Author: Henri Giroud

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

After the events and the terrible crash in the first stage of the Tour of Poland 2020 Team Jumbo-Visma wish to state the following: 1. We are shocked by the consequences of the crash. We hope for the best for Fabio Jakobsen. Our thoughts are with Fabio and we hope with all our heart he will recover. We also hope and wish that the other people involved will recover soon. We wish them all the best. 2. The last two days we took the time to discuss this situation internally and Team Jumbo-Visma found it important to first discuss it…

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Since the 29-year-old Italian roared at Flanders last year in Belgium, everyone sat up and paid just that much more attention to Alberto Bettiol. And for good reason. From the moment he joined the team in 2014, and even after a year away in 2018, Bettiol says like there’s no better environment for him to grow and work toward future success. That’s why we’re excited to announce that Bettiol has extended his contract with EF Pro Cycling through 2021. “Alberto has been a wonderful presence on this team for years now and someone we all absolutely love racing and sitting…

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Wout van Aert has won the fourteenth edition of the Strade Bianche. The twenty-five-year-old Fleming arrived solo after a one-man show at the Piazza del Campo in Siena. It is the fifth victory of the season for Team Jumbo-Visma. A leading group of six riders opened up a gap in the beginning of the Italian classic. The high temperatures combined with the sloping gravel sectors made for 184 tough kilometres. Team Jumbo-Visma constantly remained in the front with Van Aert. On the last sector of the day, Van Aert attacked, after which no one could keep him from winning. “It…

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(Reuters) – Polish-backed women’s World Tour cycling team CCC-Liv have pulled out of this week’s resumption of racing because of concerns about health risks, the team said on Thursday. Women’s racing is returning from a five-month pause caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with two one-day events in Spain, the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa and Clasica Femenina Navarra. However, CCC-Liv has pulled its riders out at short notice. “We have set ourselves a very strict health protocol in recent months to minimise the risks of contamination with COVID-19,” team manager Eric van den Boom said in a statement. “We were delighted to…

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Stage 3a Results 1 MÜHLBERGER Gregor (AUT) – BORA-HANSGROHE – 26:11.142 BADILATTI Matteo (SUI) – ISRAEL START-UP NATION + 01:023 KONRAD Patrick (AUT) – BORA-HANSGROHE + 01:044 ROCHAS Rémy (FRA) – NIPPO DELKO ONE PROVENCE 27:41.93 + 01:305 BROZYNA Piotr (POL) – VOSTER ATS TEAM + 01:476 TVETCOV Serghei (ROU) – NATIONAL TEAM ROMANIA + 01:507 VAN ENGELEN Adne (NED) – TEAM BIKE AID + 02:018 DE ROSSI Lucas (FRA) – NIPPO DELKO ONE PROVENCE + 02:059 STACHOWIAK Adam (POL) – VOSTER ATS TEAM – ”10 KUKRLE Michael (CZE) – ELKOV-KASPER + 02:20 Stage 3b Results 1 ACKERMANN Pascal (GER)…

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Louisville, Colo.— World-class cyclist Taylor Phinney and the Davis Phinney Foundation have joined for an exciting fundraising opportunity to advance programs and research to help people and families with Parkinson’s to live well today. The foundation recognizes that this is a challenging year for cycling, running and other sporting events. That’s why it’s been so dedicated and focused on bringing opportunities to athletes of all abilities to challenge themselves with miles, minutes or any other type of activity. Much of the Foundations research has shown that exercise is highly beneficial to people with Parkinson’s. Several days remain for this very…

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1 ACKERMANN Pascal (GER) – BORA-HANSGROHE – 3:58:58 – -00:102 BARBIER Rudy (FRA) – ISRAEL START-UP NATION – ST – -00:063 STACCHIOTTI Riccardo (ITA) – VINI ZABÙ KTM – ST – -00:044 GROSU Eduard-Michael (ROU) – NIPPO DELKO ONE PROVENCE – ST5 TOUPALÍK Adam (CZE) – ELKOV – KASPER – ST6 STOSZ Patryk (POL) – VOSTER ATS TEAM – ST7 BERNAS Paweł (POL) – MAZOWSZE SERCE POLSKI – +00:068 FIORELLI Filippo (ITA) – BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE – ST9 KULBE Lars (GER) – SKS SAUERLAND NRW – ST10 KELEMEN Petr (CZE) – CCC DEVELOPMENT TEAM – ST

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GFNY Alpes Vaujany, European Championship is scheduled to take place on August 30 NEW YORK CITY – GFNY Alpes Vaujany was the first cyclo in France to receive permission by the French authorities to hold the race on August 30, due to GFNY’s event production expertise and detailed Anti-COVID measures. GFNY Alpes Vaujany / the GFNY European Championship is one of the very few events in France to have received the necessary permit from authorities to hold an event of more than 10 people. Calling on a wealth of experience from organizing close to 100 events in 25 countries, GFNY has…

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