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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
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Morvelo’s new Overland collection aims to cross the gap between road cycling and mountain bike specific kit by offering a different aesthetic for the gravel bike rider – not aero-tight lycra of road kit, nor the over-baggy clothing preferred on the single track. Definitely a range worth a closer look.
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Over the weekend, hundreds of handbuilt bicycle builders and fans came together in Sacramento, California. The North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show celebrated its 15th year with more than 210 international and American independent bicycle exhibitors. NAHBS stages a best of show awards competition each year that sees bike makers spending
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Gravel grinder extraordinaire, Ted King has a new event, Rooted Vermont. Check out the press release for the event below, it sounds like a great reason to visit the Green Mountain state this summer. Rooted Vermont: Return to Gravel is a brand new gravel event that will take place on
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Bontrager WaveCel helmet construction claims to be 48x safer than EPS foam Trek and its sister brand Bontrager put out a lot of cryptic social media last week hinting at a new launch, turns out the big announcement was all about safety. Trek announced a series of new helmets featuring
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Couple quick videos for your viewing pleasure. The Redlands Cycling Classic got underway Wednesday (3.13) with both the men and women taking on an 11.3-kilometer (7-mile) time trial. Amber Neben secured the time trial win for the women and Sean Quinn posted the quickest time for the men.
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There’s a well-known survey in sports, the Goldman Dilemma. Bob Goldman began asking elite athletes in the 1980s whether they would take a drug that guaranteed them a gold medal but would also kill them within five years. More than half of the athletes asked said yes. The biological
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The best race monument of the year isn’t even a monument Bike racing has its up and downs. There are transition days at the Tour de France where the most notable bit of footage is a giant bicycle made of tractors in a field, then there are days where
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A targeted ad campaign has been making the rounds on Reddit and social media from Trek Bikes. The ad claims that on March 19, Trek will release a new product that will “change cycling forever.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BueVOvklGWd/ So, what’s Trek up to? Ebikes? Another anagram?
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Gianmarco Dodesini Valsecchi shot some incredible images during the inaugural PEdALED Silk Road Mountain Race in 2018. A brutal but stunning self-supported bike race in the remote landscapes of Kyrgyzstan. It’s short but sweet, absolutely stunning scenery. Follow Shift Cycling Culture for more.