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2020 Giro d'Italia, Coronavirus, Features, News, Racing, Thomas De Gendt -

17 Giro-E police test COVID positive, De Gendt “starting to feel unsafe”

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The Giro d’Italia is walking a tightrope. On the same day the entire Mitchelton-Scott and Jumbo-Visma teams left the race following COVID positives, 17 motorcycle police officers tasked with escorting the Giro-E ebike race tested positive as well. Riders like Lotto-Soudal’s Thomas De Gendt are beginning to speak out, questioning the effectiveness and thoroughness of …

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2020 Tour of Flanders, Features, Interviews, Liane Lippert, Racing, women's cycling -

Liane Lippert is one of the sport’s most exciting young stars

Like me you’ve probably been focusing on the big stars over these past few months. Fair enough — the likes of Anna van der Breggen, Lizzie Deignan, Annemiek van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini and Marianne Vos did win a lot of races. However, shortly behind them a 22-year old German rider for Team Sunweb has …

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Video: Bikepacking for conservation in Colombia

In February 2020, ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox, adventure rider Joe Cruz, and filmmaker Rugile Kaladyte traveled to the Colombian capital of Bogota to launch the Bikepacking for Conservation program. The goal: to explore and scout a bikepacking route that would connect the bustling metropolis of Bogota with rural communities and the Chingaza National Park. You …

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2020 Tour of Flanders, Art, Culture, Features, wout van aert -

Van Aert x street art: The amazing road portraits of the Tour of Flanders

Anyone who has ridden the hallowed bergs and pavé of Flanders and Roubaix, or perhaps been eagle-eyed while watching TV race coverage of the Spring Classics in recent years, would have noticed the street portraits by Belgian artist Thomas Daem. “I always was into graphic design and I made stencils when I was a student,” …

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Cav’s future and Ewan wins Scheldeprijs: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers, Mark Cavendish isn’t done. After an emotional interview at Gent-Wevelgem, which he said might be “perhaps the last race of my career,” he lined up at the mid-week sprinter’s classic Scheldeprijs and hopped in the day’s early breakaway. …

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