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July 27, 2014



Photo: As Vincenzo Nibali celebrated winning the 2014 Tour de France, one rider in the pack still had to negotiate another of the laps around the Champs-Élysées..
As Vincenzo Nibali celebrated winning the 2014 Tour de France, one rider in the pack still had to negotiate another of the laps around the Champs-Élysées. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)

July 27, 2014







Vincenzo Nibali was confirmed as the winner of the 2014 Tour de France (AAP). (sbs.com.au)
Kittel wins final stage on the Champs-Élysées. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014






Photo: Marcel Kittel wins the finale in Paris. Photo: AFP.
Vincenzo Nibali collected the final yellow jersey of the 2014 Tour de France on Sunday in Paris as Marcel Kittel won the 21st and final stage, a 136km leg from Evry that ended with a sprint on the Champs-Élysées. (velonews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: It happens many times that everything you work and sacrifice for doesn't come to fruition. This result is not a failure for me, at all: being 4th in the Tour, my best result... is not easy at all...
Alejandro Valverde had one final chance to finish on the Tour de France podium but came up short when he ended the race in fourth overall. However, both he and Movistar manager Eusebio Unzue refuse to regard it as a failure. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Of course, I keep the bright side of things, the rest are the ups and downs of the race, there are worse things. Second and 6th, we would have signed on the dotted line at the start in Leeds...
Romain Bardet's successful Tour de France didn't end the way he preferred as he lost his fifth place due to a late puncture in the time trial. However, the young Frenchman tries to keep things in perspective after having been among the best riders in his second grand tour. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014





Photo: Team AG2R presented Photo: © Susanne Goetze.
Vincent Lavenu has been managing teams at the Tour de France since 1993, but never has he known a year like this one. In twenty previous attempts under the respective banners of Chazal, Casino and Ag2r-La Mondiale, the team’s best finish in Paris was Cyril Dessel’s sixth place overall in 2006. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014





Photo: But like team director Stefano Zanatta told letour.fr: Winning the green jersey was almost too easy this year...
The main goal of the Cannondale team on this Tour de France was certainly to lead Peter Sagan to win his third green jersey in succession. In this sense, it was mission accomplished for the Italian outfit. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Tony Martin (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) wins stage 20 Photo: © Bettini Photo.
A bad TT for Belkin but good for NetApp. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014






Photo: In the second bunch sprint of the Tour de Wallonie, Nizzolo beat Meersman and Dillier; bonus seconds allowed Meersman to take the overall lead...
Giacomo Nizzolo made up for yesterday’s disappointment by winning the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie in a bunch sprint. The 2012 winner of the race held off Gianni Meersman and Silvan Dillier and Meersman could console himself with taking the leader’s jersey off Jens Debusschere’s shoulders. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) won the 2013 edition...
As with last year, only the final 3 stages (Monday to Wednesday) are being broadcast live on television. Live streaming video: 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

July 27, 2014




2014 Races & Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Stages & 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 France - July 5-27 (Results),
La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Results),
Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results),
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages).

July 27, 2014




Photo: I have such good memories from Champs-Élysées. It was an amazing experience and I will go for the win again today. I know it will be difficult but if you don’t try, you’ll never win...
Daniele Bennati is one of only two riders in the current Tour de France peloton to have won on the Champs-Elysees. The Italian will try to repeat that feat when he lines up as the Tinkoff-Saxo leader for the final stage of the Tour de France later today. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: britchendk It actually kind of hurts just looking at it. Keep fighting - and smiling - @taylorphinney . You'll come back strong!!!
thorhushovd - OMG @taylorphinney recover well my friend. (instagram.com)

July 27, 2014




Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) has won the first ever La Course by Le Tour de France, sprinting to victory on the Champs-Elysees ahead of Kirsten Wild (Giant-Shimano) and Leah Kirchmann © Doug Pensinger/Getty Images (podiumcafe.com)
World champion Marianne Vos produced the sprint of her life to win the first-ever edition of the La Course on the Champs-Élysées, as women finally got to share the spotlight alongside the men on the final day of the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: I felt it was almost an obligation to entertain the fans one last time, and give what they expect: me out in the break with the peloton chasing and I have zero chance - hey that’s the story of my life, the story of my career...
Jens Voigt ended the Tour de France in the way everybody expected him to do: by attacking on the Champs-Elysees. The attack crowned a solid Trek performance that saw Haimar Zubeldia take his fifth top 8 result in the race and Frank Schleck enjoy a solid comeback. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




The Omega Pharma Quick Step train Photo: © Tim de Waele.
UCI rules for 2017 limit team sizes and signings. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Competing on road was an adventure that I wanted to try after spending fifteen years on my mountain bike. Omega got me started and I thank them. I still have the desire to discover myself...
Having survived a late scare, Jean-Christophe Peraud completed the Tour de France in second place overall to deliver the best French performance since 1997. Having only started his road career a few years ago, the Frenchman now sets his sights on the Giro which he has never done in the past. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014





