Tom Thewlis
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Nick Ames
14 days ago
Hope the "thank goodness the Premier League is back!!" takes are kept to a minimum this week โ the past few days has been football at its best & purest.
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Andy McGrath
19 days ago
My book, Tadej Pogaฤar: 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
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Remco Evenepoel leaves Soudal Quick-Step, moves to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe for 2026
Double Olympic champion's contract to be ended by mutual agreement ahead of move to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/remco-evenepoel-leaves-soudal-quick-step
4 months ago
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Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team
4 months ago
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฒ๐น โก๏ธ
www.soudal-quickstepteam.com/en/news/7147...
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Confirmed - Remco Evenepoel will leave Soudal Quick-Step at the end of the season and join Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. Story on
@cyclingweekly.com
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Confirmed: David Rozman has left the Tour and will be interviewed by ITA again. My story๐๐
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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Ineos carer David Rozman leaves Tour de France after investigation launched by anti-doping authorities
ITA to interview Ineos carer David Rozman over alleged historical messages in 2012
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/24/ineos-carer-david-rozman-leaves-tour-de-france-after-investigation-launched-by-anti-doping-authorities-cycling
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Neal Rogers
5 months ago
Stage 12 finishes at Hautacam, a 16km climb first used at
#TourdeFrance
in 1994. At the 2000 Tour, Spaniard Javier Otxoa soloed to victory in the rain, holding off a hard-charging Lance Armstrong. Here's a piece I wrote about Otxoa and tragedy that was soon to follow.
wildermedia.com/javier-otxoa...
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Javier Otxoa, 1974-2018 - WilderMedia
Upon reading about the news of Javier Otxoaโs death at age 43 after a long illness, I recalled this piece I wrote back in 2002. I was an editorial intern at VeloNews; it was the first piece I ever had...
https://wildermedia.com/javier-otxoa-1974-2018/
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Oscar Onley is continuing to shine at this Tour de France and is growing quietly more confident by the day.
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'It's not something I expected' - Oscar Onley finishes third to Tadej Pogaฤar and Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de France
Kelso-born rider now seventh on GC after tough test on Mรปr-de-Bretagne
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/its-not-something-i-expected-oscar-onley-finishes-third-to-tadej-pogacar-and-jonas-vingegaard-at-tour-de-france
5 months ago
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Chrissy Marshall-Bell
5 months ago
Ineos Grenadiers haven't got off to a great start in the Tour de France โ can they afford another flop? I investigate and analyse for
@cyclingweekly.com
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-...
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'Where once we were at the top of the heap, weโre not anymore' โ Can Ineos Grenadiers survive another Tour de France flop?
Once the dominant force in Grand Tour racing, Ineos Grenadiers now look lost in the era of Pogaฤar and Vingegaard. What went wrong, and can they ever pull it back?
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-de-france/ineos-flop
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What a ride from Ben Healy. Reaction on the ground from EFโs Tom Southam, Charly Wegelius and Michael Valgren in Vire Normandie. ๐๐ป
#TDF2025
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'He had the idea and believed in it' - how Ben Healy and his team plotted victory on stage six of the Tour de France
EF Education-Easypost explain the work that went into Irishman's 40km solo win in Vire Normandie
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-had-the-idea-and-believed-in-it-how-ben-healy-and-his-team-plotted-victory-on-stage-six-of-the-tour-de-france
5 months ago
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Jasper Philipsen crashes out of the race on the road to Dunkirk. My story from stage three ๐๐ป
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-wa...
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'He was a victim' - Jasper Philipsen breaks collarbone after 'stupid' crash at Tour de France
Alpecin-Deceuninck don't blame Bryan Coquard after 'racing incident' on the road to Dunkirk
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-was-a-victim-jasper-philipsen-breaks-collarbone-after-stupid-crash-at-tour-de-france
5 months ago
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Jonas Vingegaard is attacking purely for his own entertainment at this Tour de France.
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-did...
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'I did it for fun' - Jonas Vingegaard goes on the attack at Tour de France
Two-time winner launched a surprise attack on the road to Bolougne-sur-Mer, later admitting that it had been purely for his own entertainment
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-did-it-for-fun-jonas-vingegaard-goes-on-the-attack-at-tour-de-france
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Callum Devereux
5 months ago
Todayโs expert analysis: it ends up! If Pogaฤar and Van der Poel donโt attack on the preceding climbs, surely theyโll be tempted on this final uphill drag (photo taken with 500m to go). Still the heart yearns for Roglificationโฆ
#TdF2025
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Pouring down with rain at the start this morning. A Pogcineration ala Flรฉche Wallone is definitely on the cards in Boulogne.
