Vingegaard in Yellow, Bernal in Green, Pog in Polka-Dots It's the first time ever that three former Tour winners have worn each of the three main jerseys at the Tour

Really disappointed by the lack of Tour de France preview podcasts this year

I think today is the first time ever, since performance enhancing drugs were banned, that there will be no rider in the Tour de France who has experienced a doping scandal at the Tour.

Come and subscribe to my Substack. The ridiculousest corner of the cycling internet A mix of stats and history and shouting at fucking everything Recent posts: - The 2,000th Tour de France stage - Preposterous Hollywood wank - Fausto Coppi was a fraud cilliankelly.substack.com

The 2,000th Tour de France stage. Who won it? When was it? Maybe it hasn’t happened yet? Maybe Pog will win it? Where am I? Who am I? All the answers are here. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I never knew this

Cillian doesn't need me to do his clickbait titles for him but honestly I said 'WHAT' out loud when I read this so it definitely deserves one... You'll never BELIEVE who won the 2000th stage of the Tour de France!

Come and subscribe to my Substack. The ridiculousest corner of the cycling internet A mix of stats and history and shouting at fucking everything Recent posts: - The 2,000th Tour de France stage - Preposterous Hollywood wank - Fausto Coppi was a fraud cilliankelly.substack.com

The 2,000th Tour de France stage. Who won it? When was it? Maybe it hasn’t happened yet? Maybe Pog will win it? Where am I? Who am I? All the answers are here. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Cyclists > Footballers Well, not exactly. Come on in and have a read. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

This from my podcasting brethren really got me excited for the Tour de France. Much more so than a bog standard Tour preview would. And if you think I’m just being biased. I’m not. I think Harry and Stu are cunts. But the podcast is really enjoyable open.spotify.com/episode/5xok...

Cyclists > Footballers Well, not exactly. Come on in and have a read. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

This from my podcasting brethren really got me excited for the Tour de France. Much more so than a bog standard Tour preview would. And if you think I’m just being biased. I’m not. I think Harry and Stu are cunts. But the podcast is really enjoyable open.spotify.com/episode/5xok...

Oh hey, I wonder how many times Remco Evenepoel has been tested out of competition since his last race two months ago. Remember when we had to think about these things? Good times.

Disappointing that Visma have decided not to select Wout van Aert. I think all the best riders should be in all the best races and the Tour de France is right up there.

Pog's winning margin at the Tour de Suisse: 6'32" Winning margins of the previous 10 editions added together (2015-2025): 6'33"

Maybe some people don’t want to avoid that

Greg LeMond and the inherited victories. This is where my head wandered to this week. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Hello. Since it's Pog-time again, I did a podcast with @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social about his book on Tadej Pogačar. Listen now in all the usual podcasty places (I think Apple usually takes a bit longer than the rest). open.spotify.com/episode/2Ezs...

Maybe there’s hope after all

Back when not racing between the Giro and the Tour was considered unorthodox

I am even more grumpy than usual in this one I think. Apologies. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I am even more grumpy than usual in this one I think. Apologies. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Today I won the Giro d'Italia Many people saw a 49-second deficit. I saw a 49-second opportunity. Too often in life we focus on the gap between where we are and where we want to be. But champions understand that every setback is simply a future LinkedIn post waiting to happen

That triple treble hat-trick stage winning thing. When did that start? Might be longer ago than you think… open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

That triple treble hat-trick stage winning thing. When did that start? Might be longer ago than you think… open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The GC might be playing out in exactly the processional way we all expected… but there have been really exceptional non-GC stages in this Giro. Utterly enjoyable.

Fausto Coppi was a fraud. A big fraudulent fraudster. Rewrite the history books. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Fausto Coppi was a fraud. A big fraudulent fraudster. Rewrite the history books. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Is this the greatest breakaway monger performance at a Grand Tour since Erik Dekker at the Tour in the year 2000?

What is truth anyway? The battle of the stat nerds. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

What is truth anyway? The battle of the stat nerds. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I cannot recall a more entertaining non-GC day at a Grand Tour

Why are cyclists so lazy these days? Tadej Pogacar is barely even a professional bike racer anymore. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Silva moving up 166 places on GC might be the single greatest GC leap in Grand Tour history.

Dylan Groenewegen didn’t end up winning the stage for Unibet Rose Rockets…. For a piece of pie, which was the last team to have won the very first stage of their very first Grand Tour?

The marketing works. I ❤️ Decathlon and now I’m almost exactly like Paul Seixas.

Fabio Battesini in 1931. That’s the answer you’re looking for this morning.

Backpedalling, backpedalling, chim chim churooo open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Backpedalling, backpedalling, chim chim churooo open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

WELCOME to the GCN show

Today is the first day since last year's Tour de France that Pog has raced two days in a row. Lazy bollocks.

The youngest younger who ever younged. Setting the record straight. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The youngest younger who ever younged. Setting the record straight. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

PAUL SEIXAS IS THE NEW RAYMOND POULIDOR

Maiden voyage on the new bike. Really impressed by its lateral stiffness but also its compliance while remaining responsive and being comfortable and also maintaining an acceptable CdA.

Nottingham Forest could get relegated and end up in the Champions League Football is way way way more complicated than any of these guys ever consider when they make comments like this.

Paul Seixas can win the white jersey at the Tour de France seven times

I'm psyched to see Pidcock score some UCI points this weekend