Chris Marshall Bell

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"At Flanders Classics we’re allergic to the sentence: ‘we’ve always done it that way’. There's no such thing as a rule." A profile of Tomas Van Den Spiegel, the former 7ft basketball player with a rapidly growing influence in cycling. https://t.co/6jZGiyOZMM

I'm in Gent for the next seven days for Flanders before going to France for Roubaix. Looking for swimming pools and gyms to use. Good to know that the oldest swimming pool in Belgium (so they claim) has the all important doping room. 🙃 That should fix my broken leg! https://t.co/hijvUQgYv4

It's always entertaining speaking with Thibau Nys. 🚵‍♂️the races he'll target this year 🚲not giving up cyclocross 🇧🇪his nickname 🎾his parallel tennis career 🙌 his dad's fan club 📺his TV documentary Big things are coming.

Velo @velovelovelo__

'The way I won races last year, I want to convert that into finishes in grand tours or the Ardennes' Thibau Nys blew the doors off in 2024, now he's aiming for even more: https://t.co/6NG1XdoQo5

Juan Ayuso lost in Catalunya but he's the in-form GC rider of the spring. What's changed? 🙋‍♂️"A sporting evolution. Experience too, he’s more mature." 🏋️‍♂️"We’ve done more strength work with him, more gym." 🤒"This is my first winter that I’ve managed to train without any issues."

Rouleur @rouleur

Juan Ayuso is coming good on his enormous potential: ‘He’s getting better and better every day’ Read more: https://t.co/OvGSivQSXh https://t.co/yWuz8KGvtv

Primož Roglič is an old man winning in a young man's sport. "My opinion is that most riders have 10-12 really good years," said Patxi Vila. Ralp Denk: "We believed that he started late and that he’s not so burnt." Will the Slovenian keep on winning? https://t.co/fttPeqQZGL

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Chris Marshall-Bell @cmbreports

Cycling's just started being wowed by Brennan, but he's been surprising Visma for 18 months. “He did some exercises and we said: ‘holy shit, did we just see what we thought we saw?’ Then in January, it was the third time he blew us away.”

Cycling's just started being wowed by Brennan, but he's been surprising Visma for 18 months. “He did some exercises and we said: ‘holy shit, did we just see what we thought we saw?’ Then in January, it was the third time he blew us away.”

Rouleur @rouleur

'He blew us away': The extraordinary, rapid rise of British super-talent Matthew Brennan Read more: https://t.co/NBmtUeDiKa https://t.co/W6QZEyRcXB

Key passage in this: "The PCC took note of bids for new events within the One Cycling project." Adds that it can't go ahead without UCI and all stakeholders must be kept abreast of developments. Nothing new, but first time the UCI has publicly addressed One Cycling.

UCI_media @UCI_media

UCI Management Committee to decide on 31 March whether to approve request from the Professional Cycling Council to increase the number of teams participating in the men's Grand Tours https://t.co/t7bdzgNov4 https://t.co/K4qPHFcDxr

I chatted with UAE manager Matxin, and he gave me the lowdown on how the decision was made. "We found ourselves sitting together at breakfast with the computer and he repeated to me: ‘I like Roubaix, what do you think if I try it this year?’ The meeting lasted two minutes."

Rouleur @rouleur

A recon, a breakfast, and a crash: Inside Tadej Pogačar’s decision to ride Paris-Roubaix. Read more: https://t.co/eILlX12nU9 https://t.co/b6KgMtxEKv

"When he’s good, with Ethan you have the whole package,” says team sports director Klaas Lodewyck. Hayter: "In some ways, I’m probably better now than I was back then [in 2021 and 2022]." No track, free from the shackles of Ineos, is Hayter ready to return to the big time?

Rouleur @rouleur

'He's got the whole package': Soudal–Quick-Step bank on Ethan Hayter rediscovering his form. Read more: https://t.co/wJd1NXVAAN https://t.co/La3BtwliKz

It's the best! I tell you! And not only because I get to ride my bike every morning before each stage!

Cycling Weekly @cyclingweekly

The Volta a Catalunya, the race Tadej Pogačar conquered last year, is the most exciting – and beautiful – spring stage race on the calendar, argues Chris Marshall-Bell https://t.co/seY5ynqgvw

"I think we entertained people." You think, Filippo? You did. You definitely did. Pogačar’s wait goes on, five desperate attempts down. Ganna registers three more. How many will Ganna have to lose before he finally wins Milan-Sanremo?

Rouleur @rouleur

'I tried to follow the two gods of cycling': Filippo Ganna finishes second again at Milan-Sanremo Read more: https://t.co/gu16UgfkJC https://t.co/0ANSum3oTI

Van der Poel’s hunger has not abated, his thirst for more is not yet quenched. “We try to enjoy this moment a bit more than we used to because it’s not something that is normal. It’s something that one day will stop at one point so we have to enjoy it.”

Rouleur @rouleur

'It's not something that is normal': Mathieu van der Poel basks in the absurdity of another Monument victory Read more: https://t.co/fMrntkz4z4 https://t.co/t1clZqOCT4

It was enthralling, out-your-seat, breathless, nail-biting, breakneck stuff. Gianetti said it was “an incredible show for cycling”. Mauro, it was an incredible show for *sport*. A gladiatorial head-to-head, impossible to call, The Conqueror trying to conquer the unconquerable. https://t.co/IITyekOwrW

Rouleur @rouleur

'You cannot do magic': Tadej Pogačar and an unconquerable Milan-Sanremo dream Read more: https://t.co/5jM1Od7wNF https://t.co/aJ2nnpRcfy