Tour of Flanders: Moments in history
April 3, 2020
In normal circumstances you’d be sitting down to watch the Tour of Flanders this weekend. But as with so many other races — and sports events around the globe — this year’s Tour of Flanders has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But just because there’s no racing this weekend doesn’t mean we…
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Rojas Villegas Juan Carlos |
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Villalobos Roman |
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Rojas Villegas Cesar |
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Stedman Max |
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Morey Drew |
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Yemane Dawit |
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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. The Tour de France may be in the rearview mirror now but there is still plenty going on as the racing world looks ahead to other big events on the reshuffled calendar. Today’s headlines include transfer talk, Worlds...
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