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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1h

Top-10 in the Tour of Holland prologue

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1h

Ethan Hayter (Soudal-Quickstep) wins the Tour of Holland prologue

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 5h

had a look and not easy in such a short TT to visit four in go but could be an idea for next time, you could lap 4 in ~20km. Bit like the Tour de Langkawi which has one stage in Langkawi and the rest elsewhere

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 5h

The Tour of Holland also visits four other provinces

Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 9h

If you think there just aren't enough very short time trials conducted in the dark, you won't want to miss the prologue of the Tour of Holland starting tonight at 18.50 CET. Jose Been and I on commentary duty.

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 12h

...but this is changing, the other day @efprocycling.com DS @tomsoutham.bsky.social saying several of his riders were asking to take part, wanting 6 days of racing to send them into the off-season. Plus others get an open/extended ticket so they can stay and enjoy a holiday in Asia.

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 12h

The Tour of Guangxi as the "punishment race", where teams send departing and disappointing riders and spare their preferred riders from the journey? It's been a thing in the past and still maps with the roster some teams send. Now here's Cian Uijtebroeks implying he didn't want to go (🇫🇷) ...

Grégory Ienco @gregienco.be · 13h

Le Tour de Guangxi, une punition ? C'est ce que pensent beaucoup de coureurs, comme Cian Uijtdebroeks dans la DH ce matin... #cyclisme www.dhnet.be/sports/...

Extrait d'un article de la DH : "Mais avant de tourner la page vers 2026, Cian Uijtdebroeks va découvrir un 20e pays sur son vélo, cette semaine : la Chine. Trois jours après la Tour de Lombardie, il sera au départ du Tour de Guangxi (14-19 octobre), la dernière course World Tour de la saison, ce mardi. Ce qui ne semble pas forcément le réjouir. “J’ai reçu un voyage en Chine en cadeau” , grimace le souriant grimpeur, qui se serait bien vu mettre un terme à sa saison un peu plus tôt. Mais le management de Visma | Lease a Bike en a décidé autrement.

“On verra ce que je peux faire, souffle le Belge de 22 ans. Le voyage est long et il s’agira d’abord de bien récupérer durant les premières étapes. L’objectif est d’être prêt pour la cinquième étape, qui sera l’étape reine.” Avec ses passages à 15 % dans la rampe finale vers Nongla."

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 23h

Paul Seixas has been touring the media in France and giving answers more like he’s 29 rather than 19. Speaking to L’Equipe he says the plan is to ride a grand tour next year but he and the team are not decided where yet (team boss said last summer he wants him to do Tour but things sound more open)

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

have concerns about abuse, especially one medic in the field. But more wondering why this story has come out now, obviously briefed on certain names and using "deadly gas" and UCI ban when at the time it was neither mortal nor banned to do a test

the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

...if you want to read more on the subject of CO rebreathing, this is a good explainer why it's been used by sports science. It does touch on the potential for abuse which is worth being alert to:
www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/carbon-...

The Science and Controversy of Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing

Discover how carbon monoxide rebreathing is used to measure hemoglobin mass, its benefits for performance, and ethical concerns in endurance sports.

www.trainingpeaks.com

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

"Revealed: how Ineos asked riders to inhale deadly carbon monoxide" www.thetimes.com/sport/cyclin... ... but it's a rebreather test and was done a few days before the UCI changed the rules on repeat use, the headline is spicier than the article below it

Revealed: how Ineos asked riders to inhale deadly carbon monoxide

Seasoned professionals and teenagers from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s team underwent controversial rebreathing tests of CO gas in room 101 of a Spanish hotel

www.thetimes.com

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Reposted by the Inner Ring blog

Reno @cyclingreno.bsky.social · 2d

Tadej Pogacar reveals he had problems with his knee in the third week of the Tour, doubting he'd continue and finish the race. Auto-translated from Slovenian. Source in next post.

Tadej Pogacar reveals he had problems with his knee at Tour de France 2025.

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE) wins the Trofeo Tessile e Moda ahead of Marlen Reusser and Urška Žigart

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

Top-10 in Paris-Tours

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

After 2015 and 2017 Trentin wins his third Paris-Tours

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

Matteo Trentin (Tudor) wins Paris-Tours

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

Adam Yates (UAE) wins the Trofeo Tessile e Moda. Top-10

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

yes, and change the format while you're at it. Although Italy's Lega del Ciclismo Professionistico is behind this and probably owns the trophy etc but it is confusing to revive the name of a race that vanished last century but to scrap the format and hold it in a different place

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

it was first listed as the Baracchi but got renamed during the year

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

the organisers wanted to revive the name of the old race although now just as a road race, and since the race takes place in the textile-producing Biella area it's got new sponsorship and identity