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2019 Boels Ladies Tour, 2019 Vuelta a España, Daily News Digest, Features, Mikel Iturria, News - September 5, 2019

Iturria solos out of the break to win Vuelta stage 11: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Mikel Iturria solos clear from the break to win stage 11 of the Vuelta a España, Lorena Wiebes sprints to victory on stage 1 of the Boels Ladies Tour, Ineos extends Lawless and Doull. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of …

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The weekly spin: For Rissveds and Ferrand-Prévot, the circle is complete

The narrative arc of a professional cyclist’s existence is often a rollercoaster of circumstance, heartbreak, and resurgence — a constant balancing act of physical and mental health. That has never been more clear than over the past few months in elite women’s mountain-bike racing. Across the UCI’s World Cup series and World Championship, the return to …

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Wahoo Fitness debuts KICKR Bike for indoor training aficionados

If you thought the market for dedicated indoor training bikes was going to wither away and die, think again: Wahoo Fitness has just tossed its hat into the ring with its new KICKR Bike. It’s expensive, yes, but also chock-full of slick features that should more than fully satiate the appetite of anyone who can’t …

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CeramicSpeed Driven shaft drive steps closer to reality: Now it shifts!

CeramicSpeed made a huge splash at last year’s Eurobike show with the debut of its truly radical Driven ultra-low-friction shaft drive concept. It really was little more than a concept back then, too, and more than a few critics dismissed it as a flash in the pan that would never see the light of day. …

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Culture, Features, Iran, politics - September 4, 2019

The big lie: What it’s like to ride illegally as a woman in Iran

The freedom to ride a bicycle is a simple pleasure most of us take for granted. For some women, though, it isn’t quite so simple. Iran may have fielded a national women’s cycling team for many years now, but take to the streets on two wheels and life can quickly get complicated. Especially since leader …

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