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| May 31 |
 Saturday: Italy
Elite Men National Championship Road Race expected LIVE video. (Rai 3,
3:05pm CET (9:05am U.S. Eastern, likely geo-restricted).
(cyclingfans.com)
Saturday: France Elite Women National Championship Road Race expected LIVE video. (France 3, 3:25pm CET (9:25am U.S. Eastern, likely geo-restricted). (cyclingfans.com) Live streaming video Sunday: 2:15pm? (Netherlands), 2:00pm (Belgium), 3:20pm (France). (cyclingfans.com) June 27, 2014  French
legend weighs in on GC battle, Wiggins,
green jersey contenders and French talent. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 27, 2014  Danny Pate returns
to the Tour de France with Sky, but 2012 Tour winner Bradley Wiggins will
not. Sky confirmed Friday its Tour Nine, with a strong squad to support
defending champion Chris
Froome. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014 ![Photo: I go into the Tour trying to help Fränk and Haimar [Zubeldia] to do a good overall. I will be the man who will pull for them in the climbs. That is how I am thinking, that is the line I will take to go into the Tour...](http://www.feltet.dk/octo_cms/files/Feltet.dk/Billeder/2014/Lob/Amstel_Gold_Race/Amstel_2014_Andy_Schleck.jpg "Photo: I go into the Tour trying to help Fränk and Haimar [Zubeldia] to do a good overall. I will be the man who will pull for them in the climbs. That is how I am thinking, that is the line I will take to go into the Tour.") For
the first time since 2008, Andy
Schleck will go into the Tour de France without enjoying a
protected status as he will line up at the event as a domestique for
his brother Frank
and Haimar Zubeldia
who are targeting the overall standings. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014  Bradley Wiggins
appears ready for change — including racing on the track and
possibility leaving Sky — after missing the Tour de France for the
second straight year. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
has proved that he is fully ready for the upcoming Tour de France by
taking a dominant victory at the Spanish time trial championships. In
an excellent Movistar showing that saw the team occupy the first 6
spots, he beat Ion
Izagirre by 0.56 and defending champion Jonathan Castroviejo
1.04 to claim his first title. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (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), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 27, 2014  Live Video Streaming:
Saturday, June 28 Colorado Springs Race Schedule, all times Mountain Time / Local Colorado Time (UTC -7:00). 11h45 – 12h00: Elite Women cross country – Staging and Call-up. 12h00 – 14h00: Elite Women cross country Race. 14h15 – 14h30: Elite Men cross country – Staging and Call-up. 14h30 – 16h30: Elite Men cross country Race. 16h30 – 16h55: Elite Podium Ceremony. (socalcycling.com) June 27, 2014  Titanium
race bike with mudguard versatility and hydraulic disc brakes. (road.cc)
June 27, 2014  In
the past, the Tour de France course often featured lots of time
trialling that gave the climbers the upper hand over the climbers.
Since Christian Prudhomme
took over the role of race director, the balance has tipped and the
amount of individual racing has been significantly scaled back.
(cyclingquotes.com)
 All
the 2013 jerseys together. L-R: Andrew
Talansky (Garmin-Sharp), Nairo Quintana
(Movistar), Chris Froome
(Sky), Peter Sagan
(Cannondale). (bikeradar.com)
 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th 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)
The
Tour
de France Teams Presentation is Thursday,
July 3. It will be broadcast
Live and there will be live feeds, videos and
photos. Details to
come. Start time should be around 6:15pm BST (7:15pm Paris or
1:15pm New York.).
