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Iconic French wheel brand Mavic is hoping to turn the page after the tumult of the past few months, now that it’s finally found stability in a new owner. It’s doing so in the best way possible: with a new product that not only looks to be quite good, but is also indicative of the …

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2020 Tour de France, Coronavirus, Features, News, Opinion and analysis, Racing -

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In some ways it’s still surprising the Tour de France even got started. That as the number of coronavirus cases surged around France, sport’s biggest annual circus was allowed to set off from a COVID-19 hotspot and embark on a nationwide journey. And yet, the Tour did start, and nine stages have now been completed …

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2020 Tour de France, Features, Marc Hirschi, Photo galleries, Racing, Tadej Pogacar -

In his very first Grand Tour, 22-year-old Swiss rider Marc Hirschi (Sunweb) has been one of the stand-out performers at this year’s Tour de France. The former U23 world champion took a brilliant second place on stage 2, beaten only by Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) in a three-up sprint. And then on Sunday’s stage 9 he …

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2020 Tour de France, Adam Yates, Features, Mitchelton-Scott, Racing -

The Col de Marie Blanque was one climb too many for Adam Yates, who relinquished the maillot jaune to Primoz Roglic on Sunday, undone by the steep slopes of the Pyrenees. “I did everything I could,” Yates said. “I said from the very beginning, even before the Tour started, that I wasn’t at 100 percent, …

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2020 Tour de France, Daily News Digest, Features, News -

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Tadej Pogacar’s aggressive style paid off with a stage win into Laruns, as he outsprinted a small group of GC favorites and an incredible Marc Hirschi for the stage win. ?The Tour’s second and final Pyreneen stage saw major GC shakeups. Primoz …

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