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| Jul 31 |
 2014
Tour de France winner Vincenzo
Nibali faced his toughest nemesis not on the roads, but at
the dinner table. (bicycling.com)
July 31, 2014  Phil Bauhaus won a
first stage of the Volta a Portugal in a commanding style ahead of Manueal Cardoso and Davide Vigano, while
Victor de la Parte
maintained his lead in the general classification. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 31, 2014  Friday's Tour of
Portugal Stage 2 departs Gondomar at 12:30pm local (7:30am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Braga at around 5:27pm local
(12:27pm U.S. Eastern). Tour du Portugal live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 31, 2014 
Alex Dowsett stormed to victory in the men’s 38.4
kilometer time trial at the Commonwealth in Glasgow to deny Rohan Dennis and Geraint Thomas the
gold medal. (cyclingnews.com)
July 31, 2014  Edvald Boasson Hagen
has been out of competition since the Route du Sud but he insists that
he is now rearing to go when he makes his return to racing at the Tour
of Poland. He now has a niggling Achilles injury behind him and wants
to refind his form of the opening months of the season where he
finished third in Het Nieuwsblad. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 31, 2014  Friday
August 1 marks the start of the official transfer window in
professional cycling, with riders allowed sign news contracts with new
teams for the 2015 season. (cyclingnews.com)
July 31, 2014  Scot
looking forward to wearing his national jersey for just the second
time. (cyclingnews.com)
July 31, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (History), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 31, 2014  Fitness
trackers are one thing, using movement to determine your activity
level. GestureLogic’s Leo is on a whole ‘nother plane,
electromyographically sensing actual muscle activity and heart rate,
then combining that with hydration levels by monitoring bioimpedance
and 3D motion sensing to let you know exactly what you’re body’s up to.
(bikerumor.com)
July 31, 2014  Saturday's Clasica
San Sebastian departs San Sebastian at 11:35am CET (5:35am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at San Sebastian at around
5:13pm CET (11:13am U.S. Eastern). Clasica San Sebastian live streaming video
should get underway at around *3:15pm CET (*9:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 31, 2014 July 30, 2014 |  After
years of being overshadowed by Armstrong,
cyclist Greg LeMond
is the only American to have fairly won the Tour de France. I apologize
for being complicit in the lies against him. (thedailybeast.com)
July 31, 2014  Linda Villumsen (New
Zealand) claimed her first gold medal in a major competition, winning
the time trial at the Commonwealth Games..
July 31, 2014  Former
head of RCS Sport suggests millions was taken by forging his signature.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 31, 2014  Fabian Cancellara
will be at the start of the Eneco Tour. The organization of the
Belgian-Dutch stage race received the news of his employer, the Trek
Factory Racing Team. The Swiss prematurely left the Tour de France.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 31, 2014  There’s
no rest for the weary. Less than a week after the conclusion of the
Tour de France, the UCI WorldTour clicks back into gear with Saturday’s
Clásica San Sebastián in Spain’s Basque Country. (velonews.com)
July 31, 2014  It
doesn’t look comfortable. Not by a long shot. The new Tioga Spyder
Stratum saddle looks more like a sexy cheese grater than a comfortable
saddle and most of us are loathe to rub our tender bits on cheese
graters. Looks, however, are deceiving. (bikemag.com)
July 31, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "High style meets cool tech… the Chappelli NuVinci is a bargain
buy with a minor quirk or two." (bikeradar.com)
July 31, 2014  "The
standard issue safety pins are always an annoyance. Between the risk of
sticking yourself during the last minute adjustments, snagging
expensive technical jersey materials, or forgetting about the pins and
leaving rust stains coming out of the washing machine." (urbanvelo.org)
July 31, 2014  Dynacraft
is recalling about 3,100 youth bikes, sold exclusively at Toys"R"Us,
because the front wheel can fall off. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 31, 2014 | July 31, 2014  There
are some big names whose future will be decided in the coming months: Roche, Boasson Hagen, Sagan, Bouhanni and Wiggins to name but
a few. There are also potential team deals, depending on whether
Belkin, Giant, Garmin and Cannondale can stay afloat, meaning more
riders may be available. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 31, 2014  The
Shark of the Straits. If you followed the Tour de France you’ll have
heard or read about Vincenzo
Nibali’s nickname, perhaps to the point of exhaustion at
the repetition. Such nicknames have a long tradition, they bring a
touch of character and caricature as well as a sense of
place. (inrng.com)
July 31, 2014  Cooke has been a
strong anti-doping advocate and says that she’s been on receiving end
of other rider’s doping in the past. “I’ve had friends in teams that
have been pressured into doping,” explained Cooke. “I have
finished in races, second to people, when I know they’ve been doping.
Some have tested positive, others haven’t. But at the end of the day I
was just doing the best I could.”
July 31, 2014  New
product claims to repair your flat without you even having to remove
the tire. (bikeradar.com)
July 31, 2014  Verve
Cycling is now delivering the production version of their new power
metering crankset, the Infocrank. The power meter can now be ordered
online, and is shipped consumer-direct from either their EU, US, or
Oceania distribution hubs. (bikerumor.com)
July 31, 2014  Better
ventilation and aerodynamics give the Evade top spot. It does come with
a higher price tag than the Air Attack, but in terms of performance, it
hits the mark. (roadbikeaction.com)
July 31, 2014  New
team-issue bike has Domane ride quality with aggressive Emonda
geometry. (bikeradar.com)
July 31, 2014  The
quickest way to start having more fun, eliminate aches and pains, and
see more of the world around you: Ease up, back off, and chill out.
(bicycling.com)
July 31, 2014 July 30, 2014 |
 Victor De La Parte
made use of his great TT skills to become the first overall leader of
the Volta a Portugal by winning the 6.8km prologue in Fafe. He beat
defending champion Gustavo
Veloso by 3 seconds while Luis-Leon Sanchez
finished 3rd 6 seconds further adrift..
July 30, 2014  Omega
Pharma rider overcomes string of second place finishes.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 30, 2014  Silvan Dillier went
into the Tour de Wallonie expecting to play the role of domestique for Philippe Gilbert but
after the former world champion withdrew from the race shortly before
the start, he got the chance to play his own cards. The youngster
proved his great talent by finishing 3rd overall. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 30, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (History), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 30, 2014  The
curtain has come down on track cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow and attention will now turn to the road, starting with
Thursday’s individual time trial. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 30, 2014  To
some, it was a war of attrition, for others, a road to perdition, and
in terms of the chase for Yellow, the Tour was akin to a medically
induced coma, with the fleeting pangs of excitement resulting from the
involuntary finger twitch. (competitivecyclist.com)
July 30, 2014  Fulcrum’s
flagship wheel is getting an upgrade. What can you do to improve a
wheel that is already loved by so many? The obvious answer is carbon.
Always more carbon. (bikerumor.com)
July 30, 2014  Media
participants at last month's PressCamp in Utah have chosen Smith's new
Overtake road helmet as the best new product introduced at the event.
(bicycleretailer.com)
July 30, 2014 Wednesday's Tour of
Portugal Prologue, a 6.8km Individual Time Trial at Fafe, gets underway
at 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first
rider. Tour of Portugal live
streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm local
(11:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 30, 2014 Saturday's Clasica
San Sebastian departs San Sebastian at 11:35am CET (5:35am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at San Sebastian at around
5:13pm CET (11:13am U.S. Eastern). Clasica San Sebastian live streaming video
should get underway at around *3:15pm CET (*9:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 30, 2014 July 29, 2014 July 29, 2014 July 29, 2014 |  Former
Giro d’Italia chief Michele
Acquarone has strongly challenged RCS Sport’s claims that
he authorized the payments of millions of euros, accusing persons
unknown of forging his signature and saying that the payments should
have been picked up by the company’s internal controls.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 30, 2014  After
four consecutive second places, Gianni
Meersman finally took the elusive win when he used a stage
victory in the final stage of the Tour de Wallonie to secure himself
the overall as well. Now setting his sights on the one-day classics in
the autumn, the Belgian celebrated his victory by announcing a two-year
extension of his contract with Omega Pharma-Quick Step.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 30, 2014  WorldTour
squad had been put under pressure after Belkin electronics company
ended its backing. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 30, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
general manager Stefano
Feltrin has confirmed that Roman Kreuziger will
start the Tour de Pologne and that he may ride the Vuelta a España next
month. (cyclingnews.com)
July 30, 2014  1.
Eddy Merckx
(5 Tours, 5 Giri, 1 Vuelta). Obviously. There's a picture of him next
to the number 1 in the dictionary. (podiumcafe.com)
July 30, 2014  Bauke Mollema is in
discussions with a number of WorldTour teams as he looks to finalize
his future. (cyclingnews.com)
July 30, 2014  "Watching
the best riders in the world mow down the Alps and Pyrenees in the Tour
de France inspired Chris
Baldwin from DaybyDay Coaching to write about a very
popular objective among his athletes: improving their climbing."
(bikeradar.com)
July 30, 2014  He
may have missed the Tour de France, but David Millar is
revved up for the Commonwealth Games in his native land.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 30, 2014  Updated
Propel, all-new Stance and FastRoad and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 30, 2014  Turns
out chocolate can make you leaner, healthier, and faster. How sweet is
that? (bicycling.com)
July 30, 2014 | July 30, 2014  Going
the distance will take on a new meaning in the 2014 edition of the
Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Organizers have added a seventh stage for
the first time. It also marks the first time a portion of the
10-year-old race will be held outside of Utah. (velonews.com)
July 30, 2014  Jens Voigt brought
down the curtain on his Tour de France racing career on Sunday, ending
a 17-year association with the race. The German, riding his final year
of competition, still has the Tours of Utah and Colorado on his
schedule before he finally retires, but he admits that he had mixed
emotions after crossing the finish line on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 30, 2014  Money
makes the wheels go round in pro cycling and the governing body has
just quietly published its annual report on UCI.ch. Here’s a look at
the financial report for the calendar year ending 2013 and the summary
take is a steady year. (inrng.com)
July 30, 2014  At
this Saturday’s San Sebastian Classic the winner could be a rider with
fitness from the Tour or one building up for the Vuelta. Whichever,
there is always a tough fight in the Basque Country.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 30, 2014  Does
Luis Ocaña's
Tour win without Merckx
echo Nibali's
without Froome
and Contador?
(cyclingnews.com)
July 30, 2014  The
range of bikes that Felt produces is quite amazing, including such
performance oriented categories as aero road, road race, endurance
road, track, cyclocross and TT/Tri. Felt also makes bikes specifically
for women, kids, adventure road riding and even mountain bikes,
cruisers, electric bikes and more. (roadbikereview.com)
July 30, 2014  World's
first action camera specific light. (bikeradar.com)
July 30, 2014  Autonomous
personal action sports drone. (bikeradar.com)
July 30, 2014  Mavic
commissioned six builders to produce bikes with commemorative paint
schemes that evoked Mavic’s branding and spoke to its history in the
bike industry. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 30, 2014 July 29, 2014 |
 Tom Van Asbroeck
continued his excellent season by taking the biggest win of his short
career when he beat race leader Gianni
Meersman in a photo finish on the fourth stage of the Tour
de Wallonie. After an aggressive race, the stage was decided in a
sprint from a 50-rider group where the young Belgian emerged as the
strongest while a fourth consecutive second place for Meersman allowed him
to extend his overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 29, 2014 Having
taken over the leadership role from Philippe
Gilbert, Silvan
Dillier continues to shine in the Tour de Wallonie. Today
the neo-professional sprinted to fourth place and goes into the queen
stage in third place in the overall standings. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 29, 2014  Now
the dust has settled on Vincenzo
Nibali's emphatic victory it's time to look back at the
best - and worst - performances of the 101st Tour de France.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
July 29, 2014  Part
1: Nibali, Contador, and Team
Sky. (cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  “You
can accept the critics, but there are people who think that everything
is easy, that everything comes easy, but that’s not all,” Valverde
said. “A lot of these critics have not ever ridden a bike, let alone
raced … They have no idea.” (velonews.com)
July 29, 2014  Giro
d'Italia organizer RCS Sport has announced that the 2015 edition of the
Italian Grand Tour will begin with an 18-kilometer team time trial to
Sanremo on a special cycle path along the Ligurian coast.
July 29, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 29, 2014  It’s
finally all over. The barricades are long gone and the riders are off
to various parts of the world before the next big thing. But for three
weeks in July, the riders knock into one another every single day,
gentle, or not, reminders of a line, a wheel. And who better to ask
about the experience of a Tour de France than an eyes-wide-open rookie?
(velonews.com)
July 29, 2014  With
everything focussed on Alberto
Contador winning this year’s Tour de France, Nicolas Roche’s
Tinkoff-Saxo team had to come up with a whole new game plan when their
Spanish leader crashed out with a broken tibia on stage 10.
(stickybottle.com)
July 29, 2014  Richie Porte failed
to turn Team Sky’s perfect plan B into a successful campaign, but
squad’s principal Dave
Brailsford firmly stood behind his rider, claiming that
the 29-year old Australian has what takes to become a grand tour leader
when all significant elements will fall into right places.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 29, 2014  Even
though there were some strong indications given that Bradley Wiggins
would continue his road career as Team Sky rider, apparently his recent
return to the track racing at the Commonwealth Games has changed his
perceiving and the four time Olympic gold medalist put such scenario
under a question as he aims to focus completely on Rio 2016.
July 29, 2014  As
with last year, only the final 3 stages (Monday to Wednesday) are being
broadcast live on television. Live
streaming video: 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 29, 2014 |  Kirchmann third at
La Course; Vos'
winning sprint captured on video. (cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  Christopher Horner’s
ability to recover following his serious training crash in May
surprised even his own team, as well as his gradually increasing
disposition during the 101st edition of the Tour de France, where he
thought back bronchitis to underline his presence in Pyrenean mountain
stages. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 29, 2014  Emma Pooley has
announced that she will retire after Sunday’s Commonwealth Games road
race. The 31-year-old British rider and former World Champion made the
announcement on rouleur.cc. (cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  Overall
Tour de France winner Vincenzo
Nibali, and quadruple stage winner Marcel Kittel made
the 300km trip from Paris on Sunday to the post-Tour criterium in
Aalst, Belgium Monday night, but it was the country's native star, Greg Van Avermaet
who stole the "win." (cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  This
year’s Criterium du Dauphine daring winner and one of the most
interesting pre-Tour de France podium contenders, Andrew Talansky, is
set to line-up at the Vuelta a Espana in a supporting capacity after he
was forced out of the French grand tour as a consequence of two
crashes. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 29, 2014  Sicilian
claims he, Wiggins
and Froome
are the new faces of the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  If
you search the Internet for training advice, you’ll find more than just
a few words of wisdom about how to get faster. But for the sake of
consolidating it all for you, the consensus out there is that, to get
faster, you have to go harder. (competitivecyclist.com)
July 29, 2014  Is
weight loss truly greater (for the same time expended) when exercising
at moderate (say, 60 percent of maximum capacity) versus more intense
levels (85 percent of maximum capacity)?
July 29, 2014  Team
Sky’s outrageous F-Type TT team car, cooling vests and
more. (bikeradar.com)
July 29, 2014  When
heart surgeon Shyam
Kolvekar singled out butter and full-fat milk as
contributors to blocked arteries, suggesting that up to 3,500 lives
could be saved a year, many wrongly assumed he was saying milk was bad
for you. (bikeradar.com)
July 29, 2014  The
Chrono II is fully UCI approved across all five sizes (XS to XL). Vitus
says it has been designed with maximum aerodynamics at its heart, while
integral moulding process for the high-modulus, uni-directional T700
carbon means the top tube, down tube, head tube and seat tube are all
produced in a single step, which helps improve
stiffness. (bikeradar.com)
July 29, 2014  Biking
in Seattle can be less than mellow with all the hills, traffic and
especially that rain. But those things are exactly what inspired the
Teague team of bicycle designers to build the Denny bike for the Oregon
Manifest bike design project.
July 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 29, 2014 | July 29, 2014  F1
star Fernando Alonso
is still moving forward with plans to create a professional cycling
team, according to his manager Luis
García-Abad. In an article published by AS today, he
confirmed that the application process with the UCI is on schedule.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  Ninth
overall impressive result by Belkin team rider. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 29, 2014  Mountain
biking made its return to the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday with Canada
and New Zealand coming out on top at the Cathkin Braes course in
Glasgow. The event was dropped four years ago when the event was held
in Dehli. (velonews.com)
July 29, 2014  There’s
more than one way to go big at the Tour. (bicycling.com)
July 29, 2014  Brian Smith has been
appointed the new interim general manager of the South African Pro
Continental team MTN-Qhubeka. Smith
will step into the role with immediate effect, until the end of the
year, and will be responsible for signing new riders and appointing a
new general manager for next season. (cyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  The
bigger tire size reduces rolling resistance, and that will make more
difference on the tire that is supporting more weight — the rear tire.
The 25mm tire also gives you more traction, assuming you’re running
lower pressure in it than in the 23mm one. (velonews.com)
July 29, 2014  Some
cyclists these days seem to be concerned what their bike is, not what
it does. One camp will never ride anything but lugged steel frames. For
another, it’s carbon or nothing. Some will never ride narrow tires,
others would never consider a tire wider than 23 mm.
(janheine.wordpress.com)
July 29, 2014  Although
some mainstream media have quoted ‘experts’ saying this ‘isn’t normal’
and even mentioned it is a result of doping, it is not uncommon among
Tour riders. The pronouced viens are a long term result of increased
capillary density (common in elite endurance athletes), exaggerated by
dehydration after a long day in the saddle and low body fat levels
experienced towards the end of a three week grand tour.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 29, 2014  "Why
I’m 90-percent sold on road disc brakes." (bikeradar.com)
July 29, 2014  "Devinci
Cycles’ LEO SL is built for fast gran fondo style riding, has proven
itself on the UCI pro circuit, and has been under some long term
scrutiny at PEZ HQ – truth is I was having so much fun riding this
bike, I was in no hurry to send it back." (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 29, 2014  Aero
speed machine with vibration damping technology. (bikeradar.com)
July 29, 2014 July 28, 2014 |
 Permit
me an unfair, inaccurate and sweeping generalization. The United
Kingdom is full of freaks. Okay, so I know the entire population of the
U.K. isn’t as eccentric (or funny) as John Cleese, but I
can’t think of any place that produces people so colossally at odd with
their talent as the population in those islands. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 28, 2014  Team
Sky’s Chris Froome
expressed sadness over the outcome of the Tour de France because he
believes there was no one to rival Astana’s overall winner Vincenzo Nibali
during the decisive mountain stages after he and Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain
Alberto Contador
were forced to abandon due to their injuries from crashing.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  Juan Jose Lobato
finally broke his string of near-missed when he won today’s hilly third
stage of the Tour de Wallonie in impressive fashion. In a tough uphill
sprint, he powered clear of the peloton to easily hold off Gianni Meersman and Silvan Dillier,
passing several riders who had started their sprint too early. Meersman finished
second for the third day in a row which was enough to extends his
overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 28, 2014  Without
Froome,
Sky capitulated as Australian Richie
Porte proved to be a poor substitute leader, finishing the
race 23rd overall, more than an hour behind Nibali, and actually
behind two of his domestiques. (velonews.com)
July 28, 2014  What
happened to the French? How dare they suddenly turn up and start riding
and supplying bucket loads of excitement and intrigue? Putain! And
who’s this Nibali
character, riding his heart out on the cobbles then going on to put in
a such a sustained performance of elegant force that he truly shocked
many onlookers? (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  David Millar is
determined to use his Tour de France snub as motivation for the
Commonwealth Games. Millar
arrives in Glasgow to defend his title in the individual time trial and
bronze medal in the road race from Delhi four years ago.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 28, 2014  BMC
pro Taylor Phinney
posts photo of heavily scarred leg after breaking left leg in two
places during US Pro Championships. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 28, 2014  Team
Sky had a very disappointing Tour de France but the team is ready to
bounce back and has already set its sights on the 2015 edition of the
race. Chris Froome
has been resting in America and according to team principal Dave Brailsford, the
2013 champion is very, very hungry to reclaim his title.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 28, 2014  The
national Belgian Lottery has been involved with professional cycling
for over 30 years and will continue to be so until at least 2020 having
announced its further commitment to the Lotto Cycling Project.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014 As
with last year, only the final 3 stages (Monday to Wednesday) are being
broadcast live on television. Live
streaming video: 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 28, 2014 July 27, 2014 July 27, 2014 |  Garmin-Sharp
has confirmed that Andrew
Talansky will race this year’s Vuelta a España. The
American rider crashed out of this year’s Tour de France but after a
week off the bike, he has begun training again. (cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  Bradley Wiggins will
be ready to race at the Olympic Games in Rio, according to British
Cycling’s technical director Shane
Sutton. Wiggins
will be 36 when Rio comes around in 2016, but the Sutton - who took
over from Dave Brailsford
in April - is happy that Wiggins
has the ability to match his younger competitors in the velodrome.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  August
can feel like a lull in the
season but it’s actually the busiest month of racing on the calendar in
terms of race days plus there are the post-Tour criterium
“races.” (inrng.com)
July 28, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali rode
resplendent into Paris on Sunday, shining victorious in the yellow
jersey and seemingly immune to the danger that befell nearly everyone
around him. (velonews.com)
July 28, 2014  For
Matthew Busche,
the Tour de France was worth the wait. The Trek Factory Racing rider
rode his first Grand Tour in 2011, the Vuelta a España, and again rode
the Spanish three-week race in 2013 but since turning pro in 2009, he
had never managed to make it to France in July. (cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  Team
Sky boss Dave Brailsford
says they are 'talking about' a women's team. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 28, 2014  Rejoicing
after Vincenzo Nibali
of the government backed Astana team clinched victory on Sunday, Kairat Kelimbetov,
president of Kazakh Cycling, told AFP his country wants to host the
start of the race like England did this year. (velonews.com)
July 28, 2014  Tom Teesdale. It’s a
name unfamiliar to most cyclists. It’s a name that arguably did as much
for the industry as Gary
Fisher, Mike
Sinyard, or Tom
Ritchey. It’s also a name that deserves
correction for the first statement, and recognition for the latter,
because tragically, Tom
Teesdale is no longer with us. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 28, 2014  Look’s
past efforts at integration have yielded some sleek looking road bikes
while eliciting polarizing opinions. If you’ve lauded the design,
you’re in luck. If you fall into the “don’t like it” camp, look away
now ’cause boy oh boy does the new Look 795 Aerolight road bike push
things farther than ever. (bikerumor.com)
July 28, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "A supreme balance of lightness, stiffness and unbridled
performance." (bikeradar.com)
July 28, 2014  The
new QR's are available in black or silver, each with an orange skewer
head. MSRP is $50 per wheel, and they available in lengths from 100 to
190mm. Weights are 50 to 74 grams per wheel. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 28, 2014 July 27, 2014 | July 28, 2014  UCI
President hopes public opinion will encourage people to talk about
their pasts. (cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  There's
always a collective sigh of relief from the survivors of any Tour de
France once the last mountain is climbed and this year has been no
exception. (cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  British
rider Geraint Thomas
has extended his contract with Sky for an extra two years, the British
outfit revealed Monday. (velonews.com)
July 28, 2014  Ji Cheng made
history when selected for Giant-Shimano's 2014 Tour de France team as
he became the first Chinese rider in 101 editions of the race to
represent his country. (cyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  It’s
the first time a Frenchman has clambered onto the podium since 1997 –
Trick Dicky Virenque
– and the first time since 1984 we’ve had two Frenchmen on the podium –
Bernard Hinault
and the late Laurent
Fignon. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 28, 2014  As
any cyclist knows, no matter what the manufacturers tell us about
special brake tracks or revolutionary brake pad compounds, using rim
brakes to slow down rain slicked composite wheels is risky business.
