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| May 31 |
 Millar
‘devastated’ after team express doubts over his form. Scot's
controversial relationship with Tour now over. (theguardian.com)
June 30, 2014  With
Alex Dowsett
and David Millar
the latest British WorldTour riders to miss out on selection for the
2014 Tour de France, the big event’s celebration of British success in
the race is starting to look very thin on the ground.
June 30, 2014  "Is
it really almost July? Do I really smell vast fields of sunflowers
swaying in the breeze, crusty baguettes, and escargot? Is it actually
almost time for the world’s biggest bicycle race to begin? I still
haven’t washed all the pasta sauce stains off my favorite pajamas!"
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 30, 2014  The
Irish woman central to the fall of former pro Lance Armstrong, Emma O’Reilly has
written a new book which is due out later this week. (stickybottle.com)
June 30, 2014  Ted King returns to
the Tour de France with a Cannondale squad dedicated to delivering Peter Sagan to Paris
in the green jersey for the third straight year. (velonews.com)
June 30, 2014  Alberto Contador
will enjoy a strong, all-round supporting cast at the Tour de France as
he bids to challenge Chris
Froome for the yellow jersey. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 30, 2014  Alberto Contador's
return to top form this year has sparked hopes that the Tour de France
yellow jersey battle against Chris
Froome will go down to the wire. (sbs.com.au)
June 30, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 30, 2014  One
of the biggest changes for the road bike is the announcement that all
road disc wheels will now be shipping with Centerlock hubs. The move
comes as no surprise since Shimano continues to offer their FREEZA
SM-RT99 rotors in Centerlock only. (bikerumor.com)
June 30, 2014  Its
already time to start thinking about training, this season’s bike and
what the Scotch ale of choice will be. The passionate and giving crew
over at Kindhuman
who are known for their Take the Lead cycling scholarships, have a new
crosser called the KÜDÜ that may suit your needs. (bikerumor.com)
June 30, 2014  Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
The
Tour
de France Teams Presentation is Thursday,
July 3. It will be broadcast
Live and there will be live feeds, videos and
photos. Details to
come. Start time should be around 6:15pm BST (7:15pm Paris or
1:15pm New York.).
June 30, 2014 June 29, 2014 |  Although
Mark Cavendish
was eclipsed by Marcel
Kittel in last year’s Tour de France, netting two stages
to Kittel’s
four and losing his mantle of the fastest rider in the world, the
German sprinter has said he remains very wary of the Briton and sees
him as the rider to beat in this year’s race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 30, 2014  Chris Horner has
been named as part of the Lampre-Merida team for the Tour de France,
which gets underway in Leeds on Saturday. The team’s general
classification challenge will be led by world champion Rui Costa, who
showcased his form by winning the Tour de Suisse last week, while Sacha Modolo will
chase stage victories in bunch finishes. (cyclingnews.com)
June 30, 2014  Cycling's
history is full of brilliant performances, tragic stories, brave
heroes, and scandalous villains. With more than 100 years of collective
experience telling the tales of two wheels, descending is perhaps
cycling's most overlooked skillset, yet among its most essential.
(velonews.com)
June 30, 2014  In
anticipation of a monstrous battle between champion Chris Froome and
two-time winner Alberto
Contador at the 2014 Tour de France, which starts in Leeds
on Saturday, we look at five classic yellow jersey duels from the past.
(bicycle.net)
June 30, 2014  Omega
Pharma-Quick Step went into yesterday's Belgian road race championships
as the team to beat but the team could only manage third with Tom Boonen in the
final bunch sprint after having done what seemed to be a very
irresolute race. Afterwards, both Boonen
and Gert Steegmans
criticized the team management, with the latter even suggesting that
his team doesn't like him. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 30, 2014  Days
before the start of his final Tour de France, Garmin-Sharp rider David Millar was as
relaxed and philosophical as he reflected on his decision to retire at
the end of this season. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 30, 2014 Australia's
Lizzie Williams is grabbing podium spots all over Australia and the US,
just eight months after getting back on the bike. (podiumcafe.com)
June 30, 2014  Stan’s
NoTubes is best known for their tubeless conversion kits, but their
biggest contribution to the advancement of tubeless technology, once
the history is written, will go down as what they did in rim design.
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 30, 2014  Bruce Hunt finds the
bike the perfect vehicle to seek the ghosts of Western Australia’s
faded goldfield towns.
June 30, 2014  A
new biography of Marshall
'Major' Taylor, one of America's first internationally
successful cyclists. (podiumcafe.com)
June 30, 2014  Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
June 30, 2014 June 29, 2014 June 29, 2014 | June 30, 2014  Several
riders had passport problems before the Giro but of the travel kind and
could not get a visa for the start in Belfast. Now Roman Kreuziger has
passport problems of the other kind with the UCI questioning his blood
values and he’s now been suspended by his Tinkoff-Saxo team and won’t
ride the Tour de France. (inrng.com)
June 30, 2014  BMC
Racing gave Peter Stetina
the race start of his dreams as a member of the nine-rider team at the
upcoming Tour de France. The American will be expected to help Tejay van Garderen
get a top overall placing but he also wants to perform well in the
mountains and like many Tour debutants before him, soak up the madness
that surrounds the three-week pursuit of the yellow jersey.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 30, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
veteran Tom Danielson
announced last week that he will not be a part of the team's Tour de
France squad in July and will miss the race for the first time in three
years. (cyclingnews.com)
June 30, 2014  Due
to budget, Arnaud Démare,
and the Tour de France, Nacer
Bouhanni will leave FDJ.fr at the end of 2014 and take his
sprint to another team for 2015. (velonews.com)
June 30, 2014  There
was no surprise in the Slovakian road race championships where Peter Sagan earned
himself a fourth consecutive title. The win was important for his
confidence as he goes into the most important race of the year, the
Tour de France. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 30, 2014  Going
into effect on July 1st, the “Dead Red” law will allow
cyclists to roll through a red light after…wait for it….2
minutes of waiting. (urbanvelo.org)
June 30, 2014  Richard
Moore: "Casa Chiappucci is a three-story building on the edge of a
small village in northern Italy, near Lake Como. At the entrance, three
buzzers, each labeled “Chiappucci.” But it would appear that Claudio,
the dazzling little climber of the 1990s, is not at home."
(velonews.com)
June 30, 2014  For
years cyclists of all levels have been using foot orthoses, shoe wedges
and shims with the belief that such devices can increase their power
output, correct biomechanical issues and generally improve cycling
performance. But do they actually work? (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 30, 2014  The
easiest fix is to make sure your tool has spoke wrenches. Failing that,
here’s an easy way to get back on the road. (bikerumor.com)
June 30, 2014  BKool
is a Spanish brand that started as a technology company that wanted to
make a simulator but needed a trainer for it to work on. So, they made
their own trainer, which, along with the software, is made in Spain and
takes a different approach to indoor training. (bikerumor.com)
June 30, 2014  Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 30, 2014 June 29, 2014 |
 Something
went wrong in the Omega Pharma Quick Step team camp on Sunday. Gert Steegmans
featured in the breakaway which was about to sprint for the victory at
the Belgian championships. But then with 6km to go, the team's riders
started to lead the peloton to set up a bunch sprint for their fast man
Tom Boonen.
With 400m to go, the break was caught and Boonen finished
third behind winner Jens
Debusschere. (cyclingnews.com)
June 29, 2014  Frank Schleck has
taken his first win since coming back from suspension by claiming his
fifth road race championships. Having escaped with Ben Gastauer and his
brother Andy
in the finale, he attacked his companions to take a solo victory in a
dominant Trek showing that saw the team place four riders in the top 5.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Elite
men national championship road races for a number of countries
including Belgium, France, Britain and the Netherlands are on Sunday.
(cyclingfans.com)
June 29, 2014  Peter Kennaugh
finished off the expected Sky dominance in the British championships by
taking a surprise victory in the sprint against his teammate Ben Swift to take
his first ever road race title. Simon
Yates continued his comeback from injury by preventing Sky
from making it a clean sweep of the podium. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014 There
was no surprise in the Slovakian road race championships as Peter Sagan took his
fourth straight title. In an exciting battle with the second big
Slovakian rider Peter
Velist, the Cannondale rider emerged as the strongest,
putting 51 seconds into his compatriot. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Jens Debusschere
will wear the Belgian Drikleur after he won today’s Belgian road race
championships in impressive fashion. When a strong break with three of
his teammates was caught inside the final kilometer, he emerged as the
fastest in the bunch sprint and beat Roy Jans and Tom Boonen into
the minor positions. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Todd Wells and Katerina Nash won
the final round of the USA Cycling US Cup Pro Series presented by
Sho-Air Cycling Group in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday
afternoon. In the final series standings, Geoff Kabush and Katerina Nash won
the USA Cycling US Cup Pro Series title
belts. (socalcycling.com)
June 29, 2014  For
the second year in a row, André
Greipel can go into the Tour de France beaming with
confidence after he defended his title as German road race champion in
Baunatal today. After Marcel
Kittel had been taken out by cramps, it all came down to a
sprint finish and having been given a perfect lead-out by his teammate Marcel Sieberg, he
narrowly held off John
Degenkolb in the final dash to the line.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 29, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
The
Tour
de France Teams Presentation is Thursday,
July 3. It will be broadcast
Live and there will be live feeds, videos and
photos. Details to
come. Start time should be around 6:15pm BST (7:15pm Paris or
1:15pm New York.).
June 29, 2014  "By
wearing an $800 lycra outfit and riding a $10,000 bike, he wasn't
really sending a different message than I was, with my $150 outfit and
$1,000 bike. We were rolling west on Marquette, through Englewood,
where the median household income is $19,743. We were both jerks."
(http://taticycles.com)
June 29, 2014 June 28, 2014 June 28, 2014 |  After
a busy weekend of racing here is the table of the men’s and women’s
national road race champions for 2014. (inrng.com)
June 29, 2014  Nicolas Roche, hot
off overall victory at the Route du Sud, advises fans to buckle up for
what he says should be an epic battle for the maillot jaune.
(velonews.com)
June 29, 2014  Matt White indicated
that there will be a few surprises in Orica GreenEdge’s
nine-man roster for the Tour de France. The final selection has been
made internally but a public announcement will be issued at the start
of next week. (cyclingnews.com)
June 29, 2014  Rafal Majka has
accepted a spot on the Tinkoff-Saxo Tour de France squad, reversing his
earlier doubts about riding another grand tour so soon. On Saturday the
Polish rider criticized the team for the nomination, in a posting on
his Facebook page which has since been deleted. (cyclingnews.com)
June 29, 2014 ![Photo: I told [Pippo] in front of everyone that, ‘if you were going slow, you would not be here ... I know that you are the first one to exclude yourself. You still have time to be a part of the team and you can still do something imp...](http://www.feltet.dk/octo_cms/files/Feltet.dk/Billeder/2013/Lob/Eneco_Tour_2013/4_etape/Eneco_Tour_2013_4_etape_Filippo_Pozzato.jpg "Photo: I told [Pippo] in front of everyone that, ‘if you were going slow, you would not be here ... I know that you are the first one to exclude yourself. You still have time to be a part of the team and you can still do something imp...") Despite
Lampre-Merida not having picked their squad for the Tour de France, Filippo Pozzato
believes he will be excluded from the team that will head to Yorkshire
for the Grand Depart in less than a week. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Tired
cyclists, happy cyclists, angry directors and hungry for news journos,
the finishline is always an interesting mix of riders, teamstaff,
family, girlfriends and hangers on. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 29, 2014  As
the Tour de France comes to her home county, one of Yorkshire's
greatest ever athletes is finally getting some long overdue
recognition. (mirror.co.uk)
June 29, 2014  Zdenek Stybar added
his first ever Czech road race title to the many cyclo-cross
championships he has won in the past when he emerged as the strongest
in today's race. The cyclo-cross world champion beat Petr Vakoc and
Jan Barta as
he arrived at the finish with Peter
Sagan who took the Slovakian title. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Adriano Malori lived
up to his status as the major favorite when he took a dominant victory
in today's Italian time trial championships. On the 40.9km course in
Male, he beat Dario
Cataldo by 1.09 while Alan
Marangoni was a very distant third at 2.40.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Three
days after beating his teammate Rui
Costa in the time trial, Nelson Oliveira has
made the double at the Portuguese road championships by adding the road
race to his palmares. The TT specialist took a solo victory ahead of Sergio Sousa and
Tiago Machado.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Zipp’s
carbon race wheels have conquered nearly every title in cyclocross,
from National Championships in the States to the 2014 Cyclocross World
Championship under Zdenek Stybar. (cxmagazine.com)
June 29, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
June 29, 2014 | June 29, 2014  Tour
winner describes himself as a 'convict of the road', forced to take
performance enhancing drugs. (road.cc)
June 29, 2014  Svein Tuft and Leah Kirchmann added
a pair of maple leaves to their palmares at the Global Relay Canadian
Road Cycling Championships in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. (velonews.com)
June 29, 2014  Arnaud Demare has
earned himself his first ever French road race title by beating his
teammate and big rival Nacer
Bouhanni in the sprint at the end of today's 2014 edition
of the French championships. With both sprinters allowed to do their
own sprint, they went head to head in a battle for the champion's
jersey and here Demare
emerged as the strongest. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Riccardo Zoidl
proved that he is ready for his upcoming defence of his Tour of Austria
title when he won the Austrian road race championships for the second
year in a row. In a highly selective race, he took an impressive solo
win, beating Bernhard
Eisel and Matthias
Brändle into the minor positions. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  As
expected, Movistar completely dominated the Spanish road race
championships and it was Ion
Izagirre who completed the performance by taking the
title. Having been off on his own in the finale, his team leader Alejandro Valverde
bridged across and helped him stay away before allowing the Basque to
cross the line as the new champion. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  Sebastian Langeveld
completed an excellent solo performance in the Dutch championships in
impressive fashion to take his first ever national road race title.
Despite being up against large contingents from Belkin and
Giant-Shimano, the Garmin rider proved to be in a class of his own and
added the victory to the silver medal he had taken in Wednesday's time
trial. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  All
five French teams have confirmed lineups for the upcoming Tour de
France, with a heavy focus on national riders and a hunt for stage
wins. (velonews.com)
June 29, 2014  Five
years ago, while Alberto
Contador was riding to victory in the Tour de France, Andrew Talansky was
a vagabond cyclist scratching out a living in races across the United
States. (http://sports.yahoo.com)
June 29, 2014  Double
Olympic champion heads a Wiggle-Honda one-two with King in second;
defending champion Armitstead
third. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 29, 2014  Alexander Porsev has
made sure that the Russian road race title stays within the Katusha
ranks after he finished off a dominat showing by the team in the
country's road race championships. Having escaped with teammates Vladimir Gusev and Sergei Chernetskii
in a 4-rider group, he beat Gusev
in the sprint to take his first ever win in the event.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 29, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Not for exploring unsurfaced roads, this speedy frame with
quality kit is primed for a bunch sprint." (bikeradar.com)
June 29, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 29, 2014 June 28, 2014 June 28, 2014 |
June 28, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali has
taken his first ever Italian road race title by winning the 2014
edition of the championships after an exciting duel with the talented Davide Formolo.
Despite repeated attacks on the final climb, the grand tour star
couldn’t get rid of the youngster but in the final sprint he emerged as
the strongest and will now wear the tricolore jersey in the Tour de
France. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 28, 2014  On
Sunday, the Belgian Road Race returns to Wielsbeke. Johan Vansummeren is
also returning to the spot where he crashed hard into a spectator
during the Tour of Flanders. "I ‘m trying not to think about it," said
the Garmin rider. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 28, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 28, 2014  Tuttobiciweb
reports that world champion Rui
Costa has signed a two-year contract with Lampre-Merida.
According to theI Italian website, only the official announcement is
missing. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 28, 2014 Elite
men national championship road races for a number of countries
including Belgium, France, Britain and the Netherlands are on Sunday. Live streaming
video Sunday: 2:15pm? (Netherlands), 2:00pm (Belgium),
3:20pm (France). (cyclingfans.com)
June 28, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
The
Tour
de France Teams Presentation is Thursday,
July 3. It will be broadcast
Live and there will be live feeds, videos and
photos. Details to
come. Start time should be around 6:15pm BST (7:15pm Paris or
1:15pm New York.).
June 28, 2014 June 27, 2014 |  Tony Martin won the
German national time trial convincingly, but as he said, he “made it
difficult for himself”. The world time trial champion also had some
criticism for race organizers for the nighttime event. (cyclingnews.com)
June 28, 2014  The
UCI is set to bring in new rules restricting the size of a team in a
race to eight riders. Grand Tours could keep an exemption for nine
riders but it means teams of no more than nine in a race. Everything is
different this weekend with the strangest races on the pro calendar,
the national championships and in France FDJ will field a team of 26
riders. (inrng.com)
June 28, 2014  It
has long been rumored that Nacer
Bouhanni will leave FDJ at the end of season. L'Equipe now
reports that he is close to finalizing a contract with Cofidis that
would see him become the main sprinter of the French squad.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 28, 2014  Giant-Shimano’s
Cheng Ji
will become the first Chinese rider to participate in the Tour de
France, a fantastic achievement for the 26-year-old who last year
became the first Chinese national to ride in the Giro d’Italia.
(crankpunk.com)
June 28, 2014  David Millar has a
complex relationship with the Tour de France. It is far more than love
and hate or heaven and hell. He has experienced extreme highs and lows
in the 12 times he has raced Le Tour, yet still loves the unique
madness of being one of the riders at the centre of the race.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 28, 2014  The
grupetto is making its way up to the Rifigio Panoratta. Nathan Haas gathers
himself and pops a wheelie, one hand on the bars, the other hand
waving. On this day, life is good in the grupetto. (velonews.com)
June 28, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Raleigh restakes its place at cycling's high table with this
race-tooled yet endurance-friendly ride." (bikeradar.com)
June 28, 2014  For
2015, the OMR models will focus on upper level spec, and the new OME
(Evolution, their base level frame designation) version brings a lower
level carbon frame to market with different frame and a new fork that’s
UCI legal for TT road races. (bikerumor.com)
June 28, 2014 June 27, 2014 | June 28, 2014  Roman Kreuziger has
announced that the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CAFD) has found
anomalies in his biological passport between 2011 and 2012 and that he
is under investigation. The Tinkoff Saxo rider broke the news on his
personal website but stated that experts he had commissioned found that
his passport had no questions to answer. He denied doping or taking
performance-enhancing products. During the period in question Kreuziger rode for
the Astana team. (cyclingnews.com)
June 28, 2014  Gerrans:
“I see some real nice opportunities in the first half of the race”
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 28, 2014  A
hundred years ago today on Sunday, June 28, 1914, 145 cyclists rolled
out of Paris for the 12th edition of the Tour de France. On the same
day 1800 kms to the southeast in Sarajevo the heir-presumptive to the
Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and
his wife died by the hand of an assassin. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 28, 2014  Bringing
the Tour de France 2014 to life will involve 4500 people. The event
involves organizers, teams, media, partners, suppliers and the
publicity caravan. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 28, 2014  Leah Kirchmann of
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies triumphed in Road Race at Canadian
Championships to win her second title at Global Relay Canadian Road
Championships. (podiuminsight.com)
June 28, 2014  Lisa Brennauer
sprinted to her second German national title in two days, adding the
road title to the time trial title she won a day earlier. She
outsprinted her Specialized-Lululemon teammate Trixi Worrack, who
took second. Third place went to Martina
Zwick. (cyclingnews.com)
June 28, 2014  Rafal Majka will
replace Roman Kreuziger
on the Tinkoff-Saxo roster for the Tour de France. Yesterday the Pole
was informed about the decision but heavily criticizes his team as he
doesn't feel ready for another grand tour. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 28, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 28, 2014 June 27, 2014 |
Saturday: Italy
Elite Men National Championship Road Race expected LIVE video. (Rai 3,
3:05pm CET (9:05am U.S. Eastern, likely geo-restricted).
(cyclingfans.com)
Saturday: France Elite Women National Championship Road Race expected LIVE video. (France 3, 3:25pm CET (9:25am U.S. Eastern, likely geo-restricted). (cyclingfans.com) Live streaming video Sunday: 2:15pm? (Netherlands), 2:00pm (Belgium), 3:20pm (France). (cyclingfans.com) June 27, 2014  French
legend weighs in on GC battle, Wiggins,
green jersey contenders and French talent. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 27, 2014  Danny Pate returns
to the Tour de France with Sky, but 2012 Tour winner Bradley Wiggins will
not. Sky confirmed Friday its Tour Nine, with a strong squad to support
defending champion Chris
Froome. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014 ![Photo: I go into the Tour trying to help Fränk and Haimar [Zubeldia] to do a good overall. I will be the man who will pull for them in the climbs. That is how I am thinking, that is the line I will take to go into the Tour...](http://www.feltet.dk/octo_cms/files/Feltet.dk/Billeder/2014/Lob/Amstel_Gold_Race/Amstel_2014_Andy_Schleck.jpg "Photo: I go into the Tour trying to help Fränk and Haimar [Zubeldia] to do a good overall. I will be the man who will pull for them in the climbs. That is how I am thinking, that is the line I will take to go into the Tour.") For
the first time since 2008, Andy
Schleck will go into the Tour de France without enjoying a
protected status as he will line up at the event as a domestique for
his brother Frank
and Haimar Zubeldia
who are targeting the overall standings. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014  Bradley Wiggins
appears ready for change — including racing on the track and
possibility leaving Sky — after missing the Tour de France for the
second straight year. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
has proved that he is fully ready for the upcoming Tour de France by
taking a dominant victory at the Spanish time trial championships. In
an excellent Movistar showing that saw the team occupy the first 6
spots, he beat Ion
Izagirre by 0.56 and defending champion Jonathan Castroviejo
1.04 to claim his first title. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 27, 2014  Live Video Streaming:
Saturday, June 28 Colorado Springs Race Schedule, all times Mountain Time / Local Colorado Time (UTC -7:00). 11h45 – 12h00: Elite Women cross country – Staging and Call-up. 12h00 – 14h00: Elite Women cross country Race. 14h15 – 14h30: Elite Men cross country – Staging and Call-up. 14h30 – 16h30: Elite Men cross country Race. 16h30 – 16h55: Elite Podium Ceremony. (socalcycling.com) June 27, 2014  Titanium
race bike with mudguard versatility and hydraulic disc brakes. (road.cc)
June 27, 2014  In
the past, the Tour de France course often featured lots of time
trialling that gave the climbers the upper hand over the climbers.
Since Christian Prudhomme
took over the role of race director, the balance has tipped and the
amount of individual racing has been significantly scaled back.
(cyclingquotes.com)
 All
the 2013 jerseys together. L-R: Andrew
Talansky (Garmin-Sharp), Nairo Quintana
(Movistar), Chris Froome
(Sky), Peter Sagan
(Cannondale). (bikeradar.com)
Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
The
Tour
de France Teams Presentation is Thursday,
July 3. It will be broadcast
Live and there will be live feeds, videos and
photos. Details to
come. Start time should be around 6:15pm BST (7:15pm Paris or
1:15pm New York.).
