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January 2014
January 14, 2014


Photo: Andre Greipel will have to fight for his sprint victories in South Australia (Getty Images).
Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel will provide a thrilling sprint competition at the Santos Tour Down Under in South Australia next week. (sbs.com.au)






Photo: Fabian Cancellara is targeting the classics and the hour record this season. Photo: Graham Watson.
Fabian Cancellara continues training in Mallorca, Spain, despite crashing over the weekend. He collided with a car on home roads in Bern, Switzerland, before traveling to the Trek Factory Racing camp. (velonews.com)





Photo: Taylor Phinney is put through his paces in the wind tunnel. © Jamie Wilkins
BMC rider begins season at Tour de San Luis. (cyclingnews.com)







Photo: Alberto Contador will target the Tour de France and Vuelta a España in 2014. Photo: Tim De Waele..
Alberto Contador is targeting the Tour de France yellow that has eluded him since 2010, and will open his 2014 season at Portugal’s Volta ao Algarve in February. (velonews.com)





Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 19-25, 2014 (Stages),
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Feb 5-9, 2014 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1, 2014 (Stages),
Tour de France - July 5-27, 2014 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29, 2013 (Results),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15, 2013 (Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21, 2013 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26, 2013 (Results).





Photo: Next update as live streaming for this event gets underway.
The 2014 Six Days of Bremen Track Cycling are being held January 9-14. Live streaming video: 7:00pm CET (1:00pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)





Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) photographed by Pete Geyer.
Monday's Tour de San Luis Stage 1 departs San Luis and finishes at Villa Mercede. Tour de San Luis live video streaming is expected for the finish. (cyclingfans.com)





Photo: Before Sunday, I had been off the bike for something like six weeks.
"I don’t remember the last time my ass hurt, more specifically the lower connections of my gluteus maximus to my adductor magnus, that soft spot where sitting and pedaling come together." (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: At $75, Scott’s new Taal helmet is much more affordable than other helmets currently on the market with MIPS technology.
MIPS says that most riders hit their heads at an angle due to forward momentum on the bike. When these types of impacts occur, the brain rotates inside the rider’s head, which can cause more damage. (mbaction.com)













Photo: Confusingly each of the 18 UCI ProTeams holds a UCI WorldTour licence.
What’s the difference between a team riding the UCI World Tour and a UCI ProTeam? Why do the three grand tours award wildcard invitations but other races don’t? If the first division World Tour is capped at 18 teams, what is the maximum size of the second tier Pro Continental bracket? (inrng.com)






Photo: UCI President Brian Cookson said the independent commission will take a deep look at cycling's history. Photo: AFP | Fabrice Coffrini.
The UCI is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to funding a newly created, three-member panel that will X-ray the cycling federation’s dirty laundry. (velonews.com)






Photo: Nairo Quintana tackles the Muro di Surmano at Il Lombardia. © Bettini
Says Colombian's performances are more than he'd hoped for. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Stages have worked hard to develop a high quality product that is extremely lightweight, reliable and simple to use.
Team Sky has ended its long-term and high-profile association with SRM power meters, swapping to the Stages Power system for 2014. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Sleep. The secret weapon to a good season..
Six hours seems to be the snooze signpost below which everything sort of sails south. (bicycling.com)





Photo: Alex Rasmussen is splitting his time between the track and road in 2014, with eyes on a WorldTour return in 2015. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Alex Rasmussen wants to return to cycling’s first division, possibly even with former team Garmin-Sharp. The U.S.-based squad refused to renew the Dane’s contract for 2014, leaving him few options. (velonews.com)





Photo: Moreno Moser, nephew of Francesco Moser, looking to recreate success of 2012 season after relatively quiet 2013.
This year, Moreno Moser wants to confirm the hopes pinned on him in 2012. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Smooth is fast. You’ve heard the saying before, which the Domane Classics edition seems to exemplify..
The Domane Classics edition was ridden to victory by Cancellara at the 2013 Paris-Roubaix. While the Classics edition won’t give you the legs of Spartacus, it will give you cobble eating performance with what was formerly a pro only fit. (bikerumor.com)




























Photo: Daily Distraction.























Photo: Nikita Novikov (Vacansoleil-DCM).© Bettini
Russian cyclist disqualified for steroid use. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Saxo-Tinkoff unveiled their new yellow and blue jerseys today meaning all the 18 World Tour jerseys are out and pictured in various forms.
Blue is new black with 13 teams featuring at least a blue stripe and there are six teams with predominantly blue kit. (inrng.com)





Photo: I want the idea of racing and advocacy to come together.
"There were many times I was the only woman racing cyclocross here in Southern California, so I had to race against the boys." (urbanvelo.org)





Photo: Michael taking his historic Vuelta stage win after Tony Martin’s day long solo break was swept up in the final meters.
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Michael Morkov is one of the few pro cyclists who excels on both the boards and the road. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Sylvain Chavanel in his new IAM Cycling kit.
Frenchman targets classics in 2014. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) is going for her tenth championship.
Katie Compton and Jeremy Powers to lead the way. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: A billboard in Cincinnati where “3 feet” is the law.
Currently, 22 states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books with the 3-foot or more requirement. California became the 22nd to enact the law last year; it goes into effect on Sept. 16, 2014.


















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