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 things to look out for at the Ardennes Classics
What to look out for Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at Strade Bianche 2021
The Italian Classic boasts a stellar line-up of a variety of different riders
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from stage 11 of the Tour de France
This is what got us talking on stage 11 of the 2016 Tour de France
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things to look out for at the 2019 E3 BinckBank Classic and Ghent-Wevelgem
Five things to keep your eye on ahead of this week's two big Belgian spring Classics
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France
We take a look at five riders who have delivered for their team leaders at the 2016 Tour de France
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Miguel Ángel López survives bold Adam Yates attack to seal overall victory in thrilling Volta a Catalunya finale
Davide Formolo takes final stage in Barcelona
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne: Seven things we're looking forward to
The Spring Classics kick off this weekend with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Saturday, February 25) and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (Sunday, February 26) - we can't wait
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Nacer Bouhanni takes Tour de Yorkshire stage two victory in Harrogate
Caleb Ewan takes overall lead after stage two of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire in Harrogate
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Tanel Kangert attacks to win stage three of the Abu Dhabi Tour, all but sealing the overall win
Nicolas Roche could not stay with the Astana rider, whose stage win should see him take the overall victory
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Giro d'Italia 2018 ratings: How did each team perform?
We assess the performances of each of the WorldTour teams at the 2018 Giro d'Italia, rating everyone from Team Sky and Quick-Step to UAE Team Emirates.
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Tour de France 2019 route analysis: A climber's paradise
The low level of time trial kilometres and high mountain finishes mean a pure climber could flourish in the 2019 Tour
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Spring Classics 2019 ratings: How did each WorldTour team perform?
Here's how the team's stacked up in the 2019 spring Classics season
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Seven of the best of Peter Sagan's 100 pro wins
We take a look at some of the best victories from Peter Sagan's career
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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10 unforgettable moments of the 2020 racing season
From Deignan in La Course to Pogačar in the Tour de France - these are the moments we'll take away from the year
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from the 2020 Milan - San Remo
It was a scintillating finish to the first Monument of the season
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Ryder Hesjedal wins stage 14 of Vuelta a Espana
Ryder Hesjedal grinds out win on steep final climb as Chris Froome gains time on rivals
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from stage 14 of the Tour de France 2019
Talking points from a huge day at the Tour de France in the Pyrenees
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from stage 20 of the Vuelta a España 2019
A day that will go down in history for Slovenian cycling
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five things we learned from the 2019 Milan-San Remo
There’s no question as to who the best rider of 2019 has been so far.
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Michael Rogers wins Giro d'Italia stage to Monte Zoncolan
Nairo Quintana set to win the 2014 Giro d'Italia overall
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Mark Cavendish wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Mark Cavendish takes bunch sprint finish to win Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne for the second time in his career
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Five talking points from stage 10 of the Vuelta a España 2020
Roglič continues to impress with his versatility with a big weekend ahead for the GC
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Team of the Week: Greg Van Avermaet, Tom Boonen, Lotta Lepistö and more
The best possible pro cycling team constructed using riders who have given the most impressive performances this past week
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published
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Nairo Quintana seals overall victory at the 2016 Volta a Catalunya
Katusha's Alexey Tsatevich took the stage victory from a breakaway on the circuit stage in Barcelona as Nairo Quintana took the overall at Volta a Catalunya
By Stephen Puddicombe • Published