June 27, 2014  SRAM
is teaming up with Bosch to offer a semi-automatic drivetrain that
combines Bosch's electric bicycle motor with a SRAM internally geared
hub and an external rear derailleur. (bicycleretailer.com)
June 27, 2014  Whether
you’re cruising or climbing, your bra should be the last thing on your
mind. Here’s how to find the perfect one. (bicycling.com)
June 27, 2014 |  Thor Hushovd has
announced his retirement from cycling at the end of this season. The
Norwegian rider said that he has been suffering with mononucleosis for
some time and will hang up his wheels after the World Championships
this September. The illness not only knocked him back physically, but
mentally too. (cyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  July
is nigh, and the attention of the cycling world is fixated ever so
strongly on the upcoming Tour de France. Over the next week we will
look in depth at the route and the cast of this year's 21 stage drama,
but for now here is a primer. (podiumcafe.com)
June 27, 2014  Mary Turk made a
startling discovery Tuesday night when she opened the garage door where
about 30 bicycles were stored for the Special Olympics Area 19 cycling
program. About half the bicycles were missing. (mlive.com)
June 27, 2014  "Pedaling
a bicycle is at once a joy, an opportunity to reunite with childhood
fun, to kiss youth square on the lips and feel the wind rush over your
body with the electric thrill of love, and yet it is also work in its
truest sense." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 27, 2014  Three
more riders, Jan Barta
(NetApp-Endura), Peter
Velits (BMC) and Gatis
Smukulis (Katusha) will bring national time trial
championship jerseys to the Tour de France after winning their titles
this week, as countries around the world hold their national
championships. (cyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  Today
Fumiyuki Beppu
won his third Japanese time trial title but the Trek rider is up for
more. During the race, he tried to hold something back to be ready for
Sunday's road race as well. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014  "Glad
I’m not making those decisions" says Welshman Geraint Thomas,
after Bradley Wiggins
was left out of Sky's line-up. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 27, 2014  "It
is a vexed and vexing question. The greatest Tour de France stage of
all time — where do you start? Should we — can we — regard individual
stages in isolation, divorced from context?" (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014  The
2014 Kenda Cup Series made its last gasp in the high altitude environs
of Big Bear Lake, crowning champions in both Super D and Cross Country
competition. Hundreds of endurance athletes tackled grinding climbs,
considerable singletrack—both classic and brand new—and screaming fast
descents, all under nearly ideal conditions. (mbaction.com)
June 27, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2.5 out of 5
stars. "Forgiving aero bike suited to long-distance events but lacking
some stiffness and missing the point of Di2." (bikeradar.com)
 BMC
Racing is backing Tejay
Van Garderen at the Tour this July, and team clothing
sponsor Pearl Izumi is supporting him as well, releasing 100 pairs of
special edition PRO Leader shoes, to be sold at R&A Cycles,
Art’s Cyclery in San Luis Obispo, and Pearl Izumi’s website.
(velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "The racy cockpit can be restrictive but the great frameset and
smart kit choices create a fast-handling rapid ride bargain."
(bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014 | June 27, 2014  Along
with former U.S. Postal Service pro Scott
Mercier and two-time under-23 national road champion Ian MacGregor, Lance Armstrong
spoke to Rocky Mountain PBS for an episode of the station’s news
program “Colorado Quarterly,” which is scheduled to broadcast at 7:30 p.m. MDT on Friday
evening. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  The
UCI and the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body
mandated by the UCI to define and carry out the fight against doping in
cycling, recently announced a partnership agreement with Antidoping
Switzerland. (velonews.com)
June 27, 2014  Unsurprisingly,
Tony Martin defended
his title as German time trial champion but the race ended up being a
lot more dramatic than expected. At one point, the world champion went
off course but a time loss of around a minute was not enough to prevent
him from taking a comfortable victory. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 27, 2014  It’s
not surprising that among the first words out of the winner’s mouth
following any bike race are: “I want to thank my teammates for all
their hard work. I couldn’t have won without them.” That’s because road
racing is a team sport, even though the winner gets the glory, the
teamwork needed to produce a Tour de France champion is simply
extraordinary. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 27, 2014  Froome and Contador might be
this summer’s duel but hopefully their rivalry is a slow story that
develops over three weeks. The more immediate clash will see the
sprinters in action from Stage 1 onwards. Here’s a look at the
sprinters, the points competition and the likely green jersey
wearers. (inrng.com)
June 27, 2014  Just
20 years old and from the other side of the world, young Aussie George Tansley has
been thrown into the deep end in the heartland of racing in Belgium but
he hasn’t sunk. Far from it in fact, he’s come out fighting – and
winning. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  IAM
Cycling's Gustav Larsson
was unable to defend his national time trial championship on Thursday.
The Swedish rider broke several of his thoracic vertebrae (the middle
segment of the vertebral column) in a training crash. (cyclingnews.com)
June 27, 2014  We
were to spend our last weekend in Japan with our hosts, Ikuo and Harumi Tsuchiya
of I’s Bicycles, in Miyama. Wouldn’t it be splendid to ride to Miyama,
rather than drive? It was only 80 km (50 miles), just across a little
mountain pass. We’d been up the pass from the other side. It shouldn’t
take more than 3 hours to do the ride. What could possibly go wrong?
(janheine.wordpress.com)
June 27, 2014  Still
sub-800g but slightly stiffer and with more modern
features. (bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014  "Mavic
went big on its 125th anniversary this year. These wheels represent the
vanguard of Mavic’s rim manufacturing technology. Ultimately, Mavic has
refined the shape (making it more aero) and, thanks to some
sophisticated computer software, is now milling away more alloy in
areas where it won’t affect the highly regarded rigidity of the
clinchers." (bikeradar.com)
June 27, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 27, 2014  New
Team Machine
SLR03, Granfondo
GF02 carbon, and Crossmachine
CX01. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 27, 2014 June 26, 2014 |
 It's
been an odd build-up to the Tour de France for Marcel Kittel. But
is that such a bad thing? Having captured two stages in the Giro
d'Italia in stunning style, he made a sudden abandon of the race with a
fever on stage four. His recent triumphs in the Ster-ZLM Toer, though,
would suggest he is right where he wants to be for the build-up to the
Tour. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  Having
abandoned the Tour de Suisse due to illness and injury, Bradley Wiggins is
back on top. Today he conquered the British time trial championships,
putting more than a minute into Sky teammate Geraint Thomas and
defending champion Alex
Dowsett. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 26, 2014  Emma Pooley stormed
to victory in the women’s time trial at the British National
Championships in Monmouthshire. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  After
missing the Canadian road championships last year, Orica-GreenEdge's Sven Tuft returned
to capture his ninth time trial title on Thursday in Lac-Mégantic,
Québec. The Langley, BC native won the elite men's 40.4km course in
53:25, besting his nearest competitors, runner-up Hugo Houle by
2:04 and third placed Ryan
Roth by 2:21 minutes. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  Italy’s
head coach Davide Cassani
spoke in support of Diego
Ulissi after news hit Wednesday that he failed an
anti-doping test for asthma drug Salbutamol during the Giro d’Italia.
(velonews.com)
June 26, 2014  And
if it's already Wednesday, then Fabian
Cancellara is the Swiss time trial champ. (podiumcafe.com)
June 26, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 26, 2014  Robert Gesink will
return to racing on Sunday for the first time since his successful
heart surgery, when he lines up for the Dutch Road Championships in
Ootmarsum on Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014 Live Video Streaming:
Saturday, June 28 Colorado Springs Race Schedule, all times Mountain Time / Local Colorado Time (UTC -7:00). 11h45 – 12h00: Elite Women cross country – Staging and Call-up. 12h00 – 14h00: Elite Women cross country Race. 14h15 – 14h30: Elite Men cross country – Staging and Call-up. 14h30 – 16h30: Elite Men cross country Race. 16h30 – 16h55: Elite Podium Ceremony. (socalcycling.com) June 26, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "The Cyclo505 packs an almost-overwhelming list of features into
a relatively bargain package. Limited battery life and overall size are
the main limiting factors." (bikeradar.com)
June 26, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 26, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 26, 2014 June 25, 2014 June 25, 2014 |  The
defending Tour champion on his team’s strength, his Dauphiné
disappointment, and why he’s always looking at his stem. (bicycling.com)
June 26, 2014  Harder
than it looks — that’s the general consensus the pros have after taking
a closer look at the undulating circuit nestled in the otherwise lost Bierzo valley in northwest Spain.
(velonews.com)
June 26, 2014  To
fans and observers of the sport from the 1980s and early 1990s, Thompson was perhaps
one of the most successful and influential women in cycling. From her
meteoric debut on the American scene in 1984, to her final major race –
a dominating victory in the 1993 U.S. Women’s national championship
road race – Inga
proved herself to be one of the greatest women’s racers the sport has
ever seen. (velonews.com)
June 26, 2014  Dan Martin has
announced that he will miss the Tour de France which starts on 5 July
in Yorkshire as he is not fully recovered from the broken collarbone he
sustained on the Giro d'Italia's opening team time trial in Belfast on
May 9. Last year Martin
won the Tour's ninth stage into Bagnères-de-Bigorre. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  You
might know the story of Marco
Pantani: an early sensation in the mountains and then
injuries, race expulsions, humiliation, absence from the sport and then
his lonely death in an out of season beach resort. But here’s a
documentary film to tell the story? Does prior knowledge spoil the
film? (inrng.com)
June 26, 2014  Cavendish admitted
he was disappointed not to be taking to the start line of Sunday’s
race, with the 25-time Tour de France stage winner instead due to
continue training in Italy. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 26, 2014  Bjorn Leukemans
enjoyed yet another successful spring campaign this season with
respectable results obtained in Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris-Roubaix and
Brabantse Pijl and reportedly his Pro Continental Wanty-Groupe Gobert
team is ready to extend his contract for two more seasons, but the
37-year old rider is full of doubts whether to continue his career as a
professional cyclist. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 26, 2014  Jens Voigt set to
match record of 17 Tour de France starts, held by George Hincapie and Stuart O'Grady.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 26, 2014  Orbea introduced the
latest edition of the Orca. This new revision addressed the criticism
that the Orca was a bit heavy (a 56cm frame was north of 1kg) and also
rather shy on comfort. They’ve flattened the top tube vertically,
sloped it to increase seatpost extension and changed the layup all as a
means to give the bike a less jarring ride. (redkiteprayer.com)
June 26, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "The Factor Power Crank sets the new standard for power meters."
(bikeradar.com)
June 26, 2014  The
2015 X-Ride
serves as Ridley’s top-level triple butted aluminum frame, which comes
fully built with four different models, following the trends of the
full-carbon X-Fire.
(cxmagazine.com)
June 26, 2014  "The
new system utilizes a inner tube (that’s not really an inner tube) to
inflate the center channel of the tire. Then a second valve is inflated
at a much higher volume, which presses against the tire bead. This
helps prevent burping and allows the rider to dial in traction
without worrying about flatting." (bikerumor.com)
June 26, 2014 | June 26, 2014  Say
What You Will about Lance
Armstrong, He’s a Champion Disruptor. (moorhead-law.com)
June 26, 2014  It's
a couple of weeks to go to the Yorkshire start of this years Tour de
France and the big players for the overall victory have recently
completed what will be their final race preparations at the Criterium
de Dauphine. The situation report for the three main characters which
I've called the three bears: Chris
Froome, Alberto
Contador and Vincenzo
Nibali, is looking much clearer. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  After
taking a dominant win in the British TT championships, Bradley Wiggins has
made it clear that he is not on the Sky Tour de France roster that is
likely to be announced tomorrow. The Brit is gracious in defeats and
claims that 8 riders were stronger than him. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 26, 2014  Sylvain Chavanel has
confirmed his status as the best French time triallist by winning the
national championships for the third year in a row. On a 47.8km course
in Futuroscope, he beat Anthony
Roux by a narrow 17-second margin while Maxime Bouet was a
distant third at 1.17. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 26, 2014  "It’s
been busy times – crazy breakaways, pushing hard for Tour de France
selection, leading the break into the Areneberg Forest at
Paris-Roubaix, punctures, crashes and more…" (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  The
organizers of the Tour of Utah have confirmed the first 14 teams who
will compete in the inaugural Tour of Utah Women's circuit race with
seven composite teams to be announced next month. Seven of the top-12
American ranked women's teams will be attendance at the race which
begins on August 6. (cyclingnews.com)
June 26, 2014  Yesterday
Team Giant-Shimano announced their 9-rider roster for the Tour de
France and said that the team was composed of two different lead-out
trains. The team has now detailed how they want to prepare the sprints
for Marcel Kittel
and John Degenkolb.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 26, 2014  Joaquim Rodríguez,
who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia, will slot into a “freelancer”
role, ceding the GC hopes to up-and-coming Russian Iurri Trofimov.
Milano-Sanremo winner Alexander
Kristoff will try his luck in the bunch sprints..
June 26, 2014  Trek
and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes sold between
2010 and 2013 because of concerns about the SR Suntour suspension forks
used on the bikes. (bicycleretailer.com)
June 26, 2014  "The
lines and finishing details of the frame are simply flawless. I really
don’t want to gush about it, but the fact that this frame is handmade
in Veneto, Italy
through a tube-to-tube construction method couldn’t be more evident."
(competitivecyclist.com)
June 26, 2014 June 25, 2014 June 25, 2014 June 25, 2014 |
 An
anti-doping test completed after the 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia
showed Ulissi
to have elevated levels of salbutamol in his system. Ulissi was shown to
have 1,900 ng/ml in his system, significantly higher than the 1,000
ng/ml allowed by the UCI. (cyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014 Arnaud Demare got a
very important confidence boost for his first Tour de France when he
won today’s Belgian semi-classic Halle-Ingooigem in a bunch sprint.
After the Belgian national team with a lot of stars from the host
nation had tried to split things on the finishing circuit, the
Frenchman beat Kris
Boeckmans and Michael
Van Staeyen in the final dash to the line.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 25, 2014  This
year Tejay van Garderen
will get the full support of the BMC team at the Tour de France and the
management have selected a very strong team to back their leader.
Climbers Darwin Atapuma,
Peter Stetina, Peter Velits and Amael Moinard will
be there for the captain in the mountains while Michael Schär, Greg Van Avermaet,
Marbus Burghardt and Daniel
Oss wil take care of their leader in the flat stages..
June 25, 2014  There’s
rarely been a season like this one for drama at the world’s major stage
races, nearly all of which have been decided by the use of smart and/or
aggressive tactics. It happened on Sunday at the final stage of the Tour de Suisse; it
also happened on the last day of the previous week’s Critérium du Dauphiné;
and it happened on the Stelvio stage of the Giro d’Italia.
(pelotonmagazine.com).
June 25, 2014  After
taking a history-making third consecutive victory in the Tour de
Suisse, Rui Costa
will go into the Tour de France as a team leader for the first time in
his career. Despite his strong performance in Switzerland, he remains
guarded about his chances and says that there are stronger contenders
for the podium than him. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 25, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 25, 2014  British
Cycling coach Shane
Sutton told Sky Sports News that the six-time track world
champion might take to the boards at the Commonwealth Games in July.
The track competition at the Commonwealth Games begins on the July 24,
which clashes with the final week of the Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014  "Fortunately
for us, cycling apparel
has come a long way since the woolen jersey and leather shoe era of
Eddy Merckx." (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 25, 2014 
Having crashed out of the Tour de Suisse, Franck Schleck
is in desperate need for racing kilometres. Hence, he was a late
inclusion in the Trek team for today's sprint race Halle-Ingooigem in
which his teammate Boy
Van Poppel finished in the top 10. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 25, 2014  100
pairs of 'Zen warrior'
shoe made with exclusive BOA design. (bikeradar.com)
June 25, 2014  “Your
clothes don’t fit, your shoes look ridiculous, doors are too small and
everyone thinks you’re a basketball player. But the major issue for me
is the fact that it’s nearly impossible to find a decent bike big
enough for me." (stickybottle.com)
June 25, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 25, 2014 June 24, 2014 |  Former
Tour winner vows to fight on, but accepts helper role in 2014 Tour de
France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 25, 2014  The
storm about Chris
Froome’s TUE saw the rider catch most of the headlines but
behind it is really a tale of UCI procedures. (inrng.com)
June 25, 2014  Annemiek van Vleuten
narrowly defeated the reigning world time trial champion Ellen van Dijk to
win the individual time trial title at the national championships in
Zaltbommel, the Netherlands today. (cyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014  Küng, Dillier on podium.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014  Having
been narrowly beaten by Maciej
Bodnar in the battle for the Polish TT title in
last year’s championships, Michal
Kwiatkowski got his revenge when he beat the Cannondale by
27 seconds in this year’s edition of the race. Mateusz Taciak
completed the podium for the second year in a row. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 25, 2014  Tom Dumoulin has
continued the process of establishing himself as one of the very best
time triallists in the world by winning the Dutch championships in
convincing fashion. On the fast 47.8km course in Zaltbommel, he
averaged more than 51kph to put 52 seconds into Sebastian Langevel
while Jos Van Emden
completed the podium. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 25, 2014  Time
for a Progress Report. No E's for effort though. (podiumcafe.com)
June 25, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 25, 2014  It
will be a battle royale among the peloton’s top sprinters, with the
chance of a lifetime to claim the yellow jersey in the opening stage of
the Tour de France. (velonews.com)
June 25, 2014  "At
first glance the Synthe
was not what we expected to see in an aero helmet, but the claims being
made included everything we wanted. By the numbers we were
looking at a helmet that was more efficient than any road helmet Giro
has ever produced – 16% lighter than the Aeon, 13% lighter
than the Air Attack,
2% cooler than the already super ventilated Aeon, and styling
that works for almost everyone." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 25, 2014  "A
revamp of the Premier Calendar, we were told, would herald a new,
improved era for domestic
road racing in Britain." (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 25, 2014  What
to look for in a bicycle
repair stand. (bikeradar.com)
June 25, 2014 June 24, 2014 | June 25, 2014  Trek
Factory Racing confirmed its Tour de France roster Wednesday and gave
the green light to the Schleck
brothers. Luxembourg’s Andy and Frank will race together in the Tour
for the first time since 2011, but they have taken a backseat in the
team’s lineup. (velonews.com)
June 25, 2014  Team
Giant-Shimano today announced its final roster for the 2014 Tour de
France, with its German sprinters Marcel
Kittel and John
Degenkolb taking center stage. The team is focused almost
entirely on stage victories, with its powerful lead-out squads selected
for both pure sprint stages for Kittel
and "power sprints" on the more difficult finales for Degenkolb.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
is taking the back roads to the Tour de France this year. The Spanish
veteran avoided traditional warm-up races like the Critérium du
Dauphiné and the Tour de Suisse, and raced the Route du Sud instead.
(velonews.com)
June 25, 2014  Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
may only be 22 but the young woman from Reims in eastern France is a
name we’ll be seeing a lot more of. Sooner rather than later.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 25, 2014  With
the likes of Carlos
Betancur, Nairo
Quintana and Rigoberto
Uran Colombia has seen a real resurgence in the pro
peloton in the last few years. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014  Since
its debut season in 2012, Specialized lululemon
has been one the teams to watch in the women's professional peloton.
Despite racing in an eye-catching kit devoid of any large sponsors name
or logo, the team is easy to spot whether it be animating races or
visiting podiums. (cyclingnews.com)
June 25, 2014  The
big reveal from Enve
this summer is for smaller riders. The Utah company that likes to brag
“U.S. made by choice,” has introduced a 650C set of carbon clinchers,
the SES 5.6. The rim depths are 48mm front and 56mm
rear. (redkiteprayer.com)
June 25, 2014  Classics
winner, Tour de France podium finisher, world road race champion and
world record holder, the great Belgian built his success on marathon
training sessions behind a little motorbike. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 25, 2014  Last
year Smith launched its first bicycle helmet, the Forefront. While the
helmet was intended for mountain bike riders, it debuted technology
never before seen in the cycling world – Aerocore construction.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 25, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Look beyond indifferent appearance and some ho-hum kit and
you've got a highly capable, good value bike." (bikeradar.com)
June 25, 2014 |
 For
once a genuine international brand was buying into pro cycling as a
means of marketing but once it got the chance to quit, Belkin exercised a
break clause. The team is now scrambling for a replacement sponsor and
to hold onto its core riders. (inrng.com)
June 24, 2014  Having
taken 12 top 5 results in the first part of the season, Sonny Colbrelli took
his first professional victory in last week’s Tour de Slovenie and
today he doubled his tally by winning the hilly Italian one-day race
Giro dell’Appennino. The Italian made it into a 42-rider lead group and
used his strong team to control the group before beating Grega Bole and
Miguel Angel
Rubiano
in a sprint finish. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 24, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 24, 2014  The
Omega Pharma-Quickstep team said today that Tom Boonen will skip
the Halle-Ingooigem tomorrow in order to focus on training for the
Belgian national road championships on Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)
June 24, 2014  Former
international triathlete turned champion time trial rider, John Madden has
taken on the train from Derry-Londonderry to Belfast and beaten it over
the 72 mile journey. (stickybottle.com)
June 24, 2014  Andy Bestwick of
Diamondback’s Allegiant Air team is tired. And he deserves to be, since
he and his three teammates recently took the win in the Race Across the
West, completing 870 miles in one day, 19 hours and six minutes—nearly
five hours faster than the second place team. (diamondback.com)
June 24, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 24, 2014  Giro’s
new Synthe
is built in the spirit of compromise — a jack of all, master of none,
it would seem. Or, if you ask Giro, it’s a master of all. (velonews.com)
June 24, 2014  Optum’s
Jade Wilcoxson
shares etiquette tips for smooth application. (bicycling.com)
June 24, 2014  Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 24, 2014  "It's
time again to round up all the new and interesting products that have
arrived at the CyclingTips office, and bundle them all together in our
CTech Product Picks." (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 24, 2014 June 23, 2014 June 23, 2014 |  The
Tour de France gets underway in Leeds in just shy of a fortnight and
it’s building as one of the most open in years. Forget the Froom-ination we
were faced with last year, or indeed the Wiggins whitewash of
2012, 2014 is going to be different. (sbs.com.au)
June 24, 2014  The
UCI has announced that all requests for therapeutic use exemptions will
now pass through a TUE committee in the wake of the controversy
surrounding the exemption given to Chris
Froome at this year’s Tour de Romandie. (cyclingnews.com)
June 24, 2014  North
American pros wrapped up a series of races overseas including the Tour
de Suisse, Ster ZLM Toer, Tour de Slovénie and Route du Sud, some which
will help them prepare for the upcoming Tour de France in July.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 24, 2014  Team
Sky will have to pick their Tour de France line-up without the option
of Edvald Boasson Hagen,
after the all-rounder was ruled out of the race with an Achilles
injury. (cyclingnews.com)
June 24, 2014  Nacer Bouhanni’s
omission from the FDJ.fr team for the forthcoming Tour de France would
appear to indicate that his future lies away from Marc Madiot’s squad,
but the Frenchman has reiterated that he will not make a decision on
his destination for 2015 until after Sunday’s national championships
road race at Futuroscope. (cyclingnews.com)
June 24, 2014  This
first survey is about bike/frame
purchasing. (redkiteprayer.com)
June 24, 2014  Cannondale’s
2015 road and cyclocross bike lineup commits to disc brakes, giving
more road bike models the option and going all in for ‘cross. That’s
right, all CAAD-X and SuperX cyclocross bikes are disc brake only, no more cantilever options.
