Cycling
Can we trust the Tour, Sky and Chris Froome: Le Monde Op-Ed
2018-07-06: The French newspaper Le Monde asked me to write an Op-Ed on the 2018 Tour de France, specifically addressing the question "Can we trust Chris…
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes – a brief overview
2018-04-11: Sudden cardiac death is a spectre that looms over sport. When apparently healthy and fit athletes die during sport, it triggers questions and grief. The…
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Team Sky and Marginal Games
2018-01-15: UKAD sent a scathing letter to British Cycling, outlining a series of improper and sub standard processes and governance issues in the aftermath of their…
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Brief thoughts on Froome’s salbutamol result
2017-12-13: So by now you’ve read the news – if you haven’t, or even if you have, read it here, because Daniel Benson has done a…
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Concussion in cycling: A challenge for culture & policy change
2017-05-16: Dramatic footage in the aftermath of a Tom Skujns crash in the Tour of California triggered some discussion around cycling's concussion protocols. Some thoughts…
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The way, then the lack of will: A story of anti-doping and those who might save it
2017-04-24: The history of antidoping can be divided into two overlapping phases. There was once a huge lack of a "way" - inadequate tools to catch…
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Should doping be legalised? The Olympic drug debate
2016-08-05: Should we legalise doping? Make it open to all, and avoid the controversy and scandal. A regular issue comes around for the Olympics. In…
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Fixed it for you: The Matthew Syed dismissal of whistleblower fears
2016-07-29: Matthew Syed recently wrote a piece dismissing the real fears of whistleblowers over retribution when they dare to speak up about doping in sport. …
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The profile of a sprint: What does it take to win a sprint stage?
2016-07-04: The 2016 Tour de France is three stages down, and it's 3 to the sprinters. This article, a republish from 2014, looks at the…
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