(roadbikereview.com)
July 28, 2014  While
the French may have begun wrestling domination of their home Tour from
foreigners for the first time in almost 30 years and Vincenzo Nibali
brought a popular victory home to Italy, it was an American brand that
dominated on the road to Paris in ways never before seen at the Tour.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 28, 2014  Folding
bikes have become a staple for many metropolitan commuters. But just
because you need a bike that’s compact and easily storable doesn’t mean
it has to be cheap or heinous. (wired.com)
July 28, 2014  Bringing
their Countervail vibration damping material and tech to the wind
tunnel, the new Aquila not only lessens the wind’s effects on your
efforts, it also kills the road buzz to keep your muscles fresher over
the long haul. (bikerumor.com)
July 28, 2014  The
Oregon Manifest’s Bike Design Project concluded on Friday with each
team from participating cities — Chicago, New York, Portland, San
Francisco and Seattle — unveiling its idea of the ultimate utility bike
during reveal parties and events in each city. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 28, 2014 July 27, 2014 July 27, 2014 |
 As
Vincenzo Nibali
celebrated winning the 2014 Tour de France, one rider in the pack still
had to negotiate another of the laps around the Champs-Élysées.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
July 27, 2014  Kittel wins final
stage on the Champs-Élysées. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
collected the final yellow jersey of the 2014 Tour de France on Sunday
in Paris as Marcel Kittel
won the 21st and final stage, a 136km leg from Evry that ended with a
sprint on the Champs-Élysées. (velonews.com)
July 27, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
had one final chance to finish on the Tour de France podium but came up
short when he ended the race in fourth overall. However, both he and
Movistar manager Eusebio
Unzue refuse to regard it as a failure. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  Romain Bardet's
successful Tour de France didn't end the way he preferred as he lost
his fifth place due to a late puncture in the time trial. However, the
young Frenchman tries to keep things in perspective after having been
among the best riders in his second grand tour. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  Vincent Lavenu has
been managing teams at the Tour de France since 1993, but never has he
known a year like this one. In twenty previous attempts under the
respective banners of Chazal, Casino and Ag2r-La Mondiale, the team’s
best finish in Paris was Cyril
Dessel’s sixth place overall in 2006. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  The
main goal of the Cannondale team on this Tour de France was certainly
to lead Peter Sagan
to win his third green jersey in succession. In this sense, it was
mission accomplished for the Italian outfit. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  A
bad TT for Belkin but good for NetApp. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Giacomo Nizzolo made
up for yesterday’s disappointment by winning the second stage of the
Tour de Wallonie in a bunch sprint. The 2012 winner of the race held
off Gianni Meersman and
Silvan Dillier
and Meersman
could console himself with taking the leader’s jersey off Jens Debusschere’s
shoulders. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014 As
with last year, only the final 3 stages (Monday to Wednesday) are being
broadcast live on television. Live
streaming video: 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 27, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 27, 2014  Daniele Bennati is
one of only two riders in the current Tour de France peloton to have
won on the Champs-Elysees. The Italian will try to repeat that feat
when he lines up as the Tinkoff-Saxo leader for the final stage of the
Tour de France later today. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  thorhushovd
-
OMG @taylorphinney recover well my friend. (instagram.com)
July 27, 2014 | World
champion Marianne Vos produced
the sprint of her life to win the first-ever edition of the La Course
on the Champs-Élysées, as women finally got to share the spotlight
alongside the men on the final day of the Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Jens Voigt ended the
Tour de France in the way everybody expected him to do: by attacking on
the Champs-Elysees. The attack crowned a solid Trek performance that
saw Haimar Zubeldia
take his fifth top 8 result in the race and Frank Schleck enjoy
a solid comeback. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  UCI
rules for 2017 limit team sizes and signings. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Having
survived a late scare, Jean-Christophe
Peraud completed the Tour de France in second place
overall to deliver the best French performance since 1997. Having only
started his road career a few years ago, the Frenchman now sets his
sights on the Giro which he has never done in the past.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  Richie Porte tried
to bounce back from a disappointing Sky showing by joining the break in
the final stage of the Tour de France but the performance could not
make up for the poor results. The Australian regrets having lost a
great opportunity to lead the team and now looks ahead to 2015.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  Tim Kerrison, the
leading coach behind Team Sky’s two Tour de France wins, has told
Cyclingnews that the team’s evaluation of their 2014 performance has
already begun and that the team are fully focused on winning back the
yellow jersey in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Unlike
steel or aluminum, carbon fiber does not bend in crashes. Rather the
bikes and wheels frequently shatter, often hurling riders to the road
and, many fear, increasing the severity of injuries. (nytimes.com)
July 27, 2014  "Every
day is an adventure, right? I made sure to capitalize on that
proclamation yesterday by setting out with the ambitious plan of the
massive Vermont Six Gapper. You know it’s official — or officially
unofficial — when a ride title is capitalized. It also behooves you to
Google it, to which you’re given 18-million results. Yeah, it’s THAT
legit." (iamtedking.com)
July 27, 2014  Roxy is very upset
that someone would break into her father’s garage and steal all his
custom road bikes so she made a sign to guilt-trip whoever did the
deed. ‘Your mom would be so disappointed,’ she writes. (nydailynews.com)
July 27, 2014  The
failure of Shimano and SRAM to make a decent press-fit bottom bracket
has opened up a market for solutions from brands like Chris King, maker
of some of the most precise and durable bike parts in the world.
(bikemag.com)
July 27, 2014  Comfortable
and entertaining entry-to-mid-level bike, with excellent scope to
upgrade in the future; change the tires though. (road.cc)
July 27, 2014 July 26, 2014 | July 27, 2014  Ahead
of the broadcast on RTE One of his documentary ‘Rough Rider’, Paul Kimmage has
said nobody should be fooled into thinking that doping in cycling had
disappeared with the banning of Lance
Armstrong. (stickybottle.com)
July 27, 2014  Despite
crashing out of the Tour de France and gaining no UCI WorldTour points,
Alberto Contador
remains the top ranked individual cyclist on 407 points. Vincenzo Nibali is
now second overall on 392 points after winning the Tour while
Alejandro Valverde's
fourth place elevates him to third overall with 382 points.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Stage
10 and Vincenzo Nibali
wins atop the Planche des Belles Filles. It was one of only two days
when he wasn’t wearing the yellow jersey but he reclaimed the race lead
with a performance so strong that doubts about his form in the
mountains were crushed. (inrng.com)
July 27, 2014  For
the second time in his short career, Tejay van Garderen
finished fifth in the Tour de France when he completed today's final
stage safely on the wheel of key rival Romain Bardet.
Pleased with his journey, the American describes the race as the
hardest grand tour he has done. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  Following
the 2014 Tour de France's penultimate stage – the time trial between
Bergerac and Périgueux – race director Christian Prudhomme
held court in the late-afternoon sun outside the press room in front of
a handful of journalists. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Belkin
went into the Tour de Franc with the goal of winning a stage and having
a rider finish in the top 10. With Lars
Boom's win on the cobbles and two riders among the 10 best
riders, the team is pleased with the outcome of the world's biggest
race. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  Astana
rider discusses background, sacrifices, making history and biological
passport. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 27, 2014  Doug Ellis excited
about the American team's future, but would not comment on the
speculation that the team would merge with a segment of the current
Cannondale team with the American bike brand rumored to become the
team’s title sponsor. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Remembering
the "first" Women's Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
July 27, 2014  Barring
disaster, Matthew Busche
will finish his first Tour de France in 98th place, nearly 3 hours and
42 minutes behind Vincenzo
Nibali and the American rider discovered in the last three
weeks what makes the Tour the greatest race in the world.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014  It
is the dream of every Tour rider, especially first-timers. They all
repeat it, like Bretagne-Seche's Florian Vachon. "When you're not a
super sprinter or a great climber, making it to Paris is already a
great achievement." (cyclingquotes.com)
July 27, 2014 July 26, 2014 |
 Women
Push to Compete in Cycling's Top Event. (nytimes.com)
July 26, 2014  World
champion Tony Martin
did what he does best by winning the stage 20 individual time trial. Martin won in
1:06:21, beating Tom
Dumoulin by 1:39 in second and Jan Barta by 1:47 in
third. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
knew that this year would probably be his final chance to realize his
dream of finishing on the podium. Today it was broken when he finished
far off the pace in the time trial and he will now ride into Paris in
fourth overall. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  Leopold Konig arguably
pulled off the ride of the day and certainly the time trial of his life
to move up from ninth to seventh in the Tour de France on Saturday. The
Czech rider finished fifth behind stage winner Tony Martin in
the 54-kilometer time trial between to Périgueux and overhauled the
Belkin pair of Laurens
ten Dam and Bauke
Mollema in the overall. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Sylvain Chavanel
bounced back from a disappointing Tour de France by producing a great
ride in today's time trial. The Frenchman finished 8th and narrowly
missed his goal of a top 5 finish. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
France Stage 21 departs Evry at 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Paris Champs-Elysees at around 7:11pm CET
(1:11pm U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 26, 2014  Jens Debusschere had
to wait a long time before getting the chance to ride his first race in
the Belgian champion's jersey but it was definitely worth waiting for
his chance to make his debut. Today he won the first stage of the Tour
de Wallonie, his very first outing in the prestigious Drikleur.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  British
first-year professional Adam
Yates scores another victory for Orica-GreenEdge.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 26, 2014  Having
won the race twice in a row, the 2014 Tour de France was one to forget
for Team Sky. The race comes at the back of a very disappointing season
and team leader Richie
Porte is philosophical about the disappointments, claiming
that the team maybe needed an off-year after their recent dominance.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  Pinot, Peraud, Valverde, Bardet and van Garderen get
ready to go deep in final time trial. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 26, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 26, 2014  Having
made it through the Tour de France mountains, Marcel Kittel has
the finish of the race, and a final sprint on the Champs Elysees firmly
in his gaze. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014 Slightly
eclipsed by the race for the Top 5, Team Belkin achieved a formidable
team performance in this Tour de France with three riders in the Top 15
in the GC before the final time-trial. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  Ten Dam’s hard day, Terpstra not
surprised by Sagan's
crash. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014 July 25, 2014 |  "If
it wasn't for stringent testing, maybe I wouldn't be here today."
(cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  In
the end the competition for the maillot vert went out not with a bang,
nor even a whimper. It was barely ever noticed at all. Peter Sagan will
ride into Paris coated in green for the third time in his still
shockingly young and illustrious cycling career. (podiumcafe.com)
July 26, 2014  French
riders Jean-Christophe
Peraud and Thibaut
Pinot occupy second and third overall after final time
trial. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 26, 2014  For
the fourth time in the span of just two months, Tom Dumoulin
finished second behind Tony
Martin in a time trial when he was beaten by the world
champion in the Tour de France today. This time, however, he was not
even close to the German and the result felt like a victory for the
Dutchman. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  Being
up against two riders that were either past or current national time
trial champions, Thibaut
Pinot was the rider most likely to miss out on a podium
spot in the penultimate stage of the Tour de France. Due to the lack of
expectations, he felt no pressure and did a great performance to finish
12th and will now end the race in third overall. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  It
was a day of mixed emotions for Ag2r-La Mondiale in the final time
trial of the Tour de France. While the veteran Jean-Christophe Péraud
survived a puncture to seal a spot on the podium, a similar incident
late on cost his young teammate Romain
Bardet a place in the top five overall. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  On
the cusp of history. He’s already the first Chinese rider to start the
Tour de France; in one day’s time, Ji
Cheng is set to be the first to finish the world-famous
race. The Giant Shimano competitor has battled through the high
mountains, fending off a leg injury which has sapped his power and
pushed him to his limits. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 26, 2014  With
his contract set to expire at the end of this season Cadel Evans faces
the difficult choice over whether to continue racing or hang up his
wheels. The former Tour de France champion may have one other option
with BMC and the rider having discussed the possibility of racing until
the end of the Tour Down Under in January 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  If
Tour de France history means anything then Vincenzo Nibali will
win the stage 20 time trial on Saturday and confirm his overall victory
in this 101st edition of the world’s greatest bike race. Twice before,
the Tour has staged long time trials on the rolling roads of the
Dordogne between the cities of Bergerac and Périgueux. And both times
the stage winner was the eventual Tour champion: Frenchman Jacques Anquetil in
1961 and Spaniard Miguel
Induráin in 1994. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 26, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
admitted he was superstitious but said not to the point of wearing the
same jersey throughout a three-week Tour. (sbs.com.au)
July 26, 2014  As
the Tour de France approaches its final days, teams will be looking to
place their top riders in the best possible position for the
all-important individual time trial in the penultimate stage, where the
winner of the Tour is determined. (sbs.com.au)
July 26, 2014  ABUS
has invented the truly unique BORDO series ($85 and up), which uses
flat steel pieces riveted together that can fold down like an old
wooden ruler. If your security needs aren't too great, this is actually
the lock you want. (podiumcafe.com)
July 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 26, 2014  Win,
crash, or survive, Tour racers do everything possible to make it to the
finish. (bicycling.com)
July 26, 2014 July 25, 2014 | July 26, 2014  The
crashes that littered this year's Tour de France are one of Sean Kelly's
overriding memories of this year's race; however, the former rider
believes that Vincenzo
Nibali is a well-deserving winner after the Italian
dominated the race. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Tony Martin took the
expected dominant victory in today's Tour de France time trial but soon
faced the usual questions about the absence of Fabian Cancellara
and Bradley Wiggins.
Having had a smooth ride, however, the world champion claims that it
would have been hard for anyone to beat him on a course that suited him
perfectly. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  After
three weeks of racing the Tour de France, a place in the top five came
down to just two seconds with Tejay
van Garderen taking fifth ahead of Romain Bardet after
the Frenchman punctured in the closings stages of the time trial to
Périgueux. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Bauke Mollema was
the big loser in today's stage of the Tour de France when he slipped
from 7th to 10th in the overall standings. The Dutchman regretted his
decision to use a new bike on a bad day when his teammate Laurens Ten Dam
dropped from 8th to 9th. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  Haimar Zubeldia
confirmed his extreme consistency in the grand tours when he used
today's time trial to move from 10th to 8th in the overall standings of
the Tour de France. The result marks his fifth top 10 in the world's
biggest bike race, making him one of the most decorated Tour riders of
his generation. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 26, 2014  "Dale continues to
improve his strength, coordination and fitness, and is increasingly
engaged in diverse life activities. The long and challenging rehab
continues, but the improvements are amazing in the nearly eleven months
since the vehicle-caused crash on the descent from Ward."
(303cycling.com)
July 26, 2014  Deals
with both naming sponsors expire at the end of the year.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Reflections
on the highs and lows of team and individual sports. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Dave Brailsford has
defended Richie Porte’s
ability to lead Team Sky in a grand tour after the Australian rider
failed to make a sustained impact in this year’s Tour de France. Porte became Sky’s
defacto leader after Chris
Froome crashed out in the opening week but despite a
positive start in the Alps he succumbed to illness and faded in the
second and third weeks. (cyclingnews.com)
July 26, 2014  Australian
Criterium Champion Sarah
Roy talks with Cycling Central about the significance of
La Course, the women's race that will be held in conjunction with the
final stage of the Tour de France on Sunday. (sbs.com.au)
July 26, 2014  The
nasty rain falling on the peloton at the Tour this year has revealed a
surprising fact. The greatest single piece of tech at the 2014 Tour de
France isn’t space age new wheels or fancy electronic shifting, it’s
not an aero bike or a feather weight climber. It’s fabric, zippers and
leather stitched together to make the Rapha Wet Bag.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 26, 2014  Chip Handley set
some huge cycling goals for himself before he shifted gears to focus on
riding with his family. A few years ago, the Scotts Valley resident
rode more than 10 century rides (1,000 miles), completed all five
mountain passes of the notorious Death Ride in Markleeville
(15,000-plus feet of climbing) and will now top off his lung-busting,
leg-burning season by riding the grueling Santa Cruz Mountains
Challenge. (santacruzsentinel.com)
July 26, 2014 July 25, 2014 |
 Ramunas Navardauskas
has been showing himself as a sprinter in this year's Tour de France,
but the Lithuanian time trial champion used his strength for riding
solo to finally deliver the stage win for which Garmin-Sharp has tried
so hard. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  Known
for his exceptional bike-handling skills, Peter Sagan rarely
hits the deck but today he was involved in a tumble near the end of
stage 19 of the Tour de France. Regretting having lost another chance
to win a stage, he openly admits that he was the first rider to go
down.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 25, 2014  Opportunities
have been hard to come by for John
Degenkolb in this year’s Tour de France and for the second
time in the race the 25-year-old was left frustrated. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  Just
hours before the 2014 Tour de France hits the Champs-Elysees on Sunday
to finish the final stage of this year's race, the best riders in the
elite women's peloton will ride the same circuit in the inaugural La
Course by Le Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 25, 2014  The
best cyclists in the world will converge on Paris this Sunday - this
year, both men and women race on the Champs-Élysées. The Tour de France
will debut a new women’s event, La Course, in conjunction with the
final stage of the Tour.
 Omega
Pharma-Quick Step rider says he's ready to seize opportunity.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 25, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 25, 2014  The
American multinational brand 3M is in talks with Giant-Shimano to
become the team's new title sponsor, the Dutch Telegraaf
newspaper reports. However 3M’s marketing director Ronald Faas has said
it is also talking to other teams as it aims to take a title sponsor
role with an international team. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  Outspoken
French cycling coach Antoine
Vayer has said that according to his calculations, the
power numbers at this year's Tour de France are back in the 'human'
range. (sbs.com.au)
July 25, 2014  Awang warned for
political protest. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  Saturday's Tour de
France Stage 20 live streaming video times will be posted here.
(cyclingfans.com)
July 25, 2014 July 24, 2014 July 24, 2014 July 24, 2014 July 24, 2014 |  "Four
long risers of some consequence will challenge the stage contenders to
maximize their climbing ability on this course. My suspicion is that
none but the last is steep enough to force teams to contemplate
ditching their aero bikes for traditional setups, but we'll see about
that." (podiumcafe.com)
 Thibaut Pinot, Jean-Christophe Peraud,
and Alejandro Valverde
do not represent a direct threat to Nibali,
but they are divided by just 15 seconds heading into Saturday’s 54km
race of truth. (velonews.com)
July 25, 2014  Astana
team management said that the cycling community needs to keep its faith
in Vincenzo Nibali’s
yellow jersey ride in the Tour de France despite the sport’s past
problems. “Can you have faith in it? Yeah, and more,” team manager, Giuseppe Martinelli
said. “I’m sure, 100 percent. I don’t think anyone should put doubt on Vincenzo’s win.”
(velonews.com)
July 25, 2014  Nibali set for a one
million Euro Tour de France bonus. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  Trek
Factory Racing is preparing itself for a revamp for 2015. Is it really
a case out with the old and in with the new? (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 25, 2014  Imaginative
planning and perfect execution gave Ramunas Navardauskas and
Garmin-Sharp a well-deserved stage win in the 2014 Tour de France.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 25, 2014  Romain Bardet
managed to push his way through the media scrum surrounding his Ag2r-La
Mondiale teammate Jean-Christophe
Péraud atop Hautacam to offer his congratulations on all
but sealing a podium place at the Tour de France, yet there was a
palpable air of disappointment about the youngster as he talked of his
own afternoon's work. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  Matt McCullough
& Stefano Ferro
have been in France for over a week now, riding stages of Le Tour and
climbing iconic mountains. In this instalment they focus on one of the
ingredients of the Tour de France that makes the race such an
impressive spectacle: the road-side fans. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 25, 2014  Following
on from last year’s Tour-inspired range, the new collection includes
special editions of the Eyeshade, Radarlock Path and Racing Jacket
glasses. Each model features a yellow, green and polka dot band across
the frame, to represent the special classification
jerseys. (bikeradar.com)
July 25, 2014  Giant’s
women’s bikes get their own brand - and an all-new line of women’s
endurance road models. (bicycling.com)
July 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 25, 2014 July 24, 2014 | July 25, 2014  Since
a training crash in April left him with a punctured lung, broken ribs
and a cut to his head, Chris
Horner has had to alter his racing season dramatically.
