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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Contador seals overall 2014 Vuelta a España victory.

Malori wins final time trial in Santiago de Compostela. (cyclingnews.com)

Preview: Testing route for Vuelta’s final time trial.

Just 9.7 kilometers long, the route starts on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, close to one of its most modern public buildings, the Cultural Centre and finishes in the heart of the old city, a stone’s throw from the doors of its famous cathedral in the Plaza de Obradoiro square. This is where the famous Camino de Santiago - the Santiago pilgrims’ trail, running across Spain to Galicia - ends, hence the stage has been subtitled El Final del Camino - The End of the Road. (cyclingnews.com)

Hansen to ride Vuelta TT with special disk wheel.

Adam Hansen will ride the final time trial of the Vuelta a España with a special disk wheel to mark his record-equalling 10th consecutive Grand Tour finish. The Campagnolo Bora Ultra TT disk wheel has been decorated with red and white stickers listing each of the 10 races he’s completed. (cyclingnews.com)

2014 Races & Results.

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

Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results),

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

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

Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages),

GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results),

Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results),

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

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

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Canning claims Sprint Challenge Pro.

Cody Canning caused an upset at the Sprint Challenge Pro Quebec event, beating Bryan Coquard and Steele von Hoff to win the special evening race in the center of Quebec. (cyclingnews.com)

Bell solos to Bucks County Classic victory.

Team Smartstop capped off its enormously successful 2014 road season with another victory, this time from Canadian Zach Bell, who soloed away from his breakaway companions to claim the UCI 1.2 Bucks County Classic in New Hope, Pennsylvania on Saturday. (cyclingnews.com)

Greipel returns to winning ways in GP Jef Scherens.

One week after his win in the Brussels Cycling Classic, André Greipel again confirmed that he is in excellent condition at the end of the season when he won the Belgian one-day race GP Jef Scherens. After a very aggressive race, Lotto Belisol brought everything back together for a bunch sprint where Greipel beat Tom Van Asbroeck and Danny Van Poppel (cyclingquotes.com)

Vuelta a España: Contador wins on Ancares.

Contador takes second summit win stage at Vuelta a España.

Cataldo forced to abandon Vuelta a Espana.

Kwitatkowski a dark horse for the Rainbow Jersey.

Vittoria branches out into wheels - Interbike 2014.

Hansen slips away to win in Cangas do Morrazo.

Kittel wins final Tour of Britain stage.

Van Baarle seals overall race victory. (cyclingnews.com)

Tour of Britain: Wiggins wins penultimate time trial.

Bradley Wiggins stormed to victory in the in the penultimate time trial of the Tour of Britain. Wiggins completed the short 8.8-kilometer course in an average speed of 53.6kph to beat Sylvain Chavanel by eight seconds. Stephen Cummings rounded out the top three, finishing just a second behind Chavanel. (cyclingnews.com)

Wiggins: It's good to confirm my Worlds form.

Bradley Wiggins fully lived up to expectations in the Tour of Britain time trial when he took a hugely dominant victory on the 8.8km course. Building for the World Championships, the Brit was pleased to confirm his form so close to the big goal. (cyclingquotes.com)

Adam Blythe interview: Back to the WorldTour with Orica GreenEdge.

After one year with a British Continental team, former Omega Pharma-QuickStep and BMC Racing Team rider Adam Blythe will return to the WorldTour next season after the confirmation of a contract with Orica GreenEdge. (cyclingtips.com.au)

Report: MTN-Qhubeka confirms nationalities of next signings.

MTN-Qhubeka interim general manager, Brian Smith has confirmed the nationality of his two latest signings. Smith says that both riders have signed on the dotted line, but they will not announce anything until both contracts have been sent to the team’s office in South Africa. (cyclingnews.com)

Porte ends illness marred 2014 season early.

Riche Porte has decided to call a premature end to his tumultuous 2014 season. Porte had been named on the Australian team’s long-list for the World Championships at the end of the month. However, after a year or illness problems, the Australian has told national selector Bradley McGee that he won’t be able to ride in Ponferrada. He is also ruled out of the team time trial next Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)

Bakelants to receive more freedom at AG2R.

Jan Bakelants leaves Omega Pharma-Quick Step, and will, for the next two seasons, ride for AG2R ride. The transfer was hanging quite a while in the air and is now confirmed by the rider himself on Twitter. "The overall picture looks good at AG2R" says Bakelants to Sporza. (cyclingquotes.com)

Tour of Britain: Vermote wins stage 7.

Video: Geoghegan Hart’s final corner crash in Brighton.

Gerrans wins GP de Montréal.

Double wins for Australian champion. (cyclingnews.com)

Powers cruises to victory at U.S. Open of Cyclocross.

Jeremy Powers grabbed the holeshot on a dry, bumpy Boulder Reservoir course, then patiently gapped the field alongside Ben Berden and Allen Krughoff, until unleashing a searing attack on the final lap and win comfortably in the U.S. Open of Cyclocross on Saturday, up by 25 seconds at the line. (velonews.com)

Kwiatkowski denies favorite status at World Championships.

Michal Kwiatkowski has been quick to deny his favorite status for the World Championships later this month. The Polish rider’s name has come up regularly in lists of potential winners in Ponferrada, but he just wants to make it to the end. (cyclingnews.com)

Astana signs new Tour de l'Avenir champion.

Astana has announced that they have signed a contract with Miguel Angel Lopez who won the Tour de l'Avenir a few weeks ago. The Kazakh team hopes that the Colombian will be able to play a support role for Fabio Aru in his first year's on the professional scene. (cyclingquotes.com)

Kristoff can win World Championships, says Nordhaug.

Alexander Kristoff can become Norway’s second-ever World Champion, says his compatriot Lars Petter Nordhaug. Kristoff announced earlier this week that he would lead the three-man Norwegian team that would include himself, Nordhaug and Edvald Boasson Hagen. (cyclingnews.com)

IAM: We didn't expect Frank to be so good.

Yesterday Mathias Frank returned to competition in the small Swiss one-day race Tour du Jura. The Swiss finished 11th which came as a pleasant surprise for his IAM team. (cyclingquotes.com)

Unior Tools Fix Anything, Plus Prototype Tread Shaver & More New Stuff.

Unior is a Slovenian hand tool company that traces roots back to the 19th century, and we ran across them first at the Meribel UCI World Cup race then again inside the halls of Eurobike. In the pits for pro rider Tanja Zakelj was a nifty prototype bit, but we’ll start with the highlights of their complete collection. (bikerumor.com)

Steve Tilford: Chequamegon Morning.

Movistar set with Valverde and Quintana through 2017.

Italian Rabottini suspended for EPO positive. 

Q&A: Todd Wells on cyclocross, mountain biking, and life.