By Ryan McDonald As the location of the highest ski station in Spain and the southernmost in Europe, little can match the majesty of the Sierra Nevada when snow crowns this range of mountains, dominating the landscape as the stunning backdrop to Granada and the iconic Alhambra monument. […]
Tim Moore has been referred to as โBill Bryson on two wheelsโ. Any reader of his adventures โ both on and off a bike โ willย appreciate why the comparison is justified. In his first cycling travelogue, he set off on the route of that yearโs Tour de France just weeks before the professionals. He went on to recreate โthe most appalling bike race of all timeโ โ the 1914 Giro dโItalia โ on a vintage bike. More recently he embarked upon a brutal cycle following the stages of the 1941 Vuelta a Espaรฑa.ย Ever the glutton for punishment, heโs also โThe Cyclist Who Went Out In The Coldโ who set off on an East German shopping bike along the route of EuroVelo 13, the Iron Curtain Trailโฆย The Cycling Europe Podcast chatted to him in a Tube carriage at the London Transport Museum.
Tim Moore has been referred to as โBill Bryson on two wheelsโ. Any reader of his adventures – both on and off a bike – willย appreciate why the comparison is justified. In his first cycling travelogue, he set off on the route of that yearโs Tour de France just weeks before the professionals. He went on to recreate โthe most appalling bike race of all timeโ – the 1914 Giro dโItalia – on a vintage bike. More recently he embarked upon a brutal cycle following the stages of the 1941 Vuelta a Espaรฑa.ย Ever the glutton for punishment, heโs also โThe Cyclist Who Went Out In The Coldโ who set off on an East German shopping bike along the route of EuroVelo 13, the Iron Curtain Trailโฆย The Cycling Europe Podcast chatted to him in a Tube carriage at the London Transport Museum.ย ย ย
By Ryan McDonald Watching the Tour de France without Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome in the peloton almost seems strange, and with neither being selected to form part of the Ineos Grenadiers team for La Grande Boucle, they are now looking ahead to the remaining Grand Tour events of 2020. […]
Hola! This yearโs Tour of Spain got underway last weekend with a really absorbing Team Time Trial in the ancient city of Nรฎmes. My first image is of the team with the magical name โSunwebโ โ They put in a great performance, but lost out to eventual stage […]
One of the sports hit hardest by the COVID-19 chaos was cycling. Numerous events were postponed, some even cancelled, and the riders had a rough time keeping their bodies in perfect shape in such confusing circumstances. Once the season resumed, the calendar was much different. We saw numerous surprises, unexpected results, and unusual scenes, such as the snow at Giro.
