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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 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…

Readers’ Rig: Adnan’s 1990 Greg LeMond by TVT

Alastair Hamilton Jun 18, 2022

This week we have a stunning 'Readers' Rig' from Adnan Kadir in Portland: A Greg Lemond TVT in Z team livery. The bike is beautifully built with the correct Campagnolo C-Record Delta, Time pedals, Turbo saddle and Cinelli bars and stem.

Alex Zülle – The ‘Mr. Magoo’ of Cycling

Alastair Hamilton Jun 17, 2022

Not being able to 'race chase' la Vuelta a España properly over the last covid years, our man in Spain, Alastair Hamilton, has had to rely on memory. He first saw la Vuelta 23 years ago and remembers one of the big stars - Alex Zülle - the…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 16, 2022

Jun 16, 2022: Suisse, Belgium, Slovenia and Mont Ventoux. Froome didn’t start the Mont Ventoux. Rider news: Bardet to the Tour, Dennis not for the Tour, Quintana returns, UAE interested in Wellens, not Quintana, Calmejane to Intermarché, De…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 13, 2022

Jun 13, 2022: The Critérium du Dauphiné and the Women's Tour wind-up and the Tour de Suisse starts, plus the Elfstdenronde, Dwars door het Hageland and the GP Kanton Aargau all with video. Who will Lefevere pick for the Tour? Rider news:…

Readers’ Rigs: Oscar Winner’s 1982 Colnago Gets a Loving Overhaul

Alastair Hamilton Jun 11, 2022

A slightly different 'Readers' Rig' today. Bob Shaver tells us all about a very special 1982 Colnago Super, built up with period Campagnolo Super record and owned by his friend, Steve Tesich who sadly passed away. This is a very special…

Julio Jiménez, ‘The Watchmaker of Ávila’, Dies at 87

Alastair Hamilton Jun 10, 2022

The Spanish rider, Julio Jiménez, was three times king of the mountains and second overall in the 1967 Tour, a close friend of Jacques Anquetil, died on Wednesday morning in the Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila hospital due injuries he…

EUROTRASH News Round Up Thursday!

Alastair Hamilton Jun 9, 2022

Jun 06, 2022: Critérium du Dauphiné and Women's Tour, plus Ronde van Limburg, all with video. Pinot and Martin react to Nadal injections. Rider news: LeMond, Van Gils, Carapaz, Vanmarcke, King and Benoist. Team news: DSM. Race news: 2024…

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