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| Mar 31 |
 Photo:
Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wins the opening stage in De Panne (Tim de
Waele/TDWSport.com).
Alexander Kristoff got
back to winning ways on the opening stage of the Driedaagse de Panne.
The Norwegian powered home to his fifth victory of the season after a
perfect delivery from his compatriot and teammate Sven Erik Bystrom.
Jens Debusschere faded after launching his sprint early but held on for second while Stijn Devolder took third. March
31, 2015
(cyclingnews.com)
 Photo:
Porte
had a great start to the year, winning the Australia time
trial championship.
A
little
over a year ago Richie
Porte
abandoned the Volta a Catalunya on just the second day of racing. It
was
the second race that month that he’d been unable to finish — after
Tirreno-Adriatico — and by the end of May he would also have DNFed at
Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Tour of Romandie.
The illness that affected Porte in those races would also see him shelve his main goal for the season: the Giro d’Italia. Twelve months on things couldn’t be more different. Porte took two stage wins en route to overall victory at Paris-Nice — as he’d done two years prior — and a couple weeks later he worked his way into the overall lead of and then won the Volta a Catalunya. March
31, 2015
(cyclingtips.com.au)
 Photo:
The
USA Pro Challenge returns to Colorado this summer with a women's event.
Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
The
USA
Pro Challenge announced Tuesday it will hold a three-day elitewomen’s
race in conjunction with the men’s race in August.
The route for the women’s event will overlap with some parts of the men’s race, and the women will compete for the same daily prize money as the men, according to a press release. The race is slated for August 21-23; the men’s race is scheduled for August 17-23. March
31, 2015
(velonews.com)
2014-15
Races &
Results.
Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde - Mar 31-Apr 2 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia 2015 - May 9-31 (Stages), Tour de France 2015 - July 4-26 (Stages), Vuelta a España 2015 - Aug 22-Sept 13 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship 2015 - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Gent - Wevelgem - Mar 29 (Results), Gent - Wevelgem Women - Mar 29 (Results), Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - Mar 23-29 (Results), E3 Harelbeke - Mar 27 (Results), Tour de Taiwan - Mar 21-25 (Results), Milan San Remo - Mar 22 (Results), Nokere Koerse - Mar 18 (Results), Tirreno-Adriatico - Mar 11-17 (Results), UCI Track World Championships - Feb 18-22 (Results), UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships - Jan 31-Feb 1 (Results).  Kacey
Lloyd won the first edition of the Red Hook Crit.
(Photo by Alessandro Mornati). "Since
2008, the Red Hook Criterium has been bringing cyclists to Brooklyn,
New York, to race track bikes around tight turns and through torrential
downpours, and implement all kinds of chaos. This week, 60 Minutes
Sports is picking up on the story, with a special hosted by Phil Keoghan of The
Amazing Race. The show is set to air on Showtime on April 1.
While Keoghan is doing press coverage, Kacey Lloyd is in crunch mode to get ready for this year’s Red Hook Crit, to be held April 25. After winning the first edition of the race, she has become a fixture at the event. She took a few minutes away from her training to give us the rundown on Red Hook." March
31,
2015 (bicycling.com)
 Photo:
All the ambassadors are expected to offer one clinic or group ride per
month through Liv retailers.
Giant
Bicycle and Liv USA has announced the launch its largest women’s
cycling ambassador program in the brand’s history, with 80 women
ambassadors across the country, who will work with retailers to lead
rides and give educational clinics to help grow women’s cycling in the
community.
“The Liv ambassadors give back to the Liv brand ten-fold, but more importantly they help grow women’s cycling in general and create an environment where the sport of cycling is less intimidating,” said Elysa Walk, Giant and Liv USA’s general manager. “All of that has more value than we could ever put a price tag on. As a leader in the women’s cycling industry, I believe we have a responsibility to give women who love to ride a means to share their passion. This program does just that.” March
31,
2015 (capovelo.com)
 Photo:
Guillaume
van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) won the 2014 ThreeDays of De
Panne and he is back to defend..
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 4:48pm
CET(10:48am U.S. Eastern).
