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| Jul 31 |
 Majka was the only
rider of a large breakaway to hold off the habitual charge of Nibali, the
24-year-old Polish climber crossing the summit in Risoul 24 seconds
ahead of the increasingly bullish Sicilian. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  As
Rafal Majka
crossed the finish line on top of the finishing climb of Risoul,
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Tour de France was resurrected. Following Alberto Contador’s
crash and exit, the team has raced aggressively in an effort to conquer
new goals. The winner of the hardest stage in the Alps, Rafal Majka,
dedicated his win to his teammates. (tinkoffsaxo.com)
July 19, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
France Stage 15 departs Tallard at 12:05pm CET (6:05am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Nimes at around 5:20pm CET (11:20am
U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:15pm CET
(8:15am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 19, 2014  Having
lost time for the second day in a row, Richie Porte now
reveals the reason for his sudden loss of form. The Australian is
suffering from a chest infection but still hopes to make it to the
finish in Paris. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Having
been out of competition for 18 months, Frank Schleck is
riding himself into form in this year's Tour de France and the
Luxembourger is getting better and better. Today he climbed with the
podium candidates and finished 7th in Risoul which makes him proud of
the improvements he has made. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Had
things gone fully to plan, Tinkoff Saxo rider Michael Rogers would
be riding in support of team leader Alberto
Contador, pacesetting the Spaniard towards a third Tour de
France victory. Instead, Contador
is out of the race and Rogers
has had to acknowledge that a rival is the likely winner of this year’s
Tour. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 19, 2014  With
recent reports that Trek Factory Racing are looking to sign a new GC
contender, with Bauke
Mollema rumored to be at the top of their wishlist, the
future of the Schleck
brothers, Andy
and Franck,
has been thrown into doubt once more. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Stevens
maintains overall race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  Team
SmartStop's Travis McCabe
survived in a day-long breakaway and sprinted to the stage 3 win ahead
of Toms Skujins
and Ruben Zepuntke Friday
at the Cascade Cycling Classic. Serghei
Tvetcov held onto his overall lead by 11 seconds over Zepuntke, who moved
from fifth to second after the day's effort. Doebel-Hickok
secured women's stage. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  Gavazzi claims
finale sprint in Lanzhou. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), 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). July 19, 2014  Perhaps
more remembered for the Tour he lost (1971) than the Tour he won
(1973), Luis Ocaña
was described by Eddy
Merckx as his "most dangerous rival." Alasdair Fotheringham
tells his story in this new biography of the Spanish champion.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 19, 2014 July 18, 2014 |  Astana’s
Vincenzo Nibali
received more probing questions, including one about Dr. Michele Ferrari,
but he replied in the same way as when he distanced his rivals on the
stage 14 climb to Risoul: with poise and control. (cyclingnews.com)
 Let's
just keep predicting a Sagan
victory, and delighting in finding out who pips him this time.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 19, 2014  Koen de Kort is less
inclined to bet against his Giant-Shimano team-mate Marcel Kittel ahead
of today’s flat stage at the Tour de France in which the latter has a
chance to equal his quadruple haul from last year’s race.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
did another great performance in today's big mountain stage of the Tour
de France but the American is not too satisfied with his performance.
In fact, he is suffering from his crashes and has come down with
bronchitis but hopes to improve in the Pyrenees. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Inspired
by his win on the same climb in last year's Criterium du Dauphiné, Alessandro De Marchi
went on the attack in today's big mountain stage of the Tour de France
and for the second day in a row he was awarded the prize for being the
most aggressive rider. Having been supported by his teammate Peter Sagan in the
break, he praised the Slovakian for his efforts. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  The
time cut ensures no rider can coast around the course all day long,
taking it easy when they’re supposed to race. It ensures a homogeneous
peloton of riders making similar efforts each day. (inrng.com)
July 19, 2014  Team
Sky chief Dave Brailsford
said Friday that even if reigning champion Chris Froome had
still been in the Tour de France, he would have struggled to beat Vincenzo Nibali.
(sbs.com.au)
July 19, 2014  Karsten Kroon is
about ready to call it quits after 18 years in the peloton. “When I
think about it now, I cannot imagine that I will ride next year,” the
Tinkoff-Saxo rider said on the Dutch television show De Avondetappe on
Friday evening. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 19, 2014  Leopold König came
through the first Alpine test of the Tour de France with flying colors
and moved himself into the top 10 in the general classification. König finished third
on the day to slip into 10th and revive his GC hopes. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  New
elevation levels for Google Maps helps riders choose a longer, flatter
route or a short sharp hilly one. (road.cc)
July 19, 2014  As
the Tour de France heads for the mountains the sprinters will start to
take a back seat. Don't expect the likes of Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel to win
any stages up there. This is the territory of riders like Vincenzo Nibali and Joaquim Rodriguez.
(bbc.com)
July 19, 2014 | July 19, 2014  Andrew Talanksy
endured one of the most unforgettable moments of the Tour de France
when he battled all day to remain within the time limit despite
suffering from crashes sustained before the rest day, yet he was forced
to be a non-starter for stage 12. He was in tears by the end of stage
11. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  In
a repeat of his performance the previous day, Vincenzo Nibali stamped
all over his rivals in the Alps. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014  Many
were surprised to see Alejandro
Valverde suddenly slip back in today's Tour de France
stage to Risoul. However, the Spaniard's run of bad luck in the race
continued as a tourch of wheels with Thibaut Pinot had
destroyed his gears. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Every
morning on French radio, cycling experts break down the day’s action.
For years — no, decades — the French media and fans had little to get
excited about. Stage wins, a run in the yellow jersey, or a few heroic
rides, but the podium in Paris remained like a mirage in the desert.
(velonews.com)
July 19, 2014  How
close is too close? The dilemma of coming across a crash in the Tour de
France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014  Chris Horner has
confirmed that he is ready to sacrifice his overall placing in the Tour
de France to help teammate Rui
Costa. After his horrific accident in Italy in the spring,
when he was hit by a car in a tunnel, the 42 year-old Lampre-Merida
rider is just happy to be racing in France in July. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  “A
half-hour after the stage he won’t even know where he is,” Cannondale’s
Stefano Zanatta
told Cycling Weekly. “You have to tell him, ‘Vincenzo, it’s time
to go to anti-doping or give an interview because you won.’”
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014  Mark Cavendish is
putting in three hours a day on the home trainer, keeping his legs in
shape in hopes of returning to the peloton soon. He watches tv while
working, but not the Tour de France, which he says he desperately
misses. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  Cheng Ji made it to
the finish of the first Alpine stage of the Tour de France just behind
the gruppetto after again helping his teammates Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb
during the long day in the saddle. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Premium quality sunnies well suited to those with larger
faces." (bikeradar.com)
July 19, 2014  Six
helmets introduced: Stego, ARX MTB Plus, ARX Plus, Lin, Taal,
Torus. (bikeradar.com)
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