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Giro d’Italia 2021 Stage 7 (2 stars).
"The
last time a Giro stage finished in Termoli, a seaside town
of 36,000 on the Adriatic coast in 2006 it was near the
end of the whole race and so most of the sprinters had
already quit the Giro."
(pelotonmagazine.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 13, 2021 Gino Mäder solos to win on windy, rain-soaked
route.
"Remco
Evenepoel moved into second overall, 11 seconds behind new
overall leader Attila Valter."
(velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 13, 2021 Philippa York reassesses the Giro d'Italia
favorites.
"In
typical Giro d'Italia style the opening stages have
provided plenty to write about, from dodgy finishes to
poor weather and the elimination before the big mountains
of those who were in the wrong place at the wrong time."
By Philippa York (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) May 13, 2021 Joe Dombrowski, Mikel Landa, Pavel Sivakov all
out of Giro d’Italia in wake of crashes.
"The
American rider crashed heavily, along with Mikel Landa,
during the final kilometers of stage 5 of the Giro
d'Italia."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com) (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) May 13, 2021 Giro d'Italia 2021 Live Dashboard.
"2021 Giro d'Italia May 8-30, Italy - Thursday, May 13, Grotte di Frasassi → Ascoli Piceno (150 km). Stage
6 start time: Thursday 12:55 CET (3:55 AM PDT).
Earliest
live video: 12:55 CET (3:55 AM PDT).
Approximate
finish: 17:15 CET (8:15 AM PDT)."
(steephill.tv) May 13, 2021  May 12, 2021
Giro d’Italia 2021 Stage 6 (3 stars).
"With
almost a week of racing in their legs, this stage presents
the first true test for the GC riders. The climbs in the
Apennines are not the most challenging in Italy, but none
of the riders hoping to be on the final podium in Milan
can have an off-day on the summit finish above the city of
Ascoli Piceno."
(pelotonmagazine.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 12, 2021 Giro d'Italia: Caleb Ewan wins crash-marred
stage 5.
"Ewan
was right up against the barrier on the right as Merlier
had what looked like a gear problem. Then the Australian
moved out from behind Viviani and Nizzolo to speed past
just in time for the line. Sivakov, Landa, Dombrowksi
crash in closing kilometers."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) May 12, 2021 Broken collarbone and ribs for Mikel Landa as
crash puts him out of Giro d’Italia.
"Mikel
Landa’s Bahrain Victorious team have confirmed that the
Basque rider sustained a broken collarbone and ribs in a
crash 4 kilometers from the end of today’s Stage 5 of the
Giro d’Italia in Cattolica."
By Simon MacMichael (road.cc) (Getty Images Sport) (cyclingnews.com) May 12, 2021 Five talking points from stage five of the
Giro d'Italia 2021.
"Ewan
smashes the stage, Landa crashes out, and Nizzolo the
bridesmaid (again) - don't miss these moments."
By Stephen Puddicombe (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 12, 2021 Sivakov's Giro d'Italia aspirations evaporate
with stage 5 crash.
"The
young Russian rider seemed to touch wheels with a teammate
and crashed hard, suffering cuts to his right leg and
arm."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) May 12, 2021 George Bennett on Giro d’Italia setback: ‘You
have to keep the faith.’
"Jumbo
Visma captain ceded important time to his direct GC rivals
in cold and wet conditions Tuesday."
(velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) May 12, 2021 May 11, 2021
Giro d’Italia Stage Previews: Stages 5-8.
"With
four stages in the books, we can already say that we will
have a unique and unpredictable Giro d’Italia, for a
little while anyway."
By Chris Fontecchio (podiumcafe.com) Photo by: Lorenzo Mattei/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images May 11, 2021 Giro d'Italia: Joe Dombrowski wins stage 4.
"Joe
Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates) wins the stage, Alessandro
De Marchi (Israel Start-Up Nation) takes leaders jersey."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 11, 2021 Giro d’Italia: Joe Dombrowski’s long wait is
over with overdue stage win.
"Joe
Dombrowski completes circle dating back to 2012 'Baby
Giro' with solo stage victory under the rain."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) May 11, 2021 Five talking points from stage four of the
Giro d’Italia 2021.
