The start of the 2021 season in Australia has been thrown into further disarray, with hasty border restrictions threatening…
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InterviewRacing
‘I’m hoping Groenewegen comes back raring to go’: McEwen
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithRobbie McEwen believes Dylan Groenewegen will return to racing in 2021 “raring to go” following a nine-month ban related to a crash…
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Interview
‘Dream material’: Jai Hindley on the Giro, that jacket malfunction and leading Australia’s next generation of Grand Tour contenders
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithJai Hindley’s Twitter bio includes instructions on how to correctly pronounce his name, even though it now stands alongside Australian…
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The 2020 season has been interrupted and somewhat governed by the fear-inducing COVID-19 pandemic but there is arguably…
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The word ‘positive’ has long held negative connotations in professional cycling. There was a time when even saying it out loud was like daring …
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Alex Dowsett has made a case for the experienced riders in the WorldTour peloton as “scary, scary good” youth continue to clean up at …
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Mark Cavendish’s teary contemplation about the end of his career after Gent Wevelgem on Sunday demonstrated how personal…
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CommentTour de France
End of an era? New kings emerge from the Tour of change
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithWords by Sophie Smith | Photo by SWpix.com / A.S.O./Alex Broadway Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team had all but won the 107th edition …
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The Tour de France physically ages you and at this point of the race Paris starts to resemble not the city of love, accomplishment …
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It was the end of the 2015 Tour de France and Richie Porte was at a Team Sky afterparty in Paris. Hours earlier, Sky …
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CommentTour de France
Bennett is in green, but the maillot vert is not a sprinters’ competition anymore
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithI’ve been covering WorldTour cycling for 10 years – about as long as a pure sprinter last won the green jersey – and there …
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There was a summary about stage four of the Tour de France that struck me almost as much as Primoz Roglic’s ability to speak …
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CommentTour de France
Is pushing on with a three-week Tour de France in 2020 irresponsible?
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithDays out from the 107th Tour de France I’m starting to really wonder if staging the race in its entirety, amid a pandemic is …