I've written Mark Cavendish off at least three times in the last eight years, and every time, he's proven me and all of the other doubters wrong.
His first Tour stage victory was 16 years ago. SIXTEEN YEARS! Lenny Martinez was 4 years old when Cav won his first Tour stage.
The
Tadej Pogačar has just completed one of, if not the most impressive cycling season ever.
Tour de France 🥇
Giro d'Italia 🥇
World Road Championship 🥇 🌈
12 x Grand Tour stage wins.
Liège Bastogne Liège 🥇
Il Lombardia 🥇
Strade Bianche 🥇
GP Montreal 🥇
Unbeaten in stage race
When sporting greats fade, you question whether the standards have increased, whether that athlete would have won in the modern era, even at their peak.
Mark Cavendish has now beaten three generations of the best sprinters, on the biggest stage. No more questions needed.
Rest in peace Mum.
Jose Lloyd. 1927 - 2025.
At the time, the second oldest person in the UK to have had a child (I wasn't planned). Not verified, but that's what I was told...
Mum gave me so much support in everything I did. She was one of the calmest souls you could ever
This group of people, and their predecessors, have shaped cycling in the UK for decades.
Take a bow:
Ned Boulting
David Millar
Daniel Friebe
Gary Imlach
Matt Rendell
Pete Kennaugh
Alex Dowsett
Jacobo Guarnieri
+ anyone I've missed, the production team and everyone behind the
Fair play Jonas Vingegaard.
If I was a double Tour winner who'd punctured a lung and broken multiple bones 3 months ago, I don't think I'd be fighting this hard for 2nd place.
#TDF2024
Thanks so much for all the kind messages today about the demise of GCN+. and the GCN app. You never know how much something is appreciated until it's gone - it's been heartwarming to read through them.
I'm devastated, obviously. Primarily for the incredibly hard working,
So you're a cyclist? Ever done the Tour de France?
Actually, yes, once, in 2010.
How did you do?
About 150th.
That's good. My husband did it in 2013, there were 1000's in it. He had a really tough day.
Erm, that's the Etape du Tour.
Is that not the same thing?
No.
Oh.
As some of you will have read/seen, we recently regained financial and editorial control of PSN (PlaySportsNetwork) from Warner Bros Discovery, which means some changes for me.
I could never have imagined when I joined GCN at its inception in 2012 that we'd go from a small
I mean, who in their right mind thinks, 'I'll attack at the foot of the penultimate climb and take the bonus seconds, because that way, when I attack on the last climb and win the stage, I'll probably have yellow as well'?
