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2020 Bay Crits, Features, Interviews, Racing, Shannon Malseed -

Shannon Malseed on her Bay Crits crash and the importance of staying positive

Shannon Malseed’s season didn’t start as planned. On January 4, she crashed heavily on the final lap of stage 2 of the Bay Crits, fracturing her scapula and a vertebra. It looked like it could have been a lot worse — the 2018 Australian champion spent more than an hour on the ground as paramedics …

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Cam Wurf on his last-minute WorldTour return: ‘It’s happened within 6 days’

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On Friday, Team Ineos made the surprise announcement that it had recruited Cameron Wurf for the 2020 season. Not only had the team signed Wurf but the Olympic rower turned WorldTour racer turned Ironman triathlete would be competing at Cadel’s Race just two days later. The Tasmanian has trained and been associated with Ineos for …

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How does Lizzie Deignan make motherhood and pro cycling work?

Lizzie Deignan won the 2015 world road champion and spent the 2018 season away from competition to have her first child with husband and former pro Phil Deignan. Deignan did what we don’t see everyday; She signed a contract with a new cycling team while in her final trimester of pregnancy. However, the fact that …

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The crash that ended one career and started another

Something was in the air on the fourth stage of the 2019 Tirreno-Adriatico. Stage winner Alexey Lutsenko crashed twice in the final 20 kilometers. Geraint Thomas abandoned mid-race, citing stomach problems, but is said to have noted the race was sketchy. Tony Martin and teammate Laurens De Plus slid out in separate crashes on the …

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2020 Australian Road Nationals, Features, Interviews, Racing, Steve Drake -

Why the Aussie Road Nationals are staying in Ballarat for another three years

On Friday the Ballarat City Council announced that it had secured the rights to the Australian Road Nationals for another three years. By the time that contract ends, in 2023, Ballarat will have hosted the Nationals for 17 years in a row, and 20 years in the past 22. Every year when Nationals rolls around …

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