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Yea, with the finish having to be in the middle of Frankfurt it really limits what you can do, because the city itself is pretty flat. It used to be a pretty interesting and varied race, but as trains got better and the teams got used to the flat run-in once the Henninger Turm uphill (not steep...

Fly-by-night cryptocurrency company turns out to not have solid financial backing, more at 11. Anyway, it's going to be a while before (look away now, RHD) I don't confuse her with fellow Canadian Emily Dickson, who competes in another excellent sport which is already seeing one high profile...

Fake news. It can't be Johaug if she didn't scream like a banshee in celebration when crossing the line.

Oh, if you go through the history of the race it's not like there are many also-rans winning the race - it's just that a lot of the time when the GC guys were also Ardennes guys, if they raced here it would usually be while their form was beginning to tail off, so guys like Evans or Valverde who...

For a long time the race has been heavily dependent on whether or not GT riders are interested in the Ardennes, because its spot in the calendar usually meant that Ardennes challengers would either be resting or coming off form at this point in time, and it's often so close to the Giro that...

Weird that Leysin as the MTF is the last stage when all the others have descent finishes. Ovronnaz is tough enough that it should see the field split up regardless, but the other two stages, the Orbe and the Jaunpass one, probably would be better after Leysin. I do like the prologue + TT in this...

Anna and SD Worx missing the podium in the sprint is just a cherry on top for Demi's day.

The race is in France.

Yep, it's rather run to the same formula.

It's like the early 2010s when following Manel Lacambra and Anton Vos on Twitter was the best way to know what was going on in any given race... obviously not, because we will actually get coverage in the end, but still. Mind you, in the early 2010s it wasn't that different to what we are now...

Perfect, I can go out and get some stuff done before the women's race and not miss anything.

I just don't know what is best to do about it. There are certainly other climbs they could put in the run-in that give us more options, but that just backloads the race further and means more of this kind of waiting scenario, especially if those climbs are hard enough that they wait for those...

Sadly I think there's just very few riders and teams who believe they can win, such that they don't spot the opportunities when they're there, and the few who can win just decide when they want to do so.

Flanders Classics organised and covered - albeit on a limited basis - the women's Ronde before there were obligations. ASO organised La Flèche Wallonne and didn't broadcast a second of it until it was made compulsory by the UCI, and spent their time threatening to sue organisers of women's...

Do they want the money to support their race or not? If you're the one requesting the handout, you don't get to dictate the terms of it. If it's ok for organisers to say they aren't interested in holding a women's race, it's ok for sponsors to say they are.