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2019 Vuelta a Espana Guide: Route, Stage Previews, Start List & How to Watch
The 2019 Tour de France is finished and its youngest winner in over a hundred years is home in Colombia. Now we look forward to the season’s third Grand Tour. The 2019 Vuelta a Espana starts with a team time trial on Saturday the 24th August and concludes three weeks later with a carnival stage…
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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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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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Tour de France Riders You Can Follow on Strava
Watching the Tour de France on television and seeing the suffering on rider’s faces is one thing. Comparing their efforts to your own on Strava is something else entirely. What effort does it take to stick with the peloton for 120 miles? To launch a breakaway? To solo to victory? Or win a sprint? Thanks…
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Only Four Americans will be at the 2019 Tour de France
Another flat year for American rider participation at the Tour de France. With just four confirmed starters, the American presence at this year’s Tour de France will be slim. It’s a sad continuation of the flat trend in American Tour participation, and highlights the diminished role U.S. riders now play in cycling’s most important stage…
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EF Gone Racing – Amgen Tour of California
EF Gone Racing gives us a behind the scenes look at the Amgen Tour of California and the racing that saw Tejay van Garderen don the yellow jersey and the dramatic decision that allowed him to keep the it after the race jury ruled that a crash impeded his chances of catching back onto the…
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2019 Tour of California Stage 6: Tejay Cracks
Tadej PogaÄar (UAE Team Emirates) took control of the yellow jersey today at the Tour of California with victory on stage 6, the queen stage of the race on the summit of Mt. Baldy. The Slovenian matched several attacks from Sergio Higuita (EF-Education First) on the final climb before taking a much cleaner line through…
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2019 Tour Of California Stage 4 Recap
Fabio Jakobsen sprinted to victory on the fourth stage of the Tour of California today. The big story, though, is that race leader Tejay van Garderen will hold onto the yellow jersey after an incident-packed day of racing. Deceuninck-QuickStep rider Jakobsen of the Netherlands held onto the stage win despite a strong late burst from…
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2019 Tour Of California Stage 2 Recap
Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) took the second stage of the Tour of California today, edging out Tejay van Garderen who conceded the stage win but seized the overall leader’s yellow jersey. For 24-year-old Asgreen this is his first World Tour victory. Asgreen rode aggressively in the second half of the stage eventually making his way…
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2019 Tour of California Preview
The Amgen Tour of California kicks off its fourteenth edition on May 12th. In just 13 years it has gone from a small February race to a WorldTour event. Here’s a look at the route, the contenders and how you can catch the action. The Tour of California conflicts directly with the Giro d’Italia starting…
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Tejay Van Garderen’s Strong Frames Ti Gravel Bike
Bozeman, Montana’s Carl Strong and his company Strong Frames have been making bike frames for more than two decades. Strong has turned out about 3,500 frames over the years, the latest was for BMC’s Tejay van Garderen who just finished second overall in the Tour of California. Carl Strong’s business started in Grandma’s Garage back…
