Patrick Fletcher

Articles by Patrick Fletcher

'We did it with our heart and with a lot of pleasure' – Hotel owner blown away by riders and five-star reviews after giving shelter to Vuelta a EspaΓ±a peloton amid hailstorm - Cyclingnews

Sports August 26, 2026

Professional cycling is a funny old sport, where the star of the show on a stage of one of the biggest races in the world might not be a rider, or a team, but a hotel – and at that, a humble one-sta...

'Kasia knows deep in her heart that that kind of thing just happens' – Demi Vollering defends CΓ©lia Gery after complaints from Niewiadoma-Phinney - Cyclingnews

Sports August 9, 2026

Demi Vollering has defended her FDJ United-SUEZ teammate CΓ©lia Gery after her Tour de France Femmes rival Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney accused the French champion of a lack of 'fair play' following stage...

Sepp Kuss hit with big fine, time loss and points deduction for littering at Tour de France - Cyclingnews

Sports July 26, 2026

As if crashing twice on the run-in to Alpe d’Huez to surrender a golden shot at a Tour de France stage win wasn’t enough, Sepp Kuss saw insult added to injury after stage 20 as he was hit with a s...

The Tour de France organisers wanted 'suspense to the end' but the Tourmalet stage design backfired dramatically – and they should have seen it coming - Cyclingnews

Sports July 12, 2026

In pitching this Tour de France, "suspense until the end" was a repeated refrain from the race director, Christian Prudhomme, who insisted: "Until the last mountain stage, anything is possible." OneοΏ½...

'You went too fast' – Tadej Pogačar debriefs Isaac del Toro in remarkable behind-the-scenes footage - Cyclingnews

Sports July 11, 2026

Stage 6 of the Tour de France went perfectly for Tadej Pogačar, who dropped everyone on the Col du Tourmalet and took the yellow jersey by a margin unthinkable in the first week. But it wasn't quite ...

Tour de Romandie: Tadej Pogačar shatters peloton on 'queen stage' and wins stage 4 - Cyclingnews

Sports May 3, 2026

After two stages won in sprint finishes, Tadej Pogačar returned to his more familiar format of winning solo on Saturday as he strengthened his grip on the Tour de Romandie with victory on stage 4. T...