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Alastair Hamilton

Alastair Hamilton has been a pro team mechanic on the road, track and mountain bike and worked for the Great Britain team at the World championships in all disciplines. Since moving to Spain and finding out how to use a computer, he has gone from contributor of Daily Distractions at the 2002 Vuelta a España to editor at PezCyclingNews.

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton
The Italian Classic have started with the Trofeo Laigueglia, plus Le Samyn with results and video. Fans at the roadside-TOP STORY. Teams for Strade Bianche and Paris-Nice. Race news: Catalunya, Amstel, Euro champs, Maglia Rosa and…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton
March 1, 2021: The first big weekend of racing - Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne with results and video, plus the UAE Tour. UCI updates the corona protocol-TOP STORY. Teams for Le Samyn. Rider news: Viviani, Carthy, Yates, Hirschi, Landa. Race…

KUURNE’21: Marauding Mads!

Alastair Hamilton
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne ended in a bunch sprint, much like Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but up to 1,7 kilometres to go it looked like the break would fight for the victory. Mads Pedersen took the honours, but Mathieu van der Poel made…

HET NIEUWSBLAD’21: Deceuninck Domination!

Alastair Hamilton
The Deceuninck - Quick-Step team dominated the first Classic of the season and launched Davide Ballerini across the finish line of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad first. The young Italian held off Jake Stewart and Sep Vanmarcke in a sprint from a…

Retro: Omloop Het Volk 1983 Photo Gallery

Alastair Hamilton
This Saturday the first big single-day race in the north of Europe kicks off in Belgium; The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Back in 1983 the season opener was known as the Het Volk. What better reason to pull out some old retro photos from the Cor…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton
Feb 25, 2021: More action from the UAE Tour with reports, results and video. TOP STORY - The 2021 Giro route. Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne - All the latest news from the teams. Rider news: Stybar, Dumoulin, Quintana, Pinot, Bennett and…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton
Feb 22, 2021: The excitement of the UAE Tour and Tour des Alpes Maritimes, the last cross races of the season with results, reports and video. Ex track rider new Olympic chair-TOP STORY. Rider news: Evenepoel, Bewley, Hirschi, Martin,…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton
Feb 18, 2021: UAE Tour and Tour des Alpes up next. Fabio Jakobsen to ride the GP Monseré-TOP STORY. No Omloop and Kuurne for Sagan, Ulissi training, López race in April, teams for Vuelta. Women’s Tour postponed, BC Superweek canceled, teams…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton
Feb 15, 2021: The 2021 season is in full swing: Tour de La Provence, Clásica de Almería and cross in Eeklo and Brussels-Results, reports and video. Valverde talks Vuelta-TOP STORY. New Zealand champs, no Giro for Quintana and Froome ready.…