Jonny Long
@jonnylong.bsky.social
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journalist
@escapecollective.bsky.social
+ purveyor of the Spin Cycle podcast and newsletter ๐ฉ
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about 14 hours ago
Spin Cycle: Remco to the rescue
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Spin Cycle: Remco to the rescue
Lay down your label makers.
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New๐ฐ: Confirmation that Israel-Premier Tech is contemplating a name change for 2026. In a confidential memo sent to riders, IPT said it's "engaged in meetings and conversations regarding the team identity and branding." More on
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Israel-Premier Tech to decide whether to drop 'Israel' from name and branding
In a confidential memo sent out to riders, IPT said it is "engaged in meetings and conversations regarding the team identity and branding."
https://escapecollective.com/israel-premier-tech-to-decide-whether-to-drop-israel-from-name-and-branding/
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4 days ago
Spin Cycle: Rwan-dos and Rwan-dont's
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Spin Cycle: Rwan-dos and Rwan-dont's
Do: question the exclusion of a journalist. Don't: schedule your social media posts.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-rwan-dos-and-rwan-donts/
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22 days ago
Spin Cycle: Olive you my bro
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Spin Cycle: Olive you my bro
Jai Hindley has a new bromance.
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New from me and
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๐ค Rumours of pressure from race organisers and sponsors to drop Israel from team name ๐ โโ๏ธ Riders refusing to sign for the squad ๐ธ Sponsor uncertainty โ๏ธ Details on Gee contract situation live on escape dot com now
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The war is coming home for Israel-Premier Tech
Riders are refusing to sign for the squad, morale is suffering, and rumours swirl over a name change and sponsors.
https://escapecollective.com/the-war-is-coming-home-for-israel-premier-tech/
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26 days ago
Spin Cycle: A family affair
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Spin Cycle: A family affair
Joรฃo Almeida is not best pleased.
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29 days ago
Spin Cycle: Juan more piece of the puzzle
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Spin Cycle: Juan more piece of the puzzle
Censorship has come for Welsh bike racing.
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about 1 month ago
Spin Cycle: Epilation for the Visma nation
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Spin Cycle: Epilation for the Visma nation
The Vuelta is here and things are already a bit loco.
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about 1 month ago
Spin Cycle: Do not disturb
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Spin Cycle: Do not disturb
Plus: Mads' middle finger!
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about 1 month ago
Spin Cycle: Patrick Lefevere's sandwich thirst trap
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Spin Cycle: Patrick Lefevere's sandwich thirst trap
Shut up, kegs!
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-patrick-lefeveres-sandwich-thirst-trap/
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Jonny Long
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about 2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Mikel Landa and the world's heaviest cake
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Spin Cycle: Mikel Landa and the world's heaviest cake
It's all kicking off at the Volta a Fought-ugal.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-mikel-landa-heavy-cake/
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Jonny Long
Escape Collective
about 2 months ago
How a decisive ferry crossing helped produce the Transcontinental Race's youngest-ever winner
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How a decisive ferry crossing helped produce the Transcontinental Race's youngest-ever winner
5,000 km across Europe comes with its fair share of ultra cycling prowess, rulebook drama and unfailing courage.
https://escapecollective.com/how-a-decisive-ferry-crossing-helped-produce-the-transcontinental-races-youngest-ever-winner/
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about 2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Spill the beans
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Spin Cycle: Spill the beans
Froome finally speaks on Rozman, sort of.
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Jonny Long
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about 2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Guadel-oops
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Spin Cycle: Guadel-oops
UAE are working together, nature is healing.
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about 2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Unsquashing the beef
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Spin Cycle: Unsquashing the beef
Beef, as far as the eye can see.
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about 2 months ago
Ranking the Tour's police officers from cute to scary ๐ฎ How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths? ๐ These are just some of the stories
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didn't get around to this Tour de France
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The stories we didn't get around to writing at the Tour de France 2025
Including: How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths?
https://escapecollective.com/the-stories-we-didnt-get-around-to-writing-at-the-tour-de-france-2025/
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2 months ago
Spin Cycle: We need to talk about Tadej
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Spin Cycle: We need to talk about Tadej
Plus: Vingegaard's playlist is revealed.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-we-need-to-talk-about-tadej/
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2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Why am I still here?
