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April 2014
April 30, 2014


Photo: In talking to Stevens, one gets the sense that she is acutely aware that her time in the professional ranks is limited.
Chances are, if you live  in the Bay Area you understand what drew Team Specialized-Lululemon rider Evelyn Stevens away from Boulder to become a full time resident in San Francisco in the Fall of 2013. (cyclingillustrated.com)

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Photo: Mark Cavendish wins Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour of Turkey . (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
Mark Cavendish claimed victory on stage 4 of the Tour of Turkey after his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team delivered a pitch-perfect lead-out in Marmaris. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Local favorite Vicki Barclay (Stan's NoTubes Women's Elite Team) in action during the 2013 NoTubes Trans-Sylvania Epic. © A.E Landes Photography
Past winners Sornson and Yeager to battle for overall title. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Simon Spilak won in 2013.
2014 Eschborn-Frankfurt LIVE. Thursday, May 1, Germany. Eschborn-Frankfurt live video streaming is not expected this year but live radio is announced. (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: The stage was more than five and a half hours long, 183km and had 4,000m of climbing.
"It didn’t take long for the attacks to begin. Like a machine gun riders flew off the front in a continuous wave. Stage 3 was the first day of this year’s race in which the sprinters’ teams would not control the peloton." (cyclingtips.com.au) 

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2014 Races & Results.
Tour of Turkey - April 27 - May 4 (Stages & Results),
Tour de Romandie - April 29 - May 4 (Stages & Results),
Tour of the Gila - April 30 - May 4 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 11-18 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Stages),
Liège Bastogne Liège - April 27 (Results),
Giro del Trentino - April 22-25 (Results),
La Flèche Wallonne - April 23 (Results),
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine - April 23 (Results),
Amstel Gold Race - April 20 (Results),
De Brabantse Pijl - April 16 (Results),
Paris-Roubaix - April 13 (Results),
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages).

April 30, 2014




Photo: Chris Froome (Sky)... © Tim de Waele
Chris Froome (Team Sky) returned to racing at the Tour de Romandie after what he described as a 'bumpy ride' in the early part of the season due to his back problems and chest infection that forced him to miss Liège-Bastogne-Liège. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Luka Mezgec (Giant Shimano) wins stage 5 in Catalunya. © Tim de Waele
This will be the first time that he has taken on the Giro d’Italia. “Our first goal for the Giro d’Italia is to go for a stage and there are plenty of early opportunities for this with several flat days.”  (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Fabio Duarte (Colombia). © Roberto Bettini
After running into difficulties securing the team's visas for the stages in Ireland, team manager Claudio Corti is confident the issues will be solved. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Aubisque, Tourmalet, Superbagnères, Hautacam, and Peyresourde.
Strategically nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Pyrénées form a natural border of inspiration and beauty between France and Spain that every cyclist should endeavour to explore for themselves. (roadcyclinguk.com)

April 30, 2014






Photo: Tour of Turkey Stage 4 Profile...
Wednesday's Tour of Turkey Stage 4 departs Fethiye at 1:00pm EEST (local) (12:00pm CET or 6:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Marmaris at around 4:14pm EEST (local) (3:14pm CET or 9:14am U.S. Eastern).  Tour of Turkey live streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm EEST (local) (2:00pm CET or 8:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: In his ninth year as a professional bicycle racer, Ted King rides for the Cannondale Pro Cycling team. (Courtesy Cannondale Pro Cycling).
What does it take to become a pro—and what does it mean to be one? (bicycling.com)

April 30, 2014





Photo: Albasini wins at home for Orica-GreenEDGE. (sbs.com.au)
The Swiss rider saved his matches for the frenetic finale to beat Jesus Herrada (Movistar) and Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) into Sion on a stage shortened to just 88km due to snow on the Simplon Pass. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: It didn't make the stage any less entertaining though. Michael Steele - Velo/Getty Images.
"A quick reminder that winter is not yet quite behind us as snow forced the Tour of Romandie to exclude its most majestic (note: humor) climb, the SimplonPass, and race a shortened first mountain-stage." (podiumcafe.com)

