Chrissy Marshall-Bell
@cmbreports.bsky.social
🎤 https://lnk.to/GhostInTheMachine Named among best podcasts 2024.
✍️ Journalist, podcaster, storyteller. Mostly but not limited to cycling.
⛷️Ski/cycling guide.
📍Valencia, España
https://cmb-reports.com/
✍️ Journalist, podcaster, storyteller. Mostly but not limited to cycling.
⛷️Ski/cycling guide.
📍Valencia, España
https://cmb-reports.com/
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I'm on the ground at Strade Bianche for @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social, my first race of 2025, where I'm starting a new chapter in social media content. Follow me!
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The always excellent Marco Bonarrigo has written an article on a very worrying (and expensive) new drug that is concerning WADA and other anti-doping officials. TL;DR: if you've got the money, and access to the Chinese black market, here's an undetectable EPO drug.
www.corriere.it/sport/25_dic...
www.corriere.it/sport/25_dic...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The always excellent Marco Bonarrigo has written an article on a very worrying (and expensive) new drug that is concerning WADA and other anti-doping officials. TL;DR: if you've got the money, and access to the Chinese black market, here's an undetectable EPO drug.
www.corriere.it/sport/25_dic...
www.corriere.it/sport/25_dic...
Enjoyed chatting* with Cian Uijtdebroeks recently. He's very impatient, very sure of his own capabilities. His Movistar move could be a total disaster, or perhaps he suits being a (relatively) big fish in a small pond.
*didn't have time to ask him if Enric Mas still calls him Blo Blo Blo.
*didn't have time to ask him if Enric Mas still calls him Blo Blo Blo.
"My ambitions are to go as high as possible in the GC and co-leadership wasn't possible."
Read more: www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-ro...
Read more: www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-ro...
'Visma's philosophy doesn't work for everyone': Why Cian Uijtdebroeks broke his contract again to join Movistar
The Belgian is set to ride for his third different team in 2026 before the age of 23 – but the ambition remains the same: to become a Grand Tour star.
www.rouleur.cc
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Enjoyed chatting* with Cian Uijtdebroeks recently. He's very impatient, very sure of his own capabilities. His Movistar move could be a total disaster, or perhaps he suits being a (relatively) big fish in a small pond.
*didn't have time to ask him if Enric Mas still calls him Blo Blo Blo.
*didn't have time to ask him if Enric Mas still calls him Blo Blo Blo.
Reposted by Chrissy Marshall-Bell
What does the future hold for Ineos Grenadiers? We dive deep into the team and Jim Ratcliffe's finances to find out 🔎
www.cyclingnews.com/features/cut...
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Cuts at Ineos Sport, sponsor searches, and Jim Ratcliffe's involvement – what does Ineos Grenadiers' financial future look like?
Cyclingnews reveals what we do and don't know about the team's finances, Ineos Sport's latest accounts, the position of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and what insiders are saying about the future of the team
www.cyclingnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What does the future hold for Ineos Grenadiers? We dive deep into the team and Jim Ratcliffe's finances to find out 🔎
www.cyclingnews.com/features/cut...
www.cyclingnews.com/features/cut...
Reposted by Chrissy Marshall-Bell
Matthew Brennan began his first pro season 349th in the UCI rankings, won 14 times, and ended it 43rd
My mag interview with 2025’s breakout star is available to read online now
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
My mag interview with 2025’s breakout star is available to read online now
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
'The goal was to win one race... then it spiralled' – Matthew Brennan on his remarkable breakthrough year
The 20-year-old sits down with Tom Davidson to relive his memorable first season as a pro, in which he claimed 14 wins
www.cyclingweekly.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Matthew Brennan began his first pro season 349th in the UCI rankings, won 14 times, and ended it 43rd
My mag interview with 2025’s breakout star is available to read online now
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
My mag interview with 2025’s breakout star is available to read online now
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
You thought the 2026 Giro was definitely going to start in Bulgaria, right?
Perhaps not...
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Perhaps not...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
You thought the 2026 Giro was definitely going to start in Bulgaria, right?
Perhaps not...
escapecollective.com/political-tu...
Perhaps not...
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Reposted by Chrissy Marshall-Bell
110 pages, eight original features, and an interview with Tom Pidcock’s mum (courtesy of @cmbreports.bsky.social) - all for under a fiver. Out today!
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
110 pages, eight original features, and an interview with Tom Pidcock’s mum (courtesy of @cmbreports.bsky.social) - all for under a fiver. Out today!
