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Uno-X is rumoured to have signed or be in competition to sign Magnus Cort from next season, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. His current contract with EF ends after this season. https://www.tv2.no/direkte/0nr51/sportsdognet-live/646cc26482c9c280cf74473a View...

The Norwegian conti-team Joker Fuel of Norway is history after this season. Before UNO-X they were the team who developed the best talents in Norway and many of the pro's have been a part of the team since it was founded in 2005 as Maxbo-Bianchi. Boasson Hagen, Kristoff, Stake Laengen, Jansen...

I don't know how things are in Belgium (or rest of Europe/World), but here in Norway Eurosport have exclusive television-rights on the first 75 minutes of every stage in this tour. And here in Norway most people use Norwegian TV2 to watch the Tour, so it was a bit problematic on the first stage...

It was a very CLOSE win though, 1/1000 of a second. UNO-X even put in a protest. A person from NCF (the norwegian cycling assosication) said this: "We are not going to say that it is clear, but it is so clear it can be with the pictures we have. Then Bystrøm is ahead." Rune Thorkildsen, the...

Re: Just want to say that Løfshus got his current job in 2011, while Trond Nystad coached the men's team 2011-2016. Egil Kristiansen was coach for the women 2006-2016, and was succeeded by Roar Hjelmeseth.(younger brother to former norwegian skiier Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeseth). So it seems a bit far...