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| Oct 31 |
 Chris Froome said
the 2015 Tour de France presented Wednesday “is about the mountains”
and that he could skip the race in favor of the time trial-heavy Giro
d’Italia and the Vuelta a España.
“There’s no two ways about it, next year’s Tour is going to be about the mountains,” Froome said in a press statement. (velonews.com) October 22, 2014  "For
Chris Froome
to come out and say that he might not compete in next year’s Tour de
France is a pretty startling statement, especially as he released his
comments right in the middle of a presentation in Paris which he did
not attend. Talk about putting a bomb under proceedings! I cannot see
him skipping the race, though.
I think Chris was just voicing a bit of frustration at a parcours which – while it features plenty of climbing – does not play entirely to his strengths." (telegraph.co.uk) October 22, 2014  Arman Kamyshev took
his first professional victory when he became a surprise winner of the
bunch sprint on stage 3 of the Tour of Hainan. The Kazakh held off Maksym Averin and Wouter Wippert while
Meiyin Wang
picked up enough bonus seconds to take the overall lead.
(cyclingquotes.com)
October 22, 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 22, 2014  Six-day
derny pacer and former cyclist Cees
Stam remains in critical condition after a crash in the
Six-Days of Amsterdam last night. Stam
fell while pacing his grandson Yoeri
Havik in the derny race in the second night and took down
others in the accident.
The 68-year-old Dutchman spent the night at the University Hospital in Amsterdam. “Stam has displayed some positive signs overnight, but his condition overall remains critical,” read a race statement today. “The organization remains in close contact with the family.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk) October 22, 2014  Over
the weekend we were shocked by the tragic death of Kenyan professional
cyclist John Njoroge Muya
at the Tour of Matabungkay. Jennifer
Carruthers was the race photographer on the scene and she
gives her account of the circumstances that lead to the terrible loss
of a husband, father, and member of the cycling community.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
October 22, 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 22, 2014  2015
route of Australia's oldest stage race revealed: Upon the unveiling of
the 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour route in Melbourne, the Victorian
premier Dennis Napthine
announced a three-partnership between the state government and
Australia's oldest stage race to secure its future for the next three
years. (cyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  Americans
strong in Valkenburg, Van
Amerongen wins Kiremko, Dodge doubles in
HPCX. (cyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  The
tool is heavy, shiny, and well-made. It resembles a part from an
expensive European espresso machine, with an array of baffling knobs,
screws, and handles.
Some say it resembles a tattoo gun. What it doesn’t resemble - for most people - is anything seen in a bike factory or on a shop work bench. (bicycleretailer.com) October 22, 2014  "A
wise man once said, A bad day on the bike is better than a good day at
work. Okay, but what happens then when you ride a bike for a living? Or
where do you end up in that matrix when you ride a bike for a living
AND you have a good day on the bike? Surely minds are blown."
(iamtedking.com)
October 22, 2014 |  For
the first time in Tour de France history, the legendary Alpe d’Huez
will be climbed on the penultimate stage of the 2015 edition before the
final procession in Paris.
That was one of several surprises unveiled on Wednesday as the official route for the 2015 Tour, from July 4-26, was announced in Paris by Tour director Christian Prudhomme. (velonews.com) October 22, 2014  For
Alberto Contador,
the harder, the better. So the Spaniard likes what he sees in a
surprising, climbing-heavy 2015 Tour de France route revealed Wednesday.
Contador, who has already confirmed he will race the Giro d’Italia in May, said the Tour route is unlike anything he’s seen before. “It’s a Tour I like,” Contador said Wednesday. “It’s the hardest of the past few years, and it will demand the best of me to recover well after the Giro, but I will prepare for it as best I can.” (cyclingnews.com) October 22, 2014  "This
gives climbers a focus right til the end," says 2008 Tour winner:
Spain's last winner on the Alpe d'Huez, Carlos Sastre, says
he feels that the Tour's last mountainous stage ending on the mythical
summit finish "will guarantee a spectacular finale to the race, even
though it may not be decisive." (cyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  Sometimes
it seems the Tour de France designs a course with one rider in mind.
That was the case in 2012, when ASO unveiled a route with 100km of
individual time trials, meaning that Bradley Wiggins only
had to stay upright, and he stood a very good chance at making history
as the race’s first British champion.
