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May 2014
May 13, 2014



Photo: Garmin Sharp's Rohan Dennis
Photo: © AFP
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Wiggins loses ground on summit finish. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014





Photo: Conqueror...Rohan Dennis (Getty Images).
The Garmin-Sharp rider attacked with 500 metres to go, leaving race leader Bradley Wiggins in his wake. (sbs.com.au)






Photo: Our New British Overlord - Ezra Shaw.
Bradley Wiggins' dominating performance yesterday needs a bit of perspective. He won a 20km time trial by 44 seconds over his closest competitor, fellow crono ace Rohan Dennis, and 52 seconds over Taylor Phinney. (podiumcafe.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) enjoying the spoils of the victor Photo: © AFP.
Hot tough day ahead on Mount Diablo. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014






Photo: Taylor Phinney (BMC) on the way out Photo: © Jonathan Devich.
"It was OK, it wasn't my best ride," Phinney said. "I wasn't feeling amazing the whole time. I think I did an alright ride, but I think Wiggins was in a whole 'nother category." (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Brian Cookson congratulates Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) on taking the leaders jersey Photo: © Jonathan Devich.
UCI president visits Tour of California. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




2014 Races & Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Stages & Results),
Tour of California - May 11-18 (Stages & Results),
4 Jours de Dunkerque - May 7-10 (Stages & Results),
The Women's Tour - May 7-11 (Stages & Results),
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),
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages).

May 13, 2014




Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) Photo: © Sirotti.
Movistar director predicts time trial as next key stage of the Giro d'Italia. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Highs and lows: Bradley Wiggins is a sporting enigma. pic: ©Paul Hayes-Watkins.
Heroic one minute, distinctly disinterested the next – Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian, Bradley Wiggins, is a cycling enigma. (roadcyclinguk.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Jens Voigt (Trek) is always the crowd favorite in California Photo: © Jonathan Devich
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German toys with the idea of winning on Mount Diablo. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: When I pick up other cycling magazines, I am often disappointed..
“You don’t want to give people what they want. Give them something they didn’t know that they wanted.” (janheine.wordpress.com)

May 13, 2014







Photo: Note that there will also be live video for the women's race on Sunday.
Stage 3 start time: Tuesday 10:45 PDT (10:45 AM PST);
Earliest live video: 14:00 PDT (2:00 PM PST);
Approximate finish: 15:46 PDT (3:46 PM PST).  (steephill.tv)

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May 12, 2014





Powers, the U.S. criterium champion, logged a winning time of 27:20 to top Brianna Walle in the 20-kilometer individual test. (velonews.com)

May 12, 2014






The winner of Monday’s 20km time trial in Folsom will also wear the Amgen Tour of California golden race leader’s jersey. It’s a fact that’s not been lost on BMC Racing’s Taylor Phinney. (velonews.com)

May 12, 2014





May 12, 2014




Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) made his intentions clear at the Tour of California on stage one with an aggressive ride that helped split the peloton on the stage in Sacramento. (cyclingnews.com)

May 12, 2014




Dutch rider holds off Sagan for final podium spot. (cyclingnews.com)

May 12, 2014




Photo: Nacerou Bouhanni wins stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia
Photo: © Sirotti.
Nacer Bouhanni won the sprint in the center of Bari after a series of late crashes and a rider protest forced race officials to neutralize the final lap of stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014






Photo: The peloton stayed together on stage 4 in the rain Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Both Giro d’Italia organizers and the head of the professional riders association, Gianni Bugno, have defended the decision to neutralize the stage 4 with one lap to go for the general classification riders, with times for the overall classification taken eight kilometers from the finish. No time bonuses were awarded on the stage. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014






Photo: Stage 5 Profile.
Wednesday's Giro d'Italia Stage 5 departs Taranto at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Viggiano at around 5:13pm CET (11:13am U.S. Eastern).  Giro d'Italia live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).  (cyclingfans.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: There are eleven mountain stages in this Giro, ten with summit finishes. (wow).
So far the Giro has been wet and flat.  But mountain lovers rejoice.  The Giro is about to get much hillier. (podiumcafe.com)

May 13, 2014





Photo: Rigoberto Uran finished second at the Giro last year and is eyeing victory this time around. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Rigoberto Urán (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) lines up in the pole position as the Giro d’Italia clicks back into gear Tuesday following three spectacular days of racing in Ireland. (velonews.com)

