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

Bauke Mollema was in the race today. When he first rode Fléche Wallonne, Paul Seixas was 1

If Paul Seixas has any sense of romance he’ll go and win the French road race title before he wins the Tour this year.

I enjoyed this article in the weekend Irish Times. It made me think about cycling and the constant suggestions that everything needs to be simplified so that idiots can understand it. www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/0...

I was tracking a UPS delivery and ended up at the 2005 Tour de France open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I was tracking a UPS delivery and ended up at the 2005 Tour de France open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I got a stat wrong mid-article and commentated on myself getting it wrong and dealing with the consequences. Think I’m losing my marbles. Good stat though. Really good. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I got a stat wrong mid-article and commentated on myself getting it wrong and dealing with the consequences. Think I’m losing my marbles. Good stat though. Really good. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Tom Boonen and Mathieu van der Poel both finished in the top 10 of the Ronde van Limburg in 2016. Those two racing against each other doesn't really fit into my brain properly.

I've often wondered what would happen if a lead group are half way round the velodrome and they are actually joined on the final lap by a chase group as *they* enter the velodrome. Chaos presumably.

Visma Lease-a-Bike men's team have taken part in this race 41 times and never won it. This is the most amount of times that the same team has ridden the same race and never won it, ever.

No pair of riders have ever finished 1st and 2nd (in either order) in both Flanders and Roubaix in the same year.

Is this the worst headline you’ve seen all week? I sure hope so Jump in for a bit of a stat attack about teams who’ve won all five monuments. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Beyond Thrilling. The excitement of the Stat Attack. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Beyond Thrilling. The excitement of the Stat Attack. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

That’s the first time in the history of the Tour of Flanders that the first five riders finished solo.

Can’t wait for Demi Vollering’s LinkedIn post tomorrow #chaseyourdreams

Tell me why I shouldn’t buy a Canyon Endurace CF SLX 8 Di2

Thanks very much to Barry Ryan, one of the best in the business, for the mention of my Substack in a recent article on Domestique If you DM me and let me know your email address, I will give anyone a free month for the Substack in an effort to lure you into my gingerbread house

Thanks very much to Barry Ryan, one of the best in the business, for the mention of my Substack in a recent article on Domestique If you DM me and let me know your email address, I will give anyone a free month for the Substack in an effort to lure you into my gingerbread house

I’ve taken the paywall off this one because I’m a good egg really.

I’ve taken the paywall off this one because I’m a good egg really.

This has suddenly become relevant again. Evenepoel is a Belgian monument winner who has never ridden Flanders. How rare is this? (Very... but how very?) substack.com/@cilliankell...

Have you ever wondered are there any more Pog facts out there that have remained undiscovered? Well I have found one! Read all about it… open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Have you ever wondered are there any more Pog facts out there that have remained undiscovered? Well I have found one! Read all about it… open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Fans

The DNF podcast is back. Kudos for anyone who can figure out the rider and race that the DNS in the thumbnail belongs to. open.spotify.com/episode/3xLv...

Toon Aerts riding the Volta a Catalunya is weird. What's going on there?

Recorded a new episode of the DNF podcast recently and I asked Harry and Stu to guess how many monument classics Eddy Merckx had won and Harry guessed 41

Great to be able to see so much of Pogacar’s willy as he walks around celebrating.

Cycling is suffering from a collective amnesia. You think it’ll be Pog vs Van der Poel this weekend? Do you?! open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I was on the Life in the Peloton podcast this week, talking to Mitch Docker about all the reasons why Milan Sanremo is the most exciting race of the year. open.spotify.com/episode/4vBB...

Cycling is suffering from a collective amnesia. You think it’ll be Pog vs Van der Poel this weekend? Do you?! open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I have descended into madness on social media. Here is a story about something that happened 20 years ago. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I have descended into madness on social media. Here is a story about something that happened 20 years ago. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Before today, Decathlon had taken part in exactly 100 TTTs in their history and they had won ONE - Stage 3 of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon in 2005.

Hahahaha! Joke’s on Brailsford. It was just me emailing him from [email protected]

Paris-Nice today. Tirreno-Adriatico tomorrow. Even you, yes YOU, can use your tiny little brain to comprehend what is going on. (A post from this time last year...) open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...