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Culture, Features, Iran, politics - September 4, 2019

The big lie: What it’s like to ride illegally as a woman in Iran

The freedom to ride a bicycle is a simple pleasure most of us take for granted. For some women, though, it isn’t quite so simple. Iran may have fielded a national women’s cycling team for many years now, but take to the streets on two wheels and life can quickly get complicated. Especially since leader …

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Roglic storms into Vuelta lead with stage 10 TT victory: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Primoz Roglic takes a commanding lead at the Vuelta with a victory in the stage 10 time trial, Annemiek van Vleuten wins the Boels Ladies Tour prologue, an uncertain future for Pro Continental squad Euskadi-Murias. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story …

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AusCycling explained: Australian cycling’s future or well-meaning pipe-dream?

Australian cycling is in the midst of its biggest change in recent memory. After years of division between the various cycling disciplines, there’s a concerted push to unify Australian cycling in a way it’s never been before. Initially dubbed “One Cycling” and now known as “AusCycling”, the project seeks to dissolve Cycling Australia (responsible for …

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Five predictions for ‘week two’ of the Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España has been so compelling to this point that it’s hard to believe we’re only nine days into the race. Full credit to the organizers for planning a route that has offered some thrilling stages, without leaving fans feeling like the race is already decided. Some big days await at the Spanish …

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News, Richard Carapaz - September 3, 2019

Ineos signs Giro winner Carapaz to three-year contract

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Reigning Giro d’Italia champion Richard Carapaz, currently finishing his third season with Movistar, will join Ineos next season on a three-year deal, his new team has announced. “I believe I will fit into this group well and race to my full potential over the coming years,” said Carapaz, Ecuador’s first Grand Tour champion, in Ineos’s …

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