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September 22, 2014



Coryn Rivera sprints to victory wearing her newly earned national criterium champion's kit. Photo: 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)

September 22, 2014






Campbell Flakemore (Australia) rides to gold in the 2014 U23 World TT championships Photo: © Fotoreporter Sirotti.
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)

September 22, 2014





The podium: Pernille Mathiesen (Denmark), Macey Stewart (Australia) and Anna-Leeza Hull (Australia) on the podium Photo: © Bettini Photo.
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)

September 22, 2014




Ryan Mullen (Ireland) in time trial action Photo: © Bettini Photo.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: Kare Dehlie Thorstad was on course again and brings back more amazing work..
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)

September 22, 2014




Peter Sagan (Cannondale) solos to Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal victory Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
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),


September 22, 2014




Photo: Vantornout, Nys and Walsleben stand atop an early European cyclocross podium at Steenbergcross. © Cyclo-Cross Online.
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..

September 22, 2014




Photo: Compton found her footing right from the start of the 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)

September 22, 2014




Meredith Miller beat a fast field at CrossVegas earlier this month. Photo: Dave McElwaine | VeloNews.com.
"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)

September 22, 2014






Photo: UCI Road World Championships Live Coverage.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: While I was at the show I had a minor ephiphany. The bike industry spends a lot of time talking about getting more people on bikes and the industry even talks about the next generation of riders.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: Scottoiler Ultimate Bike Solution Oliver Woodman/Immediate Media.
"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)

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September 21, 2014



Photo: Time trialing has always been a natural part of cycling and is the sport in its purest format.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: It will be interesting since I haven’t been in Europe since the spring. I haven’t done a lot of the big races with the national team this year so I feel that I can be a little bit of a dark horse... © www.feltbicycles.com
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)

September 22, 2014




Ryan Trebon (Cannondale Cyclcrossworld.com) wins day one of the Mudfund Derby City Cup
Photo: © Dave McElwaine.
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)

September 22, 2014





Evelyn Stevens leads the victorious Specialized-Lululemon squad onto the podium of the 2014 world time trial championship. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com.
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)

September 22, 2014




Tony Martin (center) and his Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammates rode to third in the worlds TTT. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: The chance of a bunch sprint is 90 per cent. The wind on the local laps could push the race another way, but a large group kick is likely.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: That’s not what I am saying. He will probably take a few stage wins. I suppose that we have Alberto in the Tour and that will be the first priority.
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)

September 22, 2014




Davide Cassani and Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani - CSF) Photo: © Bettini.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: Emma Pooley (centre) became the world time trial champion for Britain in 2010.
"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)

September 22, 2014




See Ned Boulting at The Cycle Show on 26 to 28 September Cycling Plus.
"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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: the set includes bicycle cable bamboo holders, stainless steel dropouts, aluminum head tubes, bottom brackets, a pen file, a transparent tape roll, and reinforced metal wire. an instruction manual and recyclable frame jig guide.
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)

September 22, 2014




This Basso Diamante was a blast to rail tight switchbacks on, and there were lots of those to enjoy in the hills near Galzignano Terme. Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com.
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)

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September 22, 2014




Lucas Euser will be recognized during the Friday awards dinner at the 2014 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com (File).
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: The UCI has issued a press release saying it won’t comment any further for now and doesn’t mention whether Kreuziger’s provisional suspension has ended.
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)

September 22, 2014





Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff-Saxo) was third overall in Tirreno-Adriatico Photo: © Fotoreporter Sirotti.
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)

September 22, 2014




New race leader Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp) almost falls off the stage Photo: © AFP.
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)

September 22, 2014




Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) would have liked to represent the U.S. at 2014 world championships, but the climbing-heavy course and reduced team allocation for the Americans conspired against him. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com (File)..
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.

September 22, 2014





Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) shows off his descending skills Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
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)

September 22, 2014




Fabian Cancellara (Trek) drops back to the team car for a bidon Photo: © Tim de Waele/TDW Sport.
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)

September 22, 2014




You've got your base fitness, now it's time to take things further. Tim de Waele.
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)

September 22, 2014




Alex Dowsett (Movistar) Photo: © Rob Lampard.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: Using a standard 31.8mm clamping surface, the aerobar compatible bars then drop 50mm on each side creating an additional hand position.
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)

September 22, 2014




Photo: The 3T Aerotundo combines a classic drop bar shape with their aero tops, just one of many combinations.
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)

September 22, 2014




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

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

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