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

GUARDIA SANFRAMONDI ITALY MAY 15 Victor Lafay of France and Team Cofidis celebrates at arrival during the 104th Giro dItalia 2021 Stage 8 a 170km stage from Foggia to Guardia Sanframondi 455m girodiitalia Giro UCIworldtour on May 15 2021 in Guardia Sanframondi Italy Photo by Stuart FranklinGetty Images

Giro d'Italia: Victor Lafay wins stage 8 from the break

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Results Valter retains maglia rosa as Caleb Ewan abandons

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Taco Van der Hoorn wins stage 3 at the 2021 Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia: Van der Hoorn takes Intermarché's first win on stage 3

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Results Ganna remains in leader's jersey as breakaway sticks

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Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) wins stage 1 at the Volta ao Algarve

Volta ao Algarve: Sam Bennett wins stage 1 sprint

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Results Deceuninck-QuickStep sprinter takes first leader's jersey

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ESTAVAYER SWITZERLAND APRIL 30 Marc Soler Gimenez of Spain and Movistar Team celebrates at arrival during the 74th Tour De Romandie 2021 Stage 3 a 1687km stage from Estavayer to Estavayer TDR2021 TDRnonstop UCIworldtour on April 30 2021 in Estavayer Switzerland Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images

Tour de Romandie: Marc Soler solos to victory on stage 3

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Results Movistar rider moves into race lead after Dennis crashes

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Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) wins stage 2 of Tour de Romandie

Tour de Romandie: Colbrelli wins stage 2

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Results Italian nabs his first victory of 2021 ahead of Bevin

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LIEGE BELGIUM OCTOBER 04 Sprint Arrival Primoz Roglic of Slovakia and Team JumboVisma Julian Alaphilippe of France and Team Deceuninck QuickStep World Champion Jersey Marc Hirschi of Switzerland Team Sunweb Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates Matej Mohoric of Slovenia and Team Bahrain McLaren during the 106th Liege Bastogne Liege 2020 Men Elite a 257km race from Liege to Liege LBL classiquesardennes on October 04 2020 in Liege Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images

Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2021 - Preview

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Preview Unfinished business for Alaphilippe at the oldest of the Monuments and a tilt at a fifth victory for Valverde

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KUSADASI TURKEY APRIL 18 Sprint Arrival Mark Cavendish of United Kingdom and Team Deceuninck QuickStep Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix Green Points Jersey during the 56th Presidential Cycling Tour Of Turkey 2021 Stage 8 a 1603km stage from Bodrum to Kuadas TUR2021 tourofturkeyTUR on April 18 2021 in Kusadasi Turkey Photo by Stuart FranklinGetty Images

Mark Cavendish wins final stage of Tour of Turkey

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Results José Manuel Díaz secures overall victory in Kusadasi

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Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) wins a shortened version of Scheldeprijs in 2020 after a crash marred finale

Scheldeprijs: Last chance for a spring cobbled Classic win - Preview

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Preview Sprinters line up with no Paris-Roubaix on the horizon

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WEVELGEM BELGIUM MARCH 28 Arrival Wout Van Aert of Belgium and Team Jumbo Visma Celebration Giacomo Nizzolo of Italy and Team Qhubeka Assos Matteo Trentin of Italy and UAE Team Emirates Sonny Colbrelli of Italy and Team Bahrain Victorious Michael Matthews of Australia and Team Team BikeExchange during the 83rd GentWevelgem in Flanders Fields 2021 Mens Elite a 254km race from Ypres to Wevelgem GWE21 GWEmen FlandersClassic on March 28 2021 in Wevelgem Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Wout van Aert wins Gent-Wevelgem

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Results Nizzolo second and Trentin third in breakaway sprint

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MATAR SPAIN MARCH 27 Arrival Sprint Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Team BORA Hansgrohe Daryl Impey of South Africa and Team Israel StartUp Nation Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg of South Africa and Team Qhubeka Assos Juan Sebastin Molano Benavides of Colombia and UAE Team Emirates during the 100th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2021 Stage 6 a 1938km stage from Tarragona to Matar VoltaCatalunya100 on March 27 2021 in Matar Spain Photo by David RamosGetty Images

Volta a Catalunya: Peter Sagan wins stage 6

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Results Adam Yates maintains overall lead into finale

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CCC Team’s Matteo Trentin (left) and Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) lead at the 2020 Gent-Wevelgem

2021 Gent-Wevelgem - Preview

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Preview Sprinters and puncheurs in with equal chances on versatile parcours

