The Backpedal

Articles on cycling facts, cycling stats and cycling history. All the best things. Do a bit of shouting at clouds too.

By Cillian Kelly

Recent Articles

• Preposterous Hollywood wank (Jun 22)

• Greg LeMond and the inherited victories (Jun 22)

• 5: Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath (Jun 18)

• It’s that time again. (Jun 18)

• Fausto Coppi was a fraud (May 24)

• A big undeserving fraudulent fraudster (May 24)

• The People vs Gazzetta dello Sport (May 14)

• The truth shall set you free (May 14)

• Some of the races some of the time (May 13)

• Why are cyclists so lazy these days? (May 13)

• Anquetil's not on the list you plonker (May 3)

• And something about Pog (May 3)

• Cycling is a sport which embarrasses youth (Apr 28)

• Well, it used to be... (Apr 28)

• UPS Tracking the 2005 Tour de France (Apr 17)

• Where's me bike? (Apr 17)

• 41 Years of Hurt (Apr 15)

• Bollocks. I got a stat wrong. I admit it. Fuck it anyway (Apr 15)

• You can't spell 'A Monument' without the word 'team' (Apr 9)

• Terrible headline, just awful (Apr 9)

• Beyond Thrilling (Apr 7)

• The excitement of the stat attack (Apr 7)

• The Last Cobble (Mar 31)

• Strive for five... sure, sure. What about those who have roared for foured? (Mar 31)

The Backpedal

Articles on cycling facts, cycling stats and cycling history. All the best things. Do a bit of shouting at clouds too.