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World champion used sunny Australia as a low-key runway into his season that includes a likely Tour de France debut.

Mathieu van der Poel and Chloé Dygert chase Olympic gold, and Boels-Dolmans chases new title sponsors. These are the 10 biggest stories to follow in the 2020 international road cycling season.

World champion to stay with Trek-Segafredo through 2022 as team shows confidence in his classics abilities

How will the UCI reforms to women's WorldTeam benefits and salary affect the 2020 season? Teams and riders are hopeful for greater exposure, even if the reforms aren't dramatically changing the status quo.

Precision, fit, and cooling. The service courses at the Santos Tour Down Under offer us our first glimpse at new gear and tech for the 2020 race season.

The veteran Tasmanian remains as motivated and as ambitious as ever as he enters his season with Trek-Segafredo.

Toms Skujins takes confidence from a strong season for both himself and his Trek-Segafredo team, anticipates an 'exciting' 2020 season.

Mollema and Porte should share leadership duties at the Tour as Nibali is targeting the Giro and Olympics in 2020

Lucinda Brand is one of the best riders on the road and in cyclocross. She balances the two disciplines by taking short breaks and avoiding back-to-back race weekends.

Italian sprinter Letizia Paternoster was struck by a car while training near her home, suffering injuries to her wrist and face.

Brit Lizzie Deignan is excited for the 2020 season, her first full campaign since giving birth to her daughter. "I’m just excited to have a season where it’s not decided by being a new mum."

The American-licensed team ended the season with a string of success and will look to carry momentum into next season with the arrival of new stars, young and old.

Ex-pro Wiggins says the Dane's rainbow jersey is the most unexpected in decades as Pedersen plans to debut stripes

Rather than race for a development squad, Quinn Simmons will make his WorldTour debut at age 18. The world champ says he's ready for the jump.

Recently crowned junior world champion Quinn Simmons heads to Trek-Segafredo for 2020.

A victory at the Belgian Waffle Ride and strong showings at other off-road adventure races helped Stetina rekindle love for the bike

Two more Americans are confirmed for the Vuelta as Trek-Segafredo brings a team packed with stage-hunters

American rider will transition into a road captain role as part of two-year extension with the U.S. team

The U.S.-registered WorldTour team confirmed the highly anticipated transfer of Italian star Vincenzo Nibali along with his younger brother in two-year deals.

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In a wide-ranging interview, Lizzie Deignan discusses her comeback to racing following maternity leave, the need for parental leave for pro riders, and her decision to retire following the 2020 Olympics

More than a dozen teams come to this year's Tour de France with ambitions of finishing high on the race's final general classification

2018 stage winner John Degenkolb suggests he won't be selected for the Tour de France, as Trek-Segafredo focuses on Richie Porte's GC ambitions

Colombian Pantano offers no explanation of how EPO entered his system in out-of-competition controls

Italian coffee giant Segafredo confirms the news that Vincenzo Nibali is headed to Trek-Segafredo.

Interview by James Startt with Images by Serge Waldbillig

The WorldTour riders attending Dirty Kanza 200 do intend to race for the win. Whether or not they can win is another story

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Finally rediscovering his old form, Degenkolb might be in the picture at Tour of Flanders, especially given his team's recent show of strength.

In its debut season, the Trek-Segafredo women's team is aiming to win big on the cobblestones this spring.

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Without overall ambitions, Kiel Reijnen takes it easy on stage 16 so he can be fully rested to support Mollema and Nizzolo's stage hunting.

Climber bauke Mollema and sprinter Giacomo Nizzolo set for Vuelta a España start with Trek-Segafredo

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Words and Images: James Startt

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After three seasons of injuries and setbacks, John Degenkolb finally won a WorldTour race

Words/Images: James Startt

Words/Images: James Startt

Despite an inconclusive B sample, Andre Cardoso finds himself steamrolled by UCI's anti-doping system, his career likely over.

American team Trek-Segafredo brings GC hopeful Bauke Mollema and classics rider John Degenkolb to Tour de France.

We traveled to the cobbles of Flanders to put Bontrager's new Aeolus XXX4 and XXX6 TLR wheels to the test.

With Giacomo Nizzolo sidelined by nagging knee issues, Trek-Segafredo will back Gianluca Brambilla at the Giro d'Italia

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Trek-Segafredo rides Roubaix with two good options: former winner Degenkolb and Stuyven. Plus young Pedersen is peaking.

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Trek-Segafredo is putting the finishing touches on its plan to equip its entire seven-man Paris-Roubaix squad with disc-brake bikes.

After a flurry of early-season wins, Trek-Segafredo has gone cold with illnesses and injuries. Now they're ready to get results on the cobbles.

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U.S.-based Latvian Toms Skujins will ride for Trek-Segafredo in 2018 following three years with Cannondale-Drapac.

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Alberto Contador captains an international Trek-Segafredo team for the Tour de France. He's joined by classics star John Degenkolb.

Trek-Segafredo rides to victory in the second day of the Hammer Series. After the Sprint day, Sunweb holds the lead.

Life on the Giro d’Italia is not without extremes. For Trek-Segafredo, Saturday's post-stage shuttle to hotel showed how wacky it can be.

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After riding aggressively for much of Sunday's Tour of Flanders, Trek-Segafredo saw its chance at a podium evaporate on the Paterberg.

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Photographer Veeral Patel is embedded with the Trek – Segafredo team, documenting its first WorldTour race of 2017.

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Just to make it clear; John Degenkolb is sick and tired of talking about “the crash,” but ready to chat all night long about the classics.

The American-registered squad has some big names on its roster, including seven-time grand tour winner Alberto Contador.

Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) is sure, at 34, he is "still able to win" the Tour de France, which he won twice in 2007 and 2009.

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Segafredo extends its sponsorship of Trek WorldTour squad through 2020, supporting the likes of Alberto Contador and John Degenkolb.

Trek – Segafredo and Movistar amass their respective forces for 2017 in hopes that strong teams can challenge Sky's Tour de France dominance.

Two-time Giro d'Italia champ Ivan Basso will continue working in the sport, transitioning to Trek – Segafredo with Team Tinkoff set to end.

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American team Trek – Segafredo confirms that it has hired Alberto Contador for 2017. The Spaniard, 33, will focus on the Tour de France.

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