Author Archives: Alex Murray
10 things to be excited about in cycling in 2014
There’s plenty to look forward to in 2014, including the possibility of this podcast happening more than last year. So here’s a run down of ten things, in no particular order, that you should be looking forward to in cycling this year. Continue reading
The church of the high mountain
Roland Barthes wrote of the Tour de France as being in the tradition of epic. Yet there is much to be said for the race as in the tradition of religious experience. It is perhaps most evident in the veneration … Continue reading
Episode 3: At last there’s racing to talk about!
Track Worlds reviewed; Het Nieuwsblad in brief; RCS starts a revival in Rome; World Series Cycling, will it never go away?; Truth and Reconsiliation, what does it really mean?; The UCI’s secret life as a Russian doll; Death on the public highway in Central London – the solutions are obvious. Continue reading