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 The
Tour of Beijing is no more. After four editions, the Chinese stage race
will no longer close out the UCI WorldTour. Jane Aubrey has worked on
the Tour of Beijing for the past two years and wrote the following
about why the race's cancellation is genuine shame. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 15, 2014  The
World Tour is over and Spain tops all the rankings: Alejandro Valverde
leads the UCI rankings, Movistar win the best team and Spain finish
well ahead of Italy for the best nation. A fiesta or a statistical
quirk?
Spain’s best riders are ageing, the trio of Valverde, Alberto Contador and Joaquim Rodriguez have a combined age of over 100 years. Who are the young riders carrying the Spanish hopes for the future? (inrng.com) October 15, 2014  Lotto-Belisol’s
André Greipel
closed out the 2014 season with the most wins of any international
professional. He claimed 16 victories over the course of the season.
His successful year started at the Tour Down Under, where he won stage 4 and stage 6. (velonews.com) October 15, 2014  Oleg Tinkov is crazy
about cycling and has a “cool” idea to get the top stage racers in all
three of the 2015 Grand Tours, says Adam
Hansen. The Australian professional has consecutively
raced all three Grand Tours for the past three years – the Giro
d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España – and wants to see
the stars do the same next season. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
October 15, 2014  Pantano to IAM and Chavanel headlineing
Chrono. (cyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  Throton
A Sulivan Park played host to the fourth stop on last year’s MFG
Cyclocross Series. The venue change was a last minute one, done after
heavy rains made a joint venture with the Cascade Cross series in
Bellingham impossible (the impact of nearly a thousand people and two
days of racing would have been too high). This year however was a
different story. (cxmagazine.com)
October 15, 2014  If
you're preparing for a hilly ride but live in the flatlands, then
follow these tips and release your inner mountain
goat. (bikeradar.com)
October 15, 2014 
Degenkolb reflects, Beamon
joins Tibco. (cyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "We can't fault these shoes for comfort, support or efficiency."
(bikeradar.com)
October 15, 2014  The
genius of the Crombie isn’t that it packs up nice and small, though I
do appreciate its efficient size. And it isn’t that a single tool
includes both the chain whip and the cassette lockring tool in a single
package. Or that you don’t need an adjustable wrench. Or even that a
single tool includes both Campagnolo and Shimano cassette tools. All of
those things are terrific, but what’s particularly terrific about this
tool is the fact that it fits over the quick release nut, meaning you
no longer need to remove the quick release skewer in order to change
cassettes. (redkiteprayer.com)
October 15, 2014  When
you spend hours and hours riding who’s watching out for you? Who’s got
your back? Your riding buddies? Your hi-visibility kit? The
ICE system on your fancy new POC helmet? The folks at Fly6
have raised their hands and are volunteering up a new piece of
technology designed to save our rears. Fly6 produces a
compact camera packed into a convenient rear flashing LED safety light.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
October 15, 2014  "If
you’re like me, you don’t actually ride a lot of cyclocross during
cyclocross season.
Maybe I’m in the minority, but in the fall, most of my time spent actually cyclocrossing — if that is a verb — is during races. Midweek rides are often on a mix of roads, dirt roads, and a few trails and parks for good measure. For that reason, among others, the Clement X’Plor USH tires I mounted back in July have remained on my ‘cross bike far longer than expected and have served as reliable training tires." (velonews.com) October 15, 2014 |  Calling
2014 his best season “by a mile,” Alejandro
Valverde reflected on winning the UCI WorldTour points
title Wednesday.
Valverde, 34, notched 11 victories, 28 podium finishes, and third- and fourth-place results in the Vuelta a España and the Tour de France, respectively. With those results, he gathered 686 WorldTour points to finish ahead of Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador (620) and Orica-GreenEdge rider Simon Gerrans (478). (velonews.com) October 15, 2014  Former
world champion Thor
Hushovd published his biography, “Thor” on Wednesday. The
account of his life as a professional includes details of his
relationship with Lance
Armstrong, a firm denial of ever having doped, and other
revelations ranging from controversial to downright bizarre.
Of Armstrong, Hushovd claims to have known of the American’s doping as early as 2011. In the book, the Norwegian alleges that the UCI hid some of Armstrong’s positive samples. (velonews.com) October 15, 2014  Last
Sunday John Degenkolb
ended his season when he was unable to defend his title in Paris-Tours.
Despite a few disappointments, the German is pleased with his results
in 2014.
Degenkolb draws a positive conclusion of his fourth year as a professional. (cyclingquotes.com) October 15, 2014  A
neo-professional’s first season in cycling is all about learning and
adapting, a trial and error process in which you either sink or swim.
For Simon Yates 2014 has been a season of lessons learnt but the 22-year-old British rider has passed his debut season with flying colors having raced at the competitive end in several week-long stage races and enjoying a debut start in the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com) October 15, 2014  Bosmans with Lyme
disease, Berden
to represent Belgium? (cyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  On
Sunday, Sky will bring their 2014 season to a close in the Japan Cup.
