Beautiful Boy
Romain Bardet on becoming a father in the depths of winter, and how a newborn son reshaped a professional rider’s sense of what matters.
Remains of the Day
Ned Boulting opens the new decade with a lyrical reverie on riding, memory and the strange suspension of a long day in the saddle.
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Timepiece
When the race cannot go on: the tours abandoned to earthquakes, floods and force majeure, and the riders caught in nature’s path.
Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle
Seven Grand Tour wins, then a horrific crash that nearly ended everything. Froome on the long road back, and his belief a fifth Tour is still within reach.
Michele Acquarone: Fall Guy
Seven years after €13 million vanished from RCS, the disgraced former Giro d’Italia director meets Morten Okbo in Milan to relive the scandal that upended his life.
Richard Carapaz: Strong Like the Wind
Amid the greenery and birdsong of his native Ecuador, the Giro d’Italia winner tells Matt Rendell the story of a meteoric, improbable rise against the odds.
Ivan Basso
The two-time Giro winner turned blueberry farmer finds a change of pace on the family estate in northern Italy. The Smiling Assassin’s reasons to be cheerful.
Jonathan Vaughters
Chewed up by Generation EPO and spat out at 30, Jonathan Vaughters dived straight back in as a manager, agitating for wholesale change. The world according to JV.
Peter Kennaugh: Glass Half Full
A talent tipped for Grand Tours, Kennaugh walked away from pro cycling in his prime. The Briton on why he couldn’t carry on, and the sport’s mental health muddle.
Tête-à-Tête
Orla Chennaoui takes a journey through the cobbled streets of Amsterdam, where cycling feels not like risk but the most natural way to move through a city.
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In printIssue 144
The Tour Issue
Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.
In printIssue 144
The Tour Issue
Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.
