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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024 Belgian Jens Schuermans, Swiss rider Dario Lillo, and Australian Sascha Kim have all posted podium finishes through the first half of the 2024 UCI MTB World Cup series. Belgian Jens Schuermans had a breakthrough result at Round 4 of the XCO/XCC World Cup series in Val di Sole, Italy, racing to the podium in the Elite Men’s short track (XCC) to join other Giant Factory Off-Road Team riders who have earned World Cup podiums this year. The strong performance from Schuermans follows a U23 podium appearance by Dario Lillo at the XCC World Cup in Nove Mesto, as well as back-to-back podiums...

TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2024 Across three countries and two disciplines, Team Jayco AlUla riders won road and time trial national championships aboard Giant race machines The annual European national road and time-trial championships, traditionally held the weekend before the start of the Tour de France, offers riders the opportunity to earn valuable world-ranking points, qualify for upcoming world championship or Olympic squads, and to wear their national colors for the following 12 months. The 2024 national championships brought three new jerseys to Team Jayco AlUla. Veteran Dylan Groenewegen and rising star Mauro Schmid stormed to victory in their respective national road race championships in...

MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2024 Giant Australia Off-Road Team rider Brendan Johnston soloed for 65km to take the Australian Gravel National Title in Tasmania Riding a prototype next-generation Revolt gravel bike equipped with the CADEX AR 35 Disc WheelSystem, Giant Australia Off-Road Team rider Brendan Johnston attacked the field with 65km remaining and stayed clear to take the Australian Gravel National Title in Tasmania. It was the second gravel national title of Johnston’s career, and his second national championship of 2024 following a Mountain Bike Marathon National Championship in May—his sixth career MTB Marathon national title. The 106km national championship was held under...

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Allysa Seely wins the gold medal at the World Triathlon Para Cup Besancon and secures fourth place overall. Liv Racing Collective athlete Allysa Seely took home victory at the World Triathlon Para Cup in Besancon, France, this past weekend, racing on her Avow Advanced Pro she secured the win in the PTS2 Women category. Reflecting on her preparation and mindset before the race, Seely shared, "Training has been very stable heading into this race, making gains in all three disciplines has been a focus and I am achieving that goal. I was calm and collected heading into the race. I knew...

FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024 Cycling Weekly published its 2024 Race Bike of the Year awards, and the new TCR Advanced SL won the Best Climbing Bike category. The new TCR Advanced SL, the flagship series in the recently introduced new TCR range of race bikes, quickly made an impression with the editors of Cycling Weekly, who named it "Best Climbing Bike of 2024" in its annual Race Bike of the Year awards. Reviewers pointed to its aerodynamics and stiffness combined with a weight savings of 75 grams over the previous generation. They wrote that the 10th generation TCR Advanced SL amounts to “a splendid package, especially...