Michael Hutchinson
Michael Hutchinson is a writer, journalist and former professional cyclist. As a rider he won multiple national titles in both Britain and Ireland and competed at the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was a three-time Brompton folding-bike World Champion, and once hit 73 mph riding down a hill in Wales. His Dr Hutch columns appears in every issue of Cycling Weekly magazine
As a writer, he wrote the award winning The Hour about his attempt on the sport’s most famous and sought-after record. He followed that up with Faster, about the training, the science the genetics and the luck behind the world’s fastest riders, and Re:Cyclists, a history of cyclists from 1816 to the present day.
He’s written for outlets ranging from Cycling Weekly to the New York Times, and has presented and and commentated for the BBC, Eurosport, Channel 4, and Sky Sports.
Before he did any of that he was a legal academic at Cambridge and Sussex universities. He now lives with far too many bicycles in London and Cambridgeshire.
Latest articles by Michael Hutchinson
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Dr Hutch: Can we have Strava wind segments, please?
An ill wind blows through Dr Hutch's training roads that Strava would do well to recognise
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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The time trial day: Like no other
Preparation for an individual time trial is significantly different than a regular race day for the riders at this years Tour, with each rider working to a unique warm-up schedule.
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Dr Hutch: Cycling spectatorship is a sport in itself
Horses are passé but camels and killer whales are encouraged... The Doc considers cycling spectatorship to be a sport in itself
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Man behind Team GB bikes hired by UCI as consultant
The engineer behind Team GB’s all-conquering matt-black track bikes, Dimitris Katsanis, is to be appointed as a consultant to the UCI’s Equipment Commission
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Dr. Hutch: The thankless task of organising the Tour of Britain
With over 250,000 miles of Great British roads to choose from, and even more nitpicking fans to keep happy, the Tour of Britain’s route man has the most thankless job in cycling, reckons the Doc
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Hour Record: The tangled history of an iconic feat
For over a century cyclists have been pushing themselves to the limits to push back the Hour record; we look back at the tangled history of one of cycling’s most coveted accolades
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Dr Hutch: Surely we can come up with something better than 'MAMIL'?
MAMIL is a clever yet misleading acronym — the Doc has therefore thought of a more descriptive and accurate term for cyclists
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Blel Kadri solos to Tour de France stage eight victory
Alberto Contador takes the fight to overall Tour de France race leader Vincenzo Nibali on final climb
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Dr Hutch: 'There is one nice thing about being a hospitalised cyclist...'
When Dr Hutch visited the doc recently, he quickly had to steel himself for some bad news and adjust to the thought of six weeks on crutches
By Michael Hutchinson • Published