Tom Portsmouth
@tomportsmouth.substack.com
Professional Athlete 🇬🇧
Wagner-Bazin WB 🇧🇪
Living in France 🇫🇷
Writing on Substack » https://tomportsmouth.substack.com
Old Georgian
Wagner-Bazin WB 🇧🇪
Living in France 🇫🇷
Writing on Substack » https://tomportsmouth.substack.com
Old Georgian
Back to 🇨🇾 ↗ 2026
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Back to 🇨🇾 ↗ 2026
I’m bringing back the ‘this month…’ portion of this He Who Learns newsletter.
It's a forecast of an exciting month ahead and a retrospective look at the weeks gone by.
+ a few things I've been reading, watching and listening to.
Check it out tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/this-month-i
It's a forecast of an exciting month ahead and a retrospective look at the weeks gone by.
+ a few things I've been reading, watching and listening to.
Check it out tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/this-month-i
This Month #I
I’m bringing back the ‘this month…’ portion of this He Who Learns newsletter.
tomportsmouth.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I’m bringing back the ‘this month…’ portion of this He Who Learns newsletter.
It's a forecast of an exciting month ahead and a retrospective look at the weeks gone by.
+ a few things I've been reading, watching and listening to.
Check it out tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/this-month-i
It's a forecast of an exciting month ahead and a retrospective look at the weeks gone by.
+ a few things I've been reading, watching and listening to.
Check it out tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/this-month-i
New team over on Instagram. A DN1 in France by the name of Guidon Chalettois.
Ready for another year in Red and Black.
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Ready for another year in Red and Black.
www.instagram.com/p/DQZponWDXXc/
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New team over on Instagram. A DN1 in France by the name of Guidon Chalettois.
Ready for another year in Red and Black.
www.instagram.com/p/DQZponWDXXc/
Ready for another year in Red and Black.
www.instagram.com/p/DQZponWDXXc/
I sent this piece to @hetiskoers.bsky.social a few months ago, just as I felt my writing start to evolve.
It's a day-by-day account of an adventurous trip to Switzerland.
Hope you enjoy.
hetiskoers.nl/dit-is-wat-p...
It's a day-by-day account of an adventurous trip to Switzerland.
Hope you enjoy.
hetiskoers.nl/dit-is-wat-p...
Dit is wat pro's doen als ze NIET in de Tour rijden | Het is Koers!
Wat pro's doen als ze niet in de Tour rijden? Dan gaan ze soms op DeTour. Tom Portsmouth van Wagner-Bazin ging naar Zwitserland.
hetiskoers.nl
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I sent this piece to @hetiskoers.bsky.social a few months ago, just as I felt my writing start to evolve.
It's a day-by-day account of an adventurous trip to Switzerland.
Hope you enjoy.
hetiskoers.nl/dit-is-wat-p...
It's a day-by-day account of an adventurous trip to Switzerland.
Hope you enjoy.
hetiskoers.nl/dit-is-wat-p...
Reposted by Tom Portsmouth
I have posted an essay every week for 8 weeks on my Substack 🥹 This kind of consistency is unprecedented for me, taking my energy away from social media has undoubtedly helped a lot. If you use Substack, you could subscribe 😊
substack.com/@writebikere...
substack.com/@writebikere...
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I have posted an essay every week for 8 weeks on my Substack 🥹 This kind of consistency is unprecedented for me, taking my energy away from social media has undoubtedly helped a lot. If you use Substack, you could subscribe 😊
substack.com/@writebikere...
substack.com/@writebikere...
Writing has been a big goal of mine this year. And now, 10 months in, I'm proud to say I've published 1/mnth, despite the arduous schedule of a pro bike rider. I'm even more satisfied that each avenue—racing and writing—fed into the other. I haven't shared them all on here, so some ICYMI.
October 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Writing has been a big goal of mine this year. And now, 10 months in, I'm proud to say I've published 1/mnth, despite the arduous schedule of a pro bike rider. I'm even more satisfied that each avenue—racing and writing—fed into the other. I haven't shared them all on here, so some ICYMI.
2025 in:
» data
» images
» breakaways
» data
» images
» breakaways
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
2025 in:
» data
» images
» breakaways
» data
» images
» breakaways
A lot happened in 2025. These photos remind me of that. I started racing early. I moved to France. I found my confidence again, on and off the bike. I also found many incredible people to talk to and share stories with. It was awesome, and still is.
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/2025-in-da...
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/2025-in-da...
