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Back breaks, British breaks and bathos | A recap of stages 1-9 of the 2020 Giro d’Italia
The 2020 Giro d’Italia began with a much weaker field than usual, but two of Britain’s finest riders – Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates – all set for a serious tilt at victory. It doesn’t pay to get your hopes up about these things. The British challenge The opening time trial represented a magnificent start…
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What in high heaven did Tadej Pogacar just do? | A recap of stages 16-21 of the 2020 Tour de France
Preview + favourites Week One recapWeek Two recapWeek Three recap Remember pogs? Little cardboard and plastic discs that kids collected? Their popularity peaked in about 1994, four years before the Pog that just won the Tour de France was born. These were the standings as we entered the final week of the 2020 Tour de…
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Bye bye Bernal | A recap of stages 10-15 of the 2020 Tour de France
Preview + favourites Week One recapWeek Two recapWeek Three recap It’s not often that the reigning Tour de France champion cracks like old plaster and waves his chances of winning the race again goodbye. Egan Bernal had a very bad stage and everything else that happened this week is secondary. That was the final stage…