There’ll even be a SRAM CX1 build in the lineup! (bikerumor.com)
June 24, 2014  There
are a number of flat pedals on the market, but Speedplay is staking
their claim in building what they consider the strongest, most durable
pedal while maintaining a light overall weight. (bikerumor.com)
June 24, 2014  The
all-new Smith Overtake
was designed from the ground up for the road, and it’s light enough,
cool enough, aero enough, and simply clever enough to compete with the
best. (velonews.com)
June 24, 2014  A
crazy new bicycle design, which does away with a saddle, has emerged
from America. Instead of sitting, the rider is suspended is a harness
above the bike. It's said this enables more effective pedalling and
gives a hang glider-like
'flying' effect. (bikeradar.com)
June 24, 2014 June 23, 2014 June 23, 2014  |  After
winning the Dauphiné, the 25-Year-Old Garmin-Sharp leader aims to
improve on 2013’s 10th overall finish at the Tour de France.
(bicycling.com)
June 24, 2014  With
the 'grand departure' in Yorkshire less than a fortnight away, it's
time to look ahead at various
issues bubbling away ahead of the 2014 Tour de France.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
June 24, 2014  Even
though 101st edition of the Tour de France is expected to be a two-man
battle between Chris
Froome and Alberto
Contador, Vincenzo
Nibali and Astana team still believe that the former
Vuelta a Espana and Giro d’Italia champion would be able to fight for
the glory in the French three-week event. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 24, 2014  One
of the new signings for Garmin-Sharp this year was Portugese climber André Cardoso. Often
seen at the front during the Giro working tirelessly for his team
leader. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 24, 2014  Altitude
training has become à la mode for the peloton’s elite riders. Tour de
France favorites such as Chris
Froome and Alberto
Contador spend weeks on the flanks of the Teide volcano of
Tenerife or high in the Swiss Alps looking for an elusive edge over
their rivals. (velonews.com)
June 24, 2014  Mark Cavendish will
battle for sprint supremacy against Andre
Greipel and Arnaud
Demare at the Tour de France – but there’s no place on the
Leeds start line for Giro d’Italia red jersey winner Nacer Bouhanni.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 24, 2014  "PressCamp
is the event that I think Interbike
wishes it was. The challenge is meeting with everyone doing interesting
work and getting enough time with them to be able to write competently
about it afterward. Where PressCamp really excels is the fact that the
journalists present are the purpose, not an afterthought."
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 24, 2014  There
is some doubt that using oval
chainrings can increase a rider's power output.
(velonews.com)
June 24, 2014  A
decision guide
for road, CX, and MTB tires. (bikeradar.com)
June 24, 2014 June 23, 2014 June 23, 2014 |
 With
the Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse both raced and won, 17
WorldTour races have now been completed in 2014 and it is Alberto Contador who
sits atop the individual rankings ahead of the 101st Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014 
Mathias Frank, Bauke
Mollema and Rui
Costa are on the attack knowing they have to put time into
Tony Martin
in order to get on the podium. This was the moment the race was won.
(inrng.com)
June 23, 2014  Rui Costa finally
got the victory that was eluding him so far in his season as world
champion. After languishing with a string of near-misses all year,
including 10 top-three finishes, the Portuguese world champ delivered
the double Sunday to emphatically put an end to chatter about a rainbow
jersey curse. (velonews.com)
June 23, 2014  Nacer Bouhanni has
been left out of the FDJ.fr team for the Tour de France, with the role
of designated sprinter instead handed to Arnaud Démare. Thibaut Pinot will
lead the French squad’s tilt at the general classification.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014  Measuring
the top general
classification riders ahead of the Tour. (bicycling.com)
June 23, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 23, 2014  Ken Hanson and Erica Allar emerged
victorious on the fourth day of Tour of Americas Dairyland, winning the
second National Criterium Calendar rounds of the weekend.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014  A
late surge for the line netted Matej
Marin the opening edition of the Sarajevo Grand Prix held
in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Sunday. He was the fastest of a
group of 17 breakaway riders that made it to he finish line intact.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 23, 2014  If
you’re in in the market for a top-flight road bike, don’t feel obliged
to opt for a Dura-Ace
groupset. Shimano’s next tier down, Ultegra
6800, has much to offer. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 23, 2014  "At
the 2014 Press Camp, we spent a bit of time with Finish Line checking
out their new products, mostly because we cyclocrossers probably
consumer more lubricants and cleaners per capita than any other type of
cyclist." (cxmagazine.com)
June 23, 2014  "Our
resident wrench answers your maintenance
and repair questions." (bicycling.com)
June 23, 2014 June 22, 2014 June 22, 2014 June 21, 2014 |  "Speak
to many of the riders in the modern peloton and you’ll hear the same
thing – professional cycling is considerably cleaner than it was 10
years ago. But the reality is that the
sport will never be entirely free of doping – there will
always be those that look beyond the rules for an edge, in sport and in
life." (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 23, 2014  Doctors
confirmed Henao
likely would not race again in 2014 following a brutal collision with a
vehicle during course inspection Friday that left his kneecap
splintered. (velonews.com)
June 23, 2014  Having
previously released a long list, Omega Pharma-Quick Step have announced
their roster for the Tour de France. As expected the team is mostly
built around Mark
Cavendish who will have a formidable lead-out train at his
disposal while Michal
Kwiatkowski will be the team's GC rider and will be able
to count on Michal Golas,
Tony Martin
and Jan Bakelants
for support in the mountains. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 23, 2014  The
chief pre-Tour de France tune-ups are now complete and we will soon
know the identities of
all the men set for the start line in Leeds on Saturday
July 5. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 23, 2014  Over
the past 14 years, David
Millar has worn every jersey at the Tour, won National
road & time trial championships, and taken stages at every
Grand Tour. (competitivecyclist.com)
June 23, 2014  As
the name suggests, this aluminium clincher is equipped with a laminate
shroud some 62.5mm deep and comes with bold performance claims.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 23, 2014  Giro’s
been teasing a something new by delivering mystery boxes to the
BMC
team riders at the Tour de Suisse, promising less drag, lighter weight
and better cooling. (bikerumor.com)
June 23, 2014  One
book though, has me stumped. It’s a lavishly produced book on Cycling Science,
coming from an academic source, the University of Chicago Press. The
problem with it is simple: Much of it is wrong. (janheine.wordpress.com)
June 23, 2014  OneUp
Components has introduced a few firsts in the oversized cog game,
namely the 16T replacement cog. Now, the RAD Cage boosts derailleur
performance at the top end of the cassette without having to reverse or
extend your B-Screw. (bikerumor.com)
June 23, 2014  "The
new Super Record,
Record
and Chorus
mechanical groups were unveiled in late May, followed shortly
thereafter by a new Chorus
EPS group. The basic details were provided, but pricing,
weights and the finer points were missing, so we used our time at
PressCamp to fill in the holes." (bikerumor.com)
June 23, 2014  The
user can pair the sensor with both Bluetooth
4.0 and/or ANT+
devices, increasing its versatility. (bikeworldnews.com)
June 23, 2014 June 22, 2014 | June 23, 2014  Cycling
journalist Daniel Friebe
made an insightful comment today on twitter about Chris Froome’s
toughest opponents for the Tour de France. (atwistedspoke.com)
 After
holding the yellow jersey since the opening day, Tony Martin slipped
to fourth place overall on the final stage of the Tour de Suisse but
the Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider declared himself pleased with his
showing over the course of the week. (cyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014  2010
Tour de France champion Andy
Schleck put in a last ditch effort to earn his selection
onto Trek Factory Racing's Tour team in the Tour de Suisse yesterday,
going out on the breakaway on the final stage. But whether or not it
will it be enough to warrant his inclusion in the team will begin to be
decided by his team this week. (cyclingnews.com)
 Emilia Fahlin talks
to Tina Levin
about youthful naivety, posings as a calendar girl and her wish for a
Paris-Roubaix for women. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 23, 2014  Race
Analysis: The Tour de
Suisse finished with a bang yesterday as the GC got turned
inside out on the very last stage. Attacking riding, a brave GC defense
and some simply spectacular scenery - the 2014 Tour de Suisse sure put
on a good show. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014  Journal
du Dimanche claims Froome's
TUE case has sparked a review at the UCI. (cyclingnews.com)
June 23, 2014 Anna
Weltman: "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 23, 2014  After
being sidelined with knee problems, Jurgen
Van den Broeck is progressing well for the Tour de France
says Belgium’s team Lotto-Belisol. (velonews.com)
June 23, 2014 
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out
of 5 stars. "Suffers calibration problems,
otherwise it’s a good quality power meter." (bikeradar.com)
June 23, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "A smooth ride and awesome hydraulic disc
brakes." (bikeradar.com)
June 23, 2014  "The
new Focus Cayo
is a lightweight mid-level carbon road bike in a geometry that most
people will find comfortable enough for long rides."
June 23, 2014  Custom
eyewear is no longer just for the pros, as Oakley rolls out its
custom program online and in stores. (bikeworldnews.com)
June 23, 2014 June 22, 2014 |
 Mathias Frank (IAM
Cycling), Rui Costa
(Lampre-Merida) and Bauke
Mollema (Belkin) on the final podium.
(cyclingperspective.com)
June 22, 2014  Rui Costa won his
first race in the world champion's rainbow jersey on the final day of
the Tour de Suisse to snatch overall victory in the Suisse stage race
for as third consecutive time. (cyclingnews.com)
June 22, 2014 André Greipel got a
very important confidence boost for the Tour de France when he won
today’s final stage of the Ster ZLM Toer in a bunch sprint, beating his
key rival Marcel Kittel.
For the third time in the race, Tyler
Farrar was second while Philippe Gilbert
avoided the many crashes and secured the overall victory.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014  Coming
in to Annapolis, Maryland, in a race that spanned 3,020 miles from
Oceanside, California along with former X Games athletes Ben Bostrom and Micky Dymond, Mirra and Zabriskie were on
pace to break the four-person race record of 23.06 mph set in 2004
until the final day when a severe chest cold hampered Dymond. (road.cc)
June 22, 2014  Known
for his many places of honor, Nicolas
Roche finally won a stage race overall when he defended
his lead on the final day of the Route du Sud. Having celebrated this
maiden victory, the Irishman was pleased to get a confidence boost
ahead of the Tour de France. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014 Adriano Malori made
use of his excellent TT skills to win the final stage of the Route du
Sud by launching an attack in the finale. The Italian and Josh Edmondson
bridges the gap to lone leader Yukiya
Arashiro and finally the Italian got clear on his own to
hold off the sprinters by 5 seconds. Nicolas Roche
finished within the bunch and won the race overall, with Alejandro Valverde
and Michael Rogers
taking the minor spots on the podium. (cyclingquotes.com).
June 22, 2014  Elia Viviani found
back to his winning ways after a very disappointing Giro d’Italia when
he won today’s final stage of the Tour de Slovenie in a bunch sprint.
The Italian relegated Michael
Matthews and Borut
Bozic to the minor places while Tiago Machado
finished within the bunch to secure the overall victory in the four-day
race. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Stages & Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 22, 2014 June 21, 2014 June 21, 2014 June 21, 2014 |  Le
Journal du Dimanche (JDD) has followed up its piece on last Sunday’s
Affaire Froome
with allegations that the UCI doesn’t have the proper process in place
to issue Therapeutc Use Exemptions (TUE). The JDD quotes WADA boss David Howman as
being “concerned” by this and how he’s “asked the UCI to rapidly fix
the insufficiencies seen in this case“. (inrng.com)
June 22, 2014  Former
Giro d’Italia chief Michele
Acquarone has spoken in detail about his upcoming court
battle with former employers RCS Sport, saying that he was given
assurances his job was safe days before he was sacked, that he was told
by police he was not a suspect in the fraud carried out at the company,
and that he believes RCS’s dismissal of him is illegal.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 22, 2014  Already
approached by Team Sky midweek, Talansky
would be a priority, if not the only priority of the U.S. team Trek
Factory Racing. If you believe the information in newspaper L'Equipe,
among others, the Trek would recruit Andrew Talansky to
compete or to succeed Andy
Schleck of Luxembourg, who no longer has the confidence of
his team. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014  Team
Giant-Shimano are famously known for their ability to move in the
finale of a sprint but in today's final stage of the Ster ZLM Toer they
paid the price for their waiting strategy. Marcel Kittel and
his teammates were held up behind a crash in what should have been the
dress rehearsal for the Tour de France. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014  Despite
doubts about the future of the Belkin team, Bauke Mollema looks
on track for the Tour de France with another strong performance at the
Tour de Suisse. (cyclingnews.com)
June 22, 2014  Samantha Schneider
secures
women's criterium. (cyclingnews.com)
June 22, 2014  British
racer Gabby Day
has had an exciting year in ’cross: great results in the US and
overseas, and now, finally being able to come back to the US after a
long battle for a visa after marrying fellow ’crosser Jeremy Durrin last
August. (cxmagazine.com)
June 22, 2014  With
rosters loaded with climbers and riders coming out of the Giro d'Italia
in good condition, Colombia were hoping to be in the spotlight in the
queen stages of the Route du Sud and the Tour de Slovenie. However, it
ended as a bad day for the Colombian
team which was far off the mark in both races.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014 June 21, 2014 | June 22, 2014 
David Walsh has questioned Team Sky's ethics in The Sunday
Times newspaper suggesting that the British team "talk the talk of high
ethical standards but do not walk the walk." (cyclingnews.com)
June 22, 2014  Brailsford says that
it will be logic not emotion that will determine Team Sky’s line-up at
the Tour de France, which starts in Leeds a week on Saturday, but
admits that striking a balance between choosing a winning team and
keeping fans happy is “terrifically difficult.” (road.cc)
June 22, 2014  "With
this year’s Tour de France less than 2 weeks away, today we take a look
back at our Tour de Pez from last year as seen through the eyes of our
roadside reporter David
Lipnowski." (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 22, 2014 "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 22, 2014  For
the third time in his career, Philippe
Gilbert won the Ster ZLM Toer and like the first two times
he did so by winning the queen stage in the Ardennes. Having won the
race in the exactly same manner made the victory special for the former
world champion. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014  At
1,900 meters above sea level, atop the extinct San Pellegrinopas, Lieuwe Westra
preparing his Tour-form further. He has had an outstanding season so
far, and now he turns his head to his seasonal objective. His
last step in Italy "I have everything to put aside for the time being
and it pays off." (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014  With
no real climbers on the roster, IAM always knew that the mountainous
Route du Sud would be a tough affair for the team but they were still
hugely disappointed after their poor performance in the opening stage.
The team bounced back with a much better performance in yesterday's
queen stage where Patrick
Schelling finished 20th. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 22, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Provides decent and reliable data but it is a little on the
pricey side." (bikeradar.com)
June 22, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 22, 2014 |
 Tony Martin defended
his leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de Suisse with a well-judged
effort on the climb to Verbier. (cyclingnews.com)
June 21, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
Suisse Stage 9 departs Martigny at 12:47pm CET (6:47am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Saas-Fee-Pearl of the Alps at around
5:05pm CET (11:05am U.S. Eastern). Tour de Suisse live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 21, 2014  Nicolas Roche proved
that he has come out of the Giro d’Italia in excellent condition when
he won today’s big mountain stage of the Route du Sud in solo fashion.
The Irishman attacked on his own on the final climb to the finish in
Val-Louron and out 40 seconds into a chasing group that included big
favorite Alejandro
Valverde. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  Philippe Gilbert put
himself in a fantastic position to win the Ster ZLM Toer for the third
time in his career when he won today’s queen stage in his preferred
terrain in the Belgian Ardennes. Having used his team to animate the
stage all day, he was clearly the strongest in the uphill sprint in La
Gileppe, putting 3 seconds into Tim
Wellens and 6 seconds into Paul Martens to take
the leader’s jersey off Marcel
Kittel’s shoulders. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  Machado leads Tour
de Slovénie. (cyclingnews.com)
June 21, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Stages & Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 21, 2014 Team
Sky went into the Tour de Suisse with three GC riders but after losing Bradley Wiggins and Sergio Henao due to
injury, they only had Peter
Kennaugh left going into today's stage. Unfortunately, the
Brit was forced out of the race due to illness. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  Giant-Shiamno
manager Iwan Spekenbrink
has defended his decision to not take talented Frenchman Warren Barguil to
the Tour de France. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  Zipp’s
2010 404 Firecrest rim came as close as possible to squeezing every
drop of aerodynamics out of a 58mm rim depth. The question is, ‘Where
do they go from there?’ (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 21, 2014  Weight
weenies, hydraulic disc brake believers, single chainring evangelists,
electronic shifting enthusiasts, kids, gravel grinders, rich and the
poor: Ridley
has released its line of 2015 cyclocross bikes, and there’s something
for everyone, with eighteen different cyclocross models spread over
five framesets. (cxmagazine.com)
June 21, 2014 June 20, 2014 June 20, 2014 |  Bronzini and Ratto round out
podium. (cyclingnews.com)
June 21, 2014  Former
world number one and Eurosport analyst Sean Kelly has said
that he considers Team Sky and Chris
Froome will start the Tour de France under pressure, with
cracks visible for the first time in three years. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 21, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali is
preparing for the Tour de France in the Italian Dolomites, working
intensely in the mountains in the hope he can find the power to respond
to attacks by his big rivals Chris
Froome and Alberto
Contador. (cyclingnews.com)
June 21, 2014  The
Tour de France brings three weeks of racing but also extensive media
attention. But what if there were many untold stories? It’s not really
a question, the focus on the day’s stage winner and the jersey wearers
means a lot of blurred edges. Add in some hindsight, a variety of
source material and you have the ingredients for Etape, the tale of 20 stages
from the Tour de France. (inrng.com)
June 21, 2014  ‘Every
problem has a solution, and every solution is on the internet.’ How far
does this credo get us when it comes to fixing our own cycling injuries?
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 21, 2014  My
Olympic experiences have given me perspective. Track cycling isn't
about life or death: it was about rolling around a wooden bowl on a
bike with no brakes. (theguardian.com)
June 21, 2014  Summer
clothing from Rapha, Le
Coq Sportif, Endura, ODLO, howies, Embers Merino, Madison and Sportul.
(road.cc)
June 21, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Consistent energy delivery, if you’re not put off by the vivid
color." (bikeradar.com)
June 21, 2014  Grab
a lightweight, dramatically-shaped carbon fiber frame, add neon
highlights, embrace the latest braking technology and include two sets
of disc brake wheels and what do you have? The $6300 2014 Specialized CruX Pro Race Disc.
(cxmagazine.com)
June 21, 2014 
Cannondale recently launched the all-new 2015 F-Si
in Albstadt, Germany. Cannondale’s newest hardtail is the most
integrated, the most advanced, and the lightest XC race bike the
industry has ever seen. The proof is in the details. (socalcycling.com)
June 21, 2014  "Here’s
your Week in Tech — all the gear news, tips and announcements you need
and none of the marketing gibberish you don’t." (velonews.com)
June 21, 2014 | "I
am looking for PARTICIPANTS to be in a RESEARCH STUDY that I am
conducting, for my Master's thesis in SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. My thesis is on
cyclists who crash
and what it takes to get them back on the bike after they have
recovered (whether it's months of recovery or same day). Participants
would be required to fill out an online
survey about their crash experience(s). Click here
to become involved!" (dougreport.com)
June 21, 2014  Andy Schleck will
not have to worry about the Tour, where he will help his brother Fränk plays out as a
pawn for the overall classification. "But it is about time that Andy showing
something in the Tour of Switzerland," says his director Dirk Demol.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  Dutch
cycling suffered through yet another tough week, as the Rabobank legacy
squad may have finally seen its ninth life expire. (podiumcafe.com)
June 21, 2014 Going
into the Tour de Suisse, Tony Martin said that he targeted the time
trials and said nothing about his overall ambitions. Having lost 2-3kg,
however, he knew that he had a chance and today he proved his strength
when he stayed with his main rivals in the first mountaintop finish of
the race. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  One
of the best retro/vintage mass rides going around, the In Velo Veritas.
Superb organization, atmosphere, food and wine led to a perfect weekend
of retro riding. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 21, 2014  Having
already done the Giro d'Italia, Luca
Paolini is now preparing for the Tour de France and may
even do the Vuelta a Espana later in the season as well. This week he
is fine-tuning his condition in the Tour de Slovenie but like two of
his Katusha teammates he got his race off to a very bad start when he
crashed in yesterday's second stage. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 21, 2014  In
one of the most high profile miss-fires in the cycling industry, SRAM’s
massive launch of hydraulic road was sabotaged by a huge recall due to
failure of master cylinder seals in low temperatures.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 21, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Confident and versatile all-rounder at a very good price."
(bikeradar.com)
June 21, 2014  835g
frame with direct-mount brakes, Kamm
tail shaping. (bikeradar.com)
June 21, 2014  The
crew at Signal Cycles
exudes quality and style. They pump out handcrafted bicycles
that show both great form and function. (bikerumor.com)
June 21, 2014 Stage 1 starts
Saturday, July 5th at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 21, 2014 June 20, 2014 |
 Tony Martin took his
second stage victory at the Tour de Suisse, in the time trial, ahead of
Tom Dumoulin and
Rui Costa.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Saturday's Tour de
Suisse Stage 8 departs Delemont at 11:27am CET (5:27am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Verbier at around 5:05pm CET (11:05am
U.S. Eastern). Tour de Suisse live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern)
(cyclingfans.com)
June 20, 2014  Lotto-Belisol
lead-out man gets his day of glory. (cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Spanish
champion solos in ahead of Valverde,
Bouhanni.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Nacer Bouhanni is in
the form of his life according to his coach, and former rider, Jacques Decrion. Bouhanni has been
training hard over the past weeks, as he hopes to make FDJ's Tour de
France team this July. (cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Stages & Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 20, 2014  While
Talansky
was lauded as the new Dauphiné champion—succeeding two riders who went
on to win the Tour de France, Brad
Wiggins and Chris
Froome - Brooks
was hailed as the hero in one of his country’s most significant
victories. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 20, 2014  Former
Superbike world champion Ben
Spies has such a firm grip on the ins and outs of bike
racing, one could not be faulted for thinking he was a seasoned
professional. (velonews.com)
June 20, 2014  Eritrean
climbing sensation Merhawi
Kudus had great start to the season when he
finished on the podium in the Tour de Langkawi but saw his progress
come to a halt when he broke his collarbone in the Tour of Turkey.
