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March 2014
March 13, 2014


Photo: Carlos Betancur (AG2R) wins stage 5 of Paris-Nice.
Thomas remains in overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Geraint Thomas has kept hold of the race leader’s yellow jersey at Paris-Nice after limiting his losses to stage winner Carlos Betancur (Ag2r-La Mondiale) on stage five..
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas defended his lead at Paris-Nice race lead after Carlos Betancur (Ag2r-La Mondiale) took the victory on stage five. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Bob Jungels (Trek) rode with panache to take second place.
Trek animate a aggressive day of racing. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Carlos Betancur attacked his way to a stage win at Paris-Nice Thursday. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Carlos Betancur (Ag2r-La Mondiale) is picking up where he left off last season, kicking to victory Thursday at Paris-Nice on a day when logic said a late-stage breakaway would be doomed to fail. (velonews.com)







Photo: Tom-Jelte Slagter and Geraint Thomas raided Paris-Nice Wednesday, but the race for the overall is anything but finished. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Things are clear as mud midway through the 72nd Paris-Nice, and that sits just fine with race organizers. (velonews.com)





Photo: Today Paris-Nice reaches the sun. Or, maybe not today, maybe more like tonight.
Things are getting interesting, despite what you may hear. (podiumcafe.com)










Races & Results.
Paris - Nice - March 9-16 (Stages & Results),
Tirreno-Adriatico - March 12-18 (Stages & Results),
Tour de Taiwan - March 9-13 (Results),
Roma Maxima - March 9 (Results),
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - March 7-9 (Results),
Strade Bianche - March 8 (Results),
Tour de Langkawi - Feb 27 - March 8 (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: Another stage race, another Sky rider in the yellow jersey.
Anarchic nature of this year's Paris-Nice route means that Sky will have a tough job controlling the race lead. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Rotor's groupset could be unveiled as soon as the Eurobike trade show in late August..
Spanish crank, chainring and power-meter specialist Rotor is developing a brand new high-end groupset that could be unveiled this year. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Calfee Design’s Manta CX Prototype as ridden by CXM, and to be shown at NAHBS. © Cyclocross Magazine.
With the road version of the Manta pretty much complete, Calfee now has its sights on the cyclocross, gravel and adventure category. (cxmagazine.com)





Photo: Diego taking a great stage win Down Under in January.
Diego Ulissi is one of the most talked about riders of the last 6 months after finishing 2013 with numerous wins he’s now started 2014 with wins Down Under and back home in Italy. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Heavy components take some of the shine off of a brilliant frame.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Superb frameset with great brakes – it’s up there with the best disc road bikes we’ve tried." (bikeradar.com)







Photo: 2014 Paris-Nice Route Map. Stage 6 Profile.
Friday's Paris-Nice Stage 6 departs Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon at 10:15am CET (5:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish at Fayence at around 3:59pm CET (10:59am U.S. Eastern).  Paris-Nice live streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm CET (9:40am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

























Photo: Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) timed his sprint perfectly to win stage 2.
Greipel denied, Kittel crashes in finale. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: A sprint royale today in Tirreno-Adriatico with Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel and André Greipel only IAM Cycling’s Matteo Pelucchi won and Arnaud Démare was second.
Where did Pelucchi come from? Who led him out? We know the winner but with the sprints there more are questions that can probably only be solved by finding the race on Youtube because sprint analysis is rare. In fact cycling rarely gets the data, metrics and analytics that other sports get. (inrng.com)






Photo: Bradley Wiggins changes a bike on stage 4 of the Giro di Trentino .
After Marcel Kittel‘s hissy fit near the end of the second stage of this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico, what better time to look back on some of the most memorable bike throws to have taken place in cycling. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) feels the pain cause by Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) during stage one of the Tour in Seraing.
Belgian crashed with only 12 kilometers to go. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) may not have contested the sprint, but still celebrated being in the race lead.
Omega Pharma-QuickStep left empty handed after chaotic finale. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Marianne Vos (Rabo Women) won the sprint from Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda Team) and Emma Johansson (Orica - AIS).
Flat, fast and aggressive racing on the cards. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Red Hook Crit series kicks off with the traditional Red Hook race in Brooklyn, New York on March 29.
As the Red Hook Criterium Championship Series gets set for another big year, an exciting new addition to the race in 2014 has been added with the first-ever women’s field. (pelotonmagazine.com)





