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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Pozzovivo targets Grand Tour podium and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2015.

Domenico Pozzovivo has admitted that it was “half crazy” to come back to racing less than two months after fracturing his tibia and fibula in a training crash in August, but the Ag2r-La Mondiale rider is hopeful that his early return will help him hit the ground running in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)

Bradley Wiggins to attempt hour record in Majorca.

Bradley Wiggins has indicated that he plans to attempt the hour record in Majorca in July or August of 2015, according to the owner of his favourite restaurant on the island.
Tomeu Llompart, owner of Tolo’s in Port de Pollenca, recently hosted an event to celebrate Wiggins’ victory in the World Championships time trial.
As reported by Diario de Mallorca, Llompart claims that Wiggins and Joan Llaneras, director of the Palma Arena, agreed in principle to host the attempt in July or August 2015. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)

Ochowicz supports Worlds team time trial in Richmond.

Jim Ochowicz, general manager of the BMC Racing Team, has come out in support of keeping the combined trade-team team time trial event at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships instead of separating the event from the rest of the races which are tackled by national teams, as suggested by the Dutch media today. (cyclingnews.com)

2014 Races & Results.

Santos Tour Down Under 2015 - Jan 18-25 (Stages),

Giro d'Italia 2015 - May 9-31 (Stages),

Tour de France 2015 - July 4-26 (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 France 2014  - July 5-27 (Results),

Giro d'Italia 2014 - May 9 - June 1 (Results),

More...

Cant wins in Zonhoven.

Powers and Nash Win Day Two of Toyota Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival.

Bettini says Fernando Alonso’s FACT team is ‘currently halted completely.

A little under a month after the UCI confirmed that the Fernando Alonso Cycling Team (FACT) wouldn’t apply for a 2015 racing licence, former world champion Paolo Bettini has said that the long awaited team has been put on hold.
Although FACT indicated in recent weeks that a team in the peloton was still a target, Bettini – who previously had a managerial role in building the squad – suggests the project could be at an end.
“Unfortunately, and because of problems that is not my job to go into detail about, the Alonso project is currently halted completely,” the Italian told Procycling.no. “I still do not know the intentions for the future.” (cyclingtips.com.au)

Tinkoff-Saxo confirms Julich, Healey, Yates and Vila.

The Tinkoff-Saxo team has confirmed a series of changes in its technical staff for 2015 as it prepares to target the Classics with Peter Sagan and the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double with Alberto Contador. (cyclingnews.com)

Highlights of 2014 – Part II.

Let’s limit this to one Tour de France highlight. It’s a tough pick, do we celebrate Tony Martin’s enormous ride across the Vosges? Celebrate Ag2r’s joy as the team stood below the podium in the pouring rain while Blel Kadri took the applause for his stage win? What about the French pride at two riders on the podium, the way the sport was reaching people like it used to? Or those huge crowds in Yorkshire and London?
The highlight was the stage to Wallers-Arenberg, 155km and several cobbled sections. (inrng.com)

Travel With Bike.

"I’ve been traveling with bikes for more than 20 years. I’ve shipped bikes by UPS, ridden trains with them, flown with them and even had one overnighted with FedEx. And yes, I’ve rammed them into a garage, or two. I’ve used everything from cardboard to what are seemingly the most durable cases ever to house a bicycle. At this point, I’ve seen it all. I’ve pulled bikes from cases that have been mauled by baggage handlers (anyone remember the American Tourister commercial?) only to find the bike was fiddle fit. I’ve also seen flattened top tubes and rear dropouts cold-set to a spacing of 5mm, though none of those were mine." (redkiteprayer.com)

PEZ: EuroTrash Hour Record Monday!

Will the UCI shorten the Giro and Vuelta?

They are two of the sport’s icons, the beautiful three-week laps around Spain and Italy. The 1914 Giro d’Italia had four stages longer than 400 kilometers and riders began at midnight the night before the stage was to end. The modern-day Vuelta still looks like slow-motion death on a bicycle; its heritage equal parts heat and elevation. Outside of the Tour de France, these are the stage-race apples of a GC man’s eye. And they may be on the chopping block. (velonews.com)

A weekend to forget & remember.

"The past weekend wasn’t exactly my best weekend on the bike so I’ll get that bit out of the way first. At GP Twenty20 Cycles, Koppenberg, I took the lead, crashed with no help from anyone else, and the pain that followed held me back and I wasn’t able to perform at all. A very sad 8th place finish in my hometown race was a big disappointment but I’ll be back. (helenwyman.com)

Wahoo KICKR Trainer Review.

"Wahoo Fitness landed a knockout blow to the rest of my trainers. My old gear took up probably 25 square feet of floor space. They’re all gone. This is all I need and possibly the best part of the KICKR is that this trainer literally keeps getting better as its fairly open source output allows one programmer after another to create newer / better / freshly interesting training software..."

Eight keys to off-season success.

“One of the biggest mistakes that the Cat. 3, 4, 5, and masters make is they dress inappropriately for the weather,” Pruitt said. “If you look at the pro guys, they are wearing arm warmers, leg warmers, and rain jackets until it’s almost 70 degrees. The patella and patellar tendons are just three millimeters under the skin, so there’s really no insulation for them.” (velonews.com)

Cycling Inquisition: Eating Belgian sand.