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March 2014
March 27, 2014







Photo: Tejay Van Garderen wins Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2014 Stage 4. © Greg K Hull ©Chasing Light Media (cyclingperspective.com)
American overcomes Bardet to win queen stage. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014






Photo: Stage 5 Profile.
Friday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 5 departs Llanars Vall de Camprodon at 11:25am CET (6:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Valls at around 5:00pm CET (12:00pm U.S. Eastern). Volta a Catalunya live streaming video is scheduled to get underway by around 3:30pm CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) tries to go under cover.
Colombian says form slowly arriving for Giro tough stage. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Races with split stages remind me of amateur races, and that is no slight.
The Volta a Catalunya has the major Tour de France contenders busy this weekend and who can forget this Sunday is the Ronde van Vlaanderen? But in the middle, the Critérium International is about to kick off with one of its more interesting courses in recent history. (podiumcafe.com)

March 27, 2014





Photo: Mark Cavendish will be targeting a stage win and yellow jersey in his mother's hometown on day 1 of the 2014 Tour de France. Photo: Tim De Waele .
Yorkshire’s hosting of the opening stage of this year’s Tour de France will lead to a new international race in the northern English county, officials announced Thursday. (velonews.com)

March 27, 2014





March 27, 2014




Races & Results.
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - March 24-30, 2014 (Stages & Results),
E3 Harelbeke - March 28, 2014 (Start List),
Gent-Wevelgem - March 30, 2014 (Start List),
Dwars door Vlaanderen - March 26, 2014 (Results),
Milan-San Remo - March 23, 2014 (Results),
Tirreno-Adriatico - March 12-18 (Results),
Paris - Nice - March 9-16 (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).

March 27, 2014




Photo: You never really forget something like this, Tom Boonen said of his girlfriend's miscarriage. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Tom Boonen returns to racing this week after his partner’s miscarriage. The Omega Pharma-Quick Step star helped Niki Terpstra win Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday and is scheduled to race in Friday’s E3 Harelbeke, a race he has won a record five times. (velonews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: AT OUR TEAM IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPRINTING.
Mark Renshaw talks about being reunited with old HTC-Highroad teammate Mark Cavendish, as Omega Pharma Quick-Step look to strengthen their sprinting credentials for the coming season. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Zia gearing up at the Tucson Bicycle Classic.
An amateur team with a 5 year plan to step up to division 2 pro status recently headed out to the 28th Annual Tucson Bicycle Classic. (pezcyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Fabian Cancellara, Trek Factory Racing... © Giuseppe Bellini, Velo/Getty
From A to Z... or at least D-, a grading of classics contenders. (podiumcafe.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: a Swiss Army knife on two wheels.
The Alpenchallenge is designed to be fast like a road bike with a mountain bike geometry that allows you to quickly maneuver in urban settings. (gearpatrol.com)

March 27, 2014






Photo: Diego Ulissi won the 2013 edition and he is back to defend.
Thursday's Coppi e Bartali Stage 1 is divided into morning and afternoon stages around Gatteo.  The afternoon stage is a Team Time Trial. (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: The Coppi e Bartali TTT sees teams field two teams of four riders.
Swift extends overall race lead. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014





Photo: Ben Swift (Team Sky) dominated the sprint after the peloton split on a late climb.
Briton beats Mori and Caruso in sprint finish. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014





Photo: Chris Horner (Lampre-Merida). © Bettini Photo
American struggling with Achilles tendinitis problem. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: As they did so the 14% gradient was evident on their faces, fighting the laws of gravity.
Dwars door Vlaanderen is a great race, one of many at this time of year that is relatively close to Calais and with a bit of planning and forethought can be seen multiple times in a day. (wheelsuckers.co.uk)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) at the finish.
Astana leader heads to Mount Teide before the Ardennes Classics. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014





