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 Davide
Rebellin (CCC Sprandi-Polkowice) won stage 3 at the Presidential Tour
of Turkey and claimed the overall lead on a summit finish. Photo: Tim
De Waele. (velonews.com)
Davide Rebellin laid
down a commanding performance to win stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey atop
Emali ahead of Kristijan
Durasek.
The Italian used his wealth of experience to soak up the accelerations from the Lampre rider in the final stages before launching the winning move with 100 meters to go. Durasek hung on for second with Eduardo Sepulveda picking up third after a strong finish. April
28, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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Although Davide Rebellin showed off his impressive form with a win at
Tour of Turkey on Tuesday, he won't be able to take a run at the Giro
d'Italia this year, mostly due to his infamy as an ex-doper. Photo: Tim
De Waele.
Italian
Davide Rebellin
will not be among team CCC Sprandi-Polkowice’s nine men in orange when
the Giro d’Italia starts in Liguria Saturday, May 9.
The 43-year-old, who won the third stage and took the overall in the Tour of Turkey on Tuesday, left a sour taste in the mouths of many after he doped his way to an Olympic silver medal in 2008. Giro organizer RCS Sport explained that he is persona non grata for the 2015 race, despite handing one of five wildcards to his Polish Professional Continental team. Rebellin, who calls Monaco, France home, said as well that he will have to make other plans for the month of May. April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
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The mens field takes to the line for the crit. (Epic Images).
Although
Tour of the Gila has just barely eked out an existence in the second
poorest state in the USA, frequently teetering on the brink of
extinction, the race has an undeniably charm and pull on the North
American peloton.
Thanks in part to its remote location, the Tour of the Gila has not been choked off by rampant development or relegated to a series of short circuits. It's one of the last events to host both amateur and pro fields on courses that sweep across the countryside, offering relentless climbs, white-knuckle descents, a challenging time trial and a high-speed criterium. Abbott, Gaimon look to repeat Redlands results. April
28, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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Julian Alaphilippe and Bernard Hinault at the 2015 Liege Bastogne Liege
(Watson) .
With
two second-place finishes, Julian
Alaphilippe was one of the standout performers of the
Ardennes Classics, but the 22-year-old is playing down his performances.
The Frenchman, the latest prodigy off the Etixx Quick Step production line, was runner-up to Alejandro Valverde at both Flèche Wallonne and Liege Bastogne Liege. But Alaphilippe admits he still has a lot to learn about racing the one-day Classics and admitted the strongest rider won on both occasions. “I’m a little frustrated by this second second place,” he told Sporza. April
28, 2015 (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
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Tour of Turkey Stage 4 Profile.
Wednesday's Tour of Turkey Stage 4 departs Fethiye at 12:50pm EEST (local) (11:50am CET or 5:50am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Marmaris at around 4:15pm EEST (local) (3:15pm CET or 9:15am 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, 5:00am Pacific). April
28, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
2014-15
Races &
Results.
Tour de Romandie - April 28-May 3 (Stages & Results), Tour of Turkey - Apr 26-May 3 (Stages & Results), 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), Liège - Bastogne - Liège - Apr 26 (Results), Joe Martin Stage Race - Apr 23-26 (Results), 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),  The
USA Pro Challenge will make its way from Aspen to Breckenridge in stage
4. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Organizers
unveiled details of a mountaintop finish and a high-altitude time
trial, plus the rest of the 2015 USA Pro Challenge route, on Tuesday,
for the fifth edition of the race, August 17-23.
“Each of our 2015 host cities offers something unique and special to the fifth anniversary of the Pro Challenge,” said Shawn Hunter, CEO of the USA Pro Challenge. “We’re confident that this year’s route will provide the most exciting week of racing yet. We have added new cities and a dramatic mountaintop finish that will prove to be a fierce battleground for riders eager to show they have what it takes to compete on a new climb up Loveland Pass.” April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
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Mark Cavendish wins Stage 1 of the 2015 Tour of Turkey from Nicola
Ruffoni and Caleb Ewen (cyclingweekly.co.uk).
Mark Cavendish made
it two for two in the Presidential Tour of Turkey, winning the mass
sprint of stage two in Alanya. He edged out Sacha Modolo and Nicola Ruffoni, to
maintain his overall lead.
