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October 19, 2014





Katie Compton overcame a huge mechanical for a major comeback win at Valkenburg. Screenshot from UCI coverage. (cxmagazine.com).
Katie Compton started the 2014/2015 Women's cyclo-cross World Cup with a dominant ride in Valkenberg, recovering from a early problem to pass through the field and win alone. (cyclingnews.com)

October 19, 2014







Photo: Lars van der Haar winning the World Cup at Valkenburg in 2013, repeated this year. © Thomas van Bracht.
The 2013 overall World Cup winner Lars van der Haar showed today that he is on track by once again winning the opening round of the World Cup at Valkenburg. Van der Haar rode impressively, taking the holeshot and establishing an early lead, then shaking Tom Meeusen and Kevin Pauwels off his wheel on his way to victory. (cxmagazine.com)

October 19, 2014






Photo: Between trumpeters, hecklers pleading riders to bunny-hop the larger-than-average barriers, and signs demanding a party, Maximenko and Van Gilder had no shortage of an audience. © Andrew Reimann.
The weather may have been having riders begging for water in Valkenburg, but in New Jersey, wind and cooler temperatures made it feel like cyclocross for day two of HPCX (UCI C2). Overnight course changes and dryer ground made for fast group racing all day. (cxmagazine.com)

October 19, 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 19, 2014




Photo: Where I need to make up some ground is perhaps around my race knowledge.
Simon Yates has spent his neo-pro year adapting to the WorldTour in the biggest races, including the Tour de France and riding to a superb 12th on GC in the Basque Country. (cyclingquotes.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: The Compak comes with a 'snooker cue' style case
Press Shot.
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "A packable track pump for regular travellers or those with minimal space.." (bikeradar.com)

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Photo : Sirotti
Publiée le 19/10/2014 à 16:39 .
"A favorite Chrono des Nations champion Sylvain Chavanel did not tremble assuming his position to win the event for the first time in his career after his 2nd place in 2012 and 3rd year last. He succeeds Tony Martin charts and became the first to win the French Herbaria since Pascal Lance in 1995." (cyclismactu.net)

October 19, 2014





Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) begins to celebrate
Photo: © tdwsport.
Australia's Nathan Haas ended the 2014 season on a high by beating Edvald Boasson Hagen and Gregor Bole in a close sprint to win the Japan Cup. (cyclingnews.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: It’s Cavriana with 129 K to go before we leave behind the featureless fields and industrial estates and get back into nice green countryside with vineyards and old, old buildings.
"Grand Tour veteran Ed Hood was at the 2013 Giro d’Italia covering the action, and the stage to Vicenza that year has practically the same profile and course as stage 12 for the Giro’15. We retrace Ed’s day of fun on the Crosara climb and look forward to next years Italian Tour." (pezcyclingnews.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: Moreno Hofland (Belkin)
Photo: © Guoqiang Song.
Riders from the Belkin team have returned to Chengmai in China for the Tour of Hainan, where they took an unprecedented clean sweep of the stages and overall classification in 2013.
Moreno Hofland captains the Dutch team once again twelve months after he took his first professional victory on the Chinese island. Belkin has selected a fast team for the stage race as they foresee a majority of bunch sprint finishes during the nine stages. However a mountain stage is expected to play a huge part in the final overall classification. (cyclingnews.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: When I was told that I was not going to the Vuelta, it was a relief because I was tired as the crash had cost me a lot of energy. (Graham Watson Stage 6 Photo) © www.roadbikereview.com
Forty days after his crash in the Tour de France, Xavier Zandio discovered that he had a broken vertebra. The news came as a relief for him although it meant that his season ended in mid-August. But at least he found a reason for their back pain that prevented him from sleeping. After the rest period, the Team Sky rider resumed training last week to prepare for next year. (cyclingquotes.com)

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Photo: This is not good for me and for what people think of me.
Due to the recent doping cases, UCI has decided to review Astana's WorldTour license. Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang is worried about the situation. (cyclingquotes.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: the climb really starts from Uvernet-Fours where it’s 6km at 7% including a tough middle section.
Pra-Loup has only been used twice in the Tour de France. It is the the climb that defeated Eddy Merckx and is tipped to be used again in the Tour de France. Is it enough to make anyone nervous? (inrng.com)

October 19, 2014




Former pro Federico Bahamontes with Bernard Hinault
Photo: © Roberto Bettini.
"It is possible to do all three Grand Tours in one year. I did it in 1958, winning the King of the Mountains classifications in the Vuelta and Tour.
The key to it, though, is how you tackle the season. You have to rest up beforehand. You can’t get to the end of March and already have 6000 kilometres of racing and training in your legs. You have to start your season later, miss out on the Tour of Andalusia and Milan-San Remo and so on." (cyclingnews.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: The organizers are responsible for the TV production which makes it very expensive.
Today the cyclocross World Cup kicks off in Valkenburg but the competition is no longer the main criterion for consistency. "The interest outside Belgium is simply not big enough," says UCI coordinator Peter Van Den Abeele. (cyclingquotes.com)

October 19, 2014




Photo: It was necessary to go from sixteen to twenty riders and we have signed 8 newcomers.
With 8 new signings, Bretagne has been one of the most active teams on the transfer market. Manager Emmanuel Hubert explains the reason for his decision to make marquee signings of riders like Pierrick Fedrigo, Yauheni Hutarovich and Jonathan Hivert. (cyclingquotes.com)

October 19, 2014




The cover of Rusch to Glory: Adventure, Risk
Photo: © Cyclingnews.
If you've been following endurance mountain biking in recent years, you've probably heard the name Rebecca Rusch. After years of adventure racing around the globe, Rusch reinvented her athletic self and burst onto the mountain bike scene to win three 24-hour solo world championship titles. More recently, the Specialized rider drew plenty of attention by winning four Leadville 100 titles. (cyclingnews.com)

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