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A look back at a truly bonkers 2020 season
The 2020 season was one of the strangest in the history of professional cycling. Coronavirus wreaked havoc on the racing calendar and transformed 2020 into a season unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. But it wasn’t just COVID-19 — this was a year full of the chaotic, the unusual, and the downright crazy. So, with …
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Why Elisa Longo Borghini’s National Championship victory matters so much
On a hilly circuit in Breganze Elisa Longo Borghini soloed to her second Italian National Championship title this year and the second road title of her career. Borghini has had an incredible season, winning the Italian Time Trial title in August, the queen stage of the Giro Rosa in September, placing third at the World …
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With Tao Geoghegan Hart’s Giro win, Ineos enters a new era
In the shadow of Milan’s Duomo, one of the tightest Grand Tours in history came down to a time-trial between two young climbing domestiques. Racing to retain a race lead of milliseconds was Sunweb’s West Australian, Jai Hindley. Racing to claim Ineos’ 11th Grand Tour was 25-year-old Londoner, Tao Geoghegan Hart. As has so often …
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Take a bow, Jai Hindley
In the end, Jai Hindley (Sunweb) wore pink for less than 19 minutes of racing. He took the maglia rosa on stage 20, locked on the same time as Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos), but Geoghegan Hart had Hindley’s measure in the Giro’s final-stage time trial. It was always going to be a tough ask for …
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Tears and grit: Why Ben O’Connor’s Giro stage win meant so much
On Tuesday’s stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia, Ben O’Connor (NTT) rode to his best-ever result in a Grand Tour. In a tough, hilly stage the 24-year-old West Australian battled his way into the lead group, then rode defiantly to bridge to a late solo move from former breakaway companion Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren). The pair …
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