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April 2014
April 1, 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, ...
Wednesday's Three Days of De Panne Stage 2 departs Zottegem at 11:40am CET (5:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Koksijde (Oostduinkerke) at around 4:39pm CET (10:39am 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)

April 1, 2014






Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale). Oscar Gatto (Cannondale) celebrates, well, second place.
Cannondale rider becomes first leader of the race.  (cyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quickstep).
Dutchman's form looks good ahead of Tour of Flanders. (cyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014





Photo: Milano-Sanremo winner Alexander Kristoff and many of his big-name sprinting contemporaries are set for a three-day showdown in De Panne, Belgium. Photo: Tim De Waele.
 Sprinters and time trialists will take center stage on the windy flats of western Flanders in Driedaagse De Panne (Three Days of De Panne) this week. (velonews.com)

April 1, 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).

April 1, 2014




Photo: UHC sport director Rachel Heal (center) talks with general manager/sport director Mike Tamayo and rider Hannah Barnes at the team's recent training camp in Arizona. (Courtesy UnitedHealthcare).
At the 2014 Milan-Sanremo, Rachel Heal became the first woman to direct a men’s professional cycling team. (bicycling.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Jerome Clementz has been testing this prototype aerodynamic helmet in Italy. Photo: Daniel Dunn | VeloNews.com.
In 1989, Greg LeMond ushered in the era of aerodynamic technology with his Tour de France victory in Paris. Now, mountain bikers will have their turn. (velonews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) didn't have the legs.
German sprinter recovers after surgery. (cyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Slovakia's Peter Sagan of Cannondale celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win E3 Harelbeke (AFP).
As the GC men for the Giro and Tour battled it out in Catalunya, the classics men continued to test their mettle over the cobbled roads of Belgian ahead of the approaching monumental Flanders / Roubaix fortnight. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Kenda's Kountach tire proved to be a reliable choice.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The Kountach is a good-value racing clincher with reliable puncture protection and durability." (bikeradar.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Peter Sagan's Cannondale Synapse Evo Hi-Mod .
Peter Sagan took the start at Gent-Wevelgem aboard a Cannondale Synapse Evo Hi-Mod, a bike he won on at E3 Herelbeke just two days before. (velonews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Getting the right fit means more than just having the right size frame.
Riding a bike that doesn’t fit is no fun. It’s uncomfortable and you risk injury from being too cramped or too stretched out. (bikeradar.com)

April 1, 2014





Photo: We can't wait to see how many news outlets report today that Wilderness Trail Bikes have changed their name.
Even if they changed their name, we would keep calling them WTB. Some old habits die hard. (mbaction.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: The Redlands Bicycle Classic will open the 2014 National Racing Calendar. Photo: VeloNews.com.
The 30th Redlands Bicycle Classic opens Wednesday in southern California, there will be two days of live coverage. (velonews.com)

April 1, 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




German to miss the rest of the spring races. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




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) 

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Photo: Former UCI chief Hein Verbruggen has wide-ranging suggestions for the growth of pro cycling as business. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Hein Verbruggen presided over professional cycling for most of the past 30 years, first as president of the FICP starting in the mid-1980s, then as president of the UCI from 1991 through 2005. (velonews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Young American Andrew Talansky, who wore the yellow jersey in Paris-Nice last year, is the latest addition to our GC favorites. (James Startt).
Weekly updates on the form of the top spring Grand Tour contenders. (bicycling.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Tom Boonen at the Omega-Pharma Quick Step Camp 2014 Credit: Graham Watson .
Tom Boonen tries to put partner's miscarriage to back of mind as Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix draw near. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

April 1, 2014




Photo: the 24-year-old Slovakian, nicknamed the ‘Terminator’.
Sagan slowed down in the final metres to let the Italian pass him but Gatto wasn’t capable of doing so, and Sagan took the stage instead, millimeters ahead of his team-mate for his fourth win of the season. (bicycle.net)

April 1, 2014




Photo: The Schleck brothers, Frank and Andy, are racing together once again.
Trek Factory Racing placed two riders in top-ten. (cyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Chris Froome and Dave Brailsford are facing renewed scrutiny over DNA test results. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Lance Armstrong and Miguel Indurain were both called “extraterrestrial” for their eyebrow-raising performances during their respective careers, but a groundbreaking study has shed light on Tour de France champion Chris Froome’s otherworldly dominance of cycling’s greatest race. (velonews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: uys we said Nutritional MACRO view, not McDo view. The Rabobank team at the 2012 Tour de Qatar stopping by the local Mcdonalds – just for the free internet of course….
As an athlete, your race season is ramping up. Your focus is on performance. Any weight loss you really needed to chip away at should have been achieved by now. It’s the time to keep building, to recover and get stronger, all of which require proper nourishment and carbohydrate intake. (pezcyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: John Bennett (California Giant-Specialized) holds onto the climber's jersey, Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com) the yellow and Roman Van Uden (Pure Black) the sprint jersey..
USA peloton kicks off NRC in California. (cyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Dr. Ilsa Slaapkamer and Dr. Jakop Bootstrip, found the uncorking of carbonated champagne after vigorous shaking was clearly a metaphor for male climax.
Today the UCI announced the uncorking of champagne, part of the traditional podium celebration at bike races for over a century, will be outlawed in 2015. Citing a five-year study recently concluded by HIGS, the Helsinki Institute for Gender Study, and commissioned by the UCI, the practice is ‘overtly masculine’ and ‘inherently gender biased’ according to the study’s results. (pelotonmagazine.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: These fields have some fast women. Wait...that came out wrong.
After multiple crashes in the women's cat 3/4 crits two weekends in a row, BRAC came up with what they are calling the 'Save the 3/4's from themselves policy.'  "Look. I know full body armor will slow them down, not to mention it's insanely costly. But If we don't act fast, there won't be any female racers left."

