CULTURE
What’s on
The best media, entertainment and events from the cycling world
Summit sandwich
● The 18th Tour of Britain (4-11 September) has revealed its hand. It’s bookended by summit finishes, the first in the Cairngorms at Glenshee, the second on the Isle of Wight. tourofbritain.co.uk
Richard Moore
● The Cycling Podcast returned with a moving, raw episode (14 April) dedicated to its co-creator, Richard Moore, who died in
late March aged 48. thecyclingpodcast.com
Blanq slate
● Fancy a long October weekend riding Ibiza roads with Mark Cavendish, Sir Bradley Wiggins & DJ Pete Tong? Luxury tour operator Le Blanq are offering just that. leblanq.com
Central perks
● Author Jack Thurston’s latest book in his ‘Lost Lanes’ series, Lost Lanes Central, explores 36 rides from the Peak District and Lincolnshire down to the Cotswolds.
Soul food
●Check out Nuno Tavares’ Vimeo documentary The Soul of a Cyclist. Through a group of cyclists, it attempts to show the values being lost in our modern society. en.almadeciclista.com
The family business
● Journalist Alex Duff takes us behind the scenes of the Tour in Le Fric: Family, Power and Money: the Business of the Tour de France, a new book (9 June) that explores the history of the great race away from the road.
Go figure The month in numbers
108
Riders participating in the 2022 Women’s Tour – the biggest field in its eight-year history
1,007
Days that had lapsed since Thibaut Pinot had won a race, before his April Tour of the Alps win
3
Dylan van Baarle’s Roubaix win was only the third Monument in Ineos Grenadiers’ 13-year history
3,328
The length of the 2022 Tour de France, the shortest since the 3,278km of 2002
45.8
Average speed, in km/h, of the 2022 men’s Paris-Roubaix, the fastest-ever recorded