This weekend ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here reality show saw a bloke from a band I don’t like crowned ‘King of the Jungle’ by TV two hosts I’m not especially fond of. But what do I know? Dougie Poynter’s McFly have sold well over one million records and I’m A Celebrity… hosted by Ant and Dec regularly drew in more than 11-million viewers. They’re popular. It is personal opinion, of course, but that doesn’t make them good.
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This year’s shortlist for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has caused Jeremy Clarkson levels of controversy for not including deserving female champions like Chrissie Wellington and Sarah Stevenson, but at least cyclists will all be voting for Mark Cavendish…
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It’s that time of year again. The BBC has revealed it’s shortlist for the Sports Personality of the Year awards and Team High Road’s Mark Cavendish has made the top 10 for the second year running…
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If you reckon you’re a better cyclist than Bradley Wiggins and could ‘have’ Geraint Thomas in a sprint then next Friday – the 26th of November – is the chance to prove it…
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The 2012 Olympics are on the horizon and a state-of-the art velodrome is being built. At the same time, though, Herne Hill Velodrome, the last track to host the Olympics in the UK, is fighting closure…
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Once upon a time, just after the dinosaurs and a little before iPads, it was assumed by many that owning a car and riding a bike simply weren’t compatible…
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The Prostate Cancer Charity and Sharp Electronics, in association with Rapha and Condor, have announced plans for an iconic cycling challenge open to all Cycling Plus readers, to raise funds to continue the fight against the most common cancer in men in the UK.
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…I don’t mean any old bike, I mean my bike, the one I actually own…
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This morning on Radio 5 there was yet another report on recent research that found that cycling, and road cycling in particular, is the new sign of a mid-life crisis in men. It doesn’t feel like a crisis to this middle aged man…
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In one of my first Cycling Plus editor’s letters I threatened to enter a hill climb and be sick on my shoes. Three years on it finally happens, so if you want to see such a thing – and who wouldn’t – then head to Frome in Somerset this Sunday…
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This weekend ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here reality show saw a bloke from a band I don’t like crowned ‘King of the Jungle’ by TV two hosts I’m not especially fond of. But what do I know? Dougie Poynter’s McFly have sold well over one million records and I’m A Celebrity… hosted by Ant and Dec regularly drew in more than 11-million viewers. They’re popular. It is personal opinion, of course, but that doesn’t make them good.
