Andy McGrath

✍️🏼 Freelance sports journalist, author and @BookiePrize winner.
📕 New book Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable biography, out now!

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

The paperback version of Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today 🚵‍♀️

You can enjoy the first, comprehensive biography of modern cycling's greatest while seeing if he makes it five Tour de France wins 🟡

Order here: https://t.co/KUbLvVXdgm

(Coffee not included)

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

Rough Ride remains one of the greatest cycling books written. One of the pieces of literature which got me into the sport as a teenager too

[Paul Kimmage @PaulKimmage]

Day of days

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

@BenjiNaesen Bring back the Intergiro and/or create a breakaway jersey, I say

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

I'll be on @npr.org at 11:45am UK time, 6:45 Eastern Time talking Tour de France, heatwaves and what can be done. Listen here: https://t.co/3sImiaIDPn

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

@saddleblaze What do you mæn?

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

Already hearing some very rogue pronunciations of Torstein Træn #TDF2026ᴿᴾ

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

Not a mention of wildfires and possible cancellation of. #TDF2026ᴿᴾ stage 3 from the TNT Sports team. I find that very odd, unless they know something we don't...

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

You, me, live coverage of day two on @guardian_sport? Follow here:

https://t.co/lxH1IIkqTl

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

I'd kill to look like Grigor Dimitrov let alone to have his single-handed backhand. Some people have all the luck

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

PODCAST: Andy McGrath @Andymcgra on his new @BloomsburySport biog of defending Tour de France champion Tadej #Pogacar - is he the greatest ever? Can he be as nice as he appears? Why Slovenia, why now? And so on... On Spotify & all other podcast providers: https://t.co/xLetyUsjuK

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

Making my Tour debut for @guardian_sport this afternoon. Come for the TTT coverage, stay for the story of how I ate 36 Jaffa Cakes in one sitting: https://t.co/Wn76IaXNfR

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

For the first time since 1971, the Tour de France is starting with a team time trial.

It's one of the most beautiful sights in cycling; it's also one of the hardest.

@Andymcgra explains the mechanical art of the TTT.

🔗 https://t.co/emaQgEFWPo

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

Happy Tour de France day for all who celebrate it 🚴‍♂️

I’ll be doing live text coverage for @guardian_sport in the race’s first week and covering the rest on the ground for @velovelovelo__

I can’t wait. Working on the TDF never gets old 🥲

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

I've never understood why Pogačar does not transcend cycling or have a behemoth brand behind him.

This piece does an excellent job of explaining why that is

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

Carlos Alcaraz has Nike, Rolex and Louis Vuitton; 15-time pole vaulter world record holder Mondo Duplantis is sponsored by Puma and Omega Watches; Formula One driver Max Verstappen represents Heineken and EA Sports; and four-time Olympic swimming champion Léon Marchand is on Louis Vuitton and Nike billboards.

So why does Tadej Pogacar - with the exception of Richard Mille watches — not have many prestige sponsorship deals?

As the world champion attempts to win his fifth Tour de France, @cmbreports explores why cyclists struggle to land major partnerships, and why that might soon change.

🔗 https://t.co/7al4XKTSNa

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

@adamrowecomedy One basic, essential rule of journalism is objectivity though. Celebrating a goal is at odds with that

[Jacob Whitehead @jwhitey98]

Also loved this from @Andymcgra on how to win a team time trial — possibly the sport's strangest yet most mesmeric discipline. Cannot wait to see how it unfolds.

https://t.co/kFND08n1wK

[Bloomsbury Sport @BloomsburySport]

Also publishing today in paperback is @Andymcgra's 'Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable'!

The perfect read to accompany the next few weeks of cycling viewing ahead 🚴

[Andy McGrath @Andymcgra]

I'm on the doyen of cycling podcasts @cycling_podcast , talking about Pogačar prognostics, where he will make the difference and why he will be behind rivals after the first TTT https://t.co/8uVVLdao4O

[Slavko Jerič @lavkeri]

Naročniki podkasta #SOSodmev, preverite svoje aplikacije, pred začetkom Toura je na voljo pogovor z @Andymcgra in sicer v 2 različicah:
- slovenski: https://t.co/dzQMEatm0s
- angleški: https://t.co/cC9zEAlH5m

[Dan Challis // GlobalPeloton @GlobalPeloton]

For a second year in a row, there will be just one African rider at the Tour de France.

And for the first time since 2019, there will be just one Asian rider at the world's biggest race.