The stage, 182km with start and finish in Alanya, was marked by five-man break group. Lluis Mas, Federico Zurlo, Kevin de Mesmaeker, Frederik Veuchelen and Adrien Niyonshuti never had more than about a three minute lead, and were caught again with 12 km to go. April
27, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
|  Tom
Meeusen has been acquitted of doping charges by the Belgian Cycling
Federation. Photo: Tim De Waele.
Sporza reports that
the Belgian Cycling Federation has acquitted cyclocross star Tom Meeusen of
doping allegations. It cited insufficient evidence and only indirect
links between Meeusen
and illegal, performance enhancing treatments, such as cortisone and
vaminolact.
There is a possibility that the UCI would appeal the decision. One outstanding question in the case is whether it would chose to appeal based on concerns over pro cycling’s ‘no-needle’ policy. This rule was in place in 2011, when Meeusen reportedly took a cortisone injection for a knee injury, but the Belgian Cycling Federation did not implement its no-needle policy until a year later. April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
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n a nail-biting finale, Sky beat Orica-GreenEDGE by 0.6 second.
(cyclingquotes.com)
Team
Sky edged out Orica-GreenEdge by just 0.63 of a second to claim the
opening team time trial of the Tour de Romandie at Juraparc.
The teams were locked in the same time at the midway point, but Sky – the final team to take the start – managed to squeeze out GreenEdge by the narrowest of margins. Geraint Thomas led Sky across the line and will wear the yellow jersey of race leader on Wednesday. April
28, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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Tour de Romandie Stage 2 Profile.
Wednesday's
Tour de Romandie Stage 2 departs Apples at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Saint-Imier at around 5:17pm
CET (11:17am U.S. Eastern).
Tour de Romandie live video streaming should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern, 7:00am Pacific). April
28, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
 Fabio
Aru enters the Giro d'Italia with a question mark on his back. Photo:
Tim De Waele.
Italy’s
most promising general classification rider Fabio Aru is now in
a race simply to be on form for the Giro d’Italia. The Italian grand
tour starts in just over a week in Liguria, but Aru, who placed
third in 2014, has not pinned a racing number on his back in a month.
Knocked out by a stomach virus , the 24-year-old called off the Giro del Trentino last week and a chance to face rival Richie Porte. He considered racing the Tour de Romandie this week, but is skipping that one too. The Giro d’Italia will be Aru’s first race since placing sixth behind Porte in Spain’s Volta a Catalunya stage race March 29. His only other race this year was Paris-Nice, in which Porte was on top again and Aru took 39th. April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
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John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) celebrates winning Paris-Roubaix (Getty
Images Sport).
Giant-Alpecin
will be backing John
Degenkolb to make a winning return to racing on home turf
at the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn Frankfurt. Degenkolb is one of
three German riders selected for the 1.HC race which he lost to Alexander Kristoff last
year.
Degenkolb won the first monument of his career in March at Milan-San Remo and quickly claimed the second at Paris Roubaix with a seventh place at the Tour of Flanders in between the two wins. The 26-year-old won 206.8 km German one-day race in 2011 and has since placed seventh, fourth and second in the following seasons suggesting another high finish is possible in 2015. April
28, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Vincenzo
Nibali (Astana) in action at Liege-Bastogne-Liege (Bettini Photo).
Vincenzo Nibali has
reiterated that he will not ride the Giro d’Italia despite speculation
in the Italian press last week that he might be drafted in to Astana’s
line-up following Fabio
Aru’s recent bout of illness.
“I’ve already said ‘no’ many times. I won’t be present at the Giro d’Italia, it’s not in my program,” Nibali told Swiss radio station RSI on the eve of the Tour de Romandie, a stance he reiterated in an interview with the race organization. April
28, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
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Spoke Fins 2.
US
company Null Winds Technology is seeking Kickstarter funding for its
swivelling Spoke Fins: nylon plastic fairings that are designed to cut
spoke drag in both headwinds and crosswinds.
Fairings for your spokes? Uh-huh! April
28, 2015 (road.cc)
 Andre
Greipel (far right) finished eighth in Sunday's Tour of Turkey opener.
Photo: Tim De Waele.
The
“Gorilla” has been caged for the first two sprint stages of the
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. Not only has Andre Greipel failed
to crack the podium, a day after finishing fifth on stage 1, the
reigning two-time German national road race champion fell short of the
top 20 on stage 2 with heated rival Mark
Cavendish claiming both in dominant fashion.
