Alexander Kristoff said that he has retired now having never broken a bone during his career. For a sprinter, that is astonishing.

New episode of DNF podcast is out. The latest one was all of us at Rouleur Live where we recorded altogether for the first time ever. Very enjoyable! And look at all the episodes we’ve done! open.spotify.com/episode/7I6c...

Old Faithful

No paywall on this one because I’m a bit drunk and I forgot to add it.

No paywall on this one because I’m a bit drunk and I forgot to add it.

The Unbearable Weirdness of Being a Cycling Fan …something about pints and cycling and liking cycling. Does any of this resonate with anyone? open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Off to Rouleur Live, or as my wife calls it, Cycling Nerd Camp

BREAKING NEWS - The Tour de France has changed its name to "Few days in Spain, into the Pyrenees for a bit, lots of Alps, one time trial, then finishes off in Paris"

The real cycling professor. Not Laurent Fignon. The actual real one. And a lovely anecdote about the joys of pointing about other people’s mistakes. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The real cycling professor. Not Laurent Fignon. The actual real one. And a lovely anecdote about the joys of pointing about other people’s mistakes. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

New episode of Did Not Finish podcast is out, or as my co-host Stu would call it Didnae Finish On the agenda this week, cycling books. Good ones and shit ones. open.spotify.com/episode/0Wma...

New episode of Did Not Finish podcast is out, or as my co-host Stu would call it Didnae Finish On the agenda this week, cycling books. Good ones and shit ones. open.spotify.com/episode/0Wma...

Who was the best Italian cyclist never to win a Giro stage. CLUE: It’s not this guy. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Who was the best Italian cyclist never to win a Giro stage. CLUE: It’s not this guy. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The Backpedal. Back to my roots with this one. I did the cycling library wheel spin thing. I landed on a page about Miguel Indurain and one of the more weird moments in Tour history. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The Backpedal. Back to my roots with this one. I did the cycling library wheel spin thing. I landed on a page about Miguel Indurain and one of the more weird moments in Tour history. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

This time though, *this* time, the actual actual truth will finally be revealed.

Phwooooar

If Del Toro wins the Mexican road race (which he obviously will), UAE could kind of claim to have reached 100 wins for the year 97 team wins + Pog (Worlds + European) + Vermeersch's Gravel Worlds win If I was them, I would certainly be claiming 100. You know, for the socials

Maybe Raymond Poulidor WAS the eternal second after all. And maybe Lance Armstrong could have won that 2009 Tour de France if he paid more attention. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

New episode of the DNF podcast is out where I finally break my silence and respond to the slanderous comments about me made by a former Tour de France winner open.spotify.com/episode/4DJ9...

Maybe Raymond Poulidor WAS the eternal second after all. And maybe Lance Armstrong could have won that 2009 Tour de France if he paid more attention. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Who is this for? “a historic competition for world cycling that will transcend sport to become an international docushow.” Riiiiiiight

Raymond Poulidor and an amazing story which may or may not have actually happened. It did though. It did happen. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Raymond Poulidor and an amazing story which may or may not have actually happened. It did though. It did happen. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

If two of the first three stages of your brand new race are time trials won by the same rider - then you have designed a shit race.

The Autumn Double. Definitely a real thing. If Pog really thinks he's great, he better get moving. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The Autumn Double. Definitely a real thing. If Pog really thinks he's great, he better get moving. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

What is the link between this Trofeo Tessile race and the Trofeo Baracchi? 🤔

Pog should stop pissing about winning Lombardy over and over when what he really needs to do to prove to us he’s better than Merckx is win Paris-Tours

Number of riders who have taken part in all four monument classics so far this year: 1 Tadej Pogačar

I went wandering around my bookshelves and some archives and found a great coincidence involving Lance Armstrong (or maybe it wasn’t a coincidence?). open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I went wandering around my bookshelves and some archives and found a great coincidence involving Lance Armstrong (or maybe it wasn’t a coincidence?). open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Geraint Thomas wondering on his latest podcast why so many people abandoned the World Road race when the weather wasn’t even bad or anything. Also Geraint Thomas:

Two riders have a 100% record at the World road race. There’s quite a large clue in the image below. BUT YOU WON’T BELIEVE THE OTHER ONE 🎣 open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Two riders have a 100% record at the World road race. There’s quite a large clue in the image below. BUT YOU WON’T BELIEVE THE OTHER ONE 🎣 open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Has any rider ever finished first and last at the World Road Race? Come for the answer… stay for all the other words. 🎣 open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Has any rider ever finished first and last at the World Road Race? Come for the answer… stay for all the other words. 🎣 open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Episode 24 of Did Not Finish podcast. 24! What are you waiting for? We discuss why the likes of Froome and Bernal and Vingegaard and Thomas and Schleck and Wiggins all hate the World Road Race open.spotify.com/episode/3GwP...

Something very strange very nearly happened at the 2010 Worlds. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Something very strange very nearly happened at the 2010 Worlds. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

There is one aspect of time trials that really gets me quite excited. Here are four examples of when it happened. I've also managed to find accompanying YouTube videos for all of them. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

There is one aspect of time trials that really gets me quite excited. Here are four examples of when it happened. I've also managed to find accompanying YouTube videos for all of them. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

What happened in the 2025 Vuelta that only ever happened previously at the 2005 Tour? Find out in the latest article on The Backpedal open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Some Grand Tours are actually three weeks long. This one is not.

New Episode of Did Not Finish podcast!! Feast your ears on this cycling nerdery goodness. open.spotify.com/episode/7FNT...

New Episode of Did Not Finish podcast!! Feast your ears on this cycling nerdery goodness. open.spotify.com/episode/7FNT...

I bring you news of an interesting rule change that the organisers of the Vuelta tried out in 1967 open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The only other Italian time trial champion to win a stage of the Vuelta was Adriano Malori in 2014. Look at how shite his national champion's kit was compared to Ganna's today.

That Vinge helmet