Reposted by Tom ThewlisPeter Cossins @petercossins.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Some scoop by @jeremywhittle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...theguardian.comJim Ratcliffe gives up Ineos Grenadiers naming rights in €100m rebrand dealThe Danish IT supplier Netcompany will be the new title sponsor by the time of the Tour de France with the team to be renamed and have a new kit 3123
Reposted by Tom Thewlisthe Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/03/2026Ineos team gets a new title sponsor reports @stephenfarrand.bsky.social , likely to be a Danish IT company. Jim Ratcliffe/Ineos to remain owners of the team and Total Energies stay too www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...cyclingnews.comIneos Grenadiers secure new title sponsor to rebuild super team status, deal worth €20 million annuallyFive year agreement with Danish software brand and renewed support from TotalEnergies set to boost British team's budget and Tour de France ambitions 2162
Reposted by Tom ThewlisPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 27/02/2026400 jobs cut at Manchester United: "savings" of £7.4m. Potential cost of the sacking of Ruben Amorim and his staff: £15.9m. 911837
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 13/02/2026You’re occasionally based in Oxford aren’t you? Forget Greggs, get to Hamblin Bread in the covered market and get one from there. You won’t ever visit Greggs again after that. 130
Reposted by Tom ThewlisNick Ames @nickames82.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Hope the "thank goodness the Premier League is back!!" takes are kept to a minimum this week – the past few days has been football at its best & purest. 2749
Reposted by Tom ThewlisAndy McGrath @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social · 13/11/2025My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today! It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him. Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social 22610
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 05/08/2025www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/remco...cyclingweekly.comRemco Evenepoel leaves Soudal Quick-Step, moves to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe for 2026Double Olympic champion's contract to be ended by mutual agreement ahead of move to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe 042
Reposted by Tom ThewlisSoudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team @soudalquickstep.bsky.social · 05/08/2025𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗰𝗼 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗹 ➡️ www.soudal-quickstepteam.com/en/news/7147... 2439
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Confirmed - Remco Evenepoel will leave Soudal Quick-Step at the end of the season and join Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. Story on @cyclingweekly.com 020
Reposted by Tom ThewlisJeremy Whittle @jeremywhittle.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Confirmed: David Rozman has left the Tour and will be interviewed by ITA again. My story👇👇 www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...theguardian.comIneos carer David Rozman leaves Tour de France after investigation launched by anti-doping authoritiesITA to interview Ineos carer David Rozman over alleged historical messages in 2012 1102
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Cheers for sharing this. I can vividly recall watching that stage and becoming hooked on the race after seeing Otxoa do what he did on Hautacam. 010
Reposted by Tom ThewlisNeal Rogers @nealrogers.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Stage 12 finishes at Hautacam, a 16km climb first used at #TourdeFrance in 1994. At the 2000 Tour, Spaniard Javier Otxoa soloed to victory in the rain, holding off a hard-charging Lance Armstrong. Here's a piece I wrote about Otxoa and tragedy that was soon to follow. wildermedia.com/javier-otxoa...wildermedia.comJavier Otxoa, 1974-2018 - WilderMediaUpon reading about the news of Javier Otxoa’s death at age 43 after a long illness, I recalled this piece I wrote back in 2002. I was an editorial intern at VeloNews; it was the first piece I ever had... 2214
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Oscar Onley is continuing to shine at this Tour de France and is growing quietly more confident by the day. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/its-n...cyclingweekly.com'It's not something I expected' - Oscar Onley finishes third to Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de FranceKelso-born rider now seventh on GC after tough test on Mûr-de-Bretagne 1100
Reposted by Tom ThewlisChrissy Marshall-Bell @cmbreports.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Ineos Grenadiers haven't got off to a great start in the Tour de France – can they afford another flop? I investigate and analyse for @cyclingweekly.com www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-...cyclingweekly.com'Where once we were at the top of the heap, we’re not anymore' – Can Ineos Grenadiers survive another Tour de France flop?Once the dominant force in Grand Tour racing, Ineos Grenadiers now look lost in the era of Pogačar and Vingegaard. What went wrong, and can they ever pull it back? 141
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025What a ride from Ben Healy. Reaction on the ground from EF’s Tom Southam, Charly Wegelius and Michael Valgren in Vire Normandie. 👇🏻 #TDF2025 www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-ha...cyclingweekly.com'He had the idea and believed in it' - how Ben Healy and his team plotted victory on stage six of the Tour de FranceEF Education-Easypost explain the work that went into Irishman's 40km solo win in Vire Normandie 090
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Jasper Philipsen crashes out of the race on the road to Dunkirk. My story from stage three 👇🏻 www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-wa...cyclingweekly.com'He was a victim' - Jasper Philipsen breaks collarbone after 'stupid' crash at Tour de FranceAlpecin-Deceuninck don't blame Bryan Coquard after 'racing incident' on the road to Dunkirk 061
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Jonas Vingegaard is attacking purely for his own entertainment at this Tour de France. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-did...cyclingweekly.com'I did it for fun' - Jonas Vingegaard goes on the attack at Tour de FranceTwo-time winner launched a surprise attack on the road to Bolougne-sur-Mer, later admitting that it had been purely for his own entertainment 071
