Tag: Sagan
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Mathieu van der Poel to ride inaugural UCI gravel worlds
Mathieu van der Poel is finishing his road season and will ride the UCI world gravel championships in Veneto, Italy, according to WielerFlits. The elite men will ride 190 km over mostly gravel roads with some steep climbs throughout. Other big names that will be on the start line in Veneto include; Greg Van Avermaet,…
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Zwift Event: 7 Days of Tarmac SL7
Zwift 7 Days of Tarmac SL7 runs from 10th Aug 2020 – 17th Aug 2020, here are the details: ABOUT: Picture a perfect bike. One that’s as light as the rules allow and aero as can be—all with next-level handling. That’s where Specialized comes in, with the one bike to rule them all. Their brand…
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Caleb Ewan Does it Again with Victory at Stage 16 of 2019 Tour de France
On today’s flat transition stage before the alps, Caleb Ewan took his second stage victory of this year’s Tour de France on stage 16. He out sprinted Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) to be the first man to the line. “To be honest I felt so bad today during the day. I think…
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Julian Alaphilippe Crushes 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 Time Trial
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) absolutely crushed the 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 time trial today. Not only will he retain the yellow jersey, but he took the stage victory as well. Defending champion Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) finished 14 seconds down to take second place over the 27.2km course. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) took third…
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Caleb Ewan Grabs his First Tour Stage Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 11
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. Defending champion Geraint Thomas and…
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A Nearly Complete List of 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles
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 TEAM INEOS Dylan Van Baarle…
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Van Aert Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 10 and Some Big GC Contenders Lose Time
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), and Mikel Landa (Movistar) all gave…
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2019 Tour de France Stage 8 Recap
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 day,” De Gendt said. The duo…
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Groenewegen Takes Sprint Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 7
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 Tour de France and his fourth career stage victory. It’s…
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Breaking news with Peter Sagan – The Earth is Flat
Great ad with Peter Sagan for Specialized’s range of Turbo e-bikes, with the slogan “Specialized Turbo makes your world flat.” “We’ll do it live!” killed me.
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Peter Sagan Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 5 After Several Near Misses
Peter Sagan was the best of the remaining opposition after the pure sprinters had been dropped on the climbs that littered Stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France through the Vosges. Despite Team Sunweb controlling the peloton for most of the run into the finish, Michael Matthews was boxed in when the sprint began…
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Elia Viviani Sprints to 2019 Tour de France Stage 4 Win
The almost entirely flat parcours of the 213.5-kilometer Tour de France Stage 4 today had the sprinters’ hopes up from the start. Bad news for the day’s three-rider breakaway, when the sprinters smell blood you’ll never get too much breathing room. Such was the story today, as the final breakaway survivor Michael Schär was caught…
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Alaphilippe Takes Stage 3 Tour de France Victory
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunick-Quick-Step) was my pre-race favorite for stage 3 of the Tour de France, the stage was practically built for him. How he did it though, was a bit of a surprise. Instead of holding out for the uphill sprint, he put in an attack with a little over 15 kilometers to go and…
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Teunissen Takes Surprise Stage 1 Victory at 2019 Tour de France
Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) took a surprise sprint victory today at Stage 1 of the 2019 Tour de France, besting Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) to the line and to be the first to wear the yellow jersey in this year’s race. Things were looking down for Jumbo-Visma when Dylan Groenewegen crashed out near…
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Tour de France 2019 Preview & Guide
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas’ win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018 was a slog. In an effort…