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Dueling opinions: Which is is greater race, the Tour de France or the Giro d'Italia?

Larry says The Giro d'Italia
Padraig says The Tour de France

Les Woodland's book Cycling's World Championships: The Inside Story is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

John Neugent

The Myth of the Mousetrap: The Dangers of Innovation
Creating the Truth is Much Easier that Telling the Truth
Technology. Is It Good or Bad?
How Bicycle Road Racing Has Changed Since the Early ’70s

Roger Koeijvoets

Ranking of post-war Tours de France wins: An analysis taking into account the changes that have occurred over the past 75 years

Peter Joffre Nye

2018 Bicycling Hall of Fame Inductees
2019 Bicycling Hall of Fame Inductees

Larry Theobald's essays

Fixing Pro Cycling
Dear UCI - It's time to update the bike number plate
Thoughts on La Vuelta 2021
Thoughts on LeTour 2021
Thoughts on LeTour 2020
The Reign of the Kite Men, Cycling's Ultra-Light Riders

David L. Stanley's essays, opinion, commentary and poetry

Poetry
The Bicycle - A Sonnet

General Commentary
A Pint of Guinness & Paris-Roubaix, Classics Both
Some days you cry, Some days you laugh
Cycling's Culture of Doping
Cycling's Culture of Doping, An Update
People Shouldn't Die Racing Bikes
The Future of Pro Cycling: It's Economics, Stupid
The Future of Pro Cycling: It's Economics, Stupid, Part 2
Disc Brakes on Road bikes: Tech change and the agony that always comes along
600 Words in Praise of the Fixed Gear

Seasons of the Bike
Part 1: PTWS, Post-Tour Withdrawal Syndrome
Part 2: The Vuelta a España and Fall racing
Part 3: Winter, Cycling's Season Does Not Truly End
Part 4: Spring: The Season Start, Every Race Matters

2023 season
2023 Giro d'Italia: Rest Day Two
2023 Giro d'Italia: Rest Day One
Parliamo del Giro d'Italia - Let’s talk Giro d’Italia
Classics racing after the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders)
2023 Season Preview: 16 Things I Want to See this Season

2022 season
The 2022 Cycling Season in Review
2022 Vuelta a España: A Summary
2022 Vuelta a España: A Preview
Looking back at the 2022 Tour de France: A Summary
2022 Tour de France preview
Giro d'Italia final summary: Eight Things and a Bonus Memory
Giro d'Italia Rest Day Two
2022 Bike Racing Season Preview

2021 season
My Top Twelve Takeaways from the 2021 Season
David Stanley is On the Road Again
David Stanley becomes Tim Declercq, El Tractor
Giro d'Italia Headline: Tutti Ave Riccardo Minali!
Giro d'Italia. Memo: 2021 Giro d'Italia rest day number one, Topic: rider safety
Concussions: It is time bike racing took them seriously

2020 season
Reflections on the Tour de France
It is Bastille Day
The Roads are Empty; I’ve never been more scared to ride

2019 Tour de France
Week 1: La Course des Nouveaux Visages. The Tour of New Faces
Week 2: Thibaut Pinot, the Raging Frenchman Ascendant
Week 3: Looking Back, 32 Takaways from the 2019 Tour de France

2018 season
David L. Stanley previews the 2018 racing season
Four thoughts on the early season
In Spring, a Cyclist’s Thoughts Turn to the Classics
The Giro d'Italia with One Week to Go
A final look-back at the 2018 Giro d'Italia
A preview of the 2018 Tour de France and a look at the competitors
Sixteen Random Thoughts as We Say Good-bye to Tour de France 2018
Goodbye Paul Sherwen, and Thanks

2017 Tour de France
Luke Rowe-The Bad-ass Lanterne Rouge

2016 Vuelta a España
What can we learn from this?

2016 Tour de France
2016 Tour Preview
What We Know After One Week
Show a little respect: Post stage 13 thoughts
2016 Tour de France Wrap-Up

2015 Tour de France:
Pre-race thoughts and predictions
Stages 1 - 3 reviewed and assessed
Stage 4 is looked at and assessed
Stages 5 and 6 reviewed
Stages 7 and 8 reviewed and assessed
Stage 9 team time trial blow-by-blow story and review
Stage 10, the first day in the mountains gets a close look
Stage 11, the second day in the Pyrenees reviewed
Stage 12, rain and mountains, the tale of a hard day's racing
Stage 13, transition day with lots of action
Stage 14, hilltop finish, super day at the Tour
Stage 15, a few hills and then a fast finish
Stage 16, a hilly trip to Gap
Stage 17: first day in the high Alps
Stage 18: more Alps, 7 categorized ascents
Stage 19: Third day in the Alps
Stage 20: Final day in the Alps, finishing at Alpe d'Huez
Stage 21: The Tour's last stage, a fast day in Paris
Post race: 21 takeaways from the 2015 Tour de France

George J. Newton

Five of the Most Impactful Bicycle Models Throughout History