Photo: Sep Vanmarcke has signed a two-year contract extension with Belkin. Photo: Tim De Waele.
The Dutch Belkin team has signed Sep Vanmarcke to a two-year contract extension, it announced on the eve of E3 Harelbeke, where the Belgian will start as a favorite. Vanmarcke’s new deal expires at the end of 2016. (velonews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Rob Cummins in triathlon action in the colours of his own www.wheelworx.ie business.
"I was a Lance Armstrong fan before I knew anything about cycling. Lance made me a bike racing fan. I read all of his books, watched all of his Tour victories and his comeback." (stickybottle.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: The idea here is that cycling has traditional headwear. It’s made of cotton.
 Walz Caps have hatched this Caps Not Hats campaign with Bill Strickland and Superissimo. (redkiteprayer.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: The rest of the frame faded from their standard bead blasted gray to a polished finish for a subtle transition.
The Vamoots had several polished sections, with the head tube getting the only sharply defined bit. (bikerumor.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: How do you talk about the painful bruises, smashed bones and battered limbs of London's injured cyclists.
Neil Grayshon's book may not coax many people on to their bikes. But its aim is to highlight the need for more equitable road space. Jamie Merrill talks to those with the scars to prove it. (independent.co.ul)

March 27, 2014




Photo: After spending much of the past year away from the media spotlight, Nicole Cooke spoke to Rebecca Charlton at the launch of the Trois Etapes Pro-Am Cycle Series.
Nicole Cooke will join 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre to head up a team as part of the Trois Etapes Giro and annual Trois Etapes Tour professional-amateur (pro-am) event’s unique pro-am set up. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

March 27, 2014






Photo: For the TENTH consecutive year, you can follow E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke live on cyclingfans.com..
Friday's E3 Harelbeke (E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke) departs Harelbeke at 12:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Harelbeke at around 5:22pm CET (12:22pm U.S. Eastern).  E3 Harelbeke live streaming video should get underway at around 2:20pm CET (9:20am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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March 27, 2014




Photo: All for one: The WorldTour gathers for the first Dubai Tour.
New rankings scheme to go forward in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: The northern classics get into full swing with two big-time events this weekend. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Cobble-bashers take center stage this weekend as northern classics season kicks into gear with E3 Harelbeke on Friday and Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday. (velonews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Sometimes the evolution of the Classics feels like an old Godzilla movie, where the unstoppable beast attacks a defenseless Tokyo.
Now it's All Monster Attacks: Spartacus, Boonen, Pozzato, Sagan, Terpstra, Farrar, Leukemans, Vanmarcke, Langeveld, Roelandts, etc. etc. (podiumcafe.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Sagan is so good that many commentators started tipping him as a future Grand Tour winner.
There are a couple of anecdotes about Peter Sagan that tells you just how precocious the 24 year old from Slovakia was as a teenager.  (crankpunk.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) speaks with Paolo Bettini before the start of stage 6 at Tirreno-Adriatico.
People forget how young he is, says Zanatta. (cyclingnews.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Sergio Henao Credit: Graham Watson .
International news round-up (March 27): Nibali skips Critérium International and Flanders; UCI team plans; Arch opens Zoncolan climb; Africa's MTN-Qhubeka to race Flanders. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Does Belgium even exist outside of cyclocross season?
Heidi Swift: "I come to Belgium the way I come to most places: with an open heart and only a faint outline of a plan. I expect nothing from this country because it isn’t cyclocross season." (pelotonmagazine.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: In a way it would be easy to just go home, back to the U.S., rather than going on alone.
Her cycling route takes her through the southern countries of Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.

March 27, 2014




Photo: The Airbus-developed carbon features technology and materials unseen on bikes.
Charge Bikes founder Nick Larsen has developed a new brand called Fabric, in collaboration with aerospace giant Airbus, which will produce saddles with 3D-printed titanium rails and whisper-thin carbon shells. (bikeradar.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: A rich repository of Tour lore..
This is the kind of book, one which sees the Tour the way most fans do: something to be admired, something to be respected and - sometimes - something to poke fun at and laugh and joke about. (podiumcafe.com)

March 27, 2014




Photo: Stage 3 Profile (Sunday stage).
Sunday's (March 30) Criterium International Stage 3 departs Porto Vecchio at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Col de l’Ospedale at around 4:48pm CET (10:48am U.S. Eastern).  Criterium International live streaming video is scheduled to get underway at around 3:20pm CET (9:20am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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