HeyJaredKaty Madgwick
Writer, freelance journalist and aspiring novelist, posting about pro cycling, France, and French cyclists. Stuff I'd chat to my mates about at the pub. Except I don't have any mates who like cycling, and can go to the pub with. That's you now.
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Embracing the race (opens the original)
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Being a freelance cycling writer is weird. I’m not sure it’s like this in any other sport, though I’m happy to be corrected. I spend the year chasing work, sitting behind a desk in the North-East of England watching races on a laptop screen, making sure I’m across everything that’s going on, writing articles, interviews, maybe even spending a few days per year on production covering actual breaking news; all from the comfort of my own home.The one time of year I can almost certainly attend a rac
Halfway around Spain, a whole world of stories (opens the original)
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I’m back: though this one may be brief. The perfect storm of the summer holidays, combined with an excess of bike racing, has pushed me to the edge once more, and suddenly I find myself knee deep in travel logistics as I follow the Tour of Britain, whilst a very exciting and unexpected version of La Vuelta unfolds alongside, and I still haven’t finished wrapping up the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.This is the way of the things, and for now I’ll stay with the momentum and revisit the first ha
The side-questrian: last chance saloon (opens the original)
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The side-questrian: no mystery, just history (opens the original)
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The Femmes continue to shout from the rafters (opens the original)
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