Phil’s Insights
PHIL REGULARLY POSTS HIS OPINION ON CURRENT RACES, CYCLING POLITICS, & UPDATES
FROM THE GROUND AT LE TOUR DE FRANCE, LA VUELTA A ESPANA, AND OTHER MAJOR RACES.

Ride with Phil
Tassie Cycling Ride with Phil Hobart Report It has been a busy couple of weeks, but the weekend I spent in Hobart was a relaxing…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Final Vuelta Blog: Farewell Spain! On the day of our final ride of our tour in Spain we awoke to the sounds…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Vuelta Bog #8: Our penultimate ride. The spectacular beach at our hotel’s doorstep has proven to be a major distraction and something…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Once again our planned ride for today was shortened a little to match a revised set of ambitions—mostly, the allure of beach…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Vuelta Blog #6: Our bunch finds some climbing form. We’ve passed the halfway point of our Vuelta tour and I’m really getting…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Vuelta Blog #4: A Coruna With today being a rest day in the Vuelta, we had the opportunity to ride without being…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Vuelta Blog #3: Alto de la Cobertoria and the travails of the intrepid Vegetarian It was still dark when the alarm blew…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain Vuelta Dispatch #2: Lagos de Covadongo, Cadel, y Cerveza We got to sleep in a little today as the property we have…

La Vuelta a Espania
Cycling in Spain – Austurias Vuelta Dispatch #1: Welcome to Asturias Our 2014 Vuelta a Espana tour is underway and it’s a great feeling to…

Tour de France
Wrap up Another Tour de France has been comprehensively wrapped-up but, having just arrived back in Australia myself after spending the three weeks by the…

Tour de France
Paris Finale I am finally home and reflecting on our last days in France and the finale in Paris. Two days before, we were in…

Tour de France
Pyrenees Cycling Once again we split into a couple of groups and while I accompanied Janet and Malcolm in a more relaxed state, Rudy was…