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Belgian Wout Van Aert of Team JumboVisma and Dutch Mathieu van der Poel of AlpecinFenix pictured in action during the Ronde van Vlaanderen Tour des Flandres Tour of Flanders one day cycling race 241 km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde Sunday 18 October 2020 BELGA PHOTO POOL NICO VEREECKEN Photo by POOL NICO VEREECKENBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images

E3 Saxo Bank Classic - Preview

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Preview Van Aert and Van der Poel clash again in Tour of Flanders dress rehearsal

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LEVENS FRANCE MARCH 14 Sprint Arrival Magnus Cort Nielsen of Denmark and Team EF Education Nippo Christophe Laporte of France and Team Cofidis Pierre Latour of France and Team Total Direct Energie Dylan Teuns of Belgium and Team Bahrain Victorious Dylan Van Baarle of Netherlands and Team INEOS Grenadiers during the 79th Paris Nice 2021 Stage 8 a 927km stage from Le PlanduVar to Levens 518m Stage itinerary redesigned due to COVID19 lockdown imposed in the city of Nice ParisNice on March 14 2021 in Levens France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

Max Schachmann overhauls Primoz Roglic on final stage of Paris-Nice

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Results German wins after Roglic's crash as Magnus Cort wins final stage in Levens

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Slovenian Primoz Roglic of Team JumboVisma celebrates after winning the seventh stage of 79th edition of the ParisNice cycling race 1665km from Nice to Valdeblore La Colmiane France Saturday 13 March 2021 BELGA PHOTO POOL Photo by POOLBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images

Paris-Nice: Primoz Roglic wins stage 7 atop Valdeblore La Colmiane

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Results Slovenian extends race lead as he catches Gino Mäder in closing metres

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Mathieu van der Poel

Tirreno-Adriatico: Mathieu van der Poel wins stage 3 in Gualdo Tadino

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Results Wout Van Aert maintains overall lead

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SAINTCYRLECOLE FRANCE MARCH 07 Arrival Sam Bennett of Ireland and Team Deceuninck QuickStep Celebration Arnaud Demare of France and Team Groupama FDJ Mads Pedersen of Denmark and Team Trek Segafredo during the 79th Paris Nice 2021 Stage 1 a 166km stage from SaintCyrlEcole to SaintCyrlEcole ParisNice on March 07 2021 in SaintCyrlEcole France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

Paris-Nice: Sam Bennett takes stage 1 win

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Results Irishman takes stage as Richie Porte abandons

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Danish Mads Pedersen of TrekSegafredo celebrates as he wins the KuurneBrusselsKuurne one day cycling race 197 km from Kuurne to Kuurne via Brussels Sunday 28 February 2021 BELGA PHOTO ERIC LALMAND Photo by ERIC LALMANDBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images

Mads Pedersen wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

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Results Trek-Segafredo rider wins sprint as Mathieu van der Poel and breakaway are caught in closing kilometres

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Davide Ballerini

Davide Ballerini wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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Results Jake Stewart second and Sep Vanmarcke third

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Adam Yates and Tadej Pogacar attacked on the Jebel Hafeet climb

Adam Yates suffers horrible crash but holds second at UAE Tour

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News Ineos Grenadiers rider survives face-first crash

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UAE Tour 2021

Tadej Pogacar wins UAE Tour as Caleb Ewan takes final stage

By Stephen Puddicombe published

Results Adam Yates comes through after heavy crash

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The Frecce Tricolori fly over the peloton

Who does the route suit? Analysing the 2021 Giro d'Italia contenders

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Analysis The climbers will be looking forward to this one

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Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo)

Tour du Var: Brambilla secures stage 3 and overall victory

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Results Trek-Segafredo rider wins three-day stage race with attack on the Col de la Madone

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Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix)

UAE Tour: Mathieu van der Poel wins stage 1

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Results Dutch rider takes early race lead with Dekker and Mørkøv completing top three

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Tour de la Provence 2021 6th Edition 4th stage Avignon SalondeProvence 1632 km 14022021 Phil Bauhaus GER Bahrain Victorious Davide Ballerini ITA Deceuninck QuickStep Nacer Bouhanni FRA Team Arkea Samsic photo William Cannarella CVBettiniPhoto2021

Sosa wins Tour de La Provence, Alaphilippe moves ahead of Bernal

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Results Phil Bauhaus takes out final stage sprint victory

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Tour de la Provence 2021 6th Edition 3rd stage AIstres Mont VentouxChalet Reynard 1539 km 13022021 Ivan Ramiro Sosa COL Ineos Grenadiers photo William Cannarella CVBettiniPhoto2021

Tour de la Provence: Sosa wins on Mont Ventoux

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Results Ineos rider takes race lead as Bernal shows spark, marks Alaphilippe at Chalet Reynard

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