Greipel recorded 16 wins last season — the most of any international male professional cyclist — but has just two in 2015, compared to the six he had at this time last year. April
27, 2015 (velonews.com)
| April
28, 2015
 Alejandro
Valverde won his third Liège-Bastogne-Liège title over the weekend.
Photo: Tim De Waele.
Fairly
or unfairly, Valverde
continues to be dogged by unanswered questions about his role in the
Operación Puerto doping scandal that erupted in Spain nearly a decade
ago.
In 2006, cycling was brought to its knees after Spain’s Guardia Civil uncovered the international doping ring masterminded by Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes. Fuentes was the Spanish counterpart to Italy’s Michele Ferrari, and served as one-stop shopping for riders such as Ivan Basso, Jorg Jaksche, Tyler Hamilton, and Michele Scarponi, all who served bans. More than 60 names were linked to Fuentes, but police could only clearly identify a handful, meaning there were dozens of major riders, some who could still be racing today, who got away with it. April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
 The
Movement Pour Cyclisme Crédible is lobbying for change in the peloton.
Photo: Tim De Waele.
Roger Legeay has
staunchly defended his organization, insisting the group MPCC (Movement
Pour Cyclisme Crédible) remains a legitimate voice for change despite
recent hurdles.
The departure of Lampre-Merida from the group earlier this year as well as the continued presence of beleaguered Astana has raised questions about the group’s legitimacy as a voice of change within the peloton. Legeay, who started the volunteer group eight years ago to bolster ethical conduct within the peloton, said the group remains committed to its principles. April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
 Liquigas-Cannondale's
Ted King works to pull Ivan Basso back into the race at Paris-Nice
(Bettini Photo).
Cannondale-Garmin's
Ted King
announced today that he will retire from professional cycling following
the 2015 season. The 32-year-old raced in the sport’s biggest events,
including the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, World Championships and
Monuments such as Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders.
“I'll forever love this sport and consider myself grateful to have earned such an international career,” King said. April
28, 2015 (cyclingnews.com)
 Eric
Marcotte became the first man to concurrently hold the U.S. road race
and criterium national championships titles. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
The
pro criterium championships offer a unique combination of a relatively
small field, a short race (by professional road standards) at two
hours, and a stars and stripes jersey on the line. This creates an
exciting showcase of cycling strategy and tactics with the backdrop of
aggressive racing, the essence of the American criterium.
Put simply, every team’s strategy was to create a small split or break with both the numbers in their favor and the fastest finisher. These are fairly simple to qualify but exponentially more difficult when executed at 45kph among a peloton of your peers. Tactically, Eric Marcotte did a superb job investing his energy early to cover splits and never engaging in any prolonged chases. This enabled him to go on the offensive, instead of chasing back threatening moves. April
28, 2015 (velonews.com)
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The first treat offered at #SelectionCamp however only for the winning TTT athletes today! Losers washed bikes.
"It
was freezing cold and drizzling in Canberra as I waited outside the
Australian Institute of Sport residence hall. It’s something like a
university college but more empty and austere.
I’m waiting for Rochelle Gilmore, the woman behind Wiggle Honda and the High5 Dream Team. She’s in Canberra for her latest project, the Australian women’s European development program. Gilmore emerges into the mist to greet me, ambassadorial in a suit and heels. I was meeting her to ask about what had revived this development pathway, which had been controversially cut earlier in the year. Partnering with Gilmore has allowed Cycling Australia to resuscitate the program." April
28, 2015 (cyclingtips.com.au)
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The route tours the scenic Lac de Joux before a climb.
With
the spring classics done it’s time for the stage races. There’s no
immediate switch from embrocation to sun screen as this year’s Tour de
Romandie offers familiar conditions with rain and cold forecast.
There’s a rare pre-Tour clash between Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali but with wider interest as it’s a Giro tune up for some and a test for others. April
28, 2015 (inrng.com)
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The 2015 Tour de Yorkshire is being held May 1-3.
Friday's (May 1st)
Stage 1
starts at -- BST (-- U.S. Eastern). Finish at around -- BST (--
U.S. Eastern).
Live video from -- BST (-- U.S. Eastern). April
28, 2015 (cyclingfans.com)
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