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SRAM’s newly announced second tier electronic group delivers all the 12Speed functionality of Red eTap AXF for a lot less dough. When SRAM launched its new Red eTap AXS groupset last month it wasn’t the wider gear ranges, 12speeds, customization or new app that took the show. Nope,
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Will Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem end with a solo move or a bunch sprint? Gent-Wevelgem’s 251-kilometers of racing includes; three climbs up the Kemmelberg and the road between Deinze and Wevelgem features 10 steep cobbled climbs. Those climbs annihilate the field throughout the day. Add in the race’s infamous
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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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Cees Bol sprinted to secure Sunweb’s first victory of the 2019 season today in a very tense finish at Nokere Koerse. Reigning cyclocross world champion Mathieu van der Poel and several other riders crashed hard in the final kilometer. The crash occurred shortly after the peloton rode onto a
Tech & Data
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.
The Engine
Oliver Naesen’s power data shows just how hard pro racing is Ever wonder how hard pro cyclists are riding when watching a race? Ever delude yourself into thinking you could hang for awhile? We just concluded the opening weekend of the Spring Classics and AG AG2R La Mondiale rider
Culture & Opinion
Despite the real racing season still being about 3 weeks away I’ll be very happy to watch guys racing bikes on terrain that doesn’t look like the Tour of Las Vegas this weekend! No more desert(ed) highways, no, now come the spring classics starting with the Omloop
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“Slow twitch muscles that, you know, are mainly used for gravel.” Ha. Chris Tolley takes us along for a ride and a few 2000 watt sprints. Very talented rider and a great look at some pro/1 racing.
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Caleb Ewan took his first WorldTour win today after he was relegated at the Tour Down Under. Exciting finish at the UAE Tour today, as Caleb Ewan powered to a win in an ‘all or nothing’ sprint as he took his first WorldTour stage victory of 2019. The Australian powered