5 months ago
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Iโm on the ground in Lille and ready for the start of another Tour de France. Check out my stories on
@cyclingweekly.com
over the next few days. ๐ซ๐ท
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โIt goes against the whole idea of racingโ CPA President Adam Hansen on the planned move from the UCI.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-maj...
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'The majority of riders say that this is not the biggest issue' - UCI to test gear limits at races from August, effectively banning most SRAM chainsets
Change made after recommendation from SafeR commission, trials thought to take place at Tour of Guangxi
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-majority-of-riders-say-that-this-is-not-the-biggest-issue-uci-to-test-gear-limits-at-races-from-august-effectively-banning-most-sram-chainsets
6 months ago
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the Inner Ring blog
6 months ago
Yates attacks on the Finestre. It was on these same hairpins that he abandoned the maglia rosa in 2018
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Dan Deakins
6 months ago
Yikes (Unknown picture credit)
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Marcel Kittel wasnโt too impressed with the plans for the final stage of the Tour de France when we spoke yesterday.
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-fee...
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'I feel pain in my sprinter's heart': Marcel Kittel reacts to Tour de France final stage shake-up in Paris
Retired German sprinting great says inclusion of cobbled climb to Montmartre before Champs-รlysรฉes finish will be 'very stressful' and would leave him 'disappointed as a rider'
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-feel-pain-in-my-sprinters-heart-marcel-kittel-reacts-to-tour-de-france-final-stage-shake-up-in-paris
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Dan Challis
7 months ago
Super rider from Carapaz. Just love that aggression. So many riders nowadays are hesitant to give everything for fear of wasting energy, or of what others around them might do, but there is the evidence of what can happen when you throw caution to the wind.
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Sat down with Bradley Wiggins at an Ekoรฏ kit launch last week. What followed was an incredibly raw, moving and honest conversation. ๐๐ป
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/i-was-d...
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'I was doing loads of cocaine... my kids were going to put me into rehab': Bradley Wiggins on recreational drug use, Lance Armstrong's help and finding a new love for cycling
Wiggins opens up on the personal trauma which engulfed him post-retirement and put him in some 'very dangerous' situations after he became addicted to cocaine
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/i-was-doing-loads-of-cocaine-and-my-kids-were-going-to-put-me-into-rehab-bradley-wiggins-on-recreational-drug-use-lance-armstrongs-help-and-finding-a-new-love-for-cycling
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Adam Becket
7 months ago
We are looking for a news writer to join our team on a 12 month fixed-term contract - if you or anyone you know is interested, do apply! Message if you have any further questions
apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
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News Writer, Cycling Weekly - 12 month FTC - Future Publishing
Cycling Weekly has been bringing its readers quality news and features since 1891 and is looking to add to its news team. What you'll be doingReporting to the News Editor, you'll produce interest...
https://apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/520971CCFA/
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the Inner Ring blog
8 months ago
Pogaฤar will ride Paris-Roubaix, screengrab from UAE team website
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First pro win for Matty Brennan.
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9 months ago
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Cycling Weekly
9 months ago
'We've all got a little bit extra in us this year' - Ineos Grenadiers recapture 'fighting spirit' with aggressive Paris-Nice display
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/weve-...
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'We've all got a little bit extra in us this year' - Ineos Grenadiers recapture 'fighting spirit' with aggressive Paris-Nice display
British team continue to put tumultuous 2024 behind them with momentum and a new found mentality
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/weve-all-got-a-little-bit-extra-in-us-this-year-ineos-grenadiers-recapture-fighting-spirit-with-aggressive-paris-nice-display?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null
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Apart from Matteo Jorgenson, Ineos Grenadiers were the biggest winners of the week at Paris-Nice for me. Itโs been a long time since weโve seen consistency like that from them.
9 months ago
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Never mind the bike racing, my highlight of stage seven of Paris-Nice was seeing a wolf within metres of our car.
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Jhonatan Narvรกez still stopped to sign autographs at Auron after riding the final climb in heavy snow.
#ParisNice
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Thymen Arensman warming down at a bitterly cold and wet finish today.
#ParisNice
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Jeremy Whittle
9 months ago
Vingegaard not starting todayโs stage of Paris-Nice
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Not looking good for Vingegaard at Paris-Nice. Understand he also has a wrist injury which is being examined.
