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New calendars, six-rider teams at MSR, Burgos begins: 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. Tuesday was a busy day for racing news as competition got underway at the Vuelta a Burgos, the UCI unveiled the men’s and women’s WorldTour calendars for next year, and two former US road champions signed contract extensions (among …

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2021 Tour de France moved up as UCI unveils next season’s WorldTour calendars

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The UCI unveiled the WorldTour calendars for 2021 on Tuesday, confirming the dates for 35 men’s events and 25 women’s events for next year. On the men’s side, the UCI’s announcement revealed new dates for next season’s Tour de France, which has been rescheduled to avoid overlapping with the Tokyo Olympic Games, which were postponed …

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The new Specialized Tarmac SL7 review: The Venge is dead

Take a Specialized Venge and a Tarmac SL6 and squish them together. This is what you get. The underlying promise of the all-new Tarmac SL7 is that it’s as light and sharp as the old Tarmac SL6 and as aerodynamic as a Venge. No compromises, the Specialized marketing materials shout. The SL7 is, they say, …

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Hidden-motor brand Vivax has gone out of business

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Vivax Drive, the Austrian brand famous for its hidden bike motors, has been forced to shut up shop. Like so many other businesses in cycling and beyond, Vivax wasn’t able to manage the financial hardship brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. “Unfortunately it is a sad certainty today – our business has not weathered this …

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The TarmaCast: A deep dive with the engineers behind the new Tarmac SL7

How do you take a bike like the Tarmac SL6 and make it even better? How do you make a more aero frame that still retains the same feel of a climbing bike? In this special episode of the CyclingTips Podcast, we sit down with the engineers behind the new Tarmac SL7 to talk optimization, …

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