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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Alexander Kristoff wins Milan-San Remo
Britain's Ben Swift (Sky) places third behind Alexander Kristoff and Fabian Cancellara in Milan-San Remo 2014
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from La Flèche Wallonne 2021
It was a day for the rainbow bands atop the Mur de Huy in both editions of Flèche Wallonne 2021
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Six things to look out for in the second week of the 2019 Tour de France
The Tour de France 2019 enters a crucial and brutal second week - here's what you need to look out for
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Rafal Majka continues Tour de France success with stage 17 victory
Two stage wins and polka-dot jersey for Pole Rafal Majka as Vincenzo Nibali puts more time into rivals
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Marcel Kittel claims Giro d'Italia stage two
Rainy stage ends in bunch sprint dominated by Marcel Kittel
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Simon Yates wins Tour de Romandie stage four to take race lead
British rider Simon Yates claims Tour de Romandie major mountain stage victory, and with it the overall race lead with one day remaining
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from the 2019 Paris-Roubaix
When Philippe Gilbert reiterated at the start of the season his desire to win all five Monuments before retiring, it came across as admirably ambitious, but increasingly implausible.
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage six of the Giro d'Italia 2019
Talking points from the sixth day of action at the Giro
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage nine of the Giro d'Italia 2019
From Roglič's impeccable form to Simon Yates losing time
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Five talking points from stage three of the Vuelta a España 2020
Martin back to his best, Ineos take on the race, and Chaves gets unlucky
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage six of the Tour de France 2019
All the major talking points from the 2019 Tour de France's first summit finish to La Planche des Belles Filles
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage 21 of the Tour de France 2020
Bennett wins in green, Pogačar wins everything else, and a half-hearted anti-racism gesture - these are the major talking points from the final stage
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five things to look out for at the 2019 Paris-Roubaix
What can we expect from the 2019 edition of the Hell of the North?
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Esteban Chaves takes stage eight of Tour de Suisse
Tony Martin hangs on to his overall lead in the Tour de Suisse with one stage remaining
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five things we learned from Paris-Roubaix
Peter Sagan took victory in the 2018 edition of Paris-Roubaix, out-sprinting the surprise package of Silvan Dillier on the velodrome in Roubaix.
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Michal Kwiatkowski beats Simon Yates to overall victory at the 2018 Tour of Poland (stage by stage)
The Pole took overall victory after winning two stages along the way
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Sky's Danny van Poppel takes Tour of Poland lead as Modolo wins stage two
Sacha Modolo wins bunch sprint on stage two of the 2017 Tour of Poland as Peter Sagan loses overall lead to Danny van Poppel
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Sky's Wout Poels takes Tirreno-Adriatico stage four win and overall lead
Final climb proves decisive as Wout Poels breaks clear
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Diego Ulissi strikes again on Giro d'Italia stage eight
Cadel Evans takes overall race lead from Michael Matthews after action-packed stage
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five things we learned from Amstel Gold Race 2021
It was double delight for Jumbo-Visma
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Team Sky at the Tour de France: who have been the team's nine best riders?
We take a look at who's thrived at the Tour de France for Team Sky over the years
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Nairo Quintana wins 2014 Giro d'Italia
Nairo Quintana becomes first Colombian to win the Giro d'Italia as Luka Mezgec wins final stage
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Tony Gallopin takes dramatic stage win at Paris-Nice
Crashes for Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas prove costly on a frenetic day's racing
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Five talking points from stage nine of the Tour de France
Analysis from a thrilling ninth day as the Tour raced along the famous cobbles to Roubaix
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
