Month: October 2017

Five Things Chris Froome Could Do To Become More Popular

We need to talk about Chris Froome. In case you haven’t heard of him (why are you here?) he’s a four time Tour de France champion, Vuelta winner, imperious climber, first-rate time triallist, gracious runner-up, popular teammate, unpopular rival, furious leg spinner, wild elbow dancer, Team Sky poster-boy, chief motor doper, Armstrong Mark II. It’s

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Pro Cycling Season 2017 Pub Quiz

It’s time for my favourite post of the year: The Pro Cycling Pub Quiz! Questions will (hopefully) get progressively harder and will test your memory of the entire season. Don’t bother visiting Procyclingstats.com – you’re only cheating yourself! Answer by commenting below or messaging me @justprocycling on Twitter. Enjoy!

(Not So) Quick Picks: Milano-Torino

The best race you (might) not have been watching returns on Thursday, for ‘just’ its 98th edition. The first race was actually held in 1876 which means it’s older than Swan Lake, Tomato Ketchup and even the Gramophone. Some sources state the modern bicycle wasn’t even invented until 1885 – what were the ten original

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