The American understandably missed the Giro d’Italia in May but is on
course to finish the Tour de France – only his second race back since
his accident – on Sunday, before targeting a defense of his 2013 Vuelta
a Espana crown. (cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  After
being kicked out of the Tour de France for prolonged sheltering behind
his team car, José
Joaquín Rojas has declared the decision by the race jury
as "unjust" and stated he had no advantage from sheltering behind his
team car while descending the Col du Tourmalet on stage 18.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  “I’ve
kind of done the road now. I’ve bled it dry,” Wiggins told the
BBC. “The road is quite cutthroat. The track feels more like a family
and a closer-knit group of people.” He added: “That will probably be it
for the grand tours. I can’t imagine doing that now. (velonews.com)
July 25, 2014  Tom
Boonen won't make his expected return to competition in the Tour de
Wallonie as a banal traning crash causes him a lot of pain. Instead,
Omega Pharma-Quick Step looks to Zdenek Stybar and Wout Poels to shine
in the hilly race. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 25, 2014  Zak Dempster is a
young Aussie currently living the dream, racing his very first Tour de
France in support of his team leader Leo Konig at the
NetApp-Endura team. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 25, 2014  In
1992 Claudio Chiappucci
took off on a breakaway doomed to ruin his whole season. Somehow,
precisely the opposite occurred. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 25, 2014  "The
new Turbo Cotton has won over the German time trial specialist. Martin rode the
tires in the Tour de Suisse, flat free, and will ride them again on
Saturday. They will be available to consumers this fall, and we have
been testing them on the roads around Boulder, Colorado since early
June." (velonews.com)
July 25, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "This is a quality lightweight upgrade – but an expensive one."
(bikeradar.com)
July 25, 2014  For
2015, Felt has updated the carbon FX frames with a Di2/EPS compatible
frame that doubles as an internal routing option for 1x drivetrains. At
the top level, they’ve also added TeXtreme woven carbon to their frames
to make them both stronger and lighter. (bikerumor.com)
July 25, 2014  Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 25, 2014 July 24, 2014 |
 Vincenzo Nibali
finished the mountains of the 2014 Tour de France with an emphatic
exclamation point, winning the last Pyrenean stage on Hautacam. The
Italian champion soloed to victory on the climb, putting more distance
into his rivals. Thibaut
Pinot was second, with mountains classification winner Rafal Majka in
third. (cyclingnews.com)
July 24, 2014  Some
have complained that the race for the yellow jersey has been boring,
especially with the regal dominance of Vincenzo Nibali, but
no one can suggest that the Tour de France isn’t exciting.
(velonews.com)
July 24, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
managed to gain time on
Romain Bardet and Alejandro
Valverde in today's final mountain stage of the Tour de
France but despite repeated attempts he was unable to get rid of Thiabut Pinot. The
American admits that his French rival always appeared to be riding
within his comfort zone. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  On
a day when Vincenzo
Nibali could have sat back and watched the others fight it
out for the podium places, the ‘Shark of Messina’ rode away from
everyone with 10 kilometers of the Hautacam still to climb. Behind, the
French jumped Valverde
to push him off the podium..
July 24, 2014  Spectator
stands in road and makes phone call with back to Vincenzo Nibali,
nearly knocking him off his bike. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 24, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 24, 2014  Friday's Tour de
France Stage 19 departs Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour at 12:15pm CET
(6:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Bergerac at
around 5:22pm CET (11:22am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 24, 2014  Team
Sky stands behind its decision to bring a team solely supporting Chris Froome to the
Tour de France. Despite losing its captain, its plan B, and so far,
going winless, general manager David
Brailsford said that supporting only one man is the way to
win. (velonews.com)
July 24, 2014  As
the winner of Tour de France prepares for his ride into Paris on Sunday
afternoon, 120 women will be contesting the inaugural edition of La
Course. The one-day event has attracted the world’s best women’s teams
and is Tour organiser ASO’s response to calls for a women’s Tour.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 24, 2014  On
Sunday 27th July it’ll be one of the most talked-about women’s races of
the year, and probably the easiest race to watch live since the 2012
Olympic Games – La Course by le Tour de France. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 24, 2014  When
the peloton thunders down the cobblestones of Paris' famous
Champs-Elysees on the final stage of this year's Tour de France, they
won't be the first to have raced on it that day. Preceding the final
stage is a new addition to the women’s UCI cycling calendar, La Course
by Le Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 24, 2014  Bradley Wiggins
returned to track cycling for the first time since 2008 at the
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday and helped lead
England to the final of the men’s 4000m team pursuit at the Sir Chris
Hoy Velodrome. (velonews.com)
July 24, 2014  Shoes,
this year, are stepping back in time. Bontrager’s latest borrow their
silhouette from classic cycling shoes, laces and all. The new Classique
model was first leaked by Orica GreenEdge’s Christian Meier on
Instagram, and will be available to consumers in September.
(velonews.com)
July 24, 2014 July 23, 2014 | For
the second day in a row, Alejandro
Valverde was put on the defensive when he was dropped on
the final climb to Hautacam in the final mountain stage of the Tour de
France. Having felt a bit ill the past few days, the Spaniard insists
that second place is still within reach. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  Rafal Majka did
another impressive performance in today's final mountain stage to
finish third and secure himself the win in the mountains
classification. Having surprised himself in his first Tour, the Pole
hopes that this is a sign that he will one day win the world's biggest
race. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014 If
it hadn't been for Lars
Boom, Laurens
Ten Dam could have lost his spot in the top 10 in today's
final mountain stage of the Tour de France as the Dutchman suffered an
unfortunate puncture on the descent from the Tourmalet. Boom who had dropped
back from the early break helped him rejoin the peloton on a day when Steven Kruijswijk
made sure that Belkin now have three riders in the overall top 15.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  After
his brave breakaway performance yesterday, Frank Schleck was
hoping to gain more time in today's final mountain stage of the Tour de
France but the Luxembourgish champion went hunger flat on the final
climb. Things were better for his teammate Haimar Zubeldia who
moved into the overall top 10.
July 24, 2014  Contract
extension with Fränk
Schleck under negotiation, younger brother not ruled out
for now. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 24, 2014  Having
recovered from an infection, Mikel
Nieve gave it one desperate final try to save Team Sky's
Tour de France when he attacked in today's big mountain stage. In the
end, he had to console himself with the most aggressive rider award.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali is
winning the Tour de France so easily that the Italian admitted he is
actually riding within himself. (sbs.com.au)
July 24, 2014  Team
Sky manager Dave
Brailsford has revealed that Chris Froome could
ride the Vuelta a Espana after crashing out of the Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 24, 2014  World
Champion Rui Costa
was forced to abandon the Tour de France with pneumonia, but hopes to
recover in time for world title defense. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 24, 2014  Echoing
Alberto Contador’s
Twitter announcement Wednesday that he was renouncing his planned
participation in the Vuelta a España, his spokesman Jacinto Vidarte has
expanded upon the reasons why the Spaniard has decided not to take
part. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 24, 2014  With
two stage wins for Andre
Greipel and Tony
Gallopin and a yellow jersey held by Gallopin for a day,
Lotto-Belisol can rightly claim to have done a successful Tour de
France. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  It
is possible to have too much of a good thing, according to Brad Wiggins. In
2012 he won the Tour de France and a gold medal at the London Olympics
time trial but now seems to have some regrets due to way it affected
his private life. (cyclingnews.com)
July 24, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Serviceable, durable and effective – but the additional cost of
screw-on attachments make this best for the committed mechanic."
(bikeradar.com)
July 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 24, 2014 | July 24, 2014  While
the climbers have been battling in the mountains, Peter Sagan has been
saving energy and he still believes that he has two chances to take
that elusive stage victory. Meanwhile, his teammate Alessandro De Marchi
attacked again in today's final mountain stage but again came away
empty-handed. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  Having
ridden a mostly anonymous race, Chris
Horner made his mark on the final mountain of the Tour de
France when he kicked off the action by attacking on the Hautacam. The
American had hoped that his Vuelta rival Vincenzo Nibali
would have waited a little longer before launching his own attack.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  Frenchman
needs a great day in TT to hold on. (cyclingnews.com)
July 24, 2014  "I’m
not opposed to anyone and everyone being quizzed about doping. Why
shouldn’t pro riders be asked awkward questions? The problem comes when
one team or certain individuals are singled out for special treatment,
as seems to be the case with Sky, Chris
Froome and Bradley
Wiggins." (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 24, 2014  Peter Sagan still
remains the hottest name on the transfer market, and even though some
strong indications were given last week that the Slovakian star would
ride for Astana from 2015 season, another team with which he has been
previously linked, Tinkoff-Saxo, still hope to enrich their already
formidable line-up with Cannondale leader. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 24, 2014  Cadel Evans, Ivan Basso and Chris Horner all
named as starters. Defending champion Thomas Danielson
(Garmin-Sharp) will also be taking part in the race. (cyclingnews.com)
July 24, 2014  The
Route: the D100 climbs east out of Argèles-Gazost in Hautes-Pyrénées
department in southwestern France. It is 13km long and 8% with
the option to continue for an
extra kilometer. (inrng.com)
July 24, 2014  A
long first week of racing saw Specialized at the top for wins with the
new 2015 Tarmac and its helmets notching more victories than other
brands. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 24, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "An absolutely brilliant machine that
ticks nearly all the boxes." (bikeradar.com)
July 24, 2014  Adam Hansen has yet
again been showing off more of his fancy homemade shoes that he’s
upgraded from the ones he used at the Giro d’Italia, and made even
lighter. Yes, apparently it is possible. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 24, 2014  Will
a modified Specialized Tarmac Disc with a 34/28 cut the mustard for a
10-hour day? (bikeradar.com)
July 24, 2014  Unless
you fall off, cycling is a sport blessed by its body-friendliness. On
the road, there’s no impact to wreck your joints nor big hits to rattle
your brain; in fact riding big miles is more likely to get you fit than
fractured. (bikeradar.com)
July 24, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 24, 2014 July 23, 2014 |
 Tinkoff-Saxo's
Rafal Majka
won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, claiming the Pla d'Adet in
his second victory of the race. Vincenzo
Nibali put more time into his rivals, with Alejandro Valvarde
suffering the most on the short mountain stage. (cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  The
Tour de France neophyte often relies on the advice of more experienced
hands as he looks to survive the rigours of La Grande Boucle, but
sometimes, there's nothing quite like the reassurance of his peers.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
remains second overall in the Tour de France following a second hard
day in the Pyrenees, but the Movistar leader recognized that it had
been anything but straightforward to stay in contention.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
appears to be playing with his rivals in the Tour de France, as if he
were a cat playing with mice. He let them attack on the road to the Pla
d’Adet ski station Wednesday, but that was it. When he wanted, he
attacked, rode clear, and added more time to his lead. (velonews.com)
July 23, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
couldn't keep pace with his rivals on Stage 16 of the Tour de France,
slipping down the general classification and further away from the
podium. (sbs.com.au)
July 23, 2014  Thursday's Tour de
France Stage 18 departs Pau at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Hautacam at around 5:31pm CET (11:31am U.S.
Eastern). Tour de France live
streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm CET
(7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 23, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 23, 2014  Stevens wins
Thüringen; American completes her own Grand Tour. (cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  A
nineteenth-century guide to cycling surely has little value today, even
if it is written for women by a woman, when there are contemporary
versions by the likes of Helen
Pidd or Cathy
Bussey? But that would be to take Lady Cycling
seriously when in fact it is a pleasant little triviality and an
elegant little cultural curio. (podiumcafe.com)
July 23, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "The Oura offers a great combination of comfort and
performance." (bikeradar.com)
July 23, 2014  The
Swiss Side Hadron 625 wheelset is fast, light within its field, and,
thanks to a broad, 23mm external rim diameter that positions it in the
vanguard of bicycle wheel development, places a lot of rubber on the
road. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 23, 2014  Continental
is expanding its involvement in drives for e-bikes, pedelecs, and
bicycles. The CONTI® eBIKE SYSTEM will enter production in the fourth
quarter of 2014. (contitech.de)
July 23, 2014  Updates
and disc brakes from the legendary Italian racers'
brand. (bikeradar.com)
July 23, 2014 July 22, 2014 July 22, 2014 |  Things
are getting desperate for a few guys now with the big ol' nasty 52 km
timetrial looming on the horizon. (podiumcafe.com)
July 23, 2014  Rafal
Majka stars again as The Tour de France main players shuffle the pack
in the midway point of the Pyrenees. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 23, 2014  The
long drought for Italian and French riders at the Tour de France seems
poised to come to a close. (velonews.com)
July 23, 2014 With
a comfortable buffer over the riders behind him in the overall
standings, Frank Schleck
dared to make a long-distance attack in tday's queen stage of the Tour
de France. The Luxembourgish champion set out with the intention to win
the stage but admitted that Rafal
Majka had been the strongest rider from the break.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 23, 2014  Even
though the rider himself gave strong indications that nothing has been
decided yet, Bauke
Mollema’s highly anticipated move to Trek Factory Racing
is one of the hottest topics in regards to a current situation on a
transfer market and according to Italian media the Belkin Procycling
leader would replace Andy
Schleck in the American outfit. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 23, 2014  Have
you ever had ants in your legs and found yourself sporting a
lightweight sock? Or did you end up pedalling with two legs on the same
pedal? (inrng.com)
July 23, 2014  Leo König has shone
so far in this Tour de France, in seventh place with only five more
stages to go. Added to his top ten finish in the Vuelta a Espana last
year, it looks likely that he will leave ProConti Team NetApp-Endura
for the top ranks next year. (cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  With
former Tour de France champions Alberto
Contador and
Chris Froome no longer in the race, and with
champion-in-waiting Nairo
Quintana recharging his batteries back home in Colombia
after winning the Giro d’Italia, unexpected chances of glory have come
to the riders still challenging race leader Vincenzo Nibali for
the yellow jersey at this year’s 101st Tour. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 23, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
Pro Cycling Team's custom app makes a science out of the art of racing.
(bicycling.com)
July 23, 2014  Former
Olympic and professional team-mate Scott
McGrory defines the ingredient that has been missing until
now in Michael Rogers.
(sbs.com.au)
July 23, 2014  The
Felt Electric line has been selling in Europe for three years, and for
2015 it’s coming to North America. The line uses Bosch’s motor
integrated into the frame with downtube mounted batteries.
(bikerumor.com)
July 23, 2014  Coming
off such a strong 2014 product line, the 2015 line consisted of more
incremental advancements. As an example, the 2015 AR1 and AR2
are also using Textreme fabrics, not just the ultra pricey FRD version
of the AR. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 23, 2014  With
seemingly everyone now a cycling fan, you no doubt getting a ton of
questions from non-cycling mates: Why isn’t the bloke at the front in
the lead? How can someone win without winning a stage? When do they go
to the loo? (bikeradar.com)
July 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 23, 2014 July 22, 2014 | July 23, 2014  Michael
Albasini says that he did not make a racist remark to Kevin Reza during
stage 16 of the Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 23, 2014  British
time trial star Matt
Bottrill was to put in an attempt at the iconic Hour
Record this summer, but a series of setbacks caused by lack of clarity
in the rules have forced him to put the attempt on ice.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 23, 2014  Alberto Contador has
ruled himself out of riding next month’s Vuelta a España. The Spaniard
crashed out of this year’s Tour de France with a fractured leg, but
bounced back within 48 hours to claim that he could race the Vuelta,
which starts next month. (cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  “Cervélo
and Slipstream have agreed that Cervélo will not exercise its renewal
option with the team for 2015,” stated Rick Vosper, the
company’s marketing director. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 23, 2014  Saxo
Bank is ready to extend its sponsorship of Tinkoff-Saxo for another
year, even if the price will go up. CEO Lars Seier
Christensen arrived at the Tour de France for negotiations
with
co-sponsor Oleg Tinkov
and the team. (cyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  American
Tejay van Garderen
is gaining valuable experience at the Tour de France as BMC leader
whilst former race winner and team-mate Cadel Evans
considers his future with the lucrative WorldTour outfit.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 23, 2014 Two
of the toughest weeks in the recent history of the Tour de France were
merciless on several teams and especially on Team Lampre-Merida, forced
to continue without their leader Rui
Costa in the third week. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 23, 2014  "It’s
good to have a team boss with so much enthusiasm and who’s made such a
financial commitment to give us the best opportunity to win."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 23, 2014  Now
that we're in a bit of a women's cycling lull, waiting for La Course by
Le Tour de France and the Sparkassen Giro World Cup, it's a good time
to look back at how the only 10-day Grand Tour the women are allowed to
race went, and what stood out. (podiumcafe.com)
July 23, 2014  From
cake to fitness, new bikes to travel, and more. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 23, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "A charming and unusual all-rounder that’s distinctive and
appealing." (bikeradar.com)
July 23, 2014  Basic
tips to help you stay safe on the road. (bikeradar.com)
July 23, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 23, 2014 July 22, 2014 |
 Van Garderen loses
ground on Port de Balés. (cyclingnews.com)
 Michael Rogers
attributes Grand Tour success to a 'mental change', and says he's no
longer afraid of failure. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 22, 2014  Another
day, another mountain range and still no moments of undue distress for Vincenzo Nibali at
this Tour de France. After going on the offensive in the Vosges and the
Alps, the Sicilian was happy to maintain a controlling brief on the
race's first stage in the Pyrenees, but still came away with an ever
tighter grip on the maillot jaune. (cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014  Wednesday's Tour de
France Stage 17 departs Saint-Gaudens at 1:35pm CET (7:35am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Saint-Lary Pla d'Adet at
around 5:25pm CET (11:25am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 22, 2014  After
a hectic, tension-filled opening two weeks of racing, the Colorado
native is ready for the final battle that looms in three days across
the Pyrénées. With team captain Tejay
van Garderen in the pole position for a spot on the final
podium in Paris, there is a mix of anticipation and growing confidence
around the BMC dinner table each night. (velonews.com)
July 22, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 22, 2014  "This
is the most exciting Tour de France I’ve seen in decades. It even
eclipses 1999 and 1996. By that I mean watching a race where the
outcome doesn’t seem assured, where each passing day could bring yet
another surprise, a Tour where even the flat stages matter and no one
team has the power to dictate the action." (redkiteprayer.com)
July 22, 2014  With
each falling star from the Tour de France, the Vuelta a Espana has the
potential to burn a little brighter, and with more drama. (velonews.com)
July 22, 2014  Frankie Andreu
recounts the heartbreak of almost winning a stage at the Tour de
France. (bicycling.com)
July 22, 2014  Her
women’s cycling documentary is called Half the Road, but
for this pro racer, writer, and activist, promoting the sport is most
definitely a full-time job. (bicycling.com)
July 22, 2014  The
game of sponsor musical chairs continues. Cervelo and Rotor, both
current sponsors of Garmin-Sharp, have signed a deal with South
African-registered pro continental squad MTN-Qhubeka for 2015.
(velonews.com)
July 22, 2014  Seven’s
shop floor is an impressive place. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 22, 2014 July 21, 2014 |  BMC
Racing Team president Ochowicz
said stage 16 slump was unexpected. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 22, 2014 The
Trek duo of Haimar
Zubeldia and Frank
Schleck saw their rise in the overall rankings of the Tour
de France being significantly hampered by bad luck in today's stage in
the Pyrenees. While Schleck
suffered from stomach problems, Zubeldia
felt excellent but saw his progress being slowed down by an untimely
puncture. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 22, 2014  World
champion Rui Costa
has been forced out of the Tour de France following an outbreak of
pneumonia. The Portuguese rider was 13th on the overall standings ahead
of the Tour's 16th stage to Bagnères-de-Luchon. (cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014 It
has been 16 years since women racers have shared in the prestige that
the name Tour de France brings to cycling - in 1998 the stage race
called Tour de France Feminin was stripped of its title by the ASO -
but on July 27, 2014, that all will change when La Course by Tour de
France lines up the best female racers in the world to race a criterium
on the Champs-Élysées, albeit many hours before the arrival of the
professional men. (cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014  Team
Sky, with only five days remaining in the 2014 Tour de France, risks
having one of its worst grand tours since it hit the road in 2010. This
comes on the heels of a rather quiet Giro d’Italia in May. The team,
however, is maintaining a cool exterior as the Tour races toward Paris.
(velonews.com)
July 22, 2014  Daniel Mangeas is
the voice of the Tour de France. He will retire soon, finishing a run
of 41 consecutive Tours. He’s another fixture of French cycling with
his distinctive tone, a verbal torrent of statistics and encouragement.
