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2019 Giro d'Italia, 2019 Tour de France, 2019 Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde, Chris Froome, Egan Bernal, Features, Opinion and analysis, Primoz Roglic, Racing, Richard Carapaz, The weekly spin, Tom Dumoulin - September 18, 2019

The weekly spin: The Grand Tour Domino Effect

A gust of wind in southeast France, a patch of slippery pavement in Andorra, a touch of wheels in Italy, and three grand tour winners who might never have been. The Vuelta a España is over and the 2019 Grand Tour season is finished. As I look back, I’ve been playing the what-if game. What …

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Simon Yates Q&A: On the Giro, Yorkshire Worlds and infamous UK climbs

Late last week CyclingTips reporter Dave Everett caught up with Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) at Scott HQ in Switzerland. In a wide-ranging conversation the pair talked about Yates’ eighth-place finish in the recent Giro d’Italia, what life is like as a pro racer, his journey through the sport, and even about an infamous climb in the …

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Falling in love with cycling again

Do you remember how you first caught the cycling bug? Was it by watching a race on TV? Did a family member or friend get you hooked? Or has it always been a part of your life? Ben Berend remembers how cycling first got its claws into him. It was something of an accident, years …

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Two bikes in one: Pascal Ackermann’s celebratory cyclamen Venge

Pascal Ackermann Specialized Venge custom 2019 Giro d Italia

Pascal Ackermann’s (Bora-Hansgrohe) maglia ciclamino was only secured late in this year’s Giro d’Italia. Swathed in bandages from a heavy crash on stage ten, it was a Ackermann’s second place on stage 18 that saw the German pull ahead of Arnaud Démare (Grouapama-FDJ) in the points classification and reclaim the cyclamen jersey. The next day, …

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Photo gallery: Comebacks and historic victories in the Giro’s final week

And so the 2019 Giro d’Italia is complete. Richard Carapaz (Movistar) is the first Ecuadorian to win a Grand Tour and in the end he did it easily. But the final week of the 2019 Giro was about more than Carapaz securing his historic victory. It was also about Esteban Chaves’ triumphant return to the …

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The weekly spin: The Grand Tour Domino Effect

Simon Yates Q&A: On the Giro, Yorkshire Worlds and infamous UK climbs

Falling in love with cycling again

Two bikes in one: Pascal Ackermann’s celebratory cyclamen Venge

Photo gallery: Comebacks and historic victories in the Giro’s final week

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