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Features, Gravel, Tech, Tech features - August 7, 2019

Grading gravel: How do you define off-road surfaces?

There’s no such thing as gravel. Or, rather, there’s no such thing as a single conception of what ‘gravel’ is. It exists on a kind of shifting scale, defined by where you live, what your appetite for adventure is, and the capabilities of your bike and the tyres it runs. What you call ‘gravel’ might …

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Kolbinger becomes first woman to win Transcontinental: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: In her first ultra-endurance race start, 24-year-old German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger becomes the first woman to win the Transcontinental Race, the cycling world mourns Bjorg Lambrecht, Ag2r-La Mondiale signs Oliver Naesen’s brother Lawrence Naesen for 2020. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News …

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The weekly spin: Is Mathieu van der Poel’s race schedule a recipe for burnout?

Mathieu van der Poel just keeps on winning. He’s currently the world cyclocross champion, winner of the Amstel Gold Race (and Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl), the European mountain-bike champion, and as of Sunday, the winner of six mountain-bike World Cup races this season — four short-track events and two in the Olympic cross-country …

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Organisers neutralise stage 4 of the Tour of Poland after Lambrecht’s tragic death

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Warsaw, Aug 6, 2019 (AFP) – Organisers of the Tour of Poland have neutralised Tuesday’s scheduled fourth stage following the death of Belgian rider Bjorg Lambrecht. The stage route has been reduced to 133.7 km and the final laps have been cut to 1. Any further decisions regarding tomorrow’s stage will be communicated in agreement with Lotto …

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The best mini pumps for road, gravel and mountain bike – 45 tested!

Conducted over an arm-busting period of months, from a broad field of the biggest and best-known brands in the market, this is your definitive guide to the best mini pumps for your needs.

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Grading gravel: How do you define off-road surfaces?

Kolbinger becomes first woman to win Transcontinental: Daily News Digest

The weekly spin: Is Mathieu van der Poel’s race schedule a recipe for burnout?

Organisers neutralise stage 4 of the Tour of Poland after Lambrecht’s tragic death

The best mini pumps for road, gravel and mountain bike – 45 tested!

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