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| Jul 31 |
 The
Tour de France isn’t the only major stage race starting this week:
tomorrow sees the start of the biggest multi-day event in the women’s
calendar, the Giro Rosa. The 10-stage race sets off from the ancient
city of Caserta, situated 35km north of Naples, with a two-kilometre
prologue tomorrow. However, that belies what awaits the riders,
particularly towards the end of the race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  The
closer the race gets the more uncertain the outcome. The year began
with Chris Froome
as the nailed on certainty but gradually Alberto Contador’s
results made people take notice and his ride in the Dauphiné means we
could have a three week duel. But now Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde
are on the up too and the more names we throw into the mix, the closer
the contest. (inrng.com)
July 3, 2014  Chris Froome said
that he had nothing to do with Bradley
Wiggins’ exclusion from Sky’s nine-man team for the Tour
de France. The race starts Saturday in Leeds, but for the second year
in a row the 2012 winner will not be racing. “I just want to make it
absolutely clear I do not have a role in selection,” Froome said at the
team’s hotel in Harrogate yesterday. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  “From
an emotional point of view, it was horrible. It’s a horrible, horrible,
horrible place to find myself in,” Sky’s team boss told BBC Sport. “I’m
not going to lie, contrary to popular opinion I have got some
emotions.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  UCI
and AFLD announce anti-doping collaboration. (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  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). Live video from
11:00am BST, (12:00pm CET), (6:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 3, 2014  The
UnitedHealthcare women's team makes it Giro d'Italia Internazionale
Femminile debut on Friday, backing the American two time winner and
defending champion Mara
Abbott for the overall victory. (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 3, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
will ride for Andrew
Talansky and his GC challenge throughout the Tour de
France. - Team boss Vaughters
admits how hard it was to drop David
Millar - Younger look and feel for the team start of a
long-term plan. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  The
Trek Factory Racing team was the first of the Tour de France teams to
hold their official pre-race press conference on Thursday morning, with
Fabian Cancellara,
Andy
and Fränk Schleck,
Danny van Poppel
and Haimar Zubeldia
facing questions before their training ride, after the team announced
Samsung as a new minor sponsor and People For Bikes as a cycling
advocacy partner. (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  While
his son Dan Martin
is sitting out the Tour de France and preparing for the Vuelta a
Espana, father Neil
is doing some ‘winning’ in Spain himself. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  "I
need to be honest and say that the first Ridleys I saw didn’t impress
me. They seemed to be long on stylish industrial design and short on
engineering. It wasn’t uncommon to encounter a Ridley frame that might
weigh 1400 grams. Oof. I can get that from titanium. But in the last
two years the company has made huge strides." (redkiteprayer.com)
July 3, 2014 | 
At the end of 2013, it would have been easy to write off Alberto Contador’s
chances of ever winning the Tour de France again. Now, though, it is a
different story. But how different? (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  Former
world number one and current Eurosport commentator Sean Kelly rode 14
Tours de France during his long career, and has worked on many more
since hanging up his bike in 1993. The quadruple green jersey winner
will analyze the Tour, drawing on his expertise and knowledge of racing
tactics to assess the action as the race unfolds and also to anticipate
what will happen next. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 3, 2014  Oleg Tinkov has done
nothing to hide his intention to sign several big names for the
Tinkoff-Saxo team and has long been rumored to be very close to
finalizing an agreement with Peter
Sagan. Now he reveals that he is also in talks with Bauke Mollema, Alejandro Valverde
and Andrew Talansky
but says that Tom Boonen
belongs to the past. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Jonathan Vaughters
leaned across to Andrew
Talansky and whispered, asking if it was OK to share the
big news. Despite speculation that the recently crowned Critérium du
Dauphiné champion was courting other offers, Vaughters confirmed
Thursday that the American is staying where he started his pro career
in 2011, with Garmin-Sharp, for two more seasons. (velonews.com)
July 3, 2014  An
older, wiser Tejay van
Garderen confronts the 2014 Tour de France with new
responsibilities and new maturity. (velonews.com)
July 3, 2014  After
last year’s “Double d’Huez” stage the 2014 Tour avoids most of the
famous Alpine climbs in favor of some rarely visited mountain passes.
