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Sibiu Cycling Tour

July 3rd to 7th

Sibiu will host the ninth edition of the Sibiu Cycling Tour in July 2019. With a varied route and 21 strong teams on the start list, the five-day stage race, categorised 2.1 by the UCI, will once again bring top-level cycling to the heart of Romania.


The 2019 edition offers oppo...

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83rd Tour de Suisse, June 15th-23rd 2019

The Tour de Suisse ends two weeks before the Tour de France starts and, along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, the race is seen as an ideal race to test the shape before the July showdown. The 2019 edition starts on Saturday 15 June with a short ITT to finish with the Queen Stage on Sunday the 23th. Featuring two mountain stages and another ITT, the last weekend is probably going to be decisive. Richie Porte is title holder. He won...

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Tougher race for the elite women

Just like in 2018, all participants (men and women) will be presented in 't Kuipke during the team presentation. Afterwards, both races will take off at the same location. The start of the elite women's race is scheduled 10 minutes after the elite men's race.
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Stage 3: Binche > Épernay 08/07/2019 - Stage 3 - 215 km

At 215 kilometres, the 3rd stage of the Tour de France travels from Binche to Épernay, which is located at the heart of the Champagne region. The hilly finale suits the Classics riders.



Stage 3 takes the riders south from Binche, and they cross the border from Belgium to France after 12km. Initially, they are in the dépa...

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The coming edition of the Corsa Rosa will be raced almost entirely in Italy, crossing the border only for one stage finish in the Republic of San Marino. Three Individual Time Trials, six low difficulty stages suitable for sprinters, seven of medium difficulty and five high difficulty stages form next year’s course. There will be a total of seven summit finishes, including the Bologna and S...

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Wandering the web yesterday evening, and more specifically the Open Library I came across publications by the "American League of Wheelmen", the first American Cycle Touring group, that started in the late 1800's and still survives today to some extent, as the League of American Cyclists. They also acted as the governing body for Cycling in America till the turn of the 20th century.

Throught the late 1800's they were th...

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Our 2016 Q&A with Tao ...


Rarely will you find a developing rider more in demand than Tao Geoghegan Hart. Be it sponsor representation, photo or video shoots, magazine columns or even book deals, it is plainly clear why the Hackney-born Londoner feels himself pulled so many directions when he is off his Specialized bicycle. Now in his third year with the A...

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Welcome to something new on Velorooms – a blog from a pro rider, exclusive to our website! We are happy to present Kirill Pozdnyakov of the Synergy Baku Cycling Project. Kirill will write his blog every few weeks or so, and give us an insight into life and racing on the Continental level. Please feel free to comment and ask questions!

Kirill is a 27-year-old Russian now living in Gent, Belgi...

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We are in that strange fortnight that have National Championships and almost nothing else, and a few teams have named their teams, so it must be time to get my spreadsheet dusted off.


Your Team
8 riders, who must all be on the final start list for the Tour, with a maximum total cost of 4000 CQ points. 

Rider cost
Their CQ points for the year to 30th June, as compiled in the d...