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The Cycle Seen is the cycling scene as seen by me, an every day fan standing at the side of the road watching, or on the road riding, or as is often the case, in the armchair in front of the television. Focusing mostly on the men's professional road side of things, I still delve into other areas of the sport and from time-to-time recount my own experiences and memories from the road bike and mountain bike.
You can reach me on Twitter @thecycleseen
Topics
- Bad Medicine ( 43 )
- Curbside report ( 4 )
- Cycling history ( 4 )
- Features ( 12 )
- Giro d'Italia 2017 ( 9 )
- King of Spring ( 6 )
- Nostalgia ( 4 )
- Race previews ( 22 )
- Race reports ( 71 )
- Spring classics 2017 ( 2 )
- Stories ( 1 )
- TCS Broomwagon ( 27 )
- TCS Diary ( 54 )
- Tour de France 1997 ( 4 )
- Tour de France 2017 ( 20 )
- Weekly Wheeler ( 34 )
- Year in review ( 8 )
Awards
2017 Cyclists of the month
January: Richie Porte
February: Rui Costa
March: Greg Van Avermaet
April: Alejandro Valverde
May: Tom Dumoulin
June: Jakob Fuglsang
January: Richie Porte
February: Rui Costa
March: Greg Van Avermaet
April: Alejandro Valverde
May: Tom Dumoulin
June: Jakob Fuglsang
The King of Spring
2017:
1. Greg Van Avermaet, 142 pts
2. Peter Sagan, 76 pts
3. Philippe Gilbert, 61 pts
4. Michal Kwiatkowski, 50 pts
5. Tiesj Benoot, 37 pts
2016: Peter Sagan, 104 pts
2015: Alexander Kristoff, 101 pts
2014: Niki Terpstra, 86 pts
2013: Peter Sagan, 122 pts
2012: Tom Boonen, 118 pts
(The King of Spring is a contest run here each spring to find the best spring classics rider. Using the 14 major spring classic races from Omloop through to Liège including the 4 Monuments, the points format takes on that of F1 (25pts for 1st down to 1pt for 10th) and each race is equal regardless of race status.)
Race coverage
- Amstel Gold Race ( 1 )
- Ardennes classics ( 3 )
- Classica San Sebastian ( 1 )
- Cobbled classics ( 18 )
- Critérium du Dauphiné ( 3 )
- E3 Harelbeke ( 1 )
- GPCQM ( 5 )
- Gent-Wevelgem ( 3 )
- Giro d'Italia 2012 ( 22 )
- Giro d'Italia 2013 ( 18 )
- Giro d'Italia 2014 ( 21 )
- Giro d'Italia 2015 ( 1 )
- Giro d'Italia 2016 ( 21 )
- Giro d'Italia 2017 ( 9 )
- Il Lombardia ( 1 )
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège ( 1 )
- Milan - San Remo ( 4 )
- Monuments ( 14 )
- Olympic Games ( 6 )
- Paris-Nice ( 4 )
- Paris-Roubaix ( 4 )
- Spring Classics 2016 ( 12 )
- Spring classics 2012 ( 2 )
- Spring classics 2013 ( 6 )
- Spring classics 2014 ( 2 )
- Spring classics 2017 ( 2 )
- Strade Bianche ( 2 )
- Tirreno-Adriatico ( 5 )
- Tour Down Under ( 2 )
- Tour de France 2012 ( 37 )
- Tour de France 2013 ( 30 )
- Tour de France 2014 ( 30 )
- Tour de France 2015 ( 33 )
- Tour de France 2016 ( 15 )
- Tour de France 2017 ( 20 )
- Tour de Romandie ( 3 )
- Tour de Yorkshire ( 1 )