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Photo: He started riding with TKK Pacific Toruń, a team based in Toruń, a large town about 30km away.
Michał Kwiatkowski was born in the village of Działyn in Central Poland on 2 June 1990. Rural boredom seem to be a reason he started riding. (inrng.com)

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Photo: Simplon Pass Credit: Graham Watson (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
The first road stage of the Tour de Romandie has been shortened to just 88km after heavy snow on the Simplon Pass forced the race organisers to avoid the 2000m high climb. (cyclingnews.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: Five riders instead of the allowed eight started the Giro del Trentino for Sky. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Only five riders clipped in at the start wearing Sky’s black and blue kits at the 100th edition of cycling’s oldest classic, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, three shy of the number allowed. (velonews.com)

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Photo: The British are coming: Sir Bradley Wiggins will lead the British charge at the Amgen Tour of California.
British duo to lead charge to restore America's faith in cycling when race rolls out next month. (roadcyclinguk.com)

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Photo: Cadel Evans (BMC) defended his pink jersey through the final stage. © Bettini
Australian to be supported by familiar names. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) prior to the start of stage 6. © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport
Despite only turning 24 at the beginning of the year, Quintana has high ambitions for his first Grand Tour as a general classification leader. “We can win, but we also have to be realistic." (cyclingnews.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: Torque it over...
Don’t over-tighten fragile bolts. In this day and age of lightweight carbon components and puny 5mm titanium Allen bolts, it’s definitely worth developing a sensitive touch when tightening things up. (bikeradar.com)

April 30, 2014






Photo: Chris Froome (Sky) won the 2013 Tour de Romandie and he is back to defend.
Wednesday's Tour de Romandie Stage 1 departs Ascona at 11:35am CET (5:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Sion at around 5:10pm CET (11:10am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Romandie live video streaming should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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Photo: We too wonder if we regarded Armstrong's Tour de France titles with enough skepticism as he won them. © Simon Bruty/SI
Rather than trying to justify why he doped, Lance Armstrong should be the leader of change in cycling. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: Thumbs up for Riccardo Riccò (Vacansoleil). © Bettini
Tuscan police catch disgraced climber red handed. (cyclingnews.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: On the podium of Flanders with teammate Hoste and Tom Boonen in 2005. © Sirotti
Leif Hoste has refuted Michael Barry’s allegation that he sold the 2006 Tour of Flanders to Tom Boonen. Barry was a teammate of Hoste’s at Discovery Channel at the time and makes the thinly-veiled accusation in a passage of his recently published autobiography. (cyclingnews.com)

April 30, 2014





Photo: Following the discovery of a €13 million fraud last year, Michele Acquarone was sacked.
The episode remains unexplained but, for the first time, Acquarone reveals his side of the story in an exclusive interview with SportsPro. (sportspromedia.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: They are from Adelaide, and it’s a long way to travel to catch the races.
"At Liège, I saw two boys waving an Australian flag so I decided that I would start with them. Darcy is the Team Sky fan, and Oliver is the Team BMC (and Cadel Evans) supporter." (pezcyclingnews.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: Kwiatkowski will start the race’s first road stage in the yellow jersey of overall leader (pic: Sirotti).
Michal Kwiatkowski is the man of the moment after he delivered another reminder of his phenomenal talents with prologue victory at the Tour de Romandie. (roadcyclinguk.com)

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Photo: Marianne Vos is the face of ASO's new race, La Course, a criterium on the Champs Elysees. (Getty Images/AFP).
World and Olympic champion Marianne Vos says women's cycling got a "big boost" when Tour de France organizers agreed to host a one-day race for them in Paris this year, but she says the fight is far from over. (sbs.com.au)

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Photo: Sports scientists and coaches are now attempting to understand fatigue.
It has taken more than a century to confirm Mosso’s idea that both the brain and the muscles alter their function during exercise and that fatigue is predominantly an emotion, part of a complex regulation, the goal of which is to protect the body from harm. (shutup-legs.com)

April 30, 2014




Photo: A hilly group ride – two training techniques ticked off in one go.
Training in your 'sweet spot' can raise your functional threshold power (FTP) using short sessions. (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: Refined, fairly quick, great spec...
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The updated R838 is a lively, versatile and pleasantly supple experience." (bikeradar.com)

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