Short Stories

Disqualification from the 1999 Giro d’Italia tortured Marco Pantani. He returned in 2003 intending nothing more than dignified performance, little did we know it would be his last.

Pure climbers are one of the most glorious sights of cycling. They fly where others force, they are untethered, untameable - wild.  One of the wildest was a tiny Spaniard with enormous courage called José-Manuel Fuente.

This story is from 2013, when the then 18 year-old 2020 Giro d’Italia winner showed me his favourite training route for a Cycling Weekly ‘Ride with’ feature. I've not changed a word.