Author: Harold Dalton

It’s probably not really “Candid Camera,” since only Americans have ever seen it and is these days just used as a phrase used to describe the exciting genre of “being a complete dickhead to people and filming it without them knowing.” Because you’re probably not American, you can just imagine Beadle’s About instead. Still imagining Jeremy Beadle? If you don’t feel completely shafted by the standard of our TV presenters after watching this, there’s something wrong with you. Fearne “Kitten Fart” Cotton isn’t even in the same league, before you start emailing us. The basic premise for the prank is…

It was a case of double celebration for both Tadej Pogačar and his Emirati squad after their UAE Tour victory, as the young Slovenian committed himself to the team until at least 2026. That’s a huge contract in this sport. Matar Al Yabhouni, President of UAE Team Emirates: “Tadej is our present and our future. He is a rider who was able to win the Tour de France despite his young age and still managed to handle the pressure of such a great success. He showed great poise and determination to win the UAE Tour, a race that is growing…

What’s more surprising about Italian TV pranks: that they go all-in and take everything way too far, or that they even still broadcast pranks at all? Come on, guys. It’s not the early 1990s and your presenter in a bikini is no Jeremy Beadle. Anyway, they pranked Vinny Nibz. We’ll describe/explain it, but first we’ll embed it so you can dive straight in and watch if you want to. (Link here, in case they realise we figured out how to steal their content.) Did you watch it? Have you learned a lot of new Italian swear words? Here’s some context:…

Cycling is back! Officially. The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne double is the traditional season opener, taking place every year on a weekend at the end of February or very start of March. Although both are similar races in terms of starting line-up (expect only one or two personnel changes per team over both days) and location, Omloop looks more like the Tour of Flanders while KBK is more sprint focused. The creep of new early season races over the past few years have blurred the line as to where these two races really sit as ‘season openers.’ Yet it’s…

The Dauphine is back to its best. As well as including a time-trial again (removed for the first time ever in 2020 due to shortening the race for the Covid calendar), the 2021 edition reads like a checklist of iconic climbs for French cycling nerds. The final weekend alone includes Col de Porte, Cormet de Roseland, La Plagne (penultimate stage finish and a truly, truly magnificent climb for cycling history buffs), Col des Aravis, Col de la Colombière, Col de Joux Plane, and a stage-and-race-summit-finish at Les Gets. Are we breaking our icy cool exteriors to express a tiny bit…

The 2021 Giro d’Italia has now been revealed… and the long wait disguised a surprising route choice. Here are our quick observations before we dive into the longer look: First up, there are just 38.4km of individual time-trials. But 29.4 of those are on the very final stage in Milan. Whew.There’s also gravel on the menu on Stage 11, when the race takes in 35km of loose-paved roads through Tuscany.Another surprise. Joining its frenemy grand tours, the Tour and Vuelta, the Giro has finally ceded to the idea that stages can be shorter and punchier. There are seven summit finishes.…

Do you go outside? No, us neither. Brief stroll on the beach in the snow, maybe. Solid 4k steps on the Garmin on a good day. But if you DO go outside, perhaps in summer, then there’s an exciting new opportunity to become a brand ambassador for sunscreen. Provided you embody the brand ideal of course. That ideal is… uh. ‘However You Perform.’ Not even sure how you’d embody that, so if you can figure out a way to quantify it then you’re odds-on to be accepted. Notice we haven’t said the brand name yet. That’s because it’s KINeSYS, and…

Gino Bartali is one of the greatest cyclists who ever lived. His rivalry with Fausto Coppi, himself one of the few riders who can challenge Merckx for the mantle of greatest ever, remains firmly implanted in the mythos of the tifosi. But it’s his actions off the bike—or more precisely, when not racing—that stretches his legacy far beyond mere bicycle racing. His was a career cut short by war. The Italian won the 1936 and 1937 editions of the Giro d’Italia—aged just 21 and 22 respectively—to cement his status as Italy’s number one cyclist, and then turned his sights on…