"Joe
Dombrowski delivers a huge win, Ganna loses pink, while
Deceuninck suffer a GC blow - don’t miss these moments."
By Alex Ballinger (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 11, 2021 How to win a Grand Tour time trial (and why
some teams are so dominant).
"On
the teams front Jumbo Visma and Deceuninck Quick Step
ruled the roost with both teams placing three riders in
the top 10."
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May 13, 2021
Team car driver hits Pieter Serry from behind.
"Pieter
Serry (Deceuninck Quick Step) was hit from behind by the
driver of the BikeExchange team car driver on Thursday’s
stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia."
By Dane Cash (velonews.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) May 13, 2021 DT Swiss acknowledges Ratchet EXP hub problems
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"DT
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By James Huang (cyclingtips.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 13, 2021 Groad Trip: Unbound Gravel preparation and the
Fastest Known Times (FKT) community..
"The
stoke is growing. While connecting online has been great,
many of us are looking forward to coming together in
person for the Super Bowl of gravel in Emporia."
By Pete Stetina (velonews.com) Photo: Wil Matthews May 13, 2021 2021 Tour de Hongrie Live Feed.
"Tour
de Hongrie 2021 - stage 2 (Balatonfüred – Nagykanizsa
182.6km).
Thursday, May 13th, starts at 17:00pm Central Europe,
11:00am U.S. Eastern."
(cycling.today) May 13, 2021 2021 Navarra Women's Elite Classics live
stream.
"Day 1
race starts at 3:42pm CET, 9:42am ET .
Finish
at around 7:15pm CET,
1:15pm ET.
Live
video from 5:00pm CET."
(cyclingfans.com) (womens.vueltanavarra.com) May 13, 2021 Nacer Bouhanni banned for two months after
sprinting incident involving Jake Stewart.
"Arkéa
Samsic rider Bouhanni was disqualified from the French
one-day race Cholet Pays de la Loire in March after he
shoved Stewart into the barriers on the finish straight."
By Alastair Hamilton (cyclingweekly.com) (stickybottle.com) May 12, 2021 ‘We believe in women’s cycling, so we call it
investing’: Tour de France director criticized for saying
women’s races lose money.
"While
announcing the return of the women’s Tour de France,
Christian Prudhomme said every race organized by ASO loses
money."
By Alex Ballinger (cyclingweekly.com) (cyclingnews.com) May 12, 2021 Mathieu van der Poel: I’d prefer to win the
Olympics than wear the yellow jersey...but maybe it’s
possible to do both.
"The
superstar rider will compete in his first Tour de France
just days before switching to the mountain bike for the
Olympics."
By Alex Ballinger (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: PA Images) May 12, 2021 Caleb Ewan is using Campagnolo's old 11-speed
Super Record at the Giro d'Italia: Here's why.
"A
unique example of the common issue of a sponsor being
unable to meet a rider's needs."
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By Stefan Abram (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: chris catchpole) May 12, 2021 Is SRAM looking to replace Strava?
"The AXS app has been fairly simple but quickly to evolve and SRAM has been pretty quiet about it. They took a few of their other apps (like Tyrewiz) and meshed them all together so seamlessly that few have noticed." (roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 12, 2021 Tour de Hongrie: Bauhaus wins stage 1.
"Bahrain
Victorious rider Phil Bauhaus takes bunch sprint over
Jakub Mareczko and Jordi Meeus."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) May 12, 2021 May 11, 2021
Van der Poel: I'll continue mountain biking
even if I win gold in Tokyo Olympics.
"Dutchman
maps out road to Tour de France and Olympics Games, hopes
to improve at weekend's Nove Mesto World Cup."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) May 11, 2021 You Won’t Want to Miss These Stages at the
2021 Giro d’Italia.
"The
2021 Giro route boasts stages in the mountains, dodgy
sprint finishes, more mountains and an entire Strade
Bianche gravel monster."
By Whit Yost (bicycling.co.za) (Image Credit not Found) May 11, 2021 Almedia avoids ‘yellow card’ penalty after
judges correct Giro d’Italia littering decision.
