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Who’s the favourite for the 2019 Giro d’Italia?
The main contenders for this year’s Giro d’ItaliaA recap of stages 1-9A recap of stages 10-15A recap of stages 16-21 The Giro d’Italia starts on Saturday. It’s the first of the three Grand Tours and often the most interesting. If you’re in the UK, you can watch it on Eurosport or catch the highlights on…
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Jakob Fuglsang hammers a twist into the tale of the 2019 Spring Classics
At one point this season, the story of the spring classics was that Julian Alaphilippe had won every one-day race he’d entered, except for the ones Mathieu van der Poel had ridden, which had been won by van der Poel. The subplot would have been that Jakob Fuglsang had been Mr Third-Best, finishing second to…
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Philippe Gilbert: the rider Bradley Wiggins perhaps wishes he could have been
Cycling’s a little like a giant volcano that rises from the seabed. Britons, in particular, see the obvious bit that pokes above the water – the Tour de France and Olympic track cycling – and don’t give much thought to all that lies beneath. If the other two Grand Tours, the Giro d’Italia and the…
