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March 2014
March 4, 2014



Photo: Alexey Tsatevich (Katusha) won the 2013 edition...
 2014 GP Le Samyn LIVE March 5 - Race starts at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 4:49pm CET (10:49am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 2:40pm CET (8:40am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)






Photo: Stage 6 Profile...
Tuesday's Tour de Langkawi Stage 6 departs Melaka at 10:00am local (3:00am CET, 9:00pm U.S. Eastern previous day) and is expected at the finish at Pontian at around 2:39pm local (7:39am CET, 1:39am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Langkawi live streaming is possible. (cyclingfans.com)










Races & Results.
Tour de Langkawi - Feb 27 - March 8 (Stages & Results),
Le Samyn - March 5 (Start List),
Strade Bianche - March 8 (History),
Paris - Nice - March 9-16 (Stages),
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - March 2 (Results),
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - March 1 (Results),
UCI Track World Championships - Feb 26-Mar 2 (Results),
Tour of California - May 11-18, 2014 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1, 2014 (Stages),
Tour de France - July 5-27, 2014 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27, 2014 (Stages),
UCI Cyclo-cross World's - Feb 1-2, 2014 (Results),
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: Kenny van Hummel (Androni Giocattoli) celebrates his win... © Luca Bettini
Dutchman beats Kruopis and Hanson in chaotic sprint. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Kenny Van Hummel (Androni Giocattoli) before the start...
Dutch rider grateful for Savio's support. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana. © Team Movistar
Quintana leads Movistar at Tirreno-Adriatico. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Chad Haga will join countryman and teammate Lawson Craddock in Flanders this week. Photo: Giant-Shimano...
WorldTour rookies Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga will get their first tastes of cobbles this week when they line up for the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (Three Days of West Flanders) in Belgium. (velonews.com)






Photo: Steven Kruijswijk climbed to seventh place in Sunday's stage 4 at the Tour de Langkawi. Photo: Tim De Waele...
Steven Kruijswijk (Belkin) is heading toward a Giro d’Italia return. After placing eighth in 2011 and suffering leg problems, he said he feels back on track. (velonews.com)





Photo: The Ridge Hill Putnam Cycling Classic.
More events added for the 2014 season. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Xpedo power meter pedals...
The Taipei International Cycle Show is the first major show of the year, and it’s our first chance to see what’s coming for this season and beyond. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Moreno Moser (Cannondale) won the 2013 edition.
Saturday's Strade Bianche (or Montepaschi Strade Bianche) departs San Gimignano at 10:30am CET (4:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Siena at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).  Strade Bianche live streaming video is expected from around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)





Photo: CeramicSpeed claims that its external BSA bottom bracket (BB) could save as much as six to nine watts of power...
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "For riders chasing power gains or unrivalled performance and longevity." (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Do your homework and check how closely the current spec matches the original..
You could save yourself a heap of cash but you'll need to be aware of the potential pitfalls. (bikeradar.com)












































Photo: Chris Froome will sit out the re-worked Milano-Sanremo. Photo: Tim De Waele...
Sky officials confirmed Tuesday that Chris Froome will not race Milano-Sanremo as originally planned, just as the reigning Tour de France champion said in an interview he backs an inquiry into cycling’s dirty past. (velonews.com)





Photo: Taylor Phinney (BMC) crashes out of Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne...
Mixed weekend of racing for BMC with podiums and hospital visits. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Indurain... © Sirotti
Five-time Tour de France winner denies rumors he will work for new team. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Andre Greipel wins stage three of the 2014 Tour of Oman Credit: Graham Watson ...
The Giro may offer more than a stage win to sprinters in its first three days across Northern Ireland and Ireland with the maglia rosa also a possibility. But it doesn’t seem enough to entice the German giant, who has already won six races this season. (cyclingweekly.co.uk).





Photo: BH has made the G6 for racers...
"The G6 is the next iteration of BH’s aero road bike design, updating the G5 to improve its weight, stiffness and aerodynamics, ...the result is a finely honed race bike that loves to be ridden agressively." (cyclingtips.com.au) 





Photo: the patented ThreadFit 82.5 combines the best of threaded and press-fit systems...
Beyond the routine claims of a wider and stiffer frame, there are a few remarkable things going on with the new C60. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Back then, the heroes had frame companies. Names like DeRosa, Lemond, Colnago, Motta, Moser and of course, Merckx....
Many people still want to relive the days of yore (i.e. the steel age). This very bike is a 1985 Eddy Merckx Professional made from Columbus SL and it isn’t some ordinary factory paint, it was in the Faema Team livery. (prollyisnotprobably.com)





