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Two track world champions and four rising road prospects make up the six additions to the freshman class of the Hagens Berman Jayco development team for 2025. The full roster of 15 riders was completed Friday with the addition of Wil Holmes of Australia, the junior World Record holder in the 3km Individual Pursuit, and Rubén Sánchez of Spain, the 2023 junior track world champion in the Elimination race.The squad was represented at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships by six riders from five countries, with three of those riders returning – Adam Rafferty of Ireland, Gonçalo Tavares of Portugal…
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The WRU could face some challenging questions at its AGM this Sunday
When travelling along the motorway past Malaga’s Palacio de Deportes this week, it was impossible not to spot the ginormous canvas paying tribute to the retiring Rafael Nadal.The middle of the banner has a cartoonish depiction of Nadal in a familiar pose.Biceps bulging out of a sleeveless shirt, sweaty scalp wrapped in a white bandana, plastered fingers on his left hand gripping a racquet.The caricature is sandwiched between two words: “Gracias Rafa.”A simple message, which evokes a multitude of memories for almost an entire nation, neatly summed up what Nadal means to Spain.”Gracias is the first word which comes to…
Harlem Eubank vs. Nurali Erdogan – Boxing Betting Prediction HARLEM Eubank returns to the ring for the first time in over a year, taking on Nurali Erdogan in Newcastle. This is Eubank’s first dip into welterweight waters against a former French champion at 147. Eubank (1/16) is a strong favourite here to score win number 20. It might not be the kind of name he was hoping for after strong links to both Adam Azim and Dalton Smith evaporated. Harlem was last seen stopping Germany’s Timo Schwarzkopf in round 11 of his Brighton outing last November. Erdogan (10/1) has appeared…
Nov 21, 2024, 08:25 PM ETST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Michael Thorbjornsen is over his knee surgery and shed the brace in time to post an 8-under 64 on the Plantation course Thursday and share the lead to par with fellow Stanford alum Maverick McNealy at the season-ending RSM Classic on the PGA Tour.McNealy had an 8-under 62 on the Seaside course at Sea Island, which was more exposed to the chilly wind that ripped through the Golden Isles.Thorbjornsen wasn’t the most prominent player with knee issues and a brace. Ludvig Åberg, the No. 5 player in the world, had…
When Klay Thompson is asked about which are the best shooters he’s ever played with, you’d think he’d mention Stephen Curry. However, in a recent press conference after Dallas’ win against New Orleans this week, he dedicated this praise to his co-star Kyrie Irving ahead of the next games without injured Luka Doncic. “He’s one of the best shooters I’ve ever played with,” the former Warriors star said about his newest teammate. “He’s a three-point contest champion. He’s incredibly efficient—just look at his career numbers. It’s ridiculous.” The 34-year-old is now part of a long list of NBA players who…
UFC fighter, Conor McGregor has confirmed plans to launch an appeal following a verdict in his civil case against the plaintiff, Nikita Hand today in the High Court — in which a jury awarded her damages of almost €250,000 — and saying he had assaulted her during an alleged incident at the Beacon Hotel in Dublin back in December, 2018. McGregor, who alongside co-defendant, James Lawrence of Rafter’s Road, Drimnagh — was accused of rape by Ms Hand during an alleged incident at the Beacon Hotel in December 2018, with both denying the allegations brought against him. And during this…
2024 Purdue Invite Celia Pulido of Southern Illinois University swam to a 51.07 in prelims of the 100 backstroke on Friday. Pulido is the fastest mid-major swimmer in the 100 backstroke of all-time after swimming a 50.73 to finish 7th in the event at the 2024 NCAA Championships. Pulido notably swam a 50.98 in prelims at NCAAs before dropping 0.25 in finals. Today’s swim also improved upon where she was at a year ago as she swam a 51.99 in prelims before swimming a 51.82 in finals at the 2023 Purdue Invite. Her past success to drop from prelims to…
Title: A Champion Cyclist Against the Nazis – The Incredible Life of Gino BartaliAuthor: Alberto Toscano (with a preface by Marek Halter and an afterword by Gianni Mura, translator not acknowledged)Publisher: Pen & Sword (originally published in France in 2018 by Armand Colin as Un vélo contre la barbarie nazie – L’incroyable destin du champion Gino Bartali)Year: 2020Pages: 184Order: Pen & SwordWhat it is: A brief biographical sketch of Gino Bartali, setting his life against some of the politics of the timeStrengths: It’s shorter than Road to ValourWeaknesses: Toscano lacks critical distance and presents as facts things people simply want…