Peter Cossins
Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling Weekly, Cycle Sport and Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments, his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by Alpe d’Huez, an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.
Latest articles by Peter Cossins
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Chris Froome - 'I'm not done yet'
The best Grand Tour rider of his generation, Chris Froome still believes he can contend on the biggest stages despite long-term injury and taking a step down the cycling hierarchy from Ineos to Israel Start-Up Nation
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Why Chris Froome won’t jeopardise Tour hopes by riding the Giro
Chris Froome is unlikely to compromise his chances at a fourth yellow jersey in search of Giro d'Italia glory
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Chris Froome: 'I'm a little ahead of where I was last year'
Three-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he's happy with his form in the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya
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Alberto Contador: 'I couldn’t have had a more beautiful finish than Angliru victory'
Alberto Contador closed his career with a storming solo victory atop the Angliru on the final mountain stage of the Vuelta a España
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Team Sky now getting the best out of struggling riders, says Tim Kerrison
Riders who have struggled with injury or adapting to training are finally delivering the goods for Sky, says coach Kerrison
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Chris Froome: Using full time trial bike set-up made the difference
Chris Froome was one of the few riders to use a full time trial bike and disc wheel during Thursday's Tour de France mountain time trial - a move that paid off
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'If you’re good enough, you’re old enough': Cycling's golden generation are turning perceived wisdom on its head
How cycling's golden generation are ripping up the rule book
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Simon Yates concedes he simply 'wasn't strong enough' to stay with the favourites on the Col du Galibier
Simon Yates held onto his white jersey, but admitted it was a bad day in the mountains at the Tour de France on stage 17
By Peter Cossins Published
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Chris Froome: Team Sky will 'light things up' with aggressive racing at Volta a Catalunya
Chris Froome has promised that him and the other Team Sky riders will race aggressively at the Volta a Catalunya after losing ground in the team time trial.
By Peter Cossins Published
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Geraint Thomas, Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish give their verdicts on Tour de France 2019 route
2019’s Tour route without gimmicks gets the thumbs-up from Thomas, Froome and Cavendish
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Crowning achievement: How Stephen Roche completed his shock Triple Crown
Stephen Roche’s 1987 World Championship victory that completed the Triple Crown was a shock to many that knew him best
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Team Sky’s new eagle Egan Bernal soars in Colombia
The precociously talented Egan Bernal is already showing he could be destined for great things
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Christophe Bassons catches motor doping suspect after car chase
Noticing he was under surveillance, the rider attempted to evade officials wanting to question him
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Chris Froome: 'Our plan worked to perfection'
Sky leader gains 21 seconds on Vuelta a España rival Vincenzo Nibali after tactical plan for final climbs works to perfection on stage 18
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Rohan Dennis: My confidence is growing for the Giro d’Italia
BMC Racing’s Giro d'Italia leader buoyed by his winning form at the Tour of the Alps
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Geraint Thomas set for Tour de France co-leadership with Froome after strong Critérium du Daupiné performance
Leading the Critérium du Dauphiné with two stages to go, Geraint Thomas' pre-Tour form suggests he’s on the right path to start race as Sky’s co-leader.
By Peter Cossins Published
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Analysis: Peter Sagan provides the thrills despite coming up short at Milan-San Remo
Peter Sagan lit up Milan-San Remo but once again lost out to his personal bogeyman Michal Kwiatkowski
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'Approachable, engaging, and insightful': Remembering Nicolas Portal
Nicolas Portal’s easygoing character and instinctive tactical insight made him one of cycling’s best team directors
By Peter Cossins Published
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Team Sky almost derailed at Paris-Nice by lack of time gap updates
Michal Kwiatkowski lost the lead and Egan Bernal rode the Turini’s final kilometre in TT mode to take it and deny Philippe Gilbert’s attempted coup
By Peter Cossins Published
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Team Sky DS Nicolas Portal slams cuts to team sizes for 2018
French director believes the move will be counter-productive
By Peter Cossins Published
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'Nicole Cooke has offered a critique that British Cycling would be foolish to ignore'
Arguably the most talented and neglected British rider of her generation, British Cycling could do worse than take heed of Nicole Cooke's words
By Peter Cossins Published
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Aqua Blue Sport optimistic about Vuelta stage win chances after Adam Blythe's near-miss
The Irish team will continue to look for opportunities in their debut Grand Tour after Adam Blythe goes close on Vuelta a España stage two
By Peter Cossins Published
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If we want clean sport then someone’s got to pay – but it’s not Bradley Wiggins or Team Sky
Away from the headlines about Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins the DCMS report highlights the woeful lack of funding for anti-doping organisations.
By Peter Cossins Published
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'Testing hasn’t become irrelevant': WADA science director defends anti-doping process after Froome case
WADA’s director of science defends anti-doping process in wake of Froome verdict
By Peter Cossins Published