Sam Munnery

Sub-Editor and Writer at The Times

Sub-editor/writer, Times Sport. Ex Croydon Advertiser, Crawley News, Surrey Mirror, Dorking & Leatherhead Ad. All opinions my own. Chess is not a sport.

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Cat Ferguson: ‘Laura Kenny of the road’ and British cycling’s next star

Oct 19, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Munnery

When the German rider Franziska Koch began sprinting for the finish line in the Belgian town of Binche, the woman she expected to shoot past was the team-mate she was leading out, Charlotte Kool. The Dutch sprinter was in the perfect position to claim this month’s Binche-Chimay-Binche one-day race as a group of six entered the town’s cobbled Grand Place. But the rider who appeared on Koch’s shoulder wasn’t Kool.
How inspiration became rivalry in Britain’s women’s road race team

Aug 2, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Munnery

Remember who won Britain’s first medal of the London 2012 Olympics? You may recall a rain-soaked Lizzie Armitstead sprinting to a gutsy silver in the women’s road race, denied gold on the Mall by the Dutch cycling great Marianne Vos. The memory is so clear for Pfeiffer Georgi that she can even tell you where she was, despite being only 11 at the time.
‘Cycling saved my life’ - from fleeing Taliban at 16 to refugee Olympian

Jul 19, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Munnery

For the world’s best time-trial cyclists waiting on the Olympic starting ramp on the Esplanade des Invalides next Saturday, the flat 32.4km journey ahead of them is a potential road to gold and glory. Some have ambitions for a medal; for a few of the 35 contenders, only the Olympic title will be good enough. For one rider, though, the real achievement is just being there at all.
Tour de France 2024: route, contenders and the four key stages

Jun 24, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Munnery

Just like last year, one of the Tour de France’s two leading protagonists of recent years is coming into the race off the back of an injury. In 2023, Tadej Pogacar broke his wrist in the April before the Tour. The defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard, has had to recover from a punctured lung and fractured ribs and collarbone sustained in a crash at the Tour of the Basque Country two months ago.
Molly Caudery breaks British pole vault record with world-leading jump

Jun 22, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Munnery

Molly Caudery once again proved why she is a contender for the Olympic pole vault title after breaking the British record with the seventh-highest clearance of all time. Caudery, the world indoor champion, grazed the bar as she went over at 4.92m to win the Toulouse Capitole Perche pole vault street event in a damp city centre. It is the world-leading height this year and would have won gold at every Olympics except one since 2000, when women’s pole vault was first held.
Giro d’Italia 2024: Tadej Pogacar’s debut, his challengers and key stages

Apr 30, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Sam Munnery

It’s unusual for a rider who has never ridden a certain race before to be such an overwhelming favourite on their debut appearance. But then Tadej Pogacar is an unusually talented rider. Already well established as a generational talent with two Tour de France titles under his belt, the Slovenian would always be fancied on his first attempt at the Corsa Rosa, but so much appears to be in his favour that it’s hard to look anywhere else for the general classification.
Josh Tarling: the making of British cycling’s next star

Mar 29, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Munnery

On the wall of Michael Tarling’s home office in west Wales hangs an unfolding story, told in every conceivable colour. This is where he and his wife Dawn display the cycling jerseys earned by their sons Josh and Fin, so many now that they extend across two tightly packed rails. More space will surely be needed. The two brothers are adding to the collection all the time, evidenced by a glimpse of a world champion’s rainbow sleeve.
Josh Tarling: the making of British cycling’s next star

Mar 29, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Sam Munnery

On the wall of Michael Tarling’s home office in west Wales hangs an unfolding story, told in every conceivable colour. This is where he and his wife Dawn display the cycling jerseys earned by their sons Josh and Fin, so many now that they extend across two tightly packed rails. More space will surely be needed. The two brothers are adding to the collection all the time, evidenced by a glimpse of a world champion’s rainbow sleeve.
Vittoria Bussi breaks 50km barrier to shatter women’s Hour record

Oct 14, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Sam Munnery

The Italian cyclist Vittoria Bussi made history last night as the first woman to break the 50km barrier as she reclaimed the Hour record with a stunning ride in Mexico. Bussi, 36, obliterated the previous record of 49.254km held by the Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk, adding more than a kilometre to set the bar at 50.267km in the city of Aguascalientes.
Vittoria Bussi, the cyclist with a Maths PhD aiming for Hour record

Oct 9, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Sam Munnery

Vittoria Bussi will sit on her bike at the Aguascalientes velodrome in Mexico on Wednesday and hope she’s got her sums right. And she’ll expect to. The Italian cyclist, who will be attempting to reclaim the women’s Hour record, has a PhD in pure maths from Oxford University — a valuable commodity when it comes to a storied record that is as much about fine margins as it is endurance. SponsoredBussi, 36, knows all about that.

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Sam Munnery @SamMunnery

10 Apr 25

Grateful to @pfeiffergeorgi for going back over what happened in the crash that she hasn't yet watched back - and how she recovered both mentally and physically to return to elite racing (including learning to crack an egg one-handed) Interview 👇 https://t.co/B8buRiMIOT

Sam Munnery @SamMunnery

5 Apr 25

Incredible. My local club had to start all over again in 2021, from the bottom of the pyramid, and now they are going to Wembley in the FA Vase final on May 11th. Credit to everyone involved.