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Replay: PEZ Interviews Richard Moore

In light if the tragic news of Mr. Moore's unexpected passing earlier this week, I thought it worthwhile to repost this interview we did in 2014.   By then Richard was already a well established cycling journalist & author, and as an…

PEZ Talk: Adam Hansen

Thanks to his amazing stamina and efforts of completing the Giro, Tour & Vuelta in the same year for the last two years running, Adam Hansen is one of the most popular domestiques in the WorldTour. He's not just a popular guy thanks to…

PEZ Talk: Daniel Friebe

PEZ caught up with Daniel Friebe, author of ‘Eddy Merckx – The Cannibal’, to talk about the book and the difficulties of writing about Merckx, as well as nostalgia in cycling, doping (of course), and gladioli.

PEZ Talk: Alex Stieda

A cycling legend in Canada, Alex Stieda won a Commonwealth Games medal on the track in the pursuit and was a professional in Europe and North America for eight years from the mid-80s to early-90s, and wore the yellow jersey at the Tour (the…

The Adventures of Gino Bartali Continue

By 1943, Italy was in chaos. For even a well-known sporting hero such as Gino Bartali, his public profile was no guarantee of his safety. Yet Bartali chose an even more risky course of action, as foreshadowed in Part 1. He would…

The Adventures of Gino Bartali, Part One

Gino Bartali, the great Italian rider of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, would be a legend if it were just for his exploits on the bike. But his career spanned tragedy and triumph for Italy as a whole and Bartali managed to be at the centre of the…