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June 2014
June 20, 2014




World champion Tony Martin defended his race lead on stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse, but would have preferred to take more time. Photo by Tim de Waele. (velonews.com).
Tony Martin took his second stage victory at the Tour de Suisse, in the time trial, ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Rui Costa. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014







Photo: Tour de Suisse Stage 8 Profile.
Saturday's Tour de Suisse Stage 8 departs Delemont at 11:27am CET (5:27am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Verbier at around 5:05pm CET (11:05am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Suisse live streaming video should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern) (cyclingfans.com)

June 20, 2014






Greg Henderson (Lotto)
Photo: © Ruta del Sol a Sol/http://www.rutadesolasol.es.
Lotto-Belisol lead-out man gets his day of glory. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014





José Herrada (Movistar)
Photo: © Ruta del Sol a Sol/http://www.rutadesolasol.es.
Spanish champion solos in ahead of Valverde, Bouhanni. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014




Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) wins his third stage of the Giro d'Italia
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Nacer Bouhanni is in the form of his life according to his coach, and former rider, Jacques Decrion. Bouhanni has been training hard over the past weeks, as he hopes to make FDJ's Tour de France team this July. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014




2014 Races & Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results),
Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Stages & Results),
Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Stages & Results),
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results),
Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - 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 20, 2014




Photo: California-based Floridian Andrew Talansky, 25.
While Talansky was lauded as the new Dauphiné champion—succeeding two riders who went on to win the Tour de France, Brad Wiggins and Chris Froome - Brooks was hailed as the hero in one of his country’s most significant victories. (pelotonmagazine.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: Elbows out: After its debut in 2011, Elbowz Racing quickly became one of the top amateur teams in the U.S. Photo: Elbowz Racing.
Former Superbike world champion Ben Spies has such a firm grip on the ins and outs of bike racing, one could not be faulted for thinking he was a seasoned professional. (velonews.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: Unluckily for us, with a lot of injured riders once again we will only be starting with 5 riders. The good thing though is that only 1 rider can win.
Eritrean climbing sensation Merhawi Kudus had  great start to the season when he finished on the podium in the Tour de Langkawi but saw his progress come to a halt when he broke his collarbone in the Tour of Turkey. Today he makes his return to competition in the mountainous Route du Sud. (cyclingquotes.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: the Dogma F8 is a collaboration between Pinarello and Jaguar.
The new Pinarello/Jaguar Dogma F8 collaboration, a bike that we'll get to see plenty of during July when Team Sky ride it during the Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)

June 20, 2014





Photo: The new Orca OMR, looking menacing in black.
Orca OMR and OMP race bike and Avant OME endurance bikes. (bikeradar.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: As usual with Moore, the real strength of the book is the many, many people he spoke to in order to tell these stories.
A tour through the Tour de France in a couple of dozen stages, led by Slaying the Badger author Richard Moore. (podiumcafe.com)

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Photo: The last climb I hope I can treat it like a TT, find a good rhythm and hang on to the other guys. I have the jersey, but it will not be easy.
Tony Martin solidified his position at the top of the overall standings in the Tour de Suisse when he won today's time trial in convincing fashion. Going into the final two mountain stages, he hopes to defend his lead in the final mountain stages and will treat tomorrow's final climb to Verbier as another time trial. (cyclingquotes.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: For sure Tony is going really well here but to come second again is a bit frustrating. But focusing on the positives I paced myself well over quite a hard course and felt strong.
Tom Dumoulin again proved that he is pretty close to Tony Martin in the time trials when he finished second behind the world champion in today's stage of the Tour de Suisse. As this was his third runner-up spot behind Martin in less than a month, the Dutchman is starting to get a bit frustrated by his near-misses. (cyclingquotes.com)

June 20, 2014







Sergio Henao's broken bike
Photo: © Oleg Tinkov/ Twitter.
Colombian cycling media outlet Revista Mundo Ciclistico reported that Henao was hit by a truck while scouting the TT course, and that Henao’s TT bike “was split into three pieces.” (velonews.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: The Route du Sud starts today and is run in conjunction with La Dépêche du Midi, a regional newspaper.
What dysfunctions? Well the Belkin team are losing their sponsor after just 18 months. For a global sponsor the sport is still massively Euro-centric, for example TV audience figures for the Tour of California are modest and tend to reach niche cycling fans rather than a broader public. (inrng.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: After 12 top 5 results in 2014, Colbrelli finally takes the elusive victory when he beats race leader Matthews to win a 36-rider sprint at the end of a hard second stage of the Tour de Slovenie.
Sonny Colbrelli finally took a long overdue first professional victory when he won today’s second stage of the Tour de Slovenie. The Italian emerged as the fastest when a reduced 36-rider peloton arrived at the finish to decide the stage in a sprint, holding off Michael Matthews who defended his leader’s jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)

