Peter Cossins
@petercossins.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, cyclist living in the Ariège and currently working on a book about the Pyrenees
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Peter Cossins
@petercossins.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Put this together to help bike fans find their favourite teams, riders and writers on Bluesky. Not many out there so far, in fact I've not found a single rider on here, but the community's growing fast. Let me know if there's anyone I should add
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
This skewers the red herring of an argument that charging fans to spectate is an answer to bike racing’s issues
Putting a price on spectating would destroy the most vital asset of the Tour de France — the closeness between fans and the stars.
https://bit.ly/3K0iTTt
https://bit.ly/3K0iTTt
Charging Admission to Watch the Tour de France? The Dumbest Idea in Sport
Putting a price on spectating would destroy the most vital asset of the Tour de France — the closeness between fans and the stars.
velo.outsideonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This skewers the red herring of an argument that charging fans to spectate is an answer to bike racing’s issues
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French Basque wins 100km desert race wearing one of his region’s emblematic products - espadrilles. Chapeau! 🧑🎨
Un Français remporte le 100 km du Marathon des Sables Jordanie en... espadrilles
Un Français remporte le 100 km du Marathon des Sables Jordanie en... espadrilles
Le 100 km du Marathon des Sables Jordanie a été remporté par un Basque, qui a couru toute la distance en... espadrilles.
www.lequipe.fr
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
French Basque wins 100km desert race wearing one of his region’s emblematic products - espadrilles. Chapeau! 🧑🎨
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It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown
Apart from L’Equipe who probably have a duty to do so, I don’t know why anyone reports on the Saitama criterium and other similar events that are the WWE of bike races
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Apart from L’Equipe who probably have a duty to do so, I don’t know why anyone reports on the Saitama criterium and other similar events that are the WWE of bike races
Everything that @barneyronay.bsky.social says here applies equally to cycling. The Israel team has been the focus of widescale protests that have undermined it while UAE Team Emirates have collected almost every prize worth having with barely a hint of criticism or scrutiny
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Everything that @barneyronay.bsky.social says here applies equally to cycling. The Israel team has been the focus of widescale protests that have undermined it while UAE Team Emirates have collected almost every prize worth having with barely a hint of criticism or scrutiny
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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
The deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday.
In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
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The Halland Johannessen twins 🎶
Tobias & Anders 💛
Tobias & Anders 💛
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Halland Johannessen twins 🎶
Tobias & Anders 💛
Tobias & Anders 💛
Wish I knew what brand of paint this was near the top of the Col d’Agnes, could do with some of the outside of our house
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Wish I knew what brand of paint this was near the top of the Col d’Agnes, could do with some of the outside of our house
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When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.
The UAE has its fingerprints all over this
Sudan’s brutal civil war – what has happened in El Fasher?
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured the city from the army after an 18-month siege – but who are they and what do they want?
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The UAE has its fingerprints all over this
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Private Eye hits it every time @chadbourn.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Private Eye hits it every time @chadbourn.bsky.social
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For anyone who enjoyed last year's "Skyfall" investigation, this is one for you. It's a biggie.
Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/wiggins-ex...
Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/wiggins-ex...
Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors
Bradley Wiggins' latest autobiography, The Chain, contains claims about a dark conspiracy at Team Sky. Mutual destruction awaits if someone tells the actual truth
sportingintelligence832.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
For anyone who enjoyed last year's "Skyfall" investigation, this is one for you. It's a biggie.
Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/wiggins-ex...
Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/wiggins-ex...
The 8th edition of The Roadbook is now on sale - complete with a signature from editor @nedboulting.bsky.social if you follow the link below - and with insights from the likes of Isaac Del Toro, Cat Ferguson, Alexei Sayle and me. Be quick, as they're selling fast...
theroadbook.co.uk/products/the...
theroadbook.co.uk/products/the...
