Stephen Puddicombe
Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.
Latest articles by Stephen Puddicombe
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 UCI Road World Championships 2024 - road race contendersYour guide to the favourites for the road races at the 2024 Zürich Road and Para-cycling Worlds By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 
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 UCI Road World Championships 2024 - time trial contendersYour guide to the favourites for the time trials at the 2024 Zürich Road and Para-cycling Worlds By Adam Becket Published 
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 Giro d'Italia 2024 route: Stelvio removed due to 'risk of avalanches'The Italian Grand Tour takes place 4-26 May, building up to tough Dolomites crescendo By Tom Davidson Last updated 
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 Giro d'Italia 2024 contenders: Can anyone stop Tadej Pogačar?The Slovenian is the outright favourite for overall victory but there are plenty of other riders capable of having a say on the start line By Tom Thewlis Published 
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 Tour of Britain 2023: Route details, startlist and jerseys guideThe Tour of Britain 2023 begins on Sunday September 3 - here's all you need to know By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 "Everything went perfect": Meeus defeats Philipsen to win stage 21 of the Tour de FranceJonas Vingegaard finshes safely to confirm overall victory By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Tour de France live: Jordi Meeus claims surprise Champs-Élysées sprint win; Vingegaard crowned Tour champion; Lotte Kopecky breaks clear to win stage one of the Tour de France FemmesLive updates as the Tour de France comes to a close, and the Tour de France Femmes begins By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 
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 Lotte Kopecky wins first stage of Tour de France FemmesBelgian attacks on the final climb to win solo By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Giro d'Italia Live: Cavendish wins in Rome; Primož Roglič seals the pink jersey; Kool triumphant at RideLondon ClassiqueThe 2023 Giro d'Italia comes to an end with a ceremonial stage in the nation's capital By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 
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 Charlotte Kool wins final stage of RideLondon-Classique to seal overall victoryKool edges out Dyget and Van der Duin in bunch sprint By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Cavendish claims victory on last stage after 'long, hard slog' of a Giro d’ItaliaCavendish won from a bunch sprint as Primož Roglič sealed overall victory By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Giro d'Italia Live: Roglič overcomes mechanical to win the stage and take the pink jersey; heartbreak for Geraint Thomas as he loses the overall lead; Dygert wins stage two of RideLondon ClassiqueThomas must defend 26-second lead over Roglič to win the Giro d'Italia By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 
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 ‘Moments to live and remember’: Roglič set to win the pink jersey after winning extraordinary penultimate stage of the Giro d’ItaliaThomas loses the pink jersey to Slovenian by just 14 seconds By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Chloe Dygert continues comeback with victory in stage two of RideLondon ClassiqueKool crashed late, but retains overall lead By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Giro d'Italia Live: McNulty wins stage 15; Bruno Armirail defends the pink jersey; Another stalemate in the GC race; Cavendish expected to announce retirement; Vollering wins Vuelta a Burgos; Grégoire wins Four Days of DunkirkAll the news from stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 
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 'Indescribable' - Brandon McNulty's emotion as he wins stage 15 of the Giro d'ItaliaArmirail dropped, but retains the pink jersey By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Reports: Mark Cavendish expected to retire at the end of the 2023 seasonManxman to use tomorrow's rest day to announce retirement By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Giro d'Italia Live: Rubio wins reduced stage 13; Thomas keeps hold of the pink jersey; Pinot and Capeda miss out on stage in bad-tempered battle; Pedersen abandons; Evenepoel Tour of Britain-bound?Updates from the Giro and the rest of the cycling world By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 
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 'We stayed calm' - Thomas defends pink jersey on truncated stage 13 of the Giro d'ItaliaEinar Rubio took the stage win ahead of Thibaut Pinot in the break By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 CW Live: Matthews defeats Pedersen to win stage three of the Giro d'Italia; Evenepoel extends overall lead; Cavendish among sprinters droppedLive updates from stage three of the Giro d'Italia By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 'More than I could ever dream of' - Michael Matthews on Giro d'Italia stage win in 'rollercoaster' seasonAustralian wins stage three ahead of Mads Pedersen By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 ‘Racing for the win is definitely a good feeling' - Max Poole pushing for a podium finish at the Tour de RomandieThe 20-year-old finished fourth on stage four’s queen stage to Thyon 2000 By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 'We’ll celebrate with a bottle of vino’ - Adam Yates claims queen stage and overall lead at the Tour de RomandieYates has one day to seal victory By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
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 Tom Pidcock triumphs at Strade Bianche with bold long-range attackBriton takes victory from Madouas in second and Benoot in third By Stephen Puddicombe Published 
