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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Holloway and Rivera win at TD Bank Mayor’s Cup.

As final race of the 2014 National Criterium Calendar series, the TD Bank Mayor’s Cup attracted the country’s fastest criterium racers to ride laps around the iconic Government Center in downtown Boston. (velonews.com)

Flakemore claims U23 time trial world title for Australia.

Australia scored a second top success in a matter of hours in the World Championships on Monday as Tasmanian Campbell Flakemore edged out Ireland’s Ryan Mullan by less than half a second to claim gold in the men’s under-23 time trial.. (cyclingnews.com)

Worlds: Stewart wins junior women's time trial.

On a morning of steady rain in Ponferrada, Macey Stewart mastered the treacherous conditions to land victory in the junior women’s time trial at the World Championships, ahead of Denmark’s Pernille Mathiesen and her fellow countrywoman Anna-Leeza Hull. (cyclingnews.com)

Mullen has no regrets after under 23 Worlds time trial.

As he stepped on to the podium to receive his silver medal in the under 23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, Ryan Mullen was still shaking his head in quiet disbelief. The Irishman had looked every inch a world champion on the rain-soaked Ponferrada course, an impression borne out at the two intermediate check points along the route.

With 13 kilometers remaining, Mullen held a lead of 20 seconds over Australia's Campbell Flakemore and his remarkable average speed of 49.5kph seemed too imposing a bar for any of the late finishers to vault. (cyclingnews.com)

The Future is Now: Men’s U23 World Championship TT.

The future is now… and it looks a lot like the past with more strong time trial performances from the Australians and Swiss. (pelotonmagazine.com)

Worlds: Will Sagan rescue his season?

Peter Sagan goes into this weekend’s world championship road race looking to salvage a season that has struggled to live up to his own high standards. After a frustrating string of second places, Sagan will be hoping he can get it right on Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)

2014 Races & Results.

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

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

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

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

GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results),

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),

More...

Vantornout Attacks Early, Takes Win at Steenbergcross over Nys.

Yesterday in Belgium’s Steenbergcross, the pace was set high immediately, with lots of big names sticking with the lead pace. First and second place riders at CrossVegas, Sven Nys and Lars van der Haar, found themselves having to work up through the field as Meeusen dictated the speed at the front..

Compton and Powers Repeat at Day Two of Trek CXC Cup.

Katie Compton had better start than Saturday and quickly established herself at the front of the Elite Women’s race. Gabby Durrin again took the holeshot, but by the time they reached the tricky Trek downhill section Compton was in the lead with Caroline Mani, Durrin, and Nicole Duke on her wheel. (cxmagazine.com)

Meredith Miller Journal: The road to winning CrossVegas.

"Rewind to August 2013 for a moment — after a 15-year career, I announced my retirement from road racing at the Tour of Elk Grove in Chicago. Although I was sad to say goodbye to so many women who had been my teammates, friends, and competitors over the years, at the same time I was excited about the upcoming cyclocross season. Although I had announced my retirement from road, retirement from ’cross was still in the distant future." (velonews.com)

2014 UCI Road World Championships LIVE.

Tuesday's UCI Road Worlds Junior Men Individual Time Trial gets underway at 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team.  Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern).

Tuesday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Women Individual Time Trial gets underway at 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team.  Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

Interbike 2014, Part VIII.

BMC wasn’t showing much in the way of new road stuff, so the big news was that they’ve aggressively lowered their prices. This Ultegra Di2 TMR01 is now $6999 and while that ain’t cheeap, it is a significant reduction on a bike with more technology than some phones. (redkiteprayer.com)

Ultimate Bike Solution from Scottoiler.

"We understand that it's hard to get excited by products like this, but bear with us on this one, because if it works as claimed, Ultimate Bike Solution could be a game-changer." (bikeradar.com)

World Championships: BMC win men's TTT.

World team time trial title is the highlight of my career, says van Garderen.

Démare sprints to victory at Grand Prix d'Isbergues.

Colbrelli wins twice in as many days in Italy.

World time trial championships preview.

