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Strade Bianche 2023: Superb Tom Pidcock creates history as first British male winner of Tuscan classic

If ever there was a road race perfectly suited to the strengths of an Olympic mountain-bike gold medallist and former cyclocross world champion, it’s one that includes 63 kilometres of Tuscan gravel. And Britain’s Tom Pidcock added the race dubbed the “Sixth Monument” to his swelling palmares on Saturday with a fantastic solo raid over the famous white roads to win Strade Bianche with a brutal display of uphill prowess, downhill dexterity, courage and confidence.

Awesome Andersson storms to second World Championship gold

Ebba Andersson completed a World Championship double with a dominant gold in the 30km mass start in Planica. The Swede, who won the 15km skiathlon last week, crossed the line 53 seconds ahead of the rest of the field after she broke clear at the halfway stage and maintained a steady lead to the end.

Timi Zajc wins Slovenia's first large hill world title since Franci Petek in 1991

Home favourite Timi Zajc claimed Slovenia's first large hill ski jumping world title since 1991 with a tremendous second leap in Planica. The 22-year-old was sitting in the silver medal position before his final jump, needing to oust Poland's David Kubacki and hope that leader Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan didn't match his score. Ad Only German jumper Karl Geiger could compete with his round-one distance of 137.5m and another monster leap of 137m took him 11.3 points clear of Kubacki.

Tirreno-Adriatico 2023: How to watch, TV schedule as Primoz Roglic joins stellar cast of big names

Team Jumbo-Visma have confirmed that Slovenian superstar Primoz Roglic will return to action at Tirreno-Adriatico 2023 after undergoing shoulder surgery at the end of 2022. It had been initially thought that Roglic would return to action at the Volta a Catalunya but he was part of Jumbo's team announcement for Tirreno-Adriatico. Ad Sporting director Merijn Zeeman said of the decision «He worked hard and is ready for it.

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Strade Bianche 2023: Superb Tom Pidcock creates history as first British male winner of Tuscan classic

Awesome Andersson storms to second World Championship gold

Timi Zajc wins Slovenia's first large hill world title since Franci Petek in 1991

Tirreno-Adriatico 2023: How to watch, TV schedule as Primoz Roglic joins stellar cast of big names

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