The Road Book 2025 (Signed by Ned Boulting)
Discover The Road Book 2025, signed by Ned Boulting. It's the definitive annual for passionate road cycling fans. Packed with stats, essays, and race insights, it’s the perfect gift for cyclists and l...
theroadbook.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The 8th edition of The Roadbook is now on sale - complete with a signature from editor @nedboulting.bsky.social if you follow the link below - and with insights from the likes of Isaac Del Toro, Cat Ferguson, Alexei Sayle and me. Be quick, as they're selling fast...
theroadbook.co.uk/products/the...
theroadbook.co.uk/products/the...
It is very windy up here today, easing now thankfully
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It is very windy up here today, easing now thankfully
Rainbow colours over Les Angles this lunchtime. I’m not sure which way the Tour de France is coming up here but I’ve ridden from the Quillane pass and it’s easy, big ring even for me. Great the race is coming to the Capcir as it’s a stunning place to ride, so many quiet roads
October 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Rainbow colours over Les Angles this lunchtime. I’m not sure which way the Tour de France is coming up here but I’ve ridden from the Quillane pass and it’s easy, big ring even for me. Great the race is coming to the Capcir as it’s a stunning place to ride, so many quiet roads
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Another day in the Pyrénées. 3 of us decided to chip off work & avoid the rain in Toulouse
Another route ticked off from @petercossins.bsky.social Book. Today Ariege, from St Girons over Portet d’Aspet but we added Col de Menté for some extra leg pain. Recovery pints in Aspet to fuel the last 35km.
Another route ticked off from @petercossins.bsky.social Book. Today Ariege, from St Girons over Portet d’Aspet but we added Col de Menté for some extra leg pain. Recovery pints in Aspet to fuel the last 35km.
October 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Another day in the Pyrénées. 3 of us decided to chip off work & avoid the rain in Toulouse
Another route ticked off from @petercossins.bsky.social Book. Today Ariege, from St Girons over Portet d’Aspet but we added Col de Menté for some extra leg pain. Recovery pints in Aspet to fuel the last 35km.
Another route ticked off from @petercossins.bsky.social Book. Today Ariege, from St Girons over Portet d’Aspet but we added Col de Menté for some extra leg pain. Recovery pints in Aspet to fuel the last 35km.
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Stunning colours in the Pyrenees today. Followed @petercossins.bsky.social from his Pyrenees Cycling book, route Ariège 7 - Col de Chiola and Pradel from Ax les Thermes.
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Stunning colours in the Pyrenees today. Followed @petercossins.bsky.social from his Pyrenees Cycling book, route Ariège 7 - Col de Chiola and Pradel from Ax les Thermes.
Would be nice if the organisers of the Andorra Cycling Masters could post some times when it’s happening so that us fans could know when to turn up
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Would be nice if the organisers of the Andorra Cycling Masters could post some times when it’s happening so that us fans could know when to turn up
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Telling your client state it's time to stop a genocidal and suicidal war is not some amazing feat of peace-making.
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Telling your client state it's time to stop a genocidal and suicidal war is not some amazing feat of peace-making.
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Part of the reason many Germans supported the Nazis was that there really was a lot of violence in the streets & they wanted order. But much of that violence was carried out by the Nazi paramilitary SA.
So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created
So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Part of the reason many Germans supported the Nazis was that there really was a lot of violence in the streets & they wanted order. But much of that violence was carried out by the Nazi paramilitary SA.
So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created
So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created
Happy Monday. strava.app.link/nln3h9rcrXb
strava.app.link
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy Monday. strava.app.link/nln3h9rcrXb
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Hudu Abu Naja, 12- before and after starvation. Like thousands of children in Gaza, she suffered from severe malnutrition. In the last two months, organizations and doctors tried to evacuate her without success. This morning, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra reported she has died reports
@nirhasson.bsky.social
@nirhasson.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hudu Abu Naja, 12- before and after starvation. Like thousands of children in Gaza, she suffered from severe malnutrition. In the last two months, organizations and doctors tried to evacuate her without success. This morning, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra reported she has died reports
@nirhasson.bsky.social
@nirhasson.bsky.social