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2020 Tour de France, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing - September 23, 2020

5 riders who stepped it up at the 2020 Tour de France

Now that the dust has settled on the 2020 Tour de France, we can look back on some of the performances that really stood out from the race. One thing that struck us about this year’s Tour was the way so many up-and-comers and budding stars seemed to take that next big step. For the …

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Richie Porte finally has the Tour de France result he deserves

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In the early hours of July 24, 2011, cycling fans around Australia sat glued to their TVs, watching the penultimate stage time trial of the Tour de France. On the roads around Grenoble, Cadel Evans was putting two and a half minutes into race leader Andy Schleck, ensuring 34-year-old Evans would take yellow and become …

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What you might have missed at the 2020 Giro Rosa

The Giro Rosa is done for another year. The teams, staff and press have all either gone home or headed on to Imola for Worlds. The ‘podium girl’ can stop wearing the white dress that makes her look like a parasol and put on a nice pair of comfy joggers. The guy who plays the …

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The Giro Rosa, the nearly invisible race

The 2020 Giro Rosa is now going into its seventh stage and the race has been full of thrills and spills so far – not that anybody outside of those covering it or working it have been able to see much of the action. Despite the best efforts of a few Twitter stalwarts and a …

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With Egan Bernal, Dave Brailsford didn’t follow his own advice

I want to take you back to 2012, when I was invited to a small and intimate evening with Dave Brailsford who was preparing for what would be his team’s first Tour de France win. It was my first interaction with Brailsford and I was taken aback by his charisma, intelligence, approach, and apparent candidness. …

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5 riders who stepped it up at the 2020 Tour de France

Richie Porte finally has the Tour de France result he deserves

What you might have missed at the 2020 Giro Rosa

The Giro Rosa, the nearly invisible race

With Egan Bernal, Dave Brailsford didn’t follow his own advice

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