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Photo gallery: Chaos and courage at Il Lombardia
The 114th Il Lombardia will be remembered for much more than Jakob Fuglsang's patient yet commanding victory. It'll be remembered as the ...
Patient Jakob Fuglsang bests George Bennett at Lombardia
George Bennett punched first, but Jakob Fuglsang’s counter proved the stronger blow as the Dane took victory at Il Lombardia, known for 2...
Tech gallery: Head to toe with the shoes and helmets of the Tour Down Under
With a few exceptions, bikes within any given team all look the same. The riders wear the same kits. Homogeneity is the goal. There is no...
George Bennett's missing ribs and Olympic hopes
ADELAIDE, Australia (CT) - George Bennett’s 2019 season ended in an unconventional spot: under a surgeon’s scalpel, with his chest being ...
Bennett's rib surgery, Devolder retires: Daily News Digest
Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here's what's happening today: George Bennett is hoping to put side stitch pain behind him after rib s...
George Bennett’s crashes highlight cycling’s brutality
Cycling as a sport demands unnatural risks of its participants. On the descent of the Col de Vars, midway through the Tour de France’s pu...
Five predictions for 'week two' of the Tour de France
With 10 stages in the rearview mirror at what has already been a compelling Tour de France, the action should heat up even more as the ra...
The weekly spin: George Bennett talks California, Kittel, and Game of Thrones
The last time George Bennett started the Amgen Tour of California, he won the race. He didn’t win any stages at the 2017 edition, but on ...
Commentary: UCI's lack of consistency in application of rules is unacceptable
We’re out of the Pyrenees, and the Tour de France is two-thirds over. As far as racing goes, it's been what can charitably be described a...
CyclingTips Tour de France Vlog, Episode 4: Late nights and Polo mints
NUITS-SAN-GEORGES, France (CT) – If this installment of the vlog was a Friends episode it'd be called 'The One Where All Hell Breaks Loos...
Analysis: Bennett’s California crown earned with equal parts bravado and brawn
New Zealander George Bennett won the 2017 Amgen Tour of California not because he was the strongest rider in the race, but because he wil...
Bennett surprises everyone, including himself, by taking GC lead in California with one stage remaining
“Talansky could take two minutes out of me on a 24km time trial.” — George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), May 16, 2017 “No one is more surprise...
MPCC on LottoNL-Jumbo’s decision to quit: Only seven samples ever deemed too low, Dutch team had two of these
Responding to the LottoNL-Jumbo team’s criticism of it over its regulation relating to an enforced rest for riders with low cortisol leve...
LottoNL-Jumbo becomes third team to quit MPCC over disagreement with regulations
Emphasising that it supports the philosophy of the MPCC anti-doping movement, the LottoNL-Jumbo team has nevertheless said that it is wit...
George Bennett: ‘How do we stop cortisone in the sport? A few guys like me taking the fall is not the answer.’
Commenting almost three weeks after he was blocked from starting the Giro d’Italia due to low cortisol levels, the New Zealand rider Geor...