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2019 Road World Championships, Features, Previews, Primoz Roglic, Racing, Remco Evenepoel, Rohan Dennis, Victor Campanaerts -

Preview: Can Rohan Dennis win his second time trial world title?

Rohan Dennis goes into Wednesday’s World Championships time trial as the defending champ and, realistically, the rider to beat. But it’s been far from a smooth run-in for the enigmatic Australian, who left the Tour de France in mysterious circumstances and hasn’t raced since. In the past two seasons Dennis has raced the Vuelta in …

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‘I won’t let it go to waste’: Ben Dyball on finally making it to the WorldTour

Ben Dyball had given up on the WorldTour. For years he’d slogged away in the minor leagues, achieving the occasional promising result, but never doing enough to catch the eye of a top-tier outfit. Poor health and bad luck didn’t help. A stagiaire ride with French Pro Continental team Delko Marseille Provence KTM in late …

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2019 Giro d'Italia, 2019 Tour de France, 2019 Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde, Chris Froome, Egan Bernal, Features, Opinion and analysis, Primoz Roglic, Racing, Richard Carapaz, The weekly spin, Tom Dumoulin -

The weekly spin: The Grand Tour Domino Effect

A gust of wind in southeast France, a patch of slippery pavement in Andorra, a touch of wheels in Italy, and three grand tour winners who might never have been. The Vuelta a España is over and the 2019 Grand Tour season is finished. As I look back, I’ve been playing the what-if game. What …

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Photo gallery: Guts and glory in the Vuelta’s final act

In a few years’ time, when we look back at the 2019 Vuelta a España, a few key storylines will stand out in memory. Primoz Roglic becoming the first Slovenian to win a Grand Tour will be one of them. So too Sergio Higuita’s first WorldTour win, in his first Grand Tour, just four months …

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16 stitches and a life of pain: Willie Smit is cycling’s toughest rider

When Willie Smit finished the 2019 Vuelta a España, it was the latest triumph against the odds in a life of almost unimaginable hardship.

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