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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Spanish national team promises to bury hatchet, ride for Valverde.

After ripping each other’s legs off all season, top riders from the contentious Spanish national team have promised to bury the hatchet, and ride as a unit in an all-out bid to win the rainbow jersey on home roads. That could be easier said than done, especially after an acrimonious Vuelta a España that saw team leaders Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodríguez antagonize each other for three weeks across Spain. (velonews.com)

With the time trials out of the way all attention at the World Championships turns to the road races with the box office events – the women’s and men’s road races set for the weekend. (cyclingnews.com)

Worlds 2014: The Pro Road Race Review.

The biggest one-day race of the year is on Sunday in Ponferrada. The winner will wear the Rainbow jersey for a year and put his name in the record books for eternity. (pezcyclingnews.com)

2014 UCI Road World Championships LIVE.

There are no races on Thursday.  The Road Worlds resume Friday with the Junior Women and Under-23 Men Road Races.  (cyclingfans.com)

2014 Races & Results.

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

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

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

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

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

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Cavendish still suffering from Tour de France crash.

Nearly three months on from crashing out of the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish says that he is still feeling the after effects. Cavendish was forced to leave the Tour de France on day one, when he crashed heavily during the sprint into Harrogate. He was later diagnosed with a dislocated AC-joint. (cyclingnews.com)

De Gendt signs two-year deal with Lotto-Belisol.

Thomas de Gendt will join Lotto-Belisol next season, after the Belgian rider signed a two year contract with the team. The team is set to become Lott-Soudal in 2015. De Gendt is only the second rider to join the team for next season, after neo-pro Tiesj Benoot. (cyclingnews.com)

Compass Stampede Pass 700 x 32 Tires.

Have you noticed how many cyclists have adopted wider tires? Because of their increased air volume, even the pros use 25s and even 28s for rough courses like Paris-Roubaix. Where racers and recreational riders alike formerly equated narrow tires with speed, we now know, thanks to studies by Jan Heine at Bicycle Quarterly and others, that wider tires mean more comfort, less chance of pinch flats and more cornering grip with no loss of speed. (roadbikerider.com)

Hot Wheels: 6 new road wheels that reveal top trends.

Wider rims, tubeless tech, and disc compatibilty are becoming standard. (roadbikereview.com)

Wiggins ends Martin's time trial reign.

Dumoulin confirms promise with Worlds time trial bronze.

The UCI Presidency After One Year.

A year ago this week Brian Cookson was elected president in a contest that was close and at times bitter. Today the role of the UCI President is barely a talking point. Still as the sport’s top official Cookson’s role matters.

Feargal McKay has done a good job for cyclingnews.com reviewing Brian Cookson’s manifesto pledges to see what’s happened since. Bear in mind these pledges are ongoing, there was no commitment to achieve everything by now but it allows us to see the direction of travel. With this in mind, let’s take a wider look at the cultural and managerial changes. (inrng.com)

Cadel Evans confirms retirement in 2015.

Cadel Evans confirmed he will retire on February 1, 2015, after competing in the Great Ocean Road Race at home in Melbourne, Australia. The 2011 Tour de France winner and 2009 world champion revealed his decision Thursday in Ponferrada, Spain, ahead of the worlds. (velonews.com)

After the storm: An interview with Greg LeMond.

There are few men who have ever experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows through a career in professional cycling akin to the ride that American Greg LeMond has taken. LeMond was the first American man to win an elite world road championship (in 1983), the first cyclist to sign a million-dollar contract (in 1984), the first American to win the Tour de France (in 1986), and the first cyclist to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, as its Sportsman of the Year (1989). In all “LeMonster” won two elite world titles and three Tours, as well as the Tour de l’Avenir, Criterium du Dauphine, and the Coors Classic, twice. (velonews.com)

Metamorphosis: An exclusive interview with Bradley Wiggins.

Over the past two years, “Sir Wiggo” — seven-time Olympic medalist, Britain’s first Tour de France champion, a knight of the British Empire — has become something much bigger than an athlete: A celebrity. A reluctant celebrity, never more under the microscope than at a press conference, a hostage under bright lights, where a row of cameras and a room full of journalists scrutinize his every word, his every facial expression, his every exhalation. (velonews.com)

La Course by Le Tour returns in 2015.

