The weekly spin: The fallacy of a season-long WorldTour narrative

The 2018 UCI WorldTour calendar came to a close Sunday with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi. Do you know who won the stage? Do you know who won the overall? Another question: Do you care? That’s not meant to be a knock on the Tour of Guangxi, though I maintain it’s odd …

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