
Jacob Whitehead
Reporter at The Athletic UK
✍️ Reporter for @TheAthleticFC. Mainly investigations with a bit of cycling & #NUFC. Read books, climb hills, make soup. 📚🏔️🥣
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jacob Whitehead |Chris Waugh
An enthralling 2025 Giro d'Italia concluded on Sunday - one of the finest editions of the race for several years. In contrast to the 2024 contest, when Tadej Pogacar obliterated the opposition, winning six stages and the general classification by almost 10 minutes, this year's race was in the balance until the final weekend, with eventual winner Simon Yates ending up in the iconic pink jersey without taking a single stage in the process.
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jacob Whitehead
Football is not demarcated by black and white any more; not since colour television sent broadcast rights spiralling and the Champions League ball was stitched from a shade named "solar slime". There is plenty to like about Paris Saint-Germain, European champions for the first time in their history. Their manager, Luis Enrique, is a kind man and an innovative coach, whose personal success is all the more gratifying for the tragedies suffered by his family.
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jacob Whitehead
Simon Yates has won the Giro d'Italia after safely finishing the 21st stage in Rome. The British rider seized the Maglia Rosa after gaining almost six minutes on Isaac del Toro over the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday. With Sunday's stage largely ceremonial, the 32-year-old simply needed to complete the stage in order to secure his first Giro title, and second Grand Tour overall.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jacob Whitehead
Great Britain's Simon Yates produced the greatest climbing performance of his career on the Colle del Finestre to seize the Maglia Rosa and all but win the Giro d'Italia. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider now holds a lead of three minutes and 56 seconds over second-place Isaac del Toro, who had led the race for almost two weeks, with Sunday's final stage purely a ceremonial procession into Rome.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jacob Whitehead
Juan Ayuso has withdrawn from the Giro d'Italia after a bee sting left the 22-year-old struggling to see. "Yesterday during the stage, I was stung by a wasp or a hornet, and people can see how my eye looks," he told Eurosport ahead of Thursday's stage 18. "I can't see out of my right eye. I'm here because I want to support the team.
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