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Boxsets, bangers and braking: Diary of a quarantined cyclist

Boxsets, bangers and braking: Diary of a quarantined cyclist

“We are wild animals, we have to breath outside, to put our noses in the wind.” With no end to the crisis in sight, frustration...

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Training in a deserted world: Diary of a quarantined cyclist

Training in a deserted world: Diary of a quarantined cyclist

“I am starting to get bored. Today, I opened my own small bakery inside my bakery. Then I cut my hair.” The bizarre becomes the...

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The Waiting Game: Diary of a quarantined cyclist

The Waiting Game: Diary of a quarantined cyclist

“Every day I act like I am infected.” Groupama-FDJ’s Jacopo Guarnieri reflects on life under quarantine in Italy

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Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Marc Madiot and me

Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Marc Madiot and me

To some he might be Mad Marc Madiot, or Mr. 1000 Volts, but to Jacopo Guarnieri, the excitable Groupama FDJ honcho “is the rare bird that...

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Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Only human after all

Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Only human after all

“My whole world collapsed.” Groupama-FDJ’s Jacopo Guarneri on the harsh reality and setbacks of a pro cyclist recovering from serious injury

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Jacopo Guarnieri blog: bursting the bubble on the Tour’s final stage

Jacopo Guarnieri blog: bursting the bubble on the Tour’s final stage

“It’s a beautiful mess”: Groupama-FDJ’s lead-out man on what makes the Tour’s last stage so different and  returning to reality post-race

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Groupama-FDJ

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Groupama-FDJ

We were on the verge of having the first Tour de France since 1930 without a French team taking a stage. Groupama-FDJ won the day...

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The trouble with room-mates: Jacopo Guarnieri blog

The trouble with room-mates: Jacopo Guarnieri blog

From music etiquette to toilet talk, Groupama-FDJ rider Jacopo Guarnieri uses his new Rouleur blog to assess the bedside manners of ten seasons worth of...

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