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Day: 24 October 2020

Posted on 24/10/2020

FLR F-35.III Road Shoe

Well-made entry-level road shoes that offer decent levels of comfort and stiffness once bedded in 7/10

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Posted on 24/10/2020

Cyclists take over local paper’s ‘Me and My Motor’ feature after inundating them with bike submissions

Some people weren’t impressed with the Southern Daily Echo’s “pretty vacuous” story about someone’s BMW… so the paper switched it to ‘Me and My Bike’ this week by popular demand

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Five talking points from stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia 2020

Never before in history have the top two in a Grand Tour started the final stage equal on time

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Tim Wellens triumphs after tense breakaway battle on stage five of Vuelta a España 2020

Tim Wellens triumphs after tense breakaway battle on stage five of Vuelta a España 2020
Tim Wellens takes his first win of 2020 at the Vuelta a España 2020 (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Tim Wellens took a commanding victory from a three-rider breakaway on stage five of the Vuelta a España 2020.

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Goodyear Eagle F1 tubeless tyre

Good value, impressively airtight and strong grip in any conditions 8/10

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Milan showdown as Tao Geoghan Gart wins Giro d’Italia stage 20, and Jai Hindley now leads race by tenths of a second

With Wilco Kelderman cracking, Tao Geoghan Hart and Jai Hindley are now completely neck-and-neck going into the final stage tomorrow, making it the closest Giro d’Italia in history

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Tao Geoghegan Hart takes stage 20 victory to move equal on overall time with Jai Hindley at Giro d’Italia 2020

<div>Tao Geoghegan Hart takes stage 20 victory to move equal on overall time with Jai Hindley at Giro d'Italia 2020</div>
Tao Geoghegan Hart wins stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia 2020 (Luca Bettini/AFP via Getty Images)

The Brit outsprinted new race leader Jai Hindley as the pair head into the final Milan TT on the same time in the general classification

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Egan Bernal says it will take a while ‘to be pain-free again’ as he continues recovery

<div>Egan Bernal says it will take a while 'to be pain-free again' as he continues recovery</div>
Egan Bernal (Photo by Marco Bertorello – Pool/Getty Images)

The Colombian has revealed his problems have stemmed from having one leg longer than the other

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Tweets of the week: Proposals, protests and ponies

Tweets of the week: Proposals, protests and ponies
Mikkel Honoré and Tony Martin (Twitter/Instagram)

Unlike the Giro d’Italia peloton, tweets of the week is not on strike, so here’s a bumper edition

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Brompton team up with climate charity for competition to rename London’s “boring” cycleways

Britain’s biggest bike manufacturers and Possible have invited the public to suggest alternatives for the lacklustre ‘CS1’, ‘CS2’ etc, with the new names and winners of the Name Our Lanes competition announced in mid-November

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DealClincher: eBay Bike Bargains – Trek, Cannondale and Specilaized

We’ve had a little look around on eBay for the best second-hand bike bargains

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How to watch the 2020 Vuelta a España | TV guide, streaming and start times

How to watch the men’s race in the UK and US
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Bradley Wiggins calls Giro d’Italia protest a ‘shambles’

<div>Bradley Wiggins calls Giro d'Italia protest a 'shambles'</div>
Riders protest before the start of stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia 2020 (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Wiggins added that the Giro d’Italia peloton made more of a stand against stage 19 than riders did against racism at the recent Tour de France

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Five talking points from stage four of the Vuelta a España 2020

Bennett continues his fine form this season

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Ortlieb Fork-Pack

Well made and waterproof with a great quick release mount 9/10

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