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Bent border gates and swing sleeps: Chatting with Transcontinental winner Fiona Kolbinger

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From crashing into a Serbian border barrier to sleeping on a swing set, Fiona Kolbinger's ride across Europe was anything but smooth sailing.

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Born and bred at altitude, Bernal lifts Colombian cycling to new heights

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Zipaquirá, Colombia, July 29, 2019 (AFP) – Egan Bernal grew up at altitude and won the Tour de France on the highest slopes, but he learned to ride in the foggy forests around his home town. Bernal was born in Bogota and grew up 42 kilometres north in Zipaquira, a mining and agricultural town, which …

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The Tour de France middle man’s modest dreams

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There’s a yawning gap between the riders who think they can win the Tour de France and the riders who know they can’t. It contains the middle men, the new and the young and the hopeful and, at the moment, it contains Xandro Meurisse. Meurisse is 27, in his first Tour de France. Two weeks …

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Chaos, hangovers and suffering: Riders reflect on their Tour de France debut

It’s been a great July for Tour de France debutants. Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) have ridden to impressive stage victories. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) spent some well-earned time in the yellow jersey. They won’t soon forget their maiden rides in the sport’s biggest race. But then, what rider wouldn’t remember their Tour …

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Bernal tipped for greatness by five-time Tour winner Hinault

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Egan Bernal will top the Tour de France podium in Paris and is young enough to surpass any of the race’s legends, French great Bernard Hinault told AFP on Sunday. The straight talking 64-year-old’s fierce competitive personality earned him the knick-name ‘the badger’, but he was in a relaxed and friendly mood on Sunday on …

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Bent border gates and swing sleeps: Chatting with Transcontinental winner Fiona Kolbinger

Born and bred at altitude, Bernal lifts Colombian cycling to new heights

The Tour de France middle man’s modest dreams

Chaos, hangovers and suffering: Riders reflect on their Tour de France debut

Bernal tipped for greatness by five-time Tour winner Hinault

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