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| Oct 31 |
 The
first of six rounds of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup kicks off with
men’s and women’s defending World Cup champions Lars van der Haar and
Katie Compton on
the start line.
Missing from the race in Valkenburg, the Netherlands will be van der Haar and Compton’s world champion counterparts Zdenek Stybar and Marianne Vos. (sbs.com.au) October 17, 2014  An
expectant crowd assembled in Utsunomiya to welcome their cycling heroes
at the team presentation of the 23rd Japan Cup. Japanese WorldTour
riders Yukio Arashiro and
Fumiyuki Beppu were
on hand, along with a whole host of other WorldTour stars and local
talent.
The Japan Cup criterium will take place on Saturday 19 October, followed by the Japan Cup itself on Sunday. (cyclingnews.com) October 17, 2014  The
battle for Tour de France wildcard places will hot up next week when
the official 2015 race route will be presented in Paris and Brian Smith will be
eager to make a case for MTN – Qhubeka’s inclusion when he meets ASO
representatives. (cyclingnews.com)
October 17, 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 17, 2014  Nearly
two dozen elite-level cyclists will gather in Richmond, Virginia to
train and familiarize themselves with the courses on offer for the 2015
world road championships. The organizing committee, Richmond 2015 and
USA Cycling will host the two-day training camp October 22 and 23.
Some of America’s top male and female riders will be in attendance, including Taylor Phinney, Evelyn Stevens, and Virginia natives Joe Dombrowski, Andrea Dvorak, and Ben King. (velonews.com) October 17, 2014  Elite
professional cyclists from around the United States and the World will
compete October 18th and 19th in New Jersey’s premier cyclocross event,
HPCX (UCI C2).
Hundreds of spectators and athletes will visit Thompson Park in Jamesburg, NJ during the Saturday and Sunday races. As the only UCI race in the United States the third weekend in October, HPCX expects to draw a competitive field for the elite men’s and women’s races. With the opportunity to ride on the same course as the pros, the weekend will also feature men’s and women’s races of all categories, including juniors, and the experienced 35 and 45+ age groups. (cxmagazine.com) October 17, 2014  Geoff Kabush heads
to Winnipeg for Canadian cyclocross nationals on October 25 after a
September of atypical results and welcome recovery. He fell ill at
mountain bike world championships in Norway and couldn’t repeat his
2013 podium performance at CrossVegas. Since then, he’s squeezed in
some off-season fun and rest while home in North Vancouver.
(velonews.com)
October 17, 2014  We've
all been in a race or a group ride where some riders just won't take
their turn on the front. Now, thanks to research in Australia, it's
been shown how you can reduce the benefits to wheelsuckers while still
gaining advantage from them being there (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
October 17, 2014  U23
Worlds bronze medallist Kristoffer
Skjerping will turn professional in 2015. The talented
Norwegian has signed a two-year contract with the merged
Cannondale-Garmin team and is expected to do all the major cobbled
classics in his debut season. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 17, 2014  Rapha’s
range covers everything from high-performing, tight-fitting garments
for serious riders, to functional commuter wear that. The Women’s
three-quarter length tights sit in the middle of this
spectrum. (bikeradar.com)
October 17, 2014  Rasmussen to attempt
Hour Record, Moolman
nominated for award, Italian magistrate to investigate Pantani’s failed
haematocrit test from 1999. (cyclingnews.com)
October 17, 2014  "We
previewed this commuter-friendly tech charger a couple of months ago,
but now we’ve got our hands on one for testing. The unit is easily
installed on the non-driveside rear hub, after which each rotation of
the wheel feeds energy into a 1,650mAh battery pack that’s enough to
charge your iPhone or other USB device at the same speed as plugging it
into the wall." (bikeradar.com)
October 17, 2014  It’s
one of the frustrations - and incongruities - of being a cyclist: Your
body is built like a machine and can go for hours, but getting jeans
around your quads is a Herculean feat. And if you do manage to find a
pair that accommodates your legs, chances are it’s way too loose in the
waist. (bicycling.com)
October 17, 2014 |  Marco Pantani‘s 1999
Giro d’Italia expulsion is at the center of a new investigation that
opened in September in Forlì, Italy. Public prosecutor Carlo Sottani is
examining if the Mafia and sporting fraud had a hand in the Italian
cyclist’s high haematocrit anti-doping test and dismissal while in the
race leader’s pink jersey. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
October 17, 2014  Oleg Tinkov’s 1
million euro challenge to have cycling’s top four grand tour contenders
race in the three grand tours of 2015 has died before it even began.
The Russian businessman and owner of Tinkoff-Saxo admitted he will have
to scale down his hopes or pursue the stars to do it another year.
“The sooner it happens the better it is. For the next year it may be hard,” Tinkov told Sky Sports Thursday. (velonews.com) October 17, 2014  Once
regarded as a big climbing talent, Alex
Cano suddenly disappeared into anonymity. Next year he
will be back in Europe as he has signed a contract with Team Colombia.
(cyclingquotes.com)
October 17, 2014  With
the World Cup in Valkenburg only days away, the past week has been
brutal on many elite European riders, some who were planning on racing
on Sunday. Sven Nys,
failing to show up to Kermiscross van Ardooie from illness, is actually
one of the more minor stories in this week of attrition.
(cxmagazine.com)
October 17, 2014  The
international Cyclocross season is heating up, with both Belgian-based
series underway and the last of the Big Three, the UCI calendar, ready
to kick off this weekend. (podiumcafe.com)
October 17, 2014  Europcar
announced Friday that it will end its partnership with the cycling team
run by Jean-René
Bernaudeau after 2015.
