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https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LGBSRv1QnQibSgsPnjrwK Così no, fa troppo male. Evenepoel - la maglia rosa appena riconquistata - lascia il Giro d’Italia per positività al Covid-19.  Neanche il tempo di rinfilarsela, quella maglia, di nuovo sua dopo aver vinto la crono di Cesena, e in serata, alle 22:30 precise, ecco "la" notizia. Annunciata dal campione del mondo, e poi dalla sua squadra sui rispettivi profili social. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LGBSRv1QnQibSgsPnjrwK Dopo Filippo Ganna della Ineos Grenadier, ecco Remco della Soudal Quick-Step e Rigoberto Urán Urán della EF Education-EasyPost. In due giorni, tre corridori di altrettante squadre diverse. Pensavamo - come (dal primo maggio 2023) la Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità - di averlo ormai superato, invece il virus c'è ancora, più subdolo che mai. Capace persino di lasciarti vincere - per un secondo su Geraint Thomas e due secondi su Tao Geoghegan Hart - la tua seconda crono su due in questa edizione. Or...

NOVE CENTESIMI in 35 piattissimi km a lungo sul bagnato. E tutto come previsto ma che brividi: 4 corridori in 4 secondi. Remco doveva essere, e Remco è stato.  Tappa e maglia rosa dopo averla lasciata - apposta - alla quarta, al norvegese Leknessund, 19° a 1:15.  Ortona, la prima crono, è però lontana. Evenepoel vince pure la seconda, da Savignano a Cesena, partendo a razzo e finendo in apnea. A 55.725 di media. E anche stavolta accolto, al traguardo, dalla moglie Oumi. A nove centesimi, arrotondati per regolamento a un secondo, Geraint Thomas, quasi 14 anni più del belga e non sentirli. A due secondi il suo co-capitano Tao Geoghegan Hart.  Impressionanti i rapportoni: Remco il 60/11 già usato ai Trabocchi, "G" e Tao un fachiresco 64/11. Sesto Primož Roglic, che ha perso "solo" 17 dei 14 secondi guadagnati il giorno prima Fossombrone. In un tracciato per iper-specialisti, ottimo Damiano Caruso: ottavo a 42" all'arrivo e decimo a 2'13" nella general...

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/interviews/prim00.shtml Swedish legend of the '80s August, 2000 By Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent There's something familiar over that face under the greying hair in Vårgårda at the Tour of Sweden prologue . Yes, it his him, Tommy Prim one of the greatest Scandinavian racing cyclists ever. Last time I saw him was at the Tour of Sweden in 1985, and before that a dozen years earlier at several junior races on the roads of western Sweden. Both the other riders and I saw very little of his face, but so much more of his other side - so long as we could keep him in sight. Some weeks after the Vårgårda encounter, I caught up with him for a summary of the first half of his first season as a pro cycling manager of Team Crescent , a third division trade team with seven riders, all under 23. CN: So how about the season so far. As well as expected? TP: It has been far beyond expectations. Stefan Adamsson won the Swedish Champion's jersey a...

https://pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/pez-talk-tommy-prim/ By Edmond Hood  - On Aug 13, 2015 Back in the 70’s and 80’s a successful Swedish continental based professional bike racer was about as rare as one from Great Britain . A rider who stood, especially in Italy, was Tommy Prim. He was up against strong opposition from the hundreds of top Italians at the time, even the ones in his own team. Had he been born where did most of his racing his palmarès would have been much larger . Ed Hood caught up with Tommy to get his side of the story.  “And you’ll have a Vuelta preview ready for August 19th, Ed?” Says our Euro Editor, Al Hamilton.  Vuelta?  My head’s still on the (Colle delle) Finestre in Italia, I haven’t even got to l’Alpe (d'Huez) en France, yet – and here we are speaking of the Sierras. Where does time go? So let’s go back to the Giro one last time – who was the best guy never to win it?  My candidate would be a tall, blond, classy Swede by the name of...