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 Ireland’s
Dan Martin
took the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing with an extraordinary
uphill sprint on Monday, but Belgian Philippe Gilbert
stayed just close enough to keep the overall lead.
Martin, who won the Giro di Lombardia earlier this month, struck in the last kilometer of the long climb up Miaofeng Mountain in Mentougou, after a series of attacks had been reeled in by the peloton. (velonews.com) October 13, 2014  Philippe Gilbert had
to dig deep during stage 4 on Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain to keep Dan Martin in his
sights and the Tour of Beijing race lead tightly in his grasp. The
Belgian Classics specialist was expected to hand over the jersey he
took control of on day two, at the end of the day - in fact he thought
he had lost it and had a tense wait to find out he’d done enough to
stay ahead of the Garmin-Sharp rider. (cyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  Mick Rogers clocked
up two stage wins in the Giro d’Italia, while Majka finished sixth
overall in the race. The duo also stepped up and delivered after Contador’s
retirement from the Tour, with Majka
netting two stages plus the mountains classification and Rogers taking the
first Tour stage win of his career.
Their team leader returned for the Vuelta a España and took the overall victory plus two stage wins, showing that his recovery from a fractured tibia was complete. (cyclingtips.com.au) October 13, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Giro d'Italia 2015 - May 9-31 (Stages), Tour of Beijing 2015 - Oct 10-14 (Results), Paris - Tours Elite 2015 - Oct 12 (Results), Il Lombardia 2014 - Oct 5 (Results), UCI Road World Championship 2014 - Sept 20-27 (Results), Vuelta a España 2014 - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France2014 - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia 2014 - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Octobern 13, 2014  Tuesday's Tour of
Beijing Stage 5 departs Tiananmen Square at 1:45pm local (1:45am U.S.
Eastern or 7:45am CET) and is expected at the finish at Bird’s Nest
Piazza at around 4:30pm local (4:30am U.S. Eastern or 10:30am
CET). Tour of Beijing live
video streaming should get underway at around 2:45pm local
(2:45am U.S. Eastern, 11:45pm Pacific, or 8:45am CET). (cyclingfans.com)
October 13, 2014  The
Tinkoff-Saxo team has confirmed that its 80 riders and staff will climb
the 5895-metre-high Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa as part of team
building camp in early November.
The trip will see Alberto Contador, Rafal Majka and new signings such as Peter Sagan and Ivan Basso trek for a total of six days, gradually climbing and acclimatizing to the altitude before tackling the summit on November 5. (cyclingnews.com) October 13, 2014  Choice
of lines in the final sprint made the difference in the men’s race
Sunday during the second day of the Cross Crusade’s opening weekend at
Alpenrose Dairy. After battling throughout the race to regain the lead
group, Giant’s Carl
Decker swung wide out of the last corner and found clear
sailing to the finish ahead of Kona’s Spencer Paxson, who
took the inside line and ran into lapped traffic that blocked his path
to the line. (cxmagazine.com)
October 13, 2014  Dodge continues his
brilliant weekend. (cyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  Jon Hornbeck
currently rides professionally for the 5 Hour Energy pb Kenda Pro
Cycling Team and is also is the owner of Fast Tours Cycling
camps. Jon tells us about his rise to the pro cycling ranks from a
motocross background and his new business venture with Fast Tours
Cycling camps, which offers professionally guided luxury tours in
Temecula in November, December and January. (socalcycling.com)
October 13, 2014 Sidelined
for several months this season as a result of his positive test for
clenbuterol at last year’s Japan Cup, Tinkoff Saxo rider Mick Rogers has said
that while his suspension – later reversed by the UCI – was a very
stressful period, that it ultimately made him a much better rider.
The Australian told CyclingTips that the period led to a complete re-evaluation of his mental and physical approach to cycling, with the enforced break from competition giving him time to reflect, to rethink how he had traditionally done things and to tackle the demands of cycling in a different way. (cyclingtips.com.au) October 12, 2014 Tyler Farrar won
the third stage of the Tour of Beijing on Sunday, ending a season-long
victory drought at the final WorldTour race of the year.
The longest stage of the tour, the 176km stage served up tricky climbs followed by rapid descents, and Farrar came out of nowhere near the end to take the victory. (velonews.com) October 12, 2014 |  Tinkoff-Saxo
is convinced the idea to have the world's best four riders compete
head-to-head in the three Grand Tours will be beneficial to the sport
of cycling. Right now, all teams have the unique opportunity to take
the challenge and shape their team and riders programs accordingly.