Cycling Weekly's review of the year issue is excellent reading. We should cherish and support the print magazines that we still have. Proud to have contributed to this issue. My favourite article is the inside (and comical) story of the Vuelta podium.
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Cycling Weekly's review of the year issue is excellent reading. We should cherish and support the print magazines that we still have. Proud to have contributed to this issue. My favourite article is the inside (and comical) story of the Vuelta podium.
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
This is truly disgusting, isn't it? The orange, alright, I can be swayed. But the white? It's totally transparent. You can see *everything*: the bib straps, the rib cage(!) and, yes, the other thing. Pre-Christmas horror.
Ineos Grenadiers dévoile son maillot pour la saison 2026, réalisé par Gobik.
Le cuissard et la partie basse du maillot passent au blanc, permettant l'intégration du sponsor TotalEnergies. Le haut de la tunique vire lui à l'orange.
Le cuissard et la partie basse du maillot passent au blanc, permettant l'intégration du sponsor TotalEnergies. Le haut de la tunique vire lui à l'orange.
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is truly disgusting, isn't it? The orange, alright, I can be swayed. But the white? It's totally transparent. You can see *everything*: the bib straps, the rib cage(!) and, yes, the other thing. Pre-Christmas horror.
All about Tadej Pogačar today. Maybe I'll be proven wrong (and I hope so) but I have a growing sense that he'll never ride the Vuelta a España again. I *know* he must do so to complete the Grand Tour set, but the vibe I've been picking up for quite a while is that he's totally done with stage racing
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
All about Tadej Pogačar today. Maybe I'll be proven wrong (and I hope so) but I have a growing sense that he'll never ride the Vuelta a España again. I *know* he must do so to complete the Grand Tour set, but the vibe I've been picking up for quite a while is that he's totally done with stage racing
Day three of team media days and no team will rival Movistar's dedication to a bizarre but beautiful opening act. The rest of the event? Quite chaotic. I do hope Cian Uijtdebroeks is aware that Movistar isn't like Visma and Bora.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Day three of team media days and no team will rival Movistar's dedication to a bizarre but beautiful opening act. The rest of the event? Quite chaotic. I do hope Cian Uijtdebroeks is aware that Movistar isn't like Visma and Bora.
I was at NSN's launch in Barcelona on Tuesday. It was... interesting and infuriating. NSN successfully dictated the narrative, achieving the mission of controlling the story, but the media failed in its mission. There remain a lot of unanswered questions.
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The questions no one asked NSN
A tightly managed public debut showed the team is eager to move on from its past, and the media seems happy to let them.
escapecollective.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I was at NSN's launch in Barcelona on Tuesday. It was... interesting and infuriating. NSN successfully dictated the narrative, achieving the mission of controlling the story, but the media failed in its mission. There remain a lot of unanswered questions.
escapecollective.com/the-question...
escapecollective.com/the-question...
Good day at Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe's 2026 launch. Primoz Roglič insisting he's got no plans to retire at the end of the season, while Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz promise they can work together at the Tour. Hmm, not so sure on the last point.
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Good day at Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe's 2026 launch. Primoz Roglič insisting he's got no plans to retire at the end of the season, while Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz promise they can work together at the Tour. Hmm, not so sure on the last point.
Iniesta's cycling idol was Miguel Indurain. As a child, he grew up watching mountain stages of the Giro, Tour and Vuelta with his grandfather. His favourite type of stage is a mountain time trial. Unfortunately for the World Cup winner, NSN will be a sprinter's team.
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Iniesta's cycling idol was Miguel Indurain. As a child, he grew up watching mountain stages of the Giro, Tour and Vuelta with his grandfather. His favourite type of stage is a mountain time trial. Unfortunately for the World Cup winner, NSN will be a sprinter's team.
Start of my Fourth (or first?) Grand Tour: team media days.
In Barcelona today for the launch of NSN, formerly Israel-Premier Tech. Will we get clarification on Sylvan Adams's role? What about Derek Gee? Will Biniam Girmay thrive here? Symbolic it's in Barcelona, too, with TdF 2026 starting here.
In Barcelona today for the launch of NSN, formerly Israel-Premier Tech. Will we get clarification on Sylvan Adams's role? What about Derek Gee? Will Biniam Girmay thrive here? Symbolic it's in Barcelona, too, with TdF 2026 starting here.
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Start of my Fourth (or first?) Grand Tour: team media days.
In Barcelona today for the launch of NSN, formerly Israel-Premier Tech. Will we get clarification on Sylvan Adams's role? What about Derek Gee? Will Biniam Girmay thrive here? Symbolic it's in Barcelona, too, with TdF 2026 starting here.
