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July 6, 2014






Photo: Astana's Vincenzo Nibali claimed an opportunistic victory on Stage 2 of the Tour de France (AAP).
The yellow jersey changed shoulders after Stage 2 of the Tour de France with Vincenzo Nibali now leading the race after a crafty and opportunistic victory in Sheffield. (sbs.com.au)

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Photo: Tour de France Stage 3 Profile.
Monday's Tour de France Stage 3 departs Cambridge at 12:15pm BST (1:15pm CET or 7:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at London at around 3:51pm BST (4:51pm CET or 10:51am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 12:00pm BST (1:00pm CET or 7:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: Nibali launches a smart attack after the final climb of the second Tour de France stage and holds off his chasers by two seconds to take both the stage victory and the yellow jersey...
Vincenzo Nibali proved that he is fully ready to contend for the overall victory in the Tour de France when he won today’s hilly second stage of the race and secured the yellow jersey in the process. After the final climb, the Italian champion exploited a moment of hesitation from his fellow favorites to launch a well-timed move and held off Greg Van Avermaet who won the sprint for second, by 2 seconds. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 6, 2014




BMC keeping Tejay van Garderen safe
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Tejay van Garderen described the Tour de France stage into Sheffield as “brutal” and “crazy”, but said that finishing with all the other yellow jersey contenders showed that he’s in very good condition after battling back from the effects of his crash at the Tour of Romandy in late April. (cyclingnews.com)





Mark Cavendish and Simon Gerrans hit the ground
Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Omega Pharma-QuickStep directeur sportif Rolf Aldag described his team as a "body without a head" after the departure of its leader Mark Cavendish from the Tour de France. The Manx missile announced this morning that he would abandon the race, due to a dislocated AC joint he suffered in his stage 1 crash. (cyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Australian speaks about injuries plus chances for a stage win...
“He was obviously pretty desperate, being a British rider and having the first stages in the UK. I could see he was desperately trying to win and that is probably why he was pretty aggressive there in the final. But like I said, he apologized to me last night for his move in the final. I think everyone made their opinions quickly about how the crash happened and why.” (cyclingtips.com.au)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Mark Cavendish will head home, possibly for surgery, certainly for recovery. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Mark Cavendish faces another shoulder scan and possibly surgery Monday after crashing in the first day of the Tour de France. What happens next is uncertain. (velonews.com)

July 6, 2014






Mark Cavendish after his crash
Photo: © Tim de Waele.
Mark Cavendish will not start stage 2 of the Tour de France from Sheffield to York due to the injuries he sustained in a crash on stage 1 of the race. (cyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014




2014 Races & Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results),
Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results),
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),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results),
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages).

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Photo: Keep up with all the Tour news with the Cyclingnews Tour Tracker app ...
Five-star rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary and more. (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: Directeurs speak about their respective riders...
Both Tinkoff-Saxo directeur sportif Bjarne Riis and his BMC Racing Team equivalent Allan Peiper have expressed confidence in their respective GC leaders for this Tour de France, saying that each rider has done things well since the Critérium du Dauphiné to arrive in good shape. (cyclingtips.com.au)







Photo: Chris Froome Credit: Watson .
Chris Froome's attack over the top of Jenkin Road at the end of stage two was a 'flex of muscle'. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Geraint Thomas speaks to the media at the end of a grueling second stage of the 2014 Tour de France.
Geraint Thomas said he had goosebumps while climbing Holme Moss on stage two of the Tour de France and called the Yorkshire crowds “unbelievable” as the race moves south after two days in the county. (roadcyclinguk.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Last year Bronzini was the first Italian to win a stage at the women's Giro since 2009...
After the race started with a bang, with night-time cobbles and an "easy" stage that was anything but, Stage 2 was promised as definitely flat, and billed as one for the sprinters, with 6 20km laps. (podiumcafe.com)

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Photo: Peter Kennaugh wins, British men's road race national championships 2014 .
Peter Kennaugh won the opening stage of the Tour of Austria on Sunday after launching a solo attack. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

July 6, 2014




Photo: The rainbow bands were on full display up the cobbled street of Santa Maria a Vico yesterday as Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) crossed the finish line victorious.
"Often the opening road stage of the Giro or any major tour is one for the sprinters. Usually you’ll have a predominantly flat day, perhaps with a small climb in there somewhere to award the mountains classification. This year however, the race organisers decided that they wanted to create a GC shake up from the get-go." (cyclingtips.com.au)