June 27, 2014  SRAM
is teaming up with Bosch to offer a semi-automatic drivetrain that
combines Bosch's electric bicycle motor with a SRAM internally geared
hub and an external rear derailleur. (bicycleretailer.com)
June 27, 2014  Whether
you’re cruising or climbing, your bra should be the last thing on your
mind. Here’s how to find the perfect one. (bicycling.com)
June 27, 2014 |  Thor Hushovd has
announced his retirement from cycling at the end of this season. The
Norwegian rider said that he has been suffering with mononucleosis for
some time and will hang up his wheels after the World Championships
this September. The illness not only knocked him back physically, but
mentally too. (cyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  July
is nigh, and the attention of the cycling world is fixated ever so
strongly on the upcoming Tour de France. Over the next week we will
look in depth at the route and the cast of this year's 21 stage drama,
but for now here is a primer. (podiumcafe.com)
June 27, 2014  Mary Turk made a
startling discovery Tuesday night when she opened the garage door where
about 30 bicycles were stored for the Special Olympics Area 19 cycling
program. About half the bicycles were missing. (mlive.com)
June 27, 2014  "Pedaling
a bicycle is at once a joy, an opportunity to reunite with childhood
fun, to kiss youth square on the lips and feel the wind rush over your
body with the electric thrill of love, and yet it is also work in its
truest sense." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 27, 2014  Three
more riders, Jan Barta
(NetApp-Endura), Peter
Velits (BMC) and Gatis
Smukulis (Katusha) will bring national time trial
championship jerseys to the Tour de France after winning their titles
this week, as countries around the world hold their national
championships. (cyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  Today
Fumiyuki Beppu
won his third Japanese time trial title but the Trek rider is up for
more. During the race, he tried to hold something back to be ready for
Sunday's road race as well. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014  "Glad
I’m not making those decisions" says Welshman Geraint Thomas,
after Bradley Wiggins
was left out of Sky's line-up. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 27, 2014  "It
is a vexed and vexing question. The greatest Tour de France stage of
all time — where do you start? Should we — can we — regard individual
stages in isolation, divorced from context?" (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014  The
2014 Kenda Cup Series made its last gasp in the high altitude environs
of Big Bear Lake, crowning champions in both Super D and Cross Country
competition. Hundreds of endurance athletes tackled grinding climbs,
considerable singletrack—both classic and brand new—and screaming fast
descents, all under nearly ideal conditions. (mbaction.com)
June 27, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2.5 out of 5
stars. "Forgiving aero bike suited to long-distance events but lacking
some stiffness and missing the point of Di2." (bikeradar.com)
 BMC
Racing is backing Tejay
Van Garderen at the Tour this July, and team clothing
sponsor Pearl Izumi is supporting him as well, releasing 100 pairs of
special edition PRO Leader shoes, to be sold at R&A Cycles,
Art’s Cyclery in San Luis Obispo, and Pearl Izumi’s website.
(velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "The racy cockpit can be restrictive but the great frameset and
smart kit choices create a fast-handling rapid ride bargain."
(bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014 | June 27, 2014  Along
with former U.S. Postal Service pro Scott
Mercier and two-time under-23 national road champion Ian MacGregor, Lance Armstrong
spoke to Rocky Mountain PBS for an episode of the station’s news
program “Colorado Quarterly,” which is scheduled to broadcast at 7:30 p.m. MDT on Friday
evening. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  The
UCI and the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body
mandated by the UCI to define and carry out the fight against doping in
cycling, recently announced a partnership agreement with Antidoping
Switzerland. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  Unsurprisingly,
Tony Martin defended
his title as German time trial champion but the race ended up being a
lot more dramatic than expected. At one point, the world champion went
off course but a time loss of around a minute was not enough to prevent
him from taking a comfortable victory. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014  It’s
not surprising that among the first words out of the winner’s mouth
following any bike race are: “I want to thank my teammates for all
their hard work. I couldn’t have won without them.” That’s because road
racing is a team sport, even though the winner gets the glory, the
teamwork needed to produce a Tour de France champion is simply
extraordinary. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 27, 2014  Froome and Contador might be
this summer’s duel but hopefully their rivalry is a slow story that
develops over three weeks. The more immediate clash will see the
sprinters in action from Stage 1 onwards. Here’s a look at the
sprinters, the points competition and the likely green jersey
wearers. (inrng.com)
June 27, 2014  Just
20 years old and from the other side of the world, young Aussie George Tansley has
been thrown into the deep end in the heartland of racing in Belgium but
he hasn’t sunk. Far from it in fact, he’s come out fighting – and
winning. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  IAM
Cycling's Gustav Larsson
was unable to defend his national time trial championship on Thursday.
The Swedish rider broke several of his thoracic vertebrae (the middle
segment of the vertebral column) in a training crash. (cyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  We
were to spend our last weekend in Japan with our hosts, Ikuo and Harumi Tsuchiya
of I’s Bicycles, in Miyama. Wouldn’t it be splendid to ride to Miyama,
rather than drive? It was only 80 km (50 miles), just across a little
mountain pass. We’d been up the pass from the other side. It shouldn’t
take more than 3 hours to do the ride. What could possibly go wrong?
(janheine.wordpress.com)
June 27, 2014  Still
sub-800g but slightly stiffer and with more modern
features. (bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014  "Mavic
went big on its 125th anniversary this year. These wheels represent the
vanguard of Mavic’s rim manufacturing technology. Ultimately, Mavic has
refined the shape (making it more aero) and, thanks to some
sophisticated computer software, is now milling away more alloy in
areas where it won’t affect the highly regarded rigidity of the
clinchers." (bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014  Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 27, 2014  New
Team Machine
SLR03, Granfondo
GF02 carbon, and Crossmachine
CX01. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 27, 2014 June 26, 2014 |
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