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 The
Amgen Tour of California, presented by AEG, announced it will return to
Sacramento to kick off the 10th anniversary of America’s largest
cycling race. The eight-day stage race will start in California’s
capital city and travel North to South, spanning nearly 700 miles. The
Tour of California also announced a three-day professional women’s race
May 8-10, as well as an invitational time trial on May 15.
(velonews.com)
October 20, 2014  The
2014 Six Days of Amsterdam Track Cycling (6-Daagse van Amsterdam or
Zesdaagse van Amsterdam) are being held October 20-25. There
will once again be live streaming video.
Live streaming video: 7:15pm CET (1:15pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) October 20, 2014  Tejay van Garderen is
chilling out by now. With the last races of the year in the history
books, the 2014 racing season is in the rearview mirror.
By any measure, the 2014 campaign was a great year for the American. He opened the season by finishing second to Chris Froome at the Tour of Oman. But that was followed up by a setback at Paris-Nice, when he abandoned ill. Just as quickly, he rebounded at the Volta a Catalunya to win a horrible stage in the Pyrenees for what would be his first UCI WorldTour-level professional victory. After skipping a defense at the Amgen Tour of California, van Garderen’s high hopes for the Tour de Romandie faded when he hit a tree branch and was forced to abandon. That up-and-down turn of fortune set the tone for the remainder of the year. (velonews.com) October 20, 2014  Just
like a year ago, Moreno
Hofland, claimed stage 1 of the Tour of Hainan in
Chengmai. The defending champion handled the pressure of being the hot
favorite with a bunch sprint victory ahead of Italy’s Andrea Palini and
Ondrej Rybin.
(cyclingnews.com)
October 20, 2014  This
Wednesday morning, at the Palais des Congres in Paris, Christian Prudhomme
and Amaury Sports Organisatin will present the route of Tour de France
2015.
According to La Dépêche du midi, in 2015, it will take place from Saturday, July 4th to Sunday July 26th. The 102nd edition will start in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.The peloton will cross France from the East to the West. In Brittany, the cyclists will ride the Mur de Bretagne. After a transfer to the South of France, the riders will face the first mountain stages in the Pyrenees including the Plateau de Beille. Then towards the Alps, where the riders will climb the famous l’Alpe d’Huez. (cyclingquotes.com) October 20, 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 20, 2014  Van Gilder settles
for second and Cutler
third. (cyclingnews.com)
October 20, 2014  It’s
been a busy weekend in cyclocross racing across the states and around
the world. Here are some capsule news stories we’ve received.
(bikeworldnews.com)
October 20, 2014  Hong
Kong. Riding bikes. Mutually exclusive. Keep them separated. They don’t
go together.
I wouldn’t say that’s a controversial opinion. It didn’t even seem like one that was up for discussion, but there we were talking to this guy at Eurobike, who was gushing about how cool riding bikes in Hong Kong is." (pelotonmagazine.com) October 20, 2014  SH+
is an Italian company that is devoted to ski and cycling helmets,
goggles, gloves and eyewear. There are nearly a dozen models in the
company’s eyewear catalog and all feature bold styling and bright
colors. For cyclists, there is the RG-4600 with a single wrap-around
lens, the half-framed RG-4720, and the full-framed RG-4700. All three
models use an interchangeable lens system. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 20, 2014  The
2015 Fizik Aliante heralds the saddle series’ first complete redesign
in 15 years. This new edition offers lighter weight and sleeker looks,
but is still the same comfortable seat that's loved by riders around
the world.
The redesign process at Fizik focused on maintaining the lauded seat dimensions and curve of the original Aliante, while bringing the look up to date with the Arione. (bikeradar.com) October 20, 2014 October 19, 2014 |  The
United States Department of Justice responded to Lance Armstrong’s
initial legal defenses on October 17, calling he and his attorneys’
approach “baseless.”
In a 27-page document filed in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. attorneys attempted to assail Armstrong’s central defenses, which essentially amount to this: The United States should have known about the doping program at the U.S. Postal Service team, and that in its sponsorship of the program, the government got much more than it paid for. (velonews.com) October 20, 2014  At
the Palais de Congrès in Paris on Wednesday morning, Christian Prudhomme
will reveal the route of the 2015 Tour de France, and, as per
tradition, the race director will also deliver something of a state of
the nation address, casting an eye over the twelve months gone by and
looking forward to the challenges of the year to come. (cyclingnews.com)
October 20, 2014  The
season’s over for 2014. It’s been a great one for OPQS with 62 wins,
half as much again as the nearest team. Mark Cavendish has
been their best rider with 11 wins and it could have been more were it
not for that crash at the finish of the Tour de France’s opening stage.
But OPQS’s win rate is helped by 18 of their 30 riders
winning. (inrng.com)
October 20, 2014  Cycling’s
class of 1990 promises to lead the way in 2015 and beyond based on its
progress and results so far. Michal
Kwiatkowski dominates the headlines after his recent world
championship win, but many other 24-year-olds are at his side.
