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Was Movistar in the wrong on stage 19 of the Vuelta?
Vuelta a Espana race leader Primoz Roglic went down in a crash, and before he even had a chance to pick himself up Movistar hit the front and pinned it. In doing so, the Movistar team did not make many new friends on stage 19 of the Vuelta a España. But were they wrong? Some …
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What is Movistar doing?
Nairo Quintana won Friday’s stage to Valloire, but it’s not entirely clear that he was supposed to. Movistar is fractured, privately and publicly. Two of its three stars have been tied to other teams, or at the very least tied to leaving Movistar. None has performed to expectations this Tour de France. They sit in …
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Photo gallery: Team bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part two
In part one of this series, we showed you the road bikes of the Ineos, Deceuninck-Quicktep, CCC, Jumbo-Visma, and Trek-Segafredo teams, which obviously left an awful lot of lovely two-wheeled machinery still to cover. We’re now deep into the Tour de France, and in this round of tech coverage, we bring you the team bikes …
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Tubeless tires gaining ground in road and TT stages at the Tour de France
Fans of tubeless road tires have been eagerly awaiting the adoption of the technology at the upper echelon of the sport, and only recently have there been glimmers of hope. Those fires will burn a little brighter yet this year, as tubeless is clearly being used by more riders and teams at this year’s Tour …
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Exactly how much do the pros eat during a Grand Tour?
A lot’s been made of the eating habits of pros during Grand Tours in recent years. The introduction of team chefs and kitchen trucks a decade or so ago drastically altered both the style and substance of what riders have available to them. Twitter, YouTube and Instagram have taken a hidden, mundane part of Grand …
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