Cycling is full of moments that make absolutely no sense to normal people. Try explaining to a colleague why you’re excited that a weather forecast predicting 80% rain somehow produced perfect sunshine. Tell your partner about the stranger who shared turns with you for 20…
After the premature climax of stage 6, when Tadej Pogačar effectively ended the competition for the yellow jersey, the three stages leading up to the first rest day were actually a welcome relief for the riders and, I presume, for fans, who were all still…
There should be a word in the English language for people like me – and there are many of us – who refuse to acknowledge Tadej Pogačar’s greatness. How about Pogiphobe? And the condition itself will be known as pogiphobia. It’s not that we don’t…
Chris Froome won the Tour de France four times, the Vuelta España twice, and the Giro d’Italia once. Between 2013 and 2018, he and his Team Sky dominated the sport perhaps to an even greater extent than UAE Team Emirates–XRG does today. But ask almost…
