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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: Tour Riders Talk, Giro Donne Rocks!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 4, 2022

July 4, 2022: The Tour de France opening stages rider & team comments & quips, and the Giro Donne opens in Sardinia - all the news, results and video. Terrible training crash for Alejandro Valverde - TOP STORY. Other news: Patrick…

TOUR’22 Stage 3: Grand Groenewegen!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 3, 2022

After a long solo break by local KOM, Magnus Cort, the stage came down to a bunch sprint in Sønderborg. It was a fast run-in at over 60 kph and after the usual jostling and bumping, Dylan Groenewegen pushed his wheel over the finish-line…

TOUR’22 Stage 2: Fabulous Fabio – Wout in Yellow!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 2, 2022

Fabio Jakobsen gave Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl their second stage win out of two with a chaotic sprint in Nyborg. The predicted split on the big bridge on the run-in didn't materialise and the bunch thundered into the finalé. Wout van Aert was…

TOUR’22 Stage 1: First Yellow for Lampaert!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 1, 2022

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl's Yves Lampaert upset the usual TT men to win the first stage of the 2022 Tour de France and take the first yellow jersey. The Belgian bettered Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar, top TT favourite Filippo Ganna and Mathieu…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 30, 2022

Jun 30, 2022: Only one sleep away from the 2022 Tour de France and we have more team news. No Cavendish and Alaphilippe in the Tour. Also the Giro Donne teams. Champs results from Canada. Rider news: Van Vleuten, Markus, Mas, Van Hooydonck,…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 27, 2022

Jun 27, 2022: We warm up for the Tour with the national championships. American riders make statement. Tour riders. Rider news: Rebellin. Team news: Lotto Soudal, EOLO-Kometa, Jumbo-Visma, Drone Hopper. Race news: CERATIZIT, Arctic Race,…

Readers’ Rig: Marco’s S.W. Cotten Track Bike

Alastair Hamilton Jun 25, 2022

It's not often you see a bike in a shop window, that isn't a cycle shop, but if you are near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York you have to make a visit to Pasanella & Son, Vintners and have a look at their S.W. Cotten track bike. Marco…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 23, 2022

Jun 23, 2022: Tour teams name their riders, time trial champs. Amy Pieters is recovering. Rider news: Lampaert, Alaphilippe, Girmay, López, Valgren, Evenepoel, Sivakov and Kristoff. Team News: UAE, BORA-hansgrohe, Trek-Segafredo,…

Lampaert Keeps Lotto Soudal Out of the WorldTour by Only 0.33 Points

Alastair Hamilton Jun 22, 2022

This year the fight for UCI points is more important than before, only the top eighteen teams will get WorldTour licenses. Lotto Soudal is on the wrong side of that divide and the overall win in the Baloise Belgium Tour could have made a…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 20, 2022

Jun 20, 2022: Tour de Suisse, Baloise Belgium Tour, Slovenia Tour and La Route d’Occitanie - results and video. Van der Poel will not fight Van Aert for green. Rider news: Carapaz, Gilbert, Vanmarcke, Van Gils, Vermeersch, Asgreen and…

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