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25 tons of plastic down, a long way to go: Trek’s new sustainable packaging

Trek’s packaging materials for its complete bikes and frames have historically incorporated quite a lot of bubble wrap and other non-recyclable plastic — and given the number of bikes the Wisconsin company sells year after year, that amounts to a literal mountain of waste. Starting earlier this year, Trek quietly began modifying the packaging for …

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The short, bright career of Katie Hall has reached its end

Katie Hall had one of the brightest, shortest careers in women’s cycling. A career capped by COVID and an unfortunate, but not altogether sad, ending. It began in college, racing against small and inexperienced fields, and rose to the Giro Rosa, the only “grand tour” for women, and the Tour of California. Her career is …

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Roglic nabs Vuelta stage 10 and moves back into red

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Primoz Roglic nabbed his third stage victory so far at this Vuelta a España and his second in just three days on Friday in Suances, taking over the red jersey in the process. The 185-kilometer stage from Castro Urdiales came down to a battle in the pack on the uphill 1.5km finale. Roglic timed his …

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Patrick Lefevere is angry again

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Patrick Lefevere was not pleased with the Vuelta a España race jury’s decision to relegate Sam Bennett on stage 9. And, as he so often does, the Deceuninck-Quick-Step team manager made his feelings known in a series of posts on Twitter on Thursday. Lefevere had initially posted a tweet celebrating what would have apparently been …

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Bikes of the Staff Bunch: Wade Wallace’s Cannondale 6 Pack to Go

In the latest instalment of Bikes of the Bunch, we’re taking an in-house look at another CyclingTips staff member’s bike. This time around, it’s CyclingTips founder Wade Wallace and a 16-year-old Cannondale CX bike with a back story. It’s not often that an inanimate object (if you can call a bike ‘inanimate’) can change someone’s …

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25 tons of plastic down, a long way to go: Trek’s new sustainable packaging

The short, bright career of Katie Hall has reached its end

Roglic nabs Vuelta stage 10 and moves back into red

Patrick Lefevere is angry again

Bikes of the Staff Bunch: Wade Wallace’s Cannondale 6 Pack to Go

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