Today he makes his return to competition in the mountainous Route du
Sud. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 20, 2014  The
new Pinarello/Jaguar Dogma
F8 collaboration, a bike that we'll get to see plenty of
during July when Team Sky
ride it during the Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 20, 2014  Orca OMR and OMP race bike and Avant OME endurance
bikes. (bikeradar.com)
June 20, 2014  A
tour through the Tour de France in a couple of dozen stages, led by
Slaying the Badger author Richard
Moore. (podiumcafe.com)
June 20, 2014 |  Tony Martin
solidified his position at the top of the overall standings in the Tour
de Suisse when he won today's time trial in convincing fashion. Going
into the final two mountain stages, he hopes to defend his lead in the
final mountain stages and will treat tomorrow's final climb to Verbier as
another time trial. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 20, 2014 Tom Dumoulin again
proved that he is pretty close to Tony
Martin in the time trials when he finished second behind
the world champion in today's stage of the Tour de Suisse. As this was
his third runner-up spot behind Martin
in less than a month, the Dutchman is starting to get a bit frustrated
by his near-misses. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 20, 2014  Colombian
cycling media outlet Revista Mundo Ciclistico reported that Henao was hit by a
truck while scouting the TT course, and that Henao’s TT bike “was split
into three pieces.” (velonews.com)
June 20, 2014  What
dysfunctions? Well the Belkin
team are losing their sponsor after just 18 months. For a
global sponsor the sport is still massively Euro-centric, for
example TV audience figures for the Tour of California are modest and
tend to reach niche cycling fans rather than a broader
public. (inrng.com)
June 20, 2014 Sonny Colbrelli
finally took a long overdue first professional victory when he won
today’s second stage of the Tour de Slovenie. The Italian emerged as
the fastest when a reduced 36-rider peloton arrived at the finish to
decide the stage in a sprint, holding off Michael Matthews who
defended his leader’s jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 20, 2014  Giant-Shimano
team manager Iwan
Spekenbrink has defended his decision not to take Warren Barguil to
the Tour de France this year. The Dutch team named their 13-rider long
list for the Grand Boucle, which, surprisingly, excluded the young
Frenchman. (cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Sixth
place for 19-year-old British rider Amy
Roberts in Diamond Tour, Belgium. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 20, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
rider Nick Nuyens
started the Ster ZLM Toer with the hopes of slowly working his way back
into competition following a minor surgery to correct a cardiac
arrhythmia, but the third stage proved to intense for the Belgian, and
he had to abandon. (cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Six
fitness rules
that you didn't know you could flout—until now. (bicycling.com)
June 20, 2014  What’s
old is new again. SRAM’s HydroR
disc brakes are back, with reinforcements, and Zipp’s latest 404 is an old 404,
but better. (velonews.com)
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Handles the essentials of power measurement well at a good
price." (bikeradar.com)
June 20, 2014  Fresh
items from Pearl Izumi, Gios, Specialized and
more. (bikeradar.com)
June 20, 2014 | June 20, 2014  Johan Bruyneel has
appealed the decision to ban him for ten years from sport. The news
comes just days after World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that
they would appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for an
extension of the Belgian’s sentence. (cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Chris Horner is
all but certain to race the Tour de France next month despite a
harrowing crash that knocked him out of the Giro d’Italia.
(velonews.com)
June 20, 2014  Lance Armstrong’s
attempt to get a near-$100 million dollar lawsuit dismissed by the
judge dealing with the case has failed and the Texan must now go under
oath on Monday about doping during his career. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 20, 2014  Fabian Cancellara
had hoped to win today's Tour de Suisse time trial which was held in
his backyard but he could only manage fourth. After crashing on the
course a few weeks ago, more bad luck struck the Swiss who was stung by
a bee but avoided an allergic reaction. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 20, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
directeur sportif Bjarne
Riis believes that Sky have made an error in judgement not
taking, 2012 champion, Bradley
Wiggins to the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 20, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
consists of 29 riders. But behind these riders is a big group of people
with an array of different functions – from sport directors,
administrative staff and soigneurs to mechanics. They make
sure that everything is ready for the riders to win races.
(tinkoffsaxo.com)
June 20, 2014  Force 22 and Rival 22 join Red 22 and S-700 HydroR
groups. (bikeradar.com)
June 20, 2014  New
SRAM Rival
features 11-speed cassette and three choices of brake, including
hydraulic rim and disc stoppers. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 20, 2014  "Don't
call the Grade
(or the Fenix, for that matter) a gravel bike. It's a road
bike. It's a playful and fun road bike that you can ride to work during
the week and get rad on on the weekends. This bike is breaking the
rules."
June 20, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 20, 2014 "If
you are a true fan of cycling, you have to have a part of your mind
moving forward to accept that a
performance can be clean." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 19, 2014 June 19, 2014 |
 Matteo Trentin
capitalized off of some fantastic teamwork to claim the stage 6 victory
at the Tour de Suisse in Delémont on Thursday. His team led him into
the final few hundred meters in perfect position to sprint for the win
ahead of Daniele Bennati
in second and Francesco
Gavazzi third. (cyclingnews.com)
June 19, 2014 Despite
his excellent riding in the early part of the race, Tony Martin has been
guarded about his overall prospects in the race. Going into the
important time trial, he now makes it clear that he is targeting the GC
and says that time gains are more important than the stage win.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 19, 2014  Michael Matthews
continued his impressive run of success when he returned to competition
in today’s Tour de Slovenie time trial. The Australian beat Kristijan Koren and Diego Ulissi to
prove himself ready for his Tour de France debut and take the first
leader’s jersey in the four-day race. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 19, 2014  In
the early part of the season, Andy
Schleck has been dropped early on the climbs but in the
Tour de Suisse he is showing signs on improvement. Today he finished
with the peloton in the hard sixth stage on a day that was all about
saving energy for his Trek team. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 19, 2014  Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga might be
UCI WorldTour rookies, but they’re putting in veteran-level kilometers
in their respective debut seasons in the elite pro ranks. (velonews.com)
June 18, 2014  Four
racers who participated in the 2012 Olympic Games in London will be
racing this weekend at the ProXCT national series event in Missoula,
Montana, there will be live
streaming the action. (velonews.com)
June 19, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 19, 2014  Bauke Mollema is the
first of the Belkin riders to be linked to a new team. According to
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Mollema’s
agent has been in contact with Tinkoff-Saxo about a potential move to
the team for next season. (cyclingnews.com)
June 19, 2014  "Sometimes,
you just need to get on your bike and smile at the sky."
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 19, 2014  A
track pump,
also called a floor pump,
is designed to inflate your tyres quickly and easily. A small,
lightweight pump is great for carrying when you ride, but a track pump is the
best tool for the job when you're at home. (road.cc)
June 19, 2014  Friday's Stage 7
start time: Friday 13:12 CET (4:12 AM PST);
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (6:30 AM PST); Approximate finish: 17:02 CET (8:02 AM PST). (cyclingfans.com) June 19, 2014 June 18, 2014 June 18, 2014 June 18, 2014 |  Giant-Shimano
sprinter Marcel Kittel
won the second stage of the Ster ZLM Toer in Sint Willebrord, beating Tyler Farrar by a
bike length. (cyclingnews.com)
June 19, 2014  Is
the country’s monopolization of results
legitimate? (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 19, 2014  The
Edge 1000
is Garmin's latest GPS-enabled cycling computer and the highest-specced
unit in the Edge range which features the existing Edge 510 and Edge 810.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 19, 2014  Thieves
steal race memorabilia, watches and electrical goods from David Millar's home
in Girona while he was riding in the Criterium du Dauphine.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 19, 2014  Movistar's
Alejandro Valverde
heads a strong field that will gather in Lectoure in south-west France
on Friday for the 38th edition of the Route du Sud. The three-day
event, traditionally the last stage race before the Tour de France,
features two tough days in the Pyrenees, including a summit finish at
Val Louron, the penultimate climb on Tour stage 17 to Pla d’Adet.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 19, 2014  Alex Dowsett aiming
for fourth consecutive national time trial title - but he'll have to
beat Bradley Wiggins.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 19, 2014  While
the focus on the British charge for the Tour de France’s maillot jaune
will soon be dominating the headlines, one rising star has
already pulled on a yellow jersey this summer. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 19, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "The R230 is fast, lively and beautifully made, but faces stiff
carbon competition." (bikeradar.com)
June 19, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "A stiff, light, and exciting machine that shines in both brake
configurations." (bikeradar.com)
June 19, 2014  The
new design gets a higher flow rate thanks to a more flexible bottle
wall and a larger diameter Jet Valve nozzle. The new Jet Valve has a larger locking toggle
and is removable to make cleaning easier. (bicycleretailer.com)
June 19, 2014  "The Grade is
designed to be a road bike, adventure bike, and gravel bike wrapped up
into one versatile package. After two days riding it in the Wasatch
Mountains, I think GT
nailed it." (bicycling.com)
June 19, 2014 |  "If
you are a true fan of cycling, you have to have a part of your mind
moving forward to accept that a
performance can be clean." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 19, 2014 June 19, 2014 
Belkin is on the hunt for a new sponsor, after it was announced that
their title sponsor would be pulling out at the end of this season. The
announcement was only made two days ago, but the team have already
decided to take matters into their own hands in the hope to secure
their future and their key riders. (cyclingnews.com)
June 19, 2014  After
the fireworks of the GC battle at the Dauphiné of last week the Tour de
Suisse has so far been dominated
by the sprinters. It’s been a far from boring affair.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
June 19, 2014  Lance Armstrong gave
a sworn deposition in the SCA bonus case, but he's forbidden from
discussing the testimony. (bicycling.com)
June 19, 2014  "At
first glance, you will be intrigued by the stem sweeping into the top
tube on Look’s 675.
You’ll either love it or hate it. I wasn’t convinced by the styling."
(stickybottle.com)
June 19, 2014  Biking
through a city can feel like navigating a video game staked upon your life.
You’re avoiding pedestrians and potholes all the while making sure cars
don’t run into you. For all the benefits commuting by bike have,
getting to your destination can be terrifying. (wired.com)
June 19, 2014  The
Shattered Peloton is a feast
of anecdotes that also serves to shine a brighter light on
the story of the Tour at war than has heretofore been possible in
English-language Tour books. (podiumcafe.com)
June 19, 2014  "The
Nor’Wester recalls the Italian stage racing bikes of the 1970s, ’80s
and ’90s, what I tend to refer to as “grand touring” bikes."
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 19, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 19, 2014 June 18, 2014 |
Sacha Molodo took an impressive victory ahead of Peter Sagan on stage
five of the Tour de Suisse. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  BMC
rider tops Van Baarle, Timmer. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  With
an unusually tight, technical finish to the fifth stage of the Tour de
Suisse it was almost inevitable that there would be a crash, and even
though Mark Cavendish
backed off in the penultimate bend with 350m to go, he was still sent
hurtling to the ground by a clash with another sprinter.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Team
Sky has confirmed that Bradley
Wiggins has abandoned the Tour de Suisse following his
crash on stage four that left him with swelling on his right thigh and
knee. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 18, 2014  "Three
words came quickly to mind: Stop Rui
Costa. The Tour de Suisse is sometimes the domain of the Costas and Cancellaras,
allowing someone to take the ball away from the little climbers and go
home." (podiumcafe.com)
June 18, 2014 Andy
Schleck will target stage wins at the Tour de France rather than the
overall classification according to Trek manager Luca Guercilena- that
is if his performances at the Tour de Suisse are good enough to earn
him a spot on the roster. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 18, 2014  Thursday's Tour de
Suisse Stage 6 departs Buren an der Aare at 11:56am CET (5:56am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Delemont at around 5:05pm CET
(11:05am U.S. Eastern). Tour de Suisse live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "With solid construction and reliable holding, the
PCS-10 is near-perfect for the stay-at-home wrench." (bikeradar.com)
June 18, 2014  Paul Perret’s series
of X-rays focuses on cycling products, riders, and bikes, and happens
to be one of the coolest things ever. (bikerumor.com)
June 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars.
"Improved over previous models. A lively upgrade for a lighter racer."
(bikeradar.com)
June 18, 2014  For
a Californian rider for whom a top-of-the-line bike was not top enough,
the high-end Foothill Ranch bike shop TwoHubs created a custom built
and painted Cipollini
RB1K. (bikeradar.com)
June 18, 2014  How’s
this for a business model? We’re going to build a product twice as
light as it needs to be and we are going to loose money on each and
everyone we make. That, in a nutshell, is the Cervelo RCA. The
$10,000 follow up to the R5CA. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 18, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 | Scrutinizing
the form of Froome,
Contador
and Nibali
after the Criterium du Dauphine. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Global
Relay Gastown Grand Prix women's race, held on July 9 in Vancouver,
British Colombia, has become the richest
women's criterium in North America with $25,000 cash and
thousands more available in crowd and sponsor primes. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Dave Brailsford
wants to have the best team in the world and never rests. Chris Froome has an
outstanding team around him, as they have shown in the Critérium
Dauphiné, but manager of Sky does not want to leave anything to chance
and thinks about the future. Andrew
Talansky and brothers Adam
and Simon Yates are the men he wants. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 18, 2014  With
just days to go before its scheduled start, the organizers of the Giro del Trentino Alto Adige
Internazionale Femminile announced that the race will be held, but the
former stage race has been reduced to a one-day event due to economic
difficulties. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Katusha
names Froome,
Contador
and Nibali
as equal favorites to win. (cyclingnews.com)
 When
Australia’s Tiffany
Cromwell won the 2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad classic she
had every right to be delighted – and one reason not to be. Surely, a
win like that will have brought in a nice little pot in prize money?
Well, not quite. (crankpunk.com)
June 18, 2014  Andrew Talansky’s
dramatic victory at last week’s Criterium du Dauphiné serves as a
“confirmation” of his emerging talent. That’s according to Bingen Fernández,
the veteran Spanish sports director at Garmin-Sharp who had a front-row
seat the team’s daring raid in the closing two stages to beat back such
illustrious rivals as Chris
Froome and Alberto
Contador. (velonews.com)
June 18, 2014  The
Orica-GreenEdge team announced today that it has signed neo-pro Magnus Cort to a
three-year contract starting in 2015. Cort is a 21-year-old Danish
winner of two Tour of Denmark stages and a "classy all-rounder",
according to direceur sportif Matt
White. (cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Eddy Merckx has just
turned 69 but the number has another significance for him: 1969. It was
the first year of Merckx’s
domination, the first feast for his cannibal appetite. This book
chronicles that year via a series of rich images. (inrng.com)
June 18, 2014  Amid
all the current books about the old peloton—from “The Secret Race” to
“Cycle of Lies”—there
is a new and refreshing view of professional cycling from Garmin-Sharp
rider Phil Gaimon.
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 18, 2014  Former
pro cyclist Chris Baldwin
is a two-time US national time trial champion and now a professional
coach. His philosophy on training is the product of more than 15 years'
experience in the field. (bikeradar.com)
June 18, 2014  "The EOLO III has
proven in just a few short weeks to be my new fave. It does get cold
when I use it, but thanks to the little ring insulators, my fingers
only get cold, they don’t stick to the aluminum." (redkiteprayer.com)
June 18, 2014 |  Austrian
cyclist Christoph
Strasser has won the men’s solo category in the Race
Across America (RAAM) for the third time in three years, in the process
setting the fastest speed ever for the coast-to-coast event’s history.
(road.cc)
June 18, 2014 June 18, 2014  In
recent years, sports betting has become more and more popular. It’s
glory days for the bookmakers but also for the event organizers. Due to
the rapid increase in sports betting and thereby property and image
exploitation, the event organizers naturally want a piece of the cake
as well, writes Mikkel
Condé. (inrng.com)
June 18, 2014  A
quick look around the WorldTour peloton these days shows somewhat of a
new trend of late – beards. With the likes of cycling royalty in Sir Bradley Wiggins
sporting some growth or classics strongmen Luca Paolini and Simon Geschke
sporting full grown beards. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Team Belkin boss Richard Plugge has
told Cyclingnews that he and his backroom staff have already started
the search for a sponsor after it was announced on Tuesday that Belkin would end
their title sponsorship at the end of the current season.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 18, 2014  Encouraged
by his team-mate Alberto
Contador’s strong showing in the recent Critérium du
Dauphiné, Tinkoff Saxo rider Nicolas
Roche has predicted a very close and dramatic match
between the Spaniard and defending champion Chris Froome.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 18, 2014  Mark Cavendish had a
clear sprint victory in the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland,
which has given him great confidence before the Tour de France, but
despite his hunger for even more success he sees Peter Sagan as the
favorite for the green jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 18, 2014  Giro
d’Italia winner Nairo
Quintana will not be at the Tour de France after the
Colombian was not named as part of Movistar’s 13-man pre-selection –
but British time trial champion Alex
Dowsett could make his debut in the race.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 18, 2014 On
the back of a successful Giro d'Italia, Colombia is heading into a very
busy week that will see the team in action on two fronts. Fabio Duarte leads a
strong roster for the Tour de Slovenie while youngster Edward Diaz and Darwin Pantoja get
their chance to see how far they can get in the mountainous Route du
Sud. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 18, 2014  The
trails are buff and ripe for riding so it’s time to shake off the dregs
of winter excess and get your engine – your body – firing on all cylinders. (bikeradar.com)
June 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars.
"Flawless single ring shifting, but price and weight split hairs with
XX1." (bikeradar.com)
June 18, 2014  Trek will also host
seminars throughout the day to demonstrate the Trek Precision Fit
process, while the women’s lecture will also return. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 18, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 18, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 |
 Mark Cavendish won
stage four of the Tour de Suisse in Ossingen, ahead of Juan José Lobato and
Peter Sagan.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  Wednesday's Tour de
Suisse Stage 5 departs Ossingen at 12:29pm CET (6:29am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Buren an der Aare at around 5:05pm CET
(11:05am U.S. Eastern). Tour de Suisse live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 17, 2014  Team
Cannondale confirmed today that its rider Daniele Ratto
suffered a compound fracture of the right collarbone in a crash during
the neutral roll-out of stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  Cannondale,
Orica-GreenEdge, and Giant-Shimano round out a list of 13 additional
teams announced for the 2014 Tour of Alberta, held September 2-7. Those
teams join previously announced UCI ProTeams Garmin-Sharp and Belkin.
Ten additional teams were also announced, including Pro Continental
team UnitedHealthcare, as well as a composite professional Canadian
National Team. (velonews.com)
June 17, 2014  Peter Sagan won a
trademark sprint on stage three of the Tour de Suisse, looking
impressive and fit as he fine-tunes his form for the Tour de France. Sagan's uphill
sprint win in Heiden was his sixth win of 2014. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 17, 2014  Omega
Pharma-Quickstep will build their Tour de France team around both Mark
Cavendish and Michal Kwiatkowski, the Belgian super team has confirmed.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 17, 2014  Marcel Kittel has
recovered from the fever which forced him to withdraw from the Giro
d'Italia and enters the Ster ZLM Toer off the back of a period of
high-altitude training. The 25-year-old repeats his Tour de France
preparation from last year with his appearance at the race and will
again look to win a stage as he did in 2013. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  It’s
been teased, and people have been building AIR9 Carbon hardtails with
drop bars for years. And there’s
enough Niner employees that race ‘cross that it needed to
happen. After all, the RLT9 gravel road bike proved they could
translate their mountain bike heritage into something new.
(bikerumor.com)
June 17, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Distinctive, effective and decent value,
there’s much to like about the Equinox." (bikeradar.com)
June 17, 2014  "I
found that Campagnolo
Record EPS levers worked fine with TRP Parabox
cable/hydraulic disc brakes. But the brakes faded on steep corners on
hot days — fine for CX, but not good for the road!" (velonews.com)
June 17, 2014  If
you’ve ever regularly opened your sun roof or craned your head out of
the window to check the contents of your roof rack, then you might be
excited about the Roof
Scope. (bikerumor.com)
June 17, 2014 June 15, 2014 |  What
started as an authoritative two-stage salvo on the Critérium du
Dauphiné fast descended - Bradley
Wiggins-esque - into a litany of blows for Chris Froome.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
June 17, 2014 If
Bradley Wiggins
wanted to earn a chance to show himself to the Team Sky leaders with a
stellar Tour de Suisse performance ahead of selection for the Tour de
France, he wasn't helped by his fortunes. After falling ill and losing
2:25 on stage 3's hectic finish, a crash on today's fourth stage set
him even further back. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  Mauro Santambrogio
is expected to serve an 18-month ban following his positive test for
EPO at the 2013 Giro d'Italia, after becoming the first Italian rider
to confess to the UCI's Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC),
according to Gazzetta dello Sport. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  "How
come you such a stinker? I washed onna your bikin’ undershirts three
times and still onna nasty old stale ammonia stinky underparts."
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 17, 2014  The
Dauphiné brought great racing with the top contenders for the Tour de
France in Alpine action. The Tour de Suisse promises more of the same
but also racing of a different kind with riders struggling to be
themselves, competing for the eye of their managers and with whole
teams in racing against time to save their future. (inrng.com)
June 17, 2014  In
the Tour de France, Roman
Kreuziger will be the most important domestique for Alberto Contador but
the pair have not been racing together in the build-up to La Grande
Boucle. While Contador
finished second in the Criterium du Dauphiné, Kreuziger is
trying to win the Tour de Suisse. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 17, 2014  "I
really only started competing in cycling in 2008, which is really not
so long ago, in my twenties, which is quite late in professional
sport."
(podiumcafe.com)
June 17, 2014  Last
week Mavic announced the opening of la
Maison Jaune (the Yellow House) in Newbury Park,
California. The facility sits just down the road from Giant’s U.S.
headquarters in Ventura County at the very edge of Los Angeles’ massive
sprawl.
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 17, 2014  Team
Belkin have been trialling camerras for a while now with some
spectacular footage. Each device will capture material for digital and
TV distribution through the weekly inCycle
TV show, digital partners and relevant team websites.
Produced by IMG, inCycle was launched in spring 2014 and is currently
distributed throughout 35 countries reaching 450 million households
(wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
June 17, 2014  After
seeing The Cutter frames
from Spy Optic back at Interbike this year, we knew we wanted to get
our hands on them to test them out. They may not look like the
sportiest set of sunglasses around, but the Happy Lenses
intrigued us, and frankly, the glasses looked cool.
(cxmagazine.com)
June 17, 2014  Find
a clip-in pedal
that's right for you. (bikeradar.com)
June 17, 2014  Kali Protectives is
a relatively new brand in the cycling helmet market, but the Morgan
Hill-based company is helping to pioneer the push for safer helmets.
