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2020 Tour de France, Features, Julian Alaphilippe, Photo galleries, Racing -

There wasn’t anything too surprising about the way stage 2 of the Tour de France finished up. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) attacked where we thought he would, he got away as we thought he would, and then from a group of three he won the sprint he was expected to. And yet, as predictable as it …

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2020 La Course by Le Tour de France, 2020 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

This year, for the first time in the race’s seven-year history, La Course was held before the men’s Tour de France rather than during or after it. It meant that while the men’s peloton dealt with treacherous conditions on stage 1, the women’s peloton had far more favourable conditions as it weaved its way around …

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2020 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries -

After months of anticipation, on a rainy day on the French Riviera, the Tour de France finally began. It was a more eventful day’s racing than most in the race would have wished for. Newly surfaced roads were turned slick by the rain, and riders were sent clattering across the tarmac – domestiques and leaders, …

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2020 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

The 2020 Tour de France is almost upon us, but the usually sunny optimism of this longed-for race is tempered by the storm clouds gathering on the horizon. The race will start in a region that is on red alert for COVID-19, as a worrying resurgence of the virus is gripping large parts of France. …

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2020 Il Lombardia, Features, George Bennett, Jakob Fuglsang, Photo galleries, Racing, Remco Evenepoel -

The 114th Il Lombardia will be remembered for much more than Jakob Fuglsang’s patient yet commanding victory. It’ll be remembered as the earliest Lombardia ever, held in summer instead of autumn; it’ll be remembered for Remco Evenepoel’s sickening fall from a bridge while in a great position to challenge for victory; and it will be …

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