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Features, Fiona Kolbinger, Photo galleries, Racing, Transcontinental - August 8, 2019

Inside the ten days, two hours it took Fiona Kolbinger to ride across Europe

“…I think I could have gone harder.” After 4000km, 10 days, 2 hours, and 48 minutes, a few monumental climbs, and all across the continent of Europe, these were the words that 24-year-old German Fiona Kolbinger said after winning the seventh edition of the Transcontinental Race. Beginning in Burgas, Bulgaria and spanning over the potential …

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The weekly spin: Is Mathieu van der Poel’s race schedule a recipe for burnout?

Mathieu van der Poel just keeps on winning. He’s currently the world cyclocross champion, winner of the Amstel Gold Race (and Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl), the European mountain-bike champion, and as of Sunday, the winner of six mountain-bike World Cup races this season — four short-track events and two in the Olympic cross-country …

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Features, Leadout, Racing - August 5, 2019

Leading out: Cycling’s fastest domestiques share their stories

Roger Kluge’s childhood dreams of racing on the Champs-Élysées might not have concluded with him finishing in 59th place, but the Lotto-Soudal rider enjoyed some raucous celebrations at the Paris finish line a week ago just the same. While some of the world’s fastest men were ruing what might have been, Kluge was soaking in …

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The future is now: 19-year-old Evenepoel solos to win Clásica San Sebastián

First-year professional Remco Evenepoel won the Clásica San Sebastián Saturday with a solo escape on the final climb to take his first WorldTour victory at just 19 years old. The Belgian becomes the youngest-ever winner of a WorldTour race at 19 years and 190 days of age, and added to his Tour of Belgium win …

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Lucy Kennedy solos to victory at inaugural women’s Clásica San Sebastián

Australian Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott) wasn’t going to let a late puncture deter her from winning the inaugural edition of the women’s Clásica San Sebastián. The 31-year-old did not give up hope after leading the race solo, puncturing, and then finding herself over one minute behind the leaders. Kennedy was forced to attack again after the puncture doomed …

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