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EF Education First announce riders for Dirty Kanza
Ted King is going to have some WorldTour level competition at Dirty Kanza this year as EF Education First is slated to send some top names to the premier gravel racing event. I gotta say, I’m really enjoying watching the trajectory of this EF team: 2018: Were going to focus less on Euro bike racing…
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2019 Tour of California Wrap-up:
Tadej PogaÄar (UAE-Team Emirates) defended his overnight lead during Saturday’s final day of the Amgen Tour of California, a lumpy 126km stage from Santa Clarita to Pasadena. “This race was my main goal this year I knew I was well prepared,” PogaÄar said. “I’m really happy and looking forward to the rest of the season.”…
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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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Rémi Cavagna’s Sketchy Descent on way to Tour of California Solo Win
Descending is no joke, but this is just scary bad. Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Rémi Cavagna proved that you don’t have to be the most talented bike handler in the world to win at the professional level. Just watch this: 😬 ˜¹ï¸ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜±#AmgenTOC pic.twitter.com/sbGvvvD6M3 — AmgenTOC (@AmgenTOC) May 14, 2019 I’ll give him the benefit of the…
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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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Tour Of California Stage 1 Recap
Is Peter Sagan back? Apparently a return to California was just what he needed to jump-start a disappointing start to his 2019 season. The three-time road cycling world champion took stage one of the Tour of California with a definitive spring, holding off Travis McCabe. The win brings his record for stage wins at the…
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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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How to Stream All the Biggest Races in Pro Cycling in 2019
Traditionally, it’s been pretty difficult to be a cycling fan in the U.S.. In the past, the only options were pirate streams, a handful of races on cable at 4am, or 5 minute highlight reels on YouTube. Fortunately, there are great streaming options these days that will deliver high-quality, full race streams to all of…
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Riding Fixed, Up Mountains, With Pros. w/ Toms Skujiņš
In Episode 7, the Riding Fixed Up Mountains with Pros team met up with Toms Skujins only one week after his 2018 cycling season, which saw a King of the Mountains Jersey in Tour of California and the Tour De France, a national TT championship (Latvia), and multiple stages won around the world. They chat…
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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…
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Helmet Technology Already Exists to Identify Cycling Head Injuries, Adoption Needs Work
There’s been a lot of talk in the cycling world about head injuries in the past few days following Toms Skujins’ scary crash in the Tour of California. The technological solution to the head injury debate already exists, it’s a commercially available product. Adoption of the technology, however, is lacking. The logical solution to keeping…
