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Articles by Jonny Long
Spin Cycle: Still some fuel in the tank
The Picnic Strikes Back. Spin Cycle News & Racing Jonny Long 19th Oct 2026 Did we do a good job with this story?
Spin Cycle: Picnic post an L
Jonny Long 16th Oct 2026 Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle.
The end is here, Guangxi will see you now
Members Only The WorldTour finale provides a season-ender unlike other global sporting competitions. News & Racing Tour of Guangxi Jonny Long 13th Oct 2026 Cor Vos Most other sporting seasons finish with an emphatic, thunderous finale. The Super Bowl, World Series, even the Premier League has been known to have everything boil down to the final, 38th game week without the victor decided.
'Still a lot I want to do,' says Lachlan Morton, who sets Pony Express FKT on EF swansong
Members Only The Australian says he'll still be doing his thing, just in a different format, as he and EF Education-EasyPost prepare to part ways at the end of the year.
Spin Cycle: Frenchies running riot
Lotto-Intermarché are train guys now. Spin Cycle News & Racing Jonny Long 12th Oct 2026 Did we do a good job with this story?
Spin Cycle: A boop on the nose
Jonny Long 9th Oct 2026 Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. October signals one thing: the road cycling season is almost over. That means most of the world (apart from us absolute sickos) decides to forget about bike racing for a few months of the year.
The eyeballs game: How cycling teams make themselves matter without winning
Jonny Long 6th Oct 2026 Gruber Images, Cor Vos There is a despairing logic to bike races, in that despite all of the talent, hard work and technological innovation, only one person out of a field of more than a hundred can cross the line first and win. Initially, this is likely difficult to stomach as young racers rise up through the ranks, and all but the top 0.01% eventually find their ceiling. You may be the best in your club, but are you the best in your town? Region? Country?
Spin Cycle: Cashew later
There is movement at Lidl-Trek once again. Spin Cycle News & Racing Jonny Long 5th Oct 2026 Did we do a good job with this story?
Spin Cycle: Seeing double rainbows
Jonny Long 2nd Oct 2026 Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. We're still coming down from the high that was the World Championships, and have a final few bits to tell you about from Montreal before we head over to Slovenia for the European Championships this weekend.
A comfy boy learns to climb in the Japanese Alps
Jonny Long 1st Oct 2026 Escape staff and members “Can Jonathan Long please make himself known to a member of cabin crew,” comes the announcement over the tannoy. My phone pings – “wanker” texts Ronan McLaughlin from his seat in coach, as I make my way to the front of the plane taking us the 14 hours across the world to Japan. Yes, almost the very front of the plane. First class. I can't and won’t reveal how this happened.
Spin Cycle: The walk of a world champion
Even the Belgians' bottles couldn't save them. Spin Cycle News & Racing Jonny Long 28th Sep 2026 Did we do a good job with this story?
Spin Cycle: A cover-up in Canada
by Jonny Long Sep 25, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. It's the ... fourth most wonderful time of the year. Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix, Flanders, then Worlds. That's our ranking, and so we have a bumper edition for you today.
Commentary: Congrats UCI, a homegrown Grand Tour classification is the best idea you've had in yonks
by Jonny Long Sep 22, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Cor Vos, Gruber Images A new classification to celebrate the host nation's best-placed rider is coming to stage racing in 2027. Put simply, according to our report from Chris Marshall-Bell, this means that at next year's Tour de France there will be a Frenchman on the podium every single day, as they step up to claim the jersey for being the best-placed French rider in the race. Teams opposed the UCI’s new ‘best host nation rider’ jersey. They lost.
Spin Cycle: Remco quadruples down
Spin Cycle Do not mess with Matthew Brennan. by Jonny Long Sep 21, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: Don't kick the bidon
by Jonny Long Sep 18, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. The 2026 UCI Road World Championships kick off in Montréal this weekend with some time trialling.
Spin Cycle: Crowd surfing for the Masses
Spin Cycle You too can now wear Primož Roglič's nonchalance. by Jonny Long Sep 14, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: Crash test durries
by Jonny Long Sep 11, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. The Vuelta a España reaches its crescendo these next couple of days, and will sign off on what has been an entertaining race with as many eccentric moments as you could wish for amidst the Spanish summer heat.
Spin Cycle: Rem-call of Duty
Spin Cycle It was not a good weekend for bike race safety. by Jonny Long Sep 7, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: US-hey?!
by Jonny Long Sep 4, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle.
