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Racing - March 12, 2021

Ellen van Dijk takes time trial victory at a windswept Healthy Ageing Tour

Ellen Van Dijk (Trek- Segafredo) during Strade Bianche 2021, Women's Elite (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Former world time trial champion Ellen van Dijk took Trek-Segafredo’s first race win of the year at the Healthy Ageing Tour on Thursday. The Dutch rider mastered the windswept, flat coastal course blasting past five of her minute women to clock 20.53 for the 14.4km course. Despite her commanding lead the race was close with […]

George Bennett - Bowling for pink

Kiwi George Bennett is embarking on his most ambitious season to date. Often a super-domestique on one of the peloton’s most powerful GC teams, he’s now got his own shot at the Giro d’Italia. Chris Marshall-Bell finds a man humble in the face of the pressure, more concerned with bigger world problems and, of course, the state of cricket.

MERIBEL, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 16: George Bennett of New Zealand and Team Jumbo - Visma / Julian Alaphilippe of France and Team Deceuninck - Quick-Step / Col de la Loze (2304m) / during the 107th Tour de France 2020, Stage 17 a 170km stage from Grenoble to Méribel - Col de la Loze 2304m / #TDF2020 / @LeTour / on September 16, 2020 in Méribel, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

George Bennett wants to discuss something that’s on his mind. “What on earth was going on with that pitch?” the Jumbo-Visma rider muses, stunned. “Were they playing on a bloody minefield or something?” The New Zealander is talking about the third cricket Test between India and England, that the latter lost inside two days, the […]

Julian Alaphilippe beats Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert to take victory on stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021

Julian Alaphilippe winning stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

World champion Julian Alaphilippe holds off Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert taking victory on stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021.

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News, Paris-Nice, Racing - March 11, 2021

Sam Bennett fires to victory after classic lead-out on stage five of Paris-Nice 2021

Sam Bennett on stage nine of the Vuelta a España 2020 (Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images)

Sam Bennett delivered a perfectly-executed sprint after a classic lead-out performance on stage five of Paris-Nice 2021. The Irishman benefitted from a textbook lead-out by his Deceuninck – Quick-Step team-mates in the final 2km, setting up an almost guaranteed victory in the sprint for the line. After a sedate pace throughout most of the stage, […]

Peter Sagan says he's ‘getting back the race rhythm’ after forced coronavirus break

Filippo Ganna and Peter Sagan (right) on stage one of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Peter Sagan says he needs to “get back the race rhythm” as he returned to racing after a forced break due to coronavirus.