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It's been a year since one of the greatest Tours de France in any of our lifetimes. And so, in the absence of any Tour to talk about, we thought we'd reminisce.

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You mightn’t have heard of the Sibiu Cycling Tour. In a regular racing season, this small Romanian stage race tends to go largely ignored by the majority of cycling fans. But this year’s edition — the race’s 10th — might just be a little different. For one thing, this five-stage event — which runs from …

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In ordinary circumstances we’d have been watching the first foray into the mountains of the 2020 Tour de France over the weekend. But while that wasn’t the case, there was some comfort for cycling fans in the form of the first two stages of the first ever Virtual Tour de France, which bring something resembling …

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The Netherlands is the leading country when it comes to women’s cycling. Meanwhile, just to the south, Belgium struggles to get girls on bikes, which is odd for a country so dominant in men’s cycling. Only 150 girls hold a race license for road cycling in Belgium compared to almost five times as many in …

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Late this past Sunday night, cycling journalist (and friend of CyclingTips) Rupert Guinness stepped off his bike in a Sydney car showroom and called an end to one incredible ride. He’d just spent the past 12 days riding on a stationary trainer as part of the Virtual Race Across America (VRAAM), the online version of …

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