Kit Nicholson
@kit-nicholson.bsky.social
Cycling journo and writer marinated in cinema.
Writing & podcasting at Escape Collective | Road Book contributor | dog owner | fair-weather bike rider and fiction writer.
Writing & podcasting at Escape Collective | Road Book contributor | dog owner | fair-weather bike rider and fiction writer.
This meant a lot to me to write. Gracias, Chavito.
(Some great throwback photos in the gallery section too 😉)
(Some great throwback photos in the gallery section too 😉)
Career gallery: Esteban Chaves, the embodiment of 'never give up'
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Esteban Chaves, the embodiment of 'never give up'
A personal tribute to Esteban Chaves, one of the most universally beloved cyclists of the modern era.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This meant a lot to me to write. Gracias, Chavito.
(Some great throwback photos in the gallery section too 😉)
(Some great throwback photos in the gallery section too 😉)
I love a CX gallery. And celebrating 36yo Lucinda Brand makes it all the more enjoyable to put together.
Gallery: A celebration of consistency as Lucinda Brand reaches 50 consecutive CX podiums – two more and she'll surpass the GOAT.
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A celebration of consistency: Lucinda Brand is closing in on the GOAT
Lucinda Brand has reached a remarkable 50 consecutive podium finishes – two more, and she will pull ahead of compatriot Marianne Vos.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I love a CX gallery. And celebrating 36yo Lucinda Brand makes it all the more enjoyable to put together.
Lucinda Brand has now reached 50 consecutive podium finishes on the CX bike. By my calculations, the pro women's record belongs to Marianne Vos (obvs), at just 51, only two more podiums and Brand tops the GOAT.
(Van der Poel? 66. Brand could do it outright this season...)
(Van der Poel? 66. Brand could do it outright this season...)
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lucinda Brand has now reached 50 consecutive podium finishes on the CX bike. By my calculations, the pro women's record belongs to Marianne Vos (obvs), at just 51, only two more podiums and Brand tops the GOAT.
(Van der Poel? 66. Brand could do it outright this season...)
(Van der Poel? 66. Brand could do it outright this season...)
I really hope there's no bureaucratic drama that makes this difficult for them in the coming months (you never know). Uno-X Mobility absolutely deserves to step up to WorldTour, and frankly I think Cofidis would have more fun as a ProTeam anyway...
Uno-X Mobility is poised for WorldTour promotion after a close-run final weekend.
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Uno-X Mobility poised for WorldTour promotion after close-run final weekend
In the end, the difference between promotion and relegation was 398, and for a while it looked even closer – until Sakarias Løland won the season-ending Veneto Classic.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I really hope there's no bureaucratic drama that makes this difficult for them in the coming months (you never know). Uno-X Mobility absolutely deserves to step up to WorldTour, and frankly I think Cofidis would have more fun as a ProTeam anyway...
Now that's how to score a (likely) WorldTour upgrade. Chapeau, Løland and Uno-X Mobility!
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October 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Now that's how to score a (likely) WorldTour upgrade. Chapeau, Løland and Uno-X Mobility!
It would be easy just to let ambivalence reign, but instead let's celebrate Belgium throwing everything at Tadej Pogačar, including (apparently) a red carpet that was 75km long... #EuroRoad25
How Belgium tried (and failed) to spoil Pogačar’s day at Euro Champs.
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How Belgium tried (and failed) to spoil Pogačar’s day at Euro Champs
Tadej Pogačar added the European road title to his World Championship defence after 75 km solo, making a mockery of Team Belgium's valiant efforts to prevent further domination.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It would be easy just to let ambivalence reign, but instead let's celebrate Belgium throwing everything at Tadej Pogačar, including (apparently) a red carpet that was 75km long... #EuroRoad25
In this sort-of-preview/essay on the men's Euro road race, I took my chance to write about movies, sequels, blockbusters ... and the disappointment of unfulfilled hype (which will hopefully not happen this weekend). #EuroRoad25
The Euro road race is an unusual Tour de France sequel that could just be a blockbuster: Pogačar vs Vingegaard vs Evenepoel vs everyone else...
