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Pro Cycling Opinion & Analysis

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Btw, Wollongong and Mount Pleasant are two god-tier names in World Championship history. #Wollongong2022

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Easiest profile since 2017. A bunch sprint is more likely than anyone thinks. The startlist suggests the teams expect a different race, though. Who will escape to victory or will we get the 1st sprint finish since 2017? Tune in on Sunday! #Wollongong2022

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Remco Evenepoel became the first Belgian to win a Grand Tour since 1978. Check post-race grades & analysis at The Perfect Leadout! #LaVuelta #LaVuelta22 #cycling #ciclismo

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Everybody points to Jumbo Visma being a better team than UAE as the reason why Vingegaard won the Tour. He won it because he ran a perfect race. Period. Put him in UAE and he'd still have won the yellow jersey. #TDF2022 #tourdefrance #cycling #ciclismo

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Pogacar will win the Tour. I'm betting on the best in the world to pull it off. Bjerg and McNulty softened Vingegaard and Jumbo and I think Pogacar will take enough time today to be in yellow after Saturday's TT. #TDF2022 #tourdefrance #cycling #ciclismo

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Nairo Quintana has been splendid. Can he climb on the podium in Paris? Is Jakobsen's sole stage win enough to justify leaving Cavendish out of the Tour? Has someone noticed Sagan or TotalEnergies in the race? #TDF2022 #tourdefrance #cycling #ciclismo

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Jumbo must isolate Pogacar. How can they do that with half the team geared towards Van Aert? Can't see anybody unseating Pogacar. And can't see anybody taking 2nd and 3rd from Roglic and Vingegaard. #TDF2022 #tourdefrance

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The Tour de France is nearly here and its champion just won a race against nobody. Thomas complicates Ineos' Tour plans. Schmid and Wellens involved in controversial finish in Belgium. #TourdeSuisse2022 #TourOfSlovenia #BaloiseBelgiumTour #TDF2022

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Bora vs Ineos is still on after the Giro. Vlasov vs Yates likely to be the battle on the mountains. Higuita and Martinez ready to step in. Mountains likely too hard for Evenepoel. Jumbo Visma out of the race. #Tourdesuisse2022 #Tourdesuisse2022 #cycling

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Jumbo Visma (predictably) dominated. Ben O'Connor confirms his candidacy to the podium of the Tour. Jack Haig isn't even the best of his own team. David Gaudu showcases his inconsistency. #Dauphiné #Dauphiné2022 #roglic #cycling

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David Gaudu, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Wilco Kelderman, Ben O'Connor, and Jack Haig are other GC contenders in the #Dauphiné. Keep an eye on the 2021 Tour de L'Avenir winner, Uno X's Tobias Halland Johannessen. #cycling #ciclismo

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The #Dauphiné starts on Sunday (5) and ends a week later (12). The route is similar but the longer time trial (32km vs 17km in 2021) will be a game changer. Roglic and Jumbo Visma are the clear favorites. #cycling #ciclismo

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Congratulations to Jai Hindley on becoming the first Australian winner of the Giro. Now it's time to digest everything that happened and look into which teams overachieved and which barely showed off their sponsors. #giro #giroditalia #giro105 #giro2022

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3 exciting kilometers out of 3500. Hope you didn't miss them! Hindley beat Carapaz for the maglia rosa. Top-10 is set. Carthy (10th) vs Lopez (9th) should be the only top-10 fight in the TT. #giro #giroditalia #giro105 #cycling

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Will this be the defining stage of this year's Giro? So far, no stage has been exciting enough to use in future video hype packages. Yesterday, Bouwman made it 2 for himself and Jumbo Visma + settled the blue jersey. #giro #giroditalia #giro105 #cycling

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Almeida withdraws due to covid. Podium is set. Alpecin wins its 3rd stage and show they are a WT team. Juanpe Lopez gives up 3 minutes in the fight for top-10. UAE still can't explain why Gaviria is in the Giro. #giro #giroditalia #giro105 #cycling

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Santiago Buitrago combined strength and intelligence to get a fabulous win. Bahrain (and Landa) distance Almeida. Nobody challenges Carapaz for pink. Carapaz, Hindley and Landa seem content with their positions in GC. #giro #giroditalia #giro105 #cycling

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Jan Hirt wins his 1st GT stage. Hindley gets 4 seconds on Carapaz - too little for the TT but he's the only one sticking to Carapaz's wheel at all times, so far. Almeida keeps losing seconds. Bahrain burns Bilbao. #giro #giroditalia #giro105 #cycling

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GC stages have been spaced out: 4 - Etna, 9 - Blockhaus, 14 - Torino. Now, there's no more space left. Stages 16,17,19,20 & 21 are all crucial for GC. For me, Carapaz vs Almeida will be the battle to watch. #giro105 #giroditalia #giro #cycling

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Contador 2018-2019 Kometa team is on fire this Giro. First, Juanpe Lopez grabs the maglia rosa. Now, Stefano Oldani claims his first professional victory! Kelderman back in the race for top-10. #giro105 #giroditalia #giro #cycling

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