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

Sergio Higuita led home a Bora-Hansgrohe one-two on the summit finish of Zinal on stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie

Tour de Romandie: Higuita and Vlasov go 1-2 for Bora-Hansgrohe on summit finish of Zinal

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Dennis holds onto the overall race lead

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VALKENBURG NETHERLANDS APRIL 10 LR Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland and Team INEOS Grenadiers and Benoit Cosnefroy of France and AG2R Citren Team sprint to win during the 56th Amstel Gold Race 2022 Mens Elite a 2541km one day race from Maastricht to Valkenburg AGR2022 WorldTour on April 10 2022 in Valkenburg Netherlands Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

Kwiatkowski awarded Amstel Gold Race victory in photo-finish sprint against Cosnefroy

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Benoot finishes third ahead of chase-group sprint in Valkenburg

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Gent Wevelgem 2022 - 84th Edition - Ypres - Wevelgem 248,8 km - 27/03/2022 - Biniam Girmay (ERI - Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux) - photo Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022

Biniam Girmay sprints to a historic Gent-Wevelgem victory

By Dani Ostanek, Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Eritrean 21-year-old outsprints Laporte from late four-man breakaway

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Paris Nice 2022 - 80th Edition - 8th stage Nice - Nice 115,6 km - 13/03/2022 - Primoz Roglic (SLO - Team Jumbo - Visma) - photo Luis Angel Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022

Roglic holds on to win Paris-Nice overall as Simon Yates attacks

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Van Aert saves Jumbo-Visma leader's race as Yates wins final stage

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KUURNE BELGIUM FEBRUARY 27 Fabio Jakobsen of Netherlands and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Caleb Ewan of Australia and Team Lotto Soudal and Hugo Hofstetter of France and Team Arka Samsic during the 74th Kuurne Bruxelles Kuurne 2022 a 1951km race from Kuurne to Kuurne KuurneBxlKuurne on February 27 2022 in Kuurne Belgium Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

Fabio Jakobsen wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results QuickStep-AlphaVinyl sprinter overhauls breakaway to win bunch sprint in Kuurne

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Belgian Wout Van Aert of Team JumboVisma celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the mens elite race of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad oneday cycling race 2042km from Gent to Ninove Saturday 26 February 2022 BELGA PHOTO KRISTOF VAN ACCOM Photo by KRISTOF VAN ACCOMBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images

Wout Van Aert takes solo victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Belgian Champion celebrates win ahead of Sonny Colbrelli and Greg Van Avermaet

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Mathias Vacek wins stage 6 at the UAE Tour

UAE Tour: Mathias Vacek wins stage 6 from the breakaway

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Sprinters miss out by 15 seconds as Pogacar keeps race lead before Jebel Hafeet finale

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Belgian Remco Evenepoel of QuickStep Alpha Vinyl pictured in action during the fourth stage of the Volta ao Algarve cycling race an individual time trial from Vila Real de Santo Antonio to Tavira 322km in Portugal Saturday 19 February 2022 The Tour of the Algarve is taking place from 16 to 20 Ferbuary in the south of Portugal BELGA PHOTO FILIPE FARINHA Photo by FILIPE FARINHABELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images

Volta ao Algarve: Evenepoel wins stage 4 time trial

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Belgian crushes competition, knocking Küng out of hot seat to take race lead

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Zoe Backstedt of Great Britain celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Kaia Schmid of The United States

World Championships: Zoe Backstedt wins junior women's road race title

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Kaia Schmid takes silver for the United States as Germany's Riedmann takes bronze

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Filippo Baroncini (Italy) on the attack

World Championships: Baroncini wins U23 men's road race title for Italy

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Girmay takes historic silver for Eritrea with Kooij taking bronze for Netherlands

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2021 UEC Road European Championships - Trento - Elite’ Men's Individual Time Trial 22,4 km - 09/09/2021 - Stefan Kung (Switzerland) - photo Ilario Biondi/BettiniPhoto©2021

European Championships: Küng retains time trial title

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Swiss rider gets the better of Ganna and Evenepoel

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TRENTO ITALY SEPTEMBER 09 Gold medalist Marlen Reusser of Switzerland celebrates winning during the medal ceremony after the 27th UEC Road Cycling European Championships 2021 Elite Womens Individual Time Trial a 224km race from Trento to Trento UECcycling ITT on September 09 2021 in Trento Italy Photo by Justin SetterfieldGetty Images

European Championships: Marlen Reusser wins women's time trial

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Silver for Ellen van Dijk, bronze for Lisa Brennauer

