This week the GCN Cycling News has news from record-breaking UCI Track World Cup and Martyn Ashton's Road Bike Party 2.
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The UCI Track World Cup at altitude in Aguascalientes, Mexico saw world records tumble.Anna Meares took the 500m TT record, while Francois Pervis took the 1km record, with an astonishing 5 men beating the previous best.
Cyclocross has a new star. Mathieu van der Poel, the current junior world champion, was already thought to be one for the future, but he's now one of the current challengers, finishing just 5 seconds behind winner Niels Albert at the Antwerpen Scheldecross.
Today sees the release of Road Bike Party 2. Watch it here: http://gcn.eu/RoadBikeParty-2
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As usual, we've got Tweet of the Week and news from the GCN Strava club. (http://gcn.eu/stravaclub)
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