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Tom writes about cycling for The Roar. When he's not writing he lives in London, works for a charity, and procrastinates writing a bestseller. Follow Tom on Twitter: Tomas_Fish
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Five months have passed since Rohan Dennis abandoned the Tour de France in mysterious circumstances, climbing off the bike seemingly without cause during stage…
Every four years, I watch the Olympics, and every four years, I watch sports such as diving, swimming, and gymnastics, and question my life…
If you’d asked me on the second rest day to wager ten of my hard-earned dollars on one of the riders in the top…
The general consensus among the Tour de France chattering classes was that if Julian Alaphilippe could do the improbable and be wearing yellow at…
In 1996, Stage 9 of the Tour de France was a small 46-kilometre ride from Le Monetier-les-Bains to Sestriere in Italy due to bad…
It’s almost a Tour de France tradition for the pre-race talk to not be centred around the upcoming edition, but instead, around the drama…
It was a great day to be Dutch, and a terrible day to be English if you were a cricket fan on the 31st…
One can't help but feel sorry for Chris Froome. By winning the Tour de France he alienated a section of cycling fans to such…
It says a lot about Astana's team unity and communication when at the very same press conference that Vincenzo Nibali stated his race program…
Have you ever found yourself asking the question, just what is Claudio Chiappucci doing these days? No, me neither. For those of you who…
Asking how many Grand Tours a particular cyclist has won is usually quite a simple question. Chris Froome has won two. Nairo Quintana one,…
Orica-GreenEDGE have confirmed their roster for 2016, and they're certainly ringing in the changes. Seven new riders have come into the team, and eight…
A question for you all. Can anyone reading this name the last five winners of the UCI World Tour? I'll be very impressed if…
Here's a statistic for you: excluding a certain American, no one has retained their Tour de France title since 1995, when Miguel Indurain won…
It would have to be said that the happiest man in the room at the Tour de France route unveiling in Paris was definitely…
I was originally only going to write this article if Tom Dumoulin did the unthinkable and won the 2015 Vuelta a Espana last weekend.…
The Dubai Tour has wrapped up, with Mark Cavendish beating out a range of contenders including John Degenkolb to take the crown. With some…
The NFL season came to a close on Monday morning Australia time with the New England Patriots beating the defending champions Seattle in what…
Six months is a long time. You could run eight Tours de France in that time, if you tried hard enough. A hell of…
After Fabio Aru's stage win and Chris Froome's attacking ride to gain time, Stage 19 will definitely feel like some respite for Vuelta a…
Adam Hansen has had a dig off the front of the peloton.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Michael Matthews and John Degenkolb are both in the front group.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Lutsenko has been caught as the peloton hit a ramp.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Seven kilometres to go and Lutsenko is still in front.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
John Degenkolb has made this front group.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
We’ve just seen a replay of the crash, his back wheel slides out and it looks like he makes contact with a tree.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Lutsenko has fourteen seconds. Still no news on the Sky rider, he was lying very still.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Looks like Cataldo but I’m not sure. That did not look good, he might have hit a tree.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Samuel Sanchez shows off his descending and there’s a crash. Sky rider down.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
He’s followed closely by the rest of the peloton.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Lutsenko crests the climb alone ahead of the peloton.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Guillaume Levarlet is the Cofidis rider out front, but he’s not getting very far.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Nine seconds for the lone attacker Lutsenko.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Pete Kennaugh of Sky takes the lead of the peloton. John Degenkolb is sat near the front.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Alberto Contador is sat right at the front of the peloton as Lutsenko takes eight seconds.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
It’s Alexey Lutsenko who is off the front!
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
We have hit the climb and immediately there is an attack from Astana.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
The peloton have the breakaway in their sights as Ligthart goes for one last dig.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
The gap is under twenty seconds as we near the climb.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Tinkoff-Saxo are the team currently on the front controlling proceedings.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
The general classification teams are starting to take control of the front as we near the climb.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Orica-GreenEDGE and Giant-Shimano are the teams doing the work on the front.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
A Cofidis rider also jumps off the front.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog