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2020 Giro d'Italia, Coronavirus, Features, News, Racing, Thomas De Gendt - October 15, 2020

17 Giro-E police test COVID positive, De Gendt “starting to feel unsafe”

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The Giro d’Italia is walking a tightrope. On the same day the entire Mitchelton-Scott and Jumbo-Visma teams left the race following COVID positives, 17 motorcycle police officers tasked with escorting the Giro-E ebike race tested positive as well. Riders like Lotto-Soudal’s Thomas De Gendt are beginning to speak out, questioning the effectiveness and thoroughness of …

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Liane Lippert is one of the sport’s most exciting young stars

Like me you’ve probably been focusing on the big stars over these past few months. Fair enough — the likes of Anna van der Breggen, Lizzie Deignan, Annemiek van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini and Marianne Vos did win a lot of races. However, shortly behind them a 22-year old German rider for Team Sunweb has …

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Features, Mark Cavendish, News, Racing - October 14, 2020

Mark Cavendish isn’t done racing. Probably.

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Mark Cavendish isn’t done with professional racing. After an emotional interview at Gent-Wevelgem in which he said the race might be “perhaps the last race of my career,” he lined up at the mid-week sprinter’s classic Scheldeprijs and hopped in the day’s early breakaway. “I don’t have a desire to stop,” he said before the …

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Charting the Giro d’Italia: How the first ‘week’ unfolded

VeloClub member Cameron Harris is back again with his Grand Tour charts. These data visualisations help us to see bike races in interesting and engaging ways, and his charts from the 2020 Giro d’Italia are no different. As you scroll on down you’ll see a bunch of interactive charts that will help tell the story …

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Grace Brown, Aussie aggressor: ‘I am not afraid to fail while trying’

I was keeping an eye on Twitter as I always do when watching races. When Grace Brown attacked in Liège-Bastogne-Liège people from all over the world cheered her on: the underdog was taking on a rider in top shape at the moment, Lizzie Deignan. Deignan went on to win, but Brown was second, just nine …

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