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Another Giro stage, another win for the break
Looks like I didn’t click ‘publish’ on this piece. Pretend it’s yesterday… The way it’s supposed to work is that a bunch of riders form the break early in the day and then the peloton laughs about their foolhardiness for a few hours before reeling them in pretty much whenever it feels like. Only it…
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Richie Porte realises the perils of ‘mateship’
A puncture with 5km to go and the racing in full swing was not what Richie Porte wanted. Where were his team-mates and where was the team car? No matter, here’s Porte’s fellow countryman, Simon Clarke, to lend him his wheel. If that's not Aussie mate ship them what is? Punctured and clarkey gave me…
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Astana continue to bully the peloton
It seems I was premature in describing Rigoberto Uran’s return to fine fettle. He’s still not dead, but doctors are frowning at his charts. On stage nine, a familiar sequence of events played out. Fabio Aru attacked and his main rivals followed – except for Rigoberto Uran. The top riders opened a gap on the…
