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September 6, 2014






Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) after crashing late in the race
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Froome gains time on Contador, Valverde falls back. (cyclingnews.com).

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Photo: Tomorrow we have a tough summit finish in Lagos de Covadonga that I am familiar with . I will try to do my best again...
Rigoberto Uran lost his podium spot in today's stage of the Vuelta a Espana but the Colombian claims that the time loss changes nothing for him. His goal in the upcoming mountain stages is simply to try to hang on as long as possible. (cyclingquotes.com)

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Photo: It's almost comical that the average gradient on the climb to Lagos de Covadonga is 7.2%.
Stage 15: Oviedo - Lagos de Covadonga (152.2km). (podiumcafe.com)

September 6, 2014




Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) on her way to winning the elite women's cross country World Cup in Windham
Photo: © Rob Jones.
Catherine Pendrel soloed to victory in the elite women's cross country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Hafjell, Norway on Saturday.  Former world champion Irina Kalentieva took second while American Lea Davison won her first world championship medal by finishing third place. (cyclingnews.com)

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Julien Absalon (France) wins the cross country world championships in Hafjell, Norway
Photo: © Rob Jones.
Julien Absalon raced to the fifth world title of his career on Saturday by winning the elite men's cross country at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Hafjell, Norway.  Absalon defended his top rival Nino Schurter for the gold medal while Marco Fontana won the battle for the bronze. (cyclingnews.com)

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2014 Races & Results.

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

Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results),

Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages),

GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List),

GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List),

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

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

Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results),

Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results),

Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results),

Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results),

Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results),


September 6, 2014




Photo: Bradley Wiggins believes his form going into this year’s Tour of Britain beats that of 12 months ago, when he dominated the event and took the overall win.
The Sky rider is aiming to become the first person to defend the title in the modern incarnation of the race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

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Photo: Stage 15 Profile.
Sunday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 15 departs Oviedo at 1:17pm CET (7:17am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Lagos de Covadonga at around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta live streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: Those hubs will be laced to Synergy Nano carbon rims. Starting in 2015, the new high end carbon rims and components will be made in California...
Earlier this week, BST Synergy Nano announced they’d purchased Tony Ellsworth’s eponymous brand and would be lending their materials expertise to Ellsworth’s design experience to launch a new component line and update his bikes. (bikerumor.com)

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Photo: Having been perfectly led out by Vanmarcke, Bos took a very convincing sprint victory on stage 4 of the Tour of Alberta... Photo: © Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/epicimages.us
Theo Bos made up for his disappointment after stage 2 when he took a hugely comfortable victory in stage 4 of the Tour of Alberta. Benefiting from a great lead-out from Sep Vanmarcke, he easily beat Daryl Impey and Jure Kocjan to make it two in a row for Belkin while Tom Dumoulin enjoyed an easy day and defended his overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)

September 6, 2014




The leader jerseys heading into the final stage
Photo: © Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/epicimages.us.
After five days of racing, the fight for the Tour of Alberta's overall crown has come down to Sunday's final stage in downtown Edmonton. Giant-Shimano's Tom Dumoulin has led the race since Tuesday's opening prologue, but his rivals have been using time bonuses throughout the week to whittle away at his lead. (cyclingnews.com)

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Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) sprinted to win stage 6.
Photo: © Tim de Waele.
Andre Greipel repeated his win in the Brussels Cycling Classic, easily winning the mass sprint ahead of Elia Viviani and Arnaud Demare. (cyclingnews.com)

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Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) climbs La Camperona and take the stage 14 win
Photo: © Bettini Photo.
Five years after he won the Vuelta 2009’s hardest mountain stage at Velefique, Ryder Hesjedal forged to victory again during stage 14, on the steepest climb of the 2014 race. (cyclingnews.com)

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Mollema out-sprints Rodriguez for second place
Photo: © Susanne Goetze.
Bauke Mollema can look forward to getting some much-needed help with his time trialing next year when he joins the Trek Factory Racing team. His future teammate Fabian Cancellara said that he has already discussed the matter with the Dutchman, and assured him that “there are so many people with Trek who can help him.” (cyclingnews.com)

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Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin) points to the sky after winning stage 3 in dedication of Igor Decraene
Photo: © Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/epicimages.us.
Sep Vanmarcke's stage 3 win on Friday at the Tour of Alberta carried a lot more meaning for him than just another line on his palmares. The tall Belgian who rides for Belkin carried extra motivation into the three-up sprint with Ramunas Navardauskas and Leigh Howard.

