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FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope signs esports world champion Loes Adegeest
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Nairo Quintana hoping to ‘do a Geraint Thomas’ with Vuelta a España podium bid
Quintana hails Thomas' ride to the podium in the Tour de France as example of how cycling's elder statesmen can stand up to the 'youth boom.'
Egan Bernal returns to racing at Tour of Denmark
Colombian has been out of racing action since the start of the season after a high-speed training crash in January.
Julian Alaphilippe confirmed for stage-hunting extravaganza at Vuelta a España
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Vuelta a España: Ineos Grenadiers back Richard Carapaz, debuts for Rodriguez, Hayter, Plapp, Turner
Kwiatkowski, De Plus, and Fraile miss out on final grand tour of 2022.
Jumbo-Visma gives Primož Roglič the green light for Vuelta a España
Sepp Kuss and Rohan Dennis make part of the Dutch team for the final grand tour of the season.
A road race, a track gold, a birthday party: Elia Viviani and his mad day in Munich
Italian star storms to European track elimination title just five hours after sprinting for seventh in the road race.
Repeat victory in front of hometown crowds for Lauren De Crescenzo at SBT GRVL
Whitney Allison and Ruth Winder round out the podium.
Keegan Swenson does it again with a win at SBT GRVL
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Fabio Jakobsen hails European road title ‘one of the biggest victories in my career’
Dutchman continues to dominate the sprint scene: 'I think the European championship is just a step below world champion, so it's nice to win.'
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig ‘over the moon’ with first GC victory at inaugural Tour of Scandinavia
Dane survives ‘mega stressful’ finale to hold on to lead and score a breakthrough overall win.
Fabio Jakobsen delivers the Dutch the 2022 European road race title
Dutch speedster takes victory and the European jersey after beating Arnaud Démare and Tim Merlier in Munich mass sprint.
Tour of Scandinavia: Vos gallops to fourth victory in final stage, Uttrup Ludwig secures GC
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August 19 in Utrecht, Netherlands, to September 11 in Madrid
21 stages — one TTT, one ITT, eight summit finales
23 teams, eight riders each
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