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: I hope my old bike has a better life as a food can
No matter how bad a bike is, you’re still sad to see it go, says Dr Hutch
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Hour Record is fitting end to Jens Voigt's career
Michael Hutchinson witnessed Jens Voigt set a new Hour Record in Switzerland
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Matthias Brändle reflects on hard Hour Record
It may have been harder and hotter than Matthias Brändle expected, but he still set a new Hour Record
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Hutch's Tour TT tech notes
Multiple time trial champion Michael Hutchinson casts a beady eye over the kit and techniques employed in Monday's time trial
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Dr Hutch: Celebrating the terrible cycling kit of the 1990s
Dr Hutch dons his dark glasses and sifts through the dazzling cycling fashion crimes of the late 20th century
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Dr. Hutch: Taking on the Cape Wrath
Born adventurer Hutch channels the spirit of Rex Coley and heads to Scotland’s feared Cape Wrath
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Watch: Dr Hutch's guide to riding a penny-farthing
Dr Hutch gets to grips with a penny-farthing
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Rohan Dennis sets new Hour Record of 52.491km
Australian smashes record with outstanding ride in one of cycling's toughest tests
By Michael Hutchinson • Published
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Chris Froome favourite for difficult Tour de France stage 17 time trial
Multiple time trial champion Michael Hutchinson looks ahead to the Tour's stage 17 time trial from Embrun to Chorges
By Michael Hutchinson • Published