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The Euro road race is an unusual Tour de France sequel that could just be a blockbuster
Or, why you should watch the elite men's European Championship road race.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In this sort-of-preview/essay on the men's Euro road race, I took my chance to write about movies, sequels, blockbusters ... and the disappointment of unfulfilled hype (which will hopefully not happen this weekend). #EuroRoad25
Saw Jaws in the cinema for the first time tonight and damn, it makes such a difference! And all the better to see it at the rejuvenated @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social .
Tom and I left the screen grinning, looked at one another, laughed, and parted with a hug and a promise to do it again soon.
Tom and I left the screen grinning, looked at one another, laughed, and parted with a hug and a promise to do it again soon.
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Saw Jaws in the cinema for the first time tonight and damn, it makes such a difference! And all the better to see it at the rejuvenated @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social .
Tom and I left the screen grinning, looked at one another, laughed, and parted with a hug and a promise to do it again soon.
Tom and I left the screen grinning, looked at one another, laughed, and parted with a hug and a promise to do it again soon.
Van Poppel's fourth yellow card is exposing – or rather widening – the cracks in the UCI's most dramatic new safety initiative.
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Van Poppel's fourth yellow card exposes cracks in the UCI's most attention-grabbing safety measure
The yellow card system has been in full effect since 1st January 2025 – its effectiveness is up for debate.
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August 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Van Poppel's fourth yellow card is exposing – or rather widening – the cracks in the UCI's most dramatic new safety initiative.
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A curious detail of the UCI's yellow card could turn it into a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card for Van Poppel.
If he gets a 2nd at the Deutschland Tour today, he'll get a 7-day suspension, but it'll also wipe both cards issued here from his tally, returning him to a relatively safe (ahem) three.
If he gets a 2nd at the Deutschland Tour today, he'll get a 7-day suspension, but it'll also wipe both cards issued here from his tally, returning him to a relatively safe (ahem) three.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A curious detail of the UCI's yellow card could turn it into a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card for Van Poppel.
If he gets a 2nd at the Deutschland Tour today, he'll get a 7-day suspension, but it'll also wipe both cards issued here from his tally, returning him to a relatively safe (ahem) three.
If he gets a 2nd at the Deutschland Tour today, he'll get a 7-day suspension, but it'll also wipe both cards issued here from his tally, returning him to a relatively safe (ahem) three.
Vuelta organisers taking a straw poll of spectators who might have seen the KOM sprint that the moto missed?
August 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Vuelta organisers taking a straw poll of spectators who might have seen the KOM sprint that the moto missed?
Reposted by Kit Nicholson
Cadel Evans is the subject of a new one-man show, and it's bloody good.
Currently premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe, and coming soon – hopefully! – to a theatre near you.
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Currently premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe, and coming soon – hopefully! – to a theatre near you.
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Cadel Evans is the subject of a new one-man show, and it's bloody good
Australian actor-athlete Connor Delves is premiering 'Cadel: Lungs on Legs' at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival – coming soon to a theatre near you (hopefully).
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August 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Cadel Evans is the subject of a new one-man show, and it's bloody good.
Currently premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe, and coming soon – hopefully! – to a theatre near you.
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Currently premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe, and coming soon – hopefully! – to a theatre near you.
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Oasis's Wonderwall from Murrayfield and The Tattoo Pipes and Drums at the castle mingling on the coattails of Storm Floris is classic Edinburgh in August.
August 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Oasis's Wonderwall from Murrayfield and The Tattoo Pipes and Drums at the castle mingling on the coattails of Storm Floris is classic Edinburgh in August.
It truly is the end of an era, and casual British fans especially are going to miss out.
I wrote about the end of ITV's Tour de France coverage and some of my favourite memories of summers gone by, Gary Imlach, Ned Boulting, Dave Millar, et al. providing the backdrop to many of them.
I wrote about the end of ITV's Tour de France coverage and some of my favourite memories of summers gone by, Gary Imlach, Ned Boulting, Dave Millar, et al. providing the backdrop to many of them.
Farewell, ITV Tour coverage, and thank you for the memories.
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Farewell, ITV Tour coverage, and thank you for the memories
The 2025 Tour de France was the last to be shown on ITV, bringing to an end a quarter-century of free coverage that has brought countless people into cycling.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It truly is the end of an era, and casual British fans especially are going to miss out.
