David Bates

Sport News Editor, @TimesSport. Views own.

[Cuadernos del Ventoux @CdelVentoux]

Es difícil explicar desde cualquier otro país el peso mediático y emocional de Van Aert para Bélgica. Sirva este vídeo de un estadio de fútbol para ilustrarlo.

[Guy Walters 🇺🇦 🇻🇪 🇮🇷🇧🇾 @guywalters]

Absolutely SUPERB piece by @_DavidSBates about taking part in an horrific 800km bicycle race... https://t.co/9eYRMtZmm6

[Times Sport @TimesSport]

Exhausted but exhilarated: my 800km Badlands ride to redemption

Flying over the handlebars into a pine forest at 35km/h was not the narrative arc our writer was seeking, but the beauty of the Andalusian adventure lives on in his bones | ✍️ @_DavidSBates
https://t.co/npctfIb5zP

[Times Sport @TimesSport]

From a popped-out glass eye to Donal’s Donuts, we trace the history of this Lions since 1950 through the players’ voices and pages of The Times and Sunday Times

✍️ @AlexMLowe @willgkelleher

[Times Sport @TimesSport]

Bradley Wiggins’ struggles with addiction make him just the latest elite cyclist to succumb to fall on hard times after the end of his career

So what is it about cycling? @_DavidSBates asks those in the sport why so many riders fall apart in retirement✍️
https://t.co/8yMcGX6qnb

[ITV Cycling @itvcycling]

The first yellow jersey wearer to win on Alpe d'Huez 💛

#TDF

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

From the bad old days ... to the new science of the off-season: a piece on how the best of the best relax (sort of) and recover when they're not racing

Thanks to @JeroenSwart, @m_heijboer and @Tomashuuns for the insight

Read on @TimesSport

https://t.co/M3jMBhaN4U

[Will Kelleher @willgkelleher]

Bombshell revelations in @dannycare’s new book about Eddie Jones, which we are serialising @TimesSport

“It was like living in a dictatorship, under a despot who disappeared people.”

https://t.co/K78vSNAdc6

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

@FindingCotton @The_Forty_Four @glennebrey top dollar

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

@BenjaminCleary @TimesSport Thanks Cleary x

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

Not the way I hoped it would go, but one of the great experiences of my life.

Final instalment of the Badlands saga (for now) on @TimesSport

https://t.co/l5otvpqYhN

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

@EastSheenKlein Sorry for the slow reply! It was brutal / brilliant, unfortunately came off after about 310km in the dark and rain and damaged my wrist. Very gutted, but first 24hrs of it was a blessing. How did you get on?

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

Loaded up for Badlands 2024. A feat of packing if nothing else?

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

https://t.co/i6w8bTrSjs

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

And if you missed them, the first two installments of my foray into the world of ultra-cycling are here

https://t.co/ApR39V5lpe

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

Two days until the start of Badlands, here is the second in a series about my prep for the race. A lot of unknowns, answers are imminent

On @TimesSport ⬇️

https://t.co/i6w8bTrktU

[Alex Lowe 📰 @AlexMLowe]

Exclusive: Felix Jones quits England.

Steve Borthwick's No2 was "unhappy with an unstable working environment".

Jones follows Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson out of Twickenham in three turbulent weeks.

Big scoop by @petersuntimes @TimesSport

https://t.co/ZWrUfQ0RLq

[leo hayter @leohayter]

https://t.co/oimzQpwQty

[David Bates @_DavidSBates]

@aldersonday thanks Ben!

[Times Sport @TimesSport]

"Some see God. Or the Devil"

Hallucinations, severe pain and seven minutes of sleep: welcome to the mad world of ultra-cycling.

https://t.co/cFK3BfHt6e