2025 in: Data, Images, People & Breakaways
This newsletter features a fraction of the images, people, places and breakaways that made up my 2025 racing campaign. It's shows with vividness what 2025 meant for me.
tomportsmouth.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A lot happened in 2025. These photos remind me of that. I started racing early. I moved to France. I found my confidence again, on and off the bike. I also found many incredible people to talk to and share stories with. It was awesome, and still is.
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/2025-in-da...
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/2025-in-da...
Tell me winter is coming without telling me winter is coming.
October 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Tell me winter is coming without telling me winter is coming.
So. Not quite what I was expecting from this week, or hoping to be writing about by the end of it...
Full outline of what happened at the Renewi Tour last week.
» substack.com/@tomportsmou...
Full outline of what happened at the Renewi Tour last week.
» substack.com/@tomportsmou...
Tom Portsmouth (@tomportsmouth)
So. Not quite what I was expecting from this week, or hoping to be writing about by the end of it...
Unfortunately, I was forced to pull out of Renewi before it even began. There is a DNF beside my n...
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August 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So. Not quite what I was expecting from this week, or hoping to be writing about by the end of it...
Full outline of what happened at the Renewi Tour last week.
» substack.com/@tomportsmou...
Full outline of what happened at the Renewi Tour last week.
» substack.com/@tomportsmou...
Reposted by Tom Portsmouth
🇺🇸 Quinn Simmons on how cycling could improve its appeal:
"I really like circuit racing. The style of the World Championship, the full-speed race, makes the competition good. And it is also better for the spectators. Not only that, but it is also much safer for riders.”
Full story at Domestique 👇
"I really like circuit racing. The style of the World Championship, the full-speed race, makes the competition good. And it is also better for the spectators. Not only that, but it is also much safer for riders.”
Full story at Domestique 👇
August 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🇺🇸 Quinn Simmons on how cycling could improve its appeal:
"I really like circuit racing. The style of the World Championship, the full-speed race, makes the competition good. And it is also better for the spectators. Not only that, but it is also much safer for riders.”
Full story at Domestique 👇
"I really like circuit racing. The style of the World Championship, the full-speed race, makes the competition good. And it is also better for the spectators. Not only that, but it is also much safer for riders.”
Full story at Domestique 👇
After a successful Franco Belge last week, I'm off to my first World Tour race at the Renewi Tour starting tomorrow. Let's see what the week holds.
Images from Tim Staes (Cyclimage) on Instagram
Images from Tim Staes (Cyclimage) on Instagram
August 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
After a successful Franco Belge last week, I'm off to my first World Tour race at the Renewi Tour starting tomorrow. Let's see what the week holds.
Images from Tim Staes (Cyclimage) on Instagram
Images from Tim Staes (Cyclimage) on Instagram
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When you're injured but you see a sponsorship opportunity and aero gains.
📷 Cor Vos
📷 Cor Vos
July 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When you're injured but you see a sponsorship opportunity and aero gains.
📷 Cor Vos
📷 Cor Vos
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“Diabetes shouldn’t stop you doing what you enjoy.”
Alex Pritchard (DAS-Richardsons) talks sudden Type 1 diagnosis, learning to juggle insulin with 100 g carbs an hour, and why his race ambitions are still on.
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/06/13/a...
Alex Pritchard (DAS-Richardsons) talks sudden Type 1 diagnosis, learning to juggle insulin with 100 g carbs an hour, and why his race ambitions are still on.
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/06/13/a...
Alex Pritchard interview: racing, resilience and adjusting to life with Type 1 diabetes
When a sudden weight-loss and unquenchable thirst sent Alex Pritchard from the peloton to A&E, the 28-year-old Rás Tailteann stage-winner emerged with a life-altering diagnosis: Type One diabe…
thebritishcontinental.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“Diabetes shouldn’t stop you doing what you enjoy.”
Alex Pritchard (DAS-Richardsons) talks sudden Type 1 diagnosis, learning to juggle insulin with 100 g carbs an hour, and why his race ambitions are still on.
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/06/13/a...
Alex Pritchard (DAS-Richardsons) talks sudden Type 1 diagnosis, learning to juggle insulin with 100 g carbs an hour, and why his race ambitions are still on.
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/06/13/a...
Reposted by Tom Portsmouth
South London’s 17-year-old prodigy Milo Wills (TEKKERZ CC) blitzed The Cycle Exchange Guildford Open Grand Prix, out-kicking Belgian powerhouse Jente Michels (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development RT) to stamp yet another exclamation mark on his breakout season.