- Tour of Alberta ( 1 )
- Tour of California ( 8 )
- Tour of Flanders ( 9 )
- Tro Bro Léon ( 1 )
- Vuelta a España 2012 ( 5 )
- Vuelta a España 2013 ( 1 )
- Vuelta a España 2014 ( 11 )
- Vuelta a España 2015 ( 11 )
- Vuelta a España 2016 ( 5 )
- World Championships ( 6 )
- World Hour ( 4 )
Cyclists
Chris Froome
Peter Sagan
Brad Wiggins
Mark Cavendish
Alberto Contador
Vincenzo Nibali
Lance Armstrong
Nairo Quintana
Ryder Hesjedal
Tom Dumoulin
Marcel Kittel
Fabio Aru
André Greipel
Alejandro Valverde
Joaquim Rodriguez
Romain Bardet
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Fabian Cancellara
Greg Van Avermaet
Tony Martin
Cadel Evans
Michal Kwiatkowski
Rafal Majka
Thibaut Pinot
Eddy Merckx
Esteban Chaves
Steven Kruijswijk
Bauke Mollema
Dan Martin
Geraint Thomas
Michael Matthews
Philippe Gilbert
Pierre Rolland
Rui Costa
Tom Boonen
Alexander Kristoff
Jean-Christophe Péraud
Jens Voigt
Matteo Trentin
Michael Rogers
Mikel Landa
Ramunas Navardauskas
Richie Porte
Steve Cummings
Taylor Phinney
Thomas Voeckler
Andrew Talansky
Bob Jungels
Chris Horner
Denis Menchov
Diego Ulissi
Mauro Santambrogio
Miguel Indurain
Nacer Bouhanni
Primroz Roglic
Simon Gerrans
Tim Wellens
Tony Gallopin
Warren Barguil
Adam Hansen
Adam Yates
Alessandro De Marchi
Alex Dowsett
Alexandr Vinokurov
Alexis Vuillermoz
Andy Schleck
Anna Van Der Breggen
Arnaud Démare
Bertjan Lindeman
Bjarne Riis
Blel Kadri
Bobby Julich
Carlos Betancur
Chris Boardman
Christophe Riblon
Dan McLay
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Danilo Di Luca
Daryl Impey
David Millar
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Enrico Battaglin
Enrico Gasparotto
Erik Zabel
Frank Schleck
Gianluca Brambilla
Giulio Ciccone
Greg LeMond
Ilnur Zakarin
Ivan Basso
Jack Bauer
Jan Bakelants
Jan Ullrich
Jarlinson Pantano
Ji Cheng
Jimmy Casper
Jon Izagirre
Julian Arredondo
Lars Bak
Lars Boom
Lizzie Armistead
Luca Paolini
Luis Leon Sanchez
Luka Pibernik
Luke Rowe
Marco Canola
Marco Pantani
Mario Cipollini
Mat Hayman
Matthias Brandle
Maxim Belkov
Michael Mørkøv
Michele Scarponi
Miguel Rubiano
Mikel Nieve
Nicolas Roche
Niki Terpstra
Nikias Arndt
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Pierrick Fédrigo
Rein Taaramae
Roberto Ferrari
Roger Kluge
Rohan Dennis
Ruben Plaza
Sean Yates
Simon Geschke
Stephen Roche
Steve Bauer
Svein Tuft
Sylvain Georges
Tejay Van Garderen
Tom Veelers
Tyler Farrar
Tyler Hamilton
Winner Anacona
Wout Poels
Strava
2016 Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Tour de France
Vuelta a Espana
| 1. Nibali (ITA, AST) 2. Chaves (COL, OBE)) 3. Valverde (ESP, MOV) | in 86 h 32'49" @ 52" @ 1'17" |
Tour de France
| 1. Froome (GBR, SKY) 2. Bardet (FRA, ALM) 3. Quintana (COL, MOV) | in 89 h 4'48" @ 4'5" @ 4'21" |
Vuelta a Espana
| 1. Quintana (COL, MOV) 2. Froome (GBR, SKY) 3. Chaves (COL, OBE) | in 83 h 31'28" @ 1'23" @ 4'8" |