(velonews.com)
October 20, 2014  Bernaudeau on
Europcar, Chavanel
heads to Normandy beaches. (cyclingnews.com)
October 20, 2014  'This
year I delayed entering my first race until yesterday, reasoning that
it would give me a bit of a breather and a chance to rest my legs and
stomach after a road season in which I raced twice and drank hundreds
of gallons of fermented electrolyte recovery drink. Also, prior to my
season opener at the SPYclocross Series, I had hired a couple of
coaches so that I could improve on my string of last place finishes
from 2013." (pelotonmagazine.com)
October 20, 2014  With
three major groupset manufacturers, transmissions of anywhere from
seven- to 11-speed, and an excess of aftermarket cranksets and wheels
on the market, consumers will inevitably suffer from a clash of
component compatibilities, particularly when upgrading. Matt Wikstrom takes
a look at the known incompatibilities between groupsets from different
brands (and within the same brand) along with some emerging
compatibilities. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 20, 2014  Zipp
is well known in the professional peloton for their wheelsets, but
their Service Course bars and stems are increasingly seeing use in the
pro ranks as well. The line is a great choice for team mechanics as the
range of bars offers a wide selection of widths and shapes to
accommodate the needs of riders. (bikeworldnews.com)
October 20, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Nippy, comfy and impressively specced – you're unlikely to find
a better ride at this price point." (bikeradar.com)
October 20, 2014  road.cc
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Same smooth ride quality and racey performance with the
benefits of disc brakes, but it's not exactly cheap and the fork isn't
stiff enough." (road.cc)
October 20, 2014  "In
Seattle, we don’t really have four seasons. The joke that we get a
three months of summer and nine months of rain is fairly true.
Yet I love to see the landscape change with the seasons and the weather. That is why I love the Cascade Mountains. Every time I ride there, the landscape looks and feels different." (janheine.wordpress.com) October 20, 2014 | October 20, 2014  Kenyan
rider John Muya Njoroge
has been killed in a collision at the Tour of Matabungkay in the
Philippines over the weekend. Philippine news website Tempo.com.ph and
the Kenyan Riders Facebook page report that the 30-year-old died on
Saturday October 18 at 10am when he collided with a car coming the
other way. (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 20, 2014  Talent
is a gift, a lovely box with a pretty ribbon. Expectation is a leaden
cloak upon thin shoulders.
There is a pressure to perform in sport, just as there is in life, but it’s magnified in such a complex arena like cycling. Small mistakes are extrapolated into patterns of failure, a tome of publicly perceived underachievement. (velonews.com) October 20, 2014  How
the Olympian and national champion went from her second hip surgery to
a bronze medal at the World Championships - in a single season.
(bicycling.com)
October 20, 2014  Andrea Palini is
riding his final race in Lampre-Merida colors at the Tour of Hainan.
Looking for a new team, the Italian got the race off to a solid start
when he finished second on the opening stage. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 20, 2014  Recently
retired Thor Hushovd
is ‘no hero’ for keeping silent about Lance Armstrong’s
doping after hearing about it in 2011, says US anti-doping boss Travis Tygart.
“You’re no hero when you sit still without doing something about injustice against great athletes,” Tygart told Norway’s VG website. “It’s a sad day when athletes are afraid to or unable to stand up for fair play and integrity in sport.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk) October 20, 2014  Much
like bikes, apparel and wheels, helmets fractured into different
categories a few seasons ago—aero helmets, lightweight helmets, and
helmets with all the fit bells and whistles. And, like those other
products, helmets have begun to morph into single products that do it
all. New helmets are light, aero and well ventilated with comprehensive
fit systems. (pelotonmagazine.com)
October 20, 2014  Previously,
lactate threshold could be measured only by taking periodic blood
samples, usually performed in labs while the athlete rode a stationary
trainer or ran on a treadmill. The BSX Insight instead relies on a
device that straps onto the athlete's calf and shines an LED light into
the muscle. Based on the way the light is refracted, the device can
determine blood lactate levels. The company claims its results are
95-97 percent as accurate as traditional tests. (bicycleretailer.com)
October 20, 2014  In
a perfect world, we would all have a quiver of bikes hanging in the
garage. Lightweight climber for when you’re headed to the hills. Aero
road bike for long days on the flats. And a rig with wider tire
clearance and subtly more relaxed geometry for those off-road
adventures. Alas, for most of us owning that many bikes exceeds the
capabilities of our available disposable income. So which bike is the
best bike if you can own just one? The gang from the Global Cycling
Network conducted an interesting shoot-out between aero road bikes and
lightweight climbing bikes to see which is the fastest. Check out this
video to find out what they discovered - and hear some interesting
conclusions (roadbikereview.com).
October 20, 2014  This
year’s Interbike was just plain better than last year (and the year
before and the year before)… It seems as though the cycling industry
had decided that the world is still turning and cranks are still going
round and product development is actually still OK. (pezcyclingnews.com)
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