Author: Harold Dalton

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Winner Interview Tim Merlier confirmed he is one of the fastest riders in the peloton, dashing to victory – his first on the road in the Soudal Quick-Step jersey – on the opening stage of the Tour of Oman, which incidentally was the sprinters’ only opportunity to leave their mark at this edition. Benefitting from a fast and furious lead-out train consisting of Jordi Warlop and Bert Van Lerberghe, the 30-year-old, who was victorious in the Zonnebeke cyclo-cross earlier this season, emerged at the front of the peloton only with the finish line in sight, and despite kicking out with…

Winner Interview “It’s just incredible to get my first professional win! Two weeks ago I was on the podium for the first time in the pros in Valencia, today it’s my first success… The team believed in me. Everyone supported me, my teammates, the staff… and I am happy to have finished the job well to reward them. It was not necessarily the ideal scenario for me: it was rather quiet on the flat and very strong as soon as it went up. The pace was very hard to follow in the bumps. I gave it my all. On the…

Polartec, a company one of the Cyclry team interviewed at way back in the darkest pre-pandemic days, has announced Polartec® Shed Less Fleece. And if you thought it was to do with conspiracies about vaccines shedding viruses everywhere, you’re wrong. Polartec describes it as a “new milestone in its industry-leading efforts to reduce textile fiber fragment shedding.” Sounds like an important mission. We’re just pasting this. It basically says ‘we made some clothes.’ Here it is: “Shed Less is a process that combines yarn construction, knitting, chemistry, and manufacturing to reduce home laundry fiber fragment shedding by an average of…