Rob Arnold

Gallery from Besancon: start of stage 11

The "transitional" stages. Easy? Oh no, not at all. Far from it in fact. The day after the rest day is a strange one. And after the week that was, surely everyo...

The actual story of Contador’s frame

Some events of stage 10 changed the nature of the 101st Tour de France. The crash of Alberto Contador and his subsequent retirement meant that one thing is cert...

Rod Ellingworth: managing high performance

A year ago, after eight stages of the 100th Tour de France, Team Sky held down first and second on the general classification. Chris Froome led Richie Porte by ...
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Shane Perkins: Recollections of a keirin…

On the day Shane Perkins returned from Apeldoorn, Holland, after winning the keirin world championships in March this year, RIDE spoke with him about the experi...