Kali’s newest product incorporates a material that is capable of
withstanding over 10
impacts — a new feature in the helmet world. (velonews.com)
June 17, 2014  "From
the sheer bravery felt in corners to the power driven to the ground in
a sprint, these wheels throw down. In any weather the C50 never lets up
and as for the road surface, it’s perfectly capable of withstanding a
beating." (socalcycling.com)
June 17, 2014 | June 17, 2014  Belkin
riders woke up to the shocking news Tuesday morning that title sponsor Belkin is abandoning
the team at season’s end. (velonews.com)
June 17, 2014  When
Sep Vanmarcke
woke up this morning his only thoughts were about today’s fourth stage
of the Tour de Suisse. However, that all changed for the Belkin rider
and his teammates when they found out that their title sponsor would be
pulling out at the end of the year. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  Peter
Sagan's quest to score more stage wins in this year's Tour de Suisse
has suffered a huge blow. One of his most important lead-out men
Daniele Ratto crashed in the neutral zone in today's stage and left the
race with a broken collarbone. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 17, 2014  Today
Ag2r-La Mondiale selected 8 of the 9 riders that will line up at the
2014 Tour de France and as expected Carlos
Betancur was not on the list. Team manager Vincent Lavenu
claims that it was a unilateral decision by the Colombian not to do the
race and that he can expect some kind of sanction. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 17, 2014  Marc Madiot already
has sprinter Arnaud
Démare and climber Thibaut
Pinot pencilled in as his Tour leaders, but is now mulling
over if and how he can accommodate Giro d’Italia points champion Nacer Bouhanni among
his nine starters in Yorkshire on 5 July. (cyclingnews.com)
June 17, 2014  John Kelly was born
into the business of healthcare, but cycling was a love affair that
grew over time. As the son of the founders of Kelly Benefit Strategies
(KBS), he was in the unique position to direct the company as it grew
over the years. This allowed him to invest in cycling, including the
pro men’s and
women’s team that has grown into one of the largest in
the U.S., Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies.
(diamondback.com)
June 17, 2014  My
most memorable rides involved a challenge
and friends. We came up with a goal, and then we set out,
as a group of friends, to achieve that goal. What followed was a
magical ride full of seamless teamwork. (janheine.wordpress.com)
June 17, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Pin sharp accuracy and light weight give
a giggle-inducing ride." (bikeradar.com)
June 17, 2014  Due
to the wide spread adoption of tubeless technology, the scourge of
untimely flats has largely been eradicated from the trail scene. But no
matter how smooth the rider, or fancy the setup, sometimes bad luck
favors the bold, and then you need a mini pump. (bikerumor.com)
June 17, 2014  The
three picks feature aluminum handles with a magnet on the end. The
picks are replaceable,
cold formed, heat treated and polished high carbon steel.
(bicycleretailer.com)
June 17, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 17, 2014 June 16, 2014 June 16, 2014 |
 Peter Sagan timed
his sprint to perfection to win stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse from
Sarnen to Heiden, finishing ahead of Michael Albasini and
Sergio Henao.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014  Tuesday's
Tour de Suisse Stage 4 departs Heiden at 1:02pm CET (7:02am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Ossingen at around 5:05pm CET
(11:05am U.S. Eastern). Tour de Suisse live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 16, 2014  Omega
Pharma-QuickStep are to send Michal
Kwiatkowski for tests this week, in an attempt to get to
the bottom of his poor performance at the Critérium du Dauphiné.
June 16, 2014  Despite
slipping from second to 12th overall on the final stage of the
Critérium du Dauphiné following the effects of a crash on stage 5, Chris Froome was
bouyed by his two stage wins, six days in the leaders jersey and
victory in the points classification. Mikel Nieve's stage
win saved the day with his first stage win for Sky in Courchevel but it
was the performance by Froome
that attracted equal attention. (cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 16, 2014  Mathieu Van Der Poel
proved that he is a future star in the making when he beat several
WorldTour stars to win the Ronde van Limburg. When the hilly race came
down to a bunch sprint, the youngster held off Paul Martens and Greg Henderson to
take the biggest win of his career. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 16, 2014  The
difficult, hilly course of the Stillwater Criterium was not enough to
change the overall standings of the North Star Grand Prix on Sunday,
with GC leaders Ryan
Anderson and Carmen
Small securing overall victory of the six-stage race.
(velonews.com)
June 16, 2014  The
legendary Stillwater Criterium lived up to its reputation as one of the
hardest races in the United States on Sunday. Attacks flew as the
racers went up Chilkoot hill which features a 24 degree grade to
the finish line. (cyclingillustrated.com)
June 16, 2014  The
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team added to its list of 2014
successes last week when Toms
Skujins won the overall at the UCI 2.2 Tour de Beauce in
Canada. Skujins
took the yellow jersey after winning stage 2 and then defended his lead
through the finale on Sunday, when the 23-year-old Latvian took a
second stage win along with the points jersey and the competition for
best young rider. (cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014 June 15, 2014 June 15, 2014 June 15, 2014 June 15, 2014 June 15, 2014 |  The
Tour de Suisse is proving costly to Tour de France ambitions for more
than a few big names. Bradley
Wiggins, who was on the bubble, at best, to earn a spot
for Team Sky’s nine-man Tour team, ceded more than two minutes in
Monday’s challenging finale won by Peter
Sagan, all but ending his GC hopes, and most likely his
Tour hopes as well. (velonews.com)
June 16, 2014  Andrew Talansky
leads the breakaway on Stage 8 of the Dauphiné. He’d gone clear in a
maxi-breakaway early in the stage and became the virtual race leader on
the road. By now Alberto
Contador was chasing and eating into the lead but Talansky was driving
the pace almost as if in a solo breakaway. This was the moment the race
was won. (inrng.com)
June 16, 2014  Trek
Factory Racing team manager Luca
Guercilena says that Andy
Schleck will not target the general classification at the
upcoming Tour de France, but will focus on winning stages - provided he
earns a place on the team during the Tour de Suisse. (cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014  Tom Boonen has
confirmed that he won’t be part of the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team for
the Tour de France, saying he will instead ride the Vuelta a Espana and
target the world road race championships. (cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014  Frank Schleck has
abandoned the Tour de Suisse, after being diagnosed with severe
concussion. (cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014  As
fondos go, the Oregon Gran Fondo isn’t huge. Right about 500 people,
which is enough to give you someone to ride with no matter where you
are on the course. It’s also ex-pro-free,
so it avoids any nasty questions about who’s fleecing who. It features
a proper start and the course isn’t some repackaged century.
(redkiteprayer.com)
June 16, 2014  Two
muddy bikes are perched atop the car. The cooler is packed. The tank is
full of 87 Octane and the highway stretches before us. Our options are
endless. (bikemag.com)
June 16, 2014  Anti-vibration
system could be tuned to a rider’s weight? (bikeradar.com)
June 16, 2014  Like
the Party Frank, the Party Combo has a seamless 620mm (24.4-inch)-long
braided high-tensile steel wire with a fiber core technology that the
company says adds resistance to bolt-cutters. (bicycleretailer.com)
June 16, 2014 June 15, 2014 | June 16, 2014  Levi Leipheimer is a
man between endpoints. How those endpoints are currently defined,
however, he can’t quite say. Leipheimer
is a former world-class athlete, but with a permanent stain on his
legacy. He spent half his life building toward achievements that many
see as meaningless. He is a former role model, but a man without a
platform. He carries a wealth of knowledge about professional cycling,
but is uncertain where that information is welcomed. He’s apologized
for his actions, knowing full well that many will never forgive him.
(velonews.com)
June 16, 2014  The
World Anti Doping Agency has said that it doesn’t have an issue with
the UCI’s decision to grant Chris
Froome a therapeutic use exemption for the corticosteroid
prednisolone, believing that the regulations were followed as required.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
 The
World Anti-Doping Agency has filed an appeal to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS), requesting longer bans for three men
involved in doping at Lance
Armstrong's former US Postal Service Team: team manager Johan Bruyneel,
doctor Pedro Celaya
and trainer Jose 'Pepe"
Marti. (cyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014  "With
more action than most GrandTours squeeze into 3 weeks this year’s
Dauphiné was an absolute cracker. We look at the big events of Froome imploding,
the resurgence of Alberto
Contador and the simply superb performance of Andrew Talansky.
What a race!" (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 16, 2014  The
66th Criterium du Dauphine certainly delivered on its pre-race billing,
giving us plenty to ponder ahead of the Tour de France.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 16, 2014  The
Grade Carbon
frame is created using variable high modulus construction. Using
different modulus carbons, GT is able to better tune the ride of the
frame. Each tube is designed to provide lateral stiffness while
increasing vertical compliance. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 16, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict:4 out of 5 stars. "High-performing and responsive wheels keep
the tubular flag flying high." (bikeradar.com)
June 16, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 16, 2014 |
 He
may have produced one of the most exciting moments the sport of cycling
has witnessed this year when he sealed the overall win at the Critérium
du Dauphiné on stage 8 but Garmin-Sharp's Andrew Talansky is
quickly moving onto his next goal. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014 Garmin-Sharp’s
Andrew Talansky
dethroned race leader Alberto
Contador on the final stage to win the Criterium du
Dauphine as Mikel Nieve
claimed the stage victory to salvage a dismal day for Team Sky.
(sbs.com.au)
June 15, 2014  Talansky holds off Contador to win
Critérium du Dauphiné as Froome
cracks. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014  Wilco Kelderman
found himself on the defensive in today's final stage of the Criterium
du Dauphiné when he failed to make it into the 23-rider group that made
the race explode. The Dutchman regretted not reacting to the attacks as
he could have finished on the podium if he had not been too focused on Alberto Contador.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014 Vincenzo Nibali
tried to salvage his Criterium du Dauphiné with a late move in the
dramatic final stage and at one point he seemed to have got the better
off Chris Froome
and Alberto Contador.
In the end, however, he blew up and ends the race down in 7th place.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014  American
Andrew Talansky
is heading towards the podium of the Critérium du Dauphiné with only
one stage remaining. (velonews.com)
June 15, 2014  Team
Sky’s Chris Froome
was helpless to respond as the rear wheel of Alberto Contador
disappeared into the distance after an attack by the Tinkoff-Saxo rider
reversed the top two positions of the Criterium du Dauphine.
(sbs.com.au)
June 15, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages & Results), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 15, 2014  Monday's Tour de
Suisse Stage 3 departs Sarnen at 11:48am CET (5:48am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Heiden at around 5:05pm CET (11:05am U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Suisse live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:30pm CET
(9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 15, 2014 June 14, 2014 June 14, 2014 |  Cameron Meyer denied
big favorite Peter Sagan
the win in today’s second stage of the Tour de Suisse when he joined Lawrence Warbasse
and Philip Deignan
to form a trio that narrowly held off the peloton. The Australian was
clearly the fastest in the sprint while Sagan had to settle
for fourth on a day when race leader Tony Martin was
isolated but managed to defend his lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014  Cameron Meyer may
have taken the stage win but the happiest man after the second stage of
the Tour de Suisse was Larry
Warbasse. The American was beaten into third in the sprint
but having just had bad news about potential contracts for the future,
he was pleased to prove that he deserves his place on the WorldTour.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014  Hincapie
Sportswear Development Team's Toms
Skujins celebrated his 23rd birthday with an impressive
flair Sunday at the 29th Tour de Beauce, winning the final stage and
sealing the overall win along with the jerseys for best young rider and
the points competition. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014  Belgian
Tom Devriendt
of Team 3M out-sprinted his breakaway mates in the pouring rain to win
the Menomonie Road Race, stage 5 of the North Star Grand Prix on
Saturday. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014  Leonardo Pinizzotto
spent a second day off the front at the Tour de Beauce during
Saturday's stage 4 circuit race through old Québec City, but this time
the Amore & Vita-Selle SMP rider rewarded himself with a stage
win. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014  Gillian Carleton
swooped around the attacking teams in the rainy final laps in Menomonie
to win by several bike lengths. Leah
Kirchmann took second with Lizzie Williams
close on her wheel for third. (podiuminsight.com)
June 15, 2014  Belgian
Tom Devriendt
outsprinted his breakmates in the pouring rain to win the Menomonie
Road Race, stage 5 of the North Star Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon.
Australian Fabio Calabria was
second and the reigning US National Champion Eric Marcotte was
third.
June 15, 2014  Despite
losing ground to Alberto
Contador and Chris
Froome in the final two kilometers of Saturday’s
penultimate stage to Finhaut-Emosson, Vincenzo Nibali has
declared himself pleased with his condition as the Critérium du
Dauphiné draws to a close. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014  Nick Nuyens
yesterday finished his first training ride after his heart surgery
earlier this week. Barely two weeks after he had to abandon the Bayern
Rundfahrt is the issue. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014 |  Peter Stetina has
the green light to start his first Tour de France after a week racing
with BMC’s leader, Tejay
van Garderen, at the Critérium du Dauphiné. “Everyone’s
saying Alberto Contador
and Chris Froome,
but that’s more for this race,” Stetina said. “There are three weeks in
the Tour de France, and five weeks until it finishes, so a lot can
happen. We are opportunistic, we are rallying around Tejay.”
(velonews.com)
June 15, 2014  Having
won stage 1 of the 2013 Tour de Suisse, Cam Meyer's fast
finish from a three-man breakaway netted him stage 2 of the 2014
edition of the race. The Australian timed his sprint to perfection from
third wheel to beat Philip
Deignan and Lawrence
Warbasse for line honors in Sernen and record
Orica-GreenEdge's 23rd win of 2014. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014 
The UCI gave Chris Froome
a therapeutic use exemption for the corticosteroid
prednisolone at this year’s Tour de Romandie without
following the correct protocol, Le Journal du Dimanche has reported.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014 Frank Schleck has
had a lot of bad luck in his comeback season and today it all continued
when he crashed on a foggy descent in the second stage of the Tour de
Suisse. Having lost more than 16 minutes, he is out of the battle for
the overall win after today that also saw his teammate Stijn Devolder
abandon the race due to illness. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014  Domenico Pozzovivo
has withdrawn from the Tour de Suisse just a day after finishing 5th in
the opening time trial in Bellinzona. The Italian climber did not start
stage 2, citing illness. (cyclingnews.com)
June 15, 2014  Thomas Löfkvist and
his IAM cycling team were forced to cancel his participation in the
ongoing Tour de Suisse as well as this year’s Tour de France, which
starts next month, as the Swede needs rest due to overtraining. His new
target is the Vuelta a Espana. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 15, 2014  And
once again, Tom Ritchey
comes to the rescue. What is it with this dude? (redkiteprayer.com)
June 15, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars.
"Super-versatile all-rounder with state of the art construction."
(bikeradar.com)
June 15, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 15, 2014 June 14, 2014 June 14, 2014 |
 Exactly
three weeks before the start of the Tour de France, Alberto Contador
sent the clearest signal yet to defending champion Chris Froome and the
other contenders that he means business this year (cyclingtips.com.au).
June 14, 2014 
Astana’s Lieuwe Westra
finally got his win at the Critérium du Dauphiné, putting in a
last-minute attack after a long and desperate chase to secure the sixth
stage in the mountaintop finish at Finhaut-Emosson. With only 150
meters to go, he caught and passed Katusha teammates Yury Trofimov and Egon Silin, who
finished second and third on the day. (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  Alberto Contador has
vowed to attack Chris
Froome during the Critérium du Dauphiné’s concluding
doubleheader in the high Alps, although he acknowledged that the
British rider has shown himself to be the strongest rider in the race
to date. (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 14, 2014  Tobin Ortenblad won
the Uptown Minneapolis Criterium by beating the US road champion Eric Marcotte in a
sprint finish, while Timothy
Stevens claimed third place. (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  Rapha
Condor Sharp's Hugh
Carthy stage queen stage win and puts himself into yellow
jersey. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 14, 2014  "It's
crazy, I can not really understand the logic of this team. Nairo is one of the
biggest stars of cycling, he won the Giro, was second in the Tour and
he would improve the team" (cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  Sunday's
Criterium du Dauphine Stage 8 departs Megeve at 1:10pm CET (7:10am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Courchevel at around 4:52pm
CET (10:52am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 14, 2014  Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 14, 2014 June 13, 2014 June 13, 2014 June 13, 2014 |  World
time trial champion Tony
Martin emerged victorious in the opening time trial of the
Tour de Suisse after mastering the testing 9.4km course in Bellinzona.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  After
a hard Giro d'Italia, Cadel
Evans is lining up at the Tour de Suisse, hoping to finish
high in the overall standings but he got his race off to a poor start.
After finishing 63rd in the opening time trial, he said that he may
lack a bit of punch after three weeks of hard racing.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  Going
into the opening time trial of the Tour de Suisse, Bradley Wiggins was
one of the big favorites but the Brit could only manage 14th. With
several corners and a very technical descent, his Sky team claims that
their star didn't want to take any risks and were pleased to see Sergio Henao and Peter Kennaugh
perform surprisingly well. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014 This
week Rui Costa
has a chance to make history as he can become the first rider to win
the Tour de Suisse three years in a row. However, he got his race off
to a poor start as he could only manage 28th in the opening time trial.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  The
cameras, provided by Shimano, can be installed forward-facing on the
handlebars or rear-facing, mounted under the saddle, and content will
downloaded from memory cards after each stage. (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  Alberto Contador has
told Cyclingnews that riding on a team with Peter Sagan would be
incredible. Sagan
is hotly tipped to sign for Contador’s
Tinkoff-Saxo team at the end of the season. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  Peter Stetina has
faith that his BMC team leader Tejay
van Garderen will turn his form around for the Tour de
France. Van Garderen
lost time on the first mountain stage of this year’s Critérium du
Dauphiné on stage 2 but revealed that he had suffered a small fracture
in his hip in a fall at the Tour of Romandie. (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  Jens Voigt has
described riding the Tour de France in his final season as an honor but
he admits that his place on the Trek Factory Racing roster is far from
secure. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  Saturday's Stage
1 starts at 1:56pm CET (7:56am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 5:05pm
CET (11:05am U.S. Eastern). Live
video from 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern, 6:30am PST).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 14, 2014 June 13, 2014 | June 14, 2014  Best
known as someone who transformed his life to become a European
professional at 34 years of age, former Cervélo Test Team rider Joao Correia now
runs the CorSo sports agency with business partner Ken Sommer. In part
one of this interview Correia
explains why he believes rider/team relationships trump the search for
the highest salary. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 14, 2014  Alberto Contador
launched a last-ditch attack on the final climb to unhorse Chris Froome as
leader of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Saturday as Lieuwe Westra roared
up from behind to steal the stage win from a flagging pair of Katusha
attackers. (velonews.com)
June 14, 2014  Bob Stapleton has
been elected as chairman of the USA Cycling Board of Directors. Alex Nieroth was
elected as vice-chairman. USA Cycling announced the results of the
election which were part of its meetings in Colorado Springs, Colorado
on Friday. (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  Dave Brailsford has
told Cycling Weekly that he still has confidence in Richie Porte.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  "A
mountaintop finish takes its own sweet time." (cyclingnews.com)
June 14, 2014  After
performing well in the Giro d’Italia and currently having another solid
ride at the Dauphine, Ryder
Hesjedal is now going to target the Vuelta a Espana. He
will rest after the Dauphine and then build up to the Spanish Grand
Tour, where he is a previous stage winner. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 14, 2014  'Boost 148' promises
stiffer wheels, more clearance. (bikeradar.com)
June 14, 2014  Disc-equipped
road bike
with bolt-thru axle fork and space for up to 35mm tires launched in
Utah. (road.cc)
June 14, 2014 June 13, 2014 June 13, 2014 |
 Jan Bakelants
claimed stage 6 of the Criterium du Dauhpine in a two-man sprint ahead
of Lieuwe Westra.
The pair broke clear from a large break in the closing kilometers of
the race, dropping Pim
Ligthart before the finish. (cyclingnews.com)
June 13, 2014  Chris Froome got a
scare when he crashed in today's stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné but
luckily he escaped the incident without any major injuries. He praises
Astana and Tinkoff-Saxo for showing great sportsmanship by waiting for
the race leader. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 13, 2014  Following
his excellent performances in the Giro d'Italia and the Criterium du
Dauphiné, Wilco Kelderman
is now one of the hottest topics on the transfer market. Different
media report that Orica-GreenEDGE, Sky and BMC have all shown interest
in the talented Dutchman that also considers staying at his current
Belkin team. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 13, 2014  Thursday's
Queen Stage at the Tour de Beauce delivered as promised, turning the
race on its head and determining the general classification heading
into Friday's time trial. Hincapie Sportswear's 22-year-old Latvian Tom Skujins was the
last survivor of a daylong breakaway, taking the stage 2 win and the
overall lead at the top of Mont Megantic. (cyclingnews.com)
June 13, 2014  While
the Criterium du Dauphine continues in France, the Tour de Suisse kicks
off on Sunday June 15. Both of these WorldTour-level
races are used as warm-up events for the Tour de France in July, and
attract a star-studded list of riders. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 13, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 13, 2014  Orica-GreenEdge is
ready to step up and target overall success in a Grand Tour. The
Australian team has reiterated it is looking to sign and develop a
future Grand Tour winner and is making long-term plans to change its
roster to obtain its goal. (cyclingnews.com)
June 13, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Extraordinary frameset hits the sweet spot of comfort and
agility." (bikeradar.com)
June 13, 2014  Available
starting June 25th, the new 1x specific chainring from Absolute Black is
claimed to the lightest spiderless option available for Cannondale
Hollowgram cranks. (bikerumor.com)
June 13, 2014  Saturday's Criterium
du Dauphine Stage 7 departs Ville-la-Grand at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Finhaut-Emosson at around
4:39pm CET (10:39am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
Stage 7 start time: Saturday 12:05 CET (3:05 AM PST); Earliest live video: 13:30 CET (4:30 AM PST); Approximate finish: 16:39 CET (7:39 AM PST). (steephill.tv) June 13, 2014  Saturday's Stage
1 starts at 1:56pm CET (7:56am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 5:05pm
CET (11:05am U.S. Eastern). Live
video from 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern, 6:30am PST).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 13, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 13, 2014 June 12, 2014 |  While
most of the Tour de France top guns duke it out over the French Alps at
the Critérium du Dauphiné,
the venerable Tour de
Suisse provides an alternative road to the sport’s biggest
race. (velonews.com)
June 13, 2014  Austrian
philosopher Ludwig
Wittgenstein said a game consists of the rules by which
it’s played. If so then pro cycling has some shaky
foundations. (inrng.com)
June 13, 2014  Thomas Bach,
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has praised the
efforts of the UCI in the fight against doping during a meeting with
UCI President Brian
Cookson in Lausanne. The UCI held a meeting of the
Professional Cycling Council at the IOC headquarters and will hold the
two-day UCI Management Committee meeting there this week.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 13, 2014  Lizzie Armitstead is
racing in the four-day Emakumeen Euskal Bira in Spain and is in strong
form. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 13, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
manager Bjarne Riis
says Alberto Contador
is in great form ahead of the Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 13, 2014 For
the second day in a row, Jens
Voigt made it into the right breakaway in the Criterium du
Dauphiné but in the finale he didn't have the legs to go with Jan Bakelants and Lieuwe Westra.
Nonetheless, he was pleased with his performance and admitted to be a
little bit impressed by himself. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 13, 2014  Nairo Quintana may
have set the tone for the summer, as the pure climbers seek to excel at
the Grand Tours this season. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 13, 2014  An
epistolary dialogue between the Basque rider Pedro Horrillo and a
Dutch journalist, Nando
Boers. (podiumcafe.com)
June 13, 2014  In
his book – “When
Bikehood Was In Flower” – Irving Leonard described the
impact of the cycling craze in North America in the 1890s. So popular
was the sport that by 1896, even Madison
Square Garden (yes it was built to be a velodrome!) proved
too small to accommodate the masses in the ‘Great Bicycle Exhibition’.
