Lampre-Merida bet on Rui Costa for a breakaway win at Amstel Gold

In all of the talks about favourites for Amstel Gold Race, Rui Costa has been largely looked over. An escape artist on a bike, if the rumoured tailwind comes good on Sunday then the former world champion would be a hard man to beat if he got away. Costa will be leading Lampre-Merida following a strong performance in the Tour of the Basque Country last week, and his team have every faith in him to bring home the win.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.