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Athens Twilight Criterium live.

The 35th annual Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight Criterium hasl kicked off the USA CRITS Series today (Saturday) in Athens, Georgia, and you can watch the live streaming of the event right now.

The men’s live started at 8:15pm EDT, (5:15pm Pacific).

Pic wins Athens Twilight Criterium.

Former six time US criterium champion, Tina Pic won the women's race at the 35th Annual Athens Twilight Criterium on Saturday.

The veteran sprinter won the bunch kick to the line ahead of Samantha Schneider and Laura Van Gilder.

Peeters: Don't expect wins from Boonen.

Tom Boonen makes his return to racing tomorrow at the Tour of Turkey and Giro d’Italia, but his DS Wilfried Peeters has told fans not to expect wins from the 34 year old Belgian star in any of those races.

"It's all right with Tom. He is ready,” Peeters told sporza.be. “His arm feels good but after a few hours his shoulder of course is painful. But that's normal after the operation."

Gallopin: I should be able to fight for a Monument.

This year, France has been steadily raising its collective game in the Ardennes Classics, but while Julien Alaphilippe’s second place at Flèche Wallonne has understandably received a lot of attention, Tony Gallopin’s sixth place in Amstel Gold Race and fourth in Brabantsje Pijl sees the 26-year-old Lotto-Soudal rider slowly raising the stakes, too.

Ninth in Milan-San Remo, Gallopin has deliberately switched targets this year, skipping the cobbles to focus more on Ardennes Classics, and so far his change of goal has paid off. The 2014 Tour stage winner and leader also deliberately missed out on Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday in order to be fresher for Liège Bastogne Liège and the final Monument of the spring, he told reporters on Saturday.

2014-15 Races & Results.

Liège - Bastogne - Liège - Apr 26 (History),

Joe Martin Stage Race - Apr 23-26 (Stages & Results),

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey - Apr 26-May 3 (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),

Giro del Trentino - Apr 21-24 (Results),

La Flèche Wallonne - Apr 22 (Results),

Amstel Gold Race - Apr 19 (Results),

De Brabantse Pijl - Apr 15 (Results),

Paris Roubaix - Apr 12 (Results),

Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Apr 6-11 (Results),

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Apr 7-10 (Results),

Scheldeprijs - Apr 8 (Results),

Tour of Flanders - Apr 5 (Results).

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Do You Need the Apple Watch?

"One of the four things that for me sets the Watch apart from other wrist-based fitness trackers or performance monitors — and that also makes it preferable to just using your iPhone to run Strava or answer a call, text, or email mid-ride — is the factor that takes longest to appreciate and utilize: Its potential to integrate disparate parts of your life in a more seamless use of technology and communication.

You need to live with the Watch for awhile. And that’s sort of the take-away for me."

2015 Tour of Croatia LIVE streaming.

Sunday's Stage 5 starts at 9:10am CET (3:10am U.S. Eastern).

Finish at around 3:58pm CET (9:58am U.S. Eastern).

Live video from 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern, 5:30am Pacific).

Murphy, Kirchmann win stage 2 at Joe Martin.

UnitedHealthcare's John Murphy won stage 2 of the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas on Friday, beating Hincapie Racing's Ty Magner and Dion Smith to the line after the peloton caught a breakaway of six riders in the final kilometers. Stage 1 winner Gregory Brenes maintained his overall lead.

Leah Kirchmann out-kicked UnitedHealthcare speedster Coryn Rivera Friday to take stage 2 of the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas, while overnight leader Lauren Stephens finished inside the top 10 to preserve her leader's jersey.

Shelley Olds returns to racing after rib injury.

Murphy and Rivera win stage 3 at Joe Martin Stage Race.

John Murphy took his second consecutive win at the Joe Martin Stage Race, winning stage 3's 175km road race in Prairie Grove on Saturday. He won the bunch sprint ahead of Sebastian Haedo and Joseph Lewis. Gregory Brenes will keep his leader's jersey into the criterium on Sunday.

Coryn Rivera won the women's 107km race in similar fashion. The former US criterium champion won the bunch sprint, after receiving a solid lead-out from her team, ahead of her own teammate Alexis Ryan and Canadian road champion Leah Kirchmann. Lauren Stephens finished in the main field and held onto the overall leader's jersey heading into stage 4.

Haters are gonna hate: How to watch Alejandro Valverde win a bike race.

This year, just like every year since Alejandro Valverde completed his unrepentant detention for dabbling in some of professional cycling’s darker arts, the response from many fans has been the same, “anybody but Valverde”.

But the “Green Bullet” is always there in the mix, hunting for the win, and if not that, crafting another cheeky place on the podium.

The Ardennes week is his favorite playground, and on the eve of “La Doyenne”, Valverde has already recorded a 2nd at the Amstel Gold Race and 1st at Flèche Wallonne.

As he goes deeper into the season Valverde just gets better and better, and tonight he’s up for another shot at a third victory at Liège after wins in 2006 and 2008.

No Tour de Romandie for Aru.

Despite having been forced to skip the Giro del Trentino - Melinda, Fabio Aru can be pleased with the performance of the teammates that will accompany him in the Giro d'Italia.

Astana was a great protagonist during these four days and capped it with a stage win for Paolo Tiralongo. 

Due to his illness, Aru has also been forced to skip Liege Bastogne Liege but it had been considered to send him to the Tour de Romandie to make up for the missed racing.

However, Tiralongo confirms that he will stick to the original plan of training at altitude.

Martin hoping to recover from effects of Fleche Wallonne crash to contend in Liege.

