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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.

TOUR’21 Stage 18: Double Pogačar Domination!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 15, 2021

Two stages in a row and the King of the Mountains jersey to add to the yellow and the white, yes, that's the Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 2021 Tour domination. In a repeat of the finalé of stage 17, the Slovenian jumped in the last…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 15, 2021

Jul 15, 2021: Everything Tour and the Settimana Ciclistica with results and video. UCI new tools for tech fraud-TOP STORY. Quick-Step new name, Sagan surgery, Ávila positive, Valverde and Nibali to Tokyo, Mulubrhan contract, CERATIZIT…

TOUR’21 Stage 17: Pogačar Pounces on Portet!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 14, 2021

After a game of cat and mouse between Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers), the yellow jersey despatched his closest rivals for the stage win on the Col du Portet.…

TOUR’21 Stage 16: Konrad Captures His Stage Win!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 13, 2021

Two-time Austrian national champion, BORA-hansgrohe's Patrick Konrad, soloed the final kilometres for his first Tour stage win and first pro win outside of Austria. The peloton was on a second rest day and was 14 minutes down.

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 12, 2021

Jul 12, 2021: All the latest from the Tour de France and the Giro Donne with video. Cavendish's 34 Tour stages-TOP STORY. Kluge and Andersen forced out of the Tour. Keisse and Jakobsen extend, Degenkolb to Deutschland Tour, eolo to…

TOUR’21 Stage 15: Sepp Kuss Cruises in Andorra!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 11, 2021

Jumbo-Visma's young American, Sepp Kuss attacked on the last climb of the day to cruise into Andorra la Vella for the stage win ahead of the 'old man' of the peloton, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)…

TOUR’21 Stage 14: Le Magnifique Mollema Solo Win!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 10, 2021

Trek-Segafredo's Bauke Mollema showed his strength on stage 14 by dropping the break of the day to ride solo into Quillan for the win. No problem for the yellow jersey, but Guillaume Martin was in the break and pushed his way into second…

TOUR’21 Stage 13: No.34 Tour Stage Win for Cavendish!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 9, 2021

Deceuninck - Quick-Step's fast finisher, Mark Cavendish, won his 34th Tour de France stage to equal the great Eddy Merckx. The finalé was a complicated matter with a technical run-in, but the Manx Missile did the business again. Tadej…

TOUR’21 Stage 12: Politt Powers to the Solo Win in Nîmes!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 8, 2021

Stage 12 was a lumpy and hot day for the Tour de France and there were a lot of tired legs from the ascents of Mont Ventoux on Wednesday. The break of the day took a big lead, to fight it out for the victory. BORA-hansgrohe's Nils Politt…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton Jul 8, 2021

Jul 8, 2021: All the news from the Tour and Giro Donne. Merckx not impressed by Van der Poel leaving the Tour. Soudal for Lefevere, Lotto and Soudal 2022, sponsor for Savio, Deceuninck/Napoleon and UCI ranking. Sagan to TotalEnergies, and…

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