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Features, Gran Trittico Lombardo, Photo galleries, Racing - August 5, 2020

Photo gallery: A torrential baptism for a brand-new Italian race

If you haven’t heard of the Gran Trittico Lombardo, we don’t blame you. Monday’s race was the first-ever edition of this Italian one-day event and it might very well be the last. When coronavirus laid waste to the 2020 calendar and forced the rescheduling of much of the calendar, there wasn’t room for everything. Among …

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How Trek-Segafredo coped with having its bikes stolen at Strade Bianche

“Bad start to the day,” the tweet began. “Six Trek Emonda of the women team were stolen in the night.” You can imagine the frustration, the anger, and the panic that must have gone through the Trek-Segafredo camp. Course recon was done, riders were rested and ready, and everything was in place for the WorldTour …

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Daily News Digest, Features, News - August 5, 2020

Bernal wins La Route d’Occitanie, ISN signs Hagen: 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. Egan Bernal has officially won his first stage race of the year. The reigning Tour de France champ finished safely on Tuesday at La Route d’Occitanie to wrap up the overall victory in his very first race back …

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Roka Matador sunglass review: A polarizing shape, but super fit and optics

I’ve had a soft spot for Oakley ever since my first bike shop job in the early 1990s when I bought my first pair of (blissfully discounted) M Frames. With little exception, I have continued to be impressed with the company’s eyewear ever since: the superb optics, the vast array of carefully tuned tints, the …

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Meet Mavi Garcia, the woman who very nearly won Strade Bianche

This past weekend the world saw a brilliant ride by Mavi Garcia. With a courageous solo attack at Strade Bianche the 36-year-old almost won the iconic race on Tuscany’s gravel roads. World champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott), unbeaten this year, only caught the Spanish rider in the final six kilometres, leaving Garcia to settle for …

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