Spinning Tails
Spinning Tails is a weekly Substack with thoughts and updates from the world of women's cycling. Serious about women's cycling, silly about everything else.
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How is the Tour de France Femmes shaping up? (opens the original)
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Hi everyone,I hope you’ve enjoyed the first three stages of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Here are my highlights of the race so far… Subscribe now🏆 Is Wiebes the Pogacar of the women’s peloton?Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx Protime) dominated the first weekend of the Tour, winning Stages 1 and 2. It wasn’t a huge surprise — Wiebes is the best sprinter in the world, after all. What was surprising was that Stage 1 actually turned out to be not exactly a spri
Who will win the Tour de France Femmes? (opens the original)
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Hi everyone,I hope you’re all having a good summer and you enjoyed the Tour de France Hommes. I’ve been having fun hiking and riding bikes and taking the occasional dip in the sea. We’ve avoided fires in my part of the world, but my weekend plans to visit a friend near Bordeaux have been cancelled — luckily I have a good back up plan, and it involves my sofa, the TV, and watching some super talented women cycle around Switzerland.Thankfully the outcome of the Femmes isn’t such a foregone conclus
EXCLUSIVE: Pogi’s Tour de France diary (opens the original)
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The Definitive Guide to Tour de France Tactics (opens the original)
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Dear readers,It’s that time of year again. The Tour de France is upon us.Every year, new people get into cycling just because of the sheer volume of cycling on TV — which explains why Grand Tours last three weeks and each stage is 5 hours long.Commentary on TV and online likes to make cycling sound like 4D chess. While it’s true that stage racing isn’t just about how fast riders can cycle, I’ve come to realise that stage race strategy is less like chess and more like project management — i.e. no
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