Reposted by Tom ThewlisCallum Devereux @devereuxcallum.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Today’s expert analysis: it ends up! If Pogačar and Van der Poel don’t attack on the preceding climbs, surely they’ll be tempted on this final uphill drag (photo taken with 500m to go). Still the heart yearns for Roglification… #TdF2025 2103
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Good question. There’s always a chance anyone can crash, nobody is immune to that possibility, but I think Pog will be kept well out of trouble by his team until the finish. He’ll really fancy the stage today. 100
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Pouring down with rain at the start this morning. A Pogcineration ala Fléche Wallone is definitely on the cards in Boulogne. 120
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I’m on the ground in Lille and ready for the start of another Tour de France. Check out my stories on @cyclingweekly.com over the next few days. 🇫🇷 070
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 19/06/2025“It goes against the whole idea of racing” CPA President Adam Hansen on the planned move from the UCI. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-maj...cyclingweekly.com'The majority of riders say that this is not the biggest issue' - UCI to test gear limits at races from August, effectively banning most SRAM chainsetsChange made after recommendation from SafeR commission, trials thought to take place at Tour of Guangxi 020
Reposted by Tom Thewlisthe Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 31/05/2025Yates attacks on the Finestre. It was on these same hairpins that he abandoned the maglia rosa in 2018 1293
Reposted by Tom ThewlisDan Deakins @dandeakins.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Yikes (Unknown picture credit) 1322
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Marcel Kittel wasn’t too impressed with the plans for the final stage of the Tour de France when we spoke yesterday. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-fee...cyclingweekly.com'I feel pain in my sprinter's heart': Marcel Kittel reacts to Tour de France final stage shake-up in ParisRetired German sprinting great says inclusion of cobbled climb to Montmartre before Champs-Élysées finish will be 'very stressful' and would leave him 'disappointed as a rider' 000
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Was just thinking the same. Brilliant to watch and really gets you off your seat. 110
Reposted by Tom ThewlisDan Challis @globalpeloton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Super rider from Carapaz. Just love that aggression. So many riders nowadays are hesitant to give everything for fear of wasting energy, or of what others around them might do, but there is the evidence of what can happen when you throw caution to the wind. 1211
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Sat down with Bradley Wiggins at an Ekoï kit launch last week. What followed was an incredibly raw, moving and honest conversation. 👇🏻 www.cyclingweekly.com/news/i-was-d...cyclingweekly.com'I was doing loads of cocaine... my kids were going to put me into rehab': Bradley Wiggins on recreational drug use, Lance Armstrong's help and finding a new love for cyclingWiggins opens up on the personal trauma which engulfed him post-retirement and put him in some 'very dangerous' situations after he became addicted to cocaine 080
Reposted by Tom ThewlisAdam Becket @adambecket.bsky.social · 22/04/2025We are looking for a news writer to join our team on a 12 month fixed-term contract - if you or anyone you know is interested, do apply! Message if you have any further questions apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...apply.workable.comNews Writer, Cycling Weekly - 12 month FTC - Future PublishingCycling Weekly has been bringing its readers quality news and features since 1891 and is looking to add to its news team. What you'll be doingReporting to the News Editor, you'll produce interest... 122
Reposted by Tom Thewlisthe Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 26/03/2025Pogačar will ride Paris-Roubaix, screengrab from UAE team website 68610
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Do you have a link for the article that this came from? 110
Reposted by Tom ThewlisCycling Weekly @cyclingweekly.com · 17/03/2025'We've all got a little bit extra in us this year' - Ineos Grenadiers recapture 'fighting spirit' with aggressive Paris-Nice display www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/weve-...cyclingweekly.com'We've all got a little bit extra in us this year' - Ineos Grenadiers recapture 'fighting spirit' with aggressive Paris-Nice displayBritish team continue to put tumultuous 2024 behind them with momentum and a new found mentality 0181
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Apart from Matteo Jorgenson, Ineos Grenadiers were the biggest winners of the week at Paris-Nice for me. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen consistency like that from them. 0260
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Never mind the bike racing, my highlight of stage seven of Paris-Nice was seeing a wolf within metres of our car. 0210
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Jhonatan Narváez still stopped to sign autographs at Auron after riding the final climb in heavy snow. #ParisNice 0572
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Thymen Arensman warming down at a bitterly cold and wet finish today. #ParisNice 2282
Reposted by Tom ThewlisJeremy Whittle @jeremywhittle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Vingegaard not starting today’s stage of Paris-Nice 032
Tom Thewlis @tomthewlis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Not looking good for Vingegaard at Paris-Nice. Understand he also has a wrist injury which is being examined. 060
Reposted by Tom Thewlisthe Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 08/03/2025Pogačar often makes it look easy, today was harder. Reminded of Philippe Brunel (now retired as L’Equipe’s lead cycling writer) who defined a champion as not only someone who wins big, but also someone who can overcome a situation in which they were disadvantaged and triumph from this 2908
