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 Photo:
Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)
(Bettini).
Alexander Kristoff took
a convincing sprint finish to win the 2015 Tour of Flanders ahead of
breakaway companion Niki
Terpstra while Greg
Van Avermaet led home the remnants of the chasers and was
forced to settle for third.
Kristoff and Terpstra jumped clear after the ascent of the Kruisberg, with the Dutch rider first to open up a gap on the rest of the race favorites. Despite never holding more than a thirty second lead and a late counter attack from Van Avermaet and Peter Sagan, the leading duo survived until the finish. Coming into the final kilometer Terpstra sat back and forced Kristoff to the front but the 2014 Milan-San Remo winner held his nerve and comprehensively took the sprint to secure the second Monument of his career. April
5, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Elisa
Longo Borghini celebrates after winning the 12th women's Tour of
Flanders. Photo: AFP.
Wiggle-Honda
went one-two in the women’s Tour of Flanders on Sunday.
Elisa Longo Borghini took a solo victory in the 145km third round of the women’s UCI World Cup ahead of teammate and Belgian road champion Jolien D’hoore, winner of the first round of the series. Anna van der Breggen rounded out the podium in third. The 23-year-old Longo Borghini has twice finished just off the podium at Flanders, crossing fourth the past two years. April
5, 2015 (velonews.com)
2014-15
Races &
Results.
Tour of Flanders - Apr 5 (Start List), Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Apr 6-11 (Start List), Scheldeprijs - Apr 8 (History), Paris-Roubaix - Apr 12 (History), 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), GP Miguel Indurain - Apr 4 (Results), Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde - Mar 31-Apr 2 (Results), Gent - Wevelgem - Mar 29 (Results), Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - Mar 23-29 (Results), E3 Harelbeke - Mar 27 (Results), Milan San Remo - Mar 22 (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).  Photo:
Stage 1 Profile.
Monday's Tour of the
Basque Country Stage 1 departs Bilbao at 1:15pm CET (7:15am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Bilbao at around 5:24pm CET
(11:24am U.S. Eastern).
Tour of the Basque Country live streaming video should get underway at around *3:30pm CET (*9:30am U.S. Eastern, 6:30am Pacific). *Eurosport is scheduled to begin at this time. April
5, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
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2015 Paris-Roubaix Profile and Cobblestone Sectors.
Sunday's
Paris-Roubaix departs Compiegne at 10:20am CET (4:20am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Roubaix at around 4:50pm CET (10:50am
U.S. Eastern).
Paris-Roubaix live streaming video should get underway at around *12:45pm CET (*6:45am U.S. Eastern, 3:45am Pacific). *Eurosport's coverage is scheduled to begin at this time. April
5, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
 Photo:
Angel Vicioso (Katusha) lights it up on the climb
(Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com).
Velonews: Angel Vicioso won
the GP Miguel Indurain on Saturday in Estella, Spain.
The victory in the 192.7km race was the third for the 37-year-old Vicioso, who won back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002. Vicioso took the flowers ahead of Movistar teammates Ion Izagirre and Beñat Intxausti. Movistar also slipped Alejandro Valverde into the top five, behind Janier Acevedo. April
4, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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A good race with a worthy winner. Kristoff was the top pick before and
seeing him set about it was good.
What
do give you a billionaire for his birthday? Katusha team owner Igor Makarov has
private jets, two luxury yachts and all the trappings you’d expect of a
Russian oligarch.
Fortunately there are things money can’t buy no matter how many Roubles you might have. Niki Terpstra tried to spoil things up the Paterberg, forcing the pace on the vicious 20% slope but there’s no cracking Kristoff and the sprint finish in Oudenaarde was a formality for Kristoff. April
5, 2015 (inrng.com)
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First of all you have to be that style of rider, which means you have
to be powerful. Cor Vos
He’s
one of the most successful riders of all time with numerous wins to his
credit, including two editions each of Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo
and Liège-Bastogne-Liège and three of the Tour of Lombardy.
Sean Kelly has huge experience of taking the top one day races, and CyclingTips spoke to him about what is needed to challenge for the Classics, his views on Geraint Thomas’ and Bradley Wiggins’ prospects in Flanders and Roubaix and also his opinions on the other challengers for the cobblestone races. April
5, 2015 (cyclingtips.com.au)
 Photo:
Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) comes out on top
(Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews.com).
Orica-GreenEdge
doubles with Impey second.
April
5, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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Europeans like Martin Bina and Sven Nys hit the road and trails during
the summer. © Jo Croonenberghs.