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9 months ago
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the Inner Ring blog
9 months ago
Pogaฤar often makes it look easy, today was harder. Reminded of Philippe Brunel (now retired as LโEquipeโs lead cycling writer) who defined a champion as not only someone who wins big, but also someone who can overcome a situation in which they were disadvantaged and triumph from this
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Lewis Goodall
9 months ago
No-one could imagine Trump speaking to Putin like that. Which is one of the reasons that just happened.
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David Hinchliffe Bradford
9 months ago
Live cycling coverage in the UK โ
@tomthewlis.bsky.social
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@cyclingweekly.com
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David Hinchliffe Bradford
10 months ago
I'm looking to speak to an expert in sports broadcasting trends in relation to cycling coverage hugely increasing in cost from the end of this month Any suggestions as to who might be interesting to speak to?
#journorequest
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Africa Rising Cycling
10 months ago
โIt has been horrible. My uncle and his son have been killed, my motherโs shop was looted.โ From a young cyclist we support in Goma (DRC). Despite all this, he is trying to focus on his
@gozwift.bsky.social
training, with a new Wahoo
#TRACKR
we supplied to his club! True resilience ๐๐จ๐ฉ
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Cycling Weekly
10 months ago
Some big news this morning. From next month, Eurosport will be no more and cycling fans will have to pay more for TNT Sports to catch the action
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...
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Eurosport is closing down in the UK - cycling is about to get a lot more expensive to watch
Live cycling to be shown on TNT Sports from next month
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurosport-is-closing-down-in-the-uk-cycling-is-about-to-get-a-lot-more-expensive-to-watch
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Cycling Weekly
11 months ago
If you ride one of these Lapierre models, don't go out without first checking whether or not your bike is effected
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/lapierr...
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Lapierre issues stop ride notice and recalls Aircode DRS and Xelius SL3 over safety issue with fork
French brand advises customers to immediately stop using the bike and contact an authorised dealer
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/lapierre-issues-stop-ride-notice-and-recalls-aircode-drs-and-xelius-sl3-over-safety-issue-with-fork
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12 months ago
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This has now gone. Sorry to those that have just got in touch.
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12 months ago
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I have a spare ticket going for Leeds away on Saturday. Drop me an email if youโre interested and can sort out getting it to you:
[email protected]
#oufc
12 months ago
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Nice little feature from
@t-davidson.bsky.social
on the battle for sponsorship in the UK scene.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-a-d...
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'It's a dog-eat-dog world': Inside the British racing scene's fight for sponsors
How much money do teams need? How do they find sponsors? And is it really tougher today than before? We asked those who are always on the hunt
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-a-dog-eat-dog-world-inside-the-british-racing-scenes-fight-for-sponsors
12 months ago
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Cycling Weekly
12 months ago
After 21 years and 22 Monument wins, no more Patrick Lefevere at Quick-Step
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/patri...
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Patrick Lefevere to step down as Soudal Quick-Step boss
Controversial Belgian to be replaced by Jurgen Forรฉ after over 20 years in charge
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/patrick-lefevere-to-step-down-as-soudal-quick-step-boss
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Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team
12 months ago
๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐: ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ข Read more about it:
www.soudal-quickstepteam.com/en/news/6802...
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Emlyn Begley
12 months ago
An article Iโve always wanted to write, the story of Ramon Diazโs time as Oxford United manager 20 years on with all-new interviews
bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Ramon Diaz at Oxford United: The story of how Argentine took charge of League Two club
Twenty years on from Ramon Diaz's surprising appointment at Oxford United, BBC Sport looks at what happened and how it went.
https://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce8dj443v5yo
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Tom Pidcock to Q36.5 confirmed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tom-p...
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Tom Pidcock signs for Q36.5 Pro Cycling after Ineos Grenadiers departure
Olympic MTB champion hails 'start of something special' in three-year deal
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tom-pidcock-signs-for-q36-5-pro-cycling-after-ineos-grenadiers-departure
12 months ago
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Cycling Weekly
12 months ago
Why was this person allowed to continue working in cycling? Some serious questions need answering
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/team-ow...
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Riders on elite womenโs race team allege sexual harassment from banned youth coach after past police warnings and safeguarding concerns raised with British Cycling
Owner was involved with womenโs team despite police advice that he was not an appropriate individual to work with adult females
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/team-owner-given-green-light-by-british-cycling-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-riders
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