June 20, 2014




Warren Barguil (Argos-Shimano) won his second stage in a photo finish over Uran
Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Giant-Shimano team manager Iwan Spekenbrink has defended his decision not to take Warren Barguil to the Tour de France this year. The Dutch team named their 13-rider long list for the Grand Boucle, which, surprisingly, excluded the young Frenchman. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: Six female British riders finished in the front pack of last Sunday’s UCI 1.2 Diamond Tour, with Amy Roberts rolling home in sixth.
Sixth place for 19-year-old British rider Amy Roberts in Diamond Tour, Belgium. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

June 20, 2014




Nick Nuyens (Garmin Sharp)
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Garmin-Sharp rider Nick Nuyens started the Ster ZLM Toer with the hopes of slowly working his way back into competition following a minor surgery to correct a cardiac arrhythmia, but the third stage proved to intense for the Belgian, and he had to abandon. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: While a proper warm-up is a must, especially prior to a race, a cool-down isn't always necessary. .
Six fitness rules that you didn't know you could flout—until now. (bicycling.com)

June 20, 2014






Photo: Zipp 404 Firestrike wheels sport a directional Showstopper brake track that is intended to excel in wet riding conditions. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
The Rival 22 crankset will be only available in compact 50-34 and 52-36 options. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com. The new SRAM Hydraulic will be available later this summer for every SRAM road drivetrain from 10-speed Apex to Red 22. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
SRAM Rival 22 gets a second cassette cog as well as hydraulic rim and disc brake options, though that upgrade comes with a significant price bump. Photo: Logan VonBokel VeloNews.com .
What’s old is new again. SRAM’s HydroR disc brakes are back, with reinforcements, and Zipp’s latest 404 is an old 404, but better. (velonews.com)





Photo: Consistent; good quality data .
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Handles the essentials of power measurement well at a good price." (bikeradar.com)

June 20, 2014




Photo: Specialized S-Works Turbo 26mm .
Fresh items from Pearl Izumi, Gios, Specialized and more. (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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June 20, 2014




Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel at their first official RadioShack press conference.
Photo: © Casey B. Gibson.
Johan Bruyneel has appealed the decision to ban him for ten years from sport. The news comes just days after World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that they would appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for an extension of the Belgian’s sentence. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014





Photo: Chris Horner appears likely to race the Tour de France next month. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Chris Horner is all but certain to race the Tour de France next month despite a harrowing crash that knocked him out of the Giro d’Italia. (velonews.com)

June 20, 2014





Photo: The case was started by former US Postal Service team-mate Floyd Landis and was later joined by the US Government’s Department of Justice.
Lance Armstrong’s attempt to get a near-$100 million dollar lawsuit dismissed by the judge dealing with the case has failed and the Texan must now go under oath on Monday about doping during his career. (cyclingtips.com.au)

June 20, 2014





Photo: I met my friend the bee in the downhill. After my crash a week ago, and now with the bee sting, I think it can only get better - it can only go uphill from here.
Fabian Cancellara had hoped to win today's Tour de Suisse time trial which was held in his backyard but he could only manage fourth. After crashing on the course a few weeks ago, more bad luck struck the Swiss who was stung by a bee but avoided an allergic reaction. (cyclingquotes.com)

June 20, 2014




Oleg Tinkov and Bjarne Riis head out for a ride
Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Tinkoff-Saxo directeur sportif Bjarne Riis believes that Sky have made an error in judgement not taking, 2012 champion, Bradley Wiggins to the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)

June 20, 2014





Photo: Frank Kristensen is one of the eight mechanics on Tinkoff-Saxo.
Tinkoff-Saxo consists of 29 riders. But behind these riders is a big group of people with an array of different functions – from sport directors, administrative staff and soigneurs to mechanics. They make sure that everything is ready for the riders to win races. (tinkoffsaxo.com)

June 20, 2014






Photo: For 2015, SRAM will have four HydroR road shifters. The Red, Force and Rival will be part of complete 11-speed groups, the S Series 10-speed levers can be retrofitted to existing 10-speed groups .
Force 22 and Rival 22 join Red 22 and S-700 HydroR groups. (bikeradar.com)

June 20, 2014





Photo: In the race to be the first to bring 11-speed to the whole market, SRAM is bursting from the pack with a double whammy.
New SRAM Rival features 11-speed cassette and three choices of brake, including hydraulic rim and disc stoppers. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

June 20, 2014




Photo: Utah's characteristic summer bluebird skies returned on Thursday, and almost the only evidence of the snow that fell earlier in the week was the hero dirt it left behind.
"Don't call the Grade (or the Fenix, for that matter) a gravel bike. It's a road bike. It's a playful and fun road bike that you can ride to work during the week and get rad on on the weekends. This bike is breaking the rules."

June 20, 2014






Photo: The Climbs and Finish of Stage 1.
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)

June 20, 2014




"If you are a true fan of cycling, you have to have a part of your mind moving forward to accept that a performance can be clean." (pelotonmagazine.com)

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