
Jacob Whitehead
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✍️ Reporter for @TheAthleticFC. Mainly investigations with a bit of cycling & #NUFC. Read books, climb hills, make soup. 📚🏔️🥣
Joined July 2013
Muriel Furrer was riding in the biggest race of her life, 10 minutes from home. After crashing, it was 90 minutes before she was found. She died the next day. Went to Zurich to speak to Muriel's family, hear about her life, and ask how this can happen.
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Muriel Furrer crashed at cycling's World Championships and wasn't found for about 90 minutes. Her shocking death has brought devastation
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RT @jwhitey98: Before the Tour de France, Matteo Jorgenson paid tribute to each teammate. But what would he like them to say of him?. “Just….
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Jorgenson talks to The Athletic about his approach to this year's Tour de France, tension with Pogacar and the state of American cycling
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Cycling is a sport where teams must confront their own mortality, never more than at the end of this year’s relegation cycle. For several, the #TDF2025 is everything - their chance to escape, or a door slammed shut. Spent two weeks on the road with them.
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The 2025 season is the final year of the WorldTour relegation cycle — and stress levels among the strugglers are high
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RT @TheAthletic: 🗻 Mont Ventoux delivers customary drama.🇫🇷 Valentin Paret-Peintre ends France's painful wait for a stage win.💨 Tadej Pogac….
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If cycling is a national obsession in the month of July, then Ventoux is the apex from which it ripples. France finally have their first win of this Tour, Valentin Paret-Peintre finishing off a fantastic stage on the final ramp. Report with @TimSpiers: .
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Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a 171km stage from Montpellier to Mont Ventoux
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RT @itvcycling: "The riders themselves were told to be on message". @mrendell on the Peruvian Amazon communities affected by TotalEnergies.….
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Before the Tour de France, Matteo Jorgenson paid tribute to each teammate. But what would he like them to say of him?. “Just that I’m fully committed.”. Loved speaking to him about journaling, cycling’s all-consuming nature, and battling with Pogacar.
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Jorgenson talks to The Athletic about his approach to this year's Tour de France, tension with Pogacar and the state of American cycling
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Mathieu van der Poel abandons the Tour de France with pneumonia. Had said he was feeling ill on Sunday, taken to hospital in Narbonne on the rest day.
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The 30-year-old had been enjoying the best Tour of his career, having won stage two and worn the yellow jersey on two separate occasions.
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What do Tour de France riders do on their rest day? They ride. Why? It’s a little about recovery, but mainly about coffee. Really enjoyed this from @TimSpiers.
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It's a day to relax - but switching off during the Tour de France isn't really an option, for several reasons
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Fun day of racing in Carcassonne. Freed of domestique duty, Wellens wins in the Belgian champs jersey. Pogacar repays post-crash favour (and reignites spat with Jorgenson), and what about poor old Alaphilippe?.
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Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a 169km transitional stage from Muret to Carcassonne
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RT @julienpretotRTR: ASO checking accreditations as we're making clear we will ask questions about the Ineos team carer at centre of allega….
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RT @TheAthletic: 🟡 Arensman ends INEOS' two-year wait for a stage win.🦺 Pogacar plays it safe in treacherous conditions.❓ What Evenepoel ab….
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Stage 14 and Superbagnères — a climb one favourite failed to reach. Remco Evenepoel has abandoned the Tour de France. “He didn't have the legs to suffer,” say his team. Arensman wins for under-fire INEOS, muted Pogacar/Vingegaard duel. With @oilysailor:.
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Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a tough 183km route from Pau to Luchon-Superbagnères
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Dave Brailsford is back at the Tour de France. Not unlike #MUFC, INEOS Grenadiers are a former giant in need of revitalisation - but a potential doping controversy from the Team Sky days threatens to overshadow their race.
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After leaving Manchester United Brailsford is back with the INEOS Grenadiers, reportedly conducting an 'audit' of their processes
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RT @jwhitey98: Tadej Pogacar meets risk with the nonchalance of an old friend. The Hautacam proved he is the compelling force of this Tour….
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From riding a unicycle on a farm to winning almost all of professional cycling's major races, this is how a generational talent was nurtured
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Pogacar dominant, improvements from Vingegaard, but a horrible day for Evenepoel, overtaken on a TT for the first time. Will Pogacar ease up? “You never know when your last day is on the Tour. I will say it honestly, the team pays you to win.".
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Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race — a 10.9km mountain time trial from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes
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RT @TheAthletic: Over the past five years Tadej Pogacar has proven himself capable of winning almost any race in cycling's calendar. But i….
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Tadej Pogacar meets risk with the nonchalance of an old friend. The Hautacam proved he is the compelling force of this Tour de France. How did cycling develop its laidback superstar? Met Pogacar’s parents by their campervan to find out.
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From riding a unicycle on a farm to winning almost all of professional cycling's major races, this is how a generational talent was nurtured
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The first high mountain stage of the Tour de France. The last stage the race was in the balance?. Pogacar shows there is a chasm between himself and the rest - his acceleration was one of the most decisive acts I’ve seen on a bike.
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Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a 180km route from Auch to Hautacam in the Pyrenees
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