With Fabian Cancellara and Taylor Phinney being the notable absentees, the world’s greatest time triallists will all be on the start line of the most important time trial of the year. For everyone who specializes in the unique discipline, the World Championships is a real highlight that gives them a shot at one of the most coveted jerseys in cycling. Tony Martin is gunning for a record-breaking fourth consecutive win, Bradley Wiggins hopes to fill an obvious gap on his palmares and young guns Adriano Malori and Tom Dumoulin want to prove that they now belong to the real elite and the fierce competition will only add more prestige to an already highly prestigious event. (cyclingquotes.com)

USA Pro Challenge stage winner: I am the dark horse.

Robin Carpenter took everybody by surprise when he held off the favourites to win a stage of the USA Pro Challenge on a very cold and rainy day in Colorado. Now in Ponferrada for the U23 Worlds, the American sees himself as a dark horse for Friday’s road race. (cyclingquotes.com)

Trebon out with multiple rib and vertebrae fractures.

Ryan Trebon has been sidelined from racing cyclo-cross after fracturing three ribs and two vertebrae in a crash while racing locally in Washington earlier this month. The Cannondale Cyclocrossworld.com rider is hoping to make a quick recovery and even has his sights set on winning the national title at the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Championships held in January in Austin, Texas. (cyclingnews.com)

Specialized, Evelyn Stevens move to Boels-Dolmans women’s cycling team in 2015.

Specialized announced Monday that it will shift its sponsorship focus to the Boels-Dolmans Women’s Cycling Team for 2015. The brand will step back from its title-sponsor role with Velocio Sports’ Specialized-Lululemon squad, the top American women’s team in 2014 and the winning team of the world time trial championship on Sunday in Ponferrada, Spain. (velonews.com)

After TTT loss at worlds, Martin focuses on time trial history.

German Tony Martin will put the disappointment of losing the team time trial behind him and will focus on winning a record-equalling fourth individual title on Wednesday in Spain. After Omega Pharma Quick Step won the 2012 and 2013 TTT titles, all that Martin and the team could manage was a bronze medal ride behind BMC Racing and Orica-GreenEdge on Sunday. (velonews.com)

Bos and Hofland lead Belkin in Belgian sprint race.

Belkin goes into Omloop van het Houtland with a two-pronged attack. The race is likely to end in a bunch sprint in which the Dutch team will play either the Moreno Hofland or the Theo Bos card.  (cyclingquotes.com)

Riis: Sagan won’t chase the green jersey.

When Tinkoff-Saxo announced that they had signed Peter Sagan, one of the obvious questions was whether the Slovakian can co-exist with Alberto Contador on the Tour de France team. Now manager Bjarne Riis tells CyclingQuotes that the Slovakian won’t actively chase the green jersey and mainly focus on stage wins in the world’s biggest race. (cyclingquotes.com)

Colbrelli proves he's ready for sprinter's role at World Championships.

Sonny Colbrelli proved that he deserved his place in the Italian team for the Men's Elite road race, with back to back victories at the Memorial Pantani and the GP di Prato at the weekend. (cyclingnews.com)

Why no British women at the UCI World Championships Time Trial?

"British Cycling says there's no medal contender for the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. True or false? Let's take a look at the candidates." (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

Ned Boulting interview.

"We caught up with TV's Ned Boulting as he prepares to be the host with the most at next week's Cycle Show at the NEC." (bikeradar.com)

Bamboobee lets you cruise around on your own self-made bicycle.

In 2013, a company by the name of Bamboobee entered the world of product design with their ‘honey infused bamboo bicycles‘. following the success of this popular material, the singapore firm has launched the ‘build it yourself (BIY) bike kit’. (designboom.com)

Testing bikes, food at the Expobici show.

The riding at demo days at most bike shows leaves a lot to be desired, but the Expobici show in Italy is an exception. Located in Galzignano Terme in Euganean Hills south of Padova (Padua), the road riding is exquisite, on narrow, winding, and lightly-traveled roads through these hills known for their thermal baths. And the mountain biking trails feature considerable technical difficulty and a very high fun factor. (velonews.com)

World Championships: Specialized-lululemon win women's TTT.

PEZ: EuroTrash TTT Monday!

Euser to receive Jack Kelly Fair Play Award.

The United States Olympic Committee announced Monday that Lucas Euser has been selected to receive the Jack Kelly Fair Play Award presented by BP, one of four annual awards that will be presented at a celebratory dinner during the 2014 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly, Sept. 25-26, at the Hilton Chicago. (velonews.com)

Monday Shorts.

