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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Tour of Utah: Evans wins Snowbird stage.

Rosskopf surprises with second, Danielson keeps race lead. (cyclingnews.com)

Dominant Veloso crushes the opposition in Portuguese TT.

Gustavo Cesar Veloso left no doubt about his superiority in the Volta a Portugal when he crushed the opposition in the time trial on the penultimate day of the race. The Spaniard beat prologue winner Victor De La Parte by a 55 seconds and increased his overall lead over Rui Sousa massively in the process. (cyclingquotes.com)

Andrea Guardini took his second sprint victory at the Tour of Denmark on Saturday morning, winning the 100km road stage from Nyborg to Odense. The riders face a 15km afternoon time trial in Middelfart, with Sunday's final stage over 175km between Kalundborg-Frederiksberg. (cyclingnews.com)

Gilbert returns to action in London.

Having had to abandon the Clasica San Sebastian due to illness, Philippe Gilbert makes his return to competition in tomorrow's Ride London Classic. He leads a young BMC team that is likely to ride in support of Sebastian Lander in case of a sprint finish. (cyclingquotes.com)

2014 Races & Results.

Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results),

Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages & Results),

USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages),

Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages),

Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results),

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).

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Sprints and climbs, Optum tries to do it all in Utah.

Dubbed America’s “toughest stage race,” the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah has the reputation for being a climbers’ paradise. So, it was curious when Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies announced its team roster for the seven-day race — a squad that includes sprinters Eric Young and Brad Huff, as well as thicker men like Mike Friedman and Tom Soladay for a course that features over 57,000 feet of elevation gain. (velonews.com)

Specialized core road range 2015.

Specialized's core road range covers everything outside of performance-focused carbon road race bikes. Specialized has put plenty of effort into these ‘everyday’ bike ranges; the price-conscious Allez and flat-bar Sirrus ranges both receive some significant changes, and will join the the all-new Diverge model. (bikeradar.com)

2014 Tour of Portugal LIVE.

Sunday's Tour of Portugal Stage 10 live streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingquotes.com)

2014 Tour of Utah LIVE.

Saturday's Tour of Utah Stage 6 departs Salt Lake City at 10:50am MDT and is expected at the finish at Snowbird at around 3:45pm MDT.  Tour of Utah live streaming video should get underway at around 10:45am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)

2014 Eneco Tour LIVE.

Monday's Eneco Tour Stage 1 departs Terneuzen at 12:10pm CET (6:10am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Terneuzen at around 4:31pm CET (10:31am U.S. Eastern).  Eneco Tour live streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

Optum’s hard work pays off as Eric Young wins stage 5 in Utah.

Shilov powers to maiden professional victory in Portugal.

Majka raises the bar after Tour of Poland victory.

Rafal Majka, who won the final classification of the Tour of Poland after the last time trial in Krakow on Saturday, could be a Grand Tour contender in the future, say his sports directors and the race organizers. (cyclingnews.com)

Vandewalle and Majka share the spoils in thrilling Polish finale.

Kristof Vandewalle confirmed that he is getting closer to the best time triallists in the world when he narrowly beat Adriano Malori in the final time trial of the Tour de Pologne. Rafal Majka did the time trial of his life to finish 13th and hold off Ion Izagirre by just 8 seconds in the battle for the overall win in the WorldTour race. (cyclingquotes.com)

Bronzini beats Vos to win the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix.

Giorgia Bronzini used her sprinting speed and experience to beat Marianne Vos and win the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix women's race on the Mall in the center of London. (cyclingnews.com)

Meier races on at the Prudential RideLondon Classic.

Christian Meier is set to take the lead in the unofficial ranking of days raced during the 2014 season when he rides the Prudential RideLondon Classic on Sunday. The Canadian will have a total of 82 days of racing on Sunday, most of them at WorldTour events including the recent Tour de France, which he rode after a last minute call-up. (cyclingnews.com)

2014 RideLondon-Surrey Classic LIVE.

The 2014 Prudential RideLondon Surrey Classic is being held Sunday, August 10. Live streaming video: 1:45pm BST (2:45pm CET - 8:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

Top women's cycling event in the Americas could come to Philly next year.

Mayor Michael Nutter’s low profile trip to France last week could lead to the top women's cycling race in the Americas coming to Philadelphia next year, according to a key member of the traveling delegation. (bizjournals.com)

Horner fighting illness at the Tour of Utah.

After finishing third during Thursday's stage four summit finish at the Tour of Utah, Lampre-Merida's Chris Horner said he saw positive signs he is recovering from a chest infection that he picked up before the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)

Have you crashed?

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)

Majka makes it two in a row on home soil.

RoadBikeReview: What’s the fastest downhill tuck position?

Dennis to debut with BMC at the Eneco Tour.

Rohan Dennis will make his official debut with the BMC team at the Eneco Tour on Monday August 11, following his mid-season transfer from Garmin-Sharp. (cyclingnews.com)

Mt Evans Tandem Record.

Tandems pose several challenges over singles. First, you must ride as a team. You cannot ride against each other or you will lose fluidity and power. The Stoker vs the Driver, must learn how to relax and ride without the normal sensations of steering and seeing down the road. (303cycling.com)

Vos: Britain ‘way ahead’ of Netherlands for women in cycling.

Dutch superstar Marianne Vos returns to British soil this weekend for the Prudential RideLondon 2014, where she will take part in the Women's Grand Prix on Saturday and the amateur Surrey 100 sportive on Sunday. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)

Tour of Poland: Krakow time trial to decide the overall classification.

Rafal Majka will start the final time trial at the Tour of Poland on Saturday with a narrow lead of just 18 seconds on his main rival Ion Izagirre. The final stage is on flat 25km course in the center of Krakow. (cyclingnews.com)

PEZ Talk: Conor Dunne.

AN Post Chain Reaction’s Irishman, Conor Dunne at over two meters tall and racing aggressively heis a hard man to miss on his green XXLarge Vitus. (pezcyclingnews.com)

Matti Breschel extends with Tinkoff-Saxo.

The Tinkoff-Saxo team has continued its series of rider announcements for 2015 by confirming that Danish Classics rider Matti Breschel will stay with the team for a further season and play a key role in supporting team captain Peter Sagan in the spring Classics. (cyclingnews.com)

Bicycles of World War 1.

On the late morning of 28 June, 1914, the 12th Tour de France began in Paris. The riders likely would not have known that 1,836km away, in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo, the heir of the Austrian Empire has just been assassinated, precipitating the start of World War 1. The race, like much of life in Europe on that warm summer morning, went on. (bikeradar.com)

BSNYC Firday Fun Quiz!

Contador: I look forward to riding with Sagan.