Richard Moore

Richard Moore

Richard Moore is a freelance journalist and author. His first book, In Search of Robert Millar (HarperSport), won Best Biography at the 2008 British Sports Book Awards. His second book, Heroes, Villains & Velodromes (HarperSport), was long-listed for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

He writes on sport, specialising in cycling, and is a regular contributor to Cyclingnews, the Guardian, skyports.com, the Scotsman and Procycling magazine.

He is also a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the 1998 Tour de Langkawi

His next book, Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France, will be published by Yellow Jersey in May 2011.

Another book, Sky’s the Limit: British Cycling’s Quest to Conquer the Tour de France, will also be published by HarperSport in June 2011.

 


 

Latest articles by Richard Moore

Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton celebrate their team sprint win and world record
Brailsford nurtures shoots of growth as Great Britain march towards London Olympics

By Richard Moore Published

Momentum building for home nation after World Cup display

Teams & Riders
Hoy happy to win his quarter final match
Hoy wraps up final day with sprint victory

By Richard Moore Published

Krupeckaite wins women's keirin while Hammer earns omnium title

Teams & Riders
Sergi Borisov hits the deck
Hoy, Trott and Guo light up London Olympic velodrome

By Richard Moore Published

Meares and Pendleton to clash

Teams & Riders
Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton celebrate their team sprint win and world record
Great Britain wins women's team sprint and team pursuit with world record rides

By Richard Moore Published

Germany claims men's team sprint gold, men's omnium underway

Teams & Riders
Grégory Baugé defeated Jason Kenny in two races.
UCI scores own goal with Kenny presentation

By Richard Moore Published

Junior world championship jersey better than none?

Teams & Riders
Australia drilled it perfectly to go fastest
Australia qualifies fastest in London Velodrome christening

By Richard Moore Published

Canada makes its mark in women's team pursuit qualifying

Teams & Riders
Ben Swift (GB) finished 6th in the pursuit round of the men's Omnium
Swift misses out as 'The Ashes' loom

By Richard Moore Published

Was versatility the catalyst for World Cup omission

Teams & Riders
Chris Hoy beats Jason Kenny
Hoy and Kenny set for crucial showdown

By Richard Moore Published

Track World Cup in London has intriguing Olympic subplot

Racing
Jan Ullrich leads Lance Armstrong during the 2003 Tour de France
Opinion: Richard Moore on the career of Jan Ullrich

By Richard Moore Published

CAS, Armstrong and that unbeatable drug

Doping
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) gets in one last race before his CAS verdict is announced.
Analysis: CAS vs Alberto Contador

By Richard Moore Published

The rules of probability and whether Contador cheated

Doping
Is this the future of cycling?
Cycling Breakaway League: A Brave New World

By Richard Moore Published

What would cycling look like if top teams broke away from the UCI to form a world cycling series?

Teams & Riders
Mark Cavendish debuts his rainbow jersey at the start of the Giro del Piemonte
Cavendish to race similar programme to 2009

By Richard Moore Published

World champion aims to peak for Tour and Olympics

Teams & Riders
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Braveheart Cycling Fund dinner raises £35,000

By Richard Moore Published

Sean Kelly, Alex Dowsett and Russell Downing attend

Cycling Culture
Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) starts his celebrations
Britain to bid for UCI road world championships

By Richard Moore Published

Cavendish's success gives impetus to plan

Teams & Riders
Cadel Evans (BMC)
The greatest Tour de France?

By Richard Moore Published

Richard Moore dissects the 2011 edition

Racing
Philippe gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Gilbert conquers Mont des Alouettes

By Richard Moore Published

Belgian takes the first yellow jersey

Teams & Riders
Mark Cavendish (HTC Highroad) sat up before the sprint
"Sky's the Limit": the story behind Sky's first attempt to attract Cavendish

By Richard Moore Published

Exclusive excerpt from Richard Moore's new book

Teams & Riders
An attack by Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) was inevitably marked by the bunch - given her penchant for solo wins on hard courses
Pooley out of Flèche with fractured collarbone

By Richard Moore Published

Defending champ crashes in training

Teams & Riders
Ed Clancy leads the British team in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round
Hammer continues Omnium domination

By Richard Moore Published

Wiggins and co. line up for team pursuit

Teams & Riders
Anna Meares (Aus) ready to rock in the 200m tt sprint qualifying round
Meares and Hoy lay down markers in Manchester

By Richard Moore Published

Day two of the track World Cup

Teams & Riders
Kevin Sireau (France) goes quickest in qualifying in the men's sprint.
Sireau quickest in qualifying for sprint gold

By Richard Moore Published

Meares, McCulloch and Dennis do Australia proud

Teams & Riders
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme
2011 Tour de France route reveals Prudhomme's lessons learned

By Richard Moore Published

Summit finishes in Pyrenees, Alps ensure fireworks

Racing
Australia's Jack Bobridge qualified fastest in the men's 4000m individual pursuit and won a close final against Jesse Sergent (New Zealand).
Bobridge wins Individual Pursuit

By Richard Moore Published

Australia dominates day one on the track in Delhi

Teams & Riders
Malcom Elliott
Elliott discusses Cavendish comparisons

By Richard Moore Published

1989 Vuelta points winner on sprint trains, climbing and Cav's will to win

Teams & Riders
Brad Wiggins (Sky) waves to fans after finishing second.
Wiggins tries to headline at Glastonbury

By Richard Moore Published

Team Sky Briton sought to salvage his Tour of Britain

Teams & Riders
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