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The bicycle was introduced in the 19th century in Europe by German Inventor Karl von Drais. He is credited with developing the first bicycle. He introduced it to the people in Paris in 1818. It is supposed to originate from the human-powered vehicle called Draisines. Drais invented a walking machine that would help him get around the royal gardens faster. It was known by many names, including the “velocipede,” “dandy horse,” “hobby-horse,” “draisine” and “running machine. It had no pedals and its frame was a wooden beam. It had two same-size in-line wheels with the front one steerable and mounted in a frame which was straddled. In 1839, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, allegedly completed construction of a pedal driven…

Giro dItalia Stage 14 Race Report: Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) soloed to victory on stage 14 of the Giro dItalia in Novo Gorica. The Dane was off the front for 180 kilometres with the break of the day before he rode solo to the finish on Saturday. Not far behind him, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) brought in what was left of the peloton. Many of the GC rider lost time due to a crash in the wet conditions.Stage 14 finaleFrom Treviso, the fourteenth stage is on flat roads to Nova Goriza/Gorica, an Italian/Slovenian city. The final has a few short climbs, but another bunch sprint is expected.In the final there is the San Martino and Saver climbs in the finale. Although…