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Vuelta Espana 2021 - 76th Edition - 2nd stage Caleruega - Burgos 166,7 km - 15/08/2021 - Jasper Philipsen (BEL - Alpecin-Fenix) - photo Miwa Iijima/CV/BettiniPhoto©2021

Vuelta a España: Jasper Philipsen sprints to stage 2 victory

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Alpecin-Fenix rider comes out on top with Roglic remaining in race lead

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BURGOS SPAIN AUGUST 14 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 1 a 71km individual time trial from Burgos Catedral de Santa Mara to Burgos lavuelta LaVuelta21 CapitalMundialdelCiclismo catedral2021 on August 14 2021 in Burgos Spain Photo by Stuart FranklinGetty Images

Vuelta a España: Primoz Roglic wins opening time trial in Burgos

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Defending champion takes first leader's jersey

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ARANDA DE DUERO SPAIN AUGUST 06 Juan Sebastin Molano Benavides of Colombia and UAE Team Emirates celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 43rd Vuelta a Burgos 2021 Stage 4 a 149km stage from Roa to Aranda de Duero VueltaBurgos BurgosCycling CapitalMundialdelCiclismo on August 06 2021 in Aranda de Duero Spain Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo MorenoGetty Images

Vuelta a Burgos: Juan Sebastian Molano wins stage 4

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Bardet keeps race lead

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BRIVIESCA SPAIN AUGUST 04 LR Alberto Dainese of Italy and Team DSM Juan Sebastin Molano Benavides of Colombia and UAE Team Emirates sprint at finish line during the 43rd Vuelta a Burgos 2021 Stage 2 a 175km stage from Tardajos to Briviesca VueltaBurgos BurgosCycling CapitalMundialdelCiclismo on August 04 2021 in Briviesca Spain Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo MorenoGetty Images

Vuelta a Burgos: Molano wins stage 2

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Serrano takes over race lead

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Alpecin-Fenix at the sign-on

Vuelta a Burgos: Planckaert wins stage 1

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Alpecin-Fenix rider takes first leader's jersey

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Egan Bernal on the Passo Giau in the Giro d'Italia

Vuelta a Burgos - Essential race preview

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Preview Bernal, Landa, Bardet and Carthy headline Spanish stage race

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Pascal Eenkhoorn leads Jumbo-Visma teammate Wout van Aert at the 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Eenkhoorn wins Heylen Vastgoed Heistse Pijl

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Jumbo-Visma rider tops Lampaert and Rickaert in three-rider sprint

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SAN SEBASTIAN SPAIN JULY 31 LR Mikkel Honor of Denmark and Team Deceuninck QuickStep Neilson Powless of United States and Team EF Education Nippo Matej Mohoric of Slovenia and Team Bahrain Victorious sprint at finish line during the 41st Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa 2021 a 2235km race from DonostiaSan Sebastian to DonostiaSan Sebastian Klasikoa on July 31 2021 in San Sebastian Spain Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo MorenoGetty Images

Neilson Powless wins Clásica San Sebastián in thrilling finale

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results American rider holds off breakaway companions in tense sprint

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Tour de France 2021 108th Edition 7th stage Vierzon Le Creusot 2491 km 02072021 Matej Mohoric SLO Bahrain Victorious photo Luca BettiniBettiniPhoto2021

Tour de France: Mohoric hammers to victory in Le Creusot

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Van der Poel goes in breakaway to keep yellow, Roglic struggles, Carapaz attacks

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CHATEAUROUX FRANCE JULY 01 Mark Cavendish of The United Kingdom and Team Deceuninck QuickStep Green Points Jersey celebrates at arrival ahead of Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix during the 108th Tour de France 2021 Stage 6 a 1606km stage from Tours to Chteauroux LeTour TDF2021 on July 01 2021 in Chateauroux France Photo by Guillaume Horcajuelo PoolGetty Images

Tour de France: History repeats as Cavendish wins stage 6 in Châteauroux

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Manxman tops Philipsen, Bouhanni for Tour stage win 32

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Sonny Colbrelli wins the 2021 Italian title

Colbrelli sprints to Italian men's road title

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Bahrain Victorious sprinter continues good form with another victory

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Timo Roosen (Jumbo-Visma) celebrates his victory in the Dutch championships

Roosen wins Dutch men's road title

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Van der Poel drops out in title defence

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CITTIGLIO ITALY MARCH 21 Arrival Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Trek Segafredo Celebration during the 45th Trofeo Alfredo BindaComune di Cittiglio 2021 Womens Elite a 1418km stage from Cocquio Trevisago to Cittiglio 257m TrBinda UCIWWT on March 21 2021 in Cittiglio Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Longo Borghini wins third Italian women's road title

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Trek-Segafredo rider beats Guderzo and Sanguineti

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