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 Photo:
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com).
Dumoulin wins stage
6 time trial finale in Aia.
April
11, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Given
the conditions on eight laps of the Derwent Reservoir, Rowsell’s solo
move at the end of the race was even more remarkable. Photo by Andy
Jones
Erick Rowsell and Dani King emerged
victorious in the respective men’s and women’s opening stages of the
Tour of the Reservoir in Northumberland on Saturday.
Strong winds played a part in shaping both races, with many riders struggling to maintain any sort of momentum and the peloton splintering into pieces. April
11, 2015 (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
2014-15
Races &
Results.
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Apr 6-11 (Stages & Results), 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), Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Apr 7-10 (Results), Scheldeprijs - Apr 8 (Results), Tour of Flanders - Apr 5 (Results), 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).  Ceramic
edges on the Zero Pavé help prevent water and grit from locking up your
pedals.(Photo by Jonathan Pushnik).
"I
like Speedplay Zero pedals—the nearly frictionless float, the low
stack, and dual-sided entry. But I live in the mountains, and for
several months out of the year, I encounter ice and mud on the roads.
One day, while out riding after a storm, I stepped off the road for a nature break. I managed to clip in to my Zeros again afterward, but because of the dirt and ice I'd picked up in my cleats, I couldn't clip out. To stop without tipping, I needed to peel off my shoe cover, open my shoe, and pull out my foot (while rolling). From then on, my Zeros were my summer pedals. Apparently Speedplay-sponsored pros had similar problems, because in 2006, the company started making a pro-only pedal better suited for foul conditions. Late last year, a version of the Zero Pavé became widely available." April
11, 2015 (bicycling.com)
 Photo:
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
11, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
 Mikel
Landa (Astana) celebrates the win. (Bettini Photo).
Mikel Landa won
stage 5 of the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco from Eibar to Aia with a
well-timed and powerful attack on the final climb.
The Spaniard helped form a 30-rider break in the opening hour of the stage and broke free with Tim Wellens, Tom Danielson and teammate Rein Taaramae on the final of three ascents of the Aia but dropped his companions inside the final kilometer. Wellens held on for second with Danielson in third. April
10, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
April
10, 2015 (velonews.com)
|  Photo:
Brendan Rhim (California Giant) (cyclingillustrated.com).
Brendan Rhim won the
fourth stage of the Redlands Bicycle Classic on Saturday as race leader
Phil Gaimon
hit the deck in a huge crash with five laps remaining.
With 30 minutes left in the 90-minute race, a six-man break was off the front with a half minute’s advantage over a peloton led by Optum for race leader Gaimon. The escapees included Rhim; Alexander Ray; Ulises Castillo; Chris Riekert; Luis Amaran; and Peter Disera. A crash, a big one, took out race leader Gaimon and a number of other top-10 contenders outside of the free-lap zone, inside five laps to go. The mishap derailed the pursuit, the officials would have their hands full sorting out the GC, and it seemed the stage-winner would come from the break. April
11, 2015 (velonews.com)
 Photo:
Kirsten Wild (Hitec Products) wins (Bert
Geerts/dcp-bertgeerts@xs4all.nl).
Brennauer takes the
overall race lead.
April
11, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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Most wins: Roger De Vlaeminck (1972, ’74-’75, ’77) and Tom Boonen
(2005, ’08-09, ’12).
Cycling’s
most spectacular and brutal one-day race clicks into gear Sunday.
Paris Roubaix has been called many things: the “Hell of the North,” the
“Queen of the Classics,” and the “Longest Sunday.”
No matter its moniker, Paris Roubaix is a spectacle unequaled on the cycling calendar. Its winners become idols, yet even the last-place rider has an heroic tale to tell by the end of the day. Any race is a tale of the tape. April
11, 2015 (velonews.com)
 Photo:
Zdenek Stybar (Ettix QuickStep) looks on during a press conference.
(Getty Images Sport).
Zdenek Stybar can
smile about it now but at the time it was terrible. As the Czech rider
posed for photographers ahead of Etixx QuickStep’s
pre Paris Roubaix press conference on Friday
afternoon, he flashed a grin that showed the success of his mid-week
dental work.