Three Days of De Panne live streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm CET (8:40am U.S. Eastern, 5:40am Pacific). March
31, 2015
(cyclingfans.com)
 Photo:
Fabian
Cancellara won the 2014 Ronde van Vlaanderen. Due to injury,however, he
will not be able to defend his title.
Sunday's Tour
of Flanders departs Brugge at 10:15am CET (4:15am U.S. Eastern) and
isexpected at the finish at Oudenaarde at around 4:47pm CET (10:47am
U.S.Eastern, 7:47am Pacific).
Tour of Flanders live streaming video should get underway at around *9:30am CET (*3:30am U.S. Eastern, 12:30am Pacific). March
31, 2015
(cyclingfans.com)
 Photo:Kazakhstan
Cycling Federation president Darkhan Kaletaev.(Astana ProTeam).
As
the
date nears for Astana's meeting with the UCI Licensing Commission to
discuss the team’s WorldTour license, Kazakhstan Cycling
Federation President Darkhan
Kaletaev
says the team's organization will go into the
hearing
not as defendants, but rather as stakeholders in UCI President Brian Cookson's
drive
to eliminate performance enhancing drugs from the sport.
March
30,
2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Luca
Paolini
relied on his experience and race smarts in Gent-Wevelgem.
Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com. If
you
want to put a stamp on a career, you’d surely like do it the way Luca Paolini
did, grabbing a victory in the first major northern classic of —
perhaps
—your final season with both hands and doing it in pure hardman
style, too.
In torrential rain that gave way to a slashing crosswind that gusted to 50 miles per hour and sent riders and bikes sprawling into the muddy drainage alongside the roads of Flanders and Northern France, the Italian Katusha rider won Gent-Wevelgem with the kind of patience andmaturity a decade and a half in the pro peloton earns you. “It was a really hard win because of the weather conditions,” Paolini said in apost-race press conference. “There were a lot of crashes during the race. I also crashed two times and two times I had to change my bike. …But despite these problems, I tried to take the front of the race to save energy for the final kilometers and I succeeded. It was a good ride.” Understatement might be another thing that a 15-year career will teach you. March
30, 2015
(velonews.com)
|  Photo:
Aaron Brown (on left) appearing in a Cyclismas video.
Having
been found liable for the missing Kimmage
Fund by the Massachusetts Superior Court last October, the person
responsible for its theft, Aaron
Brown, has run out of time to lodge an appeal.
As a result final judgement has been rendered against Brown, the former user of the UCI_Overlord persona. According to Bill Hue, a fund donor who took a class action lawsuit on behalf of the other contributors, Brown owes a sum heading towards $100,000. March
31,
2015 (cyclingtips.com.au)
 Photo:
"I
got an iPhone and I joined Twitter and so Lance followed me onTwitter."
"A
few
weeks ago I had the good fortune to catch up with Scott Mercier,
former
US Postal rider, anti-doping advocate, former Lance Armstrong
foe and current Lance
Armstrong
friend. This is Part 2 of my interview with Scott."
March
31, 2015
(crankpunk.com)
 UCI
president Brian Cookson is under increasing scrutiny to take a stand on
doping in cycling, and the questions surrounding the Astana team are
the latest controversy to test his resolve. Photo: AFP PHOTO | Mark
Gunter (File).
Italian
cycling federation president Renato
di Rocco has criticized the UCI’s handling of the Astana
case, the Reuters wire service reported Tuesday.
Di Rocco, a member of the UCI’s management committee, wrote a letter March 27 to UCI president Brian Cookson outlining his concerns over how the cycling governing body is trying to revoke the team’s WorldTour racing license. Reuters published excerpts of the letter: “In all the mentioned cases (Olympics, women cycling) we, as management committee members, have been directly involved,” Di Rocco wrote. “However, concerning the License Commission withdrawal of Astana this procedure was not followed. On Feb. 27 we had received only a press release which informed us the UCI requested the withdrawal of the Astana pro team (WorldTour) license.” March
31,
2015 (velonews.com)
 Tom
Boonen
wants to race Paris-Roubaix in two weeks.
Photo: Tim De Waele |TDWsport.com. Belgian
sprinter
Tom Boonen,
injured
in a fall at the Paris-Nice race, has returned to training in the slim
hope of competing in the Paris-Roubaix classic next month.