"Almeida
and Samuele Zoccarato (Bardiani CSF Faizanè) were both
fined 500 Swiss francs and docked 25 UCI ranking points in
the official race results published two hours after
Monday’s stage finish."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) May 11, 2021 Matt White: I'm not concerned about Simon
Yates peaking too early at Giro d'Italia.
"2018
Giro lessons already corrected at that year's Vuelta, says
BikeExchange director."
By Barry Ryan (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 11, 2021 “This Giro is going to be a real killer” -
Sean Kelly rates the big stars chasing pink.
"Sean
Kelly says while the line-up of main contenders, and their
mixed preparations, made it hard to pick a Giro d’Italia
winner this year, he believed Egan Bernal and Remco
Evenepoel could surprise."
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Tom Dumoulin to make highly anticipated return
at Tour de Suisse.
"Tom
Dumoulin is to begin his preparation for the Olympic Games
at the Tour de Suisse in June, team officials confirmed."
(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 13, 2021 Swedish brand Bravur releases pretty pink
Giro-themed timepiece.
"We’ve
covered Julian Alaphilippe’s US$120,500 timepiece. We’ve
reported on the regional geopolitical ramifications of
Richard Mille's sponsorship changes. We’ve watched Tadej
Pogacar being forced to give up his personal Breitling
endorsement."
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 13, 2021 José Manuel Fuente: The Greatest Climber in
Racing History?
"By
the time that kidney disease forced his premature
retirement in 1976 at the age of just 30, Fuente had won
the Vuelta twice (1972 and 1974), finished second at the
Giro (1972) and third at the Tour (1973), winning 14
mountain stages in the process."
By Peter Cossins (pelotonmagazine.com) Images from the Horton Collection May 13, 2021 Painfully close: Giacomo Nizzolo’s Giro record
makes for tough reading.
"No
bike racer ever wants to come second, in any race, but for
Nizzolo, finishing second on Wednesday would have been
particularly painful. In five stages of this year’s Giro,
Nizzolo’s already finished second on two occasions. And
that’s just the tip of the iceberg."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Kristof Ramon) May 13, 2021 May 12, 2021
Beyond the Giro d'Italia: May racing around
Europe.
"The
Vuelta a Andalucía, Tro-Bro Léon, Tour de Hongrie and
Challenge Mallorca are coming up this month."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) May 12, 2021 Egan Bernal says he's pain-free after first
day in the mountains at Giro d'Italia 2021.
"The
2019 Tour de France champion had been concerned about his
back pain issues going into the race."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images) May 12, 2021 Women's peloton set for 12 days of dramatic
racing in Spain.
"Annemiek
van Vleuten: "I’m racing all the races in Spain, and
between Valenciana and Burgos, I think all these races
suit me, so I’m doing them all. It’s cluster of races all
together and so there is less travel for the athletes."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 12, 2021 Mavi García: ‘The sooner I can win, the
better.’
"García
is the double Spanish national champion and has achieved
top-10 results in numerous WorldTour races, but the Alé
BTC Ljubljana rider often flies under the radar."
By Amy Jones (velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) May 12, 2021 Giro d’Italia unsung heroes: Mark Christian
the comeback kid.
"Isle
of Man rider Mark Christian has been given a second chance
at ProTeam racing with the Eolo Kometa team."
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By Colin Levitch (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: DeFeet) May 12, 2021 Bradley Wiggins: I hope Mark Cavendish gets a
just reward - it’s the result of a lot of sacrifice.
"Wiggins,
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track, celebrated Cavendish’s along with much of the
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By Steve (intheknowcycling.com) (Image Credit not Found) May 12, 2021 Joe Dombrowski and the long, long wait.
"To
understand the weight of Joe Dombrowski’s first Giro
d’Italia stage win we must go back to the top of the Gavia
on June 16, 2012."
By Caley Fretz (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) May 11, 2021 De Marchi: My way of doing things is more
romantic than modern cycling allows.
"‘Before
being a cyclist, I’m a husband, a father and a citizen’
says Italian in pink jersey at Sestola."
By Barry Ryan (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) May 11, 2021 Marc Madiot: 'One in million chance' Thibaut
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