Dan Martin said Saturday he hopes his whiplash will have improved enough to allow him to challenge for victory at Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Martin, 28, won the prestigious monument two years ago and looked to have a strong chance of retaining his crown last year before crashing on the final bend as he attempted a break for the finish line.

But his preparations for Sunday’s 253km race hit a stumbling block on Wednesday when he crashed badly during the Flèche Wallonne.

“I’m definitely fit enough, it’s just seeing where this whiplash I’ve got is,” said Martin.

“It’s improving every day [but] I also don’t know what will happen during the race tomorrow.

2015 Liege Bastogne Liege LIVE.

Sunday's Liege Bastogne Liege departs Liege at 10:15am CET (4:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Ans at around 4:49pm CET (10:49am U.S. Eastern). 

Live streaming video should get underway at around *1:50pm CET (*7:50am U.S. Eastern). *Rai Sport 1 coverage starts at this time but Eurosport is not scheduled to start until 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern, 5:15am Pacific).

Renshaw: Cavendish’s watts are up, he looks a lot more focussed ...

Renshaw looks to launch “Missile” to Tour of Turkey success.

Leadout specialist Mark Renshaw is no stranger to the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. A year after taking a stage win in 2012 while riding for Rabobank turned Blanco, the 32-year-old Australian returned the following year with Blanco turned Belkin only to suffer the “worst crash of his career” which resulted in a concussion, fractured collarbone, and broken tooth.

After his two years with the Dutch team, Renshaw joined Omega Pharma Quick-Step (now Etixx Quick-Step) in 2014, reuniting with Mark Cavendish to reform a duo that had been one of cycling’s most successful partnerships a few years prior.

Renshaw piloted “Cav” to 14 Tour de France stage wins and a green jersey during an ultra successful three-year stint with the British sprinter at HTC-Highroad from 2009 to 2011, and has led Cavendish to 11 wins with Quick-Step, including four stage wins and a points classification at the Tour of Turkey alone.

Tour of Turkey 2015 Live Dashboard ...

2015 Tour of Turkey LIVE.

Sunday's Tour of Turkey Stage 1 departs Alanya at 11:30am EEST (local) (10:30am CET or 4:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Alanya at around 2:48pm EEST (local) (1:48pm CET or 7:48am U.S. Eastern).

Tour of Turkey live streaming video should get underway at around 11:45am EEST (local) (10:45am CET or 4:45am U.S. Eastern, 1:45am Pacific).

Daily Distractions.

Lance Armstrong: Ice Driving Was a Bad Idea.

Photos: Liège Bastogne Liège team presentation.

Videos: Liege Bastogne Liege.

Podcast: Phil Liggett; Leah Missbach Day.

Video: Data overlay as Cannondale Garmin recons Liège.

Nibali: Now we can continue as normal.

After the news that the UCI would allow the Astana team to keep their WorldTour license, star man Vincenzo Nibali said there was no celebration, just focus ahead of Sunday’s Liege Bastogne Liege.

“There was no party,” Nibali said during a press conference at the team’s hotel. “We heard the news at lunchtime yesterday, I’m happy and now we can continue as normal. It hasn’t taken any pressure off my shoulders because there never was any pressure.

It’s only the media that made this up.”

30 year old Nibali, Liege runner-up in 2012, knows he and Jakob Fuglsang need to make the race as tough as possible in order to win, and the pair have been on the attack in both Amstel Gold and Fleche, when Fuglsang rode to eight in the latter.

Craddock set to soak in experience ...

Sanchez confident in Gilbert for Liège Bastogne Liège.

Samuel Sanchez will be a key player for the BMC team this Sunday as he looks to deliver Philippe Gilbert to his second victory at Liège Bastogne-Liège. Gilbert’s participation is still under question following a knee injury he sustained at Flèche Wallonne.

Sanchez has faith in his team leader, however, and believes that he can be a factor in the race if he does take the start.

“Philippe is one of the favorites, he’s won the race before,” Sanchez told Cyclingnews at the team hotel on Friday. “I think he is more or less good, and on Sunday I hope he will be near 100 per cent.

He is the captain and I think he’ll be there in the final. Cycling is a different sport to others and it’s impossible to write down on paper what you think will happen in the race.

It’s a surprise and that’s the beauty of cycling.”

Retro Liege: Sean Kelly Talks.

His stats for Liege read like this: 1979, 20th: 1981, 11th: 1982, 10th: 1984, 1st: 1985, 4th: 1986, 12th: 1987, 20th; 1988, 5th: 1989, 1st – good enough to tell us a little about La Doyenne?

Yeah, we thought so too: PEZ talked to Sean Kelly about the oldest, and many would say the hardest of the ‘monuments’.

Tour de Yorkshire 2015 Live Dashboard ...

2015 Tour de Yorkshire LIVE video stream.

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Live video from -- BST (-- U.S. Eastern).

Giro Treble II road shoes.

BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "At first glance these look like Giro’s Prolight SLX shoe, and at under half the price, they’re a solid starter option."

Tech Roundup: New kit from howies, Rapha, PEdAL ED, adidas, Wattbike and more.

Brooks don't just make saddles these days, the company has gradually expanded its range to include things like bar tape, bars and now, they also now make wallets, card and passport holders, glasses cases and other small items designed for travel.

As you would expect, they’re made using the same materials and handcraft process as goes into the Brooks leather saddles.

Video: Interview with Dennis Vanendert.

Aru considers legal action after Henderson accuses Astana rider of cheating.

Fabio Aru is considering legal action against Lotto Soudal rider Greg Henderson after he accused the Astana rider of being caught up in a UCI Biological Passport case.

The Italian, who is set to ride the Giro d’Italia next month, pulled out of the Giro del Trentino citing illness for his non-participation in the four-day Italian stage race.