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Julian Alaphilippe does some foreshadowing at Strade Bianche
Julian Alaphilippe, the Frenchman with the pain-in-the-arse surname, won Strade Bianche at his first attempt today. I guarantee you he’ll win a whole bunch of other stuff this season provided he doesn’t break anything important. Earlier in the day, Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten won the women’s race. Van Vleuten won the Women’s WorldTour last…
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Team Sky’s fate is in Sir Dave Brailsford’s mad hands
That image above depicts one of Sir Dave Brailsford’s very many crazy hand gestures. These days Sir Dave’s about 50 per cent the boss of a cycling team and 50 per cent mime. “Mime is money” according to Billy Crystal’s character in Spinal Tap – and that’s just as well because Brailsford currently needs to…
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How are you supposed to feel about Alejandro Valverde being world champion?
After two silver medals and four bronze ones, Alejandro Valverde’s world championships bridesmaidery finally came to an end this weekend. A lot of people will say it’s nothing less than a spectacularly good rider deserves. A lot of people will say it’s more than a man who served a two-year doping ban deserves. There’s probably…
