Tom Portsmouth

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Some daily updates in 📸 from a team camp in 🇫🇷 on my substack

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When you're injured but you see a sponsorship opportunity and aero gains.

📷 Cor Vos

Alex Pritchard interview: racing, resilience and adjusting to life with Type 1 diabetes When a sudden weight-loss and unquenchable thirst sent Alex Pritchard from the peloton to A&E, the 28-year-old Rás Tailteann stage-winner emerged with a life-altering diagnosis: Type One diabe…

“Diabetes shouldn’t stop you doing what you enjoy.”

Alex Pritchard (DAS-Richardsons) talks sudden Type 1 diagnosis, learning to juggle insulin with 100 g carbs an hour, and why his race ambitions are still on.

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2025 Guildford Town Centre Races: report and results Robyn Clay led a near-clean DAS-Hutchinson sweep in the Greyfriars Vineyard Women’s GP, before 17-year-old Milo Wills (TEKKERZ) outsprinted Jente Michels to win The Cycle Exchange Open GP (9 July)…

South London’s 17-year-old prodigy Milo Wills (TEKKERZ CC) blitzed The Cycle Exchange Guildford Open Grand Prix, out-kicking Belgian powerhouse Jente Michels (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development RT) to stamp yet another exclamation mark on his breakout season.

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I appreciate it Matt, I gave it my best. Wrote something short about the race on my Instagram, too.

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Postcards from 🇬🇧 National Champs. Some race.

They're secretly Italian?

I'd have said that's on your end 🤔 where you watching from? In the meantime a little snippet for you

YouTube video by British Cycling 2025 Lloyds National Road Championships | Road Races LIVE

British Road Race Champs Livestream

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Livestream for this evening's crit.

First 1h full I've done for a while, so let's have a blast doing it.

@jezcox.bsky.social

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We're always intrigued by new requests for use of our WorldTour App, and the latest is for academic research! 🎓 @lborouniversity.bsky.social 's Alex Welburn is using VV for a Time Trial (TT) optimisation study with two female riders.

📖Read more in our blog bit.ly/4nigx15

#cycling #roadcycling

l'échapée | Brussels Cycling Classic When everyone knows the breakaway has the potential to go far in a race like the Brussels Cycling Classic, you’ve got to take it.

The Belgium Tour makes it 5 for 7 Queen stage breaks in 2025

The others include:
Classic Besançon Doubs
Tour du Doubs
Stage IV | 4J de Dunkerque
Brussels Cycling Classic

Here are the details of catching the break at the recent Brussels Cycling Classic 👇
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Another Queen Stage in the breakaway. This time at the Baloise Belgium Tour. It was hot and à bloc from the start.

Up next: Baloise Belgium Tour

A few places I recognise on there.

Kermesse racing is one of the best ways to understand the Geography of Belgium.

For those with long memories of watching the TdF on C4 and ITV…

Just from the photo alone, you know it's going to be an iconic NSF episode.

New post. Gullegem Prof Koerse. The most intense racing in the world. IMHO.

Tom's in the break in the Brussels Cycling Classic
Looking forward to heard what Muur van Geraardsbergen is like to race!

Tom Portsmouth on Substack Last week, I arrived in Belgium for the first time in 2025—yes, that’s the latest I’ve been to Belgium in a year, since I started coming here in 2016. This time, I started the block with a good, hard ...

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Our sponsors... Once seen they cannot be unseen. It's quite cool actually.

Ahhh summer has arrived.

After seeing "Dabbel" yesterday at Gullegem—pro kermesse koerses are different gravy...

It's time for a coffee and recovery ride today.

The Dabbel is the new edition to Spiuk's sunglasses range 😎

Livestream 81 ste Gullegem koerse YouTube video by KOERS IN BEELD

Gullegem Koerse Livestream

14h00 CEST

Let's go racing 🐎

☝🏻 in 🇧🇪 this year
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Cracking race that one! Good job for a podium there, Jamie

There might not be much interest for this on top of my regular newsletters, but this is what a chat feature could offer:

+ Discuss observations of fascinating details in sport and travel.

+ Updates of upcoming Races & Articles

+ Draw a community of curious thinkers together. So ask away.

He Who Learns chat Join now in the Substack app

There's a chat function on Substack. Some publications have found value in them, and I'd like to see if it might work for my newsletter, also.

What I imagine the community chat could offer is listed below 👇🏻

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"Times a flat circle"

Auction finishing on Thursday evening for this beauty of a Pinarello F10 Disc!

In an age of proprietary, this bike gives the ability to adjust to your hearts content, whilst not limiting your wheel choice.

Have a look through the link below. 👇🏻

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80 Angry Men Finding Strategies to overcome the herd mentality of not only my teammates but an integral part of how the peloton functions—the hierarchy of teams.

80 Angry Men:

Finding Strategies to overcome the herd mentality of how the entire peloton functions—the hierarchy of teams. I began to solve this puzzle in my latest newsletter. 👇🏻

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I wonder, do you fancy wearing our colourful and standout jersey, or helmets too?

They're certainly a great way to be seen and safe on the road, or turn heads as you roll up to the café on your Sunday Club Run.

Head over to the shop, to put in your order! 👇🏻

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