September 6, 2014






Photo: Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) won the 2013 Tour of Britain and he is back to defend.
Sunday's Tour of Britain Stage 1 (Liverpool City Centre stage) departs Liverpool at 2:15pm BST (9:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Liverpool at around 4:45pm BST (11:45am U.S. Eastern).  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm BST (9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

September 6, 2014




Photo: More recently I even had the good fortune to secure a pro deal with Trail Butter, a local Portland company that makes some delicious combination nut butters for runners and cyclists.
While it’s hardly the day for a Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday, this first weekend of September provides us a good chance to look back at years prior. Many of us will be jumping on a cyclocross course for the first time this season, and along with it comes memories of past successes and failures. (cxmagazine.com)

September 6, 2014




Photo: Sidney Schuman took up track cycling in May - and now holds a world record.
An 84-year-old man who has twice broken his hip has broken the Hour record for his age, smashing past 28km - 114 laps of the track - beating the first ever record set in 1876. (road.cc)

September 6, 2014




Photo: It comes in three sizes S (51-55cm), M (55-59cm) and L (59-63cm), and six designs.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Well specced aero lid with plenty of adjustability." (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: Stage 4 .
Saturday's Tour of Alberta Stage 4 (the Go Auto stage) departs Edmonton at 11:50am MDT and is expected at the finish at Strathcona County at around 3:49pm MDT.  Tour of Alberta live streaming video should get underway at around 2pm MDT. (cyclingfans.com)

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Photo: Daily Distraction.

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Eric Young (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) wins the 2013 US pro criterium championship
Photo: © Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/epicimages.us.
On Saturday, top criterium racers will reunit in High Point, North Carolina, for the 2014 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championships. Watch the Pro 1/2 women’s race and the Pro 1 men’s race live starting at 4:10pm EDT. (cyclingnews.com)

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He is Ted King
Photo: © Bettini.
Cannondale rider Ted King has a contract in the works with a “high-level” team for next season, but he would not elaborate on which team that might be. (cyclingnews.com)

September 6, 2014




Peter Sagan, who has struggled through the Vuelta, finally called it quits on Saturday. Photo: BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com (file).
Peter Sagan clearly didn’t like the look of the coming three mountaintop finales at the Vuelta a España. The three-time green jersey winner at the Tour de France pulled the plug on the Spanish tour Saturday, raising questions about whether he will be ready to battle for the rainbow jersey later this month on a tough world-championship course in Ponferrada. (velonews.com)

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Photo: Marcel Kittel wins stage three of the 2014 Tour de France .
German sprinter says that he is relaxed having achieved his season's big goals. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

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John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) and Tom Boonen go head to head
Photo: © Roberto Bettini.
Tom Boonen is looking to lead the Belgian national team at the upcoming World Championships in Ponferrada, and showed his good form and confidence in the sprints with second place at the end of Friday’s 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. (cyclingnews.com)

September 6, 2014




Chris Froome (Team Sky) along side Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
Chris Froome maintained his fourth place overall at the Vuelta a España as he finished in the same group as his major GC rivals, five seconds behind stage winner Dani Navarro in Obregón. (cyclingnews.com)

September 6, 2014




Gerald Ciolek is ready for changes at MTN-Qhubeka. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
Don’t ask Gerald Ciolek how his preparation is going for the upcoming world championships; he’s not going. The former U23 world champion and 2013 Milan-Sanremo won’t be heading to Ponferrada to ride with Germany. (velonews.com)

September 6, 2014




Photo: If you spend a lot of time outside you should keep an eye out for changes to your skin.
Know Your Skin campaign urging cyclists to look for Solar Keratosis skin condition. (bikeradar.com)

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Photo: These impressive summits form part of a band of mountains which run virtually the entire length of Spain’s northern coast.
"Chasing the Vuelta back in 2010 up the mythical Asturian ascent of the Lagos de Covadonga. This mammoth climb will play host again to the race this year on Sunday and it could well be the decisive stage of the race. Let’s go back in time and see how it looked in 2010." (pezcyclingnews.com)

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Adam Blythe celebrates victory on The Mall. Could he cause an upset again at the Tour of Britain? (pic: Jon Buckle/Prudential RideLondon).
Adam Blythe sent out a big reminder of his ability at RideLondon and the Yorkshireman is keen to prove himself again at the Tour of Britain. (roadcyclinguk.com)

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