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Michael Hutchinson

@doctorhutch

Bike racer. Bike writer. Bike broadcaster. michaelhutchinson.co.uk

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Would be...

11.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The latter...

11.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Started horrible and just got worse.

11.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He's reminding me of an overheard conversation in a bike shop.
"What shorts are you using at the moment."
"Well, I always wear at least three pairs of shorts, which seems like a lot."

Yes. That does seem like a lot.

11.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a Castorama tribute, and I like it.

11.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Average speed of Paris-Nice so far today... 55kph. Crosswind fun for all the family.

11.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It reminds me of the head-shaving era of the 2000s.

11.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watched a bit of a one-hit-wonders show on BBC last night. "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" would be such a wonderfully creepy name for a Life 360-type tracking app.

08.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't seen any more than you have.

07.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Don't double screen with Strade Bianche.

07.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

UAE trying to work out how to fill the podium.

07.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Activating emergency back-up race.

07.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

All the same -- not his job to make it exciting.

07.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Feeling some sympathy for the TV commentators attempting to frantically foot-pump some suspense into men's Strade Bianche. Pogacar is deeply impressive, and I'm always here for that. But less would do.

07.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. It's probably a metaphor.

06.03.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should try N. Irish Tayto as well, if you haven't already. A little more cheese, a little less onion.

05.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But Strade Bianche only started a few years ago... oh.

Damn kids.

04.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of the non-existent Tour de France stages I used to live-tweet on rest days to cause panic among those who thought they were missing something.

"Roglic and Froome are up the road together -- they've got four minutes already!"

04.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I've got a Ph.D. in International Law, and I'd explain it if I could.

03.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

His team mates were well up yesterday too. So the question is... are they strong or are they tired?

26.02.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Once rowed in an eight with eight people called James, and me.

25.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
There are only two 'real' bike races: everything else is just a little bit silly Dr Hutch - a former long distance TT champ - questions the point of riding up and down the same hill all day

In which I explain my theory that there are only two varieties of genuine bike race, and everything else is novelty click-bait.

www.cyclingweekly.com/news/there-a...

23.02.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI don’t think we’re doing this echelon right.”

20.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ski mountaineering sounded epic. Turns out to be running up a flight of steps and skiing back down. It's a lot more helter-skelter adjacent than I expected.

20.02.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my ambitions in life is to appeal for calm.

19.02.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today's major victory -- I noticed that my worst ever racing result is missing from ProCyclingStats. And as we all know, if it's not on ProCyclingStats, it never happened.

18.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tour of UAE stage 3 about to ignite. Up til now it's been live coverage of Silvan Dillier and Jonas Rickaert in an excellent 2-up break training for the classics, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

18.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Peter Bryan interviewed me several times when he was well into his eighties. I think you need to wait till the rider is a quarter your age.

17.02.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of my father's died while staying in The Ritz on Christmas Day, which always felt somewhat similar.

17.02.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to offer a solution.

17.02.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0