Stybar’s false teeth – he lost the originals in a crash at the Eneco Tour last year – rattled loose on the cobbles at the Tour of Flanders last Sunday, and he spent the final 70km of the race unable to eat solid food, subsisting on a diet of liquids and gels, though he managed to finish the race in ninth place. April
11, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Photo:
Koen de Kort hopes to be worthy of a shower in the historic Paris
Roubaix change rooms (Sirotti Images).
“I
think it’s got to do with how tired you are after,” says Giant Alpecin
stayer Koen de Kort.
“It’s a lot of kilometers but so much more painful than anything else. You can do three weeks of the Tour de France and be tired at the end but, for me, it’s nothing compared to just doing that one race all out. It’s hard to even walk the next day, everything is sore and it’s quite a long process to get up the stairs. “A lot of guys just see it as an achievement to get to the finish and that’s not really much of an achievement in other races,” he continues. “Maybe in the Tour de France, where everyone wants to get to Paris, but that’s the only other race. That makes it a bit emotional as well I guess.” April
11, 2015 (sbs.com.au)
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The 2015 Energiewacht Tour, an Elite Women's race, is being held April
8-12. There is also a junior edition.
Saturday's
Energiewacht Tour Stage 3 gets underway at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected to finish at around 2:57pm CET (8:57am U.S.
Eastern).
Energiewacht Tour live video streaming should get underway at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern, 3:00am Pacific). April
11, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
April
10,
2015 (cyclingnews.com)
| April
11,
2015
 Photo:
The four and five star sections really are unlike anything else.
Who
can take on Alexander
Kristoff? The Norwegian has been invincible and his
biggest opponent could be misfortune, his chances were ruined last year
by punctures and mechanicals.
This is a race of last chances, the final cobbled classic of the season and just like last year time’s running out for Etixx Quickstep to get that big win, the same for Sep Vanmarcke. Meanwhile Bradley Wiggins longs to end his road career in the Roubaix velodrome. April
11, 2015 (inrng.com)
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Second last year in the famous velodrome, John Degenkolb will be one of
the top favorites for Paris Roubaix.
Alexander Kristoff
may be on a storming run of form, notching up six wins in nine days and
elevating his season count to 11 victories, but the rider who beat him
in Milan San Remo, John
Degenkolb, said on Friday that he didn’t fear him in
Paris Roubaix.
Degenkolb spoke to a small group of journalists at the Giant Alpecin team hotel in Selcek, France. Asked by CyclingTips if he was confident that he could beat Kristoff if things came down to a sprint in the Roubaix velodrome, he was bullish about his chances in such a situation. April
11, 2015 (cyclingtips.com.au)
 Photo:
Geraint Thomas (Sky) (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com).
For
many, Paris Roubaix is the Queen of the Classics. For Geraint Thomas, at
least at this remove, it has the feel of a consolation prize.
The Welshman has had his heart set on the Tour of Flanders since his first visits to Belgium as a teenager, and he entered last week’s race as one of the principal favorites after a stylish victory at E3 Harelbeke. The Ronde turned out to be a disappointment for Thomas, however. After his Sky team policed the peloton for much of the opening 200 kilometers of racing, he was unable to follow the winning move of Alexander Kristoff and Niki Terpstra in the finale, and had to settle for 14th place in Oudenaarde. April
11, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 It
will be a good long while before Peter Stetina is ready to race the
road again. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com (file).
Peter Stetina will
be sidelined for “months” following surgery in the aftermath of his
harrowing crash at the Vuelta a País Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country)
this week.
The American climber underwent surgery Thursday in a Spanish hospital to repair injuries sustained in the crash, when he and others hit two metal poles that were in the final stretch of Monday’s opening stage. Riders protested in the wake of the accident, and the UCI has promised to investigate the incident. Stetina broke his right leg in two places and four ribs. Teammate Darwin Atapuma cut his left knee, but was able to start the next day. BMC doctor Max Testa said Stetina is recovering well after undergoing surgery to repair his broken tibia and patella. “The surgery was successful,” Testa said. “The knee specialist who performed the surgery was very happy with the result. April
11, 2015 (velonews.com)
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10,
2015
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10, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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