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2020 Tour de France, Features, Race reports, Racing - September 20, 2020

Tadej Pogacar stuns Roglic on La Planche, takes yellow a day ahead of Paris

Tadej Pogacar is in the yellow jersey. The young Slovenian rode out of his mind up La Planche des Belles Filles and took 1’56” out of the yellow jersey of Primoz Roglic, enough to pull the yellow off his compatriot’s shoulders by 59 seconds. Pogacar won the stage by 1’21” over Tom Dumoulin. Richie Porte, …

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Tour de France gallery: Double delight for Kragh Andersen on stage 19

Coming into the 2020 Tour de France it seemed like Sunweb had hamstrung itself by not selecting Michael Matthews. The Aussie sprinter was on great form and seemed to be a real chance of a stage win. We’ll never know how Matthews would have gone, of course, but it’s fair to say Sunweb has made …

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Power Analysis: Sepp Kuss, the Tour’s best domestique, on the Col de la Loze

Miguel Angel Lopez of Astana Pro Team powered his way to win the queen stage of the Tour de France on the brutal pitches of the Col de la Loze. But today’s power analysis looks at Jumbo-Visma’s super domestique, Sepp Kuss, and what it takes to be the right-hand man to Primož Roglic within the …

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2020 Tour de France, Features, Muc-Off, Tech, Tech news - September 19, 2020

Muc-Off debuts LOPS oversized derailleur pulley system with Bahrain-Merida

Oversized rear derailleur pulleys have repeatedly been shown to reduce drivetrain friction, and Muc-Off is now getting into the game with its new Lightweight Oversized Precision Shifting (LOPS) cage assembly, which Bahrain-Merida rider Mikel Landa will supposedly use during the Stage 20 individual time trial at the Tour de France. Reducing friction was obviously a …

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Soren Kragh Andersen wins stage 19: Daily Tour Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Sunweb’s Soren Kragh Andersen powered to his second stage victory of this year’s Tour de France on Friday’s stage 19. Six days after his stage 14 victory, the 26-year-old Dane jumped clear of a select group of late escapees and soloed to …

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