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Features, mountain biking, News - August 22, 2019

Mountain biker gaps Tour of Utah

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As the Tour of Utah raced up Empire pass in Park City for the final stage last weekend, freerider Danny Fendler aimed his bike in a different direction. The 21 year old Fendler said, “I landed it and it was like by far the most adrenaline I have had in my whole life. It was …

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Slop and slide: International CX season opens in muddy Melbourne

The 2019/20 international cyclocross season got underway last weekend with the Melbourne Grand Prix of Cyclocross (Melbourne GPCX). Now in its third year, the 2019 Melbourne GPCX was held over two days at the State Motorcycle Complex in Broadford, roughly an hour north of Melbourne. The event is Australia’s only international cyclocross event and this …

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Features, Post-Tour criterium, Racing - August 22, 2019

The make-pretend races of Etten-Leur

I wonder what one of the Tour de France’s founders and cycling’s greatest writers, Henri Desgrange, would think about the make-pretend time-trial and criterium, hosting the top riders in the world, held in the small Dutch town of Etten-Leur in the weeks after the Tour de France. Would Desgrange channel Emile Zola, his working-class hero …

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Fuglsang will ride on with Astana for two more years: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Jakob Fuglsang extends with Astana for two more seasons, Jumbo-Visma creates a development team, Canyon updates the Inflite. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of the Day: Astana extends Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Fuglsang has spent the last seven seasons with Astana, …

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Preview: 22 things you should know about the 2019 Vuelta a España

It’s time for the Vuelta a España, the third and final Grand Tour of the season. The race gets underway this Saturday in Torrevieja and will be contested over 21 stages and 3,272km. Here’s what you should know about the 2019 Tour of Spain. The 2019 Vuelta is the race’s 74th edition. The Vuelta is …

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