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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Sam Bennett wins Tour of Qatar final stage
Irish sprinter Sam Bennett takes final stage victory as Niki Terpstra seals overall win in 2015 Tour of Qatar. Photos by Graham Watson
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Team of the year: Who were the best riders of 2018?
Which riders have performed well enough to make our 2018 team of the year?
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Alberto Contador wins stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico and moves into lead
Alberto Contador stamps his mark on Tirreno-Adriatico, taking his second consecutive stage win and the race lead
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Michal Kwiatkowski takes Vuelta a España overall lead as Gianni Meersman wins
Michal Kwiatkowski finished fourth on the stage to move into the overall lead at the Vuelta a España and take the red jersey from his teammate Peter Kennaugh
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Five talking points from Dwars door Vlaanderen 2021
Talking points from the final warm-up before the Tour of Flanders
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Daniele Ratto wins rain-swept Vuelta a Espana stage 14
Vuelta a Espana 2013, stage 14: Vincenzo Nibali places second as Pyrenean slog takes its toll on some of the contenders
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Enrico Battaglin wins action-packed stage 14 of Giro d'Italia
Eventful day sees Enrico Battaglin snatch the stage win as Rigoberto Uran loses time to key rivals but keeps overall lead
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Chris Froome wins Tour de Romandie final stage and overall title
Chris Froome takes final time trial stage win to seal overall victory in Tour de Romandie
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Sylvain Chavanel takes Eneco time trial
French time trial champion comes out on top as Bradley Wiggins takes fifth place
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Five talking points from stage three of the Tour de France 2019
The major talking points from today's frantic Tour de France 2019 stage
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Five things we learned from the Tour of the Basque Country 2021
Roglič came out on top in the first Slovenian duel of the season
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Chris Froome wins Criterium du Dauphine opener
Defending Criterium du Dauphine champion Chris Froome takes early race lead with dominant display in time trial
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Peter Sagan: How the World Championships was won
Peter Sagan's perfectly-timed move in Richmond to net him the world title dispelled the myth once and for all that he has power but lacks tactical nous
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia 2020
A reshuffling of the general classification before a mountain test on stage 15
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Vuelta a España 2020: Six things to look out for during the first week
Chris Froome, Thibaut Pinot and Primož Roglič all arrive with points to prove
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Five talking points from stage 11 of the Tour de France 2020
More on the Sagan and Van Aert drama, late attacks and a deserved Ewan win - these are the big moments from the day
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five things to look out for at the 2019 Tour of Flanders
We take a look at what to expect in one of the year's biggest races, the Tour of Flanders
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Giro d'Italia 2020: Five things to look out for during the second week
Sprinters vs the breakaways, some key GC stages, and João Almeida in pink - don't miss these moments
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Five things we learned from Paris-Roubaix 2017
The 2017 edition of Paris-Roubaix finally provided a monument victory for Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), with no fairytale ending to Tom Boonen's career.
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five things to look out for at the 2018 Il Lombardia
Things to look out for in the final Monument of the season
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Five talking points from stage 18 of the Vuelta a España 2020
Roglič takes a second consecutive Vuelta red jersey as Ackermann wins the Madrid sprint
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage 12 of the Tour de France 2019
The hot topics from the first day in the Pyrenees
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Giro d'Italia 2020: Six things to look out for during the third week
A lot of climbing to come to decide the GC battle
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Five talking points from stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia 2019
Another day of big talking points in the mountains at the Giro d'Italia
By Stephen Puddicombe Published