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ISN pulls rider from Vuelta a Burgos amid COVID-19 concerns

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Israel Start-Up Nation has pulled Itamar Einhorn from its Vuelta a Burgos lineup after teammate Omer Goldstein, with whom Einhorn had been training recently, tested positive for COVID-19. The team announced on Monday that Goldstein, who was asymptomatic, returned a positive coronavirus test on Monday morning. Einhorn had been in direct contact with Goldstein prior …

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Alaphilippe, Stybar to lead Deceuninck at Strade Bianche: 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. As a new week gets underway, the already reduced Women’s WorldTour calendar has unfortunately lost yet another event as organizers have announced the cancellation of the Boels Ladies Tour. The Dutch stage race had been rescheduled for September, but …

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Boels Ladies Tour cancelled, fate of other Dutch and Belgian races uncertain

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The 2020 edition of the Boels Ladies Tour was cancelled on Monday after new local regulations made running the race impossible. Other races in the Netherlands and Belgium, home to half of the remaining Women’s WorldTour races, face increasing uncertainty. The five-day Boels Ladies Tour, initially scheduled in August, had been postponed to September 1 …

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How coronavirus has affected bike racing: An on-the-ground perspective

After several months without racing, the professional women’s road calendar restarted this past weekend in Spain. Over the course of three races — two in Pamplona and one in Durango — the best in the world got a chance to test their racing legs after such a long lay-off, while also coming to terms with …

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Sibiu Tour riders blocked from racing Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo

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Last week marked an important milestone, with the first stirrings of the resumed cycling season. For the first time since the abrupt halt of Paris-Nice in mid-March, UCI-sanctioned international racing returned to the roads of Europe. A packed calendar stretches from now until November, trying to cram most of a season into the space of …

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