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  "textContent": "Paolo Bettini was never the biggest rider in the bunch, nor the sort of champion who imposed himself through cold, mechanical control. His racing was more instinctive than that. He won by sensing the shift in a race before others had fully understood it, by attacking when the road tilted, by following the right wheel […]\n\nThe post Paolo Bettini – an explosive finisher who thrived when races turned chaotic appeared first on ProCyclingUK.",
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