQgnAD

A whopping 5,000CHF fine ($6,200) and yellow card for DS Oliver Cookson (Ineos Grenadiers) for 'incorrect behaviour that endangers spectators'. That's surely referring to the incident of the fan hit by the team car on the Col du Peyresourde, though it is not specified.

Tadej Pogačar: unstoppable Today’s L’Equipe front page 💨

Matteo Jorgenson and others from Visma-Lease a Bike reflect on what was an unexpected day at the Tour de France. 'I don’t know the time gaps but for sure, we’ll keep trying. We’ll re-assess and go forward' velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-ra...

“Don’t stop believing” by Journey pumping out of the UAE Team Emirates-XRG ahead of the start of Tour de France stage 12 today 🔮

Does the decision to wait for Pogačar in stage 11 set a bad precedent? Andy McGrath weighs in on the late-race GC drama bit.ly/3Ize1DO

I drove up stage 11's last climb, the Côte de Saint-Pech, yesterday. The first 250 metres are a brutal wall of so-so tarmac after a tight left turn (slowing down the bunch) and it drags on after that. Perfect springboard for an attacker - or punchy Pogačar.

I've checked some facts and sorry to shatter the myth, but Ben Healy has never gone to art school. But his girlfriend has. He certainly didn't get this dynamite breakaway ability from studying Matisse and Picasso #TDF2025

Yes - and wish I had bet some money on it...

Is today a Ben Healy day? 🤔 #TDF2025

Anyone else finding Google search to be increasingly useless for what you want, if it's anything beyond this year or recent?

Already sick of the Tadej Pogačar / Mark Cavendish Tour de France stage record chat and he's only got to 50% of the Manxman's tally. Something the media/aficiondo fans tend to obsess more about; riders don't tend to even think about it.

Michael Woods has a career as a writer after pro cycling. Funny, thought-provoking and intelligent:

I'll be covering my 13th Tour de France on the ground for @velo-velo-velo.bsky.social from the first rest day 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 For now, cracking on with writing my next cycling book...

Super excited to start learning to recognize 15 entirely redesigned kits from teams who have built up a brand identity for the entire year only to throw it away once the biggest event of the year rolls around on Saturday 🙌

Mad that evergreen Marin Cilic has beaten Tim Henman and Andy Murray during his long career. If the 36-year-old can upset Jack Draper, he'll get the full house of 21st century British tennis frontmen.

The Ineos Grenadiers line-up for the 2025 Tour de France: Carlos Rodriguez Thymen Arensman Tobias Foss Filippo Ganna Axel Laurance Geraint Thomas Ben Swift Connor Swift source: letour.fr

I watched all of season three of Netflix's Tour de France series – these are the six things that surprised me www.cyclingweekly.com/news/i-watch...

There will only be one African rider at the 2025 Tour de France. It's the smallest contingent from Africa at the world's biggest race for more than a decade. globalpeloton.substack.com/p/africas-dw...

Enjoying reading snarky comments about The 1975 Glastonbury set more than the set itself

Coming to the conclusion that Jo Whiley is immortal...

While writing my next book, I came across a @cyclingweekly.com article with bookmaker odds noting Mark Padun as joint-seventh favourite for the 2021 Tour de France. Mad times. (He didn't make the Bahrain Victorious team that year and has never raced it.)

The beautiful game. Doping? Of course not! 💉 ⚽️ 🙄 Also, while cycling is reliant on endurance, the lack of recognition of the skill involved - eg. positioning or descending mountains at 100km/h - gets tiresome. @theathletic.bsky.social

Out tomorrow!

It’s only a year since the venerable Geraint Thomas was third at the Giro, but he’s not had a notable result since. Tour de Suisse DNS with knee and muscle injury is bad timing. Would you pick the 39-year-old in INEOS Grenadiers’ Tour de France team?

One French GC talent may hide another

Out tomorrow -- just in time for father's day. It's certainly what I'm giving my father.

Bought at my local Waterstones, excited to read the latest from @nigetassell.bsky.social

Here's the story of A.R Monex, the team that discovered Isaac Del Toro. Includes the moment Del Toro was first presented to Matxin, the team's process for developing riders and how the suspension of the Mexican Cycling Federation impacted the team 🇲🇽 globalpeloton.substack.com/p/the-story-...

Good to see Tao Geoghegan-Hart racing for victory at the Tour of Slovenia. He was third today - his first time back in the top three since his career-altering crash at the 2023 Giro d'Italia 🥉

Message from a sports fan friend: "Incredible from Simon Yates. Hope he’s in contention for BBC sports personality of the year." He won't even make the shortlist - though Simon Yates, who doesn't care about being famous, won't mind.