Pogacar soars…
to a third Tour. Tadej Pogačar joined Mark Cavendish in doing what they said couldn't be done, they said it for years, they said it before the race, they said it during the race but they both did it. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: Grand Tour
A Giro of rain, ups, downs, heartbreak
and joy but mostly rain. A wet three weeks of racing in Italy, with a bit of sunny Switzerland, saw the first Grand Tour of the season won by just 14 seconds on the last day of GC racing, with steady Eddie Geraint Thomas just missing out. read the rest of this rubbish
A Tour for the ages
and for the racers. What seemed like a very close race ended up with some of the biggest time gaps in the top 10 we've seen in years as two racers went head to head day in and day out but neither ended up the MVP. read the rest of this rubbish
The 2020 Vuelta had a lot to live up to
and it was pretty damn close to doing so. The Vuelta a Espana followed the tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in coming down to the final raced stage, with less than a minute between the top two on GC, while proving Ineos and British cycling were written off prematurely. read the rest of this rubbish
You can’t keep British cycling or Ineos
down for long. It was only a few weeks ago after the tour de France that everyone was writing off Team Ineos and British grand tour cycling and then Tao Geoghegan Hart produced the ride of his life. read the rest of this rubbish
Well, nobody saw that Tour de France finish except
one man, who did weeks before. Tadej Pogačar turning a 57 second deficit to his fellow Slovenian, Primož Roglič, into a 59 second lead in the Stage 20 time trial, topped a great Tour de France. read the rest of this rubbish
No Froome… no GB victory
or so it goes. When Chris Froome crashed out of the Dauphine and then Dumoulin pulled out this was seen as the most open Tour de France for some time, even with the reigning champion leading the now Team Ineos. read the rest of this rubbish
It’s some way to win your seventh Grand Tour and your first Grand Tour
in intensive care. After Chris Froome's horrific crash during a recce for the Criterium du Dauphine time trial comes the news that JJ Cobo, winner of the 2011 Vuelta has been retrospectively banned, provisionally handing Froome the title. read the rest of this rubbish
G was the only SPotY
option. Geraint Thomas was the only option for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and rightfully won it. read the rest of this rubbish
Another Grand Tour, another British
victory. For the fifth time running a Grand Tour ended with a Brit stood on the top step of the podium, as Simon Yates triumphed in this year's Vuelta a Espana. read the rest of this rubbish