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New Zealander Bevin first to abandon from the Tour de France

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Kiwi favourite Patrick Bevin became the first rider to abandon this year’s Tour de France when his CCC team announced that he would not be starting Thursday’s sixth stage. Bevin fell in Monday’s stage 3 and again in stage 4 on Tuesday when he fractured two ribs. He rode stage 5 but was in considerable …

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Canyon unveils its lightest disc road model, the Ultimate CF Evo Disc

German-based Canyon Bicycles has unveiled its lightest disc-brake road model to date, the Ultimate CF Evo Disc. It’s a bike made for the mountains — feather-light for climbing, and equipped with disc brakes for fast or harrowing descents. The Ultimate CF Evo Disc weighs 5.95kg (13.11 pounds) without pedals. The light weight was made possible …

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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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Video: Bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part one

At the Tour de France, the devil is in the mechanical detail – the custom parts and personal preferences of the riders, the 3D printed TT bars, and the sheer labour involved in the new era of road bike integration. In the first tech video instalment of this year’s Tour de France, tech editor James Huang …

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