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August 16, 2014





Photo: Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol)
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Tim Wellens claimed a pulsating win and the leader’s jersey at the Eneco Tour on Saturday with a courageous ride between Heerlen and Aywaille. The Lotto rider started the day almost a minute down on the overnight leader, Tom Dumoulin, but attacked in the closing stages after an undulating parcours reduced the peloton to less than 30 riders. (cyclingnews.com)

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Photo: French talent Julian Alaphillippe sprints to final stage victory at the tour de l’Ain. © (stickybottle.com)
Neo-pro Julian Alaphilippe won the final stage of the Tour de l’Ain while Bert-Jan Lindemann just about held on to the overall lead to win the race. (cyclingquotes.com)

August 16, 2014







Photo: Stage 7 Profile.
Sunday's Eneco Tour Stage 7 departs Riemst at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Sittard-Geleen at around 4:18pm CET (10:18am U.S. Eastern).  Eneco Tour live streaming video should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).. (cyclingfans.com)

August 16, 2014




2014 Races & Results.

Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Stages & Results),

La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results),

Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Stages & Results),

Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Stages & Results),

Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Stages & Results),

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

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

UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages).

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

Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results),

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),


August 16, 2014




Photo: Roche has previously ridden alongside Contador in many races.
Although Tinkoff Saxo team leader Alberto Contador confirmed in recent days that he will do the Vuelta a España, his team-mate Nicolas Roche has said that he will not take part. (cyclingtips.com.au)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Vally and J-Rod are but two of the guys responsible for the Spanish hegemony. - David Ramos.
Quietly as it does every year, August 15 has passed. August 15 is the UCI World Championship deadline. Which brings us to a touchy subject. Math. (podiumcafe.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Giant Revolt 1 – make no mistake, it's a weird-looking steed .
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "The Revolt is an excellent all-rounder with comfort built in." (bikeradar.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: From kids books to pre-teen novels to the reflections of a mature man, cycling books span the decades .
Extracurricular reading for cyclists of all ages - 10 of the best new cycling books, from illustrated children's tales to useful physiology tips to the drama of professional racing. (bikeradar.com)

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Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r)
Photo: © El Pedal de Frodo/www.elpedaldefrodo.com.
Lloyd Mondory won stage four of the Vuelta a Burgos from Medina de Pomar to Villarcayo after a perfect leadout from his teammate Sebastien Turgot in the final 300 meters of the stage. (cyclingnews.com)

August 16, 2014




Simon Spilak (Katusha)
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Simon Spilak attacked on the closing climb in the third stage of the Arctic Tour of Norway to take the stage win. Steven Kruijswijk went with him to finish second and claim the overall lead. Jonathan Hivert rounded out the Dutch team’s big day by finishing third, 15 seconds down. (cyclingnews.com)

August 16, 2014





Photo: I'm happy. Every day I feel better. The first day I went wrong, but now I do well.
Dan Martin finished second on today’s stage in Tour de l’Ain after the French winner Julian Alaphilippe of Omega Pharma - QuickStep. The placement on the last stage of the race consolidated his third place in the French race after Bert-Jan Lindeman and Romain Bardet. (cyclingquotes.com)

August 16, 2014





Photo: Stage 5 Profile.
Sunday's Vuelta a Burgos Stage 5, a 12.45 km Individual Time Trial at Aranda de Duero, gets underway at 12:44pm CET (6:44am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider.  Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video should get underway at around 1:15pm CET (7:15am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

August 16, 2014





Photo: Stage 4 Profile.
Sunday's Arctic Race of Norway Stage 4 departs Tromso at 1:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Tromso at around 5:45pm CET (11:45am U.S. Eastern).  Arctic Race of Norway live streaming video should get underway at around 4:45pm CET (10:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Tejay van Garderen (BMC)
Photo: © Tim de Waele.
The 2014 USA Pro Challenge fires up Monday in Colorado with a circuit race around Aspen and nearby Snowmass Village. Five WorldTour teams are set to compete against four Pro Continental squads and seven Continental outfits over the seven-day race, which concludes next Sunday with a stage from Boulder to Denver. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: BRECKENRIDGE, CO - AUGUST 20: Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Cannondale Pro Cycling stands on the start line during stage two of the 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge on August 20, 2013 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images).
Here we go again. The rolling spectacle of the USA Pro Challenge will cycle back into Aspen and Snowmass this week for the fourth consecutive year. (aspentimes.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) won the 2013 USA Pro Challenge.
Monday's USA Pro Challenge Stage 1 (Aspen/Snowmass Circuit) departs Aspen at 2:40pm MDT and is expected at the finish at Aspen at around 4:28pm MDT.  USA Pro Challenge live streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm MDT. (cyclingfans.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Daily Distraction.

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Thor Hushovd is making his last appearance in Norway
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Thor Hushovd is getting ready to say goodbye to pro cycling, admitting that “it was difficult to accept that it was time for me". The BMC rider still hopes to be named to the Norwegian world championships team to top off the end of his career. (cyclingnews.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Kingsnorth’s most famous recent graduate, Jack Bauer.
If you’re a young racer with dreams of racing in cycling’s heartland you couldn’t do much better than joining up with the Kingsnorth Wheelers, the amateur team set up in Ghent that has helped riders such as Garmin’s Jack Bauer on to great success. (pezcyclingnews.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Women's winner Coryn Rivera (UnitedHealthcare)
Photo: © Kent Ruby.
An international field assembled at the Tour of Utah where Tom Danielson won the overall title on Sunday in Park City. Earlier in the week, Coryn Rivera triumphed at the first-ever Tour of Utah Women’s Edition. (cyclingnews.com)

August 16, 2014




Kevin and Yvon Ledanois at the Arctic Race
Photo: © Jean-François Quénet.
While Norwegian super talents Oskar Svendsen, Odd Christian Eiking, Sven-Erik Bystrøm and Sindre Lunke were expected to shine at the Arctic Race of Norway ahead of next week's Tour de l’Avenir, it's been the young Frenchman Kevin Ledanois who's drawn the most attention. (cyclingnews.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: A rather peeved victim of a dumping has taken to Gumtree to sell his bike - along with the girlfriend who he says ‘took him for a ride’.
Bitter man selling bike he’s used twice - and offers to throw in his ex for those who ‘feel like being taken for a ride’. (road.cc)

August 16, 2014




Photo: Katie Compton’s new Trek Boone carbon cyclocross bike with an IsoSpeed decoupler. photo: Trek.
If your view of an ideal cyclocross course is either the fast-paced, dry course of CrossVegas or an endless bog of deep muddy pits where you can run your tubular tire pressures almost laughably low, you might cringe at the idea of a suspension anywhere on a cyclocross bike. (cxmagazine.com)

August 16, 2014




Photo: © archikitchen.wordpress.com... On a steep descent: “I tightened my wheel skewer, right?
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)

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