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Velonews 404 Page not found. Also, why is a cycling website's 404 page a picture of exhausted runners?

Fixing VeloNews’ Dead Links: 2021 Edition

Posted on 24 July 202111 May 2023 by cosmo

As part of the Cyclocosm revamp earlier this month, I’ve been working on a small JavaScript project. It scans whatever page it’s on for old, likely-broken VeloNews links, and fixes them on the fly. You can learn more about it here: If this feels at all familiar, you’re right! Back in 2011, I put together…

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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