Stage eight should be another to suit the Ardennes specialists, with
its short, sharp climb to the finish on La Mauselaine, in Gerardmer,
and could catch out a yellow jersey hopeful or two.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 3, 2014  The
Tour de France; the cycling battle ground for July. One rider attacks
another in the mountains, the fight to hold off a chasing group, the
bunch kick, aggressive phrases are strewn all over the roads of France.
2014 will be no different, but let’s look at battles past.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  This
Saturday 5 July marks the start of the 101st Tour de France in Leeds.
With the race and the yellow jersey coming back to the UK for the first
time since 2007 – and to Yorkshire for the first time ever – Le Coq
Sportif, who first supplied the most famous jersey in cycling in 1951,
have taken a look back at the first 100 races to select 10 truly iconic
moments. (road.cc)
July 3, 2014  Mark
Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quickstep) says he’s feeling good heading into
the start of the 101st Tour de France. (cyclingperspective.com)
July 3, 2014  Wiggle-Honda
have today confirmed the signing of American rider Kathryn Bertine,
with team manager Rochelle
Gilmore saying it “wouldn’t be right” for her not to
compete in La Course by Tour de France race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  Led
by director and former pro Stephen
Gallagher, Dig Deep Coaching is a global coaching company
with coaches that specialize in road racing, MTB, cyclocross and
triathlon. The team includes former and current pros, sports
physiologists, nutritionists, dietitians, bike-fit experts, massage
therapists and more. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 3, 2014  Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 3, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
team boss Jonathan
Vaughters talks about non-selection of Scot David Millar for
Tour's British Grand Depart - Millar
likely to ride Vuelta a Espana and Tour of Britain in final season.
July 3, 2014 | July 3, 2014  Brian Holm, Omega
Pharma’s Danish sporting director, was on Thursday cleared of sexually
assaulting a seven-year-old girl, his lawyer said. (bicycle.net)
July 3, 2014  Matthew Busche
doesn’t plan on racing this month like a Tour de France rookie. Even
though the Trek Factory Racing rider will be starting his first Tour,
the 29-year-old is intent on keeping both feet on the ground.
(velonews.com)
July 3, 2014  Chris Horner is
going into the Tour de France with lots of uncertainty as he has just
recovered from horrific crash and only has four days of racing in his
legs. The Vuelta champion makes it clear that he will do what his team
asks him to do but that may see him go for a top result in the overall
standings. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Former
Tour de France winner Andy
Schleck says he’s a “fighter” and vowed to get back to his
best form ahead of Saturday’s Grand Départ in Leeds. (velonews.com)
July 3, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
is finally ready to live up to his billing as a Grand Tour leader for
BMC in the Tour de France, which begins on Saturday in Yorkshire. "I
envisioned this and dreamed about this as a kid," the BMC rider said.
"It's exciting that it's actually coming true. It's like when a kid
shoots hoops in his driveway and he thinks he's Michael Jordan, but
it's so surreal when it actually comes true." (cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Daryl Impey says he
is ‘extremely distressed’ after confirming he had failed a doping
control test at the South African national time trial championships.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
July 3, 2014  Cyclists
can learn a lot from watching pros. But that doesn't mean you should
always ride and train like them. Alison
Tetrick of Team Twenty16 explains what makes sense in the
real world. (bicycling.com)
July 3, 2014  American
great reveals excitement for Yorkshire Grand Depart and discusses what
makes a Tour champion. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 3, 2014  Welcome
to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) supported by British
Cycling have submitted an application to the UCI for a new, world class
professional cycle race in Yorkshire. If approved by the world’s
governing body, the provisionally titled ”Tour of Yorkshire” will be a
three-day race and its inaugural edition will run from 1 – 3 May 2015.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Earlier
this week Trek revealed its new Émonda range, the result of several
years spent trying to develop the lightest production race frame on the
market. While a few riders from the Trek Factory Racing team were
riding the Émonda at the recent Tour du Suisse, and the Criterium du
Dauphine, it wasn't until Tuesday that Trek officially unveiled the
bike to the press. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Thoughtfully designed with versatility in mind, the Advanced 2
is only really let down by its choice of anchors." (bikeradar.com)
July 3, 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." (dougreport.com)
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