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2020 Tour of Flanders, Features, Interviews, Liane Lippert, Racing, women's cycling - October 15, 2020

Liane Lippert is one of the sport’s most exciting young stars

Like me you’ve probably been focusing on the big stars over these past few months. Fair enough — the likes of Anna van der Breggen, Lizzie Deignan, Annemiek van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini and Marianne Vos did win a lot of races. However, shortly behind them a 22-year old German rider for Team Sunweb has …

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Grace Brown, Aussie aggressor: ‘I am not afraid to fail while trying’

I was keeping an eye on Twitter as I always do when watching races. When Grace Brown attacked in Liège-Bastogne-Liège people from all over the world cheered her on: the underdog was taking on a rider in top shape at the moment, Lizzie Deignan. Deignan went on to win, but Brown was second, just nine …

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Features, Interviews, Jon Orneé, News - October 13, 2020

A man, a minivan, a Nascar track and a new world record

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In May 2019, lying on a Michigan roadside after a driver in an SUV ran into him, Jon Ornée arrived at one of those moments that split a life into ‘before’ and ‘after’. As the shock started to wear off, Ornée wiggled his fingers and toes, tried to replay the collision in his head, running …

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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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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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