(shutup-legs.com)
June 13, 2014  Zipp's new SL-70
Aero carbon road bar boasts airfoil-section tops and yet is supposedly
30 percent stiffer than the old VukaSprint
model. (bikeradar.com)
June 13, 2014 June 12, 2014 June 12, 2014 |  “I
am not a student of Lance
Armstrong or that period in cycling. He doesn’t interest
me and that era doesn’t interest me.” (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 13, 2014  “It’s
a pandora’s box of people who lied to protect Lance. They could
all get in trouble.” (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 13, 2014  Tygart
addresses the broader topic of doping in sports, how cycling compares
to other professional and Olympic sports, how USADA works with the UCI,
and his vision to create new directions and solutions for cleaning up
and reforming sports in the future. (velonews.com)
June 13, 2014 After
a month of training in the USA, Peter
Sagan is ready to make his return to competition in the
Tour de Suisse which starts tomorrow. For the third year in a row, the
Slovakian will use the race as his final preparation for the Tour de
France and he hopes to add to the 8 stage victories he has taken over
the last three years. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 13, 2014  The
stage 3 Cannon Falls
road race at the North Star Grand Prix saw the day’s
winners also take over race leadership in both the men’s and women’s
fields on Thursday.
June 13, 2014  Lance Armstrong gave
sworn testimony Thursday as part of a Texas firm’s effort to recoup
millions of dollars it paid the disgraced American for what
he later admitted were drug-fueled Tour de France victories.
(velonews.com)
June 13, 2014  The
South of France is known as a beautiful place to visit as a tourist
with its spectacular scenery, history, food and wine but it’s also one
of the best places in
the world to ride a bike. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 13, 2014  Improving
your tires can make the biggest
impact in the speed of your bike (apart from changing the
motor!). The difference is especially pronounced for slower riders,
whose wind resistance is less than that of faster riders.
(janheine.wordpress.com)
June 13, 2014  Chris Froome’s 2012
Pinarello Dogma team bike is up for sale on eBay. The bike was won in a
competition but is being acutioned on eBay because it is too big for
the man who won it. All the proceeds will go to a children’s charity.
(road.cc)
June 13, 2014  Bike Snob on Locking
Bikes: A cynic's guide to outwitting bike thieves. (bicycling.com)
June 13, 2014 June 12, 2014 |
 The
big mountains of the Tour de France may be over a month away, but
former winners Chris
Froome and Alberto
Contador are already sizing each other up, trying to score
psychological points and going head to head in the Critérium du
Dauphiné. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 12, 2014 
Simon Spilak took the second straight stage win for
Katusha in the Criterium Dauphine, winning solo in La Mure as the lone
survivor of an escape group. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  Valerio Conti
is the youngest rider in the Criterium du Dauphiné and has put his
great climbing skills on show in the first few stages. Unfortunately, a
stupid incident with his radio earpieces took him out of GC contention
in today's fifth stage of the race. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 12, 2014  After
Wednesday’s opening day of racing at the North Star Grand Prix, time
trial specialists Tom
Zirbel and Alison
Powers held court at the six-stage race, held in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul area. (velonews.com)
June 12, 2014  Tom Zirbel of the
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies team set the fastest time on the
Saint Paul Riverfront Time Trial, the opening stage of the North Star
Grand Prix on Wednesday morning. (podiuminsight.com)
June 12, 2014  Alison Powers posted
the only sub-11 minute time in the women’s field to win stage one of
the North Star Grand Prix. (podiuminsight.com)
June 12, 2014  Neo-pro
Silvan Dillier
found himself with some high-level support in today's GP Gippingen, his
home race. With Philippe
Gilbert, Cadel
Evans and Samuel
Sanchez at his side, the young Swiss lived up to the
confidence by taking second in the hilly race. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 12, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 12, 2014  Jan Bakelants is
still fighting for a chance to ride the Tour de France. Despite winning
the stage to Ajaccio and wearing the yellow jersey for two days, he
knows that he faces very tough competition for a spot on the Omega
Pharma-QuickStep squad. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  Friday's Criterium
du Dauphine Stage 6 departs Grenoble at 10:15am CET (4:15am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Poisy at around 2:44pm CET
(8:44am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 12, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 12, 2014 June 11, 2014 |  North
Star Grand Prix stage 1 winner and overall leader Alison Powers made
her life a little simpler this year after winning the US professional
championship time trial and road race last month while already owning
the criterium title from last year. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  World
champion Rui Costa
bids for a third straight Tour de Suisse this month ahead of his Tour
de France bid. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 12, 2014  Jens
Voigt has had a slow start to his final professional
season but today
he was back in the thick of the action at the WorldTour level. The
German bridged the gap to the early break but when Alberto Contador
detonated the peloton, he saw his chances getting crushed.
(cyclingquotes.com)
June 12, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali and
his Astana team realize they are down, but they do not consider
themselves out for the Tour de France. (velonews.com)
June 12, 2014  Carlos Betancur is
suffering with the citalomegavirus and so will not return to Europe in
time to compete in this year's Tour de France according to his mentor
and Colombian national coach Franco
Gini. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  Chris Froome’s
lingering back injury continues to be an issue for the Tour de France
champion, but he is keeping it in check with specific exercises so that
it does not pose a problem when he starts the Tour in July.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 12, 2014  It
took just six races for Amore Vita-Selle SMP's Luca Benedetti to
score his first professional win, which came Wednesday at the UCI 2.2
Tour de Beauce in Quebec. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  On
paper today's stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné seemed to be
tailor-made for French champion Arthur
Vichot and the Frenchman made sure to be present when the
break took off. In the end, however, he got dropped as he is not yet at
100% after his recent knee injury. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 12, 2014 Hincapie
Sportswear's Tom Skujins,
who won the Tour de Beauce Queen Stage that finished at the Top of Mont
Meganitc on Thursday, celebrated his upcoming birthday a little earlier
than expected. The 22-year-old Latvian will turn 23 on Sunday, when he
was hoping to win the UCI 2.2 race's final stage. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  "The
... benefit of improved efficiency is a change in pricing. The GSL
brake set will drop to $259 from $369. The new Micro drops from $429 to
$279. International orders add $20 to $30. The last reason to care?
Because the brakes are amazing." (bikerumor.com)
June 12, 2014  From
frame material to gear ratios, how to make sure you buy the right bike.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 12, 2014 June 11, 2014 |  Lance Armstrong gave
sworn testimony Thursday as part of a Texas firm’s effort to recoup
millions of dollars it paid the disgraced American for what
he later admitted were drug-fueled Tour de France victories.
(velonews.com)
June 12, 2014  The
hour record may be the ultimate benchmark of a cyclist’s fitness. It
requires few rules and even less explanation. Go all-out for an hour on
a velodrome. How far can you get before the gun sounds in 60 minutes?
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 12, 2014 On
Saturday Rui Costa
will line up at the Tour de Suisse, trying to win the race for the
third year in a row. Today he proved that he is getting into his best
condition when he launched a strong attack in the finale of the GP
Gippingen. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 12, 2014 Nacer Bouhanni is
considering three identical offers as he narrows down his options for
his 2015 contract. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  When
I think about Japan,
descriptions like “polite”, “clean”, “punctual”, “neon”, “awesome
toilets”, "sumo" and possibly "keirin" come to mind.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 12, 2014  2014
Paris-Roubaix winner Niki
Terpstra has been rewarded with a three-year contract
extension at Omega Pharma-QuickStep. (cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  Defending
road world champion Marianne
Vos took advantage of a break in the midst of a block of
racing in Spain to inspect the world championships course in Ponferrada
with her Rabobank liv team and three other Dutch teammates.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 12, 2014  Two
days after his amazing stage victory, Nikias Arndt again
showed that he has excellent legs at the moment when he finished in the
first big group behind the race favorites in today's very hard stage of
the Criterium du Dauphiné. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 12, 2014  Chris Boardman,
Olympic gold medallist and former head of British Cycling’s R&D
department, said he spoke with Dimitris
Katsanis, the consultant hired by the UCI to accelerate
innovation in international cycling. It was Boardman’s “educated
guess” that they would arrive in competition in two
years. (bikeradar.com)
June 12, 2014  Bicycling
is one of life's most simple
pleasures and everyday (especially in the summer when the
weather is nice!) it is becoming better and better to start riding.
(diamondback.com)
June 12, 2014  "While
Lezyne
makes numerous high quality accessories for cycling, some of our
favorite items in their product line are pumps." (bikerumor.com)
June 12, 2014 June 11, 2014 |
 Yuri Trofimov
escaped from the break of the day on the Col de Manse to win alone in
Gap after an aggressive day of racing during stage four of the
Criterium du Dauphine. (cyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014  Light
shows, beautiful scenery and great weather can’t hide the fact that Chris Froome is
simply flying in France and in the Dauphiné he appears already
in control. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014  Thursday's Criterium
du Dauphine Stage 5 departs Sisteron at 9:35am CET (3:35am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at La Mure at around 2:44pm CET
(8:44am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S.
Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
June 11, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 11, 2014  Organizers
of the 2014 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah revealed the detailed race
route Wednesday that will establish it as the longest pro cycling stage race in
North America in 2014, with 753.8 miles and 57,863 feet of
vertical gain in seven days of racing. (velonews.com)
June 11, 2014  After
a successful Giro d'Italia, Fabio
Duarte returns to competition when he lines up as Colombia
leader in the GP Gippingen. The hilly course could suit the climber who
will have another Giro rider, fast finisher Jeffry Romero, at
his side. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 11, 2014  When
a Bugatti
drives by you think performance, speed, beauty and above all else,
money. The nearest analog in cycling is the Pinarello Dogma.
Now, Bugatti
does not play in the entry-level market, but Pinarello doesn’t
have that luxury. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 11, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 11, 2014 June 10, 2014 June 9, 2014 |  The
2013 Vuelta a España winner Chris
Horner’s chances of riding the Tour de France will hinge
on his performance in the upcoming Tour of Slovenia, which begins on
June 19th and runs for four days.
June 11, 2014  With
the Dauphiné having arrived in a town called Gap what better time to
talk about the science
and art of managing a breakaway? (inrng.com)
June 11, 2014  Dropped
on stage three of the Critérium du Dauphiné and a non-starter on stage
four, Thor Hushovd
has accepted that he won’t ride this year’s Tour de France and said
that his goal now is to work out what is wrong with his body, return to
good health and prove that he still has a future in the sport.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 11, 2014  Alberto Contador has
said that he would welcome Peter
Sagan to the Tinkoff-Saxo team with open arms, should the
Classics star sign for Oleg
Tinkov’s squad. (cyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014  BMC
Racing is not worried for its young American star Tejay van Garderen
because the team believes that he has plenty of time to reach his best
for the Tour de France. (velonews.com)
June 11, 2014  Bradley Wiggins has
been named in the England team for the Commonwealth Games further
fueling speculation that he will not be part of Team Sky's squad for
this year's Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014  When
Ashleigh Moolman
relocated from South Africa to join the women's peloton in 2010, she
wasn't just breaking new ground in terms of internationalisation, she
also brought the excitement of a fan, promoting the sport while
training and racing. (podiumcafe.com)
June 11, 2014  There’s
a theory in cycling safety circles that the more people riding bikes,
the safer cycling becomes for everyone. Research has shown the concept
to work in cyclo-utopias like Denmark and the Netherlands.
June 11, 2014 June 11, 2014  All
three retail for $2,199.99. PowerTap
continues to offer alloy-rimmed wheelsets retailing for $999.99, but
the new wheels are its lowest priced
carbon wheels. (bicycleretailer.com)
June 11, 2014 June 10, 2014 |  By
pleading his case to ride the Tour publicly, he’s attempting to use the
press. It’s an interesting strategy. Calling on popular support
is a tradition that works for those in the public eye. The thing is, Wiggins is really
not very good at it. (redkiteprayer.com)
June 11, 2014  Team
Sky has confirmed that Sergio
Henao will return to racing at the Tour de Suisse this
weekend after an internal investigation and urine and blood tests
cleared him of any wrong doing. (cyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014 
Carlos Betancur may not ride in the Tour de France, in
part because he missed a flight to Europe last week. With his
European visa now expired, he will miss the Swiss race and could
potentially miss the Tour de France as well.
(velonews.com)
June 11, 2014  After
crashing out of the Giro d’Italia, Joaquim
Rodriguez will ride the Tour de France, Katusha sports
director Dimitri Konyshev
has told Spanish sports daily AS. However the Catalan veteran will be
racing with radically different objectives compared to 2013 when he
finished third overall. (cyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014  World
champion Rui Costa
is yet to win a race in the rainbow jersey but will enter the Tour de
Suisse as the two-time defending champion and confident of claiming a
maiden win for Lampre-Merida. (cyclingnews.com)
June 11, 2014  Because
of Porte's
problems, Sky had to reshuffle its Giro team and his program. Instead
of focusing on the Giro d’Italia, they wanted him to get back to his
best and lead Froome
to a second Tour de France win. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 11, 2014  The
(claimed) 880-gram carbon RC
frame shares the same shape and lay-up schedule as the Ultralight, but uses
different carbon to come in (at a claimed) 125 grams heavier. BH relies
on their proprietary Hollow Core internal molding technology to
minimize internal imperfections in the lay-up.
(roadbikeaction.com)
June 10, 2014 June 10, 2014 June 10, 2014 |
 Young
German sprinter Nikias
Arndt stole the show on Stage 3 of the Criterium du
Dauphine. (sbs.com.au)
June 10, 2014  Read
the results and you can see who won yesterday but also who might win
tomorrow. Yesterday’s stage of the Dauphiné
saw several promising riders in the top-20. (inrng.com)
June 10, 2014  First
year professional Adam
Yates of the Orica GreenEdge team laid down another strong
performance on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné with eighth place
on the Col du Béal and is determined to hunt for stage wins as the race
continues. (cyclingnews.com)
June 10, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 10, 2014  The
Dauphin of France
(strictly,) The Dauphin
of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois) was the title given to
the heir apparent of the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from
1824 to 1830. (wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
June 10, 2014  Jens Voigt has
described the possibility of riding the Tour de France in his final
season as an honor but admitted that he is far from certain of his slot
among Trek Factory Racing’s final roster. (cyclingnews.com)
June 10, 2014  "The
Chrono Gatineau
was by far the most technical time trial I had ever raced: three
u-turns, a bike path, round abouts and a half dozen turns all in
11.5km." (anikatodd.com)
 Wednesday's
Criterium du Dauphine Stage 4 departs Montelimar at 10:25am CET (4:25am
U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Gap at around 2:39pm CET
(8:39am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S.
Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
June 10, 2014  Whether
you’re a triathlete, endurance road cyclist, or ITU specialist, clip on aerobars can
be the perfect set up when you’re looking for an aero position on a
standard road bike. (bikerumor.com)
June 10, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 10, 2014 June 9, 2014 |  Chris Froome hit
back Tuesday after Twitter erupted overnight with messages indicating
that the Tour de France champion might be using an asthma inhaler
without a therapeutic use exemption, or TUE. (velonews.com)
June 10, 2014  Despite
losing time on the first mountain stage of this year’s Critérium du
Dauphiné, BMC Racing's Tejay
van Garderen remains optimistic over his ambitions for
next month’s Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 10, 2014  Campagnolo’s
original Record EPS
electronic groupset offered precise and reliable shifting
but the external battery was heavy and unsightly. The company recently
updated Record EPS with a new internal battery, rendering EPS
V2.0, this review takes a closer look at the installation and
performance of the revised groupset. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 10, 2014  Carlos Betancur’s
participation in the Tour de France is in doubt as the Ag2r-La Mondiale
rider failed to return to Europe as planned last week following an
extended stay in Colombia. (cyclingnews.com)
June 10, 2014  We
are
lucky to see plenty of eye-catching, high-end machines, but the Comtat
Vertice is a real head-turner: hand-made in Italy and beautifully
understated. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 10, 2014  For
road riders, Zipp Wheels
represent some of the highest performance options available on the
market today. But for those cyclists looking to eke out every
performance gain possible, the company is now offering an upgrade kit.
(bikerumor.com)
June 10, 2014  TrainingPeaks
has just become the first third party company to use Garmin’s API to pull
data directly from Connect and adding it to their own training
management system. (bikerumor.com)
June 10, 2014  "Basically
everyone I know who works in the bike industry, at least on the
manufacturing, R&D, marketing and PR end of things as well,
does so because of a similar love
for bikes and distaste for overly
corporate environments." (redkiteprayer.com)
June 10, 2014  You’re
out for a long ride and an hour or so in you’re feeling super strong.
But, as time goes on, a niggling
tightness starts to develop in your
lower back. Tightness changes to back pain and soon you’re wiggling in
the saddle. (bikeradar.com)
June 10, 2014  This
past week, sneak-peek photos of a brand new Specialized “road” bike
began surfacing. Few of the photos were actually taken on paved roads,
and with the various obvious use of thru-axles and fender mounts this
bike is no traditional
road bike. (velonews.com)
June 10, 2014  Birzman
introduced their new
tool boxes earlier this year at Frostbike with both the
mega Studio, and the more portable Travel kit. (bikerumor.com)
June 10, 2014 |  Speaking
for the first time since his bad crash at the USA Cycling professional
road championships in Chattanooga on May 26th, Taylor Phinney has
said that he is making steady progress with his recovery and that he
hopes to return to walking unaided and riding an exercise bike in four
weeks’ time. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 10, 2014  Ryder Hesjedal will
skip this year’s Tour de France and focus on a tilt at the general
classification at the Vuelta a España in August. The Canadian climber
finished ninth in last month’s Giro d’Italia and is currently competing
in the Critérium du Dauphiné where he is supporting Andrew Talansky’s
title challenge. (cyclingnews.com)
June 10, 2014 Nick Nuyens has
joined the list of riders diagnosed with minor heart problems. The
Belgian Garmin-Sharp rider is to undergo minor surgery today in
Brussels and is expected to be training again by the end of the week.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 10, 2014  If
you own a 2014 model,
check the serial number:
you may need a new fork. (road.cc)
June 10, 2014  There
is an extremely critical distinction between Shimano Biopace chainrings
and the Osymetric
chainrings used by Wiggins
in his 2012 Tour de France and Olympic victories and by Chris Froome in the
same Tour, as well as the Rotor
chainrings used by other top riders. (velonews.com)
June 10, 2014  Ruckus
Composites, a Portland, Oregon based carbon fiber repair business,
repairs thousands of bikes a year for customers, bike shops and frame
manufacturers. Every so often a bike never gets picked up, and ends up
in the dead pile. (bikeworldnews.com)
June 10, 2014  Located
just a short drive outside of the Silicon Valley, Kali’s global HQ is
housed in a nondescript warehouse in Morgan Hill, only a few blocks
away from the Big S. Here in the shadow of thousands of boxed helmets
is where products are conceived, designed, sold, and shipped.
(bikerumor.com)
June 10, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Runs appealingly close to the classic titanium-feel ride."
(bikeradar.com)
June 10, 2014  A pro
level titanium hammer
with the addition of a soft face. Why would you want a titanium hammer?
(bikerumor.com)
June 10, 2014  Bob
Jungels was on the new bike, which retains Trek's Ride Tuned seat mast.
(velonews.com)
June 10, 2014 June 9, 2014 |
 Sky's
Chris Froome
won the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, 156 kilometres from
Tarare to the Col du Béal, ahead of Alberto
Contador and Wilco
Kelderman on Monday. (cyclingnews.com)
June 9, 2014  Those
hoping for a close Tour de France likely breathed sighs of relief
Monday morning as it was very clear that Alberto Contador was
back to his old, fleet self. (velonews.com)
June 9, 2014  Astana
general manager Alexandre
Vinokourov writes to team after lack of results - Vincenzo Nibali
rumored to be moving to another team after 2014. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 9, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 7, 2014  Handley relieved
overnight leader Grega
Bole of the yellow jersey after the British rider and
Korean pro Sung Baek Park
managed to keep away from the chasing pack. Handley out-paced his
fellow escapee in the finale to take the victory. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 9, 2014  After
completing the Tour of Luxembourg in 9th place overall, Fränk Schleck now
has his sights set on the Tour de Suisse, where he will aim to secure
his berth in the Trek Factory Racing team for next month’s Tour de
France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 9, 2014  Bradley Wiggins and
defending champions Mark
Cavendish and Lizzie
Armitstead will all compete at the British National Road
Championships this year, British Cycling has announced.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 9, 2014  Every
cyclist has his or her own race
day ritual, but more often than not, taking good care of
the skin is often left out – we hastily shave our legs in our cheap
hotel room and then absentmindedly roll to the line without leg warmers
or sunscreen because we forgot them in the car. (bikerumor.com)
June 9, 2014  So
long as you’re combining their Freeza rotors with the Ice-Tech finned
brake pads, Shimano recommends 140mm
rotors for all rider sizes/weights. Despite my initial
skepticism, they proved to be plenty powerful and held up to dragging
on long descents. (bikerumor.com)
June 9, 2014  Monday's
Criterium du Dauphine Stage 2 departs Tarare at 10:35am CET (4:35am
U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Pays d'Olliergues-Col du
Béal at around 2:51pm CET (8:51am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du
Dauphine live streaming
video should get underway at around 1:15pm CET (7:15am
U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 9, 2014
Contador takes second, Talansky
finishes fourth. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014 Chris Froome may
have taken first blood in the opening time trail at the Criterium du
Dauphine but Alberto
Contador talked a positive game after finishing second,
eight seconds down on the British rider in Lyon. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014 |  The
25-year-old Colombian will remain with the team until the end of 2016. Arredondo joined the
new team over winter. He thrived early on in the season, taking two
stage victories in San Luis, and went on to animate the race in Flèche
Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He rode a stellar Giro d’Italia,
claiming stage 18 and taking the Mountains’ classification.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 9, 2014  Chris Froome showed
that he is in a class of his own after a gritty and determined victory
on the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. (sbs.com.au)
June 9, 2014  After
days of media and fan debate about whether or not Bradley Wiggins
should be part of Sky’s Tour de France team, a topic brought to the
fore when Wiggins said that he had been told he wouldn’t be racing,
team principal Dave
Brailsford has now said the team will not be
decided until later this month. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 9, 2014  André Greipel
showcased his pre-Tour de France form by taking a surprise solo win on
the final stage of the Tour of Luxembourg on Sunday, the first such
victory of his career. (cyclingnews.com)
June 9, 2014  Geraint Thomas will
lead a strong Welsh Cycling team on the road at the 2014 Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow while Becky
James bids for success on the track. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 9, 2014  A
cycling novel set in the early years of the Tour de France, when
the world was black and white and the racing very, very colorful.
