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Moneyball meets cycling: How underdog team NTT is using data to turn the tide

Team NTT will be the first to admit it hasn’t set the WorldTour alight. In its first three seasons at the highest level, the team formerly known as Dimension Data finished last on the team rankings. Last year, its fourth in the big leagues, Dimension Data finished second-last among WorldTour teams, securing fewer UCI points …

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CyclingTips Podcast: Knee warmers, friend or foe?

Knee warmers, are they good or bad? Should you just go straight to leg warmers, or tights? Are they the crop top of leg coverings? This is the very important topic that dominates this week’s Nerd Alert segment. James and Neal are on Team Good, Caley and Abby on Team Bad. Which team are you …

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Kragh Andersen wins Paris-Nice TT: 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. Soren Kragh Andersen celebrated the midway point of the week in style on Wednesday in France. The 25-year-old Dane was the fastest rider on the day in the stage 4 time trial at Paris-Nice, holding off race leader Max …

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50 delights of riding your bike

It hardly feels like a ‘normal’ start to the season for us cycling fans. Extreme wildfires kicked things off in Australia; the UAE Tour was halted mid-race; momentous races like Milan-San Remo have been postponed; several teams have announced an extended suspension to their race program due to coronavirus; and we’ve seen unexpected and painful …

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Gazprom says rider has been notified of coronavirus positive

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The Gazprom-Rusvelo team has said in a social media post that Dmitry Strakhov, one of several riders quarantined in an Abu Dhabi hotel after the UAE Tour was called off amid coronavirus concerns, was told he tested positive for virus. According to the team, the 24-year-old Russian was feeling fine but was hospitalized on Sunday upon registering …

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