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Sad news in the peloton today, Robbert de Greef has died at the age of 27, three weeks after suffering a heart attack Dutch cyclist Robbert de Greef has died three weeks after suffering a heart attack. The 27-year-old cyclist was riding the first cobble sector at Omloop van de
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Sit down and get yourself ready for some top grade bikeporn. The 2019 Speedvagen Guidebook is out and it’s almost too much to take in in just one sitting. Awesome stuff! NEW BEGINNINGS, NEW MATERIAL, NEW APPROACH 2018 was a year of change for us at the shop. We
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The Spring Classics come to a close for 2019 this Sunday with Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Here’s what you need to know. Liège-Bastogne-Liège closes out the Spring Classics. It also comes as the last race in a micro-season known as the Ardennes Classics, which consists of three race: Flèche
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In the most shocking northern classic finish in a very long time, Mathieu van der Poel crossed the gap from nearly a minute behind race leaders Jakob Fuglsang and Julian Alaphilippe at three kilometers remaining to go to win the 2019 Amstel Gold Race with a powerful sprint finish. It
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Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The most exciting one-day race of the year is this Sunday. Cobbles, crashes, the Roubaix velodrome finish. Here’s what you need to know before Sunday’s 117th edition. The Course The Paris-Roubaix, contrary to its name, starts in Compiegne which is about 80km
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Gravel racing is the most refreshing and exciting development in cycling in a long time. Combing fast-paced racing with adventure, dirt and drama has done a lot to break the sport out of the bro-dominated world of crit racing. It A few weeks ago, Ted King placed second at Land
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Italian Alberto Bettiol, 25, stuns Flanders favorites and scores EF’s biggest victory in years. A big day for Italian cycling The Tour of Flanders offered up a big day for Italian cycling fans. First, Maria Basianelli put the end cap on a fantastic spring by winning the women’s
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Who’s ready for the ‘hardest one-day race’ on the WorldTour calendar, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)? “It is, without question, the hardest one-day bike race ever created,” George Hincapie, who finished a record 17 times, wrote in his biography. Here’s how the race got its start:
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Hows this for a record? Cyclocross world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) has only started two WorldTour races on the road, and as of today, he already has his first WorldTour victory. What did it take to secure victory at a very chaotic edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen? Aggressive
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With a summit finish atop Mount Etna as its centrepiece stage racing returns to the Italian island of Sicily The Giro di Sicilia will return to the professional calendar next month after a 42 year hiatus, climaxing with a summit finish on Mount Etna. The Giro di Sicilia took place
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The first of the five 2019 Monuments took place in Italy on Saturday at Milan – San Remo. The “sprinters’ classic” saw Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain – Merida) escape on the Poggio and ride solo to the finish last year, avoiding a sprint. The big question for 2019, would the race end in
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The 110th edition of Milan-San Remo is this Saturday, the first of five Monuments for the 2019 season. Here’s a look at the course and the riders to watch. The Course Milan-San Remo is the longest single-day race on the professional cycling calendar. The race covers a rather horrifying