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May 2014
May 1, 2014



Photo: Elia Viviani (Cannondale) won his first race of 2014 in a convincing manner.
Taaramae keeps hold of race lead. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014






Photo: Tour of Turkey Stage 6 Profile...
Friday's Tour of Turkey Stage 6 departs Bodrum at 11:40am EEST (local) (10:40am CET or 4:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Selcuk at around 4:23pm EEST (local) (3:23pm CET or 9:23am 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)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Carmen Small beat a Tibco duo at the line on Thursday at the Silver City Tour of the Gila. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com Nicolai Brochner won stage 2 at the Silver City Tour of the Gila. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com .
Carmen Small (DNA Cycling) and Nicolai Brochner (Bissell Development) took stage 2 wins at the Silver City Tour of the Gila Thursday at Fort Bayard, New Mexico. (velonews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Jamis-Hagens Berman swept today’s podium atop the Mogollon climb. © Jonathan Devich
Jamis-Hagens Berman avoided a massive late-race crash during stage 1 at the Tour of the Gila Wednesday and went on to sweep the podium, placing Daniel Jaramillo, Matt Cooke and Gregory Brenes in the top three spots, respectively. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Kristof Vandewalle (Trek). © Fran Reyes
Wellens, Serry round out men's podium. (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)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) celebrates the Stage 3 win at the Tour of Turkey. © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport
Cofidis rider Rein Taaramäe has admitted that he contemplated quitting cycling after two wilderness years lost to injuries and bad health. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014




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 & Results),
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).

May 1, 2014




Photo: We went up another small climb. It started raining and I felt my tires twitch. These were slippery roads.
The 50th edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey is currently underway and Adam Phelan, of Australia's only ProContinental team Drapac Professional Cycling, is writing daily reports. (cyclingtips.com.au) 

May 1, 2014




Photo: all you have to do is use a brush to paint it on the chain, let it sit, give it a little scrub and hose off.
Need to clean your chain but don’t want to have to remove the chain or invest in a chain cleaning machine? (bikerumor.com)

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Photo: Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEDGE) wins stage 1 in Romandie. © Tim de Waele
Kwiatkowski out-sprinted in Montreaux, loses race lead. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014






Photo: Chris Froome (Sky) won the 2013 Tour de Romandie and he is back to defend.
Friday's Tour de Romandie Stage 3 departs Le Bouveret at 12:05pm CET (6:05am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Aigle at around 5:14pm CET (11:14am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Romandie live video streaming should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Michael Albasini wins stage two of the 2014 Tour de Romandie .
Chris Froome moved up to eighth in the Tour de Romandie’s general classification on Thursday after placing 10th in the bunch sprint in Montreux. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

May 1, 2014




Photo: The USA's Guy East and Daniel Holloway get ready for another day of hard racing in Rotterdam.
Daniel Holloway kicked off his season with back-to-back wins at America’s classic criteriums; Athens Twilight and Historic Roswell on Saturday and Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: As you can probably guess by now these are the shows of Rui Costa.
When is a shoe not a shoe? When it’s an elaborate Sidi trompe l’oeil. Look at the image above and it looks like a Sidi Wire but look again. Those ratchet dials are flat and it’s an elaborate shoe cover made to look like a Sidi. (inrng.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: The first time I rode up to the exposed parking lot of Mount Evans, I was a freshman in college...
It is an epic ride. If you run across some stereotypical Colorado summer afternoon weather (read: frightening), it’s unquestionably so. (pelotonmagazine.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Gerry Ryan at the lecturn. © Daniel Simms
Search under way for new CEO as governing body shapes new foundations. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Theo Bos and Belkin have been in dominant form at the Tour de Langkawi. © Bettini
Dutch sprinter hoping for spot in team for July. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014





Photo: For this review, Trek Australia supplied a Madone 5.9 and a Domane 5.9.
With the Madone and Domane, Trek offers riders a choice of two very different road bikes. The former is fashioned for performance, while the latter is devoted to endurance. (cyclingtips.com.au) 

May 1, 2014




Photo: Fast to set up, realistic feel, quiet.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A simple but very effective piece of kit for high quality turbo training." (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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Photo: Riccardo Riccò with Amore e Vita patron Ivano Fanini. © Fanini
Riccardo Riccò has denied that the doping products seized by police in a car park in Livorno on Tuesday were destined for him and claimed that he was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014






Photo: Teams 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda Pro Cycling and Jamis-Hagens Berman decided enough was enough...
It was an action packed Stage 1 of the Tour of The Gila on Wednesday from Silver City to Mogollon. Unfortunately a massive crash took out a large portion of the men’s peloton. (pezcyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Kittel’s body shape is more towards an Ectomorph but is able to push more power even with a lower W/Kg ratio.
"World records are not being shattered because we are evolving as a collective species, but rather because of a greater understanding of sports nutrition, the participation by human morphology ‘outliers’ and better applied technologies on the field of battle." (shutup-legs.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Learn to read the other riders’ faces to see if they’re in pain or just pretending to be. If they aren’t working, you need to find out to why. Diagram: VeloPress
Reading the Race is available now from VeloPress.
"As your breakaway presses on toward the finish, you need to continually assess your companions and make sure that everyone is contributing evenly." (velonews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Bradley Wiggins on stage four of the 2014 Giro del Trentino Credit: Watson .
Bradley Wiggins says he's looking forward to racing in America and putting in a good performance. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) is crowned the 2013 Giro d'Italia winner.
Ranking behind only the Tour de France in terms of prestige, the Giro d’Italia is one of the highlights of the racing calendar. The riders love it because it is more relaxed than the Tour and because the tifosi - the Italian fans - are passionately enthusiastic and knowledgeable. (cyclingnews.com)

May 1, 2014




Photo: Fast forward to 2009 and the entrance of Michael Marckx to SPY Optic.
Honestly, the Happy Lens is the freshest idea in lens technology since polarization was introduced to the mass market in the 1970s, they’re that good. (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: ICEdot is a small yellow pod that offers peace of mind to loved ones, letting them know if something has happened when you may not be able to.
Safety on the road is a big issue for any cyclist and recently a few videos of cyclists being hit by cars has prompted coverage from mainstream media. (bikeradar.com)

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