Tom Thewlis
Tom is a News and Features Writer at Cycling Weekly. Since joining the team he has reported from a variety of different races and events across Europe including the Tour de France and World Championships.
Latest articles by Tom Thewlis
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'The Tour de France wasn't part of the plan' - James Shaw's unlikely route to the world's biggest race
‘I came back from the Dauphiné in the best shape I’ve ever been in’ - the 27-year-old believes impressive recent form earned him a place in EF’s Tour squad
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Tour de France 2023: Five unconventional predictions
Never mind who will win the general classification, here's five wild predictions for what will and won't happen this July
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Pello Bilbao ready to attack on home roads of the Tour de France Grand Départ
Hailing from nearby Guernica, the Bahrain Victorious rider will be looking to spring a surprise on stage one on Saturday
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Jonas Vingegaard not intimidated by Tadej Pogačar's talk of early attacks at Tour de France
"I just have to be ready for it" says defending champion as Grand Départ in Bilbao draws near
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Tom Pidcock: Beating the likes of Pogačar and Vingegaard to a Tour de France stage would be ‘a step up’
Ineos Grenadiers rider heads into second Tour aiming for general classification and stage wins
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Peter Sagan given suspended prison sentence for drink driving offence
Three-time road world champion also banned from driving for three months, on eve of Tour de France
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Tom Pidcock aims to go ‘a step further’ at Tour de France 2023
Ineos' Rod Ellingworth says British rider ‘still has some work to do’ in order to make GC push main objective
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Six riders to watch at the British national championships 2023
Geraint Thomas, Fred Wright, Anna Henderson and Katie Archibald are just some of the stars lining up in Redcar and Cleveland.
By Tom Thewlis Published
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24 riders disqualified from under 23 Giro d’Italia for holding onto vehicles
Video footage shows large groups of riders holding onto cars and motorbikes on Wednesday’s ascent of the Stelvio
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Felix Gall powers to first major career win and overall race lead on stage four of Tour de Suisse
Gall takes over the GC lead from Mattias Skjelmose with Remco Evenepoel in third
By Tom Thewlis Published
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‘I'm angry and disheartened’ - Arnaud Démare left out of Tour de France by Groupama-FDJ
David Gaudu and Thibaut Pinot will head up French team at home Grand Tour, Démare to leave FDJ at end of season
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Strava's global heatmap could reveal the location of your home, according to researchers
Findings suggest setting your account to private mode does not mean your Strava data is private, although it is easily turned off
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Tweets of the week: Cycling world reacts to Tour de France: Unchained and Dad jokes galore at Ineos
Taking a look through the best of cycling social media in the last week
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Pain, suffering and beer — The best quotes of Tour de France: Unchained
Marc Madiot, Geraint Thomas and Jonathan Vaughters among the quotable talking heads on the new Netflix documentary
By Adam Becket Published
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Tour de France: Unchained episode by episode guide
The Cycling Weekly guide to all eight episodes of the Netflix show, from Copenhagen to Paris
By Adam Becket Published
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Geraint Thomas headlines eight-man Ineos Grenadiers squad for British National Road Championships
Welshman part of strong line-up for WorldTour team alongside two-time winner Ben Swift
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Christophe Laporte doubles up at Critérium du Dauphiné with 'unexpected' stage three win
Frenchman proves his form and outfoxes Sam Bennett and Dylan Groenewegen to take second stage victory in three days
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Further suspect arrested and charged over knife-point robbery of Mark Cavendish and family
26-year-old Jo Jobson charged with two counts of robbery for his part in break in at Cavendish’s home
By Tom Thewlis Published
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'Conflict is built into the way we design roads': Study shows cyclists in helmets perceived as ‘less human’
Australian researchers find data in line with similar findings from UK academic on the disadvantage of helmet wearing
By Tom Thewlis Published
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London cyclist left with serious injuries as £12,500 bike stolen by gang
As well as losing several teeth, cyclist also suffered broken jaw, scapula and collarbone in incident
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Jonas Vingegaard to David Gaudu: Eight riders to watch at the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023
Stacked GC field also includes Adam Yates, Richard Carapaz, Mikel Landa and Jai Hindley
By Tom Thewlis Published
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21 things you didn't know about Wout van Aert
From studying computer science at university through to what he eats for breakfast
By Tom Thewlis Published
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'I hope that it gives somebody else hope': Ultra-cyclist Jack Thompson releases Everesting film ‘Rising Up’
Thompson climbed 1,000,000 metres of elevation in 2022 to raise money to help those dealing with mental health issues worldwide
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Belgian pro cyclist Julian Mertens in medically induced coma after crash during training
Bingoal WB rider undergoes spinal surgery after incident, also broke arm, ribs and his jaw in the crash on Wednesday
By Tom Thewlis Published