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2020 Tour de France, Egan Bernal, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing - September 17, 2020

With Egan Bernal, Dave Brailsford didn’t follow his own advice

I want to take you back to 2012, when I was invited to a small and intimate evening with Dave Brailsford who was preparing for what would be his team’s first Tour de France win. It was my first interaction with Brailsford and I was taken aback by his charisma, intelligence, approach, and apparent candidness. …

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Giro Rosa stage 6: Marianne Vos wins again in Nola

For the third time in this year’s Giro Rosa Marianne Vos has come out on top. At the end of stage six, the CCC-Liv rider was the first of a reduced bunch, followed by Hannah Barnes (Canyon//SRAM) and Lotte Kopecky (Lotto Soudal Ladies). The general classification remained the same, with Annemeik van Vleuten of Mitchelton …

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Tour de France gallery: The KOM battle heats up on stage 16

Stage 16 of the 2020 Tour de France always looked like a day for the breakaway and so it turned out to be. After a frenetic start a large group got up the road and built a huge lead over a relaxed peloton. Several hours later, Lennard Kämna took a comfortable solo stage win from …

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2020 Giro Rosa, Features, Race reports, Racing - September 15, 2020

Vos claims second victory at the Giro Rosa in stage five sprint

Right on time for the world championships at the end of September, Marianne Vos has found her form. Vos claimed her second stage win at the Giro Rosa on stage five in a reduced bunch sprint into Terracina. Lotte Kopecky (Lotto Soudal Ladies), who has also shown some strong form this season, was second in …

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What these charts can tell us about the second week of the Tour de France

As the riders prepare for the third and final week of the Tour de France, let’s take a look at how the race got to where it is. If you haven’t already seen the work VeloClub member Cameron Harris has been doing with data from this year’s Tour, well, you should. His charts help tell …

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