Author: Henri Giroud

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Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.

Franziska Koch ruined Visma-Lease a Bike’s perfect Sunday, out-sprinting Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to claim a brilliant, career-defining victory in the Roubaix velodrome.

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After years of governing body neglect and the scandalous collapse of USACrits, the American domestic racing scene is finally showing signs of life. Driven entirely by grassroots promoters, the American Criterium Cup is stepping up to drag US crit racing back into the spotlight.

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For an organization that used to ruthlessly calculate every marginal gain on the road, the modern INEOS Grenadiers setup often looks a little bit chaotic. Take Tuesday morning at Paris-Nice, for example. During their routine recon for the Stage 3 Team Time Trial, the squad managed to crash. Oscar Onley described it in perfect corporate PR speak after the race, noting that the team “had a bit of a scare” and “found the limits this morning.” Translation: they binned it in the corners before the clock had even started. But whatever panic ensued in the INEOS team cars apparently worked.…

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