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Alpecin-Fenix will ride all three grand tours in 2021, after topping the 2020 Europe Tour rankings. This means that Giro, Tour and Vuelta organisers will now only have two wildcard invites each to give out. Mathieu van der Poel has signalled that he will ride the Tour for the team.
“ This may look small but it’s a big step for women’s cycling in France”
French champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot reacts to news that the French Cycling Federation will issue professional racing licences to toptier female road cyclists for the first time in 2021.
“ Age is a state of mind. I feel relatively young in cycling years because I only got into the sport a little bit later”
Chris Froome argues that he still has a chance at winning his fifth Tour this summer, despite the fact that he will be 36 when the race starts in July.