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Doug Report Daily Cycling News Archive

Sanne Cant wins women's European cyclo-cross championship ...

Van Aert wins European Championships.

As it was the case with the juniors, the Belgian U23 riders dominated the European cyclocross championships. Wout van Aert won the race ahed of Laurens Sweeck.
A big battle between Belgians Michael Vanthourenhout and Wout van Aert was expected. At the midpoint, both of them joined the right group which consisted of five riders. (cyclingquotes.com)

2014 Superprestige Cyclocross LIVE stream - Ruddervoorde.

The 2014 Superprestige Cyclocross - Ruddervoorde (Hansgrohe Superprestige) is Sunday, November 9. 
Live streaming video: 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)

Boswell to work with Cioni at Team Sky in 2015.

Ian Boswell hopes that 2015 will be the season all the pieces in the jigsaw come together as he looks to establish a place in Team Sky’s future. The 23-year-old signed a three-year deal as a promising young rider at the start of 2013, and with one year remaining is well aware that he must make the most of next season.
One development that has already taken place in the American’s life surrounds his coaching, with ex-professional Dario Cioni set to mentor him next year. (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...

Tour de Normandie to be cancelled?

This morning sad news have emerged. After 34 years, the Tour de Normandie could disappear. While the course has already been finalized, the police costs is a challenge for the organizers.
In fact, everything looked good. The course was ready and many teams had applied for the race which is schedule to take place from March 23 to 29, 2015. However, the expense to have local police at the race have been multiplied by 10 in one year (from 4500 euros in 2014 to 40000 euros in 2015) due a ministerial decree from October 28 2010 (which will become effective from January 1). (cyclingnews.com)

TV Review: ‘Lance Armstrong: Stop At Nothing’.

Marco Pantani was not murdered, says biographer.

Contador regards Kilimanjaro ascent as symbolic start of 2015 campaign.

Parra, Mejia win La Ruta stage two as Leao defends lead.

Velo Cyclist of the Year, top contenders.

David Millar praises help from Dave Rayner Fund.

David Millar has praised the Dave Rayner Fund for its role in his development as an aspiring professional, calling it “a massive help” for riders on the fringe of moving to continental teams.
Millar was part of the early draft of the fund, which was set up after the tragic death of Yorkshire pro Dave Rayner in 1995. Its aim was to help young British riders make the leap from domestic racing to the European professional peloton in an era long before British Cycling’s increased funding. (cyclingnews.com)

Garriganness 20.14 – Doesn’t Quite Have the Same Ring.

"Steve Scoles in Winnipeg, who recently acted as the announcer of the 2014 Canadian Cyclocross Championships, just gave us his rendition of Bill Schieken’s Svenness videos. Spoiler alert: Garrigan takes the lead… he holds on to the lead… he keeps the lead… he finishes with the lead. It’s a thorough analysis, we know.
Somehow we see another Schieken parody in Scoles’s future, possibly Swills, Distills, and Bellyaches: A Cyclocross Beer Tent Primer." (cxmagazine.com)

Terpstra wins final edition of Amstel Curaçao.

Paris-Roubaix winner Niki Terpstra rounded out his year with a victory in the Amstel Curaçao Race, a 73.6 kilometer criterium on the Caribbean island. Tim Wellens was second, and Dutch champion Sebastian Langeveld was third. (cyclingnews.com)

Cannondale riders look to make best of Garmin opportunity.

Slipstream sports is heading into a new phase of its life, with the merger with Cannondale meaning there will be more Italians than ever before on the American team.
“It will be a completely new team, we are facing a complete reshuffling of the deck,” Moreno Moser told Tutto Bici. “It’ll be a new project for everyone and with new finish lines to reach.”
Four other Italians join Moser: Davide Formolo, Davide Villela, Alberto Bettiol and Alan Marangoni. Sloveinans Matej Mohoric and Kristjan Koren and American Ted King also make the jump. (cyclingquotes.com)

Étape: 20 Great Stages from the Modern Tour de France.

BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "An intriguing behind the scenes account of the world's biggest bike race, as told by the main players." (bikeradar.com)

de Kort talks about leading out for the best sprinters in the world.

In all eight of Marcel Kittel’s Tour de France stage wins in 2013 and 2014, he has attributed his success in every single one of those stages to his teammates. One of those men is Dutchman Koen de Kort, who recently met with CyclingTips to talk 2015 and helping Kittel and Giant-Shimano’s other star sprinter John Degenkolb.
De Kort says that while Kittel has been the best sprinter in the Tour de France for the last two editions now, he doesn’t think his teammate will target the race’s Green Jersey in 2015. (cyclingquotes.com)

Paris, Fignon and Blondin.

Schleck: “I will stay involved in cycling. I love it too much.”

American Continental squads dismiss Horner rumors.

Steve Tilford: Riding in Seattle/Berlin Wall Coming Down.

More teams say they can't sign Horner.

"The number of teams who are saying they don not have room for 2013 Vuelta a Espana winner Chris Horner is growing.
CyclingQuotes.com told a story where it was confirmed that both Jelly Belly and Jamis-Hagens Berman said they were not interested, didn’t have the finances or the space to hire the beteran American. Now we can add UnitedHealthcare, Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies and MTN-Qhubeka to the list of teams who cant sign Horner for some reason or another." (cyclingquotes.com)

Brammeier closes in on new team for 2015.

Matthew Brammeier is close to signing a contract with a new team after confirming that he would not re-sign with the Synergy Baku Cycling Project for 2015.
“At the moment nothing is confirmed but I have something that’s coming into place. It’s a Professional Continental team and that’s what I was holding out for. It means I’ll be back in some of the bigger European races.” (cyclingnews.com)

News shorts: Gavazzi to Neri Sottoli.

New Polish Hour Record, no attempt for Malori, suspended sentence for Levarlet. (cyclingnews.com)

Degenkolb: Paris-Roubaix was special.

John Degenkolb has been one of the most successful riders of 2014, winning 4 stages at the Vuelta plus its points jersey, Gent-Wevelgem and finishing second in Paris-Roubaix plus five more wins.
“I was planning to do a successful season and it worked out. It was a really nice season, during which I worked hard from the beginning until the end. I had a great Spring campaign, but I must admit that in the Tour de France I was disappointed with the crash and the fact I couldn’t win a stage. Then, the Vuelta was great, and the same goes for the one-day races after the Vuelta,” the German said to caferoubaix.com in a recent interview. (cyclingquotes.com)

Roads to Ride: Col du Glandon.

"We celebrate the summit finishes and often forget the roads the roads that preceed them. Today’s the chance to venerate a climb that’s used en route to many a Tour de France stage finish and it’ll be scaled twice next July.
It’s worth riding for its own sake and ideal to combine with other high mountain passes in the area." (inrng.com)

Tech Roundup: New products from 3T, Brooks, Clement, Microsoft, Tacx and more.

A roundup of new tech including adventure tyres, urban cycling bags, turbo trainers, fitness bands and colored handlebars. (road.cc)

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