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Ben O’Connor will ride for AG2R-Citroën in 2021

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It’s been a busy week for Ben O’Connor. On Wednesday, the 24-year-old Australian rode to his first ever Grand Tour stage win, and NTT’s first since 2018, on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia. On Friday, it was announced that he had signed a contract to join the AG2R-Citroën team next season 2021. “We had …

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Stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia shortened after rider protest

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Organizers planned for stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia to run for a total of 258 kilometers, but the Giro peloton instead rode 124 kilometers on Friday after the stage was shortened due to a rider protest. At the beginning of the day, when the Giro peloton was due to be on the start line, …

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Matteo Spreafico out of the Giro after adverse analytical finding

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Matteo Spreafico of the Vini Zabù-Brado-KTM team is out of the Giro d’Italia after being provisionally suspended by the UCI for an anti-doping rule violation. According to a statement from the CUI, Spreafico registered adverse analytical findings for Enobosarm (also known as ostarine) in tests on both October 15 and 16, stages 12 and 13 …

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Paris-Roubaix: Moments in History

The Queen of the Classics, L’enfer du Nord, The Hell of the North – the many nicknames of Paris-Roubaix reflect its reputation as probably the hardest one-day race in the world. The cobbles, the dirt, the mud, the crashes; it’s a race that captures the attention like few others. Sadly, the race won’t be held …

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The Vuelta’s sixth stage will finish at Formigal instead of on the Tourmalet

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The Vuelta a España will not ascend the Col d’Aubisque or the Col du Tourmalet as originally planned due to the coronavirus situation in France, organizers announced on Thursday. Stage 6 of this year’s Vuelta was set to cross over the French border at the Col du Portalet, go up and over the Col d’Aubisque, …

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