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Lizzie Deignan tops Marianne Vos to win La Course

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Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) powered to victory at La Course on Saturday, topping defending champion Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) in a photo finish. The 96-kilometer race in and around Nice was ultimately contested among a select group of six riders, with Deignan, Vos, Demi Vollering (Parkhotel Valkenburg), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram), Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott), and Deignan’s Trek …

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UCI requests investigation into episode involving Bramati and Evenepoel

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According to Sporza, the UCI has requested an investigation into an episode in which a Deceuninck-Quick-Step sports director was seen removing an unknown object from Remco Evenepoel’s jersey pocket after the rising star crashed at Il Lombardia. “We have asked the CADF [the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation] to investigate the television images and question witnesses,” said …

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Tour Daily Podcast: The Tour starts tomorrow

Welcome to the first Tour Daily episode, coming to you from an Airbnb in Nice (and elsewhere. Thanks, COVID).  In this final episode before the Tour kicks off, we run through the route, key stages, plus make some picks for the most important competition, the race for the Maillot Sable.  Plus, we get a stage …

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Bernal’s update, extensions at Tibco, protocol changes: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. Welcome to the end of the week, with a big weekend of bike racing ahead! Friday’s headlines featured news of an update to the UCI’s COVID-19 protocols, extensions of multiple kinds, and an update from the defending Tour …

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Video: What it’s like on the ground at a strange, surreal Tour de France start

We’ve been on the ground for a few days here at the start of the Tour de France, finding out for ourselves what measures the organisers have been taking to keep everyone safe. There are new barriers, bigger gaps between those inside the race and those outside it, more rules surrounding the start village, and …

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