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Jumbo-Visma tied to top talent as launch of women’s team nears

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Dutch cycling outlet Cycling Opinions reports that Jumbo-Visma is working on putting together a women’s team that will launch in 2021. According to the report, sponsors Jumbo and Visma and incoming bike partner Cervélo requested the creation of the women’s squad. This is not the first time news has emerged of Jumbo-Visma’s ambitions to add …

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Google Maps just got better for cyclists

Spurred by a swell in the number of bike riders globally as a result of COVID-19, Google Maps has rolled out an update of its cyclist offering. It’s now more sophisticated, more accurate and more up-to-date, and has some handy new features for bikeshare users too. Google first rolled out Maps in 2005, and began …

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Nerd Alert Podcast: Inside the company that sells carbon to bike brands

This week’s episode of Nerd Alert is devoted to all things carbon fibre. CyclingTips’ Global Tech Editor, James Huang, gets on the phone with Jason Gabriel of Toray Advanced Composites, the company that provides much of the raw material to carbon bike manufacturers all over the world. Ever wanted to know what carbon fibre is? …

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Video: Isolation’s effect on athletes

The attributes that help make elite athletes who they are, and what they are, make lockdown and pandemic particularly disruptive. When you’re goal-driven and the goals disappear, fond of structure in a world without much certainty, how do you react? The North American pro team Rally Pro Cycling asked its 55 riders and staff to …

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The 2020 Giro will get underway with four stages in Sicily

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Giro d’Italia organizers have unveiled details of the newly redesigned start of this year’s race, which will open with four stages in Sicily after plans for a Grande Partenza in Hungary were scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 103rd edition of the race will see the Giro start in Sicily for the ninth time …

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