Recent content by willbick

This is not a day for him. He just wants to stay healthy and upright

Allaphillipe is a true old school racer. Chapeau

Looks like a Pello Bilbao kinda day

This stage will be won by the break

What the majority of the bedroom keyboard warriors on this forum don't seem to understand is that pro cycling, like everything else involving people, is political and subject to human relations. Remco knows perfectly well that winning the Tour of Britain would be basically meaningless for his...

I know an old farmer who took up running aged about 35. His training 'regime' consisted of the odd run around the perimeter of his land. His diet was mainly mars bars and baked beans. I think his marathon PB was about 2h 30...

There is no way in the world ASO will kick Cav out of the race

Even Simon Yates changing his mind now

Gotta love a grippy headwind slo-mo sprint. Think Pog cudda been up there if he'd tried

i think tomorrow we will see the result of Ving's long lay-off. He probably has barely ridden his TT bike in months and said he hasn't even been able to do an in-person recon of the course. At this level you don't suddenly produce a world-class TT result after little to no preparation. I...

Britain at this stage is basically just cars and dog walkers

The The wider point is that the British authorities have never been supportive of bicycle racing - going back to the origins of the sport in the 19th century. Hence the historical popularity of time trialling in the UK, because it was a form of racing which could be done 'under the radar'...

The English have never come up with anything - everything they have they stole. And I say that as an Englishman

Well at least that continues the recent run of high-class GC winners of the ToB (last year's abbreviated version excepted)...

As explained elsewhere there are huge constraints on organising any kind of bicycle race in the UK nowadays. I'm sure the organisers would have wanted an exciting parcours as much as anyone in an ideal world