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BMG - Setback After going unbeaten for 4 BL games (picking up 10 out of a possible 12 points ), Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 3-2 away to Hoffenheim on Wednesday – a harsh setback in their fight for the Europa League places. BMG - Points dropped Mönchengladbach were already not playing too well in the first half against Hoffenheim, but they led 2-0 at half time thanks to great efficiency in taking their chances.  In they end, they deserved to lose 3-2 (19-5 shots in favour of Hoffenheim).   It was the 11th time this season that BMG have dropped points from a winning position (D7, L4), the most of any team in the league and a joint club record (this has only ever happened before in 1966/67, 54 years ago). BMG - Many more Rückrunde defeats Gladbach suffered their sixth defeat of the Rückrunde on Wednesday – they only lost 3 times in the whole of the Hinrunde. AB - Longest run of the season Arminia Bielefeld are unbeaten in 4 BL games (W2, D2), their longest such run of...

https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/liege-bastogne-liege-2021/preview/  Unfinished business for Alaphilippe at the oldest of the Monuments and a tilt at a fifth victory for Valverde By  Stephen Puddicombe   Cyclingnews.com - April 22, 2021 The finish of last year’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège was one of the most dramatic moments of the 2020 season. Julian Alaphilippe ( Deceuninck-QuickStep ) was, typically, the man at the centre of it all, appearing to be on the brink of victory in a five-man sprint to the line before making the fatal mistake of celebrating too early, allowing Primož Roglič ( Jumbo-Visma ) to lunge ahead of him to his right-hand side.  Add to that the extra controversy of Alaphilippe being relegated for deviating from his sprinting line, and the finish alone had enough talking points to keep cycling fans debating and discussing it for days afterwards. Looking back now, however, perhaps the most interesting thing about the race was how it was decided by a s...

https://www.sport-e-cultura.com/2021/04/23/killing-an-arab-suonata-al-parco-dei-principi-il-nole-limitato-del-2006/?fbclid=IwAR2iwEK5ZPgNwqcsTVt8C0FGbuDRAkJZhMfzATAHiuv56i0iSdrT_y8aWCc di SIMONE BASSO Sport e Cultura, venerdì 23 aprile 2021 Taccuino gomito a gomito, un (piccolo) viaggio al termine dello sport nell’evo (indifferente) del covid-19. Che a vedere certi avvenimenti – iconici, come Monte Carlo – non si può stare che con quell’hipster dissipato di Benoit Paire: “Sembra di giocare in un cimitero”. 1. Un fotofinish di quattro millesimi di secondo consegna l’Amstel Gold Race a Wout Van Aert su Thomas Pidcock. In una curiosa staffetta in casa Jumbo Visma con Marianne Vos – la nostra candidata futura UCI per toglierci dalle scatole Lappacoso – come a Wevelgem, il nostro chiude un filotto primaverile mostruoso (quattro vittorie, tre secondi e tre terzi posti, un quarto, un sesto, un nono, un undicesimo, un tredicesimo I due Van e i due sloveni stanno ribaltando il tavolo. Il più c...