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2019 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

At the Tour de France, transfer stages between mountain ranges aren’t always terribly exciting. You often get long, flat stages designed for the sprinters, with little in the way of drama when it comes to the GC battle or the breakaways. But at this year’s Tour de France, stages 7 through 10 delivered plenty of …

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2019 Giro Rosa, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

The most important stage race in women’s cycling has drawn to a close for another year. The 2019 Giro Rosa delivered a predictable overall winner in Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) and impressive performances from the usual suspects, but it was still a race full of drama, suspense and excitement. On two consecutive stages we saw …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

There was an air of excitement and anticipation ahead of the 2019 Tour’s first summit finish and stage 6 to La Planches des Belles Filles certainly delivered. On a day that finished with a brutally steep ramp — part of it unsealed — we had a group of plucky breakaway riders battling for stage honours …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

Peter Sagan would admit that he hasn’t had the best season of his career. Illness has hampered his progress and he hasn’t been at his world-beating best as often as he normally would. And yet the Slovakian still finds a way to win. After three top-five finishes in the first four stages — classic Sagan …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

Let’s be honest: the start of the Tour de France can tend to be a little dull. Long and flat stages, sprint finishes — the opening days often feel like the entree before the main course that is the Alps and the Pyrenees. But the start of the 2019 Tour has been a little different. …

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