Stephen Puddicombe
Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance writer based in Bristol. He has written for Cyclingnews since 2020, and has covered cycling professionally as a freelancer since 2013, writing for outlets such as Rouleur, Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport, among other publications. He is the author of The World of the Tour de France, published by Sona Books. Outside of cycling he is a passionate cinephile, and a long-suffering Spurs fan.
Latest articles by Stephen Puddicombe

As It Happened - Favourites held up in crash-marred Classic Brugge-De Panne finale
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE Peloton tackles 195km from Bruges to De Panne in mid-week Classic

As it Happened - historic Cipressa attack determines winner of Milan-San Remo
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The first Monument of the season will again start in Pavia as the peloton tackles 289km race route to San Remo

As it happened: Attacks galore during exciting Paris-Nice finale
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE Peloton race 119.9km into Nice where the overall winner will be crowned

As it happened: Breakaway defies peloton to win final summit finish of Paris-Nice
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The peloton tackle reduced 109.3km route to summit of Auron

As it happened: splits in bunch shake up GC at Paris-Nice stage 6
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE A bunch sprint is likely but crosswinds could yet have their effect on the last flat 209.8km stage into Berre l'Étang

As it happened: Yellow jersey changes hands on steep finish of Paris-Nice stage 5
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE A stage for the breakaways or a stage for the GC? This could get very tough in the second half of the 203.3km race to La Côte-Saint-André

As it happened: GC action on summit finish despite weather-enforced neutralisation
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE Peloton tackle first summit finish atop La Loge des Gardes

As it happened: New overall leader as stage three team time trial shakes up GC at Paris-Nice
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE 28.4km team time trial from Circuit Nevers Magny Cours to Nevers could see significant differences between the GC favourites

As it happened: Bunch sprint decides crash-marred Paris-Nice stage two
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The peloton tackle exposed 183.9km race that could lead to echelons forming on the flat plains of northern France into Bellegarde

As it happened: Bunch sprint decides opening stage of Paris-Nice
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE Stage 1 kicks off with a 156.1km hilly, technical route in which the sprinters will struggle to contain the breakaways on the roads to Le Perray-en-Yvelines

As it happened: Pogačar and Pidcock battle for men's Strade Bianche
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The 19th edition of WorldTour race features 81.7km of gravel across 16 sectors and traditional Piazza del Campo finish

As it happened: Big bunch sprint decides Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE All the action from the 196.8km race with 13 climbs but plenty of room for sprinters to rejoin on the roads to Kuurne

As it happened: Season opener Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ends in a sprint
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE All the action as the peloton tackles 11 climbs and 8 cobbled sectors across challenging 198km route in Flanders

As it happened: yellow jersey changes hands on final day of the Volta ao Algarve
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The final and fifth stage of the Volta ao Algarve is a time trial that finishes atop Alto do Malhão

As it happened: Another day for the sprinters on stage 4 at Volta ao Algarve
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The race organisers call this stage from Albufeira and Faro "the great unknown of the Volta ao Algarve" with three late classified climbs

As it happened: Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe strike stage 3 win amid crash-marred finale at Volta ao Algarve
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE A day for the sprinters with two classified climbs coming mid-stage before the flat finish in Tavira

As it happened: A GC showdown atop Alto da Foia on stage 2 at Volta ao Algarve
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The peloton will start in Lago and finish on the Fóia, the highest point of the Algarve region at 896 metres above sea level

As it happened: Confusion as peloton takes wrong turn in finale of stage 1 at Volta ao Algarve
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
LIVE The peloton tackles a traditional opening flat opening stage between Portimão and Lagos

UAE Tour Women: Elisa Longo Borghini takes race lead with stage 3 victory
By Stephen Puddicombe published
Race Results Silvia Persico makes it a UAE 1-2 in second, as Le Court finishes third on Jebel Hafeet climb

UAE Tour Women: Lorena Wiebes wins stage 2 as GC battle kicks off in the crosswinds
By Stephen Puddicombe published
Results Elisa Longo Borghini takes big early lead over rivals chasing the overall as five-rider echelon survives ahead of peloton

UAE Tour Women: Lorena Wiebes storms to stage 1 sprint victory
By Stephen Puddicombe published
Results European champion beats Charlotte Kool in second, with Nienke Veenhoven third at Dubai Harbour

Victory in Antwerp for Eli Iserbyt in first leg of Elite Men’s World Cup
By Stephen Puddicombe published
Eli Iserbyt makes it two wins in two days, ahead of Laurens Sweeck in second and Michael Vanthourenhout in third

Fem van Empel claims UCI World Cup opener in Antwerp
By Stephen Puddicombe published
World champion rides final four laps solo in commanding victory
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