Organizers announced Thursday that La Course by Le Tour de France will return for 2015 on July 26, the final day of the Tour de France. This past July, the women’s event was held on the Champs-Élysées just hours before the arrival of the last stage of the men’s Tour. With the announcement that the race would take place on the final stage of the 2015 men’s Tour, it appears that it will continue as a single-day event, rather than an expanded stage race. Further details are unknown at this time. (velonews.com)

Worlds Shorts: NIbali to ride Saitama, Lefevere losing world titles.

The 2017 World Championships will be hosted by Bergen, Norway, according to Procycling.no. “We are very pleased that Bergen has delivered a strong application, and we know they are going to deliver what they have promised. Bergen had by far the best application,” UCI President Brian Cookson told the website. (cyclingnews.com)

Report: Winner Anacona to join Movistar.

According to a report on Spanish website BiciCiclismo, Lampre-Merida's Winner Anacona will join Movistar for the 2015 and 2016 seasons where he will link up with compatriots Dayer and Nairo Quintana. Anacona joined Lampre in 2012 and recorded the biggest win of his career last month at the Vuelta a España when won the stage 9 atop Aramón Valdelinares. (cyclingnews.com)

Phil Gaimon: Still waiting, still hoping for Garmin-Sharp renewal.

Lampre-Merida dismisses reports that talks have ended with Chris Horner.

Phinney considers Hour Record attempt comeback.

PEZ: EuroTrash ITT Thursday!

UCI announces changes to anti-doping judgements.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced on Thursday a change to how riders will be judged if they test positive for banned substances. Previously it had been up to a rider’s individual national federation to decide if they were guilty of doping and to mete out a punishment if need be. (velonews.com)

McQuaid criticizes UCI handling of Tour of Beijing.

Labels new regime as incompetent: Former UCI President Pat McQuaid has criticized the sport’s governing body for their part in the demise of the Tour of Beijing. The event formed part of the UCI’s WorldTour, and was the first and only event set up by the UCI’s commercial arm, Global Cycling Promotions (GCP). It was confirmed this week that the race would not be held in 2015.

BMC Racing signs American Rosskopf, two others for 2015.

American Joey Rosskopf and two others — newly crowned under-23 world time trial champion Campbell Flakemore of Australia and Italian Manuel Senni — have inked contracts with BMC Racing. The 25-year-old Rosskopf arrives at BMC after a strong season that included a duel with Cadel Evans in the queen stage at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. After putting himself in the breakaway of stage 6, Rosskopf stayed at the front of the bike race and passed Evans in the final kilometer before finishing second to the Australian. (velonews.com)

Ian Field relishing new 'cross season.

Three-time reigning British cyclo-cross champion Ian Field enjoyed his best season to date last time out and is relishing kicking off the new campaign. Field will be leading an all-star cast in an elite cyclo-cross race at The Cycle Show, at Birmingham’s NEC Arena, which opens to the public tomorrow (Friday September 26). (roadcyclinguk.com)

My First World Championships; An Unexpected Adventure.

"Last week was the highlight of the season and of my athletic career thus far: the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain. I was beyond excited to have the opportunity to test my legs against the World’s best and honored to have been selected for TIBCO’s Team Time Trial squad." (anikatodd.com)

Soul S4.0 wheelset review.

Based in Singapore, Soul is a rider-owned company that concentrates on affordable race-worthy frames and wheelsets. The company offers both alloy and carbon wheelsets with rim profiles ranging 22-62mm. In this review, a look at Soul’s S4.0 wheelset that is built with 40mm alloys rims. (cyclingtips.com.au)

FullCarbon Ivan Basso AB watch.

The FullCarbon Ivan Basso AB watch is the product of a collaboration between Italian watchmaker Federico Massacesi and Cannondale professional racer Ivan Basso. One of three watches in the Ivan Basso range, the AB (full model number IB0101-AB) features a Nubeck leather strap and a carbon-composite case and bezel. (cyclingtips.com.au)

Optimizing Tire Tread.

Most tire manufacturers agree that supple sidewalls and a thin tread make a tire fast, but the role of the tread pattern remains poorly understood. Most modern tires have either a completely smooth tread (slicks) or a coarse tread pattern similar to car tires. Many high-performance tires are smooth with just a few large sipes. None of these tread patterns are optimized. (janheine.wordpress.com)