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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Worlds: Ferrand-Prevot secures the gold medal.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) won the sprint in the elite women’s World Championship road race, beating out Germany’s Lisa Brennauer in a photo finish. Sweden’s Emma Johansson was third. (cyclingnews.com)

Men's Junior Road Race: Bokeloh wins with a late sprint.

After a breathless morning of racing, Jonas Bokeloh emerged victorious in the junior men’s road race at the world championships in Ponferrada, unleashing a fine finish to claim the group sprint ahead of Alexandr Kulikovskiy and Peter Lenderink. (cyclingnews.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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Punchy Circuit Makes 2014 Worlds RR an Enigma.

The 254km course in Ponferrada, Spain promises to be blessed with a truly rich field of potential winners. The race will take in 14 laps of the 18.2km circuit that includes two relatively easy climbs. The problem is, each one will be tackled 14 times and that has left many people unsure as to how the race will pan out. (pelotonmagazine.com)

2014 UCI Road World Championships LIVE.

Sunday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Men Road Race gets underway at 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern).  The race is expected to end at approximately 4:35pm CET (10:35am U.S. Eastern).  Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

Degand wins in Chanac.

Belgian rider takes the race lead. (cyclingnews.com)

Report: Berhane signs for MTN-Qhubeka.

Natnael Berhane will become the next signing for African pro-Continental team MTN-Qhubeka according to a report from French newspaper L'Equipe. Berhane will join the team on a one-year contract where the Eritrean will link up with compatriots Merhawi Kudus and Daniel Teklehaimanot. (cyclingnews.com)

Cadel Evans: A pillar in Australian road cycling.

In the years that followed their retirements, Hubert Opperman and Phil Anderson were considered as pillars of Australian road cycling. As riders emerged and performed in the generations that followed Opperman and - many years later - Anderson, their careers were regularly referred to as points of reference, especially with the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)

Rapha Touring Shorts.

road.cc verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The Rapha Touring Shorts are an elegant, if pricey, solution to the inelegant problem of the permanently lycra-clad commuter." (road.cc)

Worlds: Bystrom solos to gold in U23 road race.

U.S. women’s team disappointed despite Shelly Olds’ top-10 finish.

The U.S. women’s team left the UCI World Road Championships on Saturday with mixed emotions after failing to win a medal but taking an important sixth place result for Shelley Olds. “I’m very sad, I was in a position to win or at least podium, so to finish out of the top five is disappointing, but when you look at the big picture, it was my best worlds performance. I tried all day to be in good position, to be in the front. I did a good job up until the last sprint.” (velonews.com)

Worlds: It’s not a good feeling to lose your title, says Vos.

It wasn’t so much a case of ‘So long, Marianne’ as ‘How long, Marianne?’ Since turning professional in 2006, Marianne Vos had never finished outside the top two in the World Championships road race, but all week in Ponferrada, the speculation was that her remarkable sequence might be about to come to an end. (cyclingnews.com)

Roche: Ireland team needs to be clever at Worlds.

For Fabian Cancellara, it’s a new phenomenon, but for Ireland, it’s a familiar predicament. The curious scoring system used to assign places for the World Championships road race has left the Swiss with a reduced team of three riders in Ponferrada on Sunday, but for Ireland’s trio of Nicolas Roche, Dan Martin and Philip Deignan, it’s simply business as usual. As ever, the tactical cloth will be cut accordingly. (cyclingnews.com)

Willems to become sports director.

A few months after ending his professional career, Frederik Willems will be back in the peloton as he has signed a contract to become sports director at Lotto Belisol. (cyclingquotes.com)

World Championships ‘crash corner’ causes more problems.

The descent in the World Championship road race route has caused concern for the upcoming elite men’s and women’s races after recent crashes. Junior Italian Nicola Conci crashed in the same spot – a right-hander before the flat road over the dam with 6.5km to race – one day after his countryman Gianni Moscon went down in the Under 23 race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

Opus Bikes Ready to Hit the Cyclocross Course: First Look at Interbike 2014.

By many standards, Opus is a relatively new company, starting in Canada in 2000 with road bikes. Expanding to meet the needs of commuters, and sharing their love for mountain bikes, Opus quickly grew to explore more niches of the bike industry, including cyclocross (cxmagazine.com).

2014 Soudal Classics Cyclocross-GP Neerpelt LIVE.

The 2014 Soudal Classics Cyclocross series (previously Fidea) gets underway Saturday, September 27 with the GP Neerpelt. Live streaming video: 5:00pm CET (11:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

Boonen: I have three chances left to win another Worlds.

Podcast: Special Feature – Episode 42 – Sarah Interviews Bridie O’Donnell.

Jan Heine: Optimizing Tire Tread.

In-form Kwiatkowski confident for Worlds road race.

After an excellent showing in the Tour of Britain, Michal Kwiatkowski goes into the World Championships road race as a dark horse and strong outsider. Having taken time to recover after the Tour de France, the Pole claims to be much stronger than he was 12 months ago. (cyclingquotes.com)

Freire: Degenkolb, Matthews and Gerrans the favorites at Worlds.

Former three-time World Champion Oscar Freire of Spain believes that Sunday’s road race course at the World Championships will favor “sprinters who can climb well, like John Degenkolb, Michael Matthews and Simon Gerrans.” (cyclingnews.com)

Defeat at worlds doesn’t mean Marianne Vos is washed up, say rivals.

Marianne Vos may have finished a disappointing 10th at the UCI World Road Championships road race on Saturday but her rivals still think she’s the woman to beat. Olympic champion Vos has been largely invulnerable throughout her career, and in eight previous appearances at the worlds had never finished worse than second. (velonews.com)

Cookson wants MPCC to align with UCI and WADA anti-doping code.

Earlier this week, UCI president Brian Cookson revealed plans for the establishment of an independent international tribunal in a bid to ensure consistency when it comes to sanctions for doping offenses, yet glaring inconsistencies in anti-doping regulations remain an issue in cycling. (cyclingnews.com)

Chris Froome looks ahead to 2015 after a ‘tough year’.

Sky’s Chris Froome looks forward to 2015 after a “tough” 2014 season that included losing the Vuelta a España to Alberto Contador and seeing Vincenzo Nibali win the Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

Cannondale Synapse Hi-Mod Disc Dura-Ace Di2.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Showcases discs brilliantly but it’s a little harder than the standard Synapse." (bikeradar.com)

Selle San Marco Aspide Carbon FX saddle.

BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Light, comfortable and supportive." (bikeradar.com)

Video: Mark Cavendish reveals his past as a ballroom dancer.

Cycling boss Cookson cracking down on doping.

Cookson confirms that Global Cycling Promotions will be wound down.