Ellis Bacon (@ellisbacon) 's Twitter Profile
Ellis Bacon

@ellisbacon

French and English teacher. Former cycling journalist, and author of Great British Cycling and Mapping Le Tour

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calendar_today15-06-2009 00:21:16

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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-603199…

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My The Observer New Review column today is about how I could only carry on believing that the prime minister was about to be toppled for so long… theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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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

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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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.

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.
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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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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 tinyurl.com/5n9b2hsj

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 

tinyurl.com/5n9b2hsj