Roman Kreuziger’s been cleared by the Czech Olympic Committee’s arbitration panel. Fair verdict or whitewash? For now it’s hard to tell as the reasoned decision is online as a PDF but in Czech and so a hard read. What we do know from the past is that the UCI has appealed past cases of “home” federations or anti-doping bodies clearing their riders. I suspect they’ll take the case to the CAS but that’s guessing. (inrng.com)

Kreuziger cleared by Czech Olympic Committee.

Roman Kreuziger has been cleared of any anti-doping violations by the Czech Olympic Committee (CAC). Kreuziger had been provisionally suspended by the UCI after registering anomalies in his blood passport earlier this season. (cyclingnews.com)

Next generation of USA men ready to engage at Worlds.

Six-rider team racing for Howes: Although the USA team for the UCI Road World Championships elite men's road race has only six members, it could be the most cohesive unit the country has put together for the race in years. With Alex Howes as the likely team leader, and Andrew Talansky, Tejay van Garderen, Brent Bookwalter, Kiel Reijnen and Eric Marcotte in support positions, the team represents a generational shift when compared with past teams. (cyclingnews.com)

Farrar ‘disappointed’ to miss out on worlds ride.

Tyler Farrar is “disappointed” he won’t be racing next weekend in northern Spain for the elite men’s road cycling world championships. With the U.S. men’s team down to six riders for the road race, instead of the nine maximum for top-ranked nations, Farrar was squeezed out for selection.

When Hushovd was young.

Thor Hushovd retired on Saturday after completing the GP Impanis-Van Petegem, which won by his BMC team-mate Greg van Avermaet. The 2010 world champion and winner of ten stages of the Tour de France put an end to a 27 year long career! Jean-François Quénet looks back at his history as a young rider. (cyclingnews.com)

Cancellara finds middle ground with Trek in Worlds preparation.

Fabian Cancellara hesitated when the question was put to him, and then smiled sheepishly. The Swiss rider had just led his Trek Factory Racing squad to 7th place in the team time trial at the World Championships, but had he lined up in the event by choice or out of obligation? (cyclingnews.com)

Six steps to take your cycling to the next level.

Former pro cyclist Greg LeMond summed up cycling progress succinctly: “It never gets easier, you just go faster.” What he meant was that all the hard training is not so that you can sit back and cruise when your goal event arrives, but so that on the big day you can deliver the best ride of your life. (bikeradar.com)

Degenkolb fit to race, Dowsett extends with Movistar.

The Movistar team has announced that Britain's Alex Dowsett will stay with the Spanish team for the next three seasons. The 25-year-old secured his future with an excellent series of results during the 2014 season after winning the time trial at the 2013 Giro d'Italia. Dowsett took two victories in 2014: the time trial stage at the Circuit de la Sarthe, which he led for one stage, and won gold in the Commonwealth Games time trial in Glasgow.. (cyclingnews.com)

BP4 Design Creates new Hand Positions with Unique Drop Top Road Handlebar.

Drop bars are known for providing additional hand positions when compared to the standard flat bar, but BP4 seems to be taking that notion to new heights (drops). While many companies are experimenting with different reach, bends, and sweeps, BP4 is adding another dimension to road handlebars – top drops. The admittedly strange looking handlebars drop down where a road bar would typically be flat. The resulting hand positions are claimed to be an improvement over standard bars in both aerodynamics, performance,  and comfort. (bikerumor.com)

3T Ionic Comfort Posts, Updated High End Wheels & Tri Bars, Smartphone Integration & Much More!

3T Cycling has a lot going on, as much with new products as with new concepts for the sale and use of them. Starting with the small stuff, they’ll now offer sizing guides to all retailers and online that complement the mix-and-match nature of their road components. (bikerumor.com)

Dymag Carbon Clincher wheels.

BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Affordable, British built carbon clinchers with some minor issues." (bikeradar.com)

Video: How The Race Was Won x BTB TV – Cross Vegas Men 2014.

Stevens raises debate over equal prize money.

Orica-GreenEdge left with too much ground to make up in TTT Worlds.

Compton, again, for weekend sweep at Trek CXC Cup.

U.S. national cyclocross champion Katie Compton made it a