Marc Coucke, the leading sponsor of Boonen’s Etixx-Quick-Step team, said the 34-year-old Belgian had a very slim chance of competing in the race on April 12. “Tom Boonen is training hard, there is one percent chance that he will compete inthe Paris-Roubaix race,” Coucke said on Twitter. “Tom explained that he would certainly check out the Paris-Roubaix course. After that he will make a decision on whether he will compete in the race." March
31, 2015
(velonews.com)
 Photo:
All
looks on track for Alberto Contador.
All
eyes
are rightly on Flanders in anticipation of this weekend’s Rondevan
Vlaanderen, one of the best races in the world.
All the more reason to take a quick look at a different subset ofriders and evaluate where things stand for the Giro. Alberto Contador is and has been the obvious pick while Richie Porte has seen his odds tighten following wins in Paris-Nice and the Volta a Catalunya. Rigoberto Uran and Fabio Aru sit stable while the odds for everyone else are off the chart, the next names are Vincenzo Nibali and Rafał Majka only they’re not racing, then comes Domenico Pozzovivo on decimal odds of 18 and Dan Martin on 34. March
31, 2015
(inrng.com)
 Photo:Bernhard
Eisel talks to the crowd
(Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com). Bernhard Eisel
has called on professional riders to show greater unity when faced with
the cases of extreme weather in races.
The experienced Team Sky rider was speaking at the start of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, race that saw the first twelve kilometers neutralized, as high winds again buffeted the peloton. The riders faced a similar scenario in Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem and despite a brief respite, as Eiselled a collective neutralization, the race went ahead, but was littered with crashes, abandonment, broken bones and further debate about rider safety and racing extreme weather conditions. March
31, 2015
(cyclingnews.com)
 Photo:
Iljo
Keisse and the Etixx boys will be looking for a win on home ground.
"The
early
season Belgian cobbled Classics have been building up to thisSunday and
the battle of the Tour of Flanders, or De Ronde vanVlaanderen. Ed Hood looks at
the
history and examines the parcours for this Monument of the road. Who
will be the winner? Not an easy answer, but he will be a Lion of
Flanders.
It’s hard to over-state the relevance of the Tour of Flanders, not just in cycling circles but in the national consciousness of Belgium. During the Copenhagen six day race a few years ago I was sitting beside Gent’s own star of road and track; Iljo Keisse in the back seat of Michael Berling’s car, en route our evening meal at the race restaurant." March
31, 2015
(pezcyclingnews.com)
 Photo:
Boels Dolmans Cycling Team.
"We
sat down with Megan
Guarnier, Christine
Majerus, Evie
Stevens, Chantal
Blaak, Lizzie
Armitstead and Ellen
van Dijk and gave them two prompts:
1. Tell us about your first bike race 2. What do you know now that you wish you knew then? What advice to you have for the new rider or racer? Their responses were thoughtful and funny and served as great conversation-starters." March
31,
2015 (cyclingtips.com.au)
 Photo:
Amber
Neben (Specialized-Lululemon) riding in the yellow jersey at theExergy
Tour.(Jon Devich).
SmartStop
adds Candelario;
Grotts,
Courtney
earn Pan Am gold.
March
30,
2015 (cyclingnews.com)
March
30, 2015
(cyclingnews.com)
 | March
31, 2015
 Photo:
Saxo-Tinkoff
manager Bjarne Riis with the team's star rider AlbertoContador at a
press conference in October(AFP).
Bjarne Riis has
said he plans to spend time with his family after parting ways with
the Tinkoff-Saxo team, saying he will take time “to think through
and explore what I want to achieve in life professionally going
forward.”
Perhaps as part of his settlement with the Tinkoff-Saxo team, and team management company Tinkoff Sport, Riis said he will refrain from giving interviews but tried to encourage his former riders in a brief message issued via his son’s Twitter account. March
31, 2015
(cyclingnews.com)
 Photo:Peter
Sagan struggles in the torrid conditions at Ghent-Wevelgem(Watson).
Sagan-mania
was
at its height two years ago in Ghent-Wevelgem. Slovakia’s Peter Sagan
muscled his way into an escape group, attacked solo four kilometers out
and celebrated by spinning an imaginary lasso and riding a
one-handed wheelie.