In Barcelona today for the launch of NSN, formerly Israel-Premier Tech. Will we get clarification on Sylvan Adams's role? What about Derek Gee? Will Biniam Girmay thrive here? Symbolic it's in Barcelona, too, with TdF 2026 starting here.
New for @escapecollective.bsky.social
Ineos head soigneur David Rozman isn't going anywhere, after revelations about his links to doping doctor Mark Schmidt.
🇸🇮what the Slovenian has been doing since
🇬🇧what he's been telling Ineos
📱his version of events
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Ineos head soigneur David Rozman isn't going anywhere, after revelations about his links to doping doctor Mark Schmidt.
🇸🇮what the Slovenian has been doing since
🇬🇧what he's been telling Ineos
📱his version of events
escapecollective.com/david-rozman...
David Rozman isn't going anywhere
The Ineos Grenadiers head soigneur with alleged ties to a doctor convicted of doping will stay in his role with the team, sources say.
escapecollective.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New for @escapecollective.bsky.social
Ineos head soigneur David Rozman isn't going anywhere, after revelations about his links to doping doctor Mark Schmidt.
🇸🇮what the Slovenian has been doing since
🇬🇧what he's been telling Ineos
📱his version of events
escapecollective.com/david-rozman...
Ineos head soigneur David Rozman isn't going anywhere, after revelations about his links to doping doctor Mark Schmidt.
🇸🇮what the Slovenian has been doing since
🇬🇧what he's been telling Ineos
📱his version of events
escapecollective.com/david-rozman...
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Sylvan Adams is present at NSN's first training camp, and the team could not rule out whether he will be seen at races going forward.
While he 'has no role' at NSN (formerly IPT), does that mean he's gone for good?
new for @escapecollective.bsky.social 🗞️ escapecollective.com/sylvan-adams...
While he 'has no role' at NSN (formerly IPT), does that mean he's gone for good?
new for @escapecollective.bsky.social 🗞️ escapecollective.com/sylvan-adams...
Sylvan Adams 'has no role' at NSN, but does that mean he's gone for good?
Amid Adams' presence at its latest training camp, the team could not rule out whether he will be seen at races going forward.
escapecollective.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sylvan Adams is present at NSN's first training camp, and the team could not rule out whether he will be seen at races going forward.
While he 'has no role' at NSN (formerly IPT), does that mean he's gone for good?
new for @escapecollective.bsky.social 🗞️ escapecollective.com/sylvan-adams...
While he 'has no role' at NSN (formerly IPT), does that mean he's gone for good?
new for @escapecollective.bsky.social 🗞️ escapecollective.com/sylvan-adams...
Protests against IPT eventually won, but what can cycling learn from the episode, and how can it avoid becoming entangled with geopolitical issues in the future?
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/israel-...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/israel-...
The triumph of protest? What the collapse of Israel-Premier Tech means for global cycling
Does Israel-Premier Tech becoming NSN Cycling represent a victory for protestors? And if so, what does it mean for global cycling in an era when geopolitical fault lines are impossible to ignore?
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Protests against IPT eventually won, but what can cycling learn from the episode, and how can it avoid becoming entangled with geopolitical issues in the future?
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/israel-...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/israel-...
Alison Jackson's surprise move to St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 has just made a bit more sense: Premier Tech confirms that it will sponsor the team for the next two years to further support Canadian cycling. Notably, not as a title sponsor, paving the way for naming rights at another team.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Alison Jackson's surprise move to St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 has just made a bit more sense: Premier Tech confirms that it will sponsor the team for the next two years to further support Canadian cycling. Notably, not as a title sponsor, paving the way for naming rights at another team.
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My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today!
It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him.
Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social
It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him.
Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today!
It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him.
Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social
It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him.
Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social
A deep dive into what's going on behind-the-scenes at Ineos Grenadiers.
📃What the financial accounts tell us
💶Ineos' 2026 budget
🇫🇷How much TotalEnergies is investing
🏉Why Ratcliffe's exit from other sports doesn't impact the cycling team
🔮What cycling's rumour bill suggests will happen in 2028/2029
📃What the financial accounts tell us
💶Ineos' 2026 budget
🇫🇷How much TotalEnergies is investing
🏉Why Ratcliffe's exit from other sports doesn't impact the cycling team
🔮What cycling's rumour bill suggests will happen in 2028/2029
Great work for CN from @cmbreports.bsky.social – the team guard their information very carefully, but this paints a very interesting picture of the wider context at Ineos
Cuts at Ineos Sport, sponsor searches, and Jim Ratcliffe's involvement – what does Ineos Grenadiers' financial future look like?