The car rental group said it will sponsor the team in 2015 at the same level as it did in 2014. (velonews.com) October 17, 2014  Sunglasses
have evolved from a humble yet essential piece of protection in the
cyclist's kit bag to an expensive fashion statement. Dave Everett and Wade Wallace look
back through the archives to find some of the more memorable and
outlandish examples of cycling-specific eyewear that we've seen in
recent decades. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 17, 2014  Zdenek Stybar was
set to kick off his off-season with his wedding. Now his crash in
yesterday's Kermiscross in Ardooie has put the event under threat.
On Saturday he is scheduled to step into the Sint-Antoniuskerk
in Essen to marry Ine
Vanden Berghe. Now his nasty crash in the Kermiscorss can
throw a wrench into the works. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 17, 2014  USA
Cycling has fired its longtime technical director, Shawn Farrell.
Farrell was terminated Thursday after 11 years in the role. USA Cycling’s communications director Bill Kellick declined an opportunity to comment, citing the situation as “an employment issue.” (velonews.com) October 17, 2014  The
findings of a recent study from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
could instantly boost your cycling power by more than 13 percent, just
by changing your posture. (bikeradar.com)
October 17, 2014  Silca,
the company behind a $450 pump and other high-end inflation
accoutrements, will sponsor Stu
Thorne and his Cannondale Cyclocrossworld ‘cross team for
the remainder of this season. The team will use Silca’s Hiro locking
Presta chuck and SuperPista Ultimate floor pump. (velonews.com)
October 17, 2014  Football
shorts over lyric are a common sight these days as are riders who wear
trainers with old-style toe-strap pedal set ups.
Are you a dreaded Fred? If you recognize yourself in any two characteristics in our Fred Bingo we’re afraid you’re in the club and need to have a good hard, honest look at your life! (stickybottle.com) October 17, 2014 October 16, 2014 | October 17, 2014  UCI
leader Brian Cookson
said Friday that the recent doping positives could be a very “serious”
situation for the Astana team but that he hadn’t met with team
officials regarding the incidents.
Astana, home of 2014 Tour winner Vincenzo Nibali, has come under withering pressure after two recent EPO positives by brothers Maxim and Valentin Iglinskiy and now what may be a third positive, as rider llya Davidenok returned an “adverse analytical finding” for anabolic androgenic steroids in a sample collected at the Tour de l’Avenir on August 28. (velonews.com) October 17, 2014  Ilya Davidenok has
tested positive for anabolic steroids in the Tour de l’Avenir on August
28. Davidenok,
who was with the Astana development team for the last two years, has
been a stagiaire with the Astana team since August 1. The future of
Astana could be in doubt after a third positive test in a short period
of time. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 17, 2014  Speaking
after three of his Astana team-mates were announced in the past five
and a half weeks as having tested positive, Jakob Fuglsang has
expressed concern at the situation and what it might do for his
reputation.
“It is not good for me and what people think about me,” the Danish rider told DR Sporten. (cyclingtips.com.au) October 17, 2014  Who's
the odd one out - former world champion cyclist Thor Hushovd, wily
Spanish veteran Alejandro
Valverde or chunky goal-shy footballer Wayne Rooney?
The answer, of course, is Hushovd - the only of the three to have had a successful hair implant. In fact, Norway's most famous recently-retired rider has had two of them - or so he admits in his autobiography, 'Thor', which was released in Norway on Wednesday. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com) October 17, 2014  The
2005 Giro d’Italia was one of the best on record, as Paulo Savoldelli
battled Gibo Simoni
right to the end of the penultimate stage and the unpaved switchbacks
of the 18km long Colle della Finestre. The 2015 Giro stage 20 corsa
serves up the same final 55km that, riders willing, could decide the
race. (pezcyclingnews.com)
October 17, 2014  Van Avermaet targets
Tour, Van Genechten
leaves Lotto and Lefevere
extends with janom s.r.o. (cyclingnews.com)
October 17, 2014  Having
been sidelined by his team due to abnormal blood values, Sergio Henao was
fully cleared by his Sky team and returned to action in the Tour de
Suisse. Unfortunately, he was involved in a horrific crash during the
warm-up for the time trial but as he rehabilitation is going well, he
now hopes to be back on his bike in December. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 17, 2014  There
are certain stories that deserve to be told. This is one of them. It’s
set in the capital of Spain, in the barrio Ventilla, far from downtown
Madrid and its tourists, but in the authentic heart of the city. Higinio Domingo Perucha
is its main character. (pelotonmagazine.com)
October 17, 2014  Cycling
isn’t the geeky loser’s sport it once was. Now it’s official: cycling
can improve not only your pulling power, but also your performance.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
October 17, 2014  BioShift
is an automatic shifting system, that could mean you never need to
think about gear selection again. It's a product of US research and
development by Baron BioSystems and works together with Shimano’s
existing Di2 electronic components. (bikeradar.com)
October 17, 2014  The
WorldTour is done and dusted once again (no cheering at the back) and
Alejandro Valverde was crowned winner, but how much do you remember
about the UCI's flagship season-long competition. Take our quick
six-question quiz and tweet @cyclingweekly with your result. No Google
searching! (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
October 17, 2014  Orica-AIS
signs new talents, Vini Fantini-Nippo to Japan Cup. (cyclingnews.com)
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