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2019 Giro Rosa, Features, Racing -

Dominance displayed: Annemiek van Vleuten’s Giro Rosa masterclass, in graphs

During this year’s Giro d’Italia, VeloClub member Cameron Harris pulled together some nifty visualisations that helped to illustrate the race in an interesting and engaging way. Now Cameron is back with similar coverage for both the Tour de France and the Giro Rosa. In this post we dive into Cameron’s visualisations from the 2019 Giro …

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Photo gallery: The Hulk returns on stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France

Peter Sagan would admit that he hasn’t had the best season of his career. Illness has hampered his progress and he hasn’t been at his world-beating best as often as he normally would. And yet the Slovakian still finds a way to win. After three top-five finishes in the first four stages — classic Sagan …

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Photo gallery: Four exciting days to open the 2019 Tour de France

Let’s be honest: the start of the Tour de France can tend to be a little dull. Long and flat stages, sprint finishes — the opening days often feel like the entree before the main course that is the Alps and the Pyrenees. But the start of the 2019 Tour has been a little different. …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, Jack Haig, Jack Haig's Diary, Racing, Rider diaries -

Jack Haig’s Tour Diary: Daily routines and TTTs

Before starting my first Tour de France I didn’t know exactly how I would feel. But now seeing it a few days in, I think it gets hyped up to be a little more than what it actually is. It’s definitely bigger than any other bike race we do all year, the speed is a …

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2019 Tour de France, Alexander Kristoff, Elia Viviani, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing, sprint tactics -

Today at the Tour: Breaking down Viviani’s perfect sprint lead-out

As the peloton barreled into Nancy Tuesday, the yellow jersey was at the front of the bunch with 1km remaining. Julian Alaphilippe wasn’t trying to again go clear and win the stage, as he’d done the previous day, but rather to set up Deceuninck–Quick-Step sprinter Elia Viviani. Stage 4 delivered the first clean field sprint …

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