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Svein Tuft Rediscovers His Passion for Cycling
For nearly 20 years, all Svein Tuft knew was professional road racing. His successes in the sport took him from a small town in British Columbia, Canada, to cycling’s grandest stages including the Olympics, the Tour de France, and the Giro d’Italia. Officially retired in 2019, Svein has spent the past few years figuring out…
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Rapha Gone Racing – The Alt Tour
“The chocolate is to make it go the distance, the beer is just for a slight buzz, and then the Coke’s just to mellow it all back out again” It’s late October and Lachlan Morton has just finished the 2020 Giro d’Italia when his team principal Jonathon Vaughters calls. “What do you think about riding…
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Win a Rapha + Palace Giro d’Italia Bike & Support Diversity in Cycling
Hey, remember those Rapha + Palace bike that dropped right before the Giro d’Italia? Now you have a chance to win one and support a great cause while you’re at it. USA Cycling is hosting a raffle with all proceeds going towards Contributing to New Co-ed Cycling Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and…
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2020 Lake City Alpine 50 Recap
One of the few races on my calendar that actually ran this year was the Lake City Alpine 50 in southwest Colorado. In its second year, this event was very much not a gravel race, a lesson I thankfully learned before race day by listening to the Dirty Chain Podcast. Turns out a few people had…
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The 27 Best Cycling Documentaries You Should Watch
COVID-19 is keeping a lot of us indoors. The boredom of indoor training in addition to every bike race being cancelled is a real downer, especially during what is normally one of the best times of the year to be a cycling fan. Despite there being no spring classics, you can brighten your Zwifting or…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 19 Recap & Highlights: Chaves with an Emotional Win
Esteban Chaves took an emotional win today after a war of attrition broke out among the breakaway group on the day’s final climb of San Martino di Castrozza. Things in the GC battle remain mostly unchanged, Astana’s Miguel Angel Lopez was the only General Classification rider to steal any time. Lopez took about 45 seconds…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 18 Recap: Breakaway barely survives
Damiano Cima (Nippo-Vini Fantini Fanzine) took a very unlikely win on Stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia today as the breakaway barely held off the quickly gaining peloton in a nailbiting finale. Cima launched his sprint with about 200m to go, beating not only his two break companions but also holding off a hard-charging Pascal…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 17 Recap: Peters solos, Movistar looks strong
Nans Peters (Ag2r-La Mondiale) soloed to victory on Stage 17 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia today after launching a bold attack with 16 kilometers to go. The Frenchman took his win in the biathlon stadium at Anterselva after building a 1:34 margin over the next best man, Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott). Peters and Chaves were both…
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Video: Panic as Jumbo-Visma team car stops for toilet break just as Roglic suffers mechanical
Awesome video of the moment of panic inside the Jumbo-Visma team car when Primož RogliÄ was hit by a mechanical during Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia. The Slovenian needed a bike change at 20km left to race, but his team car was nowhere in sight as the sports directors had stopped for a toilet…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 13 Recap: The Big Mountains Shake Things Up
FinaasdfRussia’s Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) took a solo stage win on the snow-capped summit finish of a very chaotic 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia today. The stage also saw some big movement in the overall picture for the Giro. Jan Polanc (Team UAE) held onto the overall lead while Primoz Roglic and Vincenzo Nibali finished…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 12 Recap: The Pink Jersey Changes Hands
Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe) grabbed a very hard earned victory on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia today, his first as a professional cyclist, in the thrilling run into Pinerolo. The Italian was part of a large 25-man breakaway that also included GC contender Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates). The group finished over eight minutes ahead…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 11 Recap: Ewan Gets Second Stage Win
Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) nabbed his second stage win of the 2019 Giro d’Italia today at the end of a very long stage 11. The 221-kilometer stroll from Carpi to Novi Ligure came down to the final meteres as Ewan beat out Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) with a very well timed sprint. “A…
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2019 Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 10 Recap
Frenchman Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) grabbed his first career Giro d’Italia stage victory in today’s stage 10. The 27-year-old launched a long-range, high-speed sprint which topped Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and Rudiger Selig (Bora-Hansgrohe). The hectic finish also saw a handful of riders hit the deck with a kilometer to go. “We came to the Giro for…
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The 2019 Giro d’Italia Heads Into Week Two
Week one of the Giro d’Italia is behind us and the tension is building for the general classification battle is beginning but the second time trial this weekend caused a major shake-up among the favorites. Yates Falters and Roglic Pulls Ahead Primoz Roglic put his mark on the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, winning the stage…
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2019 Giro D’Italia Stage 4 Recap & Results
It was a wild day for the general classification at the Giro d’Italia today thanks to a large crash with 6km remaining on Stage 4. The crash split the peloton and left 2017 Giro champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) injured, by the time he crossed the line he was down four minutes on race leader Primoz…