Stephen Farrand
Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.
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'I've never ridden a gravel race in my entire life but it'll be fun' - Lotte Kopecky to target Gravel Worlds after success in Zurich
By Stephen Farrand published
News Lotte Kopecky and Puck Pieterse to target Gravel World Championships after winning elite women and under-23 categories at Road World Championships
Michael Woods caught on camera eating bicarbonate gel with spoon during World Championships road race
By Stephen Farrand published
News 'It was just some Maurten bicarb' Canadian explained about in-race snack consumed from a bowl
'It was a stupid move' - Tadej Pogačar on how he won the World Championships
By Stephen Farrand published
News Slovenian on the emotions, logic - and lack of it - involved in his long-range assault on the rainbow jersey
'This is for Aussie cycling, not just for me' - Ben O'Connor puts Australia on top of World Championship medal table
By Stephen Farrand published
News Perth-born rider attacked in the final kilometres to finish on podium with Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel
'In training sprints, I can beat him' - Michael Matthews is faster than Tadej Pogačar but winning the world title is not that simple
By Stephen Farrand published
News Australian thanks close friend for helping him love cycling again
'For a split second I thought I could win' - Elisa Longo Borghini goes close to world title yet again
By Stephen Farrand published
News Demi Vollering chased down Italian's late attack to end Italians dreams of finally winning the rainbow jersey
Chloé Dygert takes surprise silver amid World Championships doubts - 'I'm a little mad that it wasn't gold'
By Stephen Farrand published
News 'I need to take a mental break and reset' says American after four years of coming back from injury
Denmark and Brussels win bids to host 2029 and 2030 Road World Championships
By Stephen Farrand published
News UCI award 2030 Track World Championships to Brisbane
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