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2019 Giro Rosa, Features, Lucy Kennedy, Marianne Vos, News -

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The heartbreak is clear on Lucy Kennedy’s face. As her front wheel crosses the finish-line tape, her mouth hangs agape in something akin to surprise mixed with horror. A metre ahead of her, and about the same distance to her left, is Marianne Vos, the greatest of all time, doing what Vos does: win big …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, Mikel Landa, Nairo Quintana, News, Richie Porte, Romain Bardet -

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Two days into the 2019 Tour de France, and Richie Porte already has ground to make up. The 34-year-old Australian and his Trek-Segafredo squad finished a disappointing 18th – 1:18 behind winners Jumbo-Visma – in the stage 2 team time trial. More pressingly, they ceded just under a minute to Ineos and the dual threat …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, Tech, Tech features, time trial -

Sunday’s team trial wasn’t very technical, and mostly flat, which meant that everything was geared toward all-out speed — quite literally, in fact. The average speed of the winning team was a whopping 57.2 kilometers per hour. Whereas 56T and 58T outer chainrings are often the norm, 60T ones weren’t entirely uncommon today, plus heaps …

The post Photo gallery: The fastest (and slowest) 2019 Tour de France time trial tech appeared first on CyclingTips.

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Daily News Digest, Features, Jumbo-Visma, News, Philippe Gilbert -

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Jumbo-Visma takes a convincing win in the stage 2 team time trial at the Tour de France, Marianne Vos doubles up at the Giro Rosa, Pro’s new Stealth Superlight saddle. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of the Day: Jumbo-Visma wins …

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2019 Tour de France, Adam Yates, Caleb Ewan, Elia Viviani, Features, Geraint Thomas, Greg Van Avermaet, Mikel Landa, Nairo Quintana, Opinion and analysis, Richie Porte, Romain Bardet, Thibaut Pinot -

Pressure. The Tour de France presses down on everyone, but even more so if you have something to prove. From established veterans needing to prove they’ve still got the fire to riders making long-awaited Tour debuts, there are plenty of big names that head into this Tour de France with something to prove, for one …

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