May 13, 2014





Photo: The Irish fans and the Giro riders didn’t let a bit of rain get in the way of a great weekend; hopefully a new report today in The Irish Independent can clear up any confusion about the discovery of a bomb in Dublin the day before the race visited on Sunday (Photo: William Cherry – Presseye).
After linking the discovery of a fertiliser bomb in a parked car at a Co Dublin hotel to a possible attack aimed at disrupting the Giro d’Italia’s big Irish finish in Dublin on Sunday, The Irish Independent has today printed a significantly different follow up article. (stickybottle.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) Photo: © Fotoreporter Sirotti.
Winner Anaconda, points means prizes. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Ben Swift, Mallorca Challenge 2014 Credit: Andy Jones .
Swift's chances get a boost when Marcel Kittel announces he will not start stage four. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Having recently acquired the tag of 'dad' Darren Lapthorne (Drapac) still managed sixth-place in the TT
Photo: © Mark Gunter.
Podium success at Tour d'Azerbaďdjan just the start of things to come. (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Carbon clinchers: we need a definitive safety standard now James Huang/Future Publishing.
Carbon clincher road rims were once touted as the Next Big Thing in wheels with promises of ultralight weight, unbeatable strength and wildly aerodynamic shaping that just isn't possible in aluminum. (bikeradar.com)

May 13, 2014






May 13, 2014




Photo: Suplest Street Racing S8+.
Suplest is a Swiss brand, founded in 2007, with a ten-strong collection of road shoes. Key a close eye on the pro peloton and you’ll see Suplest shoes on the feet of BMC Racing’s Swiss national champion, Michael Schär. (roadcyclinguk.com)

May 13, 2014




Riders fly from Ireland to Italy Monday morning. (cyclingnews.com)

May 12, 2014




After three spectacular days of racing across Ireland, a rain-weary peloton is more than happy about the prospect of warmer climes at the southern tip of Italy. (velonews.com)

May 12, 2014





Pro Analysis: After three wet stages in Ireland Lee Rodgers has a look at what’s happened so far, the crashes, the sprints, the parcours and ponders the question, Has Marcel Kittel taken Mark Cavendish’s crown as the best sprinter in the world? (pezcyclingnews.com)

May 12, 2014




Photo: Daily Distraction.

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May 13, 2014




Photo: Sprint specialist Nacer Bouhanni ended a three-year drought for French cyclists.
The FDJ.fr rider recorded his first ever stage win in a major Tour and becomes the first Frenchman since John Gadret in 2011 to prevail on the Giro. (pelotonmagazine.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) Photo: © Bettini Photo.
“So, the Giro got me earlier then I thought. Absolutely disappointed that I have to leave this beautiful race today because of a fever” (cyclingnews.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: David McCarthy's selfie with Marcel Kittel .
David McCarthy apologizes for 'any offence caused' when he took a photo of himself next to Marcel Kittel at the Giro d'Italia. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

May 13, 2014




Photo: The new guy overcooked a turn and hit the guard wire on the left side of the road, which killed him.
"I know a guy who broke his neck the second or third time he’d ever done a time trial. His brain damage was so severe that after recovering from a year’s worth of surgery and rehab, he decided to keep racing." (pelotonmagazine.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: I only do climbs rated as Hors Catégorie.
"I call anything under 15%, downhill." (lovingthebike.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: Phil talks a lot. He is irreverent, passionate and bitingly witty.
The men who do Fabian Cancellara’s fit, Phil Cavell and Julian Wall of Cyclefit, work in a narrow studio space in Covent Garden, London. What they lack in square footage, they more than make up for in reputation. (redkiteprayer.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: The lever diagram shows two additional parts compared to the wired version – Trim adjustment (56) and a battery (46).
First spotted in the wintry cold of midwestern cyclocross races, SRAM’s electronic drivetrain has resurfaced on the road race scene. (bikerumor.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: In his 1855 preface to Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman wrote: 'The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.'
The West is many things—as expansive in context and meaning as the physical area that outlines its borders. It is, of course, a sizeable geographical region, but the West is also a mindset, an ideal, a way of living, a belief. (pelotonmagazine.com)

May 13, 2014




Photo: The Velocis is Bontrager’s new flagship helmet.
Flagship helmet worn by Trek Factory Racing. (roadcyclinguk.com)

May 13, 2014





Photo: Alec Baldwin in happier times at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival in April, 2014. (Annie I. Bang/Invision/Associated Press).
Baldwin, 56, was handcuffed and put inside an NYPD patrol car. (oregonlive.com)

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May 12, 2014




The Amgen Tour of California is on the forefront of technology, and not just because it’s within shouting distance of Silicon Valley — the race is testing the latest in action video cameras under special dispensation from the UCI. (velonews.com)

May 12, 2014




Look at the picture above and what do Michele Scarponi and Roman Kreuziger have in common? Yes they’re riding the 2012 Giro, smiling, both wear Specialized helmets. Bonus points if you remember they have both hired Doctor Michele Ferrari for “training plans.” (inrng.com)

May 12, 2014




Monday was the time trial at the Amgen Tour of California, which mostly meant sitting around. First, a 30-minute bus ride to the start. Then, I sat around while my teammates warmed up, raced, and cooled down, until it was my turn to do those things. (velonews.com)

May 12, 2014

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