Historically,
almost all of the top cyclocross racers in North America have balanced
a road or mountain bike season with their muddy exploits later in the
fall. However, this trend seems to be changing.
Just this past year, National Champion Jeremy Powers and Pro CX Series Champion Jamey Driscoll stepped back from their professional road contracts to focus on their respective cyclocross careers. Similarly, at the top end of the Women’s field Meredith Miller and Katie Compton have both opted to focus almost exclusively on ’cross over the past number of seasons. While the luxury of racing only cyclocross evades most other professional athletes in the Elite field, the amateur cyclist usually doesn’t face this same challenge. Thus my question: If you are solely focused on cyclocross in the fall, should you spend time racing a road or mountain bike in the summer? April
5, 2015 (cxmagazine.com)
 Photo:
Matt Brammeier in the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Matt Brammeier won
his weight in beer at an intermediate sprint today when the Tour of
Flanders passed through Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium.
The Liverpool-born Irishman of team MTN-Qhubeka heard about the sprint for Stene Molen beer from former cyclist Nico Mattan. The Belgian wrote on Twitter about the prize that he arranged 33.6 kilometers after the start in Bruges. Another former professional, Brit Daniel Lloyd read the message on Mattan’s Twitter on Saturday night and told Brammeier about the beer on offer. April
5, 2015 (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
UCI
president Brian Cookson
says he is looking to tighten regulations to prevent the misuse of a
number of substances within the peloton. Referring to cortisone and
tramadol in particular, Cookson
said he was keen to ‘de-medicalize’ the practices of professional
cycling.
The Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) report made reference to a number of grey area products which are not currently banned but which may be being misused by cyclists to gain improvements in performance. Cookson told CyclingTips that the way some substances are used raises ethical questions. April
4, 2015 (road.cc)
| April
5,
2015
 Photo:
Jesse Sergent (Trek Factory Racing)
(Trek Bicycle Corporation).
Jesse Sergent) was
forced to abandon Sunday’s Tour of Flanders after being hit by a
neutral service car. Sergent
was in the break along with six other riders when a Shimano neutral
service car swerved to avoid a curb as it was overtaking the group, and
sideswiped the New Zealand rider, who was thrown from his bike.
Sergent could be seen sitting in the back of a race ambulance following the incident supporting what looked like a broken collarbone as he was attended to by medics. The Trek Factory Racing team quickly confirmed that his race would end there. April
5, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Photo:
Geraint Thomas in the 2015 Tour of Flanders.
Sky’s
Geraint Thomas
said that he “hoped for more” from the Tour of Flanders on Sunday in
Belgium, but was left with only 14th place.
The Welshman – winner of E3 Harelbeke and third in Ghent-Wevelgem – fell short due to tactics and strength. He was marked by a rival team and lacked energy when he reached the final Paterberg climb. “It’s mainly tiredness, but obviously I’m gutted, as well,” Thomas explained after a shower at the team bus. April
5, 2015 (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
 Photo:
Loubet and Fedrigo managed to escape on the final climb.
Former
pro Julien Loubet
proved that he still has the skills to mix it up with the best when he
took a hugely impressive win in the old French one-day race
Paris-Camembert.
Having attacked with the in-form Pierrick Fedrigo on the final climb, he managed to hold off the peloton before beating his companion on the two-rider sprint before Samuel Dumoulin led the bunch across the line just seconds later. April
5, 2015 (cyclingquotes.com)
 Photo:
Phil Anderson with his wife in 1983 at the Clarence Street Cup in
Sydney
(Getty Images Sport).
Today,
the team to beat in the classics is Etixx-Quick Step. Thirty years ago,
it was Panasonic. The team run by Peter
Post, himself a Paris-Roubaix winner, was created
following the fall out he had with Jan
Raas in 1983 which saw the end of the TI-Raleigh squad.
Raas took six riders and created the Kwantum-Decosol team, today its known as LottoNL-Jumbo, while seven riders followed Post to the new Panasonic team. Phil Anderson had ridden for the Peugeot team since the 1980 season where he become the first non-European rider to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France in 1981, won a Tour stage the next year and followed that with 1983 victory at the Amstel Gold Race. Anderson also finished ninth at Flanders and fourth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the first time he would finish inside the top ten of a monument. April
5, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
April
4,
2015
There
often comes a moment in any wordy or indeed worthy interview when the
subject suddenly shifts uneasily in his seat and points towards the
small recording device in front of him. “And this is off the record,”
he says.
April
4, 2015 (irishtimes.com)
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