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.
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As it happened: Breakaway succeeds on tough, rainy stage 20 of the Tour de France
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
Live Following the mountains, it's a day for the breakaway as the peloton tackles four smaller climbs on the road to Pontarlier

As it happened: breakaway succeeds and Pogačar crashes on chaotic stage 11 of the Tour de France
By Stephen Puddicombe last updated
Live The peloton tackles 156.8km around Toulouse in a last opportunity for the sprinters ahead of the Pyrenees
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