For 2015, it seems that the Tour organization had one rider in mind when it designed a course with just a single individual time trial, and no less than six uphill finales: Nairo Quintana. (velonews.com) October 22, 2014  New
for the 2015 Tour, this is Hairpin Heaven. Alpe d’Huez might be famous
for its 21 bends but here’s a road with 18 hairpins in short formation.
One bend follows another, a helter skelter for the road cyclist and
just a short spin away from some of the famous climbs of the Tour de
France. But is it as good as it looks?
The Route: the D77B starts in Pontamafrey-Montpascal in the Savoie department of France. The road heads north to Montvernier. The climb is 3.8km long and averages 8%. (inrng.com) October 22, 2014  One
month ago Jens Voigt set a new Hour Record. Now Matthias Brändle
will try to do even better when he makes his own attempt next Thursday
in Aigle. (cyclingquotes.com)
October 22, 2014  "This
past weekend, I packed my race bag one more time for a trip to Crystal
Mountain Resort in Thompsonville, Michigan. Saturday was Founder’s
Peak-to-Peak mountain bike race, the wrap of my mountain bike season.
I’ve been excited about this race for months. For one, I’ve never been
to Michigan and there’s no better way to see a place than by bike. It
promised to give me an opportunity to race a type of terrain I don’t
generally set wheels on: smooth, mostly flat and very fast. It also has
a pretty generous purse." (bicycling.com)
October 22, 2014  "Initially
there were two things that stopped me wandering past Luck’s booth at
Eurobike. Firstly the fact I’d not seen the brand’s footwear in over 10
years, since a friend had owned a glistening white pair back in 2001.
I’d envied him - they were some of the nicest shoes I’d seen back then.
I was happily surprised at Eurobike to see that Luck was still about
and producing good-looking shoes." (cyclingtips.com.au)
October 22, 2014 | October 22, 2014  Lance Armstrong may
not, as previously reported, participate at the Gran Fondo Hincapie
this weekend in South Carolina, due to the event’s sanctioning through
USA Cycling.
Because of his lifetime ban, Armstrong is prohibited from participating in any event sanctioned by any signatory to the World Anti-Doping [WADA] Code. What is at question is the status of the gran fondo, and how that lifetime ban applies. (velonews.com) October 22, 2014  The
route for the 2015 Tour de France is out. As usual a lot leaks out
before, velowire.com sleuths the stages and yesterday race organizer
ASO accidentally put a PDF online with the route yesterday. But it’s
still a comforting ritual, a projection to the other side of winter.
This is a chance to see the map for real and to get more info on the route such as the intermediate climbs, the amount of time trialling and novelties such as the return of time bonuses. Plus race organizers can sell us a story, a theme for 2015. (inrng.com) October 22, 2014  Cookson expects
Tinkoff-Saxo rider's case will go to CAS: UCI President Brian Cookson says
that the sport’s governing body will launch an appeal to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the Roman Kreuziger
Biological Passport violation case. (cyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  Astana
manager on Licence Commission and CIRC: While Vincenzo Nibali
stood center-stage at the Tour de France presentation at the Palais des
Congrès and spoke of his desire to defend his yellow jersey in 2015,
his Astana manager Alexandre
Vinokourov lingered in the aisles and quietly fielded
questions on the team’s recent spate of doping cases, which could harm
its prospects of participating in the race at all next year.
(cyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  Group
moves to align more closely with the UCI: The Movement of Credible
Cycling (MPCC) is moving to align its regulations more closely with
those of the UCI as it continues to take a firm stance against doping
in professional cycling. At its annual meeting in Paris on Monday and
Tuesday, the MPCC also acknowledged the actions of the Astana team
after its three doping positives but criticized the Neri Sottoli team.
(cyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  The
best and the worst. The warts and all. The highs and the lows. Whatever
they were, wherever they happened, over the next few weeks we’re going
to put forward our candidates for the performances of the year 2014.
And where better to start, but a group of riders that have probably
defined this season more than any other: The youth. (sbs.com.au)
October 22, 2014  Earlier
this month Andy Schleck
said that he would race no more. The younger half of the most
successful brother combination in modern cycling would not turn a pedal
in anger again due to the knee injury he sustained in the Tour de
France. (pezcyclingnews.com)
October 22, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Latest iteration of a classic helmet delivers on pretty much
all fronts: styling, comfort and ventilation are all superb."
(bikeradar.com)
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