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Angry Asian column, Features, JRA, KOO, Tech, Tech features - June 28, 2019

JRA with the Angry Asian: Celebrating silly products

Koo — the eyewear-focused sister company of Italian helmet brand Kask — recently released a novel little widget called the Billy. This bit of plastic attaches to your stem or handlebar, and serves as a “dock” of sorts for your sunglasses when you don’t feel like wearing them. To use the Billy, just take your …

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Drafting behind race motos provides a bigger advantage than first thought

It’s stage 19 of the 2018 Tour de France and Primoz Roglic has just broken clear of his GC rivals on the day’s final descent. The Slovenian had tried to get away on the last climb, the Col d’Aubisque, but it’s only on the descent to Laruns that he manages to open a gap. He …

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Features, Podcast, Podcasts, SpeedX - June 27, 2019

CyclingTips Podcast: The birth and death of a bike company

This week’s episode is something of a departure from our usual programming, with an audio version of our recent feature, ‘What happened to SpeedX?‘ . It takes you on a fascinating journey from the meteoric rise to the catastrophic fall of a bike company called SpeedX – a crowdfunding sensation that made global headlines in …

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The Secret Pro’s Guide to the 2019 Tour de France

The Tour de France is almost here. Are you ready? I’m ready. I know the start list isn’t out yet, but most of us know if we’re going to Le Grande Boucle or not. In fact, I just found out. The good news: I made the squad. Even better, CT asked if I’d write a …

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Two Austrian cyclists banned for doping in Operation Aderlass

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Two Austrian cyclists were banned for four years on Thursday for being part of an international blood-doping ring involving multiple sports. The Austrian Anti-Doping Legal Committee banned Stefan Denifl and Georg Preidler, who both raced in Grand Tours and made up Austria’s road-race team at the 2016 Olympics. The two were provisionally suspended by the …

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