Spin Cycle: The rock that rocked the Vuelta
by Jonny Long Aug 31, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: Rain on Pogi's parade
by Jonny Long Aug 28, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. The 2026 Escape Collective Summit in Takayama is drawing to a close.
Spin Cycle: Pie? Naar ... sausage roll!
Spin Cycle Pogačar's been at it again. by Jonny Long Aug 24, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: Farewell to a real one
by Jonny Long Aug 21, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. I write this intro from my second Japanese train of the day, entering my 22nd hour of travel as I head toward Escape Collective's 2026 Member Summit in Takayama.
Spin Cycle: Something honks in Grobbendonk
Spin Cycle There was a reverse podium situation in Hamburg. by Jonny Long Aug 17, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: Roglič's last roll of the dice?
by Jonny Long Aug 14, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. This summer's cycling transfer season has been a bit of a quiet one so far and lacking some theatre, it's fair to say.
Spin Cycle: Beef of all beefs
Spin Cycle Chloé Dygert is hosting an online garage sale. by Jonny Long Aug 10, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Spin Cycle: The wrong sort of competitive edge
by Jonny Long Aug 7, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has sprung into life with some amazing racing (Abby and the crew continue to crush it on the ground for us) and a bunch of drama to boot, putting the Hommes to absolute shame.
Del Toro signs UAE extension until 2031
Del Toro signs UAE extension until 2031 Isaac del Toro has signed a new contract with UAE Team Emirates to keep him with the team until at least the end of 2031. The Mexican's existing contract ran until the end of 2029, so this new deal announced on Thursday morning adds two years and likely crowns Del Toro as Tadej Pogačar's eventual successor.
Spin Cycle: Answer the question
Spin Cycle George Bennett has a conspiracy theory he'd like to share. by Jonny Long Aug 3, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Tadej Pogačar confirmed to race Vuelta a España
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Spin Cycle: The week of living Danishly
by Jonny Long Jul 31, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle.
The stories we didn't get around to writing at the Tour de France 2026
by Iain Treloar & Jonny Long Jul 28, 2026 More from Iain Treloar & Jonny Long + Here we are again: at the end of another Tour de France with a list of articles that for whatever reason didn't come to pass. This could have been due to their impossibility to pull off, or that a great idea discussed over drinks in the evening seemed too mad in the cold light of day.
Spin Cycle: Vive le Tour
Spin Cycle We're still thinking about those Montmartre laps. by Jonny Long Jul 27, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Pogačar's light blinds an unsettled Tour de France below
by Jonny Long Jul 26, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Cor Vos, Jonny Long PARIS – It was a blockbuster finish on the Champs-Élysées to send off Tadej Pogačar's record-equalling yellow jersey: his attacks so explosive, his daring almost childlike for a GC rider, his strength undeniable, that his prowess is often accused of dulling the edge of the Tour de France. This is the magic of the Tour, that the spectacle, sometimes captured only in brief moments, is what lasts.
Tour's Champs-Élysées stage shortened to 89 km amid France wildfires
Tour de France The Montmartre circuit will still be raced. by Jonny Long Jul 25, 2026 More from Jonny Long + The Tour de France's final stage 21 has been shortened from 133 km to 89 km in light of the wildfires currently raging in France. Did we do a good job with this story? Tour de France News & Racing
Goochmageddon: The undercarriage havoc that divided the Tour de France
Tour de France For some, a hot opening week meant a battle to remain comfortable in one's chamois. Disclaimer: photo for illustrative purposes only. by Jonny Long Jul 25, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Gruber Images Some stories at the Tour de France take a while to emerge. They can sneak under the radar and only surface when you accidentally stumble upon an interesting nugget or ask that awkward question.
Spin Cycle: Universally challenged
by Jonny Long Jul 24, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. We come to you live from the top of Alpe d'Huez where Tadej Pogačar has claimed his 26th stage win and surely his fifth Tour de France title.
For once, worry replaces jubilation for UAE at the Tour finish line
Tour de France At the Orcières-Merlette finish, we observe the Tour's most dominant team begin to fret. by Jonny Long Jul 23, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Gruber Images, Jonny Long ORCIÈRES-MERLETTE, France — It is quiet at the top as the riders roll across the finish line. The only ones with reason to make noise after stage 18 of the Tour de France – the day's winner Richard Carapaz and his EF Education-EasyPost minders – have already been whisked away for post-stage formalities.
