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Right then time with a poll who is winning the GC at the Giro


The only  5 star rated rider, Trying to ride the Giro, TDF double which is the 1 question mark that we don´t know how it will effect his racing, if Nairo has 1 weakness that stands out it is race craft and the ability to throw out the bathwater with baby to take the win. Will have to ride within limits due to the...

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Here's the course for the Tokyo RR. Followed by 12 flat kilometres to the finish:
https://twitter.com/hendriksmj/status/832492449071321088

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This is the thread for all the latest news on the 2018 Tour de France.

Stage 1, July 7: Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile – Fontenay-le-Comte, 189km
Stage 2, July 8: Mouilleron-Saint-Germain – La Roche-sur-Yon, 183km
Stage 3, July 9: Cholet – Cholet (TTT), 35km
Stage 4, July 10: La Baule – Sarzeau, 192km
Stage 5, July 11: Lorient – Quimper, 203km
Stage 6, Jul...

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With the running of GP La Marseilles yesterday, it is time for the annual post on that bedrock of French cycling. Ah oui mesdames et messieurs, je vous présente La Coupe de France 2017.

Usually the phrase 'season long narrative' makes me very cross, especially when it is being shoe-horned into somewhere where it makes no sense whatsoever. However, this is not the case for the...

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As part of the UCI Europe Tour & Coppa Italia, there are a number of Italian (yeah, Lugano is in Switzerland, Lukas, I know ) races to come over the coming months, so I guess it makes sense to bundle them together in one thread again:

[csv=,]DATE   ,      ,   NAME
05.02.   ,   1.1   ,   G.P. Costa degli Etruschi
12.02.   ,   1.HC   ,   Trofeo Laigueglia
26.02.   ,   1.HC   ,   Gran Premio Città di Lugano
05.03.   ,   1.1   ,   GP Industria & Artigianato
23.03. - 26.03.   ,   2.1   ,   Settimana Int...