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2020 Tour de France, Caleb Ewan, Features, John Degenkolb, News, Philippe Gilbert - June 24, 2020

Ewan and Gilbert among headliners in Lotto-Soudal’s Tour team

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A little over two months out from the start of the rescheduled Tour de France, Lotto-Soudal has announced its eight-rider squad for the race. Sprint star Caleb Ewan and versatile stage hunters like Philippe Gilbert, John Degenkolb, Thomas De Gendt, and Tim Wellens lead the way for a squad that will be focused on stage …

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New 2021 Specialized Epic gets faster, the Epic Evo goes more trail

Dating all the way back to 2002, the Specialized Epic is a cross country full suspension bike that pedals like a hardtail. The efficient design has topped many a podium, and is by far the most popular bike at marathon events like the famed Cape Epic. For 2021, the Specialized Epic has been overhauled once …

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Features, Kanstantsin Siutsou, News - June 23, 2020

Siutsou given four-year doping ban nearly two years after retirement

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Nearly two years after he tested positive for EPO and subsequently retired, Kanstantsin Siutsou has been handed a four-year ban by the UCI, backdated to run from 2018 to September of 2022. Siutsou, 37, registered the adverse analytical finding for EPO in an out-of-competition test on July 31, 2018. At the time, he was in …

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Nerd Alert Podcast: Pretty paint, SRAM’s wild patent, and What Bike to Buy

Nerd Alert is back, our podcast dedicated to the world of cycling tech. This time we geek out about SRAM’s new wild front derailleur patent and SRAM’s move to a 52T cog on Eagle. The conversation then moves to an interview between our global tech editor James Huang and Trek’s senior product graphic designer, Micah …

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Ted King’s ridiculous 23-hour gravel ride across an entire state

Three weeks ago, on a damp night on the Canadian border of Vermont, Ted King set off for a very big bike ride. With a chipper ‘ciao’, the ex-roadie-turned-gravel-pro rolled into the driving rain and the inky dark and set a course south. King didn’t know it at the time, but by the end of …

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