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2020 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Features, Photo galleries - October 5, 2020

Gallery: A damp and dramatic Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Liège–Bastogne–Liège is a punishing race, taking in thousands of metres of climbing through the rolling hills of the Ardennes. In 2020, it was raced under slate coloured skies with the men’s and women’s pelotons threading their way through the dank forests of southern Belgium. At stake was a win in one of the sport’s most …

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Adam Hansen on his move to Ironman: ‘I just can’t wait for this new chapter’

Adam Hansen has a little over two weeks of racing in the pro peloton before he moves on. The 39-year old Australian will switch to Ironman triathlons after the Giro d’Italia. His first will be on November 7 in Lisbon, Portugal, less than two weeks after the Giro finishes in Milan. “I can’t wait,” Hansen …

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Primoz Roglic wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège as Alaphilippe celebrates too early

Primoz Roglic put the heartbreak of the Tour de France behind him with a stunning victory over Julian Alaphilippe at the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his first monument victory. It was a bad day for Alaphilippe, who had the win settled but put his hands up well before the line and was pipped by a sliver of a …

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Diego Ulissi wins second stage of the Giro d’Italia

Diego Ulissi (UAE-Team Emirates) took advantage of a short uphill finish tailor-made for punchy riders to win the Giro d’Italia’s second stage, attacking shortly after the red kite and holding off Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Mikkel Honoré (Deceuninck-QuickStep). Michael Matthew (Sunweb) led the peloton across the line just five seconds back. Sprinters tried to take …

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Everesting, Features, News, Sean Gardner - October 4, 2020

New Everesting World record set under 7 hours by Sean Gardner

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American cyclist Sean Gardner is the first to have broken the seven hour Everesting mark while also setting a new men’s World Record in a time of 6:59:38. Gardner set the new record on a road called Tanners Ridge Road, Virginia with a total ride distance of 116km, over an average gradient of 15.5% with …

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