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2020 Tour de France, Bianchi, Cervelo, disc brakes, Features, Fizik, Jumbo-Visma, rim brakes, Tech, Tech features - August 27, 2020

What’s up with Jumbo-Visma’s all-black Bianchis? It’s all about the grams

Jumbo-Visma has certainly been attracting a fair bit of attention lately for its equipment choices, namely its preference for rim-brake bikes instead of the disc-brake ones many other teams are using. I hypothesized a few weeks ago that the team made this choice not because of any overwhelming rider preference on brake type, but rather …

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Shoddy’s TDF recon: The Grand Colombier, a TDF battleground

I’m sat in front of my computer writing this story feeling like I’m in pieces, or in more pieces than I expected to be. Legs are sore, brain’s not firing at its usual capacity, and the upper body slumped. I’m in way, way worse condition than I should be, or to be precise hoped to …

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Features, Jumbo-Visma, News, Tom Dumoulin - August 10, 2020

After 420 days away, Tom Dumoulin is riding his way back

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Tom Dumoulin’s 2019 season came unravelled at 6 km to go in the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia. At a roundabout, the peloton toppled like dominoes on both sides of the road, sending Dumoulin to the ground. A chainring slashed his left leg deeply, and as he gingerly pedalled across the finish line, he …

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Jumbo-Visma tied to top talent as launch of women’s team nears

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Dutch cycling outlet Cycling Opinions reports that Jumbo-Visma is working on putting together a women’s team that will launch in 2021. According to the report, sponsors Jumbo and Visma and incoming bike partner Cervélo requested the creation of the women’s squad. This is not the first time news has emerged of Jumbo-Visma’s ambitions to add …

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Features, Jumbo-Visma, News - January 30, 2020

Jumbo-Visma is considering adding a women’s team

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Jumbo-Visma is investigating the possibility of adding a women’s team, Bicycling NL reports. Richard Plugge, managing director of the Dutch WorldTour squad, pointed to the Boels-Dolmans squad, which is hunting for new sponsors at the moment, as a possible avenue towards building a new team. “Perhaps the team will disappear, maybe it will restart, but …

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What’s up with Jumbo-Visma’s all-black Bianchis? It’s all about the grams

Shoddy’s TDF recon: The Grand Colombier, a TDF battleground

After 420 days away, Tom Dumoulin is riding his way back

Jumbo-Visma tied to top talent as launch of women’s team nears

Jumbo-Visma is considering adding a women’s team

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