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/07/09/2...
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/07/09/2...
2025 Guildford Town Centre Races: report and results
Robyn Clay led a near-clean DAS-Hutchinson sweep in the Greyfriars Vineyard Women’s GP, before 17-year-old Milo Wills (TEKKERZ) outsprinted Jente Michels to win The Cycle Exchange Open GP (9 July)…
thebritishcontinental.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
South London’s 17-year-old prodigy Milo Wills (TEKKERZ CC) blitzed The Cycle Exchange Guildford Open Grand Prix, out-kicking Belgian powerhouse Jente Michels (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development RT) to stamp yet another exclamation mark on his breakout season.
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/07/09/2...
thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/07/09/2...
Postcards from 🇬🇧 National Champs. Some race.
June 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Postcards from 🇬🇧 National Champs. Some race.
Livestream for this evening's crit.
First 1h full I've done for a while, so let's have a blast doing it.
@jezcox.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvE...
First 1h full I've done for a while, so let's have a blast doing it.
@jezcox.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvE...
June 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Livestream for this evening's crit.
First 1h full I've done for a while, so let's have a blast doing it.
@jezcox.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvE...
First 1h full I've done for a while, so let's have a blast doing it.
@jezcox.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvE...
Reposted by Tom Portsmouth
We're always intrigued by new requests for use of our WorldTour App, and the latest is for academic research! 🎓 @lborouniversity.bsky.social 's Alex Welburn is using VV for a Time Trial (TT) optimisation study with two female riders.
📖Read more in our blog bit.ly/4nigx15
#cycling #roadcycling
📖Read more in our blog bit.ly/4nigx15
#cycling #roadcycling
June 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We're always intrigued by new requests for use of our WorldTour App, and the latest is for academic research! 🎓 @lborouniversity.bsky.social 's Alex Welburn is using VV for a Time Trial (TT) optimisation study with two female riders.
📖Read more in our blog bit.ly/4nigx15
#cycling #roadcycling
📖Read more in our blog bit.ly/4nigx15
#cycling #roadcycling
The Belgium Tour makes it 5 for 7 Queen stage breaks in 2025
The others include:
Classic Besançon Doubs
Tour du Doubs
Stage IV | 4J de Dunkerque
Brussels Cycling Classic
Here are the details of catching the break at the recent Brussels Cycling Classic 👇
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/brussels-c...
The others include:
Classic Besançon Doubs
Tour du Doubs
Stage IV | 4J de Dunkerque
Brussels Cycling Classic
Here are the details of catching the break at the recent Brussels Cycling Classic 👇
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/brussels-c...
l'échapée | Brussels Cycling Classic
When everyone knows the breakaway has the potential to go far in a race like the Brussels Cycling Classic, you’ve got to take it.
tomportsmouth.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Belgium Tour makes it 5 for 7 Queen stage breaks in 2025
The others include:
Classic Besançon Doubs
Tour du Doubs
Stage IV | 4J de Dunkerque
Brussels Cycling Classic
Here are the details of catching the break at the recent Brussels Cycling Classic 👇
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/brussels-c...
The others include:
Classic Besançon Doubs
Tour du Doubs
Stage IV | 4J de Dunkerque
Brussels Cycling Classic
Here are the details of catching the break at the recent Brussels Cycling Classic 👇
tomportsmouth.substack.com/p/brussels-c...
Another Queen Stage in the breakaway. This time at the Baloise Belgium Tour. It was hot and à bloc from the start.
June 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Another Queen Stage in the breakaway. This time at the Baloise Belgium Tour. It was hot and à bloc from the start.
Up next: Baloise Belgium Tour
A few places I recognise on there.
Kermesse racing is one of the best ways to understand the Geography of Belgium.
A few places I recognise on there.
Kermesse racing is one of the best ways to understand the Geography of Belgium.
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Up next: Baloise Belgium Tour
A few places I recognise on there.
Kermesse racing is one of the best ways to understand the Geography of Belgium.
A few places I recognise on there.
Kermesse racing is one of the best ways to understand the Geography of Belgium.
Reposted by Tom Portsmouth
For those with long memories of watching the TdF on C4 and ITV…
Have podcast while you wait. Phil Liggett joins me and David for a chat.
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DUAPHINÉ STAGE 3: PHILIP ALEXANDER....
Podcast Episode · NEVER STRAYS FAR · 10/06/2025 · 30m
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June 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
For those with long memories of watching the TdF on C4 and ITV…