Who's Googling “Best VPN services” right now? Just us. This week we were very sad to hear of the news of the upcoming closing of GCN+. While we have readers across the globe, our readers who are in nonEuropean countries may wondering how they’ll be watching their favorite bike races next season. We know there’s at least one grand tour that we won’t have easy access to now that GCN+ will be halting his streaming services and app. Hopefully, by the Spring, we’ll have a plan in place to see all of the essential classics and early calendar races, but in the meantime, we’re saying RIP to GCN+ and checking out a VPN services.

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Our café reading list is suddenly and unexpectedly swerving into some seemingly non-cycling related content. However, we were inspired by our reading after listening to one of our favorite cycling podcasts give a shoutout to one of their advertisers who happened to be a VPN service. While they extolled the VPN’s ability to allow their young child watch cartoons from various countries, unbeknownst to them, it could probably also be used to stream bike races if there is an absence of functioning outlets streaming your preferred bike race in your viewing market. Thus, we’re passing along one of several articles we’re now perusing. If you have a go-to VPN service, pass along your recommendation. If you don’t know much about VPNs, check out this article by Privacy Affairs.

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GCN+ streaming services and app are being shut down. Watch out for the ads. Listen to the Escape Collective’s hot takes on the closure of the much beloved streaming service. Don’t worry though, you should still be able to continue watching their YouTube content. Primož Roglič will have a serious racing calendar in 2024. Dutch Postal Service will be joining forces with Team dsm-firmench, and the team is getting a new look. Quek Shio produces some of our favorite social media videos, and his new bike build is great. If you’re really into UCI rules, this shirt is for you.

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