The Isle of Arran lies in the Firth of Clyde and is the 7th largest island in Scotland after the likes of Harris & Lewis, Shetland, Orkney and Skye. It's a busy, tourist friendly destination whose economy has thrived in recent times with a population that has remained reasonably steady...
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On the cobbles of the Champs Elysees and with the world watching, Geraint Thomas finally won what had appeared destined to be permanently out of his reach. Always the Bridesmaid but never the Bride, 'G', finally held it all together for three weeks and won cycling's greatest prize of all....
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OK, so it's looking increasingly like we may have called this one wrong. Geraint Thomas is looking every bit the Champion and if he does hold it together till Paris, it will be massively well deserved. History says one writes off Chris Froome at one's peril but maybe 4 straight...
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Sweden is one of those places where, on the face of it, there doesn't appear to be all that much going on. It would become immediately cool if ABBA were to announce a 125 date world reunion tour but since Benny and Bjorn are pretty much the same age as...
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What an extraordinary day on the slopes of Alpe d'Huez. Geraint Thomas not only became the first Brit to win on the fabled mountain but also the first rider to win wearing yellow. That's some achievement by any measure. And by finishing so strong in a sprint once again, he...
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So the first real test of the GC contenders came in the form of a short stage with three gruelling climbs, the last a summit finish up the La Rosiere Espace San Bernardo. La Rosiere is especially cheeky. 17km long with an average gradient of 5.8%, it's the middle section,...
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When Jens Voigt visited Criterium Cycles a few years ago and we enjoyed a wonderful evening with one of the legends of the sport, one thing he said in particular made me smile and has stayed with me ever since. He recalled, as a young pro rider, being introduced to...
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Ah, the Lake District. That quintessential outdoor jewel in England's outdoor crown. Bucolic images and curios abound whether eating ice cream whilst watching little boats bobbing on Lake Windermere, visiting the Pencil Museum in Keswick or wandering lonely as a cloud to visit Dove Cottage, Wordsworth's home in Grasmere. Indeed,...
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Mayhem on the flat What is it about this year's Tour de France that appears to be featuring more crashes in the first two stages than the entire race did in 2017? That's probably completely wrong of course (we haven't done the detail analysis of the stats to say one way...
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