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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 In the final day of the four-day Ladies Tour of Norway, Alison Jackson secured the points classification victory after two superb intermediate sprints. Liv Racing WorldTeam athlete Alison Jackson rode a strong final day of the Ladies Tour of Norway to finish on top of the points classification. Jackson finished third in the first intermediate sprint of the day and first in the second, earning her the coveted green jersey. She finished in the lead group, sprinting to an eighth-place finish. “It was quite a fight for the green jersey,” said Jackson. “The team helped me a lot today....

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Linda Indergand made history in Tokyo as part of the Swiss sweep in the women’s Olympic cross-country mountain bike race. Following Jolanda Neff and Sina Frei to the finish line, Indergand made it an all-Swiss podium on Tuesday, July 27. Race day started with a typhoon—literally. The storm brought with it heavy rain, completely transforming the dusty Izu mountain bike course into a muddy, slippery mess. In the dry, the track was marked by several challenging sections including technical rock gardens, a large drop, jumps, berms, and steep climbs. After the storm had cleared, conditions were...

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt spent years dreaming about his Olympic moment. Endless hours of training. Focused preparation. Sacrifice. On July 25, it all paid off in the best way possible: Olympic gold. Battling the heat and humidity in Tokyo, Blummenfelt put together the race of a lifetime, capping a dominant performance by his three-man Norwegian team, which had the best overall results of any nation. Blummenfelt’s teammate Gustav Iden, a fellow Giant-sponsored athlete, also cracked the top-10 with an impressive eighth-place finish. Blummenfelt’s win marked the first Olympic gold for Norway since the 2012 London Olympics. Some saw Blummenfelt’s career-defining...

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021 From cross-country racing to enduro, the Giant Factory Off-Road Team scored strong results in Europe last weekend including podium finishes in France and Ireland. Jacob Dickson led the way with a third-place finish at the Irish Enduro National Championships, while XC racer Antoine Philipp scored top-five finishes in both the XCO and short-track at a French Cup event in Ussel. Dickson specializes in downhill racing but made a last-minute decision to race the Irish Elite Men’s Enduro National Championship near Dublin. “The enduro scene is really strong here, and the course at Djouce Woods had six...

FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021 BikeRadar posted a review of the Contend AR, giving the versatile aluminum road bike high marks for its “great looks, lovely all-round ride and long-distance comfort.” Editors gave it a near-perfect 4-star rating. Tester Simon Withers rode the Contend AR 3 model and was immediately struck by its color and graphics. “Of all the bikes I had on test, the Contend AR was one that really turned heads on its arrival,” he wrote. “People were wowed by its ‘garnet’ paintjob, which stands out in comparison against the blander-looking, largely monochromatic bikes it’s up against.” The Contend AR’s ride quality stood out as...