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The Vuelta introduces this year’s riders
Apologies that my Olympic track cycling round-up never really happened. I don’t feel too bad about neglecting my duties though. I figure you probably heard the results from some little-known media outlet like the British Broadcasting Corporation or somesuch. Great Britain won most events with that success largely built around the Laura Trott-Jason Kenny household.…
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Bold old time triallists take Olympic gold
Sorry about the lack of reportage on the women’s Olympic road race. I was barbecueing and then couldn’t bluff my way through an article for the simple reason that I know nothing about the winner. Anna van der Breggen is Dutch and she won La Fleche Wallonne earlier in the year, which is part of…
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Greg Van Avermaet’s only the Olympic champion
At the start of this year, you’d have had Greg Van Avermaet down as a nailed-on certainty for an Olympic silver medal. Or maybe fourth, actually – that’s the Olympic version of just missing out. But things change. Van Avermaet won the Omloop. He won a stage of Tirreno-Adriatico and then got to play air…
