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‘Really sketchy’: Ewan doubles up on nervous stage 4 of the Tour Down Under

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MURRAY BRIDGE, Australia (CT) – You could sense the tension in the bunch. Domestiques bringing their leaders up to the front as the pace increased. Riders squeezed off the bitumen and onto the gravel verge. Rivals nudging each other out of the way, battling for space. A handful of late crashes that saw riders bouncing …

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UCI president mulls gravel world championships within next few years

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The rapid growth of gravel racing has not gone unnoticed by the UCI. Cycling’s global governing body may not currently have a deep involvement in the gravel scene, where major events are largely administered independently, but that could soon change, as UCI president David Lappartient explained in a wide-ranging roundtable interview this week in Adelaide. …

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Porte storms to TDU lead, Cavendish to headline Saudi Tour: Daily News Digest

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(Want to get the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers! Here’s hoping you’ve had a chance to catch the Tour Down Under, where Richie Porte took the race by the horns on Thursday. The 34-year-old Australian stormed to victory in Paracombe on stage 3, and he …

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Porte surges to Tour Down Under lead, but the race is far from over

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PARACOMBE, Australia (CT) – If history is anything to go by, Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) is on his way to winning the 2020 Tour Down Under. On the race’s last two visits to Paracombe, the stage winner there became the overall champion. Today, Porte made his bid to extend that record. Just as he did in …

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Froome to return at UAE Tour, Ewan sprints to TDU lead: Daily News Digest

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(Want to get the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers! Stage races in the Middle East provide two notable news stories in today’s Daily News Digest, albeit for very different reasons. One race is canceled for 2020, while another has picked up a very big name …

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