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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Five talking points from the Tour of Flanders 2022
The key talking points from a thrilling day of racing in Flanders
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at the Tour of Flanders 2022
Belgium's biggest bike race is upon us - here's what you need to look out for
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from Volta a Catalunya 2022
There were some super displays and some tactical mishaps in a fascinanting week of racing in Spain
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from Gent-Wevelgem 2022
History was made in Belgium as riders took on the Gent-Wevelgem one-day Classic
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Gent-Wevelgem 2022
New features of the women's route could shake up the race, and we'll be - once again - watching Van Aert in the men's event
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2022
Who will win in the race between 'Wout van Aert and the rest of the world'?
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Volta a Catalunya 2022
The climbers come out to play for a feast of mountainous stages at the week-long Catalan race
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from Milan-San Remo 2022
The spring Classics season got off with a bang at the first Monument of the year
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Milan-San Remo 2022
The longest one-day race of the year takes place on Saturday, and there's a strong lineup ready to fight it out for the prestigious title
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from Paris-Nice 2022
The Race to the Sun provided another thrilling edition that was dominated by Jumbo-Visma
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from Tirreno-Adriatico 2022
Remco Evenepoel is not yet the finished product
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Tirreno-Adriatico 2022
Pogačar and Evenepoel face off against each other for the first time
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from Strade Bianche 2022
There are more things to think about than Pogačar
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Paris-Nice 2022
The race to the sun returns
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Strade Bianche 2022
Both the men and women's pro pelotons take on the gruelling gravel of Strade Bianche this weekend - here's the key things to look out for
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2022
Fabio Jakobsen rescues the weekend for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from the 2022 UAE Tour
Tadej Pogačar was unstoppable once more
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
The cobbled Classics season kicks off with the Opening Weekend in Belgium
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Ranked: Nairo Quintana's best victories
As the Colombian surpasses 50 career victories, we take a look at some of his very best
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at the UAE Tour 2022
The men's WorldTour kicks off with seven stages in the UAE
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Seven bold predictions for the 2022 racing season
Kicking off with the suggestion that Tadej Pogačar might defy all expectation and actually NOT win the Tour...
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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What were the best one-day races of 2021?
Paris-Roubaix Femmes topped the list for us - which 2021 one-day race did you enjoy the most?
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Dream team of the year: Who were the best male riders of 2021?
These are the riders we'd choose if we could build a pick'n'mix roster of our own
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five top neo-pros of 2021
Neo-pros with exceptionally bright futures ahead of them
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published