Sombre signings, peloton politics and stretches of illness – here's one neo-pro's opinion of the surprises of the WorldTour trib.al/4VCtMn0

I'm on the Australian Open women's singles final for Telegraph Sport. Sabalenka v Keys, two of the hardest hitters in the game. Hopefully, we're in for a treat and two hours of power: telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/01…

Finals like that Australian Open thriller remind me why I love tennis so much.

My Guardian column today: Au revoir, Eurosport: home of the magnificent, pioneering and strange. (With a nod to martin kelner and another legendary Guardian sport old timer, Bob Pryce, in there too) theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb…

Tadej Pogačar two months ago on not doing Paris-Roubaix this season: "It's not final decision, maybe I can still do Paris-Roubaix. But I don't think it suits me the very best. I can say there's still time to go to try to do it some other year, not 2025."

Just saying...

Tadej Pogačar is up for the World Sportsman of the Year award, while Tom Pidcock is nominated for Actions Sportsperson of the Year 🚲

RIP Johnny. A gentleman and classy columnist for Rouleur magazine in its early years. If memory serves, Johnny used to hand-write his articles and his daughter would type them up.

'One for the romantics' - Frank Vandenbroucke's victorious Paris-Nice (NO PAYWALL) Andy McGrath shares an extract from his book 'God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling’s Great Wasted Talent' dnlbenson.substack.com/p/one-for-the-…

A nice auto-transcription from Otter.ai (AI Meeting Agent): "We can compare him with the greatest cyclist from 50 years ago, Eddie Murphy." Personally, I loved "the Cannibal's" career-defining showing in Beverly Hills Cop.

The UCI need to introduce a rule that winners of races with trophies missing middles are required to pull wacky faces 😛 Look, the Milan-Sanremo trofeo is begging for the Jorgenson treatment

Great story ⬇️

Wiggins breaks silence on addiction, rehab, and finding peace: 'I’m not competitive at all. I just learned what the repercussions were for not winning at a young age.' bit.ly/3FbdaaY

To the press officers from cycling teams asking for copy approval on stories before publication, no credible journalist will allow that, it’s an insult to ask and an indication you don’t know the media landscape, not to mention stupid given the sport relies on publicity.

My latest painting La fantastica storia del Giro I've tried to portray the visual explosion of a peloton whizzing past during those historic Giro days when frames were steel and bikes were shiny. @EroicaOfficial @EroicaBritania The Classic Cycle @eroicacaffebcn Ciacci Piccolomini

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Sport loves great rivalries and in Jonas Vingegaard v Tadej Pogacar we have a fascinating clash of characters... Andy McGrath met the Dane - transformed since last year's Tour, when he competed three months after coughing up blood in wake of a horror crash telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2025/0…

I've heard it repeated a lot on coverage today and it pains me to correct a fun myth with the prosaic truth: Ben Healy didn't go to art school #TDF2025