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May 2014
May 8, 2014



Photo: Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2014 Quatre Jours de Dunkerque/Tour du Nord-pas-de-Calais.
Wednesday's 4 Days of Dunkirk Stage 1 departs Dunkerque at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Coudekerque-Banche at around 4:53pm CET (10:53am U.S. Eastern).  Four Days of Dunkirk live video streaming should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

May 8, 2014





Photo: Rossella Ratto, Women's Tour 2014 stage two Credit: Andy Jones . (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
Italy's Rossella Ratto (Estado de Mexico-Faren) is the new race leader of the Friend's Life Women's Tour in Britain after beating fellow Italian Susanna Zorzi (Astana) in Bedford, after an aggressive ride in the rain. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Rossella Ratto, Women's Tour 2014 stage two Credit: Andy Jones .
New race leader used memory of elder sibling Daniele's Grand Tour stage victory to push her to breakaway success in Bedford. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Emma Johannson (Orica-AIS) Photo: © Rob Lampard.
Orica-GreenEdge rider loses leader's jersey; happy to force rivals to defend. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: The 187km second stage took the riders west-north-west out of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. Photography by Matt de Neef
Primoz Roglic (Adria Mobil) has won stage 2 of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan, crossing the line in Ismayilli ahead of his Australian breakaway companion Will Clarke (Drapac). A chase group of 26 riders was led home nine seconds later by Rafael Andriato (Neri Sottoli). (cyclingtips.com.au) 

May 8, 2014




2014 Races & Results.
4 Jours de Dunkerque - May 7-10 (Stages & Results),
The Women's Tour - May 7-11 (Stages & Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 11-18 (Stages),
Tour of Turkey - April 27 - May 4 (Results),
Tour de Romandie - April 29 - May 4 (Results),
Tour of the Gila - April 30 - May 4 (Results),
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 8, 2014




Photo: The Trek Factory Racing truck is notably plush.
While cycling may be a carbon-friendly activity, big-time road racing most certainly is not – with nearly as many four-wheeled vehicles on the road as two. (bikeradar.com)

May 8, 2014






Photo: He may now have been the race leader, but Roche didn’t get the support he felt he deserved.
For several long moments, a distraught Stephen Roche sat silently in the passenger seat of his Carrera team’s Citroën. The Irishman was still wearing the maglia rosa of the 70th Giro d’Italia, but he had just lost the lead to the defending champion his teammate Roberto Visentini. (pelotonmagazine.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Daniel Jaramillo (Jamis) takes the win after a long hard day
Photo: © Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us.
Colombian hopes to step up to WorldTour level. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: There’s no shortage of climbs to tackle in the Alps – here are five of the best (Pic: Loris Von Siebenthal).
Alpe d'Huez, Col du Galibier, Col du Télégraphe, Col d’Izoard, Col de la Madeleine. (roadcyclinguk.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: When we speak of landmark policy, legislation that changed how we fund infrastructure beyond just for cars.
Jim Oberstar was special; he was one-of-a-kind and the news of his passing last Saturday is a tragedy for more than just his family. It’s a loss that will reverberate through the cycling community in the U.S., touching even those who never heard his name. (redkiteprayer.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Ant+ making it compatible with Garmin units.
Ever since its debut in 2012, the Pioneer power meter system looked like a prototype. (cyclingillustrated.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Ultegra Di2 would have worked just as well, but Dura-Ace just ensures few are going to copy this!.
So what if there was unlimited budget? Electronic gears! In practical terms, the price is enough to stop it being a reality, but electronic gears make lots of sense for children who lack the hand strength to shift easily. (bikeradar.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Snappy and sharp handling.
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Potentially divisive but highly effective – and versatile – 'crosser." (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: Omega Pharma-QuickStep put in a hugely impressive team time trial effort.
Photo: © Bettini.
For the first time since 2011, the Giro d'Italia will have a team time trial stage to kick off the race - but if that doesn't sound surprising, the team time trial is hardly going to be held in the 'usual' Giro terrain. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014








Photo: Stage 1 Team Time Trial Profile.
Friday's (May 9) Stage 1, a 21.7km Team Time Trial at Belfast, gets underway at 5:50pm BST (6:50pm CET or 12:50pm U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team.  Start Order and Times to come.  Giro d'Italia live streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm BST (6:30pm CET or 12:30pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

May 8, 2014





Photo: The TTT is a straightforward city course in Belfast... © Harry Engels - Velo/Getty Images
Three days in Northern Ireland/Ireland is the peculiar start to this years Giro d'Italia. Three days on the Emerald Isle which has transformed itself into the Pink Isle this weekend especially to welcome the Giro. (podiumcafe.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: This year Cavendish isn’t riding so the field is open… for Marcel Kittel to win everything.
The sprint stages are Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 7, Stage 10, Stage 13, Stage 17 and Stage 21. All offer sufficiently flat routes and a flat finish. (inrng.com)

May 8, 2014






Photo: The tall German has already had a successful season, clocking up five victories to date...
His performances in last year’s Tour de France marked him out as the quickest rider on the circuit, but Marcel Kittel is fully aware that sprinters need to keep proving their place in that pecking order. (cyclingtips.com.au)






