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Aurum Magma first-ride review: Meet Contador and Basso’s new bike company

We’ve known for some time that former Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso were cooking up a new bike company — it’s been kept about as quiet as a jackhammer played through a megaphone. We even knew that the first model would have disc brakes, a low weight and a carbon construction. Heck, …

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Where Are They Now? Johnny Hoogerland, the man from that barbed wire crash

The man from the barbed wire. The polka dot jersey. The tears on the Tour de France podium. That’s how most people will remember Johnny Hoogerland. It was stage 9 of the 2011 Tour de France and Hoogerland was in the breakaway, winning back the KOM jersey. With 37 km to go in the stage, …

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Mitchelton-Scott’s Giro team, Van Aert defends Roglic: 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. The Tour de France and the World Championships are now both in the rearview mirror and it’s nearly October … but there’s oh-so-much bike racing still to come. As a new week begins, the cycling world is turning …

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NTT Pro Cycling confirms search for sponsor with NTT leaving at end of 2020

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NTT Pro Cycling is looking for a new sponsor as telecommunications company NTT will be departing from its role as title sponsor at the end of the season. The team confirmed the news, which has been rumored for some time, in a statement on Monday. “NTT Pro Cycling, formerly Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, is …

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2020 Road World Championships, Amber Joseph, Features, Interviews, Racing -

The beaming smile of a world championships rookie

Sometimes a story idea moves in a completely different direction than you anticipated. I set out to introduce two rookies to you; two first-time Road World Championship riders. I ended up with this story about Amber Joseph, the first rider off the ramp at the women’s elite time trial on Thursday, representing Barbados. “I live …

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