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Amstel Gold cancelled as Dutch COVID restrictions tighten

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Amstel Gold has been cancelled following a decision from local Dutch health authorities that bans fans at all sporting events, including those that take place on open roads. Both the men’s and women’s races were scheduled to run on October 10. The courses pass through multiple Dutch municipalities, including Eijsden-Margraten, Maastricht, and Valkenburg, which along …

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Marc Hirschi Wins Flèche Wallonne

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After an incredible three weeks at the Tour de France followed by a podium at the World Championships, 22-year old Marc Hirschi took a lovely victory at the top of the Mur de Huy. The Team Sunweb rider from Switzerland narrowly took the win over AG2R la Mondiale’s Benoit Cosnefroy and EF Pro Cycling’s Michael …

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Anna van der Breggen wins Flèche Wallonne for the sixth year in a row

For the sixth year in a row, Anna van der Breggen of Boels-Dolmans won on the Mur de Huy. The newly crowned World Champion was the first in the final “sprint” of a wet edition of Flèche Wallonne. Behind her, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope took second place, after fighting back from …

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Where Are They Now? Johnny Hoogerland, the man from that barbed wire crash

The man from the barbed wire. The polka dot jersey. The tears on the Tour de France podium. That’s how most people will remember Johnny Hoogerland. It was stage 9 of the 2011 Tour de France and Hoogerland was in the breakaway, winning back the KOM jersey. With 37 km to go in the stage, …

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The beaming smile of a world championships rookie

Sometimes a story idea moves in a completely different direction than you anticipated. I set out to introduce two rookies to you; two first-time Road World Championship riders. I ended up with this story about Amber Joseph, the first rider off the ramp at the women’s elite time trial on Thursday, representing Barbados. “I live …

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