I wrote about the end of ITV's Tour de France coverage and some of my favourite memories of summers gone by, Gary Imlach, Ned Boulting, Dave Millar, et al. providing the backdrop to many of them.
I wrote about the end of ITV's Tour de France coverage and some of my favourite memories of summers gone by, Gary Imlach, Ned Boulting, Dave Millar, et al. providing the backdrop to many of them.
Accidentally profound hot-mic moment from Gary Imlach two minutes into ITV's final final stage coverage: "How long have we got?"
Not long enough, Gary 😔
Not long enough, Gary 😔
July 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Accidentally profound hot-mic moment from Gary Imlach two minutes into ITV's final final stage coverage: "How long have we got?"
Not long enough, Gary 😔
Not long enough, Gary 😔
The white jersey is back, baby!
With Pogačar, Vingegaard and soon Evenepoel aging out of contention, the white jersey at the Tour de France actually means something for the first time since 2018.
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The Tour's white jersey is relevant again
With Pogačar, Vingegaard and soon Evenepoel aging out of contention, the youth classification at the Tour de France actually means something for the first time since 2018.
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July 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The white jersey is back, baby!
At this rate, Pogačar is going to break Cav's Tour de France stage win record before his 30th birthday.
July 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
At this rate, Pogačar is going to break Cav's Tour de France stage win record before his 30th birthday.
It's 'Tour de France: Unchained' launch day! Anyone already binged the lot? I got to do so early with my @escapecollective.bsky.social colleagues, then flexed my cinema/tv muscles to write a review (which was a lot of fun) 👇
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Unchained season 3 review: Heaps of fun if you're into super-French B plots
While there were some wonderful stories away from the GC race, the Netflix producers had their work cut out to hyping a Tour de France that fizzled out under Pogačar's dominance.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's 'Tour de France: Unchained' launch day! Anyone already binged the lot? I got to do so early with my @escapecollective.bsky.social colleagues, then flexed my cinema/tv muscles to write a review (which was a lot of fun) 👇
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This was a joy to put together.
Je vous souhaite une très bonne retraite, Romain Bardet!
Je vous souhaite une très bonne retraite, Romain Bardet!
Bonne retraite, Romain Bardet: A retrospective on the Frenchman's career after the close of the Critérium du Dauphiné, the home race he chose for his curtain call.
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Bonne retraite, Romain Bardet
A retrospective on the career of Romain Bardet, who climbed his last mountain at the 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné, the home race he chose for his curtain call.
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June 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This was a joy to put together.
Je vous souhaite une très bonne retraite, Romain Bardet!
Je vous souhaite une très bonne retraite, Romain Bardet!
Golly. Big day.
Stage 20 Giro report: Simon Yates demolishes rivals on stage 20's day of redemption
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A chapter closes at the Giro: Simon Yates demolishes rivals on stage 20's day of redemption
Chris Harper won stage 20 from the breakaway, as the GC race exploded behind him.
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May 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Golly. Big day.
Whatever happens, Isaac Del Toro has exceeded my expectations already. I'm in awe. This Giro is going all the way.
May 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Whatever happens, Isaac Del Toro has exceeded my expectations already. I'm in awe. This Giro is going all the way.
Massive respect for Del Toro. Way to go, kid.
Giving it the beans in the third week of his second grand tour when everyone's writing him off, and other teams are trying to bully him out of pink, is bloody brilliant. Next stop, Dolomites...
Giving it the beans in the third week of his second grand tour when everyone's writing him off, and other teams are trying to bully him out of pink, is bloody brilliant. Next stop, Dolomites...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Massive respect for Del Toro. Way to go, kid.
Giving it the beans in the third week of his second grand tour when everyone's writing him off, and other teams are trying to bully him out of pink, is bloody brilliant. Next stop, Dolomites...
Giving it the beans in the third week of his second grand tour when everyone's writing him off, and other teams are trying to bully him out of pink, is bloody brilliant. Next stop, Dolomites...
Pellizzari for the podium? Kid looks pretty damn fresh – only six days older than Del Toro...
May 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Pellizzari for the podium? Kid looks pretty damn fresh – only six days older than Del Toro...
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May 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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