(cyclingquotes.com)
October 13, 2014  Talented
Joe Dombrowski
was expected to fully develop his great potential after joining Team
Sky in 2013, but health issues prevented him from performing in line
with such expectations. It took no less than 18 months to eventually
diagnose his problem correctly, but the British team won’t benefit from
successful surgery of the 23-year old American as he will join
Cannondale for 2015. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 13, 2014  Having
‘good form’ on the bike incorporates a number of elements. On a
superficial level, it’s about how you look on the bike; at a more
nuanced level, it’s about ensuring that your setup on the bike is good,
that your pedalling style is efficient, that you’re using the muscles
you should, and that you’re getting as much out of your riding as you
can. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 13, 2014  The
iconic arches in Bologna and the difficult finishing circuit with its
demanding climb always make for a great race and a very crowd friendly
event where this year Davide
Rebellin at 43 years old turned back the hands of time to
take the victory. (pezcyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  "Lately,
I’ve been in a bit of a road bike funk. I haven’t done a proper road
ride since the Motherlode Century back in May. The summer has been
consumed with riding dirt, and really, I have not been missing the
pavement all that much. I needed a shot in the arm of some choice
asphalt, and I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about Levi Leipheimer’s
King Ridge GranFondo. So I figured it was worth shaving my legs and
slapping some 25c road tires on the cyclocross bike to see what all the
hubbub was about." (roadbikereview.com)
October 13, 2014  Italian
Damiano Cunego
is returning to school, changing teams from Lampre-Merida to Vini
Fantini-Nippo, and thinking of retirement after years of riding off the
mark.
“My wife, who studies medicine, encouraged me and the idea grew to return to school,” the 2004 Giro d’Italia winner told Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper. “The idea is to have a future not far from now as a sports coach. It’s always appealed to me.” (velonews.com) October 13, 2014  Used
to be, guys had to fix their own forks with a hammer and forge, and
those riders later drank beers stolen from cafes along the way, passing
a church key and bottles among themselves.
Used to be, guys would ride two stages in one day, punch striking railroad workers in their screaming faces, then drink wine. And then attack. While wearing wool shirts. (velonews.com) October 13, 2014  McLay to
Bretagne-Séché Environnement, MTN-Qhubeka riders share excitement for
2015. (cyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  Portuguese
bike brand Overlap’s new Pura Criteriosa is a new hand-built crit bike
with no brakes and a carbon belt drive.
The Pura Criteriosa was designed for the final stage of the Red Hook Crit – an unsanctioned series of city centre criteriums – held in Milan on 11 October, to be ridden by Brazilian rider Henrique Leandro. (bikeradar.com) October 13, 2014  Beginner
cycling tips to avoid ruining a big ride. If you’ve been working
towards a big ride all year, then the last thing you want is for it to
all go wrong on the day. Avoid these regular
errors. (bikeradar.com)
October 13, 2014 | October 13, 2014  David Millar woke up
as a "former" cyclist on Monday, finally freed of the need for speed.
"It's nice to be able to wake up and go and ride my bike and not worry if I am going slow," he said after the final act of his 18-year professional career on Sunday. (bbc.com) October 13, 2014  D'hoore and Cordon-Ragot join
Wiggle Honda, Coppi e Bartali date change. (cyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  Thomas Voeckler had
a last chance to win a race in 2014 when he found himself in the
perfect position at the end of yesterday's Paris-Tours. Having been
beaten by Jelle Wallays,
the Frenchman regretted to finish the season with taking a single win.
(cyclingquotes.com)
October 13, 2014  Romain Bardet shot
to prominence this summer as he battled with his compatriot Thibaut Pinot for
the Tour de France’s coveted best young rider’s white jersey. Pinot walked away
with a jersey and a podium placing but Bardet put in a
hugely impressive ride to finish sixth in only his second Grand Boucle.
He is considered a future Tour de France contender and a part of the
new generation of French Grand Tour riders. Ag2r-La Mondiale consider
him a key team leader and he has signed an extension to his contract
that means he stay with the team until 2018. (cyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  Representatives
of two political parties in Ponferrada, the Spanish town where the
world championships were recently held, have claimed the event may have
created a significant debt running into several million euros.
Local media reported that two opposition parties, the Partido Popular (PP) and the Unión Progreso y Democracia (UPyD), have demanded that the official accounts be made public to reveal whether this debt exists. (cyclingnews.com) October 13, 2014  Serghei Tvetcov,
third overall this year at the USA Pro Challenge, has signed a two-year
deal with Italian ProContinental team Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela. The
25-year-old from Moldova has ridden at Continental level with Jelly
Belly-Maxxis for the past two seasons, after moving to the US in 2011.
(cyclingnews.com)
October 13, 2014  Every
city in America has a Saturday morning Donut Ride, where a handful of
riders beats up on everyone else, and everyone else marks “success” in
terms of how far they got before getting kicked out the back.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
October 13, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "Shimano has created a new benchmark for top flight mouldable
shoes – the R321s excel at every level." (bikeradar.com)
October 13, 2014  The
non-UCI legal Slice is designed specifically for the needs of
saddle-forward triathletes, with Cannondale and fit partner Guru
undertaking analysis of thousands of multi-sporters’ riding positions
to inform the new steep seat-angled geometry. There is also a women’s
version of the bike (though not available in the UK); its geometry
remains the same, but sizes range from 44 to 60cm, so sizing shouldn’t
be an issue in any territory. (bikeradar.com)
October 13, 2014  This
striking custom-painted Canyon Speedmax CF 9.0 TT bike belongs to 2012
Ironman World Champion Leanda
Cave, and has been given an stylish paintjob by renowned
Brazilian-born neo-pop artist Romero
Britto. (bikeradar.com)
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