French and English teacher. Former cycling journalist, and author of Great British Cycling and Mapping Le Tour
South Australia
Joined June 2009
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Today is my last day at Cyclingnews as I’ve decided that, after 18 years as a cycling journalist, it’s time to do something different. In January, I’ll be starting a Master of Teaching degree at university, and so I’d just like to thank everyone in the cycling industry for… 1/2
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My cartoon for yesterday’s @GdnSaturday / @GuardianBooks.
p.s. my latest book of cartoons is REVENGE of the LIBRARIANS. Info here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
ALT Night. A child reads under the covers with a torch. Father: Ok, buddy. Time to stop reading. Child: Why? Father: we all like spending time in a fantasy world, but we need to sleep so that tomorrow we can go out and confront all the challenges that the real world throws at us. Child: Tomorrow sounds a lot less fun than staying up late reading a book. CUT TO They are both reading under the covers with the torch.
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Bewls tells it how it is 😉👇
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🇮🇹 #Giro
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The death of Andrei Kivilev: “A drama that saved lives”.
20 years on from the Kazakh's passing during Paris-Nice, @petercossins looks back on that tragic day and the much-needed change in regulations and attitudes that it brought about
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Just watching the teams presentation ahead of the first stage of Paris-Nice, I’ve realised that it’s exactly 20 years since I attended my first race as a professional cycling journalist at P-N alongside the experienced hand that was - is! - @petercossins.
Time has flown!
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A beautiful tribute to Richard Moore this morning and a wonderful gesture from Jumbo-Visma giving his son a yellow jersey from Wout van Aert.
Jacky Durand has reportedly already attacked and is all set to win Sunday’s Tour of Flanders.
#RVV
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Like so many others, I hoped that this awful news about Richard Moore’s passing just wasn’t true.
Richard was such a talented writer, journalist and cyclist, and simply a lovely and talented man.
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I’ll always very fondly remember bike rides in Richmond Park, Glentress and Annecy, fun visits to the Braveheart Dinner, and working together on various Tours de France, where we got to know each other on the long drives between stages.
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Forget ‘caps not hats’: I’m loving that ‘thermal jackets’ - high-collared, thick-materialed jerseys - are still a thing in pro cycling, at least on podiums, after 40+ years.
📷 Cor Vos
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My @ObsNewReview column today is about how I could only carry on believing that the prime minister was about to be toppled for so long…
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Isolation of a person with a dangerous infection is a cornerstone of public health science. Yesterday 294 people in the UK and over 2000 in the USA died from Covid. The PM/Javid idea to end isolation is criminally negligent. Whitty/Vallance must say so. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60319947
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Not a parody account. #brexit.
Raising Dover’s M20/A20 traffic queues at PMQs today. Setting out the need for roads investment along with tackling Brussels bureaucracy & red tape. #KeepDoverClear
