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Shoddy’s TDF recon: The Grand Colombier, a TDF battleground

I’m sat in front of my computer writing this story feeling like I’m in pieces, or in more pieces than I expected to be. Legs are sore, brain’s not firing at its usual capacity, and the upper body slumped. I’m in way, way worse condition than I should be, or to be precise hoped to …

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Mitchelton-Scott to target stage wins at the Tour de France

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Mitchelton-Scott won’t be targeting overall success at this year’s Tour de France. Instead, the Australian outfit has “selected its strongest team of opportunists” and will focus on stage wins. Adam Yates and Esteban Chaves headline the eight-rider squad and while both have finished in the top four of a Grand Tour before — with Yates …

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Steven Kruijswijk to miss the Tour de France with shoulder injury

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Last year’s third-place finisher at the Tour de France, Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma), will miss this year’s edition due to a shoulder injury sustained at the Criterium du Dauphine. Kruijswijk was one of several riders to crash while descending off the Col de Plan Bois on stage 4 of the Tour’s biggest warm-up race last week. …

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The Tour de France starts next week, but should it?

In two Saturdays’ time, two months late, the 2020 Tour de France will finally begin. On the wide boulevards of Nice, with the glinting blue of the Mediterranean at their backs, the riders and their entourage will head up into the hills surrounding the coastal city and set a course that will lead them to …

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Brailsford explains why he left two Tour champions off the Tour roster

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Ineos team principal Dave Brailsford has given some context on the team’s Tour de France roster selection, detailing what went into the decision to leave both Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome out of the team and revealing that both Egan Bernal and Richard Carapaz will be targeting yellow this year. In a short video, Brailsford …

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Shoddy’s TDF recon: The Grand Colombier, a TDF battleground

Mitchelton-Scott to target stage wins at the Tour de France

Steven Kruijswijk to miss the Tour de France with shoulder injury

The Tour de France starts next week, but should it?

Brailsford explains why he left two Tour champions off the Tour roster

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