Tag: cycling
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2011 in Review: Giro d’Italia Stage 7
How often does the gaggle of race favorites close in on a rider in the final meters of a race to rob a lone attacker of honor, glory and victory? Too often. On Stage 7 of the Giro, just days after the Wouter Weylandts tragedy, cycling tried to recover by putting on one of the…
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2011 in Review: MTB Marathon World Champsionships
Today we have a race that gets far less attention than it deserves, the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Cup. Last year’s event was held in Italy and clocked in just under four and a half hours for the men, roughly three times longer than a normal World Cup race.
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Classics Racing With PhilGil
What does it take to win a Classics race? As the Michigan Spring Classics start to loom ever more menacingly on the horizon, it’s a rather appropriate time to take a look at what it takes to win an early race.