UAE's Tour de France squad is on the ropes
Tour de France Brandon McNulty has abandoned amid sickness within the team. by Jonny Long Jul 23, 2026 More from Jonny Long + As the Tour de France enters its immense triptych of mountain stages to decide the yellow jersey, Tadej Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates squad is on the ropes. Everyone watched key climbing domestique Adam Yates almost come to a stop as he admitted to vomiting on the bike as he crawled over the line 26 minutes down.
There are always sad boys at Tour de France finish lines
Tour de France Every day, there must be winners and losers of the bike race. by Jonny Long Jul 22, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Jonny Long, Gruber Images The Tour de France ends at different times for different people. For GC hopefuls who struggle early, that fight is over quickly, although some then face the often slightly ignominious switch to stage-hunting.
Overzealous French judge or reason for doubt? Tour's doping spectre drags on
by Jonny Long Jul 21, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Gruber Images ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS – Start lines of Tour de France time trials can be comparatively sleepy affairs compared to the usual hustle and bustle of regular road stages. Riders drift in and out, and – especially at the start of the day – most are looking less for a result than to check off another day of the race and head back to bed.
Spin Cycle: A transfer of ennui
Spin Cycle Toilet humour takes over the Tour. by Jonny Long Jul 20, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Did we do a good job with this story? Spin Cycle News & Racing
Pogačar plays politician as Evenepoel comes out swinging against nighttime doping knocks
by Jonny Long Jul 19, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Cor Vos, Gruber Images PLATEAU DE SOLAISON, France — A day can be a long time at the Tour de France. After two weeks of impressive sporting feats somewhat lacking in plot, the drama that is part of the Tour de France's mythos exploded into life. It began with knocks in the dead of the night from anti-doping for Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, a development that set tongues wagging at the stage start.
Jonas Vingegaard out of Tour de France after crash on stage 15
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In the Pogačar age, are Tour teams still able to predict breakaway stages?
by Jonny Long Jul 19, 2026 More from Jonny Long + "I think stage 9 will be a breakaway. And if it's not, then I don't know what's going on anymore," Pinarello-Q36.5's Fred Wright told me on the morning of stage 7. As the peloton trembles beneath a Tadej Pogačar at the peak of his powers, the result is an increasing sense of uncertainty on the morning before a Tour de France stage begins.
Spin Cycle: Thimbleful of smack talk
by Jonny Long Jul 17, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Spin Cycle is Escape Collective’s news digest, published every Monday and Friday. You can read it on the website (obviously) or click here to have it delivered straight to your inbox. Hello! Welcome back to Spin Cycle. We're in the thick of it at the Tour de France, and while we've been having a lovely time cavorting up the Diagonal of the Void, we could also do with some (whisper it) exciting bike racing.
Tom Pidcock's new groove
Tour de France The Brit has thrown off the shackles that previously frustrated him and is racing with a freedom that he hopes will be converted into stage win glory. by Jonny Long Jul 17, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Following stage 9 of this year's Tour de France, where Tom Pidcock suffered mechanical issues and eventually finished third behind his regular rival Mathieu van der Poel, we all waited at the bus on tenterhooks. Would the say-it-as-it-is Pidcock soon arrive back at the bus?
Sore, sick and lonely: Matteo Jorgenson battles on at the Tour
Tour de France The American was dropped from the peloton again today but his team director hopes he can improve over coming days. by Jonny Long Jul 16, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Cor Vos As we pass through the middle week of this Tour de France, Matteo Jorgenson is going through it.
'From 5 to 2 km it was the slowest we rode all day': Stage 11 breaks Tour speed record
Tour de France A 27-year-old record broken at last. by Jonny Long Jul 15, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Cor Vos Transport yourself back to the summer of 1999. Napster has just been created and The Matrix has just landed in cinemas and has everyone questioning their own reality. Viewers of the Tour de France that year should also probably have been pondering what they were seeing, as stage 4 from Laval to Blois saw the fastest stage ever at an average speed of 50.356 km/h over 194.5 km.
Even boos can't dampen Pogačar's Bastille Day clinic
by Jonny Long Jul 14, 2026 More from Jonny Long + Gruber Images, Cor Vos On the 14th July, France's national day to celebrate the storming of the Bastille fortress to begin toppling the power of the ruling royal family, it is a twisted irony that they now have a new king on the roads of the Tour de France who is acting with absolute impunity.
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