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Also: The difficulties inherent in neutralizing races.

Another analysis of the Tour by The Outer Line.

Dig in to what we learned from one of the last stage races before the Tour.

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The Giro enters its final week with an extremely close GC race.

Things are just heating up in the Giro d'Italia.

What we learned from the opening weekend in Hungary.

Going through what we learned during the key moments of the weekend.

How the hardest one-day race of the year was won with positioning and timing perfection

How a criminally underrated rider won one of the hardest-ever editions of Paris-Roubaix

Breaking down another wild finish at Amstel Gold & Dani Martinez's surprising performance at Basque Country

Breaking down the key points from a king-making monument.

The cobbled classic served up a stunning upset win & held plenty of clues regarding who to watch at next weekend's Tour of Flanders

After the favorites are once again left with nothing to show for their efforts, we get yet another example that it is better to fly under the radar in modern cycling

Pogačar crushes all comers at Strade Bianche while Jumbo flexes its collective muscle at Paris-Nice

Plus what we learned from the finale of the UAE Tour & Primož Roglič's start to the season at Ardèche/La Drôme

Ten Takeaways from the action-packed racing weekend

Plus, Julian Alaphilippe showed us that while he might be one of the world's greatest single-day riders, he simply isn't a stage-race GC contender

Ineos can't stop winning at Tour de la Provence but keep slipping down the overall standings and Mark Cavendish looks great while his QuickStep team struggles at Oman

The big takeaways from recent stages at Volta Valencia, Etoile de Bessèges & Saudi Tour, plus, wondering what Tom Pidcock's ceiling is, if it even exists at all

Bernal's crash poses his Ineos team with a lot of tough questions about their strategy for the 2022 season. How should they respond?

U.S. women have out-performed their male counterparts at the top level over the last decade, but a lack of commercial investment threatens future success

The raw number of U.S. riders is decreasing in the sport's top flight, but those that remain are capable of winning the biggest races

Breaking down where Pogačar won (and lost) time during his dominant 2021 Tour campaign and what this tells us about the 2022 Tour de France

How the concept of rider 'value' will change the composition of the WorldTour in the near future

Some think the pure sprinter is a dying breed, but it might just be the answer to many team's problems

And how the Giro d'Italia could gain from Ineos' overwrought decision-making strategy

Diving into the claims that older riders are producing the best power of their careers while losing ground against the competition

The statistics suggest that Sagan is the most consistent Tour rider of all time, with the possible exception of the Cannibal, Eddy Merckx.

Cycling needs to supplement its traditional TV coverage with concise highlight content and more compelling race narratives.

Does the COVID-19 era offer a doper’s dream or an avenue for the enhancement of anti-doping techniques?

Either people are paying you to consume your content or you are effectively paying them to consume your content.

The Outer Line argues that the UCI's proposed 2020 calendar is simply too risky to be realistic.

There are a number of perplexing questions around how the remainder of the 2020 racing calendar could potentially play out – which races will still be held, how competing races will be scheduled.

The Outer Line examines the growing impact of COVID-19 on the pro cycling season and what team managers can do.

The women's-only Colorado Classic faces many of the same challenges that plagued previous editions of the men's race. Can it turn the corner?

Corporate acquisitions spell the end of Team Sky's salad days. The world's dominant cycling team may be forced to trim its budget in coming years.

Cycling's tactical nuances lend themselves to confusion over what is corrupt and what is harmless sportsmanship.

McLaren's arrival in cycling might not be the surprise influx of new cash some are expecting.

Sports gambling is now legal across the United States, which opens many doors for sports like cycling on which to capitalize.

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