Cycling Weekly

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When Ineos’s season restarted at the Route d’Occitanie in the first week of August, there was nothing to suggest the British team was set for its most disappointing Tour de France performance since its debut appearance in 2010, when Bradley Wiggins w

Cycling Weekly

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Over the weekend there were a lot of commentators taking to social media to say how much Ineos were missing Geraint Thomas at the Tour. Jens Voigt, Bradley Wiggins and others were all of the same opinion in light of reigning champ Egan Bernal’s slide

Procycling

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In the Netherlands it is a tradition that we do kermesses after the the Tour de France for two weeks, day in and day out. We literally race the day after Paris. As the paycheck is good, those races are not only for the Dutch riders. The bigger events

Procycling

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Wins a first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the team pursuit alongside Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy and Paul Manning, beating Denmark in the final with a world record time of 3:53.314. In his first year at the newly-formed Team Sky, Thomas wins

Cycling Weekly

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The coronavirus pandemic might have wrecked the 2020 season, but when it comes to the World Championships it gave us exactly what we’ve been waiting for. A winner and leading group stacked with the greatest riders all going flat out. No one will be d

Cycling Weekly

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As the warm summer days continue we’re tailoring our August challenges toward long days in the saddle and bigger mileage. And for the first time we’re stipulating that you can’t combine the two challenges in one ride. Both need to be done on separate

Cycling Weekly

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The first weekend of the Virtual Tour de France provided valuable insights into which riders are starting to hit peak form before the return to road racing later this month. Winners over the weekend included Ryan Gibbons (NTT) and Julien Bernard (Tre

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Eventual winner Tao Geoghegan Hart follows the ferocious pace set by team-mate Rohan Dennis on the fabled Stelvio climb. The 2,758m pass did for race leader João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and although Sunweb’s Wilco Kelderman pulled on the pink

Cycling Weekly

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Yorkshire rider Jim Brown joins Canyon from CC Etupes in France. Seventh place at the junior Ghent-Wevelgem and ninth on stage six in the 2019 Tour de l’Avenir show his potential. In 2021 he’ll be targeting the U23 Paris-Roubaix and Tryptyques des Mo

Cycling Weekly

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These days at the Olympics, Britain’s cyclists are achieving what once seemed impossible, and we’re all familiar with the world-beating stories of Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton. In fact, as riders that would pop up again and again

Cycling Weekly

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First, be Belgian. Second, be a bike rider. Third, don’t be the actual Eddy Merckx. These are generally enough to get in the frame. And when that happens, all of Belgium will jump on board. Belgium is not in any way discouraged by the fact that well

Cycling Weekly

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Cycling entered the public consciousness of Britons like never before in 2012 — and all because of Bradley Wiggins. At the start of spring, Wiggins was barely identifiable among non-cycling followers, but by the end of the year he had officially open

Australian Mountain Bike

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The Pioneer is heading to the North Island, held on 8–13 November 2020. The mountain bike playground of Rotorua will offer a new page to be turned for The Pioneer with a different course but same vibe and goal to help riders explore epic locations. T

Cycling Weekly

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“I like Geraint Thomas, because obviously I can relate to him doing pursuit and all. Well, I don’t know what it’s like to ride the Tour de France, I must admit, but I like him,” says Newton when CW asks the enduring cycling enthusiast about who his f

Cycling Weekly

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Victor Campenaerts has claimed the UCI blocked him undertaking another Hour record attempt that was set to take place at the London Olympic velodrome during lockdown. “Some critics said I only broke Bradley Wiggins’s Hour record because it was at hig

Procycling

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Clermond Ferrand › Lyon 194KM Coming to the Tour de France with neither an established sprinter or an established GC rider can be a gamble. But it can also give a team space in which to operate. It was an especially big gamble i

Procycling

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COACH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM SUNWEB I like working with the younger cyclists at the other end of professional cycling. Nils is doing so far so good. Racing being back is good [for him], but it’s still not an optimal situation. Nils is a talented climber a

Procycling

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7 MARCH 2020 The white roads of Tuscany stand empty on the day that Strade Bianche was originally planned to have taken place. Photographer Kristof Ramon, in the area to shoot the race, captured the eerie atmosphere of the quiet landscape. “I decided

Cycling Weekly

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Dutch road champion Lorena Wiebes took the first win of her 2020 campaign at Omloop van het Hageland on Sunday. The Prudential RideLondon Classique champion, who is just 20 years old, outsprinted last year’s winner Marta Bastianelli after the wonderf

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All riders and staff will be tested for coronavirus antibodies ahead of the season. Those testing positive will get to participate with no further testing. Everyone else will need a negative test for the virus 10 days prior to arriving at a race and

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Van Baarle takes Dwars Dylan van Baarle came out on top at Dwars Door Vlaanderen last week after going on a long-range solo effort with around 50km to go. Van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) held off the chasing group including Olympic champion Greg Van Av

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UAE’s Jan Polanc works his way through the ever deepening snow on stage 13’s final climb of Ceresole Reale. Ahead, Movistar were laying the foundations for Richard Carapaz’s win Sir Bradley Wiggins becomes the first Briton to win the Tour de France.

Cyclist Magazine

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2,569 Maximum altitude in metres 2,089 Lowest point in metres 25 Maximum gradient in percent 7 Length of La Unión climb in kilometres 5 Average gradient in percent of La Unión 1 Pro riders spotted (it was him) 1 Ex-pro riders stayed with ■

Cycling Weekly

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Organiser of the Tour of the Reservoir National Road Series event, Mike Hodgson was described as "one of our sport's true heroes" by Dame Sarah Storey. Founder of the legendary Three Peaks cyclo-cross race Rawnsley organised 50 editions, and rode 45

Procycling

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STAGE 6 was a day that I picked with the team. We had a long discussion about me sitting up on the previous day, because I was quite up there on GC. Normally, I hang in and do my thing and when I start dropping time in the high mountains I naturally

Procycling

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We’ve only just reached March and it feels like there’s been enough drama to fill a season already. I write this diary at what feels like a watershed moment for at least the next couple months, maybe longer. Strade Bianche was supposed to be in a few

Procycling

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Pau › Laruns 153KM It must be heartbreaking to get so close to a first stage win at the Tour, only to be pipped at the line. All the more heartbreaking when it is your second podium placing of the race so far, and you have been on

Procycling

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Years with team: 16 Grand tour wins: 1 GC wins: 20 Stage wins: 56 One-day race wins: 26 Years with team: 8 Grand tour wins: 2 GC wins: 12 Stage wins: 24 One-day race wins: 1 Years with team: 2 Grand tour wins: 1 GC wins: 4 Stage wins: 9 One-day race

Cycling Weekly

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Defending champion Jasper Stuyven will return to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this weekend in an even stronger mental position than when he won it, according to his team’s sports director. Steven De Jongh, sports director at Trek-Segafredo, told Cycling Wee

Cycling Weekly

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MUST WATCH SATURDAY 1 AUGUST It’s been so long and what a way to come back, with a double header from Siena of the men’s and women’s Strade Bianche. It may have only been around a short while, but it’s a race that has laid claim to being one of the m