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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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Cannondale CAAD 13 Photos Leaked
Aluminum made Cannondale in the ’80s and it has remained on the menu ever since. Although the CAAD lineup doesn’t have superstarts like Mario Cipollini and Cadel Evans cruising around on them in the WorldTour anymore, the aluminum frame has an almost cult-like following. The CAAD lineup is in need of some updates though. Namely…
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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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Julian Alaphilippe wins La Flèche Wallonne 2019
Julian Alaphilippe and Jakob Fuglsang, whose lack of accurate time gap information may have cost Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, continued their 2019 WorldTour rivalry in today’s La Flèche Wallonne. The Frenchman won a second successive La Flèche Wallonne with a well-timed jump on the Dane to continue his formidable form in the spring Classics. “It’s…
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Mathieu van der Poel is the Most Exciting Guy on Two Wheels
It’s been a wild few weeks on the spring WorldTour circuit for Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus). It’s his first go at racing the spring road classics, but it took very little time for Van der Poel to become a household name. First, he took a win at Grand Prix de Denain in…
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2019 Tour of Flanders Recap
Italian Alberto Bettiol, 25, stuns Flanders favorites and scores EF’s biggest victory in years. A big day for Italian cycling The Tour of Flanders offered up a big day for Italian cycling fans. First, Maria Basianelli put the end cap on a fantastic spring by winning the women’s race, then Alberto Bettiol stunned everyone with…
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2019 Tour Of Flanders Preview
Who’s ready for the ‘hardest one-day race’ on the WorldTour calendar, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)? “It is, without question, the hardest one-day bike race ever created,” George Hincapie, who finished a record 17 times, wrote in his biography. Here’s how the race got its start: The History of the Ronde van Vlaanderen…
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Van der Poel Wins Dwars door Vlaanderen Among Chaos
Hows this for a record? Cyclocross world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) has only started two WorldTour races on the road, and as of today, he already has his first WorldTour victory. What did it take to secure victory at a very chaotic edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen? Aggressive riding and organization chaos set…
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How to Beat the Biological Passport
There’s a well-known survey in sports, the Goldman Dilemma. Bob Goldman began asking elite athletes in the 1980s whether they would take a drug that guaranteed them a gold medal but would also kill them within five years. More than half of the athletes asked said yes. The biological passport, which tracks blood and urine…
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Team Sky Inside Line Episode 2: Tour Colombia
I think at the moment these are the best behind the scenes videos of any WorldTour cycling team. They lack the humor of Dan Jones’ Backstage Pass videos, but Jonesy was an exceptional talent at bringing out the best in the riders. The new Mitchelton videos may have improved from a cinematic perspective, but that’s…
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Caleb Ewan’s Brutal Uphill Sprint Finish at UAE Tour
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 past rivals on his way…
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Cycling World Tour Events are Sportwashing Human Rights Abuses
If you want to start a pro-cycling team with a UCI WorldTour license, you have to adhere to five sets of criteria, one of which is ethics. The UCI rule-book expands on the topic of ethics, a few parts standout for today’s discussion: Art. 5 General principles Persons bound by the Code are expected to…
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The Other SRAM AXS Release Story
Yesterday was all about SRAM’s new Red eTap AXS 12-speed wireless drivetrain, the technical release is exciting but I think there’s also something to be said for how SRAM decided to advertise the new groupset. Or, more frankly, who they chose to headline the announcement. Featured in all of SRAM’s presentations to media and on…
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2019 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Results & Recap
Viviani sprints to victory at CEGORR Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) snagged his second WorldTour win of the season on Sunday when he sprinted to victory at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, holding off Australian rival Caleb Ewan and South African Daryl Impey in a tight finish. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtIEgzgg6S5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The 163 kilometer (101 mile) race, which…
