Richard Abraham
Cycling Weekly
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New kids on the Blockchain
Last year saw an explosion of blockchain-based initiatives in the world of cycling, some successful and others not → Read More
The flightless bird that inspired my off-the-couch 120 km gran fondo
Nothing else can give you this unbelievable high. All those good vibes, all the good feelings, the good memories, they all come back. → Read More
End of the road: John Herety on the 'heartbreaking' closure of JLT-Condor
Back in mid-September, British Continental team JLT-Condor announced it would be closing its doors at season's end. It's not the only team to have called it a day in recent months, but for British cycling, the news of JLT-Condor's closure is significant. More than a decade old, JLT-Condor is Britain's longest-running → Read More
The secrets of Britain’s fastest time triallists
The 'race of truth' remains a signature of the British cycling calendar, and riders just keep getting quicker... how do they do it? → Read More
The Col du Galibier: The Tour's most iconic climb (video)
What makes the Col du Galibier climb just so special? → Read More
The Koppenberg and the defining cobbles, bergs and climbs of the Belgian Classics
Throughout the history of the Belgian Classics, it's the cobbled roads of Flanders that have had the biggest impact on results and careers → Read More
Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, Britain’s golden couple, bring the house down in Rio
In the end it was only fitting that the last two gold medals of Great Britain’s near faultless campaign in the velodrome at the Rio Olympics went to Laura Trott and Jason Kenny. With Trott cementing her fourth gold with a dominant ride in the final round of the omnium, the points race, her fiancé Kenny won his third gold of the Games – and sixth of his career – in a keirin final of unrivalled… → Read More
Bradley Wiggins plans women’s Team Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins is aiming to launch a women’s team to run alongside his eponymous Wiggins team as the five-time Olympic champion begins to think about his career after racing. Speaking after he won gold in the team pursuit at the Rio Olympics, Wiggins said that he would aim to have a women’s under 23 squad by 2018. “I see myself as a team owner,” Wiggins said. “That team I want to become the… → Read More
Mark Cavendish will be kicking himself, says coach Rod Ellingworth
The omnium is a relentless competition at the Olympic Games, with six events over two days making for an exhausting challenge for body and mind. Riders can expect to make mistakes across those races but after winning silver on Monday evening in Rio de Janeiro, Mark Cavendish will be ruing one mistake in particular according to his coach Rod Ellingworth. “He’ll kick himself in the elimination… → Read More
Mark Cavendish admits error in Olympic omnium points race crash
Mark Cavendish admitted that he was at fault for a crash in the points race, the final round of the omnium competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, that brought down eventual winner Elia Viviani (Italy) and saw South Korean rider Park Sang-hoon stretchered off. → Read More
Is Jason Kenny Britain's most underrated sportsman?
It's time to give Jason Kenny and his achievements the recognition they deserve → Read More
Bradley Wiggins backs Shane Sutton to be re-instated by British Cycling after Rio Olympics
Five-time gold medallist Bradley Wiggins expects Shane Sutton to be cleared of wrong-doing by BC inquiry → Read More
Who is Callum Skinner, Britain's new star sprinter?
Callum Skinner has been Britain’s track sprint revelation of this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Anchoring Britain’s team sprint from man three and blitzing through to the final of the individual sprint, the 23 year-old Scot has barely put a foot wrong in Brazil. Having won gold in the team sprint, the man from Edinburgh now stands between Jason Kenny and his fifth Olympic gold medal… → Read More
What's next for Sir Bradley Wiggins?
After becoming Britain's most decorated Olympian with 2016 team pursuit gold, Bradley Wiggins isn't quite ready to hang up his wheels just yet → Read More
Bradley Wiggins denies Mark Cavendish rift after team pursuit
Mark Cavendish misses out on Olympic team pursuit gold but Bradley Wiggins denies freezing the Manxman out of the line up → Read More
Steve Redgrave: 'I’m getting fed up with these cyclists!'
British Olympian Steve Redgrave "honoured" as Bradley Wiggins joins the five-time Olympic gold medallist club → Read More
'Spectacular, impressive, unbelievable': rivals react to Bradley Wiggins and GB men's team pursuit gold
Great Britain’s rivals on the track have paid tribute to the British men’s team pursuit squad at Rio 2016 after they won a third consecutive Olympic gold medal on Friday evening. Bradley Wiggins, Owain Doull, Steven Burke and Ed Clancy set two world records – once in the first round and again in the final – on their way to gold in the velodrome, beating Australia in the final. “It was extremely… → Read More
Bradley Wiggins: 'I wanted it to end like this'
Gold in the team pursuit at the Rio Olympics means Bradley Wiggins bows out as Britain's most decorated Olympian → Read More
Why are some British riders on blacked out bikes at the Rio Olympics?
Two of Great Britain’s riders were spotted using blacked out bikes at the Rio velodrome on the opening night of competition, which saw GB win their first gold medal and qualify fastest in both men’s and women’s team pursuit competitions. Amidst chatter around the team’s new super-fast skinsuits and new wheels, these bikes weren’t secret new machines but in fact the UKSI (UK Sports Institute)… → Read More
Comment: the spirit of London 2012 is back at 2016 Olympic Games
The opening session on the Rio Olympic velodrome was only a little bit longer than two and a half hours, but in that time Great Britain scored a hammer blow on its rivals in the track competition at these Games. Time will tell if it proves to be the sort of knockout we saw in London four years ago, but Thursday night could scarcely have gone any better for Team GB. After four years where GB’s… → Read More