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1 week ago |
spokessports.substack.com | Sophie Smith
Chris Hamilton has a race face that any battle-hardened warrior would be envious of. The Australian super domestique is a constant in the highest mountains of cycling’s three Grand Tours, concentrated, eyes fearlessly focused forward, mouth open, teeth gritted, elbows light but locked. It’s a pain game that Hamilton loves, even though he personally gets no glory, with his time, and effort devoted to the success of Picnic-PostNL teammates.
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1 week ago |
spokessports.substack.com | Sophie Smith
Luke Plapp was so excited and wired after his career-first Grand Tour stage win at the Giro d’Italia earlier this month that he couldn’t sleep. “I stayed up until 3am,” he tells Spokes on the phone from Italy.
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2 weeks ago |
spokessports.substack.com | Sophie Smith
When Fergal Guihen started telling people that he was going to cycle from his farming town in Ireland all the way to Australia, locals gave the 26-year-old money because they thought he was going to die.
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1 month ago |
spokessports.substack.com | Sophie Smith
Duncan Murray loves riding his bike but believes that every time he ventures outside on Australian roads, he is risking his life. The outlook is not one universally shared amongst cyclists – professional, amateur or recreational - though is understandable. Nineteen years ago, Murray was badly injured after being hit by a car on a ride in Melbourne.
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1 month ago |
spokessports.substack.com | Sophie Smith
When Cadel Evans was young, he dreamed of leaving Australia to move abroad and forge a career competing against the best cyclists across the sport’s traditional homelands. He did that for decades, becoming Australia’s first – and still only – Tour de France champion, basing himself in Europe. But now, 10 years after retiring from competition, Evans, his wife, Stefania, and their two children have relocated.
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