In a perfect twist he’ll end his career in the same place where it
began, although this time by plan rather than
accident. (inrng.com)
July 22, 2014 While
everybody seems to admit that Vincenzo
Nibali is in a class of his own on this Tour de France,
there are at least five riders competing for the two other spots on the
podium and all believe they are well placed to earn them.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 22, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Lives up to its name in ride quality and handling, but the weak
bang-per-buck of its component choices keep it from the podium it
otherwise deserves." (bikeradar.com)
July 22, 2014  The
X-Lite Ti has material cut out around the steerer tube to save some
weight. Loaded Precision takes a little more out than 3T, which adds to
some of the weight reduction. The other main difference is the carbon
fiber face plate. The plate uses four titanium bolts to clamp the
handlebar in place. (bikeworldnews.com)
July 22, 2014  A
WorldTour mechanic shares five things you should know about bike prep
and repair for wet rides. (bicycling.com)
July 22, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 22, 2014 July 21, 2014 | July 22, 2014  The
longest stage of the 2014 Tour de France, a 237-kilometer schlepp from
Carcassonne to Bagneres de Luchon, came down to a 300-metre stretch of
road on the descent of the Port de Bales. This slaloming piece of
smooth tarmac, just four and a half kilometers from the finish line,
was about the same length as, maybe just a bit longer than, many sprint
finishes. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 22, 2014  Gerrans crashed
heavily with Mark
Cavendish on the opening stage of the Tour, and has been
struggling since then to return to full health. (sbs.com.au)
July 22, 2014  Frenchman
moves up to third overall at Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014  The
“vampires” were busy on Monday’s rest day, gathering blood and urine
samples from numerous teams. Some reports even suggested that all the
teams were visited. (cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014  Jurgen Van Den Broeck
has not had the Tour de France he was hoping for and now blood tests
taken on the rest day give a possible explanation. An increased amount
of antibodies for mycoplasma indicates that his body has been fighting
an illness and the Belgian will continue to undergo an antibiotic
treatment. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 22, 2014  Jean-Christophe Peraud
admitted he had not even ridden the three tough Pyrenean stages at the
Tour de France in advance because he didn’t expect to be competing for
a podium spot. The 37-year-old French rider has unexpectedly found
himself in sixth place overall and only 1:18 away from a podium
position with less than a week to go. (velonews.com)
July 22, 2014  While
the biggest Omega Pharma-Quick Step news story on the second rest day
at the Tour de France revolved around revealing a new sponsor name for
2015 and beyond, the WorldTour team also announced that three-time time
trial world champion Tony
Martin had put pen to paper and re-signed for a further
two years. (cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014  These
new SZR-1 Scissors from old blue are claimed to be shop quality. They
have stainless steel blades and a dual density grip (which doesn’t
appear to be left or right hand biased), (bikerumor.com)
July 22, 2014  The
World Cup may be over, but national pride lives on at the Tour.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 22, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Classy looks and non-permanent design makes the Velo Column a
storage solution with a justified price. Just be sure you have a solid
ceiling." (bikeradar.com)
July 22, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 22, 2014 July 21, 2014 |
 Stephen Roche, Bjarne Riis, Jim Ochowicz, Dave Brailsford, Giuseppe Martinelli
give their opinion. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 21, 2014  Bardet is finishing
his masters degree at the Grenoble School of Management, in a special
program designed for elite athletes who do not want to sacrifice
education for sport. (bicycling.com)
July 21, 2014 Richie Porte saw his
hopes of finishing on the Tour de France podium come to nothing when a
chest infection took him out of contention at the worst possible time.
Admitting that his main goal now is to reach the finish in Paris, he
still hopes to bounce back with a great showing in the Pyrenees.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 21, 2014  Tuesday's Tour de
France Stage 16 departs Carcassonne at 10:45am CET (4:45am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Bagneres-de-Luchon at around
5:14pm CET (11:14am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 21, 2014 Won
last year by Tejay van
Garderen, the USA Pro Challenge has announced a formidable
line-up for its 2014 edition. 5 ProTeams lead the list of teams for the
fourth edition of the race. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 21, 2014  US
pro champion Eric
Marcotte and Katherine
Hunter won the final stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic
Sunday on the same Awbrey Butte course that has hosted multiple
national championship events. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 21, 2014  Top
American mountain bikers from around the country gathered at Bear Creek
Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania to vie for stars-and-stripes jerseys,
and some familiar faces found their way onto the podium. (velonews.com)
July 21, 2014  Geoff Kabush won his
record-setting eighth national cross country title, finally beating Alison Sydor's
record of seven elite titles. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014  According
to reports in Spanish media outlets, the director of the Vuelta a
España, Javier Guillén,
has announced that the grand tour will start in Nîmes in 2017.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014  According
to a report in De Telegraaf, the future of the Belkin team is secured
as the Dutch national lottery will provide the needed funding. Lotto
will invest in a unique joint project with the BrandLoyalty
speedskating team. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 21, 2014  Felt
Electric, the eBike wing of their company, is now live. The Felt
Electric line currently hosts 5 models consisting of a fat bike,
full-suspension mountain bike, aggressive mountain/city racer, and a
commuter model which includes a step-through frame version.
(urbanvelo.org)
July 21, 2014  Built
specifically for Team Sky’s assault on stage 20 of the Tour de France,
this brand new Jaguar F-Type Coupé, and its 5-litre V8 supercharged
engine, will mean the team’s sport directors will have no problem
keeping up with their riders in this Saturday’s individual time
trial. (bikeradar.com)
July 21, 2014  A
long first week of racing saw Specialized
at the top for wins with the new 2015 Tarmac and its helmets notching
more victories than other brands. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 21, 2014  There
is no longer any question that the endurance road bike category is
diving headlong into the realm of disc brakes. Category-defining models
like the Specialized
Roubaix and Trek
Domane already have disc versions available, Giant has removed
the rim-brake option from its high end bikes, and now Scott’s excellent
endurance frame, the Solace, has a disc version as well. (velonews.com)
July 21, 2014 July 20, 2014 |  With
Vincenzo Nibali
in command the race is on for the other riders to seize their chance.
Can a Frenchman can finish on the podium in Paris? Yes because Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot are
duelling for the white jersey, just 16 seconds separate
them. (inrng.com)
July 21, 2014  Just
when you thought this Tour couldn't get any sweeter for Vincenzo Nibali the
organizers throw a downhill finish his way. Because they're just that
nice. (podiumcafe.com)
July 21, 2014 Nibali seems
impervious to miserable weather, snow, wind, rain, dangerous roads,
technical descents, unexplained dips in form, insults from his own
Astana team manager Alexander
Vinokorov, crashes by valuable teammates and disrespect
from journalists who ignored him in talking up the Froome-Contador
showdown. (atwistedspoke.com)
July 21, 2014  Spain’s
Alejandro Valverde
is currently Vincenzo
Nibali’s closest pursuer in the Tour de France. The
Movistar veteran says he could not be more satisfied with his second
place - his best position ever at this point in the Tour - but he is
still prepared to fight to try and improve on that placing.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014 Dave Brailsford has
said that Team Sky will learn from the mistakes and misfortune of the
2014 Tour de France, with the British team unlikely to change its
strategy, team leadership or ambitions in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014  The
Tour de France’s second rest day comes at a good time for the
race-weary peloton. Smashed by extreme weather swings - from cool rain
and wind to searing heat - the peloton looks ahead with a mix of
trepidation and relief at three days of climbing in the Pyrénées. The
suffering will be relentless, but at least Paris is ever closer.
(velonews.com)
July 21, 2014  With
the news that Team Belkin has apparently found one or two new sponsors
for the coming year, ensuring that it will continue, attention has
turned to Giant-Shimano. The other Dutch team that is also looking for
new sponsors for 2015 and beyond. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014  Belgian
sports nutrition company Etixx to take over as title sponsor of
WorldTour cycling team. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 21, 2014  "I
wouldn't normally go to the trouble and expense of attending a stage
start abroad, after all it's just a roll-out. But yesterday was
different, (a) it was the Tour and (b) I had a personal invitation from
the Director of the Tour de France, Christian
Prudhomme." (wheelsuckers.co.uk)
July 21, 2014  "When
I am riding alone, cycling is meditation for me. When riding with
friends, it’s uninterrupted time together. In both cases, it means
leaving my busy life behind." (janheine.wordpress.com)
July 21, 2014  Mark Cavendish was
present at today's press conference where it was announced that the
future of his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team has been secured until 2017.
The Brit is now back in training but still can't say when he will
return to competition. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 21, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 21, 2014  What
do you buy a cyclist for their birthday, Father's Day, Mother's Day,
Valentine's Day or Christmas? Keep Calm And Pedal On
is the ideal gift for cyclists who love the sort of pithy cycling
quotes that would fit on T-shirts, coffee mugs, coasters or
screen-savers. (podiumcafe.com)
July 21, 2014  How
much air pressure pros use at the Tour de
France. (bikeradar.com)
July 21, 2014 |  Team
Giant-Shimano Women have announced a strong squad hopeful of delivering
Kirsten Wild
to victory in the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France which will
coincide with the final day of this year's Tour de France in Paris on
July 27. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014 July 21, 2014  On
the second rest day of the 2007 Tour de France, Alexandre Vinokourov
was expelled from the race after returning a positive test for blood
doping. Seven years on, the Kazakh is general manager of the yellow
jersey’s team, Astana. It’s a funny old game, cycling. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014  The
2014 Tour de France pedals toward its final battleground. The Pyrénées
loom, its snowy summits shrouded in clouds and mist, but the weight of
the pending suffering weighs heavily over a race-weary peloton.
(velonews.com)
July 21, 2014  21-year-old
Orica-GreenEdge debutant Simon
Yates talks about his Tour de France experience as he
withdraws from the race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 21, 2014  “Slaying
the Badger” is the title of Richard
Moore’s book, an account of the 1986 Tour de France. The
book has now been made into a film. But this is no dramatic
reconstruction, it’s a documentary with contemporary interviews spliced
with archive footage from the 1980s. It’s part of a series of
documentaries by ESPN, a US broadcaster, called “30 for
30.″ (inrng.com)
July 21, 2014  Cycling
begins at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games this week with a large
number of world class riders spread across track, road, mountain bike
and the new games discipline of para-cycling. (sbs.com.au)
July 21, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "The Ridley was born to climb, but is no slouch between the
peaks either." (bikeradar.com)
July 21, 2014  Ex-pros
discuss doping and choices at 2013 meeting. (cyclingnews.com)
July 21, 2014  Earlier
today it was announced that Tony
Martin has extended his contract with Omega Pharma-Quick
Step. The German has been given full support in his quest to become
Olympic champion in 2016. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 21, 2014  Maarten de Jonge is
a Dutch cyclist who rides for a Malaysia-based cycling team called
Teregganu. That means he spends a lot of time on planes — and in
particular, Malaysia Airlines planes. (vox.com)
July 21, 2014  At
this point, we’re all pretty aware that disc brakes for road bikes are
here to stay. Lately the conversation seems to focus on how
manufacturers will address the issue of axle standards, and now even
the brake mounts themselves are in question. (bikerumor.com)
July 21, 2014  Lightweight
Émonda
all but replaces aero Madone. (bikeradar.com)
July 21, 2014  The
Brits continue to deliver the sportive style goods. This time we’re
looking at Sabbath’s new September AR-1 for a lover of all-road riding,
if rain never sent you scuttling for shelter, if you are a believer in
titanium frames, super large tire clearances, discs, plus optional
custom geometries. (bikerumor.com)
July 21, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 21, 2014 July 20, 2014 |
 Alexander Kristoff
won his second stage at the Tour de France, claiming the sprint during
stage 15 in Nîmes on Sunday. The on-rushing peloton caught the day’s
two escapees at the last second, literally within sight of the finish
line. (cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014 Gebhardt takes final
stage over Armitstead.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014 Monday is a rest day
at the Tour de France, in Carcassonne. The race resumes
Tuesday with Stage 16. (cyclingfans.com)
July 20, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali just
showed the world once again why he’s the strongest and smartest rider
in the Tour de France with a beautiful display of racecraft and power.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 20, 2014 Team
Sky's Richie Porte
has vowed he will continue to fight on at the Tour de France despite
losing more than 13 minutes in the overall classification during the
two Alpine stages; stage 13 to Chamrousse and stage 14 to Risoul.
July 20, 2014  Kiesanowski claims
women's downtown criterium. (cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 20, 2014  First
Tour de France and first stage win. Rafal
Majka could hardly dream of a better baptism of fire.
Winner of the second Alpine stage in Risoul after finishing runner-up
in the first, the Pole confirmed all the potential seen in the last two
editions of the Giro which he finished 7th and 6th. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 20, 2014  If
you see a red jersey driving along at the front of the peloton during
the Tour's flatter stages, the chances are that it's going to be Lars Bak.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "The Izalco Max is a genuine superbike in every sense of the
word." (bikeradar.com)
July 20, 2014 July 19, 2014 July 19, 2014 |  "I
thought I had it, but then I realised in the last 50 metres that I had
nothing." (cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014  Tour
de France's only Ukrainian rider, Andriy
Grivko, says that he fears for the freedom and safety of
his compatriots back home. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 20, 2014  Marcel Kittel and
his Giant-Shimano lead-out train ran full steam ahead in the first week
of the Tour de France, ushering him to three stage wins in the first
four days of racing, but since then there have been few opportunities
for the sprinters. Stage 15 to Nîmes was one of the rare flat days in
the second half of the Tour, but the Giant-Shimano team came up short.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014  Joaquim Rodriguez
says he is confident he can win the Tour de France King of the
Mountains competition after reclaiming the lead in the polka-dot-jersey
competition on Saturday. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 20, 2014  Apparently
all significant elements have finally fallen into place during the
101st edition of la Grande Boucle, as no less than three host country
representatives stand in front of a serious opportunity to break the
draught and become the first Frenchman to finish on the podium since
Richard Viranque in 1997. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 20, 2014  Spaniard
says there is no doubt about his Vuelta a Espana participation.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014  Orica-GreenEdge
manager Shayne Bannan
has said that there are three prime opportunities for the team to chase
a long-awaited stage win in this year’s Tour, outlining what he said
were the best chances. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 20, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali may
still have a week to go before sewing up the Tour de France title but
already he is planning a double Grand Tour assault next year.
(sbs.com.au)
July 20, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 20, 2014 | July 20, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
“is in the flow,” a magical, elusive place where things start to click
in a bike race. When the luck starts falling your way, when the legs
feel light in the pedals, and the confidence grows by the kilometer.
(velonews.com)
July 20, 2014  Previously
reported links with banned doctor Michele
Ferrari resurface as Vincenzo
Nibali leads Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 20, 2014  He’s
ridden above his 21 years thus far in the race, and was involved in
several breakaways including Saturday’s alpine stage to Risoul, but Simon Yates’ goal of
reaching Paris will have to wait another year. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 20, 2014  Few
riders in the Tour de France peloton are looking forward to Monday’s
rest day as much as Astana’s Jakob
Fuglsang. (velonews.com)
July 20, 2014  Dries Devenyns of
Giant-Shimano crashed out of the Tour de France Saturday. The Belgian
was taken to hospital in Gap to have his serious injuries treated. He
said that he hit a stone on the road on the descent of the Izoard,
which caused him to crash into a wall. (cyclingnews.com)
July 20, 2014  Lance Armstrong's
meeting with an independent panel investigating cycling's doping past
was welcomed by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Friday as a positive
step in getting to the bottom of the drug culture which ravaged the
sport. (sfgate.com)
July 20, 2014  Which
is faster and safer for cyclists? (bicycling.com)
July 20, 2014  Scott
introduced the Road Premium Shoes last year, their entry into
top-of-the-line road shoes. What Scott did was to design a shoe that
aggregates the best features found in some of the most popular shoes at
the top of the market. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 20, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 20, 2014 July 19, 2014 |
 Majka was the only
rider of a large breakaway to hold off the habitual charge of Nibali, the
24-year-old Polish climber crossing the summit in Risoul 24 seconds
ahead of the increasingly bullish Sicilian. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  As
Rafal Majka
crossed the finish line on top of the finishing climb of Risoul,
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Tour de France was resurrected. Following Alberto Contador’s
crash and exit, the team has raced aggressively in an effort to conquer
new goals. The winner of the hardest stage in the Alps, Rafal Majka,
dedicated his win to his teammates. (tinkoffsaxo.com)
July 19, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
France Stage 15 departs Tallard at 12:05pm CET (6:05am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Nimes at around 5:20pm CET (11:20am
U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:15pm CET
(8:15am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 19, 2014 Having
lost time for the second day in a row, Richie Porte now
reveals the reason for his sudden loss of form. The Australian is
suffering from a chest infection but still hopes to make it to the
finish in Paris. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Having
been out of competition for 18 months, Frank Schleck is
riding himself into form in this year's Tour de France and the
Luxembourger is getting better and better. Today he climbed with the
podium candidates and finished 7th in Risoul which makes him proud of
the improvements he has made. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Had
things gone fully to plan, Tinkoff Saxo rider Michael Rogers would
be riding in support of team leader Alberto
Contador, pacesetting the Spaniard towards a third Tour de
France victory. Instead, Contador
is out of the race and Rogers
has had to acknowledge that a rival is the likely winner of this year’s
Tour. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 19, 2014  With
recent reports that Trek Factory Racing are looking to sign a new GC
contender, with Bauke
Mollema rumored to be at the top of their wishlist, the
future of the Schleck
brothers, Andy
and Franck,
has been thrown into doubt once more. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Stevens
maintains overall race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  Team
SmartStop's Travis McCabe
survived in a day-long breakaway and sprinted to the stage 3 win ahead
of Toms Skujins
and Ruben Zepuntke Friday
at the Cascade Cycling Classic. Serghei
Tvetcov held onto his overall lead by 11 seconds over Zepuntke, who moved
from fifth to second after the day's effort. Doebel-Hickok
secured women's stage. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  Gavazzi claims
finale sprint in Lanzhou. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 19, 2014  Perhaps
more remembered for the Tour he lost (1971) than the Tour he won
(1973), Luis Ocaña
was described by Eddy
Merckx as his "most dangerous rival." Alasdair Fotheringham
tells his story in this new biography of the Spanish champion.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 19, 2014 July 18, 2014 |  Astana’s
Vincenzo Nibali
received more probing questions, including one about Dr. Michele Ferrari,
but he replied in the same way as when he distanced his rivals on the
stage 14 climb to Risoul: with poise and control. (cyclingnews.com)
 Let's
just keep predicting a Sagan
victory, and delighting in finding out who pips him this time.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 19, 2014  Koen de Kort is less
inclined to bet against his Giant-Shimano team-mate Marcel Kittel ahead
of today’s flat stage at the Tour de France in which the latter has a
chance to equal his quadruple haul from last year’s race.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014 Tejay van Garderen
did another great performance in today's big mountain stage of the Tour
de France but the American is not too satisfied with his performance.
In fact, he is suffering from his crashes and has come down with
bronchitis but hopes to improve in the Pyrenees. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Inspired
by his win on the same climb in last year's Criterium du Dauphiné, Alessandro De Marchi
went on the attack in today's big mountain stage of the Tour de France
and for the second day in a row he was awarded the prize for being the
most aggressive rider. Having been supported by his teammate Peter Sagan in the
break, he praised the Slovakian for his efforts. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  The
time cut ensures no rider can coast around the course all day long,
taking it easy when they’re supposed to race. It ensures a homogeneous
peloton of riders making similar efforts each day. (inrng.com)
July 19, 2014  Team
Sky chief Dave Brailsford
said Friday that even if reigning champion Chris Froome had
still been in the Tour de France, he would have struggled to beat Vincenzo Nibali.
(sbs.com.au)
July 19, 2014  Karsten Kroon is
about ready to call it quits after 18 years in the peloton. “When I
think about it now, I cannot imagine that I will ride next year,” the
Tinkoff-Saxo rider said on the Dutch television show De Avondetappe on
Friday evening. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 19, 2014  Leopold König came
through the first Alpine test of the Tour de France with flying colors
and moved himself into the top 10 in the general classification. König finished third
on the day to slip into 10th and revive his GC hopes. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  New
elevation levels for Google Maps helps riders choose a longer, flatter
route or a short sharp hilly one. (road.cc)
July 19, 2014  As
the Tour de France heads for the mountains the sprinters will start to
take a back seat. Don't expect the likes of Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel to win
any stages up there. This is the territory of riders like Vincenzo Nibali and Joaquim Rodriguez.
(bbc.com)
July 19, 2014 | July 19, 2014  Andrew Talanksy
endured one of the most unforgettable moments of the Tour de France
when he battled all day to remain within the time limit despite
suffering from crashes sustained before the rest day, yet he was forced
to be a non-starter for stage 12. He was in tears by the end of stage
11. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  In
a repeat of his performance the previous day, Vincenzo Nibali stamped
all over his rivals in the Alps. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014 Many
were surprised to see Alejandro
Valverde suddenly slip back in today's Tour de France
stage to Risoul. However, the Spaniard's run of bad luck in the race
continued as a tourch of wheels with Thibaut Pinot had
destroyed his gears. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 19, 2014  Every
morning on French radio, cycling experts break down the day’s action.
For years — no, decades — the French media and fans had little to get
excited about. Stage wins, a run in the yellow jersey, or a few heroic
rides, but the podium in Paris remained like a mirage in the desert.
(velonews.com)
July 19, 2014  How
close is too close? The dilemma of coming across a crash in the Tour de
France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014  Chris Horner has
confirmed that he is ready to sacrifice his overall placing in the Tour
de France to help teammate Rui
Costa. After his horrific accident in Italy in the spring,
when he was hit by a car in a tunnel, the 42 year-old Lampre-Merida
rider is just happy to be racing in France in July. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  “A
half-hour after the stage he won’t even know where he is,” Cannondale’s
Stefano Zanatta
told Cycling Weekly. “You have to tell him, ‘Vincenzo, it’s time
to go to anti-doping or give an interview because you won.’”
