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Why do so many cyclists fall apart when they retire?

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | David Bates

Marco Pantani never called cocaine by its proper name. To him, it was just la roba —the stuff — and in the final month of his life, he spent €20,000 on the drug. Bruised and alone in a hotel room in the Italian coastal city of Rimini, the door barricaded by a pile of furniture, he sniffed it and he ate it and he rubbed it into his gums. When he died, aged 34, at 5pm on February 14, 2004, his body contained six times the lethal dose of cocaine.
Wout van Aert must recover fighting instincts for Tour of Flanders

2 months ago | thetimes.com | David Bates
joyous day for British team-mates

Mar 28, 2025 | thetimes.com | David Bates
inside cycling's technology arms race

Feb 28, 2025 | thetimes.com | David Bates
Hallucinations and 3hrs sleep a day on 21-year-old's record Atlantic voyage

Feb 3, 2025 | thetimes.com | David Bates
Hallucinations and 3hrs sleep a day on 21-year-old's record voyage across Atlantic

Feb 2, 2025 | thetimes.com | David Bates
No more Nutella: how riders keep the weight off during the off-season

Nov 12, 2024 | thetimes.com | David Bates

Jan Ullrich spent the autumn and winter of 1997 in some style. From a momentous victory in the Tour de France, he progressed into an off-season of momentous indulgence: living at a vineyard, feverishly clearing his friends’ fridges and heating Nutella in a microwave until he could drink it through a straw. By January 1998, when the 24-year-old arrived in Mallorca for Telekom’s winter training camp, Ullrich had gained 20kg.
Experian UK&I Marks Next Step in Fraud Prevention with Sardine Partnership

Oct 15, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Hinton |David Bates |Soups Ranjan

Experian UK&I today announces a new partnership with Sardine, the leader in behavioural biometrics and device intelligence-based fraud prevention. As online attacks and scams become increasingly sophisticated with the use of GenAI deep fakes, mobile emulators, advanced bots, and VPNs, it’s critical for businesses to identify genuine customers to prevent fraud losses and meet evolving compliance requirements, including Know Your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML).
‘Mum cried when I told her that I’m rowing the Atlantic alone’

Oct 5, 2024 | thetimes.com | David Bates

The cost of physical endeavour is not always visible at first glance. A missed birthday party, perhaps, or an uneaten slice of cake. Maybe just the quiet discomfort of training alone in the rain. But if Zara Lachlan succeeds in her bid to row across the Atlantic alone — to break three world records — the toll will be right in front of her, in the mirror and on the weighing scales.
Badlands broke me at 367km - but I can’t wait to return

Sep 25, 2024 | thetimes.com | David Bates

There are 20 hairpin bends on the descent of Alto de Velefique. In daylight, it sweeps and it flows and if you like to ride a bike downhill, you could be happy there. But in the early morning darkness of September 2, thick cloud had settled close to the mountainside and I could see little beyond my damp front tyre. Each corner swung from this haze like the imagined crash that startles you from a waking dream. The rain that had begun gently half an hour earlier was now falling remorselessly.

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1 Jun 25

RT @TimesSport: Bradley Wiggins’ struggles with addiction make him just the latest elite cyclist to succumb to fall on hard times after the…

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RT @itvcycling: The first yellow jersey wearer to win on Alpe d'Huez 💛 #TDF https://t.co/JycfMYAO4V

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13 Nov 24

From the bad old days ... to the new science of the off-season: a piece on how the best of the best relax (sort of) and recover when they're not racing Thanks to @JeroenSwart, @m_heijboer and @Tomashuuns for the insight Read on @TimesSport https://t.co/M3jMBhaN4U

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Articles

Why do so many cyclists fall apart when they retire?

Wout van Aert must recover fighting instincts for Tour of Flanders

joyous day for British team-mates

inside cycling's technology arms race

Hallucinations and 3hrs sleep a day on 21-year-old's record Atlantic voyage

Hallucinations and 3hrs sleep a day on 21-year-old's record voyage across Atlantic

No more Nutella: how riders keep the weight off during the off-season

Experian UK&I Marks Next Step in Fraud Prevention with Sardine Partnership

‘Mum cried when I told her that I’m rowing the Atlantic alone’

Badlands broke me at 367km - but I can’t wait to return

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