Photo: I had the chance of a lifetime to lead the team after Chris crashed out, but I got sick and things didn’t work out. It’s nice to get into Paris and get this Tour done, and I’m looking forward to next year now...
Richie Porte tried to bounce back from a disappointing Sky showing by joining the break in the final stage of the Tour de France but the performance could not make up for the poor results. The Australian regrets having lost a great opportunity to lead the team and now looks ahead to 2015. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Team Sky coach Tim Kerrison and Chris Froome Photo: © Stephen Farrand.
Tim Kerrison, the leading coach behind Team Sky’s two Tour de France wins, has told Cyclingnews that the team’s evaluation of their 2014 performance has already begun and that the team are fully focused on winning back the yellow jersey in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Anyone in a team who’s being honest with you will tell you how frequently their bikes are breaking...
Unlike steel or aluminum, carbon fiber does not bend in crashes. Rather the bikes and wheels frequently shatter, often hurling riders to the road and, many fear, increasing the severity of injuries. (nytimes.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Stunning roads with sporadic farms.
"Every day is an adventure, right? I made sure to capitalize on that proclamation yesterday by setting out with the ambitious plan of the massive Vermont Six Gapper. You know it’s official — or officially unofficial — when a ride title is capitalized. It also behooves you to Google it, to which you’re given 18-million results. Yeah, it’s THAT legit." (iamtedking.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: This little girl has nothing nice to say to the band of thieves that looted her family’s garage in Portland for all their road bikes.
Roxy is very upset that someone would break into her father’s garage and steal all his custom road bikes so she made a sign to guilt-trip whoever did the deed. ‘Your mom would be so disappointed,’ she writes. (nydailynews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Bottom Bracket Racket: Chris King’s Answer To Press-Fit Woes | $165 | chrisking.com.
The failure of Shimano and SRAM to make a decent press-fit bottom bracket has opened up a market for solutions from brands like Chris King, maker of some of the most precise and durable bike parts in the world. (bikemag.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Frame/Fork: Quality products for the low price...
Comfortable and entertaining entry-to-mid-level bike, with excellent scope to upgrade in the future; change the tires though. (road.cc)

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July 26, 2014




Photo: Daily Distraction.

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July 27, 2014




Photo: Paul Kimmage has said after taking drugs himself, his responsibility when becoming a journalist was to expose and try stamp out the conditions that brought riders to that point. His documentary ‘Rough Rider’ goes out on RTE One tomorrow, Monday July 28th, at 9.35pm. The Dublin International Track Grand Prix is on Setanta Ireland on the same night from 8.30pm to 9.30pm; perfect timing.
Ahead of the broadcast on RTE One of his documentary ‘Rough Rider’, Paul Kimmage has said nobody should be fooled into thinking that doping in cycling had disappeared with the banning of Lance Armstrong. (stickybottle.com)

July 27, 2014




Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Despite crashing out of the Tour de France and gaining no UCI WorldTour points, Alberto Contador remains the top ranked individual cyclist on 407 points. Vincenzo Nibali is now second overall  on 392 points after winning the Tour while Alejandro Valverde's fourth place elevates him to third overall with 382 points. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014





Photo: The Planche des Belles Filles was a decisive point because Nibali was able to drop his rivals à la pédale.
Stage 10 and Vincenzo Nibali wins atop the Planche des Belles Filles. It was one of only two days when he wasn’t wearing the yellow jersey but he reclaimed the race lead with a performance so strong that doubts about his form in the mountains were crushed. (inrng.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: I am absolutely happy with my fifth place. I have done four Tour de Frances and one Vuelta a España and this was by far the hardest course due to the terrain and the weather - by far...
For the second time in his short career, Tejay van Garderen finished fifth in the Tour de France when he completed today's final stage safely on the wheel of key rival Romain Bardet. Pleased with his journey, the American describes the race as the hardest grand tour he has done. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Vincenzo Nibali meets Christian Prudhomme ahead of the stage Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Following the 2014 Tour de France's penultimate stage – the time trial between Bergerac and Périgueux – race director Christian Prudhomme held court in the late-afternoon sun outside the press room in front of a handful of journalists. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Seventh seemed the maximum result. Unfortunately, we end up a little lower, but I would give our team as a figure for this tour a big eight out of ten.
Belkin went into the Tour de Franc with the goal of winning a stage and having a rider finish in the top 10. With Lars Boom's win on the cobbles and two riders among the 10 best riders, the team is pleased with the outcome of the world's biggest race. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali will today end a 16 year drought for Italy. Photography by Cor Vos
Astana rider discusses background, sacrifices, making history and biological passport. (cyclingtips.com.au)

July 27, 2014




Johan Vansummeran leads his Garmin Sharp teammates Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Doug Ellis excited about the American team's future, but would not comment on the speculation that the team would merge with a segment of the current Cannondale team with the American bike brand rumored to become the team’s title sponsor. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014




The Australian national team at the Women's Tour de France Photo: © Donna Rae-Szalinski.
Remembering the "first" Women's Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: Sometimes you wonder why you should come back through all this stress again, but then with time, you forget and it's the Tour. It's the greatest race in the world...
Barring disaster, Matthew Busche will finish his first Tour de France in 98th place, nearly 3 hours and 42 minutes behind Vincenzo Nibali and the American rider discovered in the last three weeks what makes the Tour the greatest race in the world. (cyclingquotes.com)

July 27, 2014




Photo: I came on the Champs last, exhausted, and then I found myself into a break that went all the way. I sprinted for an unforgettable win. That's the beauty of the sport!...
It is the dream of every Tour rider, especially first-timers. They all repeat it, like Bretagne-Seche's Florian Vachon. "When you're not a super sprinter or a great climber, making it to Paris is already a great achievement." (cyclingquotes.com)

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