The team will be led by an in-form Edvald
Boasson Hagen in the Norwegian's final outing in the
colors of the squad. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 15, 2014  "Over
the 2014-15 season, American phenom Elle Anderson will be contributing
to Cyclocross Magazine as she travels throughout Europe to race some of
the arduous courses that the world has to offer. Want to know the
weekly schedule for a pro while overseas? Anderson laid out her week
from Superprestige Gieten to BPost Bank at Ronse, both which she was
able to place top five in. Bonus: You get to learn the names for the
days of the week in Dutch." (cxmagazine.com)
October 15, 2014  "This
is one of those times when it pays to know the guys you’re racing and
know what they’re good at and not good at. John is really good
at pedaling, but not that great at turning. So it was going to be hard
for guys to pass him on the straights, yet he wouldn’t be able to
corner as fast as me." (pelotonmagazine.com)
October 15, 2014  "A
couple weeks back I invited a few people to write a short review of the
video. I did this for a couple of reasons: firstly, reviewing a video I
was involved in would be a bit of a conflict of interest (of course I
think it’s great); and secondly, we’re keen to do further videos along
the same lines and we wanted to find out what people liked about
Elements of Style,
and what they didn’t." (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 15, 2014  Social
media survey shows favorite snacks and riding must-haves. Puncture kits
and tools were listed as the most essential ride accessories – 28 per
cent of respondents put these even above water and food (22 per cent)
or a phone for emergencies (13 per cent). (bikeradar.com)
October 15, 2014  USA
Cycling and the United States Olympic Committee have teamed up to give
track cyclists year-round, on-the-track training opportunities in
Colorado Springs with the addition of a seasonal dome on the open-air
7-Eleven Velodrome located in Memorial Park. The dome will be put in
place for the first time in early 2015. (velonews.com)
October 15, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Solid quality and easy pumping beats a mini pump, but the high
price makes this for the regular travelling cyclist only."
(bikeradar.com)
|  Aaron Brown,
previously better known by his previous Twitter identity @UCI_Overlord,
has lost a class suit court action taken on behalf of the donors to the
Kimmage Fund, and has been ordered to repay the fund plus any
additional costs which arose due to the legal case. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 15, 2014  As
was the case at this time last year, Chris Horner finds
himself in a very uncertain position: unsure whether or not he will
have a pro contract come the new season.
Last Autumn the American rider had just won the 2013 Vuelta a España but, despite that victory, his 42 years of age plus rumored high salary demands combined to give some teams cold feet. (cyclingtips.com.au) October 15, 2014  UCI
President Brian Cookson
has insisted that the wide-sweeping reforms of professional road racing
that will revolutionzse the sport in 2017 are on schedule despite a
breakdown in negotiations with key stakeholders during the summer and a
further stall at the recent road world championship in Ponferrada.
(cyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  He's
been called outlandish. And his methods are, without question,
unorthodox. So why is Steve
Hogg's appointment book overflowing with the names of
cyclists willing to fly halfway around the world for just a few hours
with this obsessive bike-fit guru? (bicycling.com)
October 15, 2014  A
bike-fit is only as good as the fitter, so before committing to any
shop or service, ask other riders for referrals. And when choosing,
consider your budget, the service's features, and whether you're
shopping for a new bike. Here are four systems you might like.
(bicycling.com)
October 15, 2014  Oleg Tinkov’s
proposed triple Grand Tour challenge has stoked plenty of media
interest but has met with a decidedly non-committal response from the
most interested party, the riders themselves. From next Wednesday,
however, their stances might become a little clearer, as the route of
the 2015 Tour de France is unveiled in the Palais de Congrès in Paris
on Wednesday October 22. (cyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  The
route of the 2015 Giro d’Italia was announced last week and who better
to run his eye over the course than our most experienced Grand Tour
reporter; Ed Hood.
This year’s Italian tour is mostly in the north, but in Ed’s own words:
“There’s something for everyone in the 2015 Giro!” (pezcyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  The
2015 edition of Milan-San Remo, taking place on March 22, will cover
the same coastal route in Northwest Italy as it did in 2014, with the
Cipressa and Poggio but without the Pompeiana climb.
“As of today, the 2015 course of La Classicissima will be the same as 2014,” race director, Mauro Vegni told Elleradio. “In the next weeks we will have time to confirm the details, but all the news that popped up regarding the changes is not true.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk) October 15, 2014  "Twelve
different riders contributed to our 34 individual wins and a further
three were involved in the team time trial win at the Giro d’Italia.
It’s a real tribute to the depth of our team." (sbs.com.au)
October 15, 2014  Alessandro Petacchi
has been deemed surplus to requirements by the Omega Pharma-QuickStep
team for next season but the 40-year-old remains hopeful of continuing
his professional career in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
October 15, 2014  I
have a lot of history with my bike—a Litespeed Firenze bought the year
before my oldest daughter was born on the other side of the country
nearly nine years ago. When you have a bike for this long, it changes
with the miles. It has to. With each ride you come to understand what
you want from it and what its limits are. (redkiteprayer.com)
October 15, 2014  Reports
of the imminent demise of the Cascade Cycling Classic appear to have
been greatly exaggerated. After losing its longtime title sponsor
earlier this summer, the 35-year-old US stage race announced today it
has signed a three-year deal with Regence BlueCross BlueShield of
Oregon, the state's largest health insurance provider. (cyclingnews.com)
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