Chris Marshall-Bell
A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and long reads across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013. In 2024 he released a seven-part podcast documentary, Ghost in the Machine, about motor doping in cycling.
Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains. He lives in Valencia, Spain.
Latest articles by Chris Marshall-Bell
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'It's terrible': The curse of Primož Roglič strikes again at the Tour de France
The Slovenian's hopes of winning yellow appear over, yet again
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Tour de France team has 11 bikes stolen overnight from hotel
The preferred bikes of three of TotalEnergies's riders were robbed
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'They’ve been playing the victim but we don’t really buy into this': Tadej Pogačar's team raise war of words with Jonas Vingegaard
It's the Tour of Mind Games and Tadej Pogačar's UAE-Team Emirates are on the back foot
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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100 bpm and 140 watts: How do we make Tour de France sprint days less boring?
Teams are increasingly critical of the succession of sprint stages that have few intermediate points on offer
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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A parcours for Tadej Pogačar? Rwanda set to be the most mountainous World Championships in 5 years
The cobbled Kigali Hill will feature on both the men's and women's routes
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'Student loans were my income': Meet the Tour de France jersey wearer who was a club cyclist 18 months ago
Little was known about Frank van den Broek even one year ago, but now he looks set to be one of the season's rising stars
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Tour de France peloton reacts to a ‘vicious, brutal and slapstick’ gravel stage
Does gravel belong in the Tour de France? The jury is still out
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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The new sprint king: Biniam Girmay reveals plan to win the Tour de France's green jersey
The Eritrean scored his second win of the race and now holds a comfortable lead in the race for green
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'I went to the doctor to talk about it and just burst into tears': What you need to know about depression and cycling
Rates of depression have risen dramatically since the pandemic –and cyclists aren’t immune, as Chris Marshall-Bell finds out
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'I need to build on this' - Remco Evenepoel emerges as Tadej Pogačar's main Tour de France challenger
Not even a brief mechanical could stop the time trial world champion from winning Friday's 25km test
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'It falls apart everywhere' - Alpecin-Deceuninck react to Jasper Philipsen relegation in Tour de France sprint
The Belgian is up against it as he misses out on another Tour stage victory
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'I stopped at 300m to go and looked up at the TV': How Mark Cavendish's teammates and family witnessed Tour de France history
The long-awaited, much-hyped moment finally arrived at the Tour de France
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Mads Pedersen is on a Tour De France mission
As he prepares for his fifth appearance at the Tour de France, the supremely confident Mads Pedersen tells Chris Marshall-Bell how he’s backing himself against all-comers
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Weaker teams and descending fears: Tadej Pogačar's rivals respond to stage four Tour de France losses
Remco Evenepoel is the closest to Tadej Pogačar in the GC but faces a big challenge to overhaul the Slovenian in Friday's time trial
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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How Roglič, Evenepoel and Vingegaard recovered from Itzulia horror crash to line up for the 2024 Tour de France
Three Tour De France favourites were left broken by a mass crash at April’s Itzulia Basque Country. Chris Marshall-Bell finds out how they fast-tracked their recovery
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Inside Biniam Girmay's remarkable journey to history-making Tour de France stage winner
Biniam Girmay, the first black African to win a Tour de France stage, charts his extraordinary rise
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Why do Tour de France teams keep losing their buses?
A flashing warning sign and a "kaput" leaves two of the race's teams without their luxury mobile mansions
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Jonas Vingegaard 'super close to normal level' after allaying own fears at Tour de France
Doubts around the Visma-Lease a Bike rider's condition eased after impressive performance on San Luca
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'It's like I'm having a heartache right now': Inside the hardest ever Tour de France opening stage
Tour de France peloton reacts to a brutal opening stage in central Italy with heat and humidity levels preventing riders from performing to their usual levels
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Tour de France 2024: Five predictions from our experts
Our team covering the race on the ground share their predictions for the biggest race of the men's WorldTour season
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Tom Pidcock says Ineos Grenadiers will be 'better' at the Tour de France without Steve Cummings
Netflix series depicted tension between the DS and rider, dynamic sources told Cycling Weekly carries a degree of accuracy
By Tom Thewlis Published
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Jonas Vingegaard bullish about Tour de France chances: 'I have hope that I'm good enough for victory'
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider hasn't raced since his horror crash at April's Itzulia Basque Country
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'We are not afraid': UCI to pay for 'qualified information' relating to possible motor doping
President David Lappartient also says that he is "not afraid to to catch a top rider" should they be using motored assistance inside their bike
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Jasper Philipsen: Everybody wants to see Mark Cavendish win a 35th Tour de France stage - but we'll try to beat him
Belgian sprinter, winner of the 2023 points classification, warns he will "not give away a sprint"
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published