April 1, 2014




Photo: The Pee-Wee Elite is a 3-foot tall work stand optimized for repairs on 12” wheel balance bikes.
Feedback Sports, known for high-quality cycling products, addresses a growing 3 to 6 year-old childrens’ DIY market with introduction of an elite level bicycle work stand. (bikerumor.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Huge crowds are expected to witness the high speed action as toddlers get their chance to tear around behind the big motors.
Under fives to race around track behind Big Motors in first event of its kind this July. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Many of the latest crop of superbikes are great — except for the fact that they cost a boatload.
These days it's shockingly common to see a price of more than US$10,000 for what's considered a premier machine, even from a mainstream label. (bikeradar.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Among the places Gord was victorious none stands out more than his 6 Stage victories at the Redlands Bicycle Classic.
"Canadian Gord Fraser was the definition of a cycling professional. As a United States based rider from 1998 thru 2006, Gord raced his bike in every corner of the United States." (cyclingillustrated.com)

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April 1, 2014




Photo: Clenbuterol, Tour shenanigans, and equipment.
The Secret Pro gives some background to the Mick Rogers saga, talks about mixed up blood bags, Tour shenanigans, and equipment failures. (cyclingtips.com.au) 

April 1, 2014




Photo: A happy Lauren Hall post-win.
Hall's Gent-Wevelgem win was unexpected. (cyclingnews.com)

March 31, 2014




Photo: The impossible compression of carbon, flesh and ambition into the narrow farm tracks of Northern Europe is everything the peloton’s protagonists need to reveal their true selves. Flanders. Roubaix. Gent-Wevelgem.
Riders on the start line of a spring classic are pristine and almost indistinguishable from one another. All logos, sharp edges and mirrored gazes. After hundreds of kilometers of hardship their true character is revealed when they cross the line finish. Dirtied. Exhausted. Exalted. (redkiteprayer.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Guillaume Van Keirsbulck was among the riders appearing to wear Google Glass-equipped optics on Sunday at Gent-Wevelgem. Photo: Tim De Waele.
A technical commission enlisted to examine cycling’s equipment rules will make its first recommendations in a press conference scheduled Thursday in Aigle, Switzerland. The sport’s world governing body, the UCI, is expected to undertake major revisions to a rulebook often criticized for limiting technological advancement. (velonews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Criterium International > F1 Malaysian GP.
De Panne – Criterium International > F1 – How to Pronounce Mezgec – Stannard – Ag2r – Buy your own SRM – New Blood Doping Test. (inrng.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: It is yet to be confirmed by the Tour of Britain organizers on whether it will be implemented in September.
This has been a direct result of the organizations ‘new approach in favor of innovation and technology’. (decaironman-training.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: One reader wonders if there's a compatibility problem with Schwalbe One Tubeless tires and Stan's No Tubes wheels. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com.
This week, Lennard Zinn answers two questions about tires — one on tubulars and another on tubeless. (velonews.com)

April 1, 2014





Photo: Luca Paolini (Katusha).
Italian buoyed by Milan-San Remo performance. (cyclingnews.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Cyfac's exceptional manufacturing is shown off in the Route 66 to great effect.
Take a look at this curvy road rig from French steel mountain bike specialist, Caminade – it’s the Route 66 and the company is shipping the first batch of steel frames to customers this month. (bikeradar.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: The difference in radius between the two sizes is about 12.5mm, so we’ve been testing prototypes of a rim bed spacer that fits a bit like a tire onto the 26” rim and increases the diameter to the 27.5 tire seat diameter.
The latest dilemma for all of us is 26” or 27.5” wheel size. Can’t decide? Want to try them both without spending loads of money on a new frame & wheels etc? At DMR we've found a solution. (pinkbike.com)

April 1, 2014




Photo: Michael Hutchinson is a professional cyclist with over 50 National Time Trial Titles.
Faster. We all secretly want it, some less secretly than others. But what separates the fast from the not-so-fast? (wheelsuckers.co.uk)

April 1, 2014




Photo: a quality training tool, but one that is incredibly easy to fold up and take with you to your next race.
There are a lot of reasons for why you should train with rollers, but ease of transport and portability typically isn’t high on the list. (bikerumor.com)

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