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CyclingTips Weekly Quiz #16: Will you make the grade?

Each week, we bring you a quiz to let you test your cycling knowledge. And while it’s been a hectic week in the world of cycling, we reckon you’re pretty switched on. From Tour de Suisse to Team Ineos, this is your chance to shine: Not loading? Click here.
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Tom Dumoulin will miss the Tour de France

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) will miss the 2019 Tour de France. The 28-year-old Dutchman, runner-up at the 2018 Tour, will not start this year’s edition of the race as he has been unable to put lingering knee pain behind him following a crash at the Giro d’Italia. “The last month has been extremely difficult overall, and …
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Bernal climbs to Tour de Suisse lead: Daily News Digest

Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Egan Bernal storms into the Tour de Suisse race lead as Antwan Tolhoek wins stage 6, Tom Dumoulin will miss the Tour de France, Alejandro Valverde returns to racing with a victory. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of the Day: Bernal …
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Cannondale Topstone Carbon first-ride review: Innovation that actually works

Cannondale’s aluminum Topstone gravel bike has proven to be quite popular since its debut last August, and the company is now following up with a higher-performance Topstone Carbon version. It’s hardly just the same frame made out of carbon fiber composite, though; it’s a totally different bike, with a radical pseudo-suspension design out back called …
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The story behind the story: What happened to SpeedX?

I didn’t set out to write this story – I want to be clear about that. I didn’t expect SpeedX to end up leading me into a tangled web of secret police and tanks in Tiananmen Square. Then again, neither did they. From 2016, though, I had a kind of morbid curiosity about the brand. …
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