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March 2014
March 31, 2014



Photo: A crash during E3 Harelbeke blocked the road and held up pre-race favorite Fabian Cancellara. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Why all the crashes? That was the simple question posed from veteran Belgian journalist Hugo Coorevits to Gent-Wevelgem winner John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) after a weekend filled with lots of them. (velonews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Cavendish, Sagan, Kittel, Demare, Kristoff, Paolini, Renshaw, Terpstra, Gatto, Boeckmans, Dehaes, Gavazzi, Modolo, Bewley, Durbridge, Tuft, Cousin, Hoogerland, Colbrelli, Bazzana, Forster, Jones, Murphy, Summerhill, Baugnies, Napolitano, Chicchi, Mol, ...
Tuesday's Three Days of De Panne Stage 1 departs De Panne at 11:55am CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Zottegem at around 4:47pm CET (10:47am U.S. Eastern).  Three Days of De Panne live streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm CET (8:40am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Marcel Sieberg checks on Lotto Belisol teammate Andre Greipel who crashed in the final kilometres.
German to miss the rest of the spring races. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Contador took a commanding win at Tirreno-Adriatico with a 2:05 gap to second-place Nairo Quintana. (Tinkoff-Saxo Bank).
Weekly updates on the form of the top spring Grand Tour contenders. (bicycling.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Specialized-Lululemon's Aussie recruit Tiffany Cromwell.
Regarded as one of the hardest one-day races on the elite women's calendar, the 124km Trofeo Alfredo Binda featured five categorized climbs, including four times up the 3km Orina climb.. (cyclingtips.com.au) 

March 31, 2014




Photo: Golden girl... Caroline Buchanan could do no wrong last year when she took world championship titles in two disciplines. (Supplied).
Australian Cyclist of the Year Caroline Buchanan is ready for a big 2014 as she continues on the road to the 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympic Games. (sbs.com.au)

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Photo: Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) on the cobbles. © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport
Milan-San Remo winner still present in final sprint. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Kristian Hynek and Robert Mennen (Topeak-Ergon Racing) crossed the line together.
Heyns and Beukes win the final stage. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Races & Results.
De Panne-Koksijde - April 1-3, 2014 (Start List),
Tour of Flanders - April 6, 2014 (Start List),
Paris-Roubaix - April 13, 2014 (History),
Amstel Gold Race - April 20, 2014 (History),
La Flèche Wallonne - April 23, 2014 (History),
Liège-Bastogne-Liège - April 27, 2014 (History),
Volta a Catalunya - March 24-30, 2014 (Results),
Gent-Wevelgem - March 30, 2014 (Results),
E3 Harelbeke - March 28, 2014 (Results),
Dwars door Vlaanderen - March 26, 2014 (Results),
Milan-San Remo - March 23, 2014 (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).

March 31, 2014




Photo: Jeremy Powers in his new US champion's kit, slip-slides his way to 15th.
US cyclo-cross champ will spend more time off-road. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: You’d think organizers and photographers would learn after putting on a race for so many years.
"I’ve heard all kind of things about this course, riddled with crashes every year, guys airlifted to the hospitals and etc. Well? It didn’t disappoint." (cyclingillustrated.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Because it does err on the side of stiffness, we can’t say that its overall riding experience is for everyone.
Guru’s bread-and-butter business model revolves around frames, with custom versions of the Photon SL starting at $5500 and Fast Forward Flex geometry models starting at $4500. Custom paint and graphics packages are also available. (roadbikeaction.com)

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Photo: Chris Froome on stage four of the 2014 Tour of Catalonia .
The great head-to-head climbing battle between Chris Froome and Alberto Contador at the Volta a Catalunya, which finished yesterday, resulted in a win for… Joaquim Rodriguez. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Alberto Contador finished four seconds behind winner Joaquim Rodríguez at the Volta a Catalunya. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Another strong performance by Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) in last week’s Volta a Catalunya confirms that the Spanish star is back on good form. (velonews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Will 2014 see the last of the great Boonen-Cancellara classics battles? Photo: Tim De Waele.
Fabian Cancellara embraced Tom Boonen on the sign-in podium ahead of Friday’s E3 Harelbeke in a private moment that revealed much about their decade-long rivalry in the cobblestone classics. (velonews.com)

