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Freelance sports journalist and award-winning author, writing biographies about Tom Simpson and Frank Vandenbroucke. Formerly editor of Rouleur. Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable biography, out now! πŸ“•

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Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable An edited extract from new book Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath (no paywall)

Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable

An edited extract from new book Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath (no paywall)

dnlbenson.substack.com/p/tadej-poga...

18.11.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Many thanks to @bloomsburysport.bsky.social for an advance copy of this fantastic book.
Congratulations @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social, you've knocked it out of the park yet again.
P.S. It's out tomorrow!

12.11.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today!

It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him.

Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook πŸ“™ @bloomsburysport.bsky.social

13.11.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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New book alert!
This comes out tomorrow and I was delighted to receive an early copy to divulge.
Looks incredibly in depth and bang up to date. Great work @andymcgrath.bsky.social and @bloomsburysport.bsky.social

12.11.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tadej Pogačar is not like any other professional cyclist.

In this comprehensive biography, @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social follows his meteoric rise to the top, greatest race wins and rivalries, and the character, motivation and skills that led to his domination.

Available to pre-order now.

20.10.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Possibly the most depressing film I’ve ever seen, but a great turn from Jannik Sinner in it

25.10.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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COMING SOON 🚴

The first in-depth biography of the modern era's greatest cyclist, Tadej Pogačar.

By @bookieprize.bsky.social winner @andy-mcgrath.bsky.social

Out 6th November.

08.10.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aka why isn’t Lorena Wiebes a household name?

07.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's see if there is time to fit one more result in the book πŸ†

The first biography of Tadej Pogačar is out in four weeks, giving the inside line on his runaway success story.

It'll be published in many different European languages too, not just English πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

05.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

@dnlbenson.bsky.social has the answer…

26.09.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Only Politt and Pogi from those nine.

I think Benoot was missing one

05.09.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correct

05.09.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only three of those are right - Pogi, of course

05.09.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For a piece of pie:

Nine professional cyclists have finished every men's Tour de France of the 2020s. Name as many as you can...

05.09.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tuesday

02.09.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Ha, emoji use was intended as 'things that make you go hmm'

19.08.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who said it was a bad thing? That's modern cycling.

19.08.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

With the latest moves for Fred Wright and Lewis Askey, it's possible that Q36.5, Picnic-PostNL, EF Education First-EasyPost and Israel-Premier Tech could all have more British riders than British-registered Ineos Grenadiers in 2026 πŸ€”

19.08.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Featuring a late appearance of sorts from yours truly, fretting about Fulham's ageing squad and transfer inactivity this summer...

13.08.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By up here, do you mean you’ve taken a Time Machine back to 1999?

12.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜It was beautiful racing’ - πŸ‡³πŸ‡¦ Namibia hosts Africa’s first UCI women’s race in eight years

✍️ by @globalpeloton.bsky.social

πŸ“° www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/...

12.08.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah but I’d had two weeks of French food when I ate there so it was a delightful change of rhythm and cuisine

11.08.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t see the place tbh, was a stopover on way to Paris this year. I’d see what Reddit says. Macon is nice, good old town

11.08.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can recommend a killer sushi place in Bourg near the station

11.08.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm delighted to announce that my new book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, will come out on November 6th.

Published by @bloomsburysport.bsky.social, it is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest.

Available for pre-order now.

28.07.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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28.07.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Moto Drivers Played a Part’: Quinn Simmons Slams Camera Bike Influence in Wellens Win Lidl-Trek US champion Simmons criticizes 'cat 5' breakaway tactics after Tour de France near miss on ultra-attacking stage 15.

Quinn Simmons was left disappointed after another Tour near miss - and Tim Wellens had a firm response when asked if moto drivers gave him a breakaway slipstream advantage.

20.07.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Mark Cavendish’s stage 15 prediction: Mathieu van der Poel

20.07.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A Lot of Spectators Don’t Respect the Race’: Ineos Grenadiers DS Reacts to Peyresourde Tour Fan Crash 'It was an accident' says Dempster as Ineos Grenadiers DS and team car driver Cookson is handed whopping $6,000 fine and yellow card.

Ineos apologized for striking a fan with a team car on the Peyresourde today. A team DS called for more respect from fans.
bit.ly/3TQgnAD

19.07.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A whopping 5,000CHF fine ($6,200) and yellow card for DS Oliver Cookson (Ineos Grenadiers) for 'incorrect behaviour that endangers spectators'.

That's surely referring to the incident of the fan hit by the team car on the Col du Peyresourde, though it is not specified.

19.07.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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