July 6, 2014




Photo: If you win the Tour de Suisse three times you must be a good rider and a good GC rider. We don’t know what he is capable of in a GT, but it doesn’t mean he can’t do it.
American Vuelta winner Chris Horner was supposed to have a captain role in the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, but a horrible crash was the end of these plans. Instead Horner has found his way to England and the start of the Tour de France. He talks about himself and his captain Rui Costa. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Cav; badly hurt and maybe out.
"Mark Cavendish was screaming when he wheeled past me. An animal roar of pain, disappointment, frustration and anger. Once again, home soil has not been a happy place for Cav when the biggest prizes are on the line." (pezcyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014




David Millar , Garmin Sharp was pretty relaxed on th estart line….
Photo: © Mark Gunter.
David Millar is at the Tour de France but not as a rider. Following the decision of his Garmin-Sharp team not to select him due to illness, the Scot is working with British television channel ITV during the British stages of the race. (cyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: we noticed a Tinkoff-Saxo rider wearing what appears to be a new vest for carrying water bottles.
It appears to hold five bottles and eliminates the need for riders to stuff their already tight jerseys. The bottles appear to fit snug in the vest, meaning it’s less likely a slippery bottle will be dropped and potentially cause chaos in the pack. (pelotonmagazine.com)

July 6, 2014






Photo: There are no live streams of the race, but we get really good coverage on twitter.
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)

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Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) pushes the pace
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
The series of climbs known as the Strines that lead into Sheffield were always likely to split the peloton asunder, but no one predicted the amount of damage they inflicted, largely thanks to the fiercely insistent pace set by the Garmin-Sharp team. At one point, the American team’s Dutch flyer Tom Jelte Slagter reduced the front group to just 15 members, while shielding his leader Andrew Talansky at the same time. (cyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014





Peter Sagan and Michal Kwiatkowski finish up
Photo: © Tim de Waele.
After his former teammate and friend Vincenzo Nibali pulled on the Tour de France leader's jersey, Peter Sagan was next on the podium to don the green jersey as he continued his progression towards winning the points competition for a third consecutive year. (cyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Garmin-Sharp's Alex Howes in Leeds, England, before starting his first Tour de France. Photo by Caley Fretz.
“A lot of these stages look pretty long. And this dang thing’s three weeks. It’s not your local crit,” Howes mused on the morning of the Grand Depart in Leeds. “But I’m pretty excited to get this thing under way and get into a groove and just get moving.” (velonews.com)

July 6, 2014




The Duchess of Cambridge helps Marcel Kittel with his yellow jersey
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Gerrans at the start; Kittel doesn’t see royalty; Fans must stay off road, riders say; and Ten Dam’s eating preferences. (cyclingnews.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Omega Pharma-Quick Step sport director Brian Holm at the Tour de France in Leeds, England, to direct the team days removed from an acquittal on an indecent exposure charge regarding a minor. Photo by Caley Fretz.
Brian Holm was acquitted of an indecent-exposure charge regarding a minor on the Thursday before the race began, and Omega had him directing at the sport’s zenith days later. (velonews.com)

July 6, 2014




Photo: Leopard-Trek's Jens Voigt had a bad day at the office on the 14th stage of the Tour de France. Photograph: Nicolas Bouvy/EPA. © theguardian.com
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)

July 5, 2014




Photo: Peter Sagan is incredible strong. He is also strong on the tough and hilly stages so it is going to be difficult...
The Norwegian rider of Team Katusha Alexander Kristoff is a part of the Russian roster for this year Tour de France. He talks about his own personal objectives, the team’s objectives and the green jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 6, 2014






Photo: The characteristics of the riders we selected offer us the opportunity to be protagonist almost every day. We have the talent to do well and I expect also a strong motivation to stand out...
Ivan Basso will make start the second part of his season later today when he lines up at the Tour of Austria at the helm of the Cannondale team. He will share the captaincy role with Damiano Caruso who missed out on Tour de France selection. (cyclingquotes.com)

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Photo: Shimano cameras are being used by most Shimano-sponsored teams .
In first legal year at race, Shimano and Garmin cameras abound. (bikeradar.com)

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