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Giro Rosa gallery: Gravel causes chaos on stage 2

After yesterday’s opening TTT which put Elisa Longo-Borghini into the maglia rosa, the first road race stage of the 2020 Giro Rosa kicked off the GC battle, and was punctuated by drama. Perennial solo artist and world champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) took the win and the GC lead at the end of a dusty …

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Tour de France gallery: Sunweb’s aggression pays off again on stage 14

Sunweb has ridden a great Tour de France. Marc Hirschi has attacked relentlessly on debut, taking three podium finishes including a win. The team’s ridden fantastic lead-outs for sprinter Cees Bol. And now, as of stage 14, the team has a second aggressive stage win. The final kilometres were a masterclass in how to counterattack. …

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Soren Kragh Andersen times attack perfectly to take solo victory in stage 14

Sunweb put on an exhibition of teamwork into Lyon, attacking one after another to propel Soren Kragh Andersen to a solo victory in stage 14, taking advantage of a hilly, technical finale to pull one over on the sprinters. Luca Mezgec of Mitchelton-Scott led the reduced peloton across the line for second, followed by Cofidis’ …

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Annemiek van Vleuten wastes no time, takes pink in Giro’s second stage

The five-second time loss in the Giro Rosa’s opening team time trial meant little to Mitchelton-Scott’s Annemiek Van Vleuten, who won stage two of the Giro Rosa solo by a minute. The chasers, Anna van der Breggen of Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team and Kasia Niewiadoma of Canyon // SRAM Racing, didn’t have the road or the …

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Giro Rosa gallery: Trek-Segafredo wins the opening TTT

The biggest stage race in women’s cycling got underway on Friday in the town of Grosetto, Italy. The 2020 Giro Rosa comprises nine stages and the first of those was a 16.8 km team time trial, won by Trek-Segafredo. Photgrapher David Powell is at the race for CyclingTips to capture all the action. Here’s what …

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