(podiumcafe.com)
June 9, 2014  "I
had the opportunity to ride a favorite classic René Herse again
recently. This is the bike that started the current trend of 650B bikes
in North America. It’s the bike that made us re-evaluate front-end
geometries and wide tires. It’s truly the ancestor of the bikes we ride
today, and it has been hugely influential." (janheine.wordpress.com)
June 9, 2014  The
race bike Trek
is expected to formerly launch at the Tour de France was being tested
by riders at the Critérium du Dauphiné today. (bikeradar.com)
June 9, 2014  Sold
in 7 different sizes, only the 13.5 and 15.5″ Marlin frames will use
27.5″ wheels. Meanwhile the 17.5, 18.5, 19.5, 21.5, and 23″ frames will
run the larger wheels – which should offer frame sizes to fit most
riders. The new Marlin will be available in three models – the 5, 6,
and 7. (bikerumor.com)
June 9, 2014 | After
two impressive days of racing in the Critérium du Dauphiné, Andrew Talansky sits
in fourth place overall, 33 seconds behind race leader Chris Froome.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 9, 2014  Hincapie was the
very embodiment of the term “super-domestique” during cycling’s
drug-soaked era of the late 1990s and 2000s. He became a respected
tactician and road captain on a number of successful teams, and helped
pilot not only Lance
Armstrong, but eventually also Alberto Contador and
Cadel Evans
to victories in the Tour de France. (velonews.com)
June 9, 2014  “I’ve
never trained at altitude. Maybe I’ll do it later in my career, but
right now, I’m sticking to what works,” said Kwiatkowski, 11th
overall in the Tour last year. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 9, 2014  "You
look at the Tour last year, and the only guy that was climbing anywhere
near Froomey
consistently was Quintana
and he’s not going to be there." (sbs.com.au)
June 9, 2014  Silca have been the
benchmark inflation company for decades. Starting in 1917, they’ve made
pumps and tools that have been in use for what seems to be the entire
time… How many companies in cycling have been around long enough that
you don’t remember “back when they started”? (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 9, 2014  "Long
miles are always challenging, put them in a foreign land and the
unknown gets added to the list of challenges. With a few foreign fondos
under our belt, at the invitation of Eddy Merckx Bicycles
we headed to Italy to ride the 2014 Granfondo Eddy Merckx, and began to
put together our goods for the big day – 139km with almost 10,000’ of
climbing in the Veneto region near Lake Garda." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 9, 2014  Photographers
Paul Berriff
and Michael Dunne
persuaded the ladies section of the Cappuccino Cycling Club to change
gear - by donning upmarket lingerie in aid of the Yorkshire Air
Ambulance. (darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk)
June 9, 2014  I’m
not a scientist, but I know this much—you can’t stop global warming by
showing strangers your genitals. I suppose that sounds obvious, but
over the past decade thousands of people around the world have given
the above proposition their very best shot. (bikemag.com)
June 9, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2.5 out of 5
stars. "Delivers on the basics for a high-end TT/tri saddle; longer
nose might put off some." (bikeradar.com)
June 9, 2014 June 8, 2014 |
Contador takes second, Talansky
finishes fourth. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  Chris Froome may
have taken first blood in the opening time trail at the Criterium du
Dauphine but Alberto
Contador talked a positive game after finishing second,
eight seconds down on the British rider in Lyon. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014 Monday's
Criterium du Dauphine Stage 2 departs Tarare at 10:35am CET (4:35am
U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Pays d'Olliergues-Col du
Béal at around 2:51pm CET (8:51am U.S. Eastern). Criterium du
Dauphine live streaming
video should get underway at around 1:15pm CET (7:15am
U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 8, 2014 June 8, 2014  André Greipel won
the last stage in the Tour of Luxembourg. The Lotto-Belisol rider
arrived solo in the capital city. The overall victory in the five-day
stage race went to Matti
Breschel of Tinkoff-Saxo. He finished second in the stage
ahead of MTN-Qhubeka's Daniel
Teklehaimanot. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  It
is in a unique atmosphere that took place the third stage of the Grand Prix cycliste de Saguenay,
a criterium stage of 74.2 kilometers utilizing the charming streets of
downtown Chicoutimi, or 35 laps of a 2.2 km
loop. (podiuminsight.com)
June 8, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages & Results), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 7, 2014 June 7, 2014 June 6, 2014 |  Team
Sky leader tries to avoid talking about Wiggins and the Tour
de France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
returned to racing on Sunday with a ninth place in the opening time
trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné. “After crashing in [Tour de]
Romandie I don’t want to take any risks.” (velonews.com)
June 8, 2014  British
rider Adam Yates
looking to make his mark in the Criterium du Dauphine after winning the
Tour of Turkey. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 8, 2014  Italy's
Vincenzo Nibali
has responded to criticism from the Italian media and his own Astana
team by revealing details of the intense training he has done in recent
weeks to prepare for the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  The
World Naked Bike
Ride is a Portland tradition, but the question that
lingers as those naked bodies whiz by is, why? (oregonlive.com)
June 8, 2014  2013
wasn’t the best year for the blonde Swede and Emilia Fahlin looks
back on a year with more downs than ups. However, one important event
sparked that glow she’d been lacking for a while and kicked her self
confidence back into place. (cyclingquotes.com)
June 8, 2014  Current
world ranked number two Urs
Huber and a gaggle of the Swiss star's Team Bulls
teammates are eager to charge at this year's UCI Marathon World
Championships which will take place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, June
29. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014 June 7, 2014 | June 8, 2014  Team
Sky chief David
Brailsford on Sunday insisted he has yet to decide on his
Tour de France squad despite claims from former champion Bradley Wiggins that
he will not be selected. (velonews.com)
June 8, 2014  Former
Tour de France winner Stephen Roche has said that he believes Team Sky
is justified in leaving Bradley Wiggins off its Tour team, saying that
team harmony and the synergistic effect of a well-chosen line-up are
more important than the physical attributes of any one rider.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 8, 2014  Chris Froome says he
is concentrating on the Criterium du Dauphine, where he won stage one,
rather than speculating on Sky's Tour de France team. (cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
rider says he understands Brailsford's
position on Wiggins
and Froome.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  The
author of such famous cycling books as ‘Slaying the Badger’
and ‘Tour de France 100′,
journalist Richard Moore has been busy on something new recently.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
June 8, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "It's a firm ride, but you'll not do much better
than the Roadlite for this money." (bikeradar.com)
June 8, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 7, 2014 June 7, 2014 |
 Matti Breschel took
his second stage win in the Tour of Luxembourg on Saturday. The Danish
Tinkoff-Saxo rider also took the yellow jersey with one stage to go. Rudy Molard finished
second ahead of Sergey
Lagutin. (cyclingnews.com)
June 7, 2014  Sunday's (June 8,
2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at
Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 7, 2014  Chris Froome will
have to forget about Sky teammate Bradley
Wiggins and focus on Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador
when the Critérium du Dauphiné begins here on Sunday. Froome
has been somewhat disparaging towards Wiggins, the man who preceded him
as Tour de France winner in 2012. (velonews.com)
June 7, 2014  Over
the past two years, the overall winner of Dauphiné has gone on to win
the Tour de France – Bradley
Wiggins in 2012 and Chris
Froome in 2013. This year, we have all the top favourites
for the Tour de France starting the Dauphiné. No matter who wins
overall, this will be a very interesting race to follow.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 7, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 7, 2014  UnitedHealthcare
Pro Cycling continued its dominance at Tulsa Tough Friday during the
Blue Dome criterium, as Ken
Hanson grabbed the top step of the men's podium and Hannah Barnes took
the women's win. (cyclingnews.com)
June 7, 2014  Eric Young
catapulted off of another picture perfect leadout to win his second
stage in a row at the Grand Prix de Saguenay, coming from another
frantic bunch sprint after a stage which saw inclement weather
conditions and numerous dangerous breakaways battling for supremacy.
(cyclingillustrated.com)
June 7, 2014  The
Air Force Cycling Classic begins on Saturday with the Clarendon Cup,
one of the most technical criteriums in the nation. The women's race
will start at 10:05am EDT
and the men will race at 12:00pm
EDT. (cyclingnews.com)
June 7, 2014 |  Alberto Contador
appeared focused and motivated but also full of doubts as he spoke in
Lyon on the eve of the Critérium du Dauphiné, which starts on Sunday
with a 10.4km individual time trial..
June 7, 2014  Thor Hushovd has
revealed that he will leave the BMC team at the end of the season after
the US-registered team told him via telephone that his contract would
not be renewed. (cyclingnews.com)
June 7, 2014  Many
readers will want to know if the book deals with the two pachyderms in
the parlour, namely how Froome
rose from obscurity to grand tour winner
and the relationship with Wiggins.
The book covers both. (inrng.com)
June 7, 2014  Two-time
and current US national cyclo-cross champion Jeremy Powers will
ride for a new team during the 2014-15 season while increasing his
focus on the World Cup circuit. Powers, who stepped away from full-time
road racing this year, told Cyclingnews that he will announce his new
cyclo-cross set up in the coming weeks.
June 7, 2014  While
Bradley Wiggins
has indicated that he may have to leave Team Sky if he ever wants to
ride the Tour de France again, it seems that Geraint Thomas will
stay with the British team and is on course to secure a place in the
Tour de France squad. (cyclingnews.com)
June 7, 2014  Rear
derailleurs aren’t the only shadowy things around Shimano. Sometimes, mid-year updates are
kept in the dark, too. (bikerumor.com)
June 7, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2 out of 5
stars. "Light and sleek but also noisy and frustrating." (bikeradar.com)
June 7, 2014 | June 7, 2014  The
government -- which was widely criticized for dropping a criminal
investigation of Armstrong
in 2013 -- joined Landis'
lawsuit in 2013, several months after the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency issued a blistering report that accused the cyclist of leading
the most sophisticated and successful doping ring in sports history.
(nydailynews.com)
June 7, 2014  Fabian
Cancellara has revealed via Twitter that he crashed at 55km/h during a
reconnaissance ride of the time trial stage of the upcoming Tour de
Suisse. (cyclingnews.com)
June 7, 2014  "We
all know the real issue is the Froome/Wiggins
relationship, or rather the lack of it. A rivalry which takes the well
trodden path of teammates crapping on each other. The chosen leader
struggling with the plucky newcomer is as old the hills but is usually
contained with strong management until one of the contestants leaves
and sets up elsewhere." (cyclingnews.com)
 Your
new best friend – if it’s not already – could be beets and cabbages,
because they are a rich source of nitrate, which has been identified as
a significant and measurable natural performance enhancer in endurance
sports. (bikeradar.com)
June 7, 2014  If
you want to get one, think
about how you want to mount the camera, the quality of the
footage you’re happy with and any accessories
you might want to use with it. Accessories such as external
microphones, add-on LCD screens, battery packs are available, and all
worth consideration. (bikeradar.com)
June 7, 2014  Known
for its meticulous work with carbon, steel, and titanium, Québec based Guru Cycles has
honored the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Bagotville charity trust fund
with the donation of two highly customized Photon SL road bikes.
(bikerumor.com)
June 7, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 7, 2014 June 6, 2014 June 6, 2014 June 6, 2014 |
 Matti Breschel won
the second stage in the Tour of Luxembourg, beating Jempy Drucker in an
uphill sprint in Schifflange. However, Drucker took the yellow jersey
off the shoulders of Danny
van Poppel who had to let go of the first group in the
last kilometer. (cyclingnews.com)
 Eric Young won his
second consecutive sprint during stage 3's 170.4km circuit race at the
Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay on Friday in La Baie, Quebec.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  Eight
stages of tough racing in the French Alps and with the three big Tour
de France contenders in attendance of Chris Froome, Alberto Contador
and Vincenzo Nibali – the Dauphine this year is sure to be
a great race. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  After
a longer than planned break and with the mantle of 2014 Tour de France
leadership set firmly in place, BMC’S Tejay van Garderen
will line up for the Critérium du Dauphiné with high expectations.
(sbs.com.au)
June 6, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 6, 2014 Sunday's (June 8,
2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at
Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 6, 2014  IAM Cycling will
make its Tour de France debut in a month having been awarded a wildcard
entry by organisers ASO with its final nine-man team will be decided
after several key races in June. The Critérium du Dauphiné, the Tour de
Suisse, the Route du Sud and the Swiss championships have been targeted
by the Pro-Continental team as key races in preparation for the primary
aim of the season — the Tour. (cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  With
huge crowds expected to line the roads when the Tour de France
departs from Leeds in less than a month’s time, organizers ASO have
launched a campaign to improve rider safety. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 6, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 6, 2014 June 5, 2014 June 5, 2014 |  "I
was afraid that “Cycle of Lies” (Harper Collins, $27.99) would rehash
much of what I’d read in David
Walsh’s “Seven Deadly Sins” or Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O’Connell’s
“Wheelmen,” but that didn’t happen. I was grateful for that, but also
fascinated by the pressure Juliet
Macur brought to bear on her subject. She was a magnifying
glass to an ant." (redkiteprayer.com)
June 6, 2014 "His
book is so entertaining
and funny and honest and insightful that I could not stop
to make notes, mark pages or even begin to build a more thoughtful
review. I was too hooked to break the spell for even a moment."
(atwistedspoke.com)
June 6, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
man heads start list for Schwalbe Elite
Men's Criterium.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 6, 2014  Orica-GreenEDGE
has opted to focus on the Commonwealth
Games instead of racing the Tour of Utah where
the team won two stages in 2013. (sbs.com.au)
June 6, 2014  Australian
Pro-Continental team Drapac continues its American adventure with two
USA Cycling's National Criterium Calendar events, the Air Force
Association Cycling Classic's Clarendon
Cup and Crystal
Cup in Arlington, Virginia this weekend. Drapac made its
American racing debut at the Philadelphia
Cycling Classic on June 1. (cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  After
coming second in the Redlands Bicycle Classic, James Oram was
aiming for a high result in the Tour of California, but a crash on the
third stage knocked him out of the race. Now recovered from a broken
elbow and wrist, the New Zealander is ramping back up for the Tour of
Utah. (cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "The Armadillo is a super-tough tire, but
stiff and weighty." (bikeradar.com)
June 6, 2014  You
would have seen the #DJTroll banner appear on the bottom of your TV on
SBS’s return from ads during the Giro.
(wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
June 6, 2014 June 5, 2014 | June 6, 2014  Korioth, Higgins, McIlvain
and Carmichael
to provide testimony in June. (cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  "I
will probably have to leave
Team Sky" to ride the Tour again. (cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  The
confirmation that Bradley
Wiggins will not line up alongside Chris Froome on
Sky’s Tour de France squad may be the news of the day, but when Astana
manager Giuseppe
Martinelli opened the pages of Gazzetta dello Sport at his
home near Brescia on Friday morning, his eye was drawn to a report
detailing internal divisions within his own team. (cyclingnews.com)
June 6, 2014  Rohan Dennis is no
mountain goat, but his performance at May's Amgen Tour of California,
has at least reinvigorated a waning confidence in his ability uphill
that has stymied his stage racing potential. (sbs.com.au)
June 6, 2014  Learning the route,
judging your effort and pacing. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 6, 2014  Giro's Aspect is not
your everyday lid – its unique design is said to have been inspired by
historic racing cars and was refined by leading designers from the
automotive world. (bikeradar.com)
June 6, 2014  Pilot
scheme in France sees cyclists being paid 25 cents per kilometer ridden
to work to entice them away from car use. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 6, 2014  For
as entertaining as the first part of the Giro was, it’s hard to deny
that the final week of
racing was some of the most exciting Grand Tour racing
anybody has seen in years. The Tour has become “big business”, with
little room for error and the weight of the entire season (or rider’s
careers) riding on the result. (redkiteprayer.com)
June 6, 2014 June 5, 2014 June 5, 2014 |
 The
week long Critérium du
Dauphiné begins Sunday June 8th. It will have
eight stages including a short Time Trial, three possible sprint
stages, and 4 mountain stages - three with uphill finishes.
(podiumcafe.com)
June 5, 2014  The
field of 16 professional cycling teams has been set for the Larry H.
Miller Tour of Utah with the announcement of five additional squads.
The peloton will include six
UCI Pro Teams, which will be traveling to Utah for their
first international competition following the Tour de France, along
with three UCI Pro Continental Teams and seven U.S.-based Continental
teams. (velonews.com)
June 5, 2014  Movistar
have confirmed that Alejandro
Valverde will not line up at the Critérium du Dauphiné,
preferring instead to complete his Tour de France build-up at the Route
du Sud later in the month. (cyclingnews.com)
June 5, 2014  Van
Poppel retains overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
June 5, 2014  Lampre-Merida
have announced its Critérium du Dauphiné team with Filippo Pozzato as
it leader for the WorldTour event. Having recently raced the Tour of
Japan, the 32-year-old returns to Europe looking for his first win of
2014. (cyclingnews.com)
June 5, 2014 Sunday's (June 8,
2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at
Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 5, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 5, 2014  It
smacks of cliché: person quits job, seeks adventure, achieves success
and writes memoir. And yet, how many of us actually do it? Rebecca Rusch left
her job as co-owner and manager of a rock climbing gym in LA nearly two
decades ago to compete in adventure races and off-road cycling events,
living out of her car to save money. (gearpatrol.com)
June 5, 2014 Stage 1 starts at
11:10am BST (12:10pm CET) (6:10am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around
4:31pm BST (5:31pm CET) (11:31am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 5, 2014 |  “It
wasn't EPO that made Lance
the greatest cyclist. It was something far bigger.” (road.cc)
June 5, 2014  Strengths: Hard
classics with minimal climbing; Cobblestones; decent power sprint.
(podiumcafe.com)
June 5, 2014  Lampre-Merida
have decided not to send Chris
Horner to the Tour de Suisse next week,
instead opting for the rider to train in Italy as he builds up for next
month’s Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 5, 2014  He
leaned against a car with his name on it, handed off a stealth
Specialized S-Works, also with his name on it, to someone else. “It’s
like Oscar Wilde said,” Oleg
Tinkov declared. “I’m a simple guy. I simply love the
best.” (velonews.com)
June 5, 2014  Warren Barguil has
revealed that he is unlikely to figure in the Giant-Shimano line-up for
the Tour de France, with the team instead set to be built around
sprinter Marcel Kittel.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 5, 2014  "Going
into the first ever edition of the 3 day Tour de Tayabas (May
30th-June 1st) hosted by the rather swish Gracelands Estates Country
Club in the Quezon
Province of the Philippines, i had extremely low
expectations. normally I’m cocky / confident / stupid enough to think I
can grab a stage win at the least." (crankpunk.com)
June 5, 2014  Brooks is a name
that stands alone as a legend in cycling. The word legend is easily
tossed about, kind of like the word epic, but in some cases, the word
does in fact fit the subject. (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 5, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "A stiff, confidence inspiring
frame that heavier riders might appreciate, but not the plushest."
(bikeradar.com)
June 5, 2014  Lois Dowsett writes
on her experience training... (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 5, 2014  It
seems like forever ago, but it was just over 2 years ago that SRAM
introduced their revolutionary XX1
drivetrain which promised to rid the world of front
derailleurs for good. It was awesome, but it was prohibitively
expensive for the majority of consumers. (bikerumor.com)
June 5, 2014 June 4, 2014 | June 5, 2014  Teams’
association wants action after Giro d’Italia problems.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 5, 2014  Three
years on from last wearing the maillot jaune, Andy Schleck has
acknowledged that it is “logical” that he does not feature among the
list of favorites for the Tour de France due to his results in the
intervening period. (cyclingnews.com)
June 5, 2014  "Bradly Wiggins is
“arrogant,” conceals himself in a “gruff geezer cloak,” and so
dominated the atmosphere around the 2012 Team Sky Tour de France squad
that the others on the team had to “ride around his moods like he was a
traffic island.” (crankpunk.com)
June 5, 2014  "I’ve
thought about this a lot, and I’ve concluded that helmets don’t matter
all that much." (janheine.wordpress.com)
June 5, 2014  Cycling
is a great way of staying young – and as the BBC reported, can add years to your life
– but work with your body’s changing strengths, weaknesses
and nutritional needs and you’ll get better at cycling too. Here’s
how. (bikeradar.com)
June 5, 2014  “As
radical
as this saddle looks,” says Tioga’s Kai Cheng, “there is a
purpose to it. It’s not radical looking for the sake of being radical
looking. Sure, we have a tendency to make unorthodox products, but
there is a legitimate performance purpose to not being mainstream.”
(bikemag.com)
June 5, 2014  From
the very first pedal stroke something remarkable happened: despite its
clinical, designed-by-robots
to be ridden by robots appearance, we discovered that this is a bike
full of humanity. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 5, 2014  Last
week it was lasers, now the bicycle industry looks to be entering into
the world of radar.
At least, once iKubu officially introduces their new Backtracker, that
is. (bikerumor.com)
June 5, 2014  Covers
cleaning your chain, fixing a flat and adjusting your shifting, all of
which are relatively easy and will get you out of most mid-ride
debacles. It all takes
about 10 minutes and would cost about $30 in labor if you
had it done in a bike shop. (grarpatrol.com)
June 5, 2014 June 4, 2014 June 4, 2014 |
 Danny van Poppel has
won the prologue of the Tour of Luxembourg. The Trek Factory rider was
the only one to ride the 2.55 kilometre course under four minutes.
Luxembourg riders Jempy
Drucker and Alex
Kirsch rounded up the podium at 3 and 4 seconds from Van
Poppel respectively. (cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  The
Tour de France is of course the headline act in July, but before that
cycling fans have the Criterium
du Dauphine (June 8-15) to enjoy. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 4, 2014  American
Tejay van Garderen
returns to competition for the first time since dropping out of the
Tour de Romandie at the start of May. He is confident, however, that
his reduced racing schedule - cut back due to illness and injury - will
not impact his ability to shine as a team leader for BMC Racing at the
Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  Philippe Gilbert has
decided not to ride this year’s Tour de France, according to L’Équipe.
