The Journal

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...

From a cycling commentator’s perspective, there was something pleasingly reassuring about the first few stages of the Tour du Haut Var (I refuse to call it anything else, unless pursued...

The Road Book presents “The Red Line”: An alternative to a simple race report, bringing you regular impressions and musings to complement the racing calendar.   There was something a...

Over recent days I have been gazing at the landscape of the Département du Gard unfolding behind the peloton of the wonderfully named Étoile de Bessèges, the first professional stage...

The language of cycling is vibrant, sophisticated, often impenetrable and extremely French. Find yourself confused, nodding along when a rouleur relates how le biscuit was effrité (crumbled)? How today they’re...

Full disclosure: I only had half an eye on Sunday’s bizarre-looking Cyclocross World Championship, as I was actually working on a Darts broadcast at the time for ITV. But it...

The first time Tao Geoghegan Hart wore the leader’s jersey at the Giro, the race had already finished. It was a truly extraordinary finale to a mighty edition, which came...

Matthew Green (@matthewgreenatwork) excels in producing beautifully hand-drawn illustrations and his signature style often compared to wood-cut prints and etchings. One of the key features of The Road Book is...

You know the world has turned itself upside down when the Race of the Falling Leaves takes place before the Grand Boucle.

As I write, Vincenzo Nibali turned 36 years of age on November 14th. This great Italian, a winner of all three Grand Tours and the only man (until this year)...

As an athlete you always know you’ll break your own bones. But I never thought someone else would break mine. It’s a scar that means a lot to me. It’s...