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2020 Tour de France, Features, Panini stickers, Racing -

Panini stickers show us who these Tour de France riders really are

I can’t be certain why I started collecting 2020 Tour de France Panini stickers, but I know it has a lot to do with nostalgia. As a little boy growing up in England I collected Premier League football stickers obsessively. I coveted nothing more ardently than a shiny Alan Shearer or the elusive aerial photo …

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Kopecky wins stage seven of the Giro Rosa, van Vleuten crashes hard

Lotte Kopecky has consistently landed herself in the top ten of this year’s Giro Rosa. Sixth on stage three, second on stage five, third on stage six, and finally, on stage seven the Lotto Soudal Ladies team rider took her first victory of the race. Second on the day was Lizzie Diegnan of Trek-Segafredo and …

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A day at the back of the Giro Rosa

Julie Van De Velde is struggling. Way off the back of stage five of the Giro Rosa she looks exhausted. Her pedal stroke is awkward, and salt from sweat stains her shorts along every seam. Though fairly new to the sport. after switching from athletics, this is her terrain. She can climb. Her best results …

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Tour de France gallery: Carnage on the queen stage

It was only with about 4 km to go that stage 17 of the Tour de France really heated up, but when it did, it was scintillating. On the insanely steep ramps of the Col de la Loze bike path the group of GC favourites blew apart leaving every single rider to fend for themselves. …

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The Giro Rosa, the nearly invisible race

The 2020 Giro Rosa is now going into its seventh stage and the race has been full of thrills and spills so far – not that anybody outside of those covering it or working it have been able to see much of the action. Despite the best efforts of a few Twitter stalwarts and a …

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