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Features, Mathieu van der Poel, Race reports, Racing - October 3, 2020

Take a bow: Mathieu van der Poel’s 50 km solo attack seals BinckBank Tour win

There are days, like last year at Amstel Gold and again Saturday in Flanders, when Mathieu van der Poel takes what we think we know about bike racing, crumples it up into a little ball, and throws it out the window. With a 17-second deficit into the final stage of the BinckBank Tour, van der …

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Filippo Ganna first to wear pink at Giro d’Italia, sets new TT speed record

On his brand new gold Pinarello with some snazzy rainbow decorations, Filippo Ganna of the Ineos Grenadiers won the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia. He finished 22 seconds ahead of Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Joao Almeida and UAE-Team Emirates Mikkel Bjerg. Ganna will wear pink in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 149km …

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Daily News Digest, Features, News - October 3, 2020

Kragh Andersen’s TT win, Roubaix uncertainty: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers, Another big weekend of bike racing looms, but Friday brought its own headlines too, of course, as WorldTour racing is going on in Belgium and other races and riders too look ahead. Over at the BinckBank Tour on …

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Preview: The route and riders to watch for the men’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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It’s a busy time to be a climber. A day after plenty of big names get their Giro d’Italia campaigns underway in Sicily, Belgium will host a whole other collection of stars vying for glory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday. The one-day race in Wallonia may be taking place five and a half months later than …

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Preview: Your stage-by-stage breakdown of the 2020 Giro d’Italia course

As the Tour de France sought to mix things up with shorter stages and fewer time trials, the 2020 Giro d’Italia is about as traditional as Grand Tours come. The route features three time trials, each difficult in its own way, plus a pile of long mountain stages to separate the strong from the slightly …

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