The Journal

There are still 61 days until our attention will be entirely devoted to the Tour de France, but somehow, still, all roads lead to the start in Brittany. Even the...

After the finish line came…confusion. Wout van Aert pumped his fist in celebration, but the celebrating soon stopped. Had he beaten Tom Pidcock? Exacted his revenge for Brabantse Pijl four...

I don’t agree that there was only one man who saw that coming; namely Kasper Asgreen. I think there may have been more than just him. And I think they...

It remains something of a mystery to me that it is Simon Yates, and not Adam, who has won a Grand Tour. It is Simon Yates, and not Adam who...

The first time I ever saw Wout van Aert in the flesh was just past the finish line of Strade Bianche in August 2020. Earlier that day I’d stumbled across...

Jasper Stuyven, the 2009 junior world champion, who then won the 2010 junior Paris-Roubaix while wearing the rainbow jersey, has on occasion been disparaged as “the champion without a jersey.”...

“I just don’t understand, there isn’t really anything to see until they’re going for the finish line,” my housemate said, after I’d commandeered the television to stick Tirreno-Adriatico on, Paris-Nice...

Year in, year out, Tirreno Adriatico pushes the boundaries of what can be demanded of WorldTour riders so early in the season. it is the nearest thing to a Grand...

Damn the wind. Damn Covid. For a week, since I am not actually at the race, but have been commentating remotely from London, I have been riding to work by...

That Strade Bianche is universally loved goes without saying. The setting, the country, the sheer identity of the race gives it a status which it takes other races a century...

First thought: bike races may go on for hours, but they are decided in a flash. Blink, and you miss it.

So the opening weekend is declared open. And good grief it did us a service. Just to be reminded of what one day racing is like, along those narrow concrete...