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Can't find trace of today's big announcement at the Worlds in Pontferrada so I'll just make thread for it: the world championships road racing 2017 will be hosted in Bergen, Norway. For me that will be a quite special event...my town, my hills, my sport! 

 

Looking forward to seeing you all! Welcome!
And watch out for Our local heroes Kr...

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At the far end of the season, Italy takes center stage as the season’s final dramas play out on the southern side of the Alps. It's time for the Italian Autumn Classics again.

The 112-year old Il Lombardia is the centerpiece of the fall calendar — the last of the five monuments and the only one not held in spring. Lombardia is the star, but it is supported by an undercard rich in Italian cycling...

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“It’s going to be a tough race, but we’ve seen that women racers like courses which test them,” said Elliott. The race’s first two editions were relatively flat, but the 2016 event ventured into the Peak District for a stage through the hills which saw the then world champion Lizzie Deignan cement her overall victory. Deignan’s Boels Dolmans team will return along with the best...

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Clasificación por puntos

The green jersey in the Vuelta is awarded to the rider who comes first in the point-based classification. It was first awarded in 1945, but although the sponsor Pirelli said that the classification was a great success, it did not return the next edition. The nex...

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The route

Running from Saturday August 19th to Sunday September 10th 2017, the Vuelta will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,324.1 kilometres.

5 flat stages and 1 flat with high-altitude finales stage
8 hill stages
5 mountain stages
1 individual time trial stage
1 team time trial stage

Distin...

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Was just purging my old laptop of its stuff when I found this.... First part of a few which will be completed in time, weekly, monthly, quarterly. I can't say for sure. The posts will go in a chronological manner as far as possible.



The Austral Wheel Race is Australia’s longest surviving professional bicycle race, and the oldest continuing handicap race in the world. The start date of the Aus...

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Velorooms is happy to announce a Q&A session with Paul Voß, "Ex-Pro but not yet retired". You can ask your questions over the next week and we will send them to Paul at the weekend.

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Paul Voß is a cyclist from Rostock/Germany, who was riding for the German based Bora - Argon 18 team for the past couple of years. He is a...

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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 bicycl...

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Here are the details, no major changes from what we have had before (and in fact this post is largely a copy.paste and edit job)

I will be away from the Thursday before the start until the following Tuesday, so will probably only have very brief opportunities, if any, to check teams submitted in the last two days or process early results.  I may not be able to warn you if you select riders who are not in the race or if your team is overbudget if it is after Thursday morning.

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