FIRST BLOOD TO DEANO

Downing vs Downing

It was a decent weekend to be a Downing ? unless, of course, you were hapless Middlesbrough footballer Stewart Downing, who suffered an FA Cup exit at the hands of Cardiff, in which case it was a rotten one.

Of course the competition literally everyone in the Downing family ? and a good few who are not ? is talking about is The Battle of the Brothers. It?s Noel and Liam without the duffle coats, swagger or a bidon full of premium-strength lager.

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BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS
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THE WINNER SAYS...

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.