Mathew Mitchell

My name is Mathew Mitchell, 30-something from Staffordshire, UK. Over the last few years, I've got more and more into cycling, from the first innocent Sportive events to Audaxes, Go-Races, British Cycling racing, Time Trials and now Cyclocross.

Puck Pieterse at the Tour de France Femmes 2026: punch, climbs and stage-winning chances

Puck Pieterse arrives at the Tour de France Femmes 2026 as one of the hardest riders in the race to categorise, which is exactly...

Tour de France Femmes 2026 hilly stages: puncheurs, breakaways and danger days

The mountains will ultimately decide much of the Tour de France Femmes 2026, but the three officially classified hilly stages may be where the...

How to train for a 100-mile sportive

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A brief history of the men’s Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is the youngest of cycling's three men's Grand Tours, but nearly a century after its creation it has developed an...

Marlen Reusser at the Tour de France Femmes 2026: Swiss start, time trial and GC role

Marlen Reusser starts the Tour de France Femmes 2026 with three things working in her favour: the race begins in Switzerland, there is a...

Lorena Wiebes at the Tour de France Femmes 2026: sprint chances and green jersey route

Lorena Wiebes arrives at the Tour de France Femmes 2026 as the clear sprint benchmark and the leading favourite for the green jersey. Her final...

What do Tour de France Femmes riders eat? Race nutrition explained

Tour de France Femmes riders eat a lot, but the important part is not simply how many calories they consume over nine days. It...

What Tour de France 2026 means for the season

The Tour de France is over, but the 2026 cycling season has not been settled by it. Tadej Pogačar leaves Paris with his fifth yellow...

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