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Adam Blythe, Daily News Digest, Features, News - November 1, 2019

Katusha Sports to sponsor Bigla team, Blythe retires: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Katusha Sports will co-sponsor the Bigla women’s team in 2020, Adam Blythe hangs up the wheels, Michael Albasini will retire next year. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of the Day: Katusha to co-sponsor Bigla team in 2020 Katusha Sports will …

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Big Sugar: Dirty Kanza owners launch new gravel race in Arkansas

The calendar of big-budget gravel events in the U.S. continues to grow. The latest announcement: Big Sugar-NWA Gravel, a 107-mile (172 km) loop through the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and Southern Missouri. We sent our Endless Gravel correspondent, Marshall Opel, to check out a test version of the event. Last weekend, a group of …

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Pro bike: Marianne Vos’ Liv Langma SL

Marianne Vos Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l’Ardeche from Montagut to Beauchastel

Marianne Vos recently closed out her impressive season at the Taiwan KOM Challenge, finishing second behind her teammate Ashleigh Moolman Pasio. Before that event the CyclingTips team caught up with Vos to learn more about her Liv Langma SL – a bike that she’s spent much of the season on. As explained in the video, …

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Women’s Tour Down Under to be livestreamed in 2020

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All four stages of the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under (WTDU) will be livestreamed in 2020, a first for the South Australian race. The race will be screened on the Seven Network’s 7Plus online platform with the final stage being broadcast on live TV as well. This development follows the recent promotion of the WTDU …

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Features, Learn, Strava, Training - October 31, 2019

More than numbers: Why Strava KOMs and QOMs don’t translate to race wins

If you’ve spent any time on Strava you’ll notice the same riders popping up again and again at the top of your local segment leaderboards. Often these riders are putting out world-class power numbers, and yet they’re a long way from being a professional racer. So why is that? Why don’t world class numbers on …

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