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 19, 2014  Mark Cavendish is
putting in three hours a day on the home trainer, keeping his legs in
shape in hopes of returning to the peloton soon. He watches tv while
working, but not the Tour de France, which he says he desperately
misses. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014 Cheng Ji made it to
the finish of the first Alpine stage of the Tour de France just behind
the gruppetto after again helping his teammates Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb
during the long day in the saddle. (cyclingnews.com)
July 19, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Premium quality sunnies well suited to those with larger
faces." (bikeradar.com)
July 19, 2014  Six
helmets introduced: Stego, ARX MTB Plus, ARX Plus, Lin, Taal,
Torus. (bikeradar.com)
July 19, 2014 July 18, 2014 |
 Porte,
Kwiatkowski drop out of top 10. (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  For
Alejandro Valverde,
Friday’s first test in the Alps was one of those classic quandaries: Is
the glass half full or half empty? (velonews.com)
July 18, 2014  American
tops Armitstead
from breakaway. (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Sky
leader Richie Porte
has said he believes that Friday’s summit finish of the Tour de France
could suit him well and that he is looking forward to battling it out
with race leader Vincenzo
Nibali plus the other overall contenders in
several hour’s time. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 18, 2014  The
strongest rider does not always win the Tour de France. Tactics,
recovery, experience and how riders deal with the unexpected, all play
a huge part in deciding who pulls on the final yellow jersey, who
secures a place on the podium and who will look back at their race with
regret. (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 18, 2014  Tvetcov moves into
overall lead, Stephens
increases her lead over Amber
Neben. (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Tour
de France news shorts and snippets on Friday, July 18.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 18, 2014  Tour
de France debutant and youngest rider in the race, Simon Yates says
he's never experienced anything like it. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 18, 2014  Featuring
Specialized, Race Face, Fox, Lezyne, Saris and
more. (bikeradar.com)
July 18, 2014  Saturday's Tour de
France Stage 14 departs Grenoble at 11:55am CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Risoul at around 5:22pm CET (11:22am
U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live
streaming video should get underway at around 11:55am CET
(5:55am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 18, 2014  Campagnolo,
the company that first brought 11-speed drivetrains to road cycling in
2008, has completely updated its mechanical lineup for the 2015 season.
(velonews.com)
July 18, 2014 July 17, 2014 July 17, 2014 |  We're
forever being told that women's cycling needs to build its audience, so
the decision to schedule the Giro Rosa and Thüringen concurrently to
the Tour de France appears counter intuitive. (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Porte finished the
stage 8:48 down on stage winner Vincenzo
Nibali. (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Van Garderen
maintained a steady output, and moved up to fifth overall, 5:19 back of
Nibali
but right in the thick of podium contention, less than a minute behind Romain Bardet, of
AG2R La Mondiale. He finished sixth on the day, 1:23 adrift of Nibali.
(velonews.com)
July 18, 2014  It’s
had thrills, spills, bellyaches and tears, Herculean efforts of
leg-busting chutzpah, and buckets of va-va voom even without the
presence of Va-Va Froome.
(crankpunk.com)
July 18, 2014  Stage
13 of the Tour de France was the hottest yet with temperatures rising
to a sweltering 40 degrees centigrade as the riders led out the
indomitable Vincenzo
Nibali for his third win of the race.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
July 18, 2014  "I
think we're going to start to see a few people crack and hopefully, I'm
not one of them." (cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Tour
de France leader Vincenzo
Nibali says the new generation of Italian cyclists are
working hard to restore a reputation tainted by past doping scandals.
(sbs.com.au)
July 18, 2014  We
often see new bikes and cycling-related technology make their first
appearance at the Tour de France, and no wonder – it's the biggest race
in the world and the biggest annual sporting event on the planet.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 18, 2014  "Today
we climbed the Col du Glandon — not the most famous climb in Tour
history but one that has featured numerous times since 1947."
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 18, 2014  Australian
says La Course and new Australian women's race are symbols of change.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Ultralight
sub-700g frame with Dura-Ace and tubeless
wheels. (bikeradar.com)
July 18, 2014  Like
honey, the good stuff has a proven track record on pancakes, and in the
pro peloton. Famous American cyclist Ted King has been
using the all natural performance enhancer for years, and has now
partnered with Slopeside Syrup to bring it’s benefits to the masses.
(bikerumor.com)
July 18, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 18, 2014 July 17, 2014 July 17, 2014 |  McQuaid was
interviewed by French website Cyclsime Actu about this year’s race and,
to the delight of Cyclisme Actu’ big boss Emmanuel Potiron, he
made a connection between French politics and the UCI’s recent change
of presidents. “It was fantastic,” enthused Potiron, “he said
that if cycling was clean now it was thanks to him and he compared
himself and Brian Cookson
to Sarkozy
and Hollande,
can you imagine?” (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 18, 2014 July 18, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
team leader Andrew
Talansky, 25, of Miami, came into the Tour de France
widely regarded as a contender for a top-three finish. That wasn't to
be, as Talansky
crashed heavily twice in the first 10 days of the race and found
himself laboring in excruciating pain during Stage 11 from Besancon to
Oyonnax in the Jura mountains of eastern France. (espn.go.com)
July 18, 2014  “Of
course Nibali
is the best, we all know that, but it is just going to come down to
tactics. Or maybe he gets bronchitis too...” (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 18, 2014 Going
into today's first Tour de France stage in the Alps, Haimar Zubeldia and Frank Schleck had
flown under the radar. However, the Trek pair produced a surprisingly
good performance and now claim to be back in the race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 18, 2014  Standing
atop the Tour de France podium at the mountain resort of Chamrousse —
first as the stage winner, then as the maillot jaune, and again as the
King of the Mountains — the weight of the moment sank in. (velonews.com)
July 18, 2014  Lance Armstrong met
with the Cycling Independent Reform Commission in May, and was “asked
about everything,” according to a report from the AP news agency. His
attorney Elliot Peters
said that Armstrong
had asked him to arrange the May 22 meeting, which lasted seven hours.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Astana's
Giuseppe Martinelli
says that the big moves from Vincenzo
Nibali's rivals may not come until the Pyrenees.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 18, 2014 Omega
Pharma-QuickStep ready to reveal their future plans on the rest day.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 18, 2014  Yesterday
David De La Cruz
crashed out of the Tour de France in spectacular fashion. Having spent
a painful night, the Spaniard still doesn't know what brought him down.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 18, 2014  "Cycle
Sport travelled to Pamplona in Spain to meet Nairo Quintana at a
pre Giro training camp. In a candid interview the Colombian told us
about his incredible upbringing and how it helped him become the rider
he is today." (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 18, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 18, 2014  “It’s
mostly the legs, and then the head follows. Usually, when the legs let
go, the head lets go too.” – John
Gadret. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Falco is on the right track to producing top notch bicycles,
though a few crucial fixes remain." (bikeradar.com)
July 18, 2014 July 17, 2014 |
 Sagan denied once
again on stage 12. (cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  Welcome
to the Big Show, Matthew
Busche. At 29, he is riding his first Tour de France this
year, and so far he’s had a proper French racing baptism: crashing,
riding the breaks, getting moved out of the way, and soaking up a Tour
rest day. (velonews.com)
July 17, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
sat on the steps of the Movistar bus, taking a few questions from
journalists before the start of Thursday’s stage. The 34-year-old
Spaniard has not garnered much attention so far, but that is poised to
change as the Tour de France pedals into the first major mountain
climbs of this year’s race. (velonews.com)
July 17, 2014  Specialized-lululemon
swept the stage 3 podium at the Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der
Frauen in Germany on Thursday. Lisa
Brennauer claimed her second stage win of the race, after
dominating the individual time trial. She covered the 21km course in
28:59, and beat her teammates Evelyn
Stevens by 17 seconds and Trixi Worrack by 49
seconds. (cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  US
pro champion Eric
Marcottte sprinted to victory Wednesday during stage 1 of
the Cascade Cycling Classic in Bend, Oregon, and claimed the overall
race lead from Optum Pro Cycling's Tom
Zirbel. (cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  Davidenok maintains
race lead in Yinchaun. (cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  Rui Costa’s Tour de
France ambitions have been dealt a blow, as the world champion has been
diagnosed with acute bronchitis. The Lampre-Merida rider struggled with
his breathing during yesterday’s stage to Oyonnax and lost 1:32 on the
other general classification contenders. (cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  The
rest day was also an opportunity for Tour de France teams to prepare
for the heat which suddenly hit the race on Wednesday.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 17, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 17, 2014  There
are places that are woven deep into the culture of road cycling. As the
Tour de France moves into its second century it has arguably made icons
of just a handful of mountains: the Col
du Tourmalet, Mont
Ventoux and, with a place on most road riders’ bucket
list, Alpe d’Huez.
It is this climb that makes champions every time it is included in the
Tour. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 17, 2014  The
Chamrousse climb, which is the MTF and main attraction tomorrow, is the
#1 rated climb of the entire Tour de France! That sounds awesome and
scary. (podiumcafe.com)
July 17, 2014  Friday's Tour de
France Stage 13 departs Saint-Etienne at 11:50am CET (5:50am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Chamrousse at around 5:22pm
CET (11:22am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S.
Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 17, 2014  Better
known for its high zoot (and expensive) road bikes, Cervélo announced
its new R2 model today, an endurance road bike with a wallet friendly
price. Recommended retail is $2500. (roadbikereview.com)
July 17, 2014  Italian
company also fights counterfeiters with new authentication system.
(bicycleretailer.com)
July 17, 2014 July 16, 2014 July 16, 2014 July 16, 2014 |  Former
UCI president, Pat
McQuaid has resiled from his most critical comments on Lance Armstrong, and
almost a year on from losing office he now believes the disgraced
American was unfairly treated and was the victim of a witch hunt.
(stickybottle.com)
July 17, 2014  “The
mistakes made were made in the past, made by a lot of riders, but we
have to let that go and move ahead to the new riders who want to try to
change cycling,” team Astana’s Nibali
said. “We are showing that with the biological passport and out of
competition controls at home.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 17, 2014 Andrew Talansky did
not start stage 12 of the Tour de France, due to the injuries that he
sustained earlier in the race. As a result of two crashes in the
opening week of the race, Talansky
has acute sacroiliitis – an inflammation of the sacroiliac joint, which
connects the iliac bone, in the pelvis, to the spine. In addition, the
American has been suffering with an upper respiratory infection.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
leaned against his bike, seeking shade under the BMC Racing team bus
awning, staying cool before the inevitable battle of Thursday’s hilly
stage across the Massif Central. (velonews.com)
July 17, 2014  Geraint Thomas led
Great Britain around the track to two Olympic gold medals and showed
last week in the Tour de France that he is pushing for something
similar for Sky team-mate Richie
Porte. Just as Porte
did when working for Bradley
Wiggins and Chris
Froome, Thomas
appears to be paving his own path towards Tour fame.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 17, 2014  Richie Porte's years
as a loyal Tour de France underling are paying off as he fights to
become only the second Australian to win the race, Cadel Evans said
Thursday. (sbs.com.au)
July 17, 2014  After
collecting junior world championship titles in both cross-country
mountain biking and the winter sport of cyclocross, Sagan focused his
competitive interests toward the road. It wasn’t hard for anyone who
saw him ride to imagine big things in his future, either. This was,
after all, the kid who raced in sneakers and a T-shirt and summarily
schooled everybody. (bikemag.com)
July 17, 2014  "With
hydraulic disc brakes promising to be the future for road bikes, we
test out Shimano's offering." (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 17, 2014  Calculate
your ideal riding weight, and achieve it. (bikeradar.com)
July 17, 2014  Orica-GreenEdge
mechanics have a custom tool for replicating cleat position on multiple
pairs of shoes for a rider. (bikeradar.com)
July 17, 2014 
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out
of 5 stars. "The BH Ultralight is lively, quick and loves
to attack – it's only let down by a few finishing kit choices."
(bikeradar.com)
July 17, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 17, 2014  It’s
sheer speculation at this point, but it sure looks like Mavic has a new
pair of ultra-light road shoes in the pipeline. Spotted this past week
at the Tour de France, these slick-looking black and yellow numbers on
the feet of Ag2r-La Mondiale star Christophe
Riblon. (roadbikereview.com)
July 17, 2014 July 16, 2014 | July 17, 2014 With
Vincenzo Nibali
comfortably installed in the yellow jersey and the only one of the
three pre-race favorites to make it to the big mountain stages you
could be excused for thinking it's all over in the Tour de France. That
would be doing a disservice to the riders directly behind the Italian
because although they might be wondering what they can do against a Nibali in top form
they'll also be wondering how they can ambush each other.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  Team
Sky rider Jonathan
Tiernan-Locke has been banned for two years over irregular
biological passport values dating back to 2012. (cyclingnews.com)
July 17, 2014  The
Village Depart was still talking at the start in Bourg-en-Bresse this
morning about Andrew
Talansky's ordeal in the stage to Oyonnax, when the
American finished inside the time cut despite a painful back injury.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 17, 2014  Teams
will have riders near the front of the bunch to monitor events. It’s
typically called “filtering”, let those riders through who you don’t
mind going up the road but to catch the ones you’re worried
about. (inrng.com)
July 17, 2014  "He
might have a huge advantage in the green jersey competition, but I
think it’s safe to say that this Tour has been frustrating for Peter Sagan. He’s
been second three times on stages, as well as three times fourth and
once fifth. On stage 11 he was in a break clear at the end, but the
other riders in it marked him really closely and this allowed Tony Gallopin to get
away for the win." (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 17, 2014  French
riders and teams have struggled to make a strong impression on their
national tour for the past two decades. No French rider has won le Tour
since Bernard Hinault
in 1985 and none have made the podium since Richard Virenque
placed second back in 1997. But this year, the French seem to be poised
for an upwards swing. (podiumcafe.com)
July 17, 2014  Former
Tour de France rider, Brian
Robinson has been hit by a car on a training ride in his
native Yorkshire. The 83-year-old former Tour de France yellow jersey
wearer, crashed and suspectedly broke his collarbone, his son-in-law Martyn Bolt told the
BBC..
July 17, 2014  "So
I had a bit of a mishap at the Tour de White Rock road race this past
Sunday and, at the request of my friends in the peloton, I promised I
would share the story." (anikatodd.com)
July 17, 2014  Blog
by Moto 514, Luke Evans, the driver of CW photographer Graham Watson’s
motorbike at the 2014 Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 17, 2014  Prior
to Lance Armstrong
in 1999 non-Campy wins were as rare as a clean cyclist. Of
those exceptions, some of the more interesting victories were Mavic’s,
and none of them were more memorable than the group that Greg LeMond rode on
his TVT carbon on his way to victory in the 1989 Tour de France.
(redkiteprayer.com)
July 17, 2014  Once
upon a time, most stems had quills that inserted into the steerer tube.
The stems were made from forged aluminum. Cinelli, 3TTT and others
offered them. They were attractive and relatively lightweight, and stem
failures were unheard of. Many of these old stems are still ridden
daily, decades after they were made. (janheine.wordpress.com)
July 17, 2014 July 16, 2014 |
 Talansky distanced
on hard-fought stage to Oyonnax. (cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014 At
one point Talansky
climbed off his bike and appeared ready to withdraw, but somehow he
mustered the will to continue, demonstrating not merely his own
fortitude but the difficulty any rider faces regarding quitting the
Tour de France. (podiumcafe.com)
July 16, 2014  Tom Zirbel and Lauren Stephens
donned the first yellow jerseys of the 2014 Cascade Cycling Classic
Tuesday after storming to wins in the opening prologue time trial at
Tetherow Golf Club. (cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  Close
but no cigar once again. He’s clearly one of the strongest and fastest
riders in the Tour de France, but Peter
Sagan was again outfoxed on the eleventh stage of the Tour
de France and left hugely frustrated afterwards. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 16, 2014  Thursday's Tour de
France Stage 12 departs Bourg-en-Bresse at 12:50pm CET (6:50am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Saint-Etienne at around
5:30pm CET (11:30am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 16, 2014  Brennauer
continues in race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014 Vincenzo Nibali wary
that his Astana team may be stretched over coming weeks, and that
Movistar and Sky pose a serious threat. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 16, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 16, 2014  After
the euphoria of the Grand Départ, this year’s Tour de France has a lot
to live up to. The Yorkshire and London stages were beyond compare, so
the French had their work cut out to match that exuberance.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 16, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "One of the finest combinations of aerodynamics, performance and
comfort around." (bikeradar.com)
July 16, 2014  ‘Bus
driver’ might not be up there on most people’s list of exciting jobs,
but in the world of pro cycling, it’s something only a few people are
qualified to do. Danny
In ‘t Ven invited us inside for a tour of the Trek Factory
Racing team bus. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014 July 15, 2014 |  When
Andrew Talansky
rolled to a halt, placed his bike in the verge and sat on a crash
barrier at the side of an anonymous road near Chassal, it seemed as
though his Tour de France had finally come to an end. (cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  When
asked, 12 of the 23 former Tour de France winners agreed that Lance Armstrong
should have his seven Tour victories back, De Telegraaf reports. "They
should never have erased Armstrong
from the list. You can't change results ten years later. Of course it's
not good what he did but you can't re-write history," 1980 winner Joop Zoetemelk said.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  A
video of the final stage provoked speculation on social media that
suggested the Rabo-Liv Woman Cycling teammates used unprofessional
tactics to try and block Abbott
from attacking during the last five kilometers of the climb.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  After
the first rest day, the main story of the Tour is almost more about who
is no longer in the race than who is leading the race. After a few days
in the UK, before heading to France, the peloton was already down one
of the most important riders of the past few years. And now that the
race has hit the early mountains and passed over the cobbles, the GC
field has been decimated unlike any prior Tour of the modern era.
(redkiteprayer.com)
July 16, 2014  The
era when the Schleck
brothers dominated the Tour de France is clearly over. With the sun
setting on the Schleck
brothers, Trek Factory Racing is on the hunt for replacement GC
contenders to carry the team into 2015 and beyond. (velonews.com)
July 16, 2014  Bauke Mollema has
reached an agreement with Trek Factory Racing, according to a report in
De Telegraaf. The Dutch rider who currently sits tenth in the overall
at the Tour de France, is said to have signed a two-year deal.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  Still
coming to terms with the crash-enforced withdrawal of Alberto Contador two
days ago, Michael Rogers
has spoken about the low mood on the Tinkoff Saxo team but also the
determination to still make a mark on the race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 16, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 16, 2014  Australia's
summer calendar has a new international addition with the
UCI-sanctioned Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race announced today. The
event, named in honor of Australia's only Tour de France champion, will
tackle the Victoria coastline along the famous Great Ocean Road in late
summer. (sbs.com.au)
July 16, 2014  This
past weekend Jamis Bicycles introduced the Renegade, a carbon-fiber,
disc brake-equipped adventure road bike geared toward the burgeoning
gravel grinding segment. First ride honors went to pro rider Tyler Wren, who
placed a solid third in the Crusher in the Tushar, a challenging
84-mile race in Utah that’s held on equal parts paved and gravel roads.
(roadbikereview.com)
July 16, 2014 | July 16, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
survived another white-knuckle ride at the Tour de France, finishing
safely in the front bunch in Wednesday’s 11th stage, crisscrossing the
jagged Jura Mountains. (velonews.com)
 Tinkoff
Saxo general manager Stefano
Feltrin has looked to put the Alberto Contador
crash controversy to bed by stating that the Spaniard crashed once and
that the Specialized bike that broke in two was the result of a car
crash rather than the Spaniard’s fall. (cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  The
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Logan Loader, of
Pacific Grove, Calif., has tested positive for a prohibited substance
and accepted an eight-month suspension for his doping offense.
(velonews.com)
July 16, 2014  Sky's
Geraint Thomas
says there's no pressure on his team leader Richie Porte in this
Tour de France. The Australian is in second place overall, 2:23 behind
race leader Vincenzo
Nibali, but Thomas
says that although the team will do their level best to keep him in a
podium position, Porte
has already had a great race. (cyclingnews.com)
July 16, 2014  It
is one of the great beauties (and ironies) of cycling that it is
essentially free for fans to watch. The price, however, is a tremendous
pressure on event organizers and teams to secure sponsors that provide
the necessary lifeblood — the money — to keep the sport alive.
(velonews.com)
July 16, 2014  The
all new Mavic Crossmax SL is the lightest yet. Not only are the wheels
the lightest in the new WTS range, the wheels are the lightest mountain
bike specific wheel system Mavic has produced. Designed specifically
for cross country riders, racers, and fast trail riders. (bikerumor.com)
July 16, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 16, 2014  The
frame and fork have aerodynamic shaping that was optimized in the wind
tunnel by Tour de France and Olympic hero Chris Boardman. The
downtube, seat tube and seatpost are shaped for airflow and reduced
wind resistance in head- and crosswinds. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 16, 2014 July 15, 2014 |
 With
a much-needed rest day following what have been a frantic and dramatic
opening ten days to the 101st edition of the Tour de France, finally
there is a chance to draw breath and look back on what has been the
best opening half of the race we can remember. (road.cc)
July 15, 2014  Astana's
Vincenzo Nibali
-- the saviour of Italian cycling? (podiumcafe.com)
July 15, 2014  Wednesday's Tour de
France Stage 11 departs Besançon at 12:30pm CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Oyonnax at around 5:17pm CET (11:17am
U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 15, 2014  Tinkoff
Saxo team owner Oleg
Tinkov believes that Alberto
Contador would have won the Tour de France had he not
crashed out with a broken tibia on stage 10. (cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  Brennauer extends
lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  The
team will be down to just six riders, after losing Andy Schleck and Danny van Poppel. Haimar Zubeldia is
the team's highest placed rider on GC, at 20th place, 8:01 behind Vincenzo Nibali.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  Richie Porte was
told to stop banging his head against a brick wall when his season
started to go wrong earlier this year. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 15, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 15, 2014 Trek
has extended the contract with one their most exciting talents as Giacomo Nizzolo has
put pen to paper to sign a deal that will see him be part of the team
until the end of the 2016 season. The Italian hopes to continue his
rise through the sprinting ranks over the coming years.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 15, 2014  The
Mavic SSC (Special Service Course) is expanding yet again with the
introduction of the La Maison Jaune in Newbury Park, California.
