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    Thomas finishes behind Harry Tanfield. Valverde 8th. Boasson Hagan wins.

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      Still getting used to the new kits.

      Was wondering what Van Avermaet was doing in a Dutch one . . .

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        Well merited stage win for Matteo Trentin after Mitchelton worked all day and him knowing he had to be first out of that final corner.

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          The UCI have awarded the 2023 worlds to Glasgow and Scotland. This is the first multi-discipline worlds, which will be held the year prior to the Olympics. So there's going to be a fortnight of cycling, featuring road, track, para-cycling, mountain bike, BMX, gran fondo and indoor cycling. I hope the latter is going to be artistic cycling and cycleball, that'll draw in the crowds.

          Presumably the track stuff will be at Glasgow velodrome and most of the road stuff will be in the city too, the championships will be in August which likely would be a problem for having any events in Edinburgh. Guess the mountain bike stuff will be up in the Highlands somewhere.

          You wait thirty-odd years for a road worlds in Britain and then two come along at once...

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            That's great news re: Scotland 2023.

            BTW, if anyone is interested in the UK domestic cycling scene, then may I draw their attention to The British Continental blog?

            Welcome to The British Continental, a new blog about British road cycling. The focus will be on British riders, teams and races that operate 'below' the World Tour level. This explains the blog title, The British Continental: British Continental-level teams and riders will be at the heart of this blog's coverage. Readers can expect explainers…

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              First win of the season for GVA in Valencia, won a power sprint on a finish for the strongmen - Trentin didn't have enough left to get round him. Good defensive ride from Boasson Hagen to retain the overall lead.

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                Sylvain Dilier has four minutes on the peleton with 25 km left in the Valencia queen stage, which ends with a jagged climb.

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                  Dillier caught on the climb, and Adam Yates holds off a late charge by Valverde at the line.

                  Ion Izaguirre takes the leader's jersey.

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                    Glasgow and Scotland to host inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships in 2023


                    The UCI currently stages annual World Championships in each of its disciplines in different host cities around the world. The new UCI Cycling World Championships will, in a single region, bring 13 UCI World Championships together every four years starting from 2023.

                    The historic and innovative event will take place over two weeks in August 2023. It will bring together 13 UCI World Championships for different cycling disciplines in one unprecedented event that will see thousands of the world’s best cyclists vying to win the prestigious rainbow jersey.

                    • UCI Road World Championships

                    • UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

                    • UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot

                    • UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

                    • UCI Mountain Bike Cross-country World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz

                    • UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz

                    • UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships

                    • UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country Eliminator World Championships

                    • UCI Trials World Championships

                    • UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships

                    • UCI BMX World Championships

                    • UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships

                    • UCI Gran Fondo World Championships





                    https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press...nships-in-2023

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                      Was listening to the Test yesterday on TalkSport, and unless I've misunderstood, former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior will be riding the Tour De France this year (perhaps he's just riding the course – but it didn't give that impression, and he's had ambitious cycling plans for a while).

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                        He's doing the route for charidee.

                        Prior, who lives in the Horsham district, will be taking on THE 21. A tough event where participants will face all 21 stages of the 2019 Tour de France route whilst aiming to raise £300,000 for Parkinson's UK, Dan’s Trust and Chance to Shine.

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                          He was heavily involved with the ONE PRO team until their demise in the off season. Got this pic of him in the cold and pissing rain at the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire in Beverley.

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                            Oh cheers all for the clarification.

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                              https://twitter.com/Cyclingnewsfeed/status/1095669335736098816

                              https://twitter.com/Cyclingnewsfeed/...69335736098816

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                                Filippo Ganna, Sky's new signing who has won two world pursuit titles, wins the short Prologue in Provence by nine seconds and takes the La Vie Claire-inspired leader's jersey.

                                Last edited by ursus arctos; 14-02-2019, 15:42.

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                                  I notice that an Amore e Vita rider managed to get eliminated in the prologue, which is impressive for an 8.9k stage.

                                  Harry Pearson's book on Flandrian cycling is finally out. Interview with him from Rouleur.

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                                    Aficionados of cycling on F1 tracks might want to catch the last 30km of this stage of Tour de la Provence, which finishes on Circuit Paul Ricard.

                                    French stream.

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                                      Degenkolb won the final sprint in Provence; Gorka Izaguirre takes the Mondrian jersey.

                                      Extremely entertaining summit finish of Tour Colombia 2.1. Nairo wins the stage after being taken down by a selfie idiot about 4km from the finish; Superman Lopez holds off Sosa to win the GC. Dani Martinez takes third and best young rider.

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                                        Kirby is back on the mic for Adalucia/Ruta del Sol . . .

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                                          He's not got any better over the winter I see. Found a stream in time to hear him deliver some rambling monologue with two instances of telling us the (third instance) precise distance to go, a couple of military metaphors and blabbing on about helicopters.

                                          Astana looking strong again. Perhaps every team should try doing a rap.

                                          Some reports today that the 2021 Tour de France will start in Copenhagen, with a prologue, two road stages and then a rest day to get back (fourth instance) to France. What's going to happen, Brian?

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                                            Wellens does it again.

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                                              I liked how Kirby repeatedly told us that the final climb began with 1.3k to go, then when they reached that point he seemed genuinely surprised that they started going uphill.

                                              Wellens played the waiting game well there.

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                                                Already in mid-season form.

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                                                  Volta ao Algarve coverage underway now. I like the Sporting CP - Tavira kit very much.

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                                                    Wellens with an impressive (and surprising) win in the Andalucia time trial.

                                                    I don't think that he will be able to preserve his seven second lead in tomorrow's queen stage, but you know he is going to try.

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