March 31, 2014





Photo: Peter Sagan wins the 2014 E3 Harelbeke .
Peter Sagan starts the new week full of confidence. He races the Three Days of De Panne and then tries to do something he has never done before: win a monument. He said that in respect to last year, when he placed second in the Tour of Flanders, he feels more confident in his ability to win. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Stijn Devolder will be hoping he can avoid the tarmac for the rest of the race.
Showing form of old ahead of Tour of Flanders. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Gent-Wevelgem offers us a choice: good weather or good racing.
"Halfway through the classics... First, let me pay some props to John Degenkolb, winner of yesterday's Gent-Wevelgem." (podiumcafe.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: The Trouee d'Arenberg will be doubly decisive under new initiatives announced by organisers of Paris-Roubaix (Getty).
The race will use the latest in cloud seeding technology while also employing the use of a sprinkler system to water the course ahead of the peloton, which organizers say will future-proof the event for decades to come. (sbs.com.au) [note that it is April 1st in Australia]

March 31, 2014




Photo: The final GC podium at Critérium International (L-R): Mathias Frank, Jean-Christophe Peraud and Tiago Machado.
Frenchman admits final stage was psychologically tough. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Matt Goss waves his arms after an early crash. © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport
Australian challenged by allergies, crashes and change of bike. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: the big guns arrived and the climb was a cauldron of noise as the main field swept through like a tidal wave.
The atmosphere was unbelievable, the tension tangible. Either side of the road, a non-descript country lane in the middle of nowhere, was absolutely packed with like-minded fans who had flocked to the climb to see the best bike riders in the world defy the laws of gravity. (wheelsuckers.co.uk)

March 31, 2014




Photo: another major women's race was being held in Belgium: Gent-Wevelgem.
"It’s a rarity these days that I get to do a ‘new’ race. After five full seasons in Europe (this is my sixth) I have memorised most left-hand turns, roundabouts and friendly pubs for last-minute toilet stops at most races." (cyclingtips.com.au) 

March 31, 2014




Photo: There are plenty of whimsical details in the show. You just have to look. .
Despite all the amazing work at NAHBS, every now and then you see something completely avoidable, something that leaves you scratching your head. (redkiteprayer.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Beautiful ride backed up with beautiful looks.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The spec may be on the light side, but this is a sweet-riding, gorgeous-looking machine." (bikeradar.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: the M-Link is composed but still very active.
The Supercell is built around Breezer’s proprietary M-Link suspension design. The brainchild of the Sotto Group, the M-Link places the chainstay pivot in the middle of the stay. (dirtragmag.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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Photo: Former Giro d'Italia winner Paolo Savoldelli .
Italian facing 2 years plus 8 months. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Alberto Contador on Stage 6 of the 2014 Tirreno Adriatico. © (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
Ag2r back in team ranking lead, Spain number one country. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Vandamme gets marks for effort but put both his own safety that of riders in danger too, all for a photo.
Damien Vandamme got his Warholian 15 minutes of fame although the publicity is far from positive. (inrng.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: It’s classics season again and you know what that means: The iconic flag that is virtually the symbol of these springtime classics – the Lion of Flanders.
It’s the classics season and that means two things: lions and aerodynamics. (roadcycling.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: SRAM, Shimano and Campagnolo to suggest when they would have systems ready for use by the pros.
A UCI decision on when road disc brakes will be competition legal could be made within six months. (bikeradar.com)

March 31, 2014





Photo: Bradley Wiggins (Sky) won the 10th Tour of Britain. © Rob Lampard
HC status set to boost September stage race. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Wouter Wippert (Drapac) on stage. © Tour de Taiwan 2014 / Sonoko Tanaka
Dutchman on the verge of impressing Pro Teams. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: A string of top fives in all the recent one-day cobbled classics marks Sep Vanmarcke as a favourite to win the Tour of Flanders on Sunday.
Belkin's Sep Vanmarcke is now ranked by bookies just behind Cancellara, Sagan and Boonen for Sunday's Tour of Flanders. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

March 31, 2014




Photo: The fit of the Louis Garneau Course Helmet is one of its strongest features.
With over 150 victories during his 13 year racing career, Louis Garneau knows a few things about cycling. (cyclingperspective.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Shimano's new ST-RS785 dual control shift lever .
Shimano has unveiled its second generation of road-specific hydraulic disc brakes, and the big news is that hydraulic braking can now be paired with mechanical shifting thanks to an all new lever. (bikeradar.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: Importantly, the new 105 can also be combined with Shimano's recently announced, second generation hydraulic disc brake for road bikes.
Shimano has released details of its all new 105 groupset. Revamped for 2014/15, the drivetrain is now 11-speed, with all components gaining trickle down technology from the company's existing Ultegra and Dura-Ace groups. (bikeradar.com)

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