Sophie Smith
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'Flanders and Il Lombardia were my highlights of 2023' - Tadej Pogacar ignores Tour de France as he looks back at his year
By Sophie Smith published
Speaking to Pogacar and the people around him one thing is clear: the rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard is real

'When you ride with emotions, big things come' - Bilbao targets 2024 Tour de France
By Sophie Smith published
News Best overall result at Tour in 2023 on back of a deep loss enhances climber’s perspective ahead of a new campaign

Sagan in race against time to qualify for Olympic Games mountain bike event
By Sophie Smith published
Peter Sagan doesn't know what to expect of transition to mountain biking but 'I have to train hard, that's for sure'

'You have to be in the game for the green': Philipsen to prioritise 2024 Tour de France
By Sophie Smith published
Jasper Philipsen was the envy of sprinters this year but isn’t gloating – the title of ‘best’ too simplistic for the friendly Belgian, who wants to make his name in the Spring Classics as much as bunch kicks

Self-belief key to success for Mark Cavendish, says former teammate Adam Hansen
By Sophie Smith published
news Hansen reunited with Cavendish as late call-up for Saitama Criterium

Pogačar takes Saitama victory clad in Tour de France best young rider jersey for last time
By Sophie Smith published
news 'It was a great start to my career with the white jersey, but it’s time to say goodbye'

The long road back: Egan Bernal reflects on first full season after horror crash
By Sophie Smith published
Colombian striving to join a small club of riders who have won all three Grand Tours

Chris Froome intent on seeing out contract with Israel-Premier Tech
By Sophie Smith published
news Briton keen for Tour de France return and boost to stage race program

‘It’s where dreams are born’ - Tour stars put on show at Prudential Singapore Criterium
By Sophie Smith published
Feature 'You see all the kids here with stars in their eyes, they are dreaming about it' says Chris Froome

‘This last season gave me a lot of confidence’ - Kuss rules out Grand Tour triple in 2024
By Sophie Smith published
News American pushed beyond physical and mental limits competing in Giro and Tour before winning Vuelta in potentially career-altering campaign

Kaden Groves on precipice of becoming first Australian winner of Vuelta a España green jersey
By Sophie Smith published
'It’s starting to feel real, as long as we can have a really good final week'

How Jonas Vingegaard transformed from 'the little guy' to Jumbo-Visma leader
By Sophie Smith published
Dane preparing for Vuelta a España as his team eyes Grand Tour clean sweep

‘The wink that said let’s go’ - Yates brothers race in sync at Tour de France
By Sophie Smith published
News Adam and Simon Yates finish third and fourth on GC without sibling rivalry

‘I cracked myself’ - Pogacar’s big takeaway from Tour
By Sophie Smith published
News Tadej Pogacar openly suffered in the third week of the Tour de France but rebounded as he always does to win stage 20

Ben O’Connor revels in fast, chaotic Tour de France stage 19 attack
By Sophie Smith published
News Australian enjoys a change of pace and finally performing as he expected

‘Really explosive’ - Vingegaard ready to defend yellow in Tour de France mountain finale
By Sophie Smith published
News Climbers saved their legs on a flat Friday for penultimate day of the Grand Tour with six classified climbs on stage 20

The people’s champion: The unravelling of Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France and UAE's silver lining
By Sophie Smith published
Tadej Pogacar looked sick when he conceded the fight for the yellow jersey, but he wasn’t. He isn’t, according to his squad. In his own words, he was just “f—ked”

Sprinters fuming after Tour de France breakaway prevails on stage 18
By Sophie Smith published
News 'We committed today and to not catch that breakaway is disappointing,' says Jayco-AlUla director

‘We played it as a team perfectly’ - O’Connor revels in Tour de France role reversal
By Sophie Smith published
News Australian helps AG2R Citroen teammate Gall secure stage 17 victory from breakaway

Podium slips further away as Jai Hindley's injuries weigh in Tour de France time trial
By Sophie Smith published
News 'We’ll have to sit together, talk together and find a plan' says DS Gasparotto as Australian holds fifth spot on GC but gaps widen

‘Ran and jumped’ – Australian duo laugh off late Tour de France time trial start
By Sophie Smith published
News Edmondson, Welsford rush stage 16 launch but dsm-firmenich morale high for final week as focus turns to remaining sprints

'We are only celebrating when he is in Paris' Jumbo-Visma still wary of Pogacar after Tour de France time trial
By Sophie Smith published
News Dane leads by 1:48 after stage 16 but Jumbo-Visma claim the Tour de France is not yet won

‘We’ll take what we get now’ - Ineos Grenadiers in Tour de France podium fight
By Sophie Smith published
News Pidcock commits to helping Carlos Rodriguez after losing time
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