That's the first British 1-2 in a WorldTour level time trial since Alex Dowsett and Bradley Wiggins finished 1st and 2nd on Stage 8 of the Giro in 2013.

How many times has a rider been in a position to complete the Grand Tour hat-trick, as Jonas Vingegaard will be attempting to do at the Giro later this year? How many of those attempts were shite? Find out here. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

How many times has a rider been in a position to complete the Grand Tour hat-trick, as Jonas Vingegaard will be attempting to do at the Giro later this year? How many of those attempts were shite? Find out here. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Is there no cancer council classic thing this year?

Are you wondering if it’s normal for a Belgium monument winner to have never ridden the Tour of Flanders? Are you? ARE YOU?!! open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Kudos to the new Pune Grand Tour for deciding ‘fuck this’ and calling itself a Grand Tour. There are plenty of ridiculous races have called themselves ‘classics’ over the years with complete impunity. The World Ports Classic? Anyone? Anyone?!

Cycling is BACK on ITV NOT clickbait. I repeat, NOT clickbait. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Cycling is BACK on ITV NOT clickbait. I repeat, NOT clickbait. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Another article about Simon Yates! But this one contains a confession and an apology to Simon Yates which I quickly retract. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Another article about Simon Yates! But this one contains a confession and an apology to Simon Yates which I quickly retract. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Pourquoi pas?!

BBC

After Contador won on the Angliru in 2017 Guess who?

Simon Yates is the first* rider ever to retire from professional cycling as a reigning Grand Tour winner. *obviously Armstrong had done it originally in 2005 before making a complete and utter bollocks of it

Everything, whether you like it or not - can be related back to cycling. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Is Oscar Onley the most important GC signing for Team Ineos since Bradley Wiggins? Betteridge’s law of headlines would suggest NO. But is he??? open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Is Oscar Onley the most important GC signing for Team Ineos since Bradley Wiggins? Betteridge’s law of headlines would suggest NO. But is he??? open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Amazon actively promoting AI bollocks shite to me. This is what we get.

I got something unexpected in the post this week. I love when that happens. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I got something unexpected in the post this week. I love when that happens. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Quite curious what other people think about AI when it comes to writing - particularly cycling journalism. Do you care if AI is used to write a race report? I do. I care a lot. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Every word of the linked article. EVERY WORD. AI can’t *be there*. Humans can. Being present, in the moment, *experiencing* it, is a HUMAN thing. Good writing conveys that experience.

Fabulous piece of writing explaining why AI might be a possible choice when you purchase a WiFi connected fridge but it can feck right off for creative thought and interpretation.

No paywall on this one because I think the topic is important. BUT ALSO BECAUSE I WANT TO FUNNEL YOU BEHIND MY PAYWALL!!

No paywall on this one because I think the topic is important. BUT ALSO BECAUSE I WANT TO FUNNEL YOU BEHIND MY PAYWALL!!

Quite curious what other people think about AI when it comes to writing - particularly cycling journalism. Do you care if AI is used to write a race report? I do. I care a lot. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Evenepoel isn't planning on riding the Tour of Flanders in 2026. He is one of only three Belgian winners of a monument classic (post-WW1) who has never ridden the Tour of Flanders

Backpedalled my way through the archives to find a great article on the Bayern Rundfahrt which prompted me to uncover a fact about Greg LeMond which has been lost in the fog of the internet. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Backpedalled my way through the archives to find a great article on the Bayern Rundfahrt which prompted me to uncover a fact about Greg LeMond which has been lost in the fog of the internet. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Do people want this?

Velo d'Or tonight. For a piece of pie, there are only two Tour de France winners who did not finish in the top three of the Velo d'Or in the year that they won the Tour. Landis/Pereiro/2006 was one. Who is the other one?

Why has Remco Evenepoel never ridden the Tour of Flanders? Is that unusual? How many monument classic winners from Belgium have never ridden it? Is he the only one? Lots of questions… but also lots of answers. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Why has Remco Evenepoel never ridden the Tour of Flanders? Is that unusual? How many monument classic winners from Belgium have never ridden it? Is he the only one? Lots of questions… but also lots of answers. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Spotify having a right pop off me this morning. 😔

New episode of DNF is out where the name of the episode isn’t true but I kind of wish it was. open.spotify.com/episode/4j9V...

The Backpedal - I've landed on The Monuments by Peter Cossins What do we find therein? Come and see.. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The idea of a Big Three in cyclo cross is, and always been, nonsense. Numbers, proof etc. It's all here. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

The idea of a Big Three in cyclo cross is, and always been, nonsense. Numbers, proof etc. It's all here. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

Great to see the sponsorship deal with Countdown has finally come through - it was announced on last Thursday’s show

I start off with Thor Hushovd and Alexander Kristoff and somehow end up at Lance Armstrong breaking his neck. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

I start off with Thor Hushovd and Alexander Kristoff and somehow end up at Lance Armstrong breaking his neck. open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...

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...