Two years on from 2013, the situation has changed. Instead of thinking of new ways to celebrate wins, he is merely trying to win. Any victory would be welcome for Tinkoff-Saxo. Over the winter they signed Sagan on a three-year deal through 2017, at a reported €4m (£2.90m) annually, in hopes of reliving some of that Sagan-mania. March
31, 2015
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
 The
Oakley
Jawbreakers are larger than the average sunglasses and offer more
features than what meets the eye. Photo: Logan VonBokel |VeloNews.com.
Mark Cavendish maybe
one of the most neurotic professionals when it comes to selecting his
equipment. He’s been known for riding non-sponsor equipment
and switching between his Specialized S-Works shoes and
his long-discontinued Nikes. There’s even rumors of him switching
frame sizes.
So when someone as picky as Cavendish puts his head together with designers from a brand like Oakley, the results are sure to be attention grabbing. And sure enough, the Oakley Jawbreaker is unlike anything we’ve seen from Oakley since the 1980s, when Oakley launched its first sunglasses, the Eyeshade. March
31, 2015
(velonews.com)
 Photo:
Alex
Dowsett hard at work(Movistar).
Alex Dowsett’s
Hour Record attempt is back on track following his recovery from a
broken collarbone he suffered earlier this year. Dowsett was due
to tackle the record at the end of February in London but was forced
to postpone it when he crashed during a training ride near his home
in Essex.
The new record attempt is planned for May 2 at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. “I'm thrilled to be back on track to attempt the #PerfectHour,” Dowsett said in a team press release. “Breaking my collarbone whilst in such good form was a real disappointment, but I healed 100% and didn't lose much form through it all. Manchester will be a fantastic location and it'll be an honor for me to attempt the record on the same boards as Chris Boardman.” March
31, 2015
(cyclingnews.com)
 Photo:
Kristoff chose gearing that's not for the faint of heart: a 54/42
crankset would have most mortals walking up the feared Flandrian bergs.
"While
E3 is by no means as big in reputation as its brother, the Tour of
Flanders (or Ronde van Vlaanderen, if you prefer), it’s a top level pro
bike race in Belgium which means people come out to watch in their
thousands and anyone who’s got pretensions of being someone in the
Classics is there to ride.
And it is a brutal race too – just ask Fabian Cancellara, whose spring campaign was ended by a crash on the Haaghoek cobbles. As well as hitting some bergs ourselves for a bit of Flemish-style suffering, we got along to the start in Harelbeke to check out the pro bikes and see what tweaks they make for the cobbles. Although the cobbles of Flanders are very different to that of Roubaix, they still pack quite a punch and if your bike’s not 100% then the Hellingen may well shake it to bits." March
31,
2015 (roadcyclinguk.com)
 Photo:
Cycling Stars-
A Trump Card Game.
What
it
is: A deck of cards with profiles of thirty riders on them, each scored
along different criteria, from Panache to Toughness
Strengths: Seriously good fun as you try to trump your opponents with superior scoring attributes (and just as much fun as you argue whether Eugène Christophe really outscores Cadel Evans on toughness) Weaknesses: Sean Kelly only scores eight for Panache? On! What! Planet?!? March
31, 2015
(podiumcafe.com)
 Photo:
The new Flat Mount calipers are only compatible with Flat Mount frames
and forks.
Shimano
is introducing its first road hydraulic brake calipers that are
compatible with the Flat Mount disk caliper mounting system it
announced last year and which will be used on some 2016 model year
bikes that will hitting the market soon.
The two new Flat Mount calipers are technically not part of a group, but the BR-RS805 model is considered "Ultegra grade" and the BR-RS505 is considered "105 grade." The low-profile calipers have One-Way bleeding and easy tool access. Both calipers use new pads that are not compatible with Shimano's mountain calipers. In addition, Shimano is bringing out a 105-level hydraulic road lever with 11-speed mechanical shifting. The new ST-RS505 lever works with either of the new Flat Mount calipers as well as previous Shimano road disc calipers. The levers have reach and free-stroke adjustment and Vivid index shifting. March
31,
2015 (bicycleretailer.com)
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30,2015
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