The Belgian will, instead, focus on the Vuelta a España and the World
Championships later this season. (cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Luxembourg - June 4-8 (Stages & Results), Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 4, 2014  There
are like three maybe four things you need to know about the 2014 USA
Cycling Professional Road
National Championships in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(manualforspeed.com)
June 4, 2014  Giant-Shimano
will line up at the Critérium du Dauphiné — a key race in the
build up for the Tour de France — with a youthful team led by Nikias Arndt and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
who are looking for sprint wins. (cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014 Sunday's (June 8,
2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at
Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 4, 2014  Developed
by a self described “mild-mannered patent attorney,” the Bikie Girl
Bloomers are a line of clothes designed for commuters, that are
comfortable enough to be worn all day. (bikerumor.com)
June 4, 2014  Trickle
down tech is at the core of most any consumer industry, and the Fuji Feather CX 1.1
takes advantage of what has become the new normal at the high end of
spec and brings it to a $1220 complete bike ready for the 9-5 and your
next mixed surface adventure. (urbanvelo.org)
June 4, 2014  If
you’re a believer in gels for your athletic
performance, Honey Stinger has some new options for you –
especially if it’s caffeine you crave. (bikerumor.com)
June 4, 2014  This
new model appears to have more traditional cyclocross geometry;
the bottom bracket looks to be slightly higher and the chainstays
appear to be shorter that Niner’s current gravel
rig. (bikeradar.com)
June 4, 2014  Specialized-lululemon’s
Canuel
breaks vertebra at Philadelphia Cycling Classic. (cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014 |  Confirms
Grand Tour contention is big goal of team; comments on Giro performance
plus Tour de France
line-up. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 4, 2014  Six
months into the season and Moreno
Moser continues in his struggle to find form. Last
weekend, Moser completed the Giro d’Italia in an almost anonymous
fashion. The Italian did make it into the break on stage 11, but has
been off-key for much of the season. (cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  German
Linus Gerdemann
is heading into the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg today with an eye on his
first overall stage race victory since he won the race there in 2011.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  Joaquim Rodríguez,
one of the top names to crash out of the Giro d’Italia, is poised to
make a return in time for the Tour de France next month. (velonews.com)
June 4, 2014  They
were the best of friends until one of them won a bike race. After that,
they never spoke. Sound familiar? It’s happened more than once in this
sport: two riders disagreeing on how
the winnings should be divided. (velonews.com)
June 4, 2014  It
has been a big few weeks for Tim
Wellens. After finishing his first Grand Tour, the Belgian
has secured a year’s extension to his contract, which was due to run
out at the end of this season. (cyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  There
is evidence that common or garden medication
often swallowed by cyclists to dull an injury, can do a great
deal
more harm than good when taken with hard exercise.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 4, 2014  Even
though the possibility of a nationals sweep crossed her mind,
UnitedHealthcare’s Alison
Powers didn’t want to jinx herself by talking about it.
(bicycling.com)
June 4, 2014  Just
over four weeks to go and Yorkshire is already gripped by Tour fever.
The sight of Team Sky’s Chris
Froome, Richie
Porte, Mikel
Nieve and David
Lopez trying out the opening stages of the Tour de France
saw hundreds of spectators lining the roadsides. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 4, 2014  "We
wanted to get a look at some of the bikes from the Oregon Outback
360-mile race, and one of the ones at the top of our list was
second-place finisher Jan Heine’s Rene Herse randonneuring-specific
bike." (cxmagazine.com)
June 4, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Comfortable and stylish, with all the
features you need for summer cycling." (bikeradar.com)
June 4, 2014  Rudy
Project — best known for their line of premium optics — has just
released their newest edition of noggin protection. It’s slick; it’s
Italian; it looks fast; it’s the Airstorm.
(bikerumor.com)
June 4, 2014  "While
RED 22
was getting all the press, Force 22 quietly landed the same day but
relied on its performance in the field to gain notice. It has gained
our notice. SRAM Force 22
is simply the best value in cycling."
June 4, 2014  The
Zoncolan is billed as the toughest climb in Europe, but nearing the
summit on Saturday afternoon, Nathan
Haas seemed almost like a man who didn't quite want it to
end. (cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014 | June 4, 2014  Luka Mezgec of
Giant-Shimano wins the final stage of the Giro. He was visibly faster
and the image above helps show why. Look at him compared to Giacomo Nizzolo and
Tyler Farrar,
Mezgec’s head and shoulders are angled low while the other two have
their heads higher than their backs. (inrng.com)
June 4, 2014  "We
find out about the planning that goes into making sure the world's
biggest annual sporting event passes off smoothly." (road.cc)
June 4, 2014  The
acquisition of the company founded by former Olympic and World Champion
Chris Boardman
was announced by Halfords on Wednesday. It follows recent news that
Halford’s bicycle sales had surged last year, leading to an increase in
the company’s profits. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 4, 2014  American
Classic has long been a company known for pushing forth innovative new
products. The latest piece of awesome to leap out of Bill Shook’s brain
is a new rim design
resulting in a fantastically light set of tubeless wheels.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  "Just
over a week ago Bradley
Wiggins wrapped up the GC title at the 2014 Tour of
California but for our photographer Angelica Dixon the memories are
still very fresh." (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 4, 2014  Flying
with your bike can be a nerve-wracking experience, particularly if the
bike is new and/or you’ve spent a lot of money on it. Will the bike
make it to your destination in one piece? And what’s the best option
for keeping your bike safe – soft
case, hardshell or cardboard box? (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 4, 2014  The
Velocis is Bontrager’s flagship helmet and a new addition to the
American firm’s road range. Look carefully and you’ll see the Velocis
is the helmet worn by Fabian
Cancellara and his Trek Factory Racing team-mates.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 4, 2014  Europcar’s
Thomas Voeckler
heads to the eight-stage Critérium du Dauphiné hoping for a stage win
to complement his 2013 victory in Grenoble. (sbs.com.au)
June 4, 2014  When
it comes to performance in endurance sports, contrary to what many
people believe, there is no
secret formula. (bikeradar.com)
June 4, 2014  Introduced
last September, the Niner RLT 9 is the first non mountain bike from the
heretofore 29er specific brand. Technically, they call it an “all-road mountain bike”,
which, after riding it, isn’t far from the truth. (bikerumor.com)
June 4, 2014  Traditional
GoPro mounts can be tricky to move or adjust, especially on the fly.
KlickFix thinks they have the answer in the CamOn!
(bikerumor.com)
June 4, 2014  Every
now and then a small, cycling company will strike you with a genuine
passion and love for cycling that verges on contagious. Hampsten Cycles is
one of those outfits. (bikerumor.com)
June 4, 2014  Spokes, who races
for the ETIXX cycling team, won two stages and claimed the overall tour
title. (sbs.com.au)
June 3, 2014 June 3, 2014 |
 "This
is not to say that the young Colombian will reach the heights of Hinault, Kelly or Indurain, only to
say that he has qualities that indicate he has the potential to be
great." (redkiteprayer.com)
June 3, 2014  Two
days after arriving in Trieste, the dust has finally settled on Nairo Quintana’s Giro
d’Italia victory. As Quintana
returns home for some well-deserved rest, the Colombian confirmed that
he was not tempted to return for the Tour de France, in July.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014  Last
week we had a ton of women's races in Europe and the USA.
(podiumcafe.com)
June 3, 2014  Colombian
heads rankings as Joaquim Rodriguez's defense falters.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 3, 2014  Mauro Vegni, the
head of cycling at RCS Sport and so the de facto race director of the
Giro d'Italia shook Nairo
Quintana's hand on the final podium on Sunday, clearly
happy that this year's race had ended on a high in Trieste.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - June 8-15 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 3, 2014  OPQS
Sporting Director Rolf
Aldag says that Polish Tour de France hopeful Michal Kwiatkowski
will be, at least among the main overall contenders, the least
concerned by the cobblestones to feature on Stage 5, given his
experience. (sbs.com.au)
June 3, 2014  Van Den Broeck is
among the many riders who are reconnoitering the Tour de France stages
early this week, before riding the Critérium du Dauphiné. The Belgian
will use the week-long stage race as preparation for the Tour, if the
team are happy with his performance. (cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014 Sunday's (June 8,
2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at
Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 3, 2014  Shimano
can’t leave a good idea alone. If indexed
shifting is good for road bikes, it must be good for
mountain bikes. (redkiteprayer.com)
June 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Ultra-stiff carbon sole, great fit."
(bikeradar.com)
June 3, 2014  Pasta
for breakfast, pasta for lunch, pasta for dinner (with a side order of
pasta)…that’s pro way, right? Er, wrong.
(cyclist.com.au.com)
June 3, 2014 June 2, 2014 |  Biciciclismo
confirmed today that riders have refused to take part as the Royal
Spanish Federation (RFEC) have failed to pay travel and food costs.
For the last three years, riders have been forced to pay out of their
own pockets to compete. (cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014  It
should be the best job
in the world to ride the top races and get paid for it.
Some best bikes in the world are washed and prepped for you, roads get
closed for you like a visiting head of state and thousands of fans wait
by the road for hours to cheer. (inrng.com)
June 3, 2014  "Nairo Quintana is a
“complete man” after making history by becoming the first Colombian to
win the Giro d’Italia." (velonews.com)
June 3, 2014  Wilco Kelderman is
aiming for the Tour de France in 2015. "It seems logical that I will
start there," the number 7 from this year's Giro d'Italia said. Team
Belkin sports director Frans
Maassen agrees with his young protégé. "If you look at his
development, it's probable that he will make his Tour debut next year."
(cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014  Italian
firm's fourth electronic groupset plugs gap between Athena EPS and Record EPS.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 3, 2014  Team
Cystic Fibrosis club rider Alex
Jones tells Cycling Weekly about his day out riding with
Team Sky's defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
June 3, 2014  "The
idea behind these chains is “making life easy”, combined with longer drive train life."
(bikerumor.com)
June 3, 2014  Beijing
Olympic silver medallist for mountain biking Jean-Christophe Peraud
is set to pencil a new two-year deal as a professional road rider, very
likely with his current team AG2R-La Mondiale. (cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Fantastic value but finishing quality
doesn't inspire confidence." (bikeradar.com)
June 3, 2014  Carbon-fiber
road bike designed for big
miles at speed rolls our way. (road.cc)
June 3, 2014  What
differentiates Haverly’s
figurines from others on the market is the incredible
level of detail he includes in each and every one. (velonews.com)
June 3, 2014 | June 3, 2014  At
the beginning of the season things looked promising for Chris Horner. Having
taken his greatest victory in September at the Tour of Spain, the
American showed that when the stars align — a phrase Horner is fond of
using — he is still, at 41, among
the best stage racers in the world, age be damned.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
June 3, 2014  American
speaks at length about Tour de France chances, 2014 season, team lineup
and more. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 3, 2014  "Something
of the happiness that she had given to him, she now gave to me through
this brief eavesdropping, and it powered me in its own way as I rode
joyfully home." (pelotonmagazine.com)
June 3, 2014  Froome will look to
defend his Critérium du Dauphiné title — a race that Wiggins won in 2012
— after a block of training at altitude in Tenerife. Wiggins heads to
Switzerland with a strong team after a win in California.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 3, 2014  With
aerodynamics being such a hot topic these days, companies make all
sorts of wild numerical claims: X
fewer seconds, Y watts saved, Z km/h faster. But what if
anything do those numbers really mean to the average cyclist? Is that a
difference that actually
matters – that you can feel? Well, as it turns out,
yes. (bikeradar.com)
June 3, 2014  After
a successful debut at 2013 edition of Clif Bar CrossVegas that saw him
solo to victory wearing the rainbow stripes of World Champion, Sven Nys announced
he will be returning to Las Vegas on September 10 to kick off his
cyclocross season. (303cycling.com)
June 3, 2014  XTR Di2 derailleurs
are compatible with Di2
road levers, so you can install an XTR Di2 rear derailleur
onto your road Di2 tandem. By eliminating all of that cable stretch and
friction, this Di2 option
will make for quicker and crisper shifting on a wide-gear-range tandem
than has ever existed before. (velonews.com)
June 3, 2014  The
machine transmits electrical signals via reusable stick-on electrodes
that the user positions. A matchbox-sized controller allows you to vary
the intensity of the electrical
pulse and select from ‘Relieve’, ‘Exercise’ or ‘Recover’
modes. (rideons.wordpress.com)
June 3, 2014  Between
grease, chain lube, road grime, mud, and spilled energy drinks, cycling
can be a messy sport. Thanks to a growing amount of cleaning wipes
though, cleaning up is getting easier. (bikerumor.com)
June 3, 2014 June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014 |
 Nairo Quintana has
moved to the top of the individual WorldTour rankings with two stage
wins, six days in the maglia rosa and overall victory at the Giro
d'Italia. The Colombian, who has with 345 points, disposed Alberto Contador
from top spot with the Spaniard dropping to second place on 308 points
while Simon Gerrans
occupies third place on 264 points. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  The
Mountain Bike World Cup concluded the spring campaign in Albstadt,
Germany, with a record setting win by French legend Julien Absalon, who
became the first rider - male or female - to win 29 cross-country World
Cups in his career. (sbs.com.au)
June 2, 2014  With
the Giro done and dusted Lee Rodgers takes a look back at the three
weeks of racing and despite the great racing on show the debacle of the
‘neutralized’
descent of the Stelvio still leaves him with a bitter
taste. (pezcyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour of Norway - May 21-25 (Results), Tour of California - May 11-18 (Results), 4 Jours de Dunkerque - May 7-10 (Results), The Women's Tour - May 7-11 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 2, 2014  Despite
bringing an inexperienced and young team to the 2013 Giro d'Italia,
Trek Factory Racing finished the three-week race with all nine of its
riders in Trieste and numerous
visits to the podium. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Rigoberto Uran
created history for Omega Pharma-Quick Step by claiming the team's
first Grand Tour podium. (sbs.com.au)
June 2, 2014  Nacer Bouhanni may
have missed out on winning his fourth Giro d'Italia stage but the
calculating 23-year-old decided against contesting the stage 21 sprint
at maximum speed to ensure he claimed the maglia rosso. The Frenchman
could have lost the jersey had he crashed but rolling over the line in
fourth place secured his win on 291 points, 26 ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  He
finished third overall last year as part of his build-up for the Tour
de France, and oriented his entire season around being as good as
possible in this year’s Giro d’Italia. However Cadel Evans’ goal of
recreating his best form and capping his career off with a second Grand
Tour success didn’t pan out in the race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
June 2, 2014 Joaquim Rodríguez
main goal for the season was the Giro d'Italia but after the Spaniard
crashed out of the race he was forced to set himself new targets with
the Tour de France and Vuelta both options. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Sam Bennett added a
third win to his palmares in 2014 as he sprinted to victory on stage 5
of the Bayern-Rundfahrt and in doing so, also won the sprint jersey.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Tips
from the top courtesy of double world
junior champion. (roadcyclinguk.com)
June 2, 2014 Sunday's (June 8,
2014) Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1, a 10.4km Individual Time Trial at
Lyon, gets underway at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
June 2, 2014 June 1, 2014 June 1, 2014 June 1, 2014 |  The
Giro d'Italia is traditionally a key moment for the rider transfer
market and future of major teams, as sponsors confirm or end their
backing and rider agents and team managers negotiate to secure new contracts.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Three
weeks after suffering the first fracture of his career, Dan Martin has
clocked up several outdoor spins and is working towards a racing return
that could potentially see him ride the Tour de France.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 2, 2014  Here
are the highlights of stages
18-21, including the challenging and race-defining 27km
uphill time trial. (bikeradar.com)
June 2, 2014  When
the Giro d'Italia ended yesterday Australia's Cadel Evans told
reporters that his eighth-place finish was far from what he was hoping
for, but that he wouldn't be beating himself up about it.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
June 2, 2014  "I
fell short of a stage win but the
day I finished third was another highlight. Overall, I’m
pretty happy to have come out of the race feeling stronger than I went
into it." (stickybottle.com)
June 2, 2014  And
so it begins again. A restart of the Froome-Wiggins
controversy that the media has fanned but as the cliche goes, where
there’s smoke, there’s generally fire. Any journalist would tell you,
fire is the top story — it’s bright, dramatic and burns
people. (atwistedspoke.com)
June 2, 2014  Geraint Thomas won
Bayern Rundfahrt for the second time on Sunday after defending the
yellow jersey on the final stage into Nuremberg. (sbs.com.au)
June 2, 2014  Timing.
Had this come out years ago it could have had the sensational impact of
Tyler Hamilton’s
Secret Race
given it details doping on the US Postal team. But coming out in 2014,
long after the USADA report it’s a very different
matter. (inrng.com)
 AG2R-La
Mondiale rider Alexis
Gougeard, 21, made an impact when he won the Boucles de
l’Aulne, which was the eleventh leg of the French cup. His victory in
the Breton village of Châteaulin was his second pro win after he
claimed the Classic Loire-Atlantique in March. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Some
folks hear their biological
clock ticking, I’m not one of them; this makes me a bit of
a black sheep in my family. (bikemag.com)
June 2, 2014  "If
you’ve been looking for a bike rack that is as flashy as it is
functional, or want a LeMond
branded bike rack to compliment your new Limited Edition LeMond bicycle,
there are two new bike racks you should check out." (bikerumor.com)
June 2, 2014  United
Healthcare
rider victorious on Manayunk
Wall. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014 | June 2, 2014  Without
wanting to revisit the Giro’s
Stelvio scandal again the stage and ensuing debate was
still instructive as a means to explore race safety, especially the
rules for racing in cold weather. (inrng.com)
June 2, 2014  The
stage that everyone was waiting for and justifiably so: Epic, historic,
fabulous, the superlatives were flowing even before it had started but
then the Giro awoke to find it was snowing. That ought to have changed
everything, except it didn't and that's when it all went wrong
for most. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  As
Nairo Quintana
tightened his grip on the race leader's pink jersey during the final
week of the Giro d'Italia, the number of Colombian cycling fans at the
race grew every day, turning his victory into a daily celebration of
Colombian cycling. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Former
Giro d’Italia winner Ryder
Hesjedal said Michael
Rasmussen spoke truthfully about Hesjedal’s prior
doping, and that cycling would be better off if everyone followed suit.
(velonews.com)
June 2, 2014  Danilo Hondo is
going to call it quits after 18 years as a pro cyclist. The German,
currently riding for Trek Factory Racing, said that he will retire at
the end of this season. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  "Gels
have a significant place in the athlete’s nutrition plan. GI distress
and dehydration are important issues facing many athletes, but gels are not to blame."
(bikerumor.com)
June 2, 2014  While
watching your big guns blaze might be what propels most people
gym-wards, spare a thought for the little
guys of the muscle world. They’re the ones that really
hold the secret to your cycling success. (bikeradar.com)
June 2, 2014  Despite
being an Olympian and World Cup athlete, Mary McConneloug
still learned a lot last week at the Trans-Sylvania Epic mountain bike
stage race. (cyclingnews.com)
June 2, 2014  Named
after a picturesque mountain town in France, this bike has
“all the brawn of a Bronson in the spirit of a Juliana,” which is to
say it’s a Bronson
with a great new paintjob and a few lady specific components.
(bikerumor.com)
June 2, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A superior pair of race-day shoes with
maximum comfort and minimal weight." (bikeradar.com)
June 2, 2014  "In
for a penny, in for a pound as they say – if you are going to do
something, you might as well do it right. Bring on the bike fit!"
(roadcyclinguk.com)
June 2, 2014 June 1, 2014 June 1, 2014 Newly
released spectator photographs appear to confirm the involvement of a
race moto in the crash that injured BMC Racing’s Taylor Phinney at
Monday’s Volkswagen USA Cycling National Road Championship.
(velonews.com)
June 1, 2014 |
 "It’s
very difficult for me to explain, I’m so happy. Of course also for my
family, team, country and fans. I didn’t believe that this was
possible." (sbs.com.au)
June 1, 2014  Mezgec wins sprint
on final stage. (cyclingnews.com)
 Rigoberto Uran and Fabio Aru shared the
final Giro d'Italia podium in Trieste with Nairo Quintana and
sportingly admitted that the Movistar rider would have won the race
without the time gained the descent of the Stelvio. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  Rigoberto Urán rode
side-by-side with his compatriot Nairo
Quintana to the top of the Zoncolan to seal his second
place on the podium. It was a fitting end to a race that saw Colombia
put themselves back on the map of Grand Tour riding. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Stages & Results), Baloise Belgium Tour - May 28 - June 1 (Stages & Results), Bayern Rundfahrt - May 28 - June 1 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Road Championships - May 24-26 (Results), Tour of Norway - May 21-25 (Results), Tour of California - May 11-18 (Results), 4 Jours de Dunkerque - May 7-10 (Results), The Women's Tour - May 7-11 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). June 1, 2014  Pauline Ferrand Prevot
won her second World Cup in as many weeks in Albstadt, Germany on
Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  Veneto,
the region in north-east
Italy where Shay Elliott became the first Irishman to win
a stage of the Giro d’Italia, is a must-visit
for cycling enthusiasts. (stickybottle.com)
June 1, 2014 May 31, 2014 May 31, 2014 May 31, 2014 |
 Albrecht, Hall round out
podium atop Manayunk Wall. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  The
women's pro race begins at 8:30am U.S. Eastern. Men's race starts at
12:00pm U.S. Eastern (6:00pm CET). There should be live streaming video.
(cyclingfans.com)
June 1, 2014  Luka Mezgec fought
his way through three hard weeks of racing before finally winning a
stage at the Giro d'Italia and becoming the first Slovenian to win a
stage just a few kilometers from the border of his home country.
(cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  In
the first week of the Giro d’Italia, their team briefings were
delivered with military precision. By the final days, a glance was
enough, as Michael
Hepburn and Svein
Tuft – Orica-GreenEdge’s last men standing – made their
made to Trieste. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  Martin seals overall
victory. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  Thomas racks up
overall victory. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  The
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team men’s and women’s criterium squads
were out in force today at the Glencoe Grand Prix, the sixth race in
the USA Criterium
Championship Series. (socalcycling.com)
June 1, 2014  Frenchman
Julien Simon
put an end to a one half year drought as he won the GP Plumelec in a
formidable one-two for Cofidis with the "Andalucian lynx," aka Luis Maté from
Spain, closing in second position. The local team Bretagne-Séché
Environnement completed the podium with Armindo Fonseca
third.
June 1, 2014 |
June 1, 2014  Nairo Quintana leads
on the stage to Val Martello. He’d gone clear on the descent of the
Passo dello Stelvio launching a post-race controversy – one of many to
mark the race – but it was on the climb to the finish that he built his
lead. (inrng.com)
June 1, 2014  Cadel Evans remains
uncertain on his future. Team BMC Racing slated him to race the Tour de
Suisse this month, the Vuelta a España and the world championships. Evans, though, would
not commit to anything when he ended the Giro d’Italia in eighth place
on Sunday. (velonews.com)
June 1, 2014  "It's
been a hard but satisfying Giro d'Italia for lots of reasons. The Giro
is always hard for everybody because it's a difficult race; it's not
similar to the Vuelta or the Tour, it
has its own kind of logic, as we saw on some stages like
the Montecassino or Bari." (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014 Chris Froome
continued the build-up to his Tour de France defence with a recon of
the opening two stages in Yorkshire. The British rider made the trip to
Northern England with his teammates Richie
Porte, David
Lopez and Mikel
Nieve. (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  For
some, the 25-mile seventh and final stage of the NoTubes’
Trans-Sylvania Epic was a party day. But for race leaders and GC podium
contenders, today was the final hours of serious racing
before riders crossed the finish line and collapsed with exhaustion.
(cxmagazine.com)
June 1, 2014  "I
suffered a catastrophic
mechanical and instead of cruising around in the woods for
a couple of hours, I hiked, I cursed, I cried, I got help from other
racers (thank you!) and eventually my own mechanic found me and got me
going again." (cyclingnews.com)
June 1, 2014  Newly
released spectator photographs appear to confirm the involvement of a
race moto in the crash that injured BMC Racing’s Taylor Phinney at
Monday’s Volkswagen USA Cycling National Road Championship.
(velonews.com)
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