Serving as a home base for the American neutral support and as an event
space for Mavic and their dealers, the Yellow House is the latest
installment in a long history of cycling support. (bikerumor.com)
July 15, 2014  "The
Tour is an event apart. Everything about it is bigger, sometimes to the
point of outrageousness. For three weeks, the peloton is under the
microscope, magnified like the Gauls’ village at the beginning of
Asterix’s adventures." (cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  Today,
a combination of carbon technology, reliable wheels, and disc brakes,
makes the world beyond pavement far more comfortable to explore. Taking
off where cyclocross bikes left off, the new Diverge models from
Specialized are purpose built to conquer dirt roads and goat trails.
(bikerumor.com)
July 15, 2014  Kona
is one of the few brands to use scandium enriched aluminium, and the
Esatto uses Kona’s ‘race light scandium 69’ blend. Scandium is added to
the aluminium to refine the material grain, increasing strength and
meaning that less material can be used. (bikeradar.com)
July 15, 2014  The
Hiro chuck (sounds like ‘Hero’) is inspired by the vintage Japanese
chucks used by Keirin mechanics to achieve high pressures in a
demanding environment where hundreds of tires may have to be inflated
to high pressure each and every night. (bikerumor.com)
July 15, 2014 July 14, 2014 July 14, 2014 |  "It’s
an eerily unique, claustrophobic feeling: head to toe my body is
screaming in pain from the crashes, I’m panting with all my aerobic
might but only inhaling what feels like half the oxygen I need, plus
I’m now facing what’s called the hardest sporting event in the world.
This is everything I’ve worked for, dreamed of, yearned for over the
past decade. It’s no lack of training or fitness or fortitude or
desire." (velonews.com)
July 15, 2014  The
Amy D. Foundation, a nonprofit organization created in honor of the
late pro cyclist Amy
Alison Dombroski, is introducing an elite race program for
the 2014-2015 cyclocross season. (velonews.com)
July 15, 2014  "There's
no new policy, change in tactic or strategy. That's what we do. I think
we have to keep in mind that a guy who was doping has been caught
through the Biological Passport. It's a success story but we have to
handle these cases correctly and that's what we did."
(cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  Having
crashed out of the Tour de France with a broken tibia, Alberto Contador is
now back in Spain to be examined for hs injuries. The Spaniard still
hopes that he will be able to line up in the Vuelta later this year.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 15, 2014  The
Tour de France has completed three stages in the Alps, visits the Jura
range tomorrow before the Alps and then the Pyrennes. The race rates
climbs with five labels, from 4th category for the easiest all the way
to 1st category and then HC for hors catégorie, or “beyond
categorization”. A frequently asked question is how are these
categories determined. (inrng.com)
July 15, 2014  Michal Kwiatkowski
looks like a nice enough kid. Or, as his sport director Brian Holm put it,
like a little accountant. “He’s so humble. Off the bike. On the bike,
you look at him and think, ‘How can that little humble guy be so greedy
on the bike?’ In a bunch sprint? He doesn’t look like Greipel you know. He
looks like an accountant making your numbers,” Holm said.
(velonews.com)
July 15, 2014 Geraint Thomas says Alberto Contador's
absence will have a mixed effect on how much work Sky will have to do
in the remainder of the Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 15, 2014 Two
weeks ago NetApp-Endura announced that they had found a long-term
naming German sponsor that would take over from NetApp and Endura at
the end of the year. Today the team has revealed its identity, with
Bora set to become the first major German naming sponsor for several
years. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 15, 2014  There
may not have been a French winner of the Tour de France since Barnard Hinault in
1985 but in Romain Bardet
and Thibaut Pinot
the future looks bright. (sbs.com.au)
July 15, 2014  Fabian Cancellara
still planning on Hour Record attempt, along with Bradley Wiggins and Tony Martin.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 15, 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
July 15, 2014  Advances
in portable GPS systems give rider and coaches essential input data to
allow even more accurate predictions of performance on a specific time
trial, incorporating hilliness and windiness. (phys.org)
July 15, 2014  The
Tour de France is one of the most iconic and physically demanding
sporting events in the world. Held annually since 1903, it has evolved
from a simple test of endurance and speed to a festival of technology
and innovation as teams fight to find the egde that will take them over
mountains, high speed straights and cobbled roads ahead of their
rivals. (phys.org)
July 15, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "If aero isn’t your thing, Enve’s Classic wheels should be on
your radar." (bikeradar.com)
July 15, 2014 July 14, 2014 July 14, 2014 | July 15, 2014  UCI
president Brian Cookson
has said that he hopes that the new La Course race run by Tour de
France organizers will evolve beyond the current one day setup,
although he said that for now he was not aware if this is being
planned. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 15, 2014  Cadel Evans is
set to decide on his future within the sport before the end of this
season with his current contract set to end in December. According to
the former Tour de France winner’s agent, Evans has not
entered negotiations with other teams, with the rider’s agent Jason Bakker saying,
“I think when he finishes at BMC that will be the end of his career.”
(cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  Canadian
bike brand Argon 18 have revealed on their website today the news they
have signed a three-year deal with one of the professional teams
currently participating in the Tour de France, but they won't
be revealing the identity of the team until the end of the race.
(road.cc)
July 15, 2014  Alberto Contador was
in tears. The rider known as “El Pistolero,” the man who has overcome a
brain aneurysm, defeated Lance
Armstrong, and been at the center of a controversial
doping suspension, had, for the first time in his career, abandoned a
grand tour, brought down by a violent crash early on stage 10 of the
Tour de France. (velonews.com)
July 15, 2014  The
highest-placed American in the 2014 Tour de France, Tejay van Garderen,
spoke to journalists at his BMC team's hotel in Besançon on Tuesday
about his hopes for the second half of the race. (cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  In
spite of the fact that he put his closest rivals to the sword, won the
toughest stage of the race so far and saw Alberto Contador
crash in front of him. Vincenzo
Nibali says he hasn’t won the Tour yet.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 15, 2014  The
widespread availability of reliable power measuring and feedback
devices has provided a great toolset for more focused training in
endurance sports like cycling and triathlon. However these
tools can also be utilized to give advantages during competition.
(powertap.com)
July 15, 2014  "A
day at the Tour presents hundreds of options for Roadside adventures,
and sometimes it’s tough choosing which path to follow. One story I was
determined to get on my trek through the Vosges and Alps, was an
interview with one of the Tour’s Podium Girls." (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  The
34-year-old rider from Victoria signed up for the team when it started
three years ago after he had been racing with AG2r, Crédit Agricole,
Cervélo and Team Sky since his professional debut in 2005.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 15, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "The Supersix’s phenomenal performance is a fitting match for
the Tourminator." (bikeradar.com)
July 15, 2014  If
you’re at all familiar with GoPro HD Hero cameras, the first thing
you’ll notice about the Shimano Sports Camera is that it feels smaller
and lighter than other cameras on the market. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 15, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 15, 2014  The
problem for cyclist Gillian
Wu started when she yelled at a gaggle of
pedestrians lingering in the bike lane to get out of the way.
(9news.com)
July 15, 2014 July 14, 2014 |
 It
was touted as the Queen stage of the Vosges and even the Queen stage of
the entire Tour by some and Stage 10 didn’t disappoint with the action
on show. Once again crashes unfortunately dominated the news with the
big loss of Alberto
Contador but nothing could overshadow the performance of Vincenzo Nibali who
reigned supreme in the Vosges. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  Italian
national champion adds sublime climbing display to mastery of cobbles
and fearless descending. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 14, 2014  When
Vincenzo Nibali
attacked in the finale of today's Tour de France stage, only Richie Porte showed
any will to try to bring him back. Despite moving into second in the
overall standings, the Australian was slightly frustrated not having
received any help. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
moved a step closer to his big goal of the Tour de France podium when
he finished third in today's big mountain stage and assumed the same
position in the overall standings. Regretting Alberto Contador's
withdrawal, he admits that Vincenzo
Nibali is currenly the strongest rider in the race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014  For
the second day in a row, Tony
Martin rode most of a Tour de France stage on his own when
he tried to set up his teammate Michal
Kwiatkowski for a big coup that could have given him both
the stage win and the yellow jersey. In the end, the mission failed but
both riders were glad to have given it a try. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014  Frank Schleck and Haimar Zubeldia
started to claw back some of the time they have already lost when they
finished in the top 16 of today's big mountain stage of the Tour de
France. The Luxembourgish champion was pleased with his performance and
claims not to be missing much compared to the best. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014 Tuesday is the first
rest day of the 2014 Tour de France. The race resumes
Wednesday with Stage 11.
(cyclingfans.com)
July 14, 2014  Atop
the legendary Ghisallo climb, Emma
Pooley won her third stage of the 2014 Giro Rosa.
Marianne Vos also
pulled off a hat-trick, winning her third overall title in the Italian
women’s stage race. (velonews.com)
July 14, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 14, 2014  Matteo Del-Cin who
rides for the new Silber Pro Cycling Team attacked the break to win the
Peace Arch News Road Race, the final day of racing of Tour de White
Rock and BC Superweek on July 13. Megan
Rathwell, of the ATAC Sportswear team, won the women’s
race for her second podium placing at the 2014 Tour de White
Rock. (podiuminsight.com)
July 14, 2014  There's
more involved than just a handful of strain
gauges. (bikeradar.com)
July 14, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "The Cutters are a rare breed: cycling sunglasses stylish enough
to be worn off the bike." (bikeradar.com)
July 14, 2014  It’s
usual to think of eggs as a good source of protein – and they are. A
small hen’s egg will provide 6g of good quality protein. This is found
almost entirely in the egg white, whilst the yolk is a rich source of
cholesterol, fat and vitamin E. (bikeradar.com)
July 14, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 14, 2014 July 13, 2014 July 13, 2014 |  Tinkoff-Saxo's
Alberto Contador
has been left with a fractured tibia after his fall in the Tour de
France during stage 10 on Monday. The Spanish climber crashed midway
through the stage and despite continuing was forced to abandon.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
rider crashes out on stage 10. (cyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  Initial
reports on the Tour’s race radio, in French, and by NBC Sports’ Steve Porino, that Contador’s bike was
“in pieces,” appear to be correct. “His frame snapped in half. They
threw it in a heap in the back of the car,” Porino said, noting
that he had arrived shortly after the crash. (velonews.com)
July 14, 2014  New
yellow jersey Tony
Gallopin may be the center of attention as the Tour heads
for La Planche des Belles Filles, but most of the support on the
roadsides today will be directed towards local riders Thibaut Pinot and Arthur Vichot. The
two FDJ.fr riders were schooled on these climbs and still train on
them. (cyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  Thibaut Pinot showed
that he is a dangerous podium candidate in the Tour de France when he
finished second in Today's big mountain stage. Despite enjoying riding
on home soil in the Vosges, the pure climber is looking forward to the
Alps and Pyrenees whose longer climbs suit him better, and even claimed
not to have had his best day. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
keeps saying that the 2014 Tour de France is not simply a duel between
him and Alberto Contador,
but no one believes him. (velonews.com)
July 14, 2014  Sky
boss Dave Brailsford
says that Richie Porte
has the fitness, confidence and team to take on the Tour de France
contenders. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 14, 2014  Ji Cheng, the first
Chinese cyclist to ride the Tour de France, says he will just be hoping
to survive when the Grand Boucle reaches the high mountains.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 14, 2014  "This
year, the podium prize money and prime money was split equally between
the men and the women, making Gastown the biggest women’s criterium
prize purse in North America." (anikatodd.com)
July 14, 2014  Decades
ago, some tire makers cheated when stating tire widths. Why? To make
their tires appear lighter than they really were. By selling a 25 mm
tire as a 28 mm, they made the tire seem lighter than the competition’s
tires, which actually were 3 mm wider. (janheine.wordpress.com)
July 14, 2014  Giant
has made a giant-sized statement. Last week at a press event in
Scotland, the world’s largest bike maker rolled out a fully revamped
version of its Defy endurance road bike, claiming it’s both the
lightest road frame it’s ever produced (890 grams for size medium
Advanced SL), and that it smoked comparable competition when lab tested
for weight, stiffness and compliance. (roadbikereview.com)
July 14, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 14, 2014  Amazing
carbon fiber road bike performance for around $2,500.
(roadbikereview.com)
July 14, 2014 | July 14, 2014  Having
crashed two days in a row, Andrew
Talansky suffered in today's stage 10 of the Tour de
France and lost more than 10 minutes to race leader Vincenzo Nibali.
Garmin-Sharp will now reevaluate their goals on the rest day as their
American captain is now out of the GC battle. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014  The
question about whether or not Cadel
Evans will continue beyond the end of this season as a BMC
Racing Team rider – and indeed as a professional – will be decided
after the Vuelta a España, where the Australian will compete in support
of team-mate Samuel
Sanchez. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 14, 2014 It
was a day marked by the loss of Alberto
Contador as much as the win by Vincenzo Nibali.
July 14, 2014 Peter
Sagan and team Cannondale hold the green jersey in the Tour de France,
but things could be better. After one week, Sagan remains winless and
the Italian team faces uncertainty in 2015. (velonews.com)
July 14, 2014  BMC
Racing team captain Tejay
van Garderen has said that the team has a simple strategy
for today’s decisive mountain stage: track the team which is expected
to animate the race, and then see what can be done in light of that.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 14, 2014  The
Planche des Belles Filles is a novelty that first appeared in the Tour
de France in 2012 after the Tour de France boss Christian Prudhomme
came across cyclists buzzing about the climb on a forum. It’s back for
the 2014 Tour and could well feature again and
again. (inrng.com)
July 14, 2014  Having
been granted a two-year WorldTour licence extension by the UCI last
week, the route of the 17th Tour Down Under in 2015 has been revealed
with a mix of new and old. (cyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  Bradley Wiggins has
told Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport that he plans to
stay with Team Sky in 2015 and target Paris-Roubaix and possibly the
Hour Record on the track. Team Sky manager Brailsford however
told The Guardian that nothing is signed yet. "He hasn't signed. We've
met with his management company and we'll see where we're at. Nothing
is signed." (cyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  One
day after hsi big coup that saw him move into third overall, Tiago Machado found
himself on the ground after a bad crash in today's big mountain stage
of the Tour de France. Having originally decided to abandon, he changed
his mind and fought his way to the finish alongside teammate Andreas Schillinger.
Despite missing the time cut, the pair have been allowed to stay in the
race. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 14, 2014  The
NetApp-Endura team will announce a new five-year title sponsor on
Tuesday, during the first rest day of the Tour de France. Team owner Ralph Denk is
convinced that Germany is about to return as a major cycling nation in
the professional peloton. (cyclingnews.com)
July 14, 2014  First
of all, not every little bump “down there” is a saddle sore, so don’t
panic. In fact, more often than not, it’s not a saddle sore at all.
(saddlesorewomen.com)
July 14, 2014  Unreleased
models, prototypes, blank shoes and custom
footwear. (bikeradar.com)
July 14, 2014 July 13, 2014 |
 Tony Martin soloed
to victory in Mulhouse on stage 9 of the Tour de France, while
Frenchman Tony Gallopin will
wear the yellow jersey on Bastille Day after he finished among the
chasing group. (cyclingnews.com)
 Tony Gallopin dug in
hard on the final 30km to ensure he would wrest the yellow jersey from
Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali
on Sunday and give France a timely boost in the Tour de France before
Monday’s Bastille Day. (velonews.com)
July 13, 2014  Monday's
Tour de France Stage 10 departs Mulhouse at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at La Planche des Belles Filles
at around 5:44pm CET (11:44am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 13, 2014  Germany’s
Florenz Knauer
wins Choices Markets Criterium for second straight podium finish at
Tour de White Rock in Vancouver, BC on Saturday. 2013 Junior National
Time Trial Champion Kinley
Gibson Takes Women’s Race. (podiuminsight.com)
July 13, 2014  Oleg Tinkov spent
stage eight of the Tour de France in the Tinkoff-Saxo team car next to Bjarne Riis and was
wearing a huge smile post-race after his team rode strongly on the
steep climbs and Alberto
Contador gained a few seconds on race leader and big rival
Vincenzo Nibali.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  Haller wins finale
in Vienna. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  Rui Costa lost some
ground on his general classification rivals after a mechanical problem
on the final climb of stage 8 of the Tour de France. The Portuguese
rider looked strong and had been able to stick with the main group of
favourites on the climb to Gérardmer La Mauselaine, but found his bike
lacking when the attacks started coming. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  77
percent of teams have access to aero road
helmets. (bikeradar.com)
July 13, 2014  Daniel Navarro wants
a stage in the Tour de France 2014. He was ninth last year in the
General Classification, his goal this year is another. He wants to
raise his arms at a finish line. He is 135th at 43:13 to Vincenzo Nibali
overall. His terrain, the mountains, comes now. The Spanish rider is in
his second season in the Cofidis and does not rule working with Alberto Contador.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 13, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 13, 2014  Mark Cavendish
recovering from surgery to repair shoulder injury sustained on opening
stage of Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 13, 2014 July 12, 2014 July 12, 2014 |  Andrew Talansky has
scrapes and scabs up and down his body from various crashes, but those
battle scars do not matter. What he cares about is having a chance to
race against the Tour de France’s top riders when the race climbs into
the mountains. (velonews.com)
July 13, 2014  Pooley wins in
Madonna del Ghisallo. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  On
a day that saw Astana and the major players’ content to let the break
go, we ended with a new Maillot Jaune, a shake-up in the Tour de France
overall, a popular German win and a new Toast of France! Bring on
Bastille Day! (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali's
Astana team manager Alexandre
Vinokourov believes his protégé might have won the Tour if
he keeps the same lead over his rivals at La Planche des Belles Filles
on Monday. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 13, 2014  Alberto Contador has
vowed to continue attacking and Vincenzo
Nibali believes him as the Tour de France rivals light up
the hilly Vosges region. (velonews.com)
July 13, 2014  Andrew Talansky has
been the unluckiest of the favorites in the last couple of days,
crashing twice in spectacular fashion in the finale in Nancy and again
in Gerardmer on Saturday. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 13, 2014  The
eighth stage of the 2014 Tour de France added mountains to the already
potent mix of crowds, crashes and cobbles that had fuelled an
exhilarating first week. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 13, 2014  Luca Paolini was
given a warning by the UCI on stage eight after the Katusha rider was
spotted using his mobile phone during the race. After each stage the
organizers issue a document with all the sanctions given, from
disposing of food wrappers in the wrong way to taking bidons at the
wrong time. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  Sagan has swapped
from the Hulk of previous years to fellow Marvel superhero Wolverine
for this year’s Tour. This X-Men theme is carried over with the top
tube airbrushed with glaring eyes and razor-sharp claws.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 13, 2014  "Just
a few weeks ago, we saw Silca’s new valve stems with rubber sections
built in to prevent the incessant rattling that comes with long valve
stems and deep section rims. Now, we found this solution from Miche for
those of you already quite happy with your existing valve extenders or
extra long one-piece units." (bikerumor.com)
July 13, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 13, 2014 July 12, 2014 | July 13, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
is taking each day as it comes at this year’s Tour de France, after
suffering four crashes during the opening week of the race. After
enjoying a calm day inside the peloton on stage 9, van Garderen is
looking to move himself back into GC contention. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  It’s
the most cherished prize in cycling but, as the old saying goes,
sometimes when you love something you have to set it free.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 13, 2014 Chris Horner has not
been back from injury very long but he has been thrown into the Tour de
France by his Lampre-Merida team to help leader Rui Costa as well as
be a very able plan B should Costa
fall out of GC contention. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 13, 2014  Brian Cookson’s
promise that he would bring a fresh transparency to the operations of
the UCI is being questioned today after it emerged that the governing
body no longer plans to announce doping sanctions imposed on riders
caught breaking anti-doping rules, except in the most high profile
cases. (road.cc)
July 13, 2014  Denis Menchov’s
two-year ban for biological passport violations was never formally
announced and only came to public notice on Saturday after a table
listing current and recent doping sanctions appeared on the UCI
website. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  Four
years after the tumultuous 2010 Tour de France, the results are being
rewritten again. Alberto
Contador was the winner on the podium in Paris, being
flanked by runner-up Andy
Schleck and third-placed Denis Menchov. Due
to his positive test for clenbuterol, Contador lost his
third Tour de France victory half a year later to Andy Schleck, and
now Menchov
has been stripped of his third place finish. (cyclingnews.com)
July 13, 2014  Golf
is the new cycling for Armstrong, cockroach wing artwork, and door open
for return to Livestrong? (road.cc)
July 13, 2014  Giant-Shimano
rider Marcel Kittel
is rapidly rising through the ranks of the cycling world – with the
German’s popularity seemingly increasing day-by-day thanks to his
superb sprinting performances in the 2014 Tour de France. (metro.co.uk)
July 13, 2014  "Summers
not over, I hear you say. Well sure it’s not for roadies but I only
have 5 more days of racing left, so it pretty much is for me. Besides
this weeks weather in Belgium could easily be in disguise as autumn."