Photo: Brent Bookwalter will ride in support of Cadel Evans at the Giro d’Italia.
American domestique tells what it takes to win a Grand Tour. (roadcyclinguk.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Adam Hansen broke through with a solo victory in stage 7 at the Giro d'Italia last year. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Adam Hansen will keep his history-making grand tour streak alive when he clicks into the pedals for Friday’s start of the 97th Giro d’Italia. (velonews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Nairo Quintana headlines the Giro d’Italia, which starts tomorrow in Belfast. Last year’s Tour de France surprise – second behind Chris Froome at 4-20 minutes – aims to win overall.
2013 Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana hopes to conquer Giro d'Italia. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Domenico Pozzovivo attacks on the final climb
Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Few riders in the Giro d’Italia peloton have a range of interests quite as eclectic as those of Domenico Pozzovivo. The man from Basilicata in the very south of Italy is an economics graduate, a keen pianist, a linguist and, intriguingly, something of a weather enthusiast. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: The highest point of this year’s Giro, held from May 9 to June 1, is the famed Stelvio climb (2,758 metres altitude).
The 97th edition of the Giro d’Italia, which begins in Belfast on Friday, features a total of nine climbing stages. Four of the mountain top finishes will be on ‘medium’ mountain ranges, while five will finish at altitude. (pelotonmagazine.com)

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Photo: 2014 Giro d'Italia preview and predictions © Bryn Lennon. (podiumcafe.com)
The 2014 Giro d’Italia will not be a picnic. The race will be 3,449.9 km long and will feature four medium mountain stages with summit finishes and five high mountain stages with summit finishes. It will also have three time trials totaling 94.9 km and eight sprinters’ stages. (roadcycling.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: A happy Androni Giocattoli manager Gianni Savio with stage 1a winner Fabio Felline
Photo: © Bettini.
An unexpected subplot in the build-up to the Giro d’Italia start in Belfast has been the late scramble to secure United Kingdom visas for riders hailing from certain countries from outside the European Union. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Frankie Andreu posing on his 7-Eleven team postcard.
There’s only one way to learn how demanding the Tour of Italy is - ride it. (bicycling.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: While Sastre enjoyed great success over a long career, it’s undoubtedly his Tour de France win in 2008 that shines brightest..
one rider that doesn’t rate as much of an ongoing mention in Carlos Sastre. The Spaniard won the 2008 Tour de France and retired quietly from the sport a few short years later. (cyclingtips.com.au)

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Photo: Giro d'Italia race director Mauro Vegni says his event is gaining ground on the Tour de France. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Race director upbeat in spite of absence of Nibali, Froome and Contador. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014






Photo: Peter Stetina (BMC) goes on the attack on the final climb of stage 2 in Tour de San Luis Photo: © Roberto Bettini.
For the first time since 2010, Peter Stetina returns to the Tour of California and the 26-year-old does so as the leader of BMC Racing Team. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014





Photo: Former Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is the top favorite for the overall ahead of next week's Amgen Tour of California. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
On paper, the Amgen Tour of California looks to belong to three riders — Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish, for stage wins, and Bradley Wiggins, for the overall. (velonews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Mark Cavendish wins the final stage in Turkey
Photo: © Tim de Waele.
Key leadout man Mark Renshaw will be by Cavendish's side in California as the "Manx Missile" looks to put Peter Sagan's (Cannondale) dominance at the race to an end. (cyclingnews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Skratch Labs will provide 'neutral human support' at the Amgen Tour of California, tending to riders in the peloton regardless of standing or team. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com.
Wouldn’t it make sense to have a car full of bottles and food and rain capes for any rider, regardless of his team? Boulder’s Skratch Labs thinks so, and will offer what it’s calling a “neutral human support” service at the Amgen Tour of California, which begins Sunday in Sacramento. (velonews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: The Classics. Say those two words and the mind of any devoted cyclist floods with images of gods, of raging, Biblical storms and droughts, Greek tragedies...
“Tell how at the first gods and earth came to be, and rivers, and the boundless sea with its raging swell, and the gleaming stars, and the wide heaven above, and the gods who were born of them.” (crankpunk.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Muscle adaptation as described by Egan & Zierath; click image to see paper.
A comprehensive review was made in the journal of Cell Metabolism, entitled Exercise Metabolism and the Molecular Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Adaptation, which underpinned molecular mechanisms that underpin the adaptatation of skeletal muscle to acute exercise. (shutup-legs.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Do you need a women-specific bike, or will a few component changes make your ride better? Seb Rogers.
One of the questions BikeRadar is often asked by women getting into cycling, is whether they need a women-specific bike. Well, the definitive answer is... maybe. (bikeradar.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Kali’s Phenom cuts a sleek, albeit unconventional, profile. The “Super Vents” stand out on the side and back with their black outline. Kali claims these are reinforced to better distribute the force of impact. Photo: Spencer Powlison | VeloNews.com.
Can the reasonably priced Phenom helmet provide additional safety features without sacrificing pure performance? (velonews.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: All our four helmets — Octal, Octal Aero, Cerebel and Tempor — are extremely fast in their category.
The Garmin-Sharp pro team will be racing the Giro using the Cerebel and other POC helmets. The team had input on the new helmet, as did Volvo. (bikeradar.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: A rider of Boonen’s stature seems as alien to our understanding of what a cycling life is in so many ways.
If you really want to feel closer to a race as storied as Paris Roubaix, or an athlete such as Tom Boonen, you have to start by taking off your gloves. You need to feel the road, especially when it is at its roughest. (redkiteprayer.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: Kids who grow up in the country tend to be short on options. Farming is less an occupation than a family inheritance.
Kelly’s best years were from ’82 to ’88, but his best year was 1984. That was the year he won a stunning 33 races, a record that catapulted him to the top of the world rankings, a spot he held until ’89. (pelotonmagazine.com)

May 8, 2014




Photo: I will definitely have my eye on a couple of stages in the second half of the race... Photography by Cor Vos
It’s been a long five years since he won a Grand Tour stage, a period of time with ups and downs, injuries and illness interspersed by some scattered strong performances. (cyclingtips.com.au)

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