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June 2014
June 5, 2014





Photo: I am particularly excited about the
The week long Critérium du Dauphiné begins Sunday June 8th.  It will have eight stages including a short Time Trial, three possible sprint stages, and 4 mountain stages - three with uphill finishes. (podiumcafe.com)

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Photo: The peloton takes in the scenery of southern Utah in last year's race. The final field is set for the 2014 running. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com.
The field of 16 professional cycling teams has been set for the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah with the announcement of five additional squads. The peloton will include six UCI Pro Teams, which will be traveling to Utah for their first international competition following the Tour de France, along with three UCI Pro Continental Teams and seven U.S.-based Continental teams. (velonews.com)

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Photo: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Photo: © Sirotti.
Movistar have confirmed that Alejandro Valverde will not line up at the Critérium du Dauphiné, preferring instead to complete his Tour de France build-up at the Route du Sud later in the month. (cyclingnews.com)

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Optum's Eric Young in the green jersey
Photo: © Jonathan Devich.
Optum rider tops Verschoor, Naud. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) takes victory in Stage 1. © (cyclingfans.com)
Van Poppel retains overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)

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Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida)
Photo: © Cyclingnews.
Lampre-Merida have announced its Critérium du Dauphiné team with Filippo Pozzato as it leader for the WorldTour event. Having recently raced the Tour of Japan, the 32-year-old returns to Europe looking for his first win of 2014. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: The race gets underway Sunday, June 8 with a 10km Individual Time Trial via
Sunday's (June 8, 2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

June 5, 2014




2014 Races & Results.
Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Stages & Results),
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages),
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results),
Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results),
Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results),
USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results),
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages).

June 5, 2014




Photo: That it’s okay to take a risk — and that’s where the best stuff happens in life.
It smacks of cliché: person quits job, seeks adventure, achieves success and writes memoir. And yet, how many of us actually do it? Rebecca Rusch left her job as co-owner and manager of a rock climbing gym in LA nearly two decades ago to compete in adventure races and off-road cycling events, living out of her car to save money. (gearpatrol.com)

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Photo: Before the Tour, Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and other TDF contenders will face off in the Criterium du Dauphine.
Stage 1 starts at 11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong.
“It wasn't EPO that made Lance the greatest cyclist. It was something far bigger.” (road.cc)

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Photo: Age/experience: 25, 5th pro season.
Strengths: Hard classics with minimal climbing; Cobblestones; decent power sprint. (podiumcafe.com)

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Chris Horner is hospital in Italy
Photo: © Lampre-Merida.
Lampre-Merida have decided not to send Chris Horner to the Tour de Suisse next week, instead opting for the rider to train in Italy as he builds up for next month’s Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: Oleg Tinkov has promised to bring on more top riders to bolster his team's 2015 lineup. Photo: BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com.
He leaned against a car with his name on it, handed off a stealth Specialized S-Works, also with his name on it, to someone else. “It’s like Oscar Wilde said,” Oleg Tinkov declared. “I’m a simple guy. I simply love the best.” (velonews.com)

June 5, 2014




Warren Barguil (Giant-Shimano) has a go off the front
Photo: © Sirotti.
Warren Barguil has revealed that he is unlikely to figure in the Giant-Shimano line-up for the Tour de France, with the team instead set to be built around sprinter Marcel Kittel. (cyclingnews.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: the Green Jersey was a little tight…
"Going into the first ever edition of the  3 day Tour de Tayabas (May 30th-June 1st) hosted by the rather swish Gracelands Estates Country Club in the Quezon Province of the Philippines, i had extremely low expectations. normally I’m cocky / confident / stupid enough to think I can grab a stage win at the least." (crankpunk.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: The company, which got its start in the 19th Century, has been producing some of the finest saddles the sport has ever known.
Brooks is a name that stands alone as a legend in cycling. The word legend is easily tossed about, kind of like the word epic, but in some cases, the word does in fact fit the subject. (pelotonmagazine.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: The Fenix Classic is a good-looker...
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "A stiff, confidence inspiring frame that heavier riders might appreciate, but not the plushest." (bikeradar.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: Lois Dowsett Credit: Lois Dowsett .
Lois Dowsett writes on her experience training... (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

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Photo: Now, with the introduction of X1, SRAM finally has a 1x group that retails below the $1,000 mark – potentially as low as $861.
It seems like forever ago, but it was just over 2 years ago that SRAM introduced their revolutionary XX1 drivetrain which promised to rid the world of front derailleurs for good. It was awesome, but it was prohibitively expensive for the majority of consumers. (bikerumor.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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Photo: displeasure with events during the Grand Tour and has said that the UCI needs to assume greater responsibility and authority.
Teams’ association wants action after Giro d’Italia problems. (cyclingtips.com.au)

June 5, 2014




Andy Schleck trains on La Redoute with a heavily taped knee
Photo: © Fotoreporter Sirotti.
Three years on from last wearing the maillot jaune, Andy Schleck has acknowledged that it is “logical” that he does not feature among the list of favorites for the Tour de France due to his results in the intervening period. (cyclingnews.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: Bradley Wiggins: Will relax and enjoy the moment at the Tour of Britain. © www1.skysports.com
"Bradly Wiggins is “arrogant,” conceals himself in a “gruff geezer cloak,” and so dominated the atmosphere around the 2012 Team Sky Tour de France squad that the others on the team had to “ride around his moods like he was a traffic island.” (crankpunk.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: As an individual cyclist, safety comes from being able to control your bike.
"I’ve thought about this a lot, and I’ve concluded that helmets don’t matter all that much." (janheine.wordpress.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: In your fifties you should be focusing on club riding and shorter sportives...
Cycling is a great way of staying young – and as the BBC reported, can add years to your life –  but work with your body’s changing strengths, weaknesses and nutritional needs and you’ll get better at cycling too. Here’s how. (bikeradar.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: a saddle that transfers energy and better absorbs the countless impacts transferred from your rear wheel to your rear end during the course of the ride.
“As radical as this saddle looks,” says Tioga’s Kai Cheng, “there is a purpose to it. It’s not radical looking for the sake of being radical looking. Sure, we have a tendency to make unorthodox products, but there is a legitimate performance purpose to not being mainstream.” (bikemag.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: Admittedly Pinarello had left a longish steerer for inflexible cycling journalists.
From the very first pedal stroke something remarkable happened: despite its clinical, designed-by-robots to be ridden by robots appearance, we discovered that this is a bike full of humanity. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

June 5, 2014




Photo: Thanks to their background in computer vision, rapid prototyping, and commercial radar systems, iKubu was able to package an entire radar detection system into a rear unit.
Last week it was lasers, now the bicycle industry looks to be entering into the world of radar. At least, once iKubu officially introduces their new Backtracker, that is. (bikerumor.com)

June 5, 2014




Photo: Bikes are simple machines, and though they might look like some crazy assemblage of gears, cables, and levers, there really isn’t that much going on.
Covers cleaning your chain, fixing a flat and adjusting your shifting, all of which are relatively easy and will get you out of most mid-ride debacles. It all takes about 10 minutes and would cost about $30 in labor if you had it done in a bike shop. (grarpatrol.com)

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