Photo: Yes, some Dura-Ace crankarms can work with Ultegra arms, and no, bottom bracket threads aren't backwards. Photo: Caley Fretz...
"It seems that if the drive-side is right-hand thread and the non-drive-side is left-hand, then the pedaling motion would not cause the cups to loosen." (velonews.com)





Photo: Prepackaged in two different complete sets, Birzman is offering two different levels depending on how deep in tools you want to get...
Park Tool has their blue, Pedros has yellow, and Birzman seems to have settled on bright green. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: The break chose to keep away from the cobbles in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne...
German asks for clarity over new ruling. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Mark Cavendish wins Stage Five of the 2014 Volta ao Algarve from FDJ's Arnaud Demare and Bryan Coquard (Europcar) .
Revised Milan-San Remo course entices Mark Cavendish, as the Manx sprinter confirms spring schedule. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Profile Design TwentyFour carbon wheels..
Range of carbon clincher and tubular wheels in three rim depths coming soon. (road.cc)





Photo: Pearl Izumi P.R.O Leader II shoes - our test pair tipped the scales at 265g (each) for a size 45.
Pearl Izumi's new top-of-the-line P.R.O. Leader II shoes feature a unique seamless upper that’s just 0.9mm thick. (bikeradar.com)



































Photo: Daily Distraction.




















Photo: Xenon is a so-called “noble gas”, an element found on the far right of the periodic table which prefers not to react with other elements...
Last month The Economist published an article suggesting that Russian athletes have been using xenon gas as a performance-enhancing substances for a decade or more. While the practice is not specifically banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) it does raise questions about what constitutes doping and what practices should and shouldn’t be allowed. (cyclingtips.com.au) 





Photo: Tinkoff-Saxo's Bjarne Riis and Oleg Tinkov at the Dubai Tour.
Hello and welcome to my first blog for Cyclingnews. I'm going to be writing a blog about once a month to share my thoughts and opinions from a team owner's perspective. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Sometimes life as a pro rider doesn’t actually look that easy…
The opening weekend of what is for me the most exciting part of the cycling season – The Classics – set off like a demented firecracker this weekend and left us with plenty of talking points. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Langkawi is an archipelago off the coast of Malaysia and the bike race normally visits the largest island for one stage before touring the mainland for the next 10 days...
If there was ever a bike race with the wrong name it’s the Tour de Langkawi. It’s the equivalent of a Tour of Corsica that rides around mainland France. (inrng.com)





Photo: David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) has one more season on the road...
No regrets as Garmin rider faces into final Classics campaign. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Jasper Stuyven made the step up from the Bontrager squad to Trek Factory Racing this season. Photo: Tim De Waele...
The first thought that comes to mind when the 21-year-old glides across the lobby is, “that’s a big kid.” And he’s actually not that big, at 6-foot-1 and 165 pounds, though that’s somewhat herculean in this feathery sport. (velonews.com)





Photo: Stannard tops Van Avermaet... © www.telegraph.co.uk
Who wasn’t happy for that big lug Ian Stannard? (atwistedspoke.com)





Photo: It was the usual carnage behind with little groups of desperate men fighting for survival behind the QuickStep Blitzkrieg. Former Kiwi champion Jack Bauer leads this group....
After the cold and rain of Saturday’s ‘Flanders Classics’ Het Nieuwsblad, Sunday dawned clear and sunny for a perfect day of racing action roadside in Belgium at the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Kickr comes with quick-start instructions, a power cord and brick, and a disc brake block...
"The Wahoo Fitness Kickr Trainer introduced the concept of iPhone-controlled indoor training at Eurobike 2012, packing in a power meter with a ton of control over resistance. The result, after testing it through the winter for ourselves, adds up to an amazing tool for improving fitness on the bike, letting you train on your terms." (bikerumor.com)





Photo: So why not just pull Levi’s name off the event?
As a result of the revelations regarding Leipheimer’s doping, Levi’s GranFondo has come under fire to some degree. Given the event sold out last year, though more slowly than usual, whatever hits it will take don’t seem to be that bad. (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: Mary McConneloug (Kenda-NoTubes) was happy with third place...
Michael Broderick is selected  and Broderick's wife and 2004 and 2008 Olympian, Mary McConneloug, is the second-ranked American woman in the UCI's standings as of March 1, and has earned an automatic nomination to the elite women's cross country team. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: As the Liv Avail is part of Giant’s endurance range,you’d expect it to be good over distances and a great sportive option, and it is...
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Fast, racy and comfortable – great for sportive times and PBs on Strava." (bikeradar.com)
















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