(helenwyman.com)
July 13, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 13, 2014 July 12, 2014 July 12, 2014 |
 Frenchman
Blel Kadri
won the eighth stage of the Tour de France and the first summit finish
at Gérardmer La Mauselaine on Saturday. The breakaway rider climbed to
the summit alone to take his first Grand Tour stage win of his career.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  Up
to this morning, the general classification battles of the 2014 Tour de
France have been tactical, and the advantage has lain with Vincenzo Nibali, who
thrives in the kind of improvisatory chaos of stages two, over the
Pennines, and stage five, over the cobbles. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 12, 2014  Blel Kadri of
Ag2R-La Mondiale took France’s first victory of the Tour de France with
a superb stage eight solo win in the Vosges mountains at Gerardmer.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
July 12, 2014  This
time last year, Ted King
was already back at home and out of the Tour de France. The Cannondale
rider had been thrown from the race for finishing outside of the time
cut during the team time trial. King
was suffering with a separated shoulder going into fourth stage and
finished just seven seconds outside of the time cut. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  Team
Sky's new leader, Richie
Porte, says it's now Vincenzo
Nibali and Astana's Tour de France to lose.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 12, 2014  Cheng Ji may sit
second from last in the general classification, but he has already made
history by becoming the first rider from China to compete in the Tour
de France. “Like I say, it doesn’t matter in sport where you’re from,
what matters is what you want to be and what you believe,” Ji said. “It’s very
simple, just try and change your way.” (velonews.com)
July 12, 2014  Race
Report: Another long attack highlighted the early goings of the Tour’s
first mountain stage today with the win finally going the way of the
break thanks to a superb performance from Blel Kadri.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 12, 2014  Kennaugh still in
yellow with one more stage to go. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014 Davidenok
maintains his overall race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  The
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling criterium squad extended their dominant
winning streak last night by sweeping the podium at the Giro di
Burnaby, an important goal for the team within the Canadian BC
Superweek series. (cyclingillustrated.com)
July 12, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
France Stage 9 departs Gerardmer at 1:10pm CET (7:10am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Mulhouse at around 5:35pm CET (11:35am
U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 12, 2014 July 11, 2014 July 11, 2014 |  Second
crash in two days sees Garmin-Sharp's Andrew Talansky lose
time over Tour de France rivals. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 12, 2014  Vos maintains
overall race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  The
Giro has suddenly become very interesting in the fight for overall GC. Emma Pooley took her
second stage victory on the mountain top finish of San Domenico di
Varzo. Mara Abbott
came in just behind her in second. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 12, 2014  Spaniard
shows he is ready to attack Nibali
in the mountains. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  This
jersey is mine. That’s what Vincenzo
Nibali appeared to be saying on the first uphill finish of
this year’s Tour, with the Italian matching all attacks on his Maillot
Jaune and riding in such a way as to try to intimidate his competition.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 12, 2014 Peter Sagan had been
tipped as a potential joker for today's first mountain stage of the
Tour de France but the Slovakian eased up pretty early. Having tried to
make it into the early break, he decided to save energy for later.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  For
Team Giant-Shimano, today's mountain stage of the Tour de France was
mostly about survival as Tom
Dumoulin proved to be unable to follow the best. The good
news was that John
Degenkolb is feeling a lot better despite suffering from a
muscle injury. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  The
first week of the Tour de France has flown by, so much has happened
during the past 1291km. The Tour seems to create its own time and space
and Yorkshire seems to be more than a week ago. It’s been a week packed
with action and drama yet the race has only just got
going. (inrng.com)
July 12, 2014  Stack
of rotating SIM cards, wine from Rihs’
vineyards and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 12, 2014  The
demise of Italian cycling has been greatly exaggerated according to
winning pair Vincenzo
Nibali and MatteoTrentin.
(bicycle.net)
July 12, 2014  Andy Schleck has
said that even though his injury sustained at the Tour de France will
keep him off the bike for several weeks, he will come back and once
again fight to remain a pro cyclist. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  Be
honest: On at least one occasion, you've watched the Tour from your
couch and wondered why it wasn't you pedaling in that pack. Here are a
few quantifiable reasons. (bicycling.com)
July 12, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 12, 2014  In
celebration of the 2014 Tour de France’s three-week, 3,656km journey
from Leeds in the UK to the iconic Champs-Elysees in central Paris—many
sponsors have gone the extra mile by creating custom parts and paint
for their riders. (bicycling.com)
July 12, 2014 
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 12, 2014 | July 12, 2014  Russian
Denis Menchov
has been stripped of his results from the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Tours de
France, with the UCI surreptitiously slipping the news into a summary
of doping cases that was published on July 10. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  Ironically
many riders feel relieved at the prospect of tackling the mountain at
last. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  Polish
champion Michal
Kwiatkowski was the best young rider and fourth
in the general classification before the first mountain summit, stage 8
of the Tour de France. But he was one of the first big overall
contenders to get dropped in the final kilometres of a stormy Saturday
afternoon up to Gérardmer La Mauselaine. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  Rui Costa was
feeling really good in today's first mountain stage of the Tour de
France but the world champion was hit by a major setback when he
dropped his chain at the bottom of the final climb. Fellow
Lampre-Merida captain Chris
Horner suffered in the cold and lost contact with the
favorites on the penultimate climb. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  With
the Grand Depart of the 101st Tour de France made on home soil,
coverage in the UK media has been greater than ever, not only with the
race having begun in Yorkshire, but also thanks to arguably Britain’s
finest generation of professional cyclists aiming for more success in
cycling’s greatest race. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 12, 2014  Roompot
Vakanties, a Dutch holiday company, has money ready to invest in
cycling, Omroep Zeeland reports. “We have a certain amount to invest in
cycling in 2015,” the company’s CEO said. “Both Belkin and Orange
Cycling know the amount and the ball is now in their court.”
(cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
manager Jonathan
Vaughters thinks that it will now be very difficult for
anyone other than Vincenzo
Nibali to win the Tour de France. Nibali grabbed the
jersey by just 2 seconds on stage 2 and has built his lead, with his
next GC challenger being Kwiatkowski
at 50 seconds in fourth overall, and his next proven contender is Jurgen van den Broeck,
fifth at 1:45..
July 12, 2014 The
2015 Giro d’Italia will start in Sanremo and begin with three stages in
the Liguria region, according to a report in Italian newspaper Secolo
XIX. (cyclingnews.com)
July 12, 2014  Tour
de France race director Christian
Prudhomme has defended the inclusion of the cobbled stage
of the Tour de France, saying riders should be able to ride on all
terrain. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  Carlos Betancur, who
has not been selected by AG2R La Mondiale for the Tour de France, is
currently in Spain where he is preparing for the third grand tour of
the cycling season: the Vuelta a Espana. However, he admits it will be
"difficult" to go for the Vuelta’s overall classification after being
"very sick." (cyclingquotes.com)
July 12, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "Handling, pace, lightness – this is an exceptionally exciting
bike to ride." (bikeradar.com)
July 12, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 12, 2014  "Claimed
weight for the complete bike is 7.1kg (15.65 lb) – pretty respectable.
Five sizes will be offered with head angles ranging from 72.5º to 73º,
putting it on the racier side of things." (bikerumor.com)
July 12, 2014 July 11, 2014 July 11, 2014 |
 Omega
Pharma QuickStep's Matteo
Trentin took a photo-finish win over Peter Sagan in the
sprint finish of the seventh stage of the Tour de France. Multiple
crashes in the final kilometer had decimated a field already ripped
apart by the fast pace set in the closing kilometers. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  Peter Sagan has a
commanding lead in the points competition after having finished in the
top 5 in all stages so far. However, the Slovakian is starting to get
frustrated after he again narrowly missed out on a stage victory in
today's seventh stage. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 11, 2014  Sky
principal Dave Brailsford
has said that the new team Tour leader Richie Porte is
eager to seize the chance he has been given and to lead the team in
search of a yellow jersey in Paris. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 11, 2014  Astana
trainer Paolo Slongo
talks about Vincenzo
Nibali's power output during Tour de France stage five - Nibali used more
power than during an Alpine mountains stage. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 11, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
manager Bjarne Riis
says Alberto Contador
was nervous when faced with wet cobbles, losing time to rival Vincenzo Nibali.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 11, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 11, 2014 Ilya
Davidenok holds onto overall lead for a second day. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  Evgeny Petrov took
his first win since joining the Tinkoff-Saxo team when he took a huge
solo victory in the final mountain stage of the Tour of Austria. Having
been part of an 11-rider breakaway, the Russian dropped his companions
on the final climb and rode solo to the finish while race leader Peter Kennaugh
marked his rivals closely, finished third and extended his overall lead
with two stages to go. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 11, 2014  Team
Colavita/Fine Cooking Rider Erica
Allar Wins in First Trip to BC Superweek. Canadian
National Champion Leah
Kirchmann of Optum finished second for another podium
visit. Third place went to Laura
Gilder of Team Mellow Mushroom
Racing. (podiuminsight.com)
July 11, 2014  The
Giro d’Italia 2016 “is almost certainly” starting in Apeldoorn,
Netherlands, according to a report Friday morning in a Dutch newspaper.
The provincial government has agreed to help finance the start,
according to the organizing committee. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  The
photo shows him in pink, head down, arm up, the road inky wet. He’s
racing into legend among the thick snowflakes, a moment that would
radiate from this place in the Dolomites and outward. (velonews.com)
July 11, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "A bike that feels lighter than air, is well equipped and a
great ride." (bikeradar.com)
July 11, 2014  "Our
testers uncork the best new drinks to fuel your ride, whether you're
battling heat and long miles, or just trying to recover."
(bicycling.com)
July 11, 2014  Saturday's Tour de
France Stage 8 departs Tomblaine at 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Gérardmer La Mauselaine at around
5:29pm CET (11:29am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern)..
(cyclingfans.com)
July 11, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 11, 2014 July 10, 2014 |  Andrew Talansky is
affectionately nicknamed Pit-bull by his Garmin-Sharp team and his
character and aggression came out after he crashed hard in sight of the
finish of stage seven of the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  Marianne Vos won the
seventh stage in the Giro Rosa on Friday. The Rabo-Liv world champion
celebrated her fourth stage victory in Italy by beating Giorgia Bronzini and
Emma Johansson.
She naturally keeps hold of the pink leader’s jersey with two stages to
go. (cyclingnews.com)
 North
America’s top pro men and women are well into the first week of the
Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, and
while its still too soon to predict outcomes, cycling fans can expect
some great racing still to come. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  Race
leader Vincenzo Nibali
will go on the defensive Saturday when the Tour de France faces its
first summit finish up La Mauselaine. “He could attack, maybe, it
depends on his legs,” Astana team manger, Giuseppe Martinelli
said. (velonews.com)
July 11, 2014  In
his first interview since knee surgery on Wednesday, Andy Schleck has
said that he will spend several weeks off the bike but that he will
fight to rebuild his career. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali got
safely through the final flat stage of the Tour de France before the
race reaches the mountains but in the finale he was warned by Alberto Contador who
asked Nicolas Roche
to up the pace on the final climb. The race leader saw this as a sign
of Contador's
intention to attack in the Vosges.
July 11, 2014  Ride
a Grand Tour and you can eat up to 9,000 calories a day! (road.cc)
July 11, 2014  Much
focus has been given to the tactics employed by Team Sky and the
decision not to take former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins as
back-up to the lead rider. (sbs.com.au)
July 11, 2014  Important
helpers for two of the GC riders had to abandon the race yesterday. Alberto Contador and
Richie Porte
both lost one of their helpers, as the two Spaniards Jesus Hernandez and Xabier Zandio left
the race after crashes. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 11, 2014  Pinot loses time and
Démare
crashes. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  The
brightly colored carnival that is the Tour de France’s publicity
caravan will fall silent today in memory of the lives lost in World War
1. As they pass by World War 1 battle fields, between kilometer 111 at
Bras-sur-Meuse and the Mémorial de Verdun at kilometre 123, no loud
noises will be permitted. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  Hideki Sasaki has
released the second book in the “Derailleurs of the World” series. The
new book covers Simplex, perhaps the most influential derailleur maker
of all. From the earliest 1920s designs to the last slant parallelogram
derailleurs of the 1990s, they are all documented in their many
variations. (janheine.wordpress.com)
July 11, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 11, 2014 July 10, 2014 | July 11, 2014  The
BMC rider lost over a minute and the services of team-mate Darwin Atapuma in
the fall approaching Nancy. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 11, 2014  "MRIs
done, confirmed fractures to the left wrist & right hand. Time
for some R&R..." Froome
wrote on Tritter, revealing the news before Team Sky made any formal or
detailed
announcement. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  This
focus on a Tour newcomer is obviously tongue-in-cheek: when Jens Voigt made his
Tour de France debut in 1998, Danny
van Poppel or Simon
Yates, the two youngest riders in this edition, were five.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 11, 2014  Michal Kwiatkowski
may not have won a stage of the Tour de France yet but he has impressed
with his daring tactics and is getting ever closer.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 11, 2014  With
several mountain stages coming up, Fabian
Cancellara was determined to go for glory in today's stage
7 of the Tour de France. However, the Swiss suffered a puncture in the
finale and had his greatest disappointment of the race so far.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 11, 2014  "The
final hill was the 1300m 7.9% long Cote de Boufflers coming just before
the finish. What really surprised me was Fabian Cancellara
out the back… On a stage where I’d expected to see him at the front."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  " Rosa
with the race heading into the hills of northern Italy for the first
time yesterday. Tiff
Cromwell has the latest insight from within stage 6 of the
race." (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 11, 2014  Peter Sagan continued
his consistent sprint finishes at the Tour de France with fifth place
on stage six despite not being at 100%. Sagan was feeling
the effects of crashing twice in two days as he explained after the
finish in Reims. (cyclingnews.com)
July 11, 2014  A
cyclist's guide to boosting performance with the stimulant.
(bicycling.com)
July 11, 2014  Whether
you are after a mid-ride treat, a post ride treat… or just a general
treat these waffles from Honey Stinger are something a bit
different. (bikeradar.com)
July 11, 2014  The
builders — Ritte, Seven, Argonaut, Lynskey, Independent Fabrication,
and Mosaic — were asked to make a frame that was "a representation of
the builder's relationship with Mavic both professionally and
personally," Mavic said. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 11, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 11, 2014 July 10, 2014 |
 German
champion earns first win of this year's race as Vincenzo Nibali
retains yellow jersey. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 10, 2014 For
the second day in a row, Peter
Sagan went down in a crash but the Slovakian proved his
class as he still managed to finished fifth on the stage. He lamented
having been boxed in which prevented him from ever launching his sprint
and now sets his sights on tomorrow. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 10, 2014 Marcel Kittel
suffered his first sprint loss at this year's Tour de France. The
German sprinter was dropped in the final two kilometers of the stage
and didn't contest the sprint. As the speed went up, he was spat out of
the back and he rolled in almost a minute down on the stage winner André Greipel.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  For
the second time in this year's Tour de France, Alexander Kristoff
finished second in a sprint. His Katusha team regretted the late attack
from Michal Kwiatkowski
which had forced Alexander
Porsev to launch his lead-out much earlier than planned.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 10, 2014  A
fourth sprint, a fourth victory by a tall, broad-shouldered German. But
while events today unfolded in a similar pattern to the previous three
bunch sprints, with Omega Pharma imposing themselves on the lead-out,
the identity of the winner in Reims was different. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 10, 2014  After
the finish of a Dantesque fifth stage of the Tour de France, which
tackled seven rain-soaked cobbled sectors used in Paris-Roubaix, Tour
de France Race Director Christian
Prudhomme defended his organization's
decision to include the stage in this year's race. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Team
Sky manager Dave
Brailsford has said he has no regrets about not selecting Bradley Wiggins for
the Tour de France as a possible plan B in case Chris Froome was
unable to defend his title. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 10, 2014  Kennaugh defends his
leader's jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Oleksandr
Polivoda remains in overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Luke Keough takes
Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix for his second straight win at BC
Superweek on Wednesday, July 9 in Vancouver, BC. Canadian National
Champion Leah Kirchmann
claims the richest women’s criterium in North America with her third
victory at BC Superweek. (podiuminsight.com)
July 10, 2014  Mechanics
equip riders with special bikes, tubulars and
modifications. (bikeradar.com)
July 10, 2014  Friday's Tour de
France Stage 7 departs Epernay at 11:35am CET (5:35am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Nancy at around 5:22pm CET (11:22am U.S.
Eastern). Tour de France live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:15pm CET
(8:15am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 10, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 10, 2014  The
cyclocross racer’s BMC dream has been fulfilled as BMC announced the
race-ready Crossmachine CX01. It sports the company’s SLR pedigree but
it is firmly suited for cross racing. (roadbikereview.com)
July 10, 2014 July 9, 2014 July 9, 2014 |  According
to Gazzetta dello Sport, even though some minor details of agreement
are yet to be squared, it has been confirmed that Cannondale Procycling
will fold with the end of 2014 season and the Italian bike manufacturer
will merge with Garmin-Sharp as a sponsor from 2015. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 10, 2014  American
reveals how Chris Froome
crashed out. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Riche Porte had
little time to be down about the loss of his captain, Chris Froome, at
this Tour de France. He was, in an instant, the captain himself. After
riding as Sky’s number two, Porte
now sat at the helm of one of peloton’s most feared ships — Team Sky.
(velonews.com)
July 10, 2014  Vos maintains race
lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Alberto Contador has
described the loss of his teammate Jesús
Hernandez as a big blow ahead of the mountains of the Tour
de France, which begin this weekend with the eighth stage from
Tomblaine to Gérardmer La Mauselaine. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Cycling’s
version of musical chairs is in full swing, with riders and teams
scrambling to make sure they have a seat at the table for 2015.
(velonews.com)
July 10, 2014  "Througout
this year's Giro Rosa, we're catching up with ORICA-AIS riders Valentina Scandolara
and Amanda Spratt.
After Stage 5 there as no wifi, but this morning Vale found time to
answer some more Q&A, on the stage, the transfers, studying on
Tour and whether it's possible for her to march in line..."
(podiumcafe.com)
July 10, 2014 The
decision to discount Bradley
Wiggins from the Team Sky selection that was taken by Dave Brailsford
three weeks ago isn't looking too smart this morning. He can take some
solace that even the great manager's get it wrong , look at the
position Brazil's Scolari
finds himself in after the World Cup drubbing from the Germans but all
the same there'll be lots of #toldyouso on Twitter for the next few
days. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  There
is a new generation of French riders that is no longer happy to just
make up the numbers and play the role of plucky loser that its
compatriots have been for several years and, at just 21 years of age, Bryan Coquard is the
latest to make it to the top level. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 10, 2014  The
cobbled stage over, the peloton is aware that a new Tour is starting,
led by Vincenzo Nibali
and without title-holder Chris
Froome. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 10, 2014  It
was always going to be a decisive, enthralling stage but few could have
predicted just how stage five of the 2014 Tour de France was to pan
out.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
July 10, 2014  It
doesn’t matter how often you read or are told about the importance of
building up to an event and having a long-term plan, there will always
be those who leave it to the last minute. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 10, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 10, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 10, 2014 July 9, 2014 | July 10, 2014  The
Tour de France attracts about 12 million people to the roadside. That’s
the biggest audience in the world. Subtract the foreigners on holiday
and roughly 15% of the French population will watch the race,
impressive given the route has to miss many regions each
year. (inrng.com)
July 10, 2014 After
blitzing the cobblestones Wednesday
to take invaluable gains against his main rivals, the Italian needs to
look no further than the first climbing stages looming in the Vosges
Mountains this weekend. (velonews.com)
July 10, 2014 "This
is basically Milano-Sanremo without the tricky turns (cough). Still,
1300 meters at 8% will be no picnic for the sprinters. At the end of
230km, does Kittel's
elastic snap on the climb?" (podiumcafe.com)
July 10, 2014  Time
waits for no man and it certainly does not wait for a rider and his
team in the Tour de France and on stage 5 of the Tour, Team Sky were
forced to quickly change focus after Chris Froome’s
retirement. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014 Yesterday
FDJ and Thibaut Pinot
were on a high after the team leader had done surprisingly well on the
cobbles. Today everything went wrong for the French team as Pinot was caught out
in the crosswinds and lost a minute while sprinter Arnaud Demare
crashed for the second day in a row. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 10, 2014 Even
though Andrew Talansky,
now even bigger Tour de France podium contender as a consequence of
highly dramatic happenings during yesterday’s cobbled stage, lost some
precious time to mailot jaune Vincenzo
Nibali, the 25-year old American was more than pleased to
survive the carnage unscathed. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 10, 2014  Chris Froome will
now target the Vuelta a Espana after crashing out of the Tour de
France, his Team Sky manager Dave
Brailsford said. (velonews.com)
July 10, 2014  The
Tour de France continues to remember the victims of World War I during
today's stage 6 from Arras to Reims. (cyclingnews.com)
July 10, 2014  Few
people thought Francesco
Moser would break Eddy
Merckx’s 12-year-old Hour record when he did in 1984. But
progress in sports science and new training methods — like this one —
put the Italian ahead. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 10, 2014  The
wet editions of Paris-Roubaix are the ones cycling fans remember most.
They produce images that stay with us; images of riders suffering
through the dirt and rain while battling the broken cobbles of the
north of France. When you get this sort of action at the biggest stage
race of the year it produces a day that goes down in the history books.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 10, 2014  "It
takes serious skill to win an elite national title. To win three on the
same weekend is nearly impossible, but Optum Pro Cycling’s Leah Kirchmann
showed that it could be done last weekend in Canada when she took first
place in the time trial, the criterium and the road race. We wanted to
find out her training secrets!" (diamondback.com)
July 10, 2014  Cameron Robertson
and Todd Reichert
are designing a bicycle that could set a new world record for
human-powered vehicles, which is currently 133.8 kilometers per hour
(83.1 mph). (mashable.com)
July 10, 2014 July 9, 2014 |
 Lars Boom claimed
the most heroic victory of his career in winning Stage 5 of the Tour de
France as race leader Vincenzo
Nibali staged a monumental ride on the cobbles to compound
his overall lead. (sbs.com.au)
July 9, 2014  "This
was bike racing of old: gritty and lacking in calculated control."
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 9, 2014  Battered
and bruised, but still in the game. That sums up the Tour de France
fates of Tejay van
Garderen and Andrew
Talansky. (velonews.com)
July 9, 2014  Chris Froome’s
travails continued in the opening kilometers of stage 5 of the Tour de
France, as he crashed for the second time in as many days. The Sky
rider hit the ground in a crash after 35 kilometres on roads made
greasy by persistent rain. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014 Peter Sagan went
into today's dramatic Tour de France stage as one of the big favorites
but the Slovakian was unable to keep up with Astana and Lars Boom in the
finale. While happy to extend his lead in the points competition, he
lamented a big mistake that had cost him the chance to win the race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 9, 2014  Kennaugh
keeps race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014 Stay
near the front. Drink. Eat. Wash new shorts before wearing. Put on
suntan cream. Be at the front at the feed zone. Keep fighting for
position. Slide back when the sprint starts. No talking at the back
with your friends. No ice cream. No freezing cold drinks at the finish.