Photo: if the weather’s really bad, like it was last year, you have a totally different race than if it’s nice.
On Saturday it's the Boels Rental Ronde van Drenthe, the first round of the 2014 Road World Cup. (podiumcafe.com)





Photo: route finding is where the Touring Plus really comes into its own.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Great for those who just want to ride rather than analyze data." (bikeradar.com)





Photo: Missed your chance at a set of Oakley Razor Blades back in the day? They're back.
As they say, what once was old is new again. Oakley has resurrected the molds for the classic Razor Blades and Eyeshade sunglass models that put the company on the map three decades ago. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: At the 2013 running of the Italian gravel road classic, Strade Bianche, Cannondale rolled out strong by finishing first and second.
The award -winning Evo remains the standard bearer for the team in the majority of races. Unlike the Synapse that runs with the Vision Metron 40 wheels, the Evo runs the Metron 50s. (roadbikeaction.com).







Photo: Stage 3 Profile...
Friday's Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 3 departs Cascina at 10:55am CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish at Arezzo at around 4:10pm CET (11:10am U.S. Eastern).  Tirreno-Adriatico live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com).






































Photo: Daily Distraction.


























Photo: Mark Cavendish, Eddy Merckx and Taylor Phinney.
Belgian believes that cycling is as clean as it's ever been. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Erneut positiv! Wiederholungstäter Sinkewitz?
When is an eight-year ban not an eight-year ban? (road.cc)






Photo: © Fotoreporter Sirotti.
Italian sprinter dedicates his win to Kristof Goddaert. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Kwiatkowski soloed across the finish line after distancing Sagan on the final climb. (OPQS).
Weekly updates on the form of the top spring Classics contenders. (bicycling.com)





Photo: Simon Gerrans is riding into form at Paris-Nice, with his eyes trained tightly on the Ardennes classics. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) might have taken his biggest win at Milano-Sanremo, but this spring, he’s looking past next weekend’s monument toward the hills of Belgium. (velonews.com)





Photo: The Zap system was both very crude and elegantly simple.
Shimano’s Di2 launched the electronic revolution. Except it didn’t. Shimano was beaten to the punch, and badly. Shimano was simply following a path blazed by another, many years ago. (pelotonmagazine.com)





Photo: Bauke Mollema wins stage 17 of the 2013 Vuelta a Espana with David Tanner celebrating behind.
By many accounts, one of Australia's most under-rated professional cyclists is David Tanner. He wasn't awarded the privilege to take a direct road to the World Tour, but did so with hard work and determination which has gone largely unnoticed by fans and media. (cyclingtips.com.au) 





Photo: Overend won the men’s division, topping the nearest competitor in the 291-man field.
the Durango mountain-biking legend has struck again. (durangoherald.com)





Photo: In addition to the original Morgaw, the company will be eventually adding 3 new designs.
"Since we first saw the Morgaw saddle on Indiegogo, the company has been busy getting ready to ship the first designs and now also working on entirely new ones." (bikerumor.com)






Photo: The neck is zippered to allow your head though the neck, and placed off center presumably to keep any cold air away from the front of your neck.
As winter hangs on across much of the 49th parallel, DeFeet’s Thermeator socks and Assos’ Skinfoil Ls baselayer make good sense for a lot of rides ahead. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Alpha, a prototype that never got to production. (Courtesy I Worked At Raleigh).
"I Worked At Raleigh has over 50 interviews with former Raleigh staff, and scores of images including views inside the factory, staff newsletters, prototypes that never made production, sponsored racers and lots more." (road.cc)





















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