Alastair Hamilton

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Writer and Editor at PezCycling News

Live in Spain, write and edit for https://t.co/FRGWngYSIU.

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FLÈCHE WALLONNE'25 Preview: Who Will Conquer the Huy?

3 days ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

2025 Flèche Wallonne Preview: On Wednesday we get a mid-week climber’s Classic bonus with the Flèche Wallonne and its murderous final climb of the Mur de Huy. Another day of excitement for us fans as the Amstel Gold Race winner, Mattias Skjelmose lines up with double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and World champion Tadej Pogačar. We look at last year’s race, the course and who will win. Stephen Williams surprisingly won the 2024 Flèche Wallonne.
EUROTRASH Monday: Skjelmose & Evenepoel - Upset & Recovery!

3 days ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

We have all the excitement of the men’s and ladies Amstel Gold Race and the Brabantse Pijl, with Mattias Skjelmose, Mischa Bredewold and Remco Evenepoel. Videos, results, reports and the rider’s statements.
Skjelmose Surprise! - PezCycling News

4 days ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

Amstel Gold Race Report: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) stunningly won the 2025 Amstel Gold Race. After a thrilling final in which top favourite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates XRG) was caught after a long solo, by the Dane and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step). Skjelmose got the better of the two top men in the sprint. **** Stay PEZ for the full ‘2025 Amstel Gold Race Report’ very soon.
AMSTEL'25 Ladies: Bredewold Beats 'Em All!

4 days ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

2025 Amstel Gold Race Ladies Race Report: Mischa Bredewold won the Amstel Gold Race for Ladies. The Dutch rider of SD Worx-Protime was with a large leading group that surprised the favourites. Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) and Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) were second and third. Can the late attack hold on? After last year’s changed Amstel Gold Race, due to an accident on the route, this year’s Amstel Gold Race for Ladies Edition of 157 kilometres was on a more ‘normal’ route.
AMSTEL GOLD RACE: Classic Beer History

6 days ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

Some Amstel History The Amstel Gold Race was first run in 1966, making it one of the youngest Classics. The Dutch race was a dream of Herman Krott who ran the Amstel Bier team, a team which nurtured riders like Fedor den Hertog, Joop Zoetemelk, Gerrie Knetemann, Gert-Jan Theunisse and Leo van Vliet, but he was working on a Dutch Classic. He wanted a race that would be on a par with the Tour of Flanders and Milano-Sanremo.
Extinction’s Edge (Chapter 7: First Contact)

1 week ago | medium.com | Alastair Hamilton

A Wild Science NovelCHAPTER 7: First ContactDawn in the valley arrived not with direct sunlight but with a gradual brightening of the mist that hung permanently between the forest canopy and the ground. Elena woke to the gentle sound of dripping condensation and the subtle hiss of nearby thermal vents.
AMSTEL'25 Preview: Who Will Take the Beer?

1 week ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

2025 Amstel Gold Race Preview: The Amstel Gold Race is the first of the hilly Classics. The cobblestone races are over and the Brabantse Pijl on Friday takes us on to Sunday’s Amstel – a new set of races with a different feel and start-list. Most fans will be looking at the World champion, Tadej Pogačar and the returning Remco Evenepoel, but there is a peloton of hopeful’s out there. Here is the PEZ Amstel preview.
EUROTRASH Thursday: Roubaix Round-Up

1 week ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

In today’s EUROTRASH we catch up with all the talk from Sunday’s action-packed Paris-Roubaix and all the other news from the peloton. Plus the Ronde van Limburg with video, report and result. TOP STORY: The man who threw a bidon at Mathieu van der Poel reports to Belgian police Rider news: Flemish Cycling fan took pictures of the water bottle thrower: “I felt something was going to happen”Press Release – Statement Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling TeamIs Wout van Aert too friendly?
Rapha Men's Pro Team Bib Shorts and Training Jersey Review

1 week ago | pezcyclingnews.com | Alastair Hamilton

Rapha Pro Team Bibs III and Training Jersey: Rapha probably changed the world of cycle clothing. The company was started in London in early 2004 by Simon Mottram and Luke Scheybeler. The name Rapha was taken from the 1960s cycling team Rapha, named after the apéritif drink company Saint-Raphaël. They have supplied clothing to Team Sky, Canyon-SRAM and now the EF Education First men’s and women’s teams.
Extinction’s Edge (#4)

1 week ago | medium.com | Alastair Hamilton

Chapter 4: ArrivalPort Moresby sprawled along the coast, a patchwork of modern high-rises and colonial-era buildings embraced by lush tropical vegetation. From the air, Elena had been struck by the contrast — steel and glass towers rising near the harbor while the outskirts dissolved into green hills that eventually became the rugged mountains of the interior. Now, standing on the tarmac as oppressive humidity enveloped her, that contrast felt even more pronounced.