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Spin Cycle: Why am I still here?
Pogaฤar has his Scheffler moment.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-why-am-i-still-here/
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The big question of this Tour de France answered: Why have riders stopped getting fined for nature breaks at the Tour de France? ๐ค
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Why have riders stopped getting fined for nature breaks at the Tour de France?
The biggest piss-tery of this Tour de France.
https://escapecollective.com/why-have-riders-stopped-getting-fined-for-nature-breaks-at-the-tour-de-france/
2 months ago
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2 months ago
โWeird they don't answer you': Arensman hung out to dry by Brailsford on biggest day of his career
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โWeird they don't answer you': Arensman hung out to dry by Brailsford on biggest day of his career
ASO asks reporters to not ask 'non-racing questions' in winner's press conference.
https://escapecollective.com/its-weird-theyre-not-answering-arensman-hung-out-to-dry-by-brailsford-on-biggest-day-of-his-career/
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2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Brailsford makes a break for it
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Spin Cycle: Brailsford makes a break for it
Guillaume Martin can juggle.
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Dave Brailsford wonโt talk about the 2012 Tour de France. After an ARD investigation linked a longtime staffer to a doctor at the heart of a doping ring, Brailsford and the team have refused to answer questions about the claims. Story with
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Dave Brailsford wonโt talk about the 2012 Tour de France
After an ARD investigation linked a longtime staffer to a doctor at the heart of a doping ring, the team has refused to answer questions about the claims.
https://escapecollective.com/dave-brailsford-wont-talk-about-the-2012-tour-de-france/
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Dave Brailsford wonโt talk about the 2012 Tour de France
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Dave Brailsford wonโt talk about the 2012 Tour de France
After an ARD investigation linked a longtime staffer to a doctor at the heart of a doping ring, the team has refused to answer questions about the claims.
https://escapecollective.com/dave-brailsford-wont-talk-about-the-2012-tour-de-france/
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2 months ago
Spin Cycle: Can't get a text back
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Spin Cycle: Can't get a text back
Isaac del Toro is back in a big way.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-cant-get-a-text-back/
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: Muscle memory autographs
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Spin Cycle: Muscle memory autographs
Plus, more coffin talk. How cheery!
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-muscle-memory-autographs/
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Escape Collective
3 months ago
Kรฉvin Vauquelin's big day out
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Kรฉvin Vauquelin's big day out
Stage 6 saw the Tour start from Kรฉvin Vauquelin's hometown of Bayeux, and his people were out in force to mark the occasion.
https://escapecollective.com/kevin-vauquelins-big-day-out/
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3 months ago
Rogliฤ confirms that he 'does not give a flying f**k'
#TDF2025
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Rogliฤ confirms that he 'does not give a flying f**k'
Luke Plapp said on his podcast that Rogliฤ has been sharing his seemingly nihilistic Tour worldview freely in the peloton, but the reality may be more nuanced.
https://escapecollective.com/roglic-confirms-he-does-not-care-about-yellow/
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Escape Collective
3 months ago
Today is a new day. But yesterday it was a bad day to be Bryan Coquard ๐ข
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It was a bad day to be Bryan Coquard
The French sprinter once lost a Tour stage by only a centimeter. Today might have been worse.
https://escapecollective.com/it-was-a-bad-day-to-be-bryan-coquard/
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: Don't squeeze the lemon
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Spin Cycle: Don't squeeze the lemon
Plus, a dollop of regretti spaghetti.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-dont-squeeze-the-lemon/
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: I need a Lille help
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Spin Cycle: I need a Lille help
So many new jerseys, good and bad.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-i-need-a-lille-help/
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3 months ago
Vingegaard and his 'Classics squad' plot secret revenge Tour
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Vingegaard and his 'Classics squad' plot secret revenge Tour
You get the sense that Visma-Lease a Bike are chomping at the bit for the chance to take the fight to a seemingly all-powerful Tadej Pogaฤar.
