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The Tour 2017 - Pyrenees

By BrakeThrough Media

July 15^th, 2017

stage 12 // Pau > Peyragudes - 214.5 km

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The Tour 2017 - Jura

Photos by Chris Auld // Story by Paul Maunder

July 10^th, 2017

The last time the Tour visited all five of France’s major mountain ranges – the Vosges, Jura, Pyrenees, Massif Central and Alps – was 1992.Given the current political turmoil in Europe there is a certain irony in the fact that the route that year took in a record seven countri...

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Fixed 42

The (un-)official World Championships of Fixed Gear racing

June 22^nd, 2017

The German autobahn is something of a sanctuary for local car drivers. It should be available to them 24/7, all year round. Exceptions? There are none. But as we all know: wonders never cease to exist.So the priests of the paved roads blocked part of the Great German Autobahn ...

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Tour de Suisse

Photography Chris Auld, Text Paul Maunder

June 19^th, 2017

Stage races in June are a complicated business. The Tour de Suisse, like the Criterium du Dauphine, is both a warm-up for the Tour de France and a prestigious race in its own right. Part of the cycling calendar since 1933, the race lists Eddy Merckx and Gino Bartali among its ...

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Women's Tour 2017

by Jack Chevell with text by Paul Maunder

June 13^th, 2017

In just four years the Ovo Energy Women’s Tour has established itself as the one of the most important stage races on the calendar, arguably second only in prestige to the Giro Rosa. Its slot in early June means that the Women’s Tour marks the transition from Spring’s one-day ...

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Gazelle CM125

Limited edition

June 10^th, 2017

Ter ere van het 125-jarig bestaan lanceert Koninklijke Gazelle, in een beperkte oplage van 125 stuks, een vernieuwde uitvoering van de fameuze Champion Mondial. Dit iconische frame, dat wereldwijde faam verwierf dankzij wereldkampioenen als Hennie Kuiper en Harm Ottenbros, was...

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