Latest articles by Chris Marshall-Bell
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Tour de France 2024 route: Your complete guide
Tour de France 2024 route totals 3,492km of racing with 52,320 metres of overall elevation across 21 stages
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Salary caps, banning race radios, more education for young riders: Romain Bardet's plan to change cycling
Revered as much for his erudition as his élan, Chris Marshall-Bell gets the lowdown from the French cyclist
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America's great again: the new era of US bike racers
But can it last? The US finally has a clutch of star riders again, but is its top-level success built on solid foundations, asks Chris Marshall-Bell
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'It’s going to be hard but I will be a contender': Lizzie Deignan's plans for Paris
Britain’s most successful female road racer of the era, Lizzie Deignan has one medal missing from her cabinet: Olympic gold. Chris Marshall-Bell looks back on her record at the Games and ponders her prospects for Paris
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Koo Alibi sunglasses performed well and turned heads
Unquestionably one of the most stylish and best-performing pairs of photochromic sunglasses on the market – but with a price to match
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Giro d'Italia 2024 contenders: Can anyone stop Tadej Pogačar?
The Slovenian is the outright favourite for overall victory but there are plenty of other riders capable of having a say on the start line
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Up to one in seven cyclists are neurodivergent – including EF boss Vaughters, who considers it a superpower
Every human brain works slightly differently, yet too often we demand bland conformity. Chris Marshall-Bell meets riders unashamed to cherish their uniqueness
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Egan Bernal's best result since crash opens door to Tour de France selection: 'We need him competitive for us in the biggest races'
The Colombian revealed that some of his power numbers are better than before his crash in January 2022
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Bigger budget, more staff, and increased testing: inside Lidl-Trek's transformation into a super team
By 2028 the American team wants to win one of cycling's three Grand Tours, and be firmly among the sport's leading elite
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Tadej Pogačar: 'I want to be the best ever cyclist'
The Slovenian utterly dominated the Volta a Catalunya, winning the three mountainous stages and even a final day sprint
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A defeated peloton reacts to Tadej Pogačar's latest exhibition: 'No-one can compete with him. I have never seen anything like this'
Rivals and former teammates of the Slovenian champion describe how bike racing is now a race for second
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Can Hugh Carthy finish on a Grand Tour podium again? 'He's still going to be one of the best climbers in the world'
The Briton has finished eighth and ninth at the Giro d'Italia since his Vuelta podium
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Sepp Kuss calls for patience on his form as he declares 'I still have room to grow'
The Grand Tour winner is on course for his second successive one week stage race top-10
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The art of peaking with Geraint Thomas: 'It’s easy to take for granted that 9 times out of 10 I hit my goals'
The Welshman also calls for better governance in the sport to help it grow further
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'One transplant, two cancer surgeries – I get knocked down but I get up again': The champion rider with next-level resilience
Facing repeated risks to her life from kidney failure, Ottilie Quince is determined to keep bouncing back – on and off her bike
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'Getting away with it is shockingly easy': Five reasons why motor doping suspicions won't go away
Having spent over a year investigating motor doping, Chris Marshall-Bell examines the rumours and unanswered questions that remain
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Mark Cavendish wins his first race in final season after perfect leadout in Tour Colombia
The Briton fended off the challenge of home rider Fernando Gaviria on stage four of the Tour Colombia
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Alice Towers and her dad Jonny: 'He corners with his knee skimming the tarmac – I've inherited those skills'
Ability on two wheels runs in the the Canyon-SRAM star's family – whether petrol or pedal powered
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Choirboy, cocaine and crowbars: Cycling's most notorious lawbreakers
Tales of cyclists bending or breaking the rules litter the sport’s history but Chris Marshall-Bell uncovers those that have gone further and broken the law
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Lukas Nerurkar and his dad Richard: 'He'd say cycling is tougher than running but I'd push back a bit'
EF Education's latest young star is the son of Richard Nerurkar, Britain's best marathon runner of the 1990s – how much of Lukas's success is nature and how much nurture?
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'They are still looking for the next Eddy, but they’ll never find one': Eight riders have been called 'The Next Merckx', but none have achieved as much
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of a comparison to cycling’s most revered rider – Chris Marshall-Bell gets the measure of what is simultaneously cycling’s greatest compliment and greatest curse
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Jesse Yates and his dad Sean: 'We both like suffering but he's fully sadistic... I'm only halfway there'
How gravel rider Jesse got his grit from his father and what legendary hardman Sean – the Tour racer they called 'The Animal' – has learnt from his more sensitive son
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‘Even at 10mph you’re actually causing some noise trauma to your ears’: cycling and hearing loss
Struggling to catch all the banter on group rides can be frustrating – but it shouldn’t be a source of shame or stigma. Chris Marshall-Bell calls for greater openness around hearing loss
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Eight-step guide to crafting your achievable goal this year, according to a cycling coach
How to come up with a target you can hit - plus some pointers on how to stay on track
