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There’s a flood of Direct Mount derailleur hangers at the Tour de France — but why?

Shimano began drastically changing the designs of its mountain bike rear derailleurs in 2007, moving the entire mechanism toward the rear of the bike in an effort to improve shifting performance and chain wrap on wider-range cassettes. That design quickly filtered out to Shimano’s entire mountain bike range, and eventually even out to the road …

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Quintana wins Tour stage 18 as Alaphilippe keeps yellow: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Nairo Quintana attacks out of the breakaway on the Galibier and holds on to win stage 18 of the Tour de France, Egan Bernal surges into second overall but Julian Alaphilippe remains in yellow, Tony Martin and Luke Rowe out of the Tour despite joint …

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Tour de France – EF Gone Racing presents the Directeur Sportifs

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George Bennett’s crash highlights cycling’s brutality

Cycling as a sport demands unnatural risks of its participants. On the descent of the Col de Vars, midway through the Tour de France’s punishing 18th stage, George Bennett showed just how.

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2020 Trek Domane goes all-in on all-road versatility: First-ride review

The new third-generation Trek Domane is a far cry from the endurance road bike it was when it first debuted in 2012. The Domane was once more of a toned-down road bike with ultra-stable handling, a very relaxed rider position, and semi-wide tires — this new one is a thoroughly refined all-road machine with gobs …

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