https://escapecollective.com/vingegaard-and-his-classics-squad-plot-secret-revenge-tour/
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3 months ago
Pogaฤar and Co. reach pre-Tour de France enlightment in Lille
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Pogaฤar and Co. reach pre-Tour de France enlightment in Lille
A sense of serenity fell over three of the big four in the big pre-Tour de France press conference.
https://escapecollective.com/pogacar-and-co-reach-pre-tour-de-france-enlightment-in-lille/
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Primoลพ Rogliฤ out of context at the pre-Tour de France press conference: "Every day that you live is closer to your last one." Thanks, Primoลพ
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The end of this year's Tour de France will signal the very sad end of ITV's fantastic coverage after 40 years. My dad's worked on it for the past 30, so I asked him to write about it ๐ซ๐ทโ๏ธ
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I worked on ITV's Tour de France coverage for 30 years, here's what it was like
Phil Long has been providing results sheets and all kinds of graphics for the British Tour-viewing public for three decades. This summer will be his last.
https://escapecollective.com/i-worked-on-itvs-tour-de-france-coverage-for-30-years-heres-what-it-was-like/
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: A gaggle of Groupama-FDJs
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Spin Cycle: A gaggle of Groupama-FDJs
The Danish TT drama continues apace.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-a-gaggle-of-groupama-fdjs/
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: Wrong watch on Danish time
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Spin Cycle: Wrong watch on Danish time
Turns out the 2024 Danish TT champs was the place to be.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-wrong-watch-on-danish-time/
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3 months ago
Why is Lance Armstrong's podcast allowed to sponsor Hincapie's new team?
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Why is Lance Armstrong's podcast allowed to sponsor Hincapie's new team?
The logo for 'The Move' can be spotted on the jersey of new squad Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, but it may fall foul of the terms of Armstrong's lifetime ban from the sport.
https://escapecollective.com/why-is-lance-armstrongs-podcast-allowed-to-sponsor-hincapies-new-team/
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: Ai(street)car named pre-Tour drama
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Spin Cycle: Ai(street)car named pre-Tour drama
Come on in, the weeds are warm.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-aistreetcar-named-pre-tour-drama/
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: Juan flew over the cuckoo's nest
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Spin Cycle: Juan flew over the cuckoo's nest
Mikkel Bjerg is speaking his truth.
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3 months ago
Spin Cycle: Bye bye Bardet, Bardet goodbye
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Spin Cycle: Bye bye Bardet, Bardet goodbye
There's a new star coming out of Colombia ...
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-bye-bye-bardet/
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Pogaฤar on (time) trial
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Spin Cycle: Pogaฤar on (time) trial
Quick-Step are having fun with their abacus.
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4 months ago
Molly Weaver is going for a mysterious 41-year-old ultra record
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Molly Weaver is going for a mysterious 41-year-old ultra record
The ex-pro roadie has turned to ultra racing and has bootstrapped a record attempt that's sat dormant for decades.
https://escapecollective.com/molly-weaver-british-circumnavigation-record/
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Return of the Dave?
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Spin Cycle: Return of the Dave?
Visma's chef is cooking.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-return-of-the-dave/
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Planes, popes and Giro steals
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Spin Cycle: Planes, popes and Giro steals
Thibaut Pinot is back.
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Lance is putting cameras in toilets
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Spin Cycle: Lance is putting cameras in toilets
Get your mics while they're hot!
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: For fox sake
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Spin Cycle: For fox sake
Mads Pedersen becomes the prankee.
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Nights to forget
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Spin Cycle: Nights to forget
Froome received a special 40th gift from Dumoulin.
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Grab the Giro by the horns
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Spin Cycle: Grab the Giro by the horns
David Gaudu is the messiah and a very naughty boy.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-grab-the-giro-by-the-horns/
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4 months ago
Spin Cycle: Bin caught in the act
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Spin Cycle: Bin caught in the act
We have more info on Mads Pedersen's betting habits ...
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-bin-caught-in-the-act/
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5 months ago
Spin Cycle: Down on the farm
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Spin Cycle: Down on the farm
Mads Pedersen is also doing haircuts, should you need one.
https://escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-down-on-the-farm/
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