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Seven Days of Sagan – Day 4

Even though a signature Sagan salute was nowhere to be seen at the finish line of Sunday’s Amstel Gold race, that hasn’t stopped Anders from envisioning a series we’re dubbing…

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Cyclocross is the ugly duckling of the cycling world yet infinitely better

My 89 year old gran calls it ‘psycho cross’. Both because that was what she first thought I called it when I told her what it was I was doing…

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New drug scourge DB01050 rampant in peloton

On the heels of WADA’s revealing memos outlining the scourge of GW1516, Aicar, and other substances rumored to be rife throughout the pro peloton, the UCI’s lawyers announced another drug…

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The bike messenger

I spent a couple of days in Limburg, the south of the Netherlands, to train. The arrows for the Amstel Gold Race tourist ride were already out there, so I…

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Seven Days of Sagan – Day 3

Even though a signature Sagan salute was nowhere to be seen at the finish line of Sunday’s Amstel Gold race, that hasn’t stopped Anders from envisioning a series we’re dubbing…

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Seven Days of Sagan – Day 2

Even though a signature Sagan salute was nowhere to be seen at the finish line of Sunday’s Amstel Gold race, that hasn’t stopped Anders from envisioning a series we’re dubbing…

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Bale tipped for awards after winning Amstel Gold in Kreuziger role

His trademark method acting has brought us the likes of Patrick Bateman, Dicky Eklund and Bruce Wayne. Now Christian Bale has hit gold again with his uncanny portrayal of cyclist…

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WADA releases adverse analytical finding for TV commentators

After a weekend which saw some bizarre race commentary from Universal Sports co-hosts Steve Schlanger and Todd Gogulski during Vuelta al Pais Vasco, WADA confirmed what the rest of the cycling…

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Remembering Roubaix: Ten things that made the North so Hellish

After such a brutal and eventful race there’s no way you can pick out just the one talking point. So, in his weekly column for Cyclismas, Saddleblaze has gone for…

Girona based pros get their wings clipped by Strava-Ryanair data-sharing deal

In a move designed to placate the amateur riders of Catalonia, beloved airline Ryanair have agreed to share passenger data with GPS performance website Strava. It appears that the huge…