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French rider admits to using EPO, Paris Nice underway: Daily News Digest

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Usually the talk of the town at this time of the year would be all about Strade Bianche - pro cycling's darling child of the early spring classics. Who would have won? We really have no idea at this time of the season and that’s one of the many special things about Strade Bianche. But as we all know that wasn’t meant to be this year with Coronavirus wreaking havoc on the world, and in this case the Italian cycling calendar. If you feel like you’re missing something special in bike racing, you’re not alone.

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After EPO positive, French rider Marion Sicot alleges abuse by team director

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Another rider has come forward with allegations of abuse by the director of Belgian team Doltcini-Van Eyck, Marc Bracke. Marion Sicot, who tested positive for EPO at the French national time trial championships in 2019, says that her decision to purchase the drug was instigated by her treatment by Bracke. Echoing the allegations of American …

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Bike racing isn’t canceled yet: Schachmann takes Paris-Nice opener

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Plaisir, France (AFP) – Maximilian Schachmann won the opening stage in the Paris-Nice on Sunday, taking a frantic four-man sprint at the end of a dank day’s racing through northern France. Schachmann, a German who rides for Bora, edged two Belgians Dylan Teuns and Tiesj Benoot. Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe was three seconds back in fourth …

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Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ out of quarantine

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The Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ contingents that spent the past 10 days in quarantine in Abu Dhabi are headed home. Nathan Haas (Cofidis), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and more than 20 other riders and staff from the two French teams had been confined to the W Hotel on Yas Island since the evening of Thursday, February 28. That …

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Women’s Cycling Matters

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My alarm went off at 7:15am last Saturday. I rolled over, grabbed my laptop off the bedside table, opened it up, responded to a couple messages from our new contributor José Been, and pulled up the livestream of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad just as the peloton hit the Muur. I watched as Annemiek van Vleuten yanked …

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