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US$120,000 watches, sponsorship wars, and a political crisis in the making.

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UAE Team Emirates has laid out the 2020 Grand Tour plans of its marquee riders. The team announced on Tuesday that Fabio Aru, Fernando Gaviria, and Tadej Pogacar will all race next year’s Tour de France. The race will mark the Tour debut of rising star Pogacar. The 21-year-old Slovenian rode to three stage victories …

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Katusha merger talks heat up, Michal Kwiatkowski is hoping ‘to find a joy from riding’ his bike again, UAE’s sports drink woes. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of the Day: Katusha-Alpecin reportedly set to merge with Arkéa-Samsic Katusha-Alpecin owner Igor …

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As the peloton barreled into Nancy Tuesday, the yellow jersey was at the front of the bunch with 1km remaining. Julian Alaphilippe wasn’t trying to again go clear and win the stage, as he’d done the previous day, but rather to set up Deceuninck–Quick-Step sprinter Elia Viviani. Stage 4 delivered the first clean field sprint …

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Fans of tubeless road tires have been eagerly awaiting the adoption of the technology at the upper echelon of the sport, and only recently have there been glimmers of hope. Those fires will burn a little brighter yet this year, as tubeless is clearly being used by more riders and teams at this year’s Tour …

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