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Don’t look now, but Richie Porte is in with a shot at the Tour podium

Richie Porte could end up on the Tour de France podium. I’m reticent to even write that, because Porte perpetually feels like he’s one ineffectual Neville Longbottom of a jinx away from catastrophe, but write it I did. Did you see him today? Not hanging in there, not dangling, but at the forefront of the …

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Egan Bernal at his best is not quite good enough. Yet.

This is Egan Bernal near his best, he admitted Friday, shortly after losing 37 seconds to a pair of flying Slovenians through the Massif Central. And his best, right now, is not quite good enough. “I mean, I am looking at my numbers and I am doing one of my best numbers,” Bernal said, speaking …

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What these charts can tell us about the first week of the Tour de France

We’re nine stages into the 2020 Tour de France and the riders have now enjoyed their first rest day. Before the race resumes on Tuesday though, it’s worth taking stock of how the race has unfolded thus far. Thanks to the work of VeloClub member Cam Harris, we’ve got the perfect way of doing so. …

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Fingers crossed as rest-day COVID testing begins at the Tour

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In some ways it’s still surprising the Tour de France even got started. That as the number of coronavirus cases surged around France, sport’s biggest annual circus was allowed to set off from a COVID-19 hotspot and embark on a nationwide journey. And yet, the Tour did start, and nine stages have now been completed …

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Jumbo-Visma had an off day, but Primoz Roglic managed just fine

Even when things go a bit wrong for Jumbo-Visma, they seem to go right. At least for now. Saturday’s foray into the Pyrenees saw a key Jumbo domestique, Sepp Kuss, drop off the back early, and the team’s GC plan B, Tom Dumoulin, slide down the overall. It saw Primoz Roglic chase repeated attacks, largely …

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Don’t look now, but Richie Porte is in with a shot at the Tour podium

Egan Bernal at his best is not quite good enough. Yet.

What these charts can tell us about the first week of the Tour de France

Fingers crossed as rest-day COVID testing begins at the Tour

Jumbo-Visma had an off day, but Primoz Roglic managed just fine

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