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Tour Mediterraneen preview
It’s on, it’s off, it’s back on again. Yes, it’s the Tour Mediterraneen which was in danger of turning into a pantomime for its 39th edition. It’s the next French stage race following on from the...
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Tour du Haut Var preview
This weekend, February 18th/19th, sees the running of the next French race in the calendar. The 44th edition of the Tour Cycliste Internationale du Haut Var – to give it its full title – will provide...
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Paris-Nice preview
This World Tour event is known as the ‘Race to the Sun’ because the race leaves the cold wintry climes of Paris and heads south towards the traditionally warmer weather of the Cote d’Azur to finish in...
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Lost Races: Catalunya
Location of Catalunya The first cycling club in Catalonia, Velocipedic of Barcelona, was founded in 1884 which led to the establishment of the Esport Ciclista Catalan. Nine years later the 400m...
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Tour de France hosts: Up pops Pau again!
After Paris and Bordeaux, Pau is one of the most-visited staging posts in the Tour – it has previously hosted a start/finish 64 times – largely, it has to be said, because of its proximity to the...
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Tour de France hosts: Et enfin Paris!
The first Tour de France both started and finished just outside of Paris. Its conclusion was at the Restaurant Pere Auto in Ville d’Avray, south-west of the capital. The peloton then rode to Parc des...
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Friday Feature: A to Z of the Tour de France
A = Alpe d’Huez. The legendary Alpine climb with its 21 hairpin turns will be climbed twice in one day for the first time in Tour history this year. (It has appeared twice in the same Tour once before,...
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Tour de France 2016: Stage 5 – GVA double-dips with solo victory and race lead
Shake rattle and roll! The GC was all shook up on this sunny, testing stage, the first in the mountains. Greg Van Avermaet, last man standing from a nine-man break, won from a daring solo attack a good...
View ArticleVeloVoices Awards 2019: Lifetime achievement award
This particular award is always hotly contested. This year we have an interesting list – big name retirees, a couple of cycling legends, a super domestique and a race itself. To be honest, they all...
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