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Another great video from the EF Education First squad. I’m so tired of hearing people mock EF as hipsters and say these EF guys are killing the vibe of the races they are entering in their alternative calendar. They’re one of the most innovative pro bike teams in
Caleb Ewan picked up his first Tour de France stage win today, I doubt it will be his last. In a mass sprint at Toulouse on Wednesday Ewan grabbed the stage victory with no more than the width of a road tire as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe kept the overall lead.
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I got a few emails telling me the list of rider Strava profiles I shared the other day was incomplete, missing a favorite rider, etc… So here you all are, a damn near complete list of 2019 Tour de France rider Strava profiles: 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles
Laurens ten Dam has announced that he’ll be retiring at the end of this season. It’ll be sad to see him go, he was certainly one of the toughest hardmen to ever ride a bike. He is one of the riders that truly seems to love the sport.
TT specialist Marcin Bialoblocki has smashed the UK national 100-mile time-trial record, slicing over three minutes off Adam Duggleby’s previous record set in 2017. The new mark, a blistering 3:13:37. Bialoblocki, who rides for the amateur team Steele Davis Via Roma RT, broke the record at the
According to a report in Gazzetta dello Sport, two riders at an Italian amateur race fled after refusing to have their bikes checked for hidden motors. “The riders were angry because Fantin and another were kept an eye on for a long time because they were accused of using a
What a day in the Tour de France! Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to his first career Tour de France stage victory today on Stage 10 and a handful of GC contenders lost serious time. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First)
We saw a leaked image a while back, but now the rumors are confirmed. Today, the CAAD13 is official. Cannondale CAAD 13 Key Updates * Aerodynamics: The traditional round profile tubes of the CAAD line weren’t aero, CAAD 13 changes that. The new sleek, integrated design features a new family
Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) won stage 9 of the Tour de France today, beating his breakaway partner Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal) in a duel to the finish. “It’s the seventh time I’m riding the Tour de France and have been in a number of breakaways. To finally nail it today,
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) won stage 8 of the 2019 Tour de France as the last survivor of the day’s breakaway, having held off a late chase by Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step). “I had a really good feeling all day so I believed in it all
The Tour’s longest stage was held today and it was decided by a few hair widths. Dylan Groenewegen won today’s 230 kilometer (143 mile) stage 7 just ahead of Caleb Ewan after an uphill sprint in Chalon-sur-Saône. It’s Groenewegen’s first stage win at the 2019
Watching the Tour de France on television and seeing the suffering on rider’s faces is one thing. Comparing their efforts to your own on Strava is something else entirely. What effort does it take to stick with the peloton for 120 miles? To launch a breakaway? To solo to