Latest articles by Chris Marshall-Bell
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Exploring the secretive world of cycling agentsThe Tour’s start signals game-on for cycling’s mysterious deal-makers. Chris Marshall-Bell unmasks the role of agents
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'He’s done it so many times now and he’s still doing it': Is Jasper Philipsen sprinting dangerously?Alpecin-Deceuninck rider took his second win of the race's middle week
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'It's terrible': The curse of Primož Roglič strikes again at the Tour de FranceThe Slovenian's hopes of winning yellow appear over, yet again
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Tour de France team has 11 bikes stolen overnight from hotelThe preferred bikes of three of TotalEnergies's riders were robbed
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'They’ve been playing the victim but we don’t really buy into this': Tadej Pogačar's team raise war of words with Jonas VingegaardIt's the Tour of Mind Games and Tadej Pogačar's UAE-Team Emirates are on the back foot
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100 bpm and 140 watts: How do we make Tour de France sprint days less boring?Teams are increasingly critical of the succession of sprint stages that have few intermediate points on offer
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A parcours for Tadej Pogačar? Rwanda set to be the most mountainous World Championships in 5 yearsThe cobbled Kigali Hill will feature on both the men's and women's routes
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'Student loans were my income': Meet the Tour de France jersey wearer who was a club cyclist 18 months agoLittle was known about Frank van den Broek even one year ago, but now he looks set to be one of the season's rising stars
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Tour de France peloton reacts to a ‘vicious, brutal and slapstick’ gravel stageDoes gravel belong in the Tour de France? The jury is still out
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The new sprint king: Biniam Girmay reveals plan to win the Tour de France's green jerseyThe Eritrean scored his second win of the race and now holds a comfortable lead in the race for green
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'I went to the doctor to talk about it and just burst into tears': What you need to know about depression and cyclingRates of depression have risen dramatically since the pandemic –and cyclists aren’t immune, as Chris Marshall-Bell finds out
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'I need to build on this' - Remco Evenepoel emerges as Tadej Pogačar's main Tour de France challengerNot even a brief mechanical could stop the time trial world champion from winning Friday's 25km test
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'It falls apart everywhere' - Alpecin-Deceuninck react to Jasper Philipsen relegation in Tour de France sprintThe Belgian is up against it as he misses out on another Tour stage victory
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'I stopped at 300m to go and looked up at the TV': How Mark Cavendish's teammates and family witnessed Tour de France historyThe long-awaited, much-hyped moment finally arrived at the Tour de France
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Mads Pedersen is on a Tour De France missionAs he prepares for his fifth appearance at the Tour de France, the supremely confident Mads Pedersen tells Chris Marshall-Bell how he’s backing himself against all-comers
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Weaker teams and descending fears: Tadej Pogačar's rivals respond to stage four Tour de France lossesRemco Evenepoel is the closest to Tadej Pogačar in the GC but faces a big challenge to overhaul the Slovenian in Friday's time trial
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How Roglič, Evenepoel and Vingegaard recovered from Itzulia horror crash to line up for the 2024 Tour de FranceThree Tour De France favourites were left broken by a mass crash at April’s Itzulia Basque Country. Chris Marshall-Bell finds out how they fast-tracked their recovery
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Inside Biniam Girmay's remarkable journey to history-making Tour de France stage winnerBiniam Girmay, the first black African to win a Tour de France stage, charts his extraordinary rise
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Why do Tour de France teams keep losing their buses?A flashing warning sign and a "kaput" leaves two of the race's teams without their luxury mobile mansions
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Jonas Vingegaard 'super close to normal level' after allaying own fears at Tour de FranceDoubts around the Visma-Lease a Bike rider's condition eased after impressive performance on San Luca
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'It's like I'm having a heartache right now': Inside the hardest ever Tour de France opening stageTour de France peloton reacts to a brutal opening stage in central Italy with heat and humidity levels preventing riders from performing to their usual levels
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Tour de France 2024: Five predictions from our expertsOur team covering the race on the ground share their predictions for the biggest race of the men's WorldTour season
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Tom Pidcock says Ineos Grenadiers will be 'better' at the Tour de France without Steve CummingsNetflix series depicted tension between the DS and rider, dynamic sources told Cycling Weekly carries a degree of accuracy
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Jonas Vingegaard bullish about Tour de France chances: 'I have hope that I'm good enough for victory'The Visma-Lease a Bike rider hasn't raced since his horror crash at April's Itzulia Basque Country
