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The Giro was first held in 1909, organised by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. That first edition was started by 127 riders, 49 of whom finished. Of those 49 the fastest was Luig

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Ever so stealthily, the UCI announced the introduction of a new ranking system for 2016 - on Christmas Eve:
Launch of a new UCI World Ranking

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce the launch of a new UCI World Ranking (for men’s professional road cycling, reflecting a similar ranking in place already for women’s professional road cycling).
The UCI World Ranking – individu

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The final UCI rankings for the 2015 season have been released.
Naturally, the first thing on my agenda was to update my spreadsheets and calculate the number of places nations qualify for the Rio Olympics.

For starters, here are the qualification rules.

Now it'll get very mathematical, with lots of tables and numbers. Bear with me.
An overview of all qualified nation...

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ASO respond to the reforms of the World Tour announced by the UCI.... this one will rumble on!!

LINK

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So we start next years thread early as well and it is a big one Gilbert ---->

After three years of his career at Loto (from 2009-2011), the return of Philippe Gilbert in the Belgian workforce is mentioned for 2017. Indeed, our confreres of Het Nieuwsblad asked Marc Sergeant on the possible return to the fold of his former leader for the 2017 season, as the former world champion comes out of contract with BMC Racing. "Nothing is impossible, said the manag

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