This Christmas season, cyclists are blessed with a huge array of cycling literature to ask Father Christmas for, which is a marked change from previous years. If you're a particular afectionado of Bradley Wiggins or Team Sky, you're exceptionally well catered for - as Wiggins' win at the Tour de France has heralded a huge... Continue Reading →
Ten Future Tour de France Champions – looking ahead to 2017
Every so often, we get an extremely strong riders who dominates Grand Tours. At the moment, the obvious one is Alberto Contador, who has won five, and that's after having two stripped. Andy Schleck is the next best (lets not go into Menchov) with his one win (...) and assorted second places. But who will... Continue Reading →
Grand Tour Hunting – Why Sky have their work cut out
Sky, in one of their usual slightly over the top PR announcements, claimed that having 'set an marker' in winning the Tour de France (doesn't everyone who wins it do so?), they would now set to dominate the Grand Tours and the sport by attempting to win all three in one year. Given Alberto Contador... Continue Reading →