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January 2014
January 27, 2014


Photo: Mike Turtur founded the Santos Tour Down Under in 1999. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Santos Tour Down Under boss Mike Turtur is hoping the Australian race remains the UCI WorldTour season opener in January. (velonews.com)





Photo: Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) on the podium. © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport
Gerrans on song, Evans and Porte on track for Giro. (cyclingnews.com)





Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 19-25, 2014 (Results),
Tour de San Luis - Jan 20-26, 2014 (Results),
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: Daniel Martin, winner of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and a Tour de France stage in 2013, will start the Giro in May and could miss the Tour. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Daniel Martin, winner of the 2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, admitted last week that concentrating on the Giro d’Italia, which begins in Belfast in May, may see him miss the Tour de France this year. (velonews.com)





Photo: All vehicles in the convoy are under instruction by the race’s chief commissaire, Philippe Marien.
There's plenty more to big bike races like the Santos Tour Down Under than a couple hundred bike riders making their way around the countryside. (cyclingtips.com.au) 





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) raced the final stage despite a cracked rib.
Italian satisfied with Tour de San Luis showing. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Early season: the only American Elite Male at Valkerburg, Jonathan Page, post-race. © Thomas van Bracht.
Everyone who competes in bicycle races knows that there are ups and downs. When we have more ups than downs, it generally means we’ve had a successful season. (cxmagazine.com)





Photo: Both models are traditional, double-triangle, aluminum frames.
Both bikes are made for the exact same rider. They are basic trailbikes with hardtail frames, short-travel front suspension and proven components. (mbaction.com)





Photo: Frames will be made by Lynskey and spec’d with parts mostly from southeastern brands like Industry Nine, Cane Creek and the like.
The first model is the Elite 275, a 650B hardtail built for 120mm to 140mm forks. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: 29×2.2 Continental Mountain King IIs.
"For $60 I now have a tire that I no longer have to think about whether or not it will get me through a given terrain." (redkiteprayer.com)





















Photo: Tyler Farrar, clipped by a team car on stage 6, says he was lucky to avoid being run over. Photo: Tim De Waele.
When BMC director Jackson Stewart attended the team presentation of the Tour de San Luis a week ago Sunday, he said he left with a very distinct feeling — this race belonged to the local San Luis Somos Todos squad of last year’s winner Daniel Diaz. (velonews.com)






Photo: Nairo Quintana won the Tour de San Luis by a comfortable 43 seconds. Photo: Tim De Waele.
 Six of the biggest stars in pro cycling, as well as the best riders in South America and a handful of top Americans, gathered in San Luis, Argentina, last week to contest the biggest race on the continent. (velonews.com)





Photo: J.J. Haedo is bullish on Argentine cycling. Photo: Gregor Brown.
The Tour de San Luis is helping move Argentina’s cycling in the right direction, says J.J. Haedo. (velonews.com)





Photo: Change your perspective.
Focus on each aspect of your cycling as you do it. Plan to make the best of your ability. Focus on each single training session as you do it, and only that training session, then move on to the next. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: a group of riders is trying to get away from the bunch in a race.
Riding In The Wind Explainer. (stickybottle.com)





Photo: Wietse Bosmans (BKCP Powerplus) rides through the mud to a 7th place finish.
Wellens misses out. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Win a Raleigh RXC Pro Disc cyclocross frameset.
Raleigh USA, teaming up with Cyclocross Magazine, to give one lucky reader a RXC Pro Disc carbon cyclocross frameset, valued at $2200 – the very same cyclocross frameset that USA Worlds Team member Allen Krughoff and his Raleigh-Clement teammates raced this season. (cxmagazine.com)





Photo: Butted tubes never go out of style.
Of all the cycling companies that have come and gone, one that has remained a steady fixture is Reynolds. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





























Photo: Daily Distraction.
















Photo: Former RCS Sport COO Michele Acquarone.
Former Giro chief on women’s cycling, redeveloping the men’s calendar and the need to shorten the three Grand Tours. (velonation.com)







Photo: Peter Sagan has been linked with a lucrative move to the new WorldTour team planned by Fernando Alonso.
Italian media claims Slovakian prodigy could earn 3.3 million euro per year. (velonation.com)





Photo: Tinkoff is a Russian bank and credit card issuer that operates online, copying the model of Capital One in the US.
There are 18 World Tour teams and 17 Pro Continental teams. One difference from most other sports is that cycling teams come with naming rights meaning the squad is named after its sponsors. But who are these backers and what do they do? (inrng.com)





Photo: André Greipel, the gentle giant claiming another victory – his 16th at this race!
After a week of fun in the sun at the Tour Down Under 2014 the race wrapped up in Adelaide on Sunday. Fun times, tough times and certainly hot times the race has been a thrill a minute as the GC contenders slugged it out every day in a battle of mere seconds. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Riding at Intervall. © Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa
Reviewing 2013 in between training sessions in Majorca. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: a taste of one of the more incredible spaces full of bicycles I’ve yet visited. .
Via Bicycle and proprietor Curtis Anthony are Philadelphia cycling fixtures. There’s no telling how many used bikes of all vintage have found new life under Curtis’ watch since opening in 1982. (urbanvelo.org)





Photo: Ride and handling: naturally aggressive from the off.
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "It's gagging for a fork and tire upgrade, but the Scale 750 is still a seriously fast and enjoyably aggressive bike." (bikeradar.com).


































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