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March 2014
March 7, 2014


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: Stage 10 Profile...
Saturday's Tour de Langkawi Stage 10 departs Tasik Kenyir at 1:00pm local (6:00am CET, 12:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Kuala Terengganu at around 3:25pm local (8:25am CET, 2:25am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Langkawi live streaming for the finish is possible. (cyclingfans.com)







Photo: Chris Froome (Team Sky) won the Green Mountain stage in the Tour of Oman...
Team Sky reshuffles Porte to Italy, Thomas to lead in Paris-Nice. (cyclingnews.com)










Photo: Gert Joeaar (Cofidis)...
Cofidis rider tops Le Bon, Vandewalle. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Theo Bos (Belkin) wins his fourth stage at the 2014 Tour de Langkawi.
Guardini and Kruopis second and third. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Graeme Brown celebrates another win from Belkin teammate Theo Bos....
Dutch team looking to add fifth Langkawi victory. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The British team of Mark Cavendish, Jeremy Hunt and David Millar before the start in Melbourne.
Former rider enjoying life as Baku directeur sportif. (cyclingnews.com)





Races & Results.
Tour de Langkawi - Feb 27 - March 8 (Stages & Results),
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - March 7-9 (Stages),
Strade Bianche - March 8 (Start List),
Paris - Nice - March 9-16 (Stages),
Le Samyn - March 5 (Results),
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: Peter Sagan and Moreno Moser...
High expectations for Italian race. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Stage 1 Profile...
Wednesday's Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 1, an 18.5km Team Time Trial from Donoratico to San Vincenzo, gets underway at 2:40pm CET (9:40am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team.  Tirreno-Adriatico live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
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Photo: 2014 Roma Maxima (formerly Giro del Lazio)....
Sunday's Roma Maxima departs Rome at 10:25am CET (5:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Rome at around 3:18pm CET (10:18am U.S. Eastern).  Roma Maxima live streaming video is expected from around 1:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
























































Photo: Daniel Moreno (Katusha) wins the GP Miguel Indurain...
One last chance for Spanish one-day race. (cyclingnews.com)









Photo: this year’s Paris-Nice is a blank canvas where riders will have to take risks to win..
A bicycle race is an exercise in hierarchy. We start with riders on equal time and by the end they are arranged in order. Tests like summit finishes and time trials help impose a reasonable order and over the years we’ve got used to seeing teams controlling events. (inrng.com)





Photo: The exact nature of the course was divulged to the 22 competing teams...
Tour de France organizers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) on Friday revealed the exact finalized route for July’s race of 3,662km. (pelotonmagazine.com)





Photo: Borut Božič turned pro late in life...
The Classics season has started and if you are a fan of those cobbles it won’t be long before you see the name: Borut Božič in the results. The Slovenian is Astana’s man for those early hard man’s races in Belgium and Northern France. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Fabian Cancellara... © Daniel Benson
Swiss rider to test final form in Strade Bianche and Tirreno. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: American Tejay van Garderen is BMC Racing Team's captain in Paris-Nice 2014 from March 9-16 .
Team BMC Racing has announced its roster for this year's Paris-Nice. The roster is centered around American Tejay van Garderen. (roadcycling.com)





Photo: Costa feeling sunny?...
It’s a different Paris-Nice this time around. The 72nd Race to the Sun down in Nice is still eight stages long but you can throw out any mountain top finishes and a time trial. Ou est le pizazz? (atwistedspoke.com)





Photo: Jeroen Snijders Blok...
Key manufacturers' group ready to work with sport's governing body on equipment rules. (road.cc)





Photo: Hed builds all of its wheels in-house in Minnesota, and is an exhibitor at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com...
"Hed wheels will be on several bikes at NAHBS and 2014 will be the sixth year that Hed has purchased a booth to display our wheels at the show." (velonews.com)





Photo: Fast, smooth and simply brilliant...
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Giant has another masterpiece, the next-generation aero bike incarnate." (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Can't wait to get your own Campagnolo Super Record RS group? Unfortunately, we don't know yet when it'll be available or how much it'll cost - and for now, Campagnolo isn't saying much.
New racing-focused tweaks improve shift performance over standard package. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: There are many different styles of pads; some depend on type of bike and brake....
"This winter has been pretty wearing on everyone. Your bike included, that is if you’re like me and still riding through this mix of rain and slush and snow and ice and salt and sand." (cyclismas.com)























Photo: Daily Distraction.




















Photo: Eurosport - Sean Kelly in his 1980s heyday...
In this exclusive extract from his autobiography, Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly tells the story of an unforgettable Paris-Nice race. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)





Photo: Laurent Jalabert led a rider protest in the wake of the 1998 Festina affair.
Frenchman decries "trial by media." (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Watching Taylor Phinney last weekend bashing his pedals up and over the Molenberg cobblestones made me start thinking...
If Phinney does indeed follow in Cancellara’s wheelmarks, he can be a candidate to win not only Paris-Roubaix, but also Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders. (pelotonmagazine.com)





Photo: Francois Pervis (France) celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's Keirin...
Triple gold medallist on the difficulties of competing against Britain. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Marco Pantani was the last to mark the double in 1998...
Stephen Roche believes it’s still possible for riders to win the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same season even though the feat has not been achieved in more than a decade. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Sean Kelly has added his image and voice towards promoting the Giro Irish start. But he believes he and Stephen Roche could do more if more effort was being made generally to increase publicity around the race....
Cycling legend, Vuelta winner and former world No 1, Sean Kelly has described as a “scandal” the lack of promotion by Tourism Ireland of the Giro d’Italia coming to Dublin in May. (stickybottle.com)





Photo: Michael Kolar, seen here at the Santos Tour Down Under, is having a strong season thus far. Photo: Tim De Waele...
By now, cycling fans should have noticed Michael Kolar. The Slovak of team Tinkoff-Saxo, besides being Peter Sagan’s high school classmate, has collected several placings. (velonews.com)





Photo: It’s switchable from Presta to Schrader valves, but the real trick is the small button that allows for precise release of air while still maintaining a perfect connection.
Lezyne has continued to tweak and improve its product designs, and had some of its we latest innovations on display in Taipei this week. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Louis Garneau P-09 aero helmet...
With a flip-up shield and ear flaps that pull away from the head, the P-09 does a good job ensconcing the head in an aerodynamic helmet while still being relatively easy to get in and out of. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: The self guiding pedal can also be engaged without looking down...
The Infinity Pedal was designed to make clipping in easy whether smashing up technical hill climbs or taking off from a green light. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: Cannondale have released a photo of the very green Synapse the team will be racing in the Strade Bianche event tomorrow....
New paint finish revealed ahead of the Strade Bianche, where the new bike first debuted a year ago. (road.cc)




































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