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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race
A long, wet day in the saddle in prospect. Who fancies it? Super Sagan to reclaim his crown, says the Mole
Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite women’s road race
Vos is boss, Lizzie is queen, Rivera’s a maybe and Kasia can. Our pick of the women
Tomorrow’s Worlds: under-23 men’s road race
Can Pidcock pull it off? Will Higuita deliver a scorpion’s sting in the tail? Not for Moley – it’s going to be Stokbro, bro. Remember...
Tomorrow’s Worlds: Men’s Elite time-trial
Here come the Belgians… but which one? Victory for Victor is the consensus
Hup Hup Hup – Flags of the Worlds
Hup Hup Hup is an exhibition of flags on display at Yorkshire 2019, all of which have been created by artists and designers with a...
Tomorrow’s Worlds: Men’s U23 time-trial
Danish, Danish, Danish, Swiss… USA! Heck yeah! Can McNulty upset the applecart in Yorkshire? Can he ‘eck as like
Have I Got (Cycling) News For You
Fun and games with Ned Boulting, special guests and Rouleur in Harrogate on Wednesday
Tomorrow’s Worlds: Mixed Relay TTT
First time out at the Worlds for this new format. It’s a wide open field but the Germans look mighty good for gold, with the...
Our guide to the Worlds – join us in Yorkshire
Here are our tips for a top experience in Harrogate and beyond. Having travelled the course with its designers and...
The column: On Movistar and “unwritten rules”
“Unwritten rules”? They’re just good manners. In which we argue – for a change – that things are fine, just as they are
Watching the Worlds go by – Rouleur’s Harrogate pub guide
“When we at Deserter – black belts in sitting down and enjoying a nice pint – were asked to preview the Worlds, a strategy became...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 21
That was the Vuelta that was. A draw is not going to be enough for Cycling Mole to win this. For stage 21 he throws...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 20
Playing “break or bunch” for the last time at this year’s Vuelta. Can Alejandro Valverde say goodbye to the rainbow stripes in style?
The column: Team Ineos’s annus mediocris
2019 has not been Team Ineos’s season. Should we see it as merely a bump in the road or an early emblem of an ebbing...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 19
It’s nearly over. Flat stage, with a bit of cobble action at the end. A day for the sprinters then, yes? But this is the...
Echelons: putting it in the gutter
“Poetry in motion, a magnificent animation of flow dynamics.” Echelons can be beauty and brutality in equal measure. How they form and tales of how...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 18
Cycling Mole knew which way the wind was blowing on Stage 17, calling Phil Gil’s second victory of La Vuelta 2019. Can he double up...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 17
At any other race a profile like this would mean a nailed on bunch sprint, but this is La Vuelta. For stage 17 our panel...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 16
No score on Stage 15, leaving our panelists desperately scrabbling around for moral victories. Can the last stage ahead of a well-earned rest day deliver...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 15
Breakaway or battle of the favourites? Our jury is divided for Stage 15, with not a duplicated selection among them. Though the Cycling Mole thinks...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 14
In which Cycling Mole tries for a “moral victory” despite Ian’s pick actually winning stage 13… Stage 14 is a hen’s tooth, or Vuelta sprint...
Milk Race 1966: missing, believe wiped
Glorious 16mm colour film from the former Tour of Britain in the Welsh mountains
Rouleur podcast: Orbea and Cycling Mole
Basque country riding with Orbea, top tipster Cycling Mole studies the Vuelta form, and Desire’s Start Clapp hankers after a vintage Vespa
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 13
Los Machucos beckons, a brute of a ramp to end stage 13. Valverde territory, Pogačar’s turf, or Lopez to leapfrog Alejandro?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 12
Fraile? Izagirre? Jon Aberasturi? If we didn’t know better, we might think our panel was trying to provoke Cycling Mole. They’ve gone for breakaway but...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 11
Stage 11 could end in a sprint… but it won’t says our panel. Cycling Mole doesn’t think much of some of our picks but one...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 10
Stage 10 is individual time trial day, so all of our panel are going for Primoz Roglič, right? Apparently not. Do they know something the...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 9
Between them our panelists seem determined that Ineos are going to get something out of this Vuelta. Cycling Mole think Stage 9 is one for...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 8
Half of our panel think Stage 8’s single categorised climb isn’t steep enough to stop a sprint. Cycling Mole disagrees. Who’s going to be proved...
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