Cyclingnews reveals what we do and don't know about the team's finances, Ineos Sport's latest accounts, the position of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and what insiders are saying about the future of the team
www.cyclingnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A deep dive into what's going on behind-the-scenes at Ineos Grenadiers.
📃What the financial accounts tell us
💶Ineos' 2026 budget
🇫🇷How much TotalEnergies is investing
🏉Why Ratcliffe's exit from other sports doesn't impact the cycling team
🔮What cycling's rumour bill suggests will happen in 2028/2029
📃What the financial accounts tell us
💶Ineos' 2026 budget
🇫🇷How much TotalEnergies is investing
🏉Why Ratcliffe's exit from other sports doesn't impact the cycling team
🔮What cycling's rumour bill suggests will happen in 2028/2029
Allan Peiper teams up with Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe. One of cycling's good guys.
A few years ago he gave me a very candid interview about his struggles with cancer. "People say they’re not scared of dying but then it confronts you and you shit yourself.”
www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/the-...
A few years ago he gave me a very candid interview about his struggles with cancer. "People say they’re not scared of dying but then it confronts you and you shit yourself.”
www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/the-...
'The bike’s been the biggest therapeutic element for me': Former pro and DS Allan Peiper's battle against prostate cancer
Allan Peiper has won stages and Grand Tours, both as a rider and a DS. Since 2014, though, his biggest challenge has been a recurring battle with prostate cancer. He talks candidly to Chris Marshall-B...
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Allan Peiper teams up with Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe. One of cycling's good guys.
A few years ago he gave me a very candid interview about his struggles with cancer. "People say they’re not scared of dying but then it confronts you and you shit yourself.”
www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/the-...
A few years ago he gave me a very candid interview about his struggles with cancer. "People say they’re not scared of dying but then it confronts you and you shit yourself.”
www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/the-...
Reposted by Chrissy Marshall-Bell
Brennan was one of the breakthrough riders of the 2025 season
'Special, versatile and calmness': what was behind Matthew Brennan's breathtaking breakout season?
The man who brought Matthew Brennan to Visma-Lease a Bike reflects on the young Briton's incredible first season as a pro
www.rouleur.cc
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Brennan was one of the breakthrough riders of the 2025 season
Major, major doubts now if a solution can be found for the proposed new guise of Israel-Premier Tech, now that Premier Tech has announced it will not support the team in 2026. It's November 7 – extremely, extremely difficult to find a sponsor to cough up minimum €20m in the next few weeks.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Major, major doubts now if a solution can be found for the proposed new guise of Israel-Premier Tech, now that Premier Tech has announced it will not support the team in 2026. It's November 7 – extremely, extremely difficult to find a sponsor to cough up minimum €20m in the next few weeks.
Reposted by Chrissy Marshall-Bell
Israel Premier-Tech has been forced – by public pressure – to drop "Israel" from its name, raising the question...
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📖 @cyclingweekly.com
✍️ @cmbreports.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Israel Premier-Tech has been forced – by public pressure – to drop "Israel" from its name, raising the question...
📖 @cyclingweekly.com
✍️ @cmbreports.bsky.social
📖 @cyclingweekly.com
✍️ @cmbreports.bsky.social
Put together this guide to understanding 'Caso Lazkano'.
👀Revealed: the ITA and UCI had been targeting Lazkano after becoming suspicious of his biological values and performances.
❌Lazkano's initial defence would almost certainly have failed
🇪🇸Big questions that need to be asked of Movistar
👀Revealed: the ITA and UCI had been targeting Lazkano after becoming suspicious of his biological values and performances.
❌Lazkano's initial defence would almost certainly have failed
🇪🇸Big questions that need to be asked of Movistar
A guide to understanding how the biological passport works and what Oier Lazkano's case tells us about the wider anti-doping landscape in cycling.
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What took so long? Now what? Lazkano questions answered
A guide to understanding how the biological passport works and what Lazkano's case tells us about the wider anti-doping landscape in cycling.
escapecollective.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Put together this guide to understanding 'Caso Lazkano'.
👀Revealed: the ITA and UCI had been targeting Lazkano after becoming suspicious of his biological values and performances.
❌Lazkano's initial defence would almost certainly have failed
🇪🇸Big questions that need to be asked of Movistar
👀Revealed: the ITA and UCI had been targeting Lazkano after becoming suspicious of his biological values and performances.
❌Lazkano's initial defence would almost certainly have failed
🇪🇸Big questions that need to be asked of Movistar