Kate Wagner, Author at Escape Collective

Tadej Pogačar throws his arms wide as he crosses the line to win stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France.

News & Racing • The endless cycle of champion and underdog begins anew

by Kate Wagner • 23 Jul 2024

Mark Cavendish casts a sideways glance as he adjusts the winners medal around his neck on the podium of the Tour de France.

Road • Mark Cavendish’s ways of seeing

by Kate Wagner • 03 Jul 2024

Frank van den Broek and Romain Bardet cross the line as Bardet wins stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France. They're both smiling wide, shocked smiles and pointing at each other in pure joy. Behind, slightly blurred, a furious field finishes an unsuccessful chase.

Road • Belief wins the day

by Kate Wagner • 29 Jun 2024

Tadej Pogačar being escorted through Pavia to the team presentation for Milan-San Remo 2024.

Road • Dominance failed, hope lived

by Kate Wagner • 16 Mar 2024

An Oracle F1 car races past a blurred grandstand at the 2023 United States Grand Prix. The perspective is tilted slightly to show the car heading uphill, and the grandstands behind are a kaleidoscopic whirl of color.

News & Racing • Behind F1’s Velvet Curtain

by Kate Wagner • 09 Mar 2024

Tadej Pogačar dips his head from the effort of his 80 km solo breakaway at the 2024 Strade Bianche. He's slightly backlit, the soft glow of a flash illuminating him against a dreamy pale blue sky with billowing white clouds. His bike and kit are filmed in a white coat from the gravel roads.

Road • Tadej Pogačar and the called shot

by Kate Wagner • 02 Mar 2024

Alison Jackson wins the 2023 Paris-Roubaix, sitting up in a shock-surprise victory salute. Abby Mickey's smiling face is badly photoshopped over Alison's.

News & Racing • Our favourite stories: no one writes about women’s cycling like Abby Mickey

by Kate Wagner • 30 Dec 2023

The Jumbo-Visma Tour de France squad at sign-in for a stage. The team is seen from the back, their images reflected in a compositional trick of framing by the photographer. They gaze out over a city with a clear blue sky above them.

Road • The trouble with dominance

by Kate Wagner • 08 Sep 2023

Road • On the Tourmalet, the fog reveals as much as it conceals

by Kate Wagner • 29 Jul 2023

Emma punches the air after winning a race

Road • ‘Pull like there’s no tomorrow’

by Kate Wagner • 28 Jul 2023

Road • A collision of interests

by Kate Wagner • 26 Jul 2023

Road • Keeping belief alive

by Kate Wagner • 25 Jul 2023