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Features, Racing, The Secret Pro - September 29, 2019

The Secret Pro: Drafting cars happens, Nils Eekhoff should be World Champ

Listen, I’m going to keep this short, because I may or may not be starting a World Championship tomorrow (can’t let you lot narrow my identity down to a mere 200 riders now, can I). I sent this in because I couldn’t take it anymore. What Nils Eekhoff did was completely normal. In case you …

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Van Vleuten goes solo for over 100km to win world title: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Annemiek van Vleuten goes solo from over 100 kilometers out to win the elite women’s world road title, the UCI releases video of Nils Eekhoff drafting in the U23 men’s race, Mathieu van der Poel acknowledges he’s a Worlds contender but says status as “biggest …

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Features, Lazer, Tech, Tech news - September 28, 2019

The Lazer Genesis returns and is the company’s lightest helmet yet

The original Lazer Genesis was a well-loved helmet for many years. Even in its prime, it wasn’t the most ventilated nor the lightest, but it often proved to be dreamily comfortable for its owners. Lazer’s Rollsys system – with its wire-based retention system wrapping the full circumference of the head – was the stand-out feature, …

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Commentary: The UCI’s terrible rulebook strikes again

How long is serious? How much is significant? Is this a 1-10 scale thing, or a time thing, or are we just going on feeling here? Why are world championships being revoked over nebulous terms?

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Quinn Simmons wants to win Roubaix

Quinn Simmons wants to be the first American to win Paris-Roubaix. At the moment, roughly 24 hours after he won the junior worlds road race, he mostly wants a burger. I find him at the Harrogate stop of the Five Guys burger chain, one of America’s finest culinary exports. We don’t shake hands because his …

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