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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Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) wins stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes

Marianne Vos prevails in Provins on Tour de France Femmes stage 2

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Results Vos moves into yellow as elite breakaway leaves Wiebes behind on wind-swept stage

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JumboVisma teams Belgian rider Wout Van Aert wearing the sprinters green jersey cycles to the finish line during the 20th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race 407 km individual time trial between LacapelleMarival and Rocamadour in southwestern France on July 23 2022 Photo by AnneChristine POUJOULAT AFP Photo by ANNECHRISTINE POUJOULATAFP via Getty Images

Wout van Aert, Vingegaard go one-two in stage 20 time trial of Tour de France

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Results Vingegaard one day away from outright victory in Paris

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UAE Team Emirates teams Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey C cycles with his teammates ahead of the pack of riders during the 8th stage of the 109th edition of the of the Tour de France cycling race 1863 km between Dole in eastern France and Lausanne in Switzerland on July 9 2022 Photo by AnneChristine POUJOULAT AFP Photo by ANNECHRISTINE POUJOULATAFP via Getty Images

Tour de France stage 9 Live - First Alpine finish in Chatel tests GC contenders

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Live An exceptional solo breakaway and a chance for Pogacar to extend his lead

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Russian rider Aleksandr Vlasov competes in the final stage a 158 km time trial Aigle to VillarssurOllon at the Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour 2022 cycling race in VillarssurOllon western Switzerland on May 1 2022 Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI AFP Photo by FABRICE COFFRINIAFP via Getty Images

Aleksandr Vlasov wins Tour de Romandie

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Results Bora-Hansgrohe rider wins final stage mountain time trial in Villars as overnight leader Dennis dropped to eighth overall

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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