Jul 28, 2019 | Cycling, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour de France
Another book turned up for my July Birthday…”Magic Spanner – The world of cycling according to Carlton Kirby”. Carlton Kirby has been a cycling commentator for nearly 30 years. He works for Eurosport and has commentated on the Tour de France for as long as I can...
Dec 25, 2018 | Road Racing, Team Sky, Tour de France
Team Sky On the 12th December 2018, Sky’s parent company 21st Century Fox, announced that they would be ending their sponsorship of Team Sky at the end of the 2019-cycling season. Sky has sponsored the team since it was formed in 2010. It has been one of the most...
Dec 5, 2018 | Tour de France
On the 2nd December 2018, it was announced that the ‘Voice of Cycling’ Paul Sherwen had died of heart failure, aged 62, at his home in Kenya. Paul Sherwen was born on the 7th June 1956, just ‘down the road’ from me in Widnes, (Northwest England). He grew up in Kenya,...
Aug 15, 2018 | Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Team Sky, Tour de France
The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s three Grand Tours. The 3,351 km (2,082 ml) long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, in western France, and finishing on 29 July with...
Jun 14, 2018 | Road Racing, Tour de France, World Cup
Well, it’s started…. 4 weeks of boring television… 28 days of ‘so-called’ pundits pontificating on penalties and points, their words of wisdom on every television and radio channel… wall to wall supporters shouting and generally...
Nov 18, 2017 | Fausto Coppi, Giro d'Italia, Jacques Anquetil, Tour de France
Its 30 years since the death of one of the most prolific winners of professional cycling races in France. Jacques Anquetil (8th Jan 1934 – 18th Nov 1987) was the first ever cyclist to win the Tour de France 5 times, a record that has been equalled, but has never been...
