 Elisa Longo Borghini
De Velo,
7 August 2019
Grazie Mille Mamma
I had a very bad crash at the nationals in 2013. I broke my iliac crest, I had a 20-centimetre scar on my abdomen and had 100 stitches. I tore all my muscles up to my stomach. As soon as I had surgery, my mom came to my bedside in the hospital and said you need to believe that you can come back and
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 Daryl Impey
De Velo,
22 July 2019
A victory years in the making
I want to tell you what a Tour de France stage victory means. My oldest son told me he doesn’t like soccer anymore, cycling is his now favourite sport. My wife told me he is drawing cycling pictures with a rider putting his hands in the air and telling people, “that’s my dad.” He is six years old bu
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 Arlenis Sierra Cañadilla
De Velo,
17 July 2019
Against all odds: Cuban sensation Arlenis Sierra
Last year, I had an amazing season on the bike. It was also the hardest year in my life, going pro with a new team on a different continent. I was all alone but I was fully determined to succeed. This is my story.
Growing up in Cuba, I lived in a humble house belonging to my grandfather. It was m
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 Mads Würtz Schmidt
De Velo,
16 July 2019
Here’s why Mads Würtz Schmidt has been in 3 Tour de France breakaways.
My granddad took to me to a post-Tour criterium when I was 4 years old. Bjarne Riis was racing after returning from the Tour de France. After the criterium, Bjarne had loads of people around him. My granddad picked me up and walked through the crowds to get to him. I was wearing a yellow t-shirt and
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 Elizabeth Banks
De Velo,
12 July 2019
Quitting medical school to chase my dream
I was seven years into my medical degree with only 9 months left to complete my training. I had taken time out to intercalate, where you take a leave of absence to complete another degree, and I was just returning to medicine whilst finishing a masters in public health.
In August 2017, there was
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 Louis Meintjes
De Velo,
10 July 2019
Louis Meintjes interviewed by Katusha Alpecin’s Willie Smit
Katusha Alpecin’s Willie Smit is a regular vlogger. In this special episode, he joins Louis Meintjes on a training ride and coffee stop. Enjoy the transcript with the video posted below.
Willie Smit: What’s your off-season racing weight compared to in-season racing weight?
Louis Meintjes: Off-
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 Jesse Vandenbulcke
CyclingTips,
5 July 2019
"a dream come true"
Jesse Vandenbulcke nearly stopped cycling completely a few years ago. Her race results show a steady progression until 2017 – and then, a year-long gap as a professional cyclist, an absence which isn’t explained until you realise that’s when she became a mother.
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 Ben Swift
Pez Cyclingnews,
4 July 2019
"one of those days where everything went right"
Ben Swift has had an up and down career so far, but the man is a winner. From World track championships to stage wins and podium places in Sanremo, he's back home with Team Ineos and has a National champion's jersey on his shoulders. Ed Hood caught up with Ben within days of his big win to hear all
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 Elisabeth Deignan-Armitstead
Velonews,
3 July 2019
"athletes are human"
In a wide-ranging interview, Lizzie Deignan discusses her comeback to racing following maternity leave, the need for parental leave for pro riders, and her decision to retire following the 2020 Olympics
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 John Archibald
VeloVeritas,
3 July 2019
" you have to be ‘aero’ "
Six seconds, that was the margin between five times previous champion, gold medal winner and former World Hour Record Holder, Alex Dowsett and silver medallist, Scotland’s John Archibald in last week’s British Cycling Time Trial Championship in Norfolk. There’s a ‘but’…
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 Ruth Winder
Velonews,
2 July 2019
"I’m a big whiskey fan"
Ruth Winder claim her first pro road race title with a daring attack on the penultimate lap of the U.S. Pro Road Championships to drop her competitors, and continued solo over the 7.9-mile final lap. Winder was able to hold off a charging small group of riders to claim her first pro road race title.
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 Alex Howes
Velonews,
1 July 2019
"pushing the panic button pretty hard"
For the last decade of his professional cycling career, Alex Howes has been chasing his own personal White Whale: the U.S. professional road racing championship. On a muggy Sunday afternoon in Knoxville, Howes finally won the title with a dramatic last-second attack.
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 Alexandar Richardson
The British Continental,
30 June 2019
Man on a mission: Alex Richardson interview (part 3)
Alex Richardson is one of the most on-form riders in the British domestic peloton. He won the Puivelde Koerse pro kermesse in May, beating a strong field of riders including a certain Mathieu van der Poel. He then sealed the Holland Cup with a strong ride in the Midden Brabant in mid-June.
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 Peter Kusztor
Pez Cyclingnews,
27 June 2019
"everybody 'hits the deck' at some point"
Multi-National champion, Worlds and Olympic rider and diabetic, but always an optimist. Peter Kusztor only found out about his diabetes in August last year, but the Hungarian fast-man has taken it in his stride.
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 Simon Yates
CyclingTips,
11 June 2019
"I just started to unravel really"
Simon Yates talks about his eighth-place finish in the recent Giro d’Italia, Septembers World Championships in Yorkshire, what life is like as a pro racer, his journey through the sport, and even about an infamous climb in the north of England.
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 Ted King
Jan Heine,
6 June 2019
“Why I love Dirty Kanza”
Last weekend was the 14th running of the Dirty Kanza, the famous 200-mile gravel race in Kansas. After the race, Ted King (TK), winner in 2016 and 2018, talked about what makes Dirty Kanza so special.
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