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2020 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing - September 1, 2020

Gallery: Heavy rain and KOM drama on stage 3 of the Tour de France

Let’s not sugar-coat it: stage 3 of the 2020 Tour de France was a bit of a yawn-fest until the last 10 km. Thankfully for us though, dull racing doesn’t mean dull photos. In fact, thanks to some stellar vistas and heavy rains that swept over the race, the photos from stage 3 are terrific. …

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Julian Alaphilippe is racing in a US$120,500 watch, because why not

As one of the superstars of the sport, Julian Alaphilippe is used to the finer things. He races a US$12,000 bike, can snap his fingers and get as much laminate flooring as he can dream of, and has all the alcohol-free beer he can stomach. But there’s one detail on his left wrist at the …

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Tour de France tech: A closer look at the 2021 Canyon Aeroad

The third stage of this year’s Tour de France provided one of the closest looks yet at Canyon’s redesigned Aeroad aero road bike. Both Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) are racing the as-yet-unannounced machine, and Canyon appears to have done its homework. Canyon has maintained the overall profile of the existing Aeroad (including …

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Annemiek Van Vleuten, Features, News - September 1, 2020

World champ Annemiek van Vleuten signs with Movistar for two years

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Reigning world champion Annemiek van Vlueten will ride for Movistar through the 2021 and 2022 seasons, the team announced Monday. Van Vleuten, who will remain with Mitchelton-Scott through the end of 2020, is the most dominant racer in pro cycling and has been for the last two seasons. She is a two-time winner of the …

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Caleb Ewan sprints to victory on stage 3: Daily Tour Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) took an impressive victory on stage 3 of the Tour de France, topping Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) in Sisteron. Ewan found himself several riders back in the final few hundred meters of the day as the sprint opened up. Bennett …

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