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2020 Tour de France, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing - September 15, 2020

What do you think: Can Pogacar overhaul Roglic in the Tour’s final week?

As the final week of the 2020 Tour de France is about to get underway, we’ve been pondering some of the big questions that have emerged over the course of the race. There’s been quite a few such storylines during a Tour that has featured no shortage of compelling storylines. For the first time in …

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Power analysis: The 20 minutes that dropped Egan Bernal

On stage 15 of the Tour de France, we saw last year’s winner, Egan Bernal, fall from third on GC down to 13th overall, 8 minutes and 25 seconds behind Primoz Roglic. All of this occurred on the last climb of the day, the Grand Colombier, where Wout Van Aert’s pace up the switchbacks did …

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

The longest day: Giro Rosa peloton divided over 180 km stage

Stage four of the Giro Rosa was defined by its length. Coming in at 170 km plus a 10 km neutral zone, the stage, from Assisi to Tivoli, exceeded the UCI’s upper limit for women’s races by 10km. It was the longest day in the saddle to ever feature on a Women’s WorldTour Race. The …

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Lizzie Banks wins Giro Rosa stage 4 from 86-kilometer breakaway

Lizzie Banks (Equipe Paule Ka) continued to cement herself as a rider to watch as she took the victory on stage four of the Giro Rosa. Banks won the stage from a breakaway of two that spent half the stage on their own in front of the peloton. Annemiek van Vleuten of Mitchelton-Scott finished third …

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A Swift Rise for Nairo Quintana’s Bodyguard

On Sunday, March 17th, 2019, Connor Swift won the Betty Pharoah. Not familiar with it? Well, that’s because it’s an amateur British event, raced on open roads. He drove himself there in his VW Caddy, paid the entry fee and rode away solo. The same weekend, Nairo Quintana had finished 2nd at Paris Nice. Eighteen …

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