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Junior Track Worlds medal haul
Elynor Bäckstedt and Sophie Lewis’s silver in the Madison
rounded out an impressive Junior Track World Champs for
the Team GB in Frankfurt on Sunday. It was Bäckstedt’s
second silver, her first coming in the individual pursuit. Britain
also took bronze medals in the women’s scratch, TP, sprint
and 500m TT, men’s team sprint and IP. Eight medals was the
second highest tally behind Germany with nine.De Plus wins Binck
Bank Tour
Home rider Laurens De Plus
took an overall win for Jumbo-
Visma at the seven-stage Binck
Bank Tour in Belgium, which
finished at the weekend. A key
player in the Dutch team’s Tour
campaign, De Plus bided his time
in third place for much of the race
before knocking Tim Wellens
(Lotto-Soudal) off the top spot on
the final stage to Geraardsbergen,
which was won by Oliver Naesen
(Ag2r La Mondiale).mph, the new men’s world land
speed record, set by Britain’s
Neil Campbell at Elvington
Airfield in North Yorkshire.
Campbell, an architect from
Essex, rode a £15,000 custom
long-wheelbase bike behind
a Porsche Cayenne to beat
Dutchman Fred Rompelberg’s
24-year-old record of
166.9mph, as well as his own
European record. He now plans
to target 200mph, and the
all-time record of 184mph, set
by American Denise Mueller-
Korenek last year.THE HUB
Dumoulin signs with Jumbo-Visma
Tom Dumoulin has made the much
anticipated move to Jumbo-Visma,
the team announced on Monday —
the same morning that Sunweb
revealed it had let the Dutch star out
of his contract two years early.
“After the disappointment of
missing the Tour, I started to consider
that a new environment could be
refreshing. There were great offers
and I felt like it was the right time to
take this one,” the 28-year-old said.Martin joins Israel
Cycling Academy
In a surprise move, Dan Martin
is to leave UAE Team Emirates
and the WorldTour to join Pro
Continental team Israel Cycling
Academy on a two-year
contract. Martin will take an
undisputed GC leader position
and aid the team’s quest to
step up to WorldTour level. “I
feel it’s time for me to step into
a new, exciting challenge,” said
the 32-year-old. “It’s a great
opportunity for me to refresh
myself and improve.”All the news you might have missed from the last seven days
It’s official: Dumoulin’s signed
for Jumbo-VismaBäckstedt and Lewis took silver
in the women’s MadisonDe Plus took it to the
bank in BelgiumPhot
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Yuzuru^Sunada,^ SW
PixWWMartin’s stepped down
to step up