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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LIVE All the action as the peloton tackles 11 climbs and 8 cobbled sectors across challenging 198km route in Flanders

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LIVE The final and fifth stage of the Volta ao Algarve is a time trial that finishes atop Alto do Malhão

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LIVE The race organisers call this stage from Albufeira and Faro "the great unknown of the Volta ao Algarve" with three late classified climbs

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LIVE A day for the sprinters with two classified climbs coming mid-stage before the flat finish in Tavira

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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

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LIVE The peloton tackles a traditional opening flat opening stage between Portimão and Lagos

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Race Results Silvia Persico makes it a UAE 1-2 in second, as Le Court finishes third on Jebel Hafeet climb

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Results Elisa Longo Borghini takes big early lead over rivals chasing the overall as five-rider echelon survives ahead of peloton

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Results European champion beats Charlotte Kool in second, with Nienke Veenhoven third at Dubai Harbour

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Eli Iserbyt makes it two wins in two days, ahead of Laurens Sweeck in second and Michael Vanthourenhout in third

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World champion rides final four laps solo in commanding victory

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Iserbyt takes win ahead of Niels Vandeputte in second

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World champion eases to victory in Kortrijk

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Live Report Follow all the action from Saturday's first road cycling event of the 2024 Olympic Games

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Live report Peloton tackle 211km from Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran with 4,350 metres of vertical gain

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Live report The second week begins the journey south to the Pyrénées, starting from Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond, Julian Alaphilippe’s hometown

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Live report A day for the sprinters if they survive the 2,400 metres of elevation gain in 183.4km route from Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

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Live report A 25.3km race against the clock from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin is set to shuffle the GC standings

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Live report 206km from Florence to Rimini will test the major contenders from the outset

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LIVE Peloton tackles 118.7 kilometres and 3,070 metres of climbing in Villars-sur-Olon

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Live report With barely a flat kilometres in 155.3km, the race to Samoëns 1600 will test the strongest climbers

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Live Tour de France favourites return after injury, Mads Pedersen favourite to take first yellow jersey

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Live report Can Tadej Pogačar take a sixth stage win on the savage 184km route from Alpago to Bassano del Grappa?
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