Cyclone 2016

Every year, I tell myself I'm not going to do the Cyclone this time around. It's too long, I tell myself, too hard, and frankly, I don't like the pressure of trying to match/better my own times. But inevitably, some combination of ego, peer pressure and the reminder that 100 miles of peacefully deserted Northumbrian...

Endangered: Time Trials

It is one of the most iconic sights in cycling. The malliot jaune, astride a glittering, science fiction bicycle decked out in the finest aerodynamic garb, coursing through the fields of sunflowers to cement or defend their glory. It has now passed into cliché that the time trial is “the race of truth”, where one...

Entertaining Grand Tours…by the numbers!

Now that the hangover from the Miracle of Risoul has subsided somewhat, we can reflect on the 2016 Giro, and view it without the pink haze that surrounded Vincenzo Nibali's incredible turn around to retrieve his second maglia rosa. In a cycling world where we seem to think races are being increasingly controlled and predictable,...