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CyclingTips Podcast: The birth and death of a bike company

This week’s episode is something of a departure from our usual programming, with an audio version of our recent feature, ‘What happened to SpeedX?‘ . It takes you on a fascinating journey from the meteoric rise to the catastrophic fall of a bike company called SpeedX – a crowdfunding sensation that made global headlines in …

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The Secret Pro’s Guide to the 2019 Tour de France

The Tour de France is almost here. Are you ready? I’m ready. I know the start list isn’t out yet, but most of us know if we’re going to Le Grande Boucle or not. In fact, I just found out. The good news: I made the squad. Even better, CT asked if I’d write a …

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Two Austrian cyclists banned for doping in Operation Aderlass

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Two Austrian cyclists were banned for four years on Thursday for being part of an international blood-doping ring involving multiple sports. The Austrian Anti-Doping Legal Committee banned Stefan Denifl and Georg Preidler, who both raced in Grand Tours and made up Austria’s road-race team at the 2016 Olympics. The two were provisionally suspended by the …

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2020 Tour de France to start a week early: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: The UCI announces the 2020 WorldTour calendar with the Tour de France set to start in late June due to the Summer Olympics, Astana unveils its 2019 Tour lineup to support Jakob Fuglsang, Elia Viviani and Julian Alaphilippe headline Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s Tour roster. Those stories and …

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Can Egan Bernal win the Tour de France?

With less than two weeks until the start of the Tour de France, two riders have emerged as the bookmakers’ top favorites. One is the defending champion. The other is a 22-year-old, with a single, solitary Grand Tour start under his belt, who isn’t even the number-one GC rider on his team. Wait, what? Could …

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