Move up on a wheel. Stay out of the wind. Watch the favourites. No Coca
Cola, chocolate, crisps or fried food. Stay off your legs. Don't drink
too many coffees. Don't don't don't don't don't... (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Triple
Roubaix winner expresses concerns about safety, says stage five could
be a lottery. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 9, 2014  Thursday's Tour de
France Stage 6 departs Arras at 12:50pm CET (6:50am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Reims at around 5:24pm CET (11:24am U.S.
Eastern). Tour de France live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:15pm CET
(8:15am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 9, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 9, 2014  Listed
as a “FUTURA 2000 Colnago PROTOTYPE road bike (57cm) with ORIGINAL
Artwork wheel-set!!”, the bike is described as a one of kind
masterpiece by famed American graffiti artist Lenny McGurr.
(bikerumor.com)
July 9, 2014  Once
upon a time, the main danger associated with bicycling had nothing to
do with being hit by a car. Instead, some late 19th century doctors
warned that — especially for women — using the newfangled contraption
could lead to a threatening medical condition: bicycle face. (vox.com)
July 9, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 9, 2014 July 8, 2014 July 8, 2014 |  Team
Sky boss speaks after defending champion Chris Froome crashes
out of stage five and abandons the race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 9, 2014  Tour
Analysis: Stage 5 was a crazy day at the office for everyone on the
Tour de France; here's insight on the chaos. Froome gone, Contador struggles
and Nibali
dominates. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  World
champion extends race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Andy Schleck
underwent surgery on his injured knee Wednesday morning after the
damage was found to be worse than originally thought. The Trek Factory
Racing rider crashed near the end of the third stage of the Tour de
France, and was able to finish the stage, although obviously in pain.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  "The
fifth stage of the Giro Rosa from Jesi to Cesenatico was most likely
the last chance for the sprinters to come out to play this year. With
the peloton moving into the mountains I was determined not to miss
another opportunity as I had a few days earlier in Frattamaggiore."
(cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  “There
is going to be stress like crazy, there are going to be crashes.”
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 9, 2014  If
you believed everything written in European newspapers — particularly
the highly influential L’Équipe of Paris — you would think that this
101st Tour de France is a two-horse race between Chris Froome and Alberto Contador.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 9, 2014  With
all the hullabaloo about helmet aerodynamics these days, you’d think no
one was making regular lids these days. Fortunately, they are, and the
Bontrager Velocis is a fantastic example of a “normal” helmet.
(bikerumor.com)
July 9, 2014  The
fourth annual Crusher in the Tushar runs Saturday, July 12, over 70
miles of paved and dirt roads through the remote wilderness areas of
Utah’s Tushar Mountains and Fishlake National Forest. (velonews.com)
July 9, 2014  The
Tour de France designers target history and fans. (bicycling.com)
July 9, 2014  To
celebrate a wonderful history and the start of the Tour, Oakley is
launching three new collections: Heritage Lifestyle, Heritage Sport
Performance, and Tour De France. (bikerumor.com)
July 9, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 9, 2014  "The
GT Grade had so intrigued me I made sure to take it for a quick spin
while another bike was being readied for me. I took it through some
grass, a bit of dirt, off a curb (or three or four) and over all the
chewed up asphalt I could find, plus, yes, a bit of gravel."
(redkiteprayer.com)
July 9, 2014  ‘Flat
Mount’ developed specifically for disc-equipped road
bikes. (bikeradar.com)
July 9, 2014 | July 9, 2014  "I
would have loved to race out there on the cobblestone in this Tour de
France," the Cannibal said, with a grin that clearly explained why he
earned him the nickname of the Cannibal. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali grew
up watching old video tapes of Francesco
Moser race to three consecutive victories at Paris-Roubaix
and he seemed as comfortable as his fellow Italian as he glided over
the very same cobbles to extend his lead in the Tour de France on stage
five. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Alberto Contador saw
the gap to race leader Vincenzo
Nibali widen, after a mechanical issue prevented
him from chasing the Italian. Contador
began stage 5 of this Tour de France in fifth place, just two seconds
behind Nibali,
but has now fallen down to 19th – 2:37 down on the yellow jersey.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Despite
finishing fifth on the cobbled stage of the Tour de France, Fabian Cancellara
suggested that cobbles have no place in the race due to the dangers of
racing on the pave in such difficult conditions. Wet roads were
dangerous as Schleck
loses eight minutes. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Two
sectors of cobblestones have been removed from the route of stage 5 of
the Tour de France due to heavy rainfall in northern France. The race
jury communicated its decision to the teams association AIGCP on
Wednesday morning, before the start of the stage from Ypres to
Arenberg. (cyclingnews.com)
July 9, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
rolls into Wednesday’s decisive cobblestone stage on the cusp of a
major hurdle. The 25-year-old has been growing by the day through this
Tour de France, and if he survives the brutal pavé with his GC options
intact, the team will be quietly confident for what lies ahead.
(velonews.com)
July 9, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "An ingenious rough-road performance solution with no vices."
(bikeradar.com)
July 9, 2014  The
latest machinery at the disposal of the world's best cyclists.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
July 9, 2014  Loyal Lieutenant: Leading out Lance and pushing
through pain on the rocky road to Paris (HarperSport,
$26.99) is the most frustrating book on the Armstrong era in
print. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 9, 2014  Working
out in heat and humidity can boost your cycling engine, if you follow
this research-backed plan. (bicycling.com)
July 9, 2014  In
the future, it seems everything will be connected to your smart phone.
First locks, and now with Cycle AT, a tire pressure monitoring system.
(bikerumor.com)
July 9, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 9, 2014  The
Tour of Alberta, scheduled for September 2-7, 2014, will feature more
than 700 kilometers of racing from Calgary to Edmonton, over a variety
of terrain. (velonews.com)
July 9, 2014 July 8, 2014 |
 Marcel Kittel won a
close fought sprint to take stage 4 of the Tour de France from Le
Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille. The German managed to edge out Alexander Kristoff
and Arnaud Demare
to seal his third stage win of the race, while race leader Vincenzo Nibali
enjoyed another relatively quiet day in the saddle. (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014  The
29-year-old Briton was knocked over after two riders touched in the
peloton and one swerved into him, sending him down on his left side.
(velonews.com)
July 8, 2014 Peter Sagan is known
for his excellent bike-handling skills but today the Slovakian went
down in a crash near the finish. Admitting that it was his own fault,
the Slovakian was pleased with his fourth place that allowed him to
score important points for the points competition. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 8, 2014  American
Tour de France contenders Andrew
Talansky and Tejay
van Garderen warmed down and recovered on the rollers
after Tuesday's fourth stage to Lille but like much of the peloton,
their thoughts were already fixed on Wednesday's fifth stage from Ypres
to Porte du Hainault close to the Arenberg Forest. (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014  The
Lotto-Belisol rider crashed at a roundabout with two of his team-mates.
The incident happened less than 30km from the finish in the day's
163.5km stage from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille. While Lars Bak and Bart De Clercq were
able to continue, it was game over for Henderson.
(sbs.com.au)
July 8, 2014  Wednesday's Tour de
France Stage 5 departs Ypres at 1:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Arenberg Porte du Hainaut at around 5:18pm
CET (11:18am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 8, 2014  Kennaugh holds onto
race lead on the Kitzbüheler Horn. (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014  Polivoda hangs on to
overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 8, 2014  The
physics graduate, motocross racer, frame-builder, mountain
bike pioneer, component, wheel and tire designer and Trek
consultant talks about the joy of bread and his attachment to
technology.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 8, 2014  Are
you more of a sprinter, a climber or a plain old rouleur? You may think
it comes down to your natural muscle make-up, but Cyclist reveals it’s
not what you’ve got, it’s how you use it. (cyclist.com.au)
July 8, 2014  The
story of a rider squeezed out of the sport for daring to not toe the
company line. (podiumcafe.com)
July 8, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 8, 2014 July 7, 2014 | World
champion retains the pink jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014  Wednesday's
stage five can be regarded as a mini 'Paris-Roubaix' and should shake
up the overall classification. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 8, 2014  Pretenders.
Out of their element. That’s how some of the biggest names in cycling
will feel as they toe the line in Ypres on Wednesday, staring down the
barrel of a mini Paris-Roubaix, armed only with skinny arms, big lungs,
and hope — always hope — that they won’t crack like eggs against the
stones. (velonews.com)
July 8, 2014  "One
of the great things about the Tour de France is the amount of coverage
and content available. This includes podcasts. I’m a fan of podcasts as
you can listen while doing something else and the way they are recorded
means analysis and debate of the day’s racing as opposed to live
coverage." (inrng.com)
July 8, 2014  Looks
like Yorkshire has absolutely berserk with their support. 200 Million
lining the roads on stage 1 alone. How many of these 200,000 Million
will be complaining again next week about cyclists on the road?
(wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
July 8, 2014  Irishman
says team has increased motivation due to Spaniard’s strong form.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 8, 2014  "Stage
four of the Giro Rosa was as close as we get to rest days in women's
cycling; after three hard road stages I think everyone sub-consciously
wanted one too." (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014  Dave Brailsford has
been forced to reiterate that he is fully focussed on helping Brit Chris Froome win the
Tour de France, after Sky’s manager claimed he wanted to win the race
with a Frenchman in the future. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 8, 2014  "What
started out as an idea for a simple tire lever that wouldn’t break
ended up, with the thinking time afforded by a transatlantic flight,
becoming a rather clever multitool that packs in the essentials plus a
few bonuses we’re not used to seeing." (bikerumor.com)
July 8, 2014  In
cycling terms, Specialized reckons you can save around 70 seconds on
average over 40km by shaving your legs. (bikeradar.com)
July 8, 2014  "I
really love that Finish Line so thoroughly believes in this gizmo that
they sell it empty so that you can add your favorite lube."
(redkiteprayer.com)
July 8, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 8, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 8, 2014 |  Will enjoyed a
successful career as a top-level racer — culminating in the 2008 Tour
de France, where he missed victory by only inches in stage 3 of that
year’s race. More notably, Frischkorn
was a clean racer throughout his career. Realizing that he would never
reach the very top level of riders in the pro peloton, he walked away
from the sport when he was 29 years old — which many consider to be
about the prime age for pro cyclists. (velonews.com)
July 8, 2014  "It’s
funny how many people have asked if I’ll be racing the Tour de France
this year. They probably don’t realize that there are 29 guys on the
team, and only nine get to start the Tour (we capitalize Tour as if
it’s a religious reference)." (velonews.com)
July 8, 2014 Unsurprisingly,
Marcel Kittel
won the fourth stage of the 2014 Tour de France. Surprisingly, however,
it wasn’t straightforward at all. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 8, 2014  Mark Cavendish is
livid with Katusha fastman Alexander
Kristoff’s claims that Cavendish
crashed on purpose during the first stage of the Tour de France.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 8, 2014  Andy Schleck has
been forced to abandon the Tour de France after the injuries he
sustained in a crash on stage 3 ruled him out of starting Tuesday’s
stage to Lille. (cyclingnews.com)
July 8, 2014  On
Wednesday morning, the Tour de France peloton will dot itself across
the north of France and Belgium, rolling over battlefields of the Great
War and by plain white crosses with no names. It’s been 100 years since
the start of a war that killed 16 million people. (velonews.com)
July 8, 2014  London-based
researchers said there was no correlation between cycling and ED, nor
was there a connection between the sport and infertility, according to
a new study. However, there was a slight increase in the risk of
prostate cancer in cyclists over 50. (nydailynews.com)
July 8, 2014  In
one of the stages of the Tirreno-Adriatic race in 2013, there was a 27
percent gradient. That’s pretty steep for a race. Many cyclists would
just have to walk their bike up such an incline. But how steep is too
steep? (wired.com)
July 8, 2014  Just
over two years ago, Zak
Dempster won the Tour Series round in Woking. Yesterday,
he sprinted alongside the sport’s fastest on The Mall to complete his
third Tour de France stage, the latest step in the Australian’s rise
through the ranks. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 8, 2014  Both
Trek and Scott have issued safety recalls on a number of mid priced
bicycles sold between 2011-2013 with SR Suntour Suspension Forks.
According to the notice, the fork dropouts can break. All told, Scott
is recalling 5,200 bikes, while Trek is recalling 120,000.
(bikerumor.com)
July 8, 2014  Are
the events we saw at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné a thing of the
past at the Tour? (sbs.com.au)
July 8, 2014  Roman Kreuziger said
Tuesday that he believes in justice after a pending anti-doping inquiry
due to biological passport abnormalities stopped him from taking part
in the 2014 Tour de France. (velonews.com)
July 8, 2014 July 7, 2014 |
 It
was the German 26-year-old’s second stage victory already in this
year’s Tour on the final day of racing in Britain before heading back
across the Channel to France. Slovak Peter Sagan was
second with
Australian Mark Renshaw
in third. Italian Vincenzo
Nibali kept the race
leader’s yellow jersey. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 7, 2014  Tuesday's Tour de
France Stage 4 departs Le Touquet-Paris Plage at 1:35pm CET (7:35am
U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Villeneuve-d'Ascq Lille
Métropole at around 5:28pm CET (11:28am U.S. Eastern). Tour
de France live streaming
video should get underway at around 1:30pm CET (7:30am
U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 7, 2014  "If
you’ve been paying the slightest bit of attention to the Tour thus far,
you’ve noticed the all-encompassing swell of crowds along the English
roadside. Sure, it’s been impressive, and at times deafening, but it’s
also yielded some stern warnings from the peloton, caused numerous
crashes, and oddly enough, inspired a complete and utter damnation of
selfies — praise to this simply on principle." (competitivecyclist.com)
July 7, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
got safely through today's hectic and wet stage of the Tour de France
while his teammate Daniel
Oss sprinted to a top 10 result. However, the American
admitted that he hates this kind of nervous stages. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 7, 2014  Despite
media suggestions on Twitter that Andy
Schleck cannot bend his knee after falling close to the
end of today’s third stage of the Tour de France, his Trek Factory
Racing team has said that the rider’s condition is not too serious
after his crash and that he will continue in the race.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 7, 2014  Chris Froome got
safely through the final of the three British stages but admitted that
racing on slick roads in London had been a dangerous experience. He is
pleased to have three potentially dangerous days out of the way.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 7, 2014  After
a prologue and two road stages, world champion Marianne Vos leads
the Giro Rosa, the 10-day stage race that tops the women’s
international calendar. (velonews.com)
July 7, 2014  Oscar Gatto finally
broke his drought and took his first win in Cannondale colors when he
emerged as the fastest in the bunch sprint at the end of the second
stage of the Tour of Austria. The Italian beat Juan Jose Lobato and
local hero Marco Haller
in the final dash to the line while Peter
Kennaugh defended his lead on the eve of the queen stage.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 7, 2014 Polivoda
remains in the race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  ASO
has released a medical bulletin which reveals that several riders are
already bothered by health issues. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 7, 2014  Chevron
Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. Sponsored each year by Chevron, the City of
Manhattan Beach, South Bay Wheelmen cycling club, and the South Bay
Wheelmen Foundation. (cyclingillustrated.com)
July 7, 2014  Just
like last year, one team is really flexing its muscles at the Tour de
Delta. In 2013, it was NOW and Novartis for MS who was dominant, and
this year, it looks like Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies is
poised to take command early at BC
Superweek. (podiuminsight.com)
July 7, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 7, 2014 The
second stage of the 2014 Tour de France was a mixed day for Trek
Factory Racing with Matthew
Busche making it into the breakaway and Jens Voigt in the
polka dot jersey but when the peloton arrived at the Jenkin Road climb,
the peloton splintered into numerous groups. Andy and Fränk Schleck
both lost time on their GC rivals although Haimar Zubeldia
finished in the leading group two seconds behind stage winner Vincenzo Nibali to
minimize his losses. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  Le
Tour comes home to France. Then leaves. Then returns again.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 7, 2014  The
full frame design blends the open frame Radarlock style with the Racing
Jackets favored by Hincapie
back in the day and their goggles. The arms get a very industrial
styling. (bikerumor.com)
July 7, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 7, 2014  An
inner tube seems like such a simple and straightforward bike part that
very little is ever written or said about it. But it is an important
component; there is more to the tube than meets the eye, and getting
the right one for your bike is important. (rideons.wordpress.com)
July 7, 2014 July 6, 2014 July 6, 2014 |  Rumors
suggest that F1 star Fernando
Alonso could take over either Belkin in Giant-Shimano pro
cycling teams. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 7, 2014  As
the Tour de France convoy returns to French soil via the port of Calais
it passes right by the village of Ardres, a nondescript place except it
was once the site of an extravagant display of wealth and power between
the Kings of France and England in 1520. (inrng.com)
July 7, 2014  Never
two without three, goes the French proverb. But looking at the way Marcel Kittel
dominated stage three of the 2014 Tour in London, his second sprint win
of the race, the saying might need some modification by Paris. Never
two without five. Or even six. Seven? Probably not, but ask us again on
the eve of the final stage. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 7, 2014  Vos maintains
overall race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 7, 2014  Chris Froome is a
man of destiny. Last year, after usurping teammate Bradley Wiggins’
throne, he became Africa’s first yellow jersey winner in emphatic
fashion. In 2014, Froome is poised to make history yet again if he can
manage to win his second straight Tour de France. (velonews.com)
July 7, 2014 It’s
been a bumpy road for Chris
Horner. He’s riding the Tour de France after a bad crash
in Italy, his form a bit underdone, and he’s got a cobblestone stage on
the horizon — stage 5. (velonews.com)
July 7, 2014  The
third part of the opening English triptych on this year's Tour de
France may have lacked the drama of Yorkshire but a hectic finish in
London still gave fans something to dig their teeth into - although not
in a way that would have sated a Suarez-style appetite.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
July 7, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
team manager Bjarne Riis
shrugged off suggestions that Alberto
Contador was left isolated in the finale of stage 2 to
Sheffield at the Tour de France, insisting the team will be able take
on Team sky and Astana as Contador
fights for the overall victory. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  Astana
will not try to lose the yellow jersey to a non-general classification
rival says Lieuwe Westra.
On stage two, his teammate Vincenzo
Nibali took the lead of the Tour de France, after a
beautifully timed attack to win stage 2 by two seconds.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  Having
already guided riders to just about every title in cycle
sport, Dave
Brailsford has revealed that he has one further ambition
that he would love to achieve: guiding a French rider to the Tour de
France title. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  But
in an interview with the French sports daily L’Equipe, Brailsford
was asked if a French winner would be his next objective, he replied:
‘Yes, I would like to win with a French rider.' (dailymail.co.uk)
July 7, 2014  Crossing
the line, wheeling to a halt and showing a satisfied smile, it was
clear that Tejay van
Garderen was very encouraged by his feelings on stage two
of the Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 7, 2014  With
the Tour de France starting over the weekend in Yorkshire, you may have
noticed reigning champion Chris
Froome and the rest of Team Sky in a new helmet. The
Protone is the fourth lid that the Italian helmet manufacturer and Team
Sky have developed in collaboration. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  The
sprinters finally had their day to shine today and the Italians had
something to celebrate as Giorgia
Bronzini took victory ahead of current pink jersey wearer Marianne Vos and
American Shelley Olds.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 7, 2014  If
you’ve been riding consistently but haven’t become any faster for a
while, it’s probably because you’re not going hard enough.
And also because you’re going too hard. (bikeradar.com) July 7, 2014  The
cleat's redesigned spring reduces engagement effort while
retaining the same retention security and release of other Speedplay
cleats. It will be available separately as well as with the Light
Action pedal and is compatible with previous models of Light Action
pedals. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 7, 2014  The
Tour de France is the biggest annual sporting event on the planet and
so it's no surprise that new bikes and cycling-related technology often
make their first appearance at the race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 7, 2014 July 6, 2014 July 6, 2014 |  Tour
Analysis: With the Tour headed across the Channel tonight for its
proper start on French soil, Lee
Rodgers casts an eye over the opening three days of an
awesome start that’s even caused reaction from the inimitable Bernard Hinault.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014 July 7, 2014  Andrew Talansky is
in the driver’s seat of Garmin-Sharp’s Tour de France team and showing
how far he has come since a chance meeting with general manager Jonathan Vaughters.
(velonews.com)
July 7, 2014  After
a great fall, what do we remember? We remember the cheating, and the
lies. We remember the cult of personality that we eagerly embraced, and
then felt betrayed by. But what of the man who fell? (esquire.com)
July 7, 2014  Speaking
at the end of stage 3 of the Tour, team manager Jonathan Vaughters
said that, “Garmin has a contract with the team next year but not as a
title sponsor. The team name will definitely change next year, yes.”
(cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  British
men used to seek refuge in the pub - now they join the cult of lycra.
As the Tour de France heads to London, Beverley Turner, an
experienced cycling widow to James
Cracknell, explains the real economic and emotional cost
of this growing obsession (telegraph.co.uk)
July 7, 2014  Marcel Kittel
continued his domination of the Tour de France sprints when he won
today's big battle on The Mall in London. The German claimed that he
did one of the fastest sprints of his career but refuses the suggestion
that there are no rival for him in this year's Tour de France.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 7, 2014  Milan-San
Remo winner has Alexander
Kristoff has criticized Mark Cavendish's
sprinting style, suggesting the Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider "lost his
head a little bit” as he tried to win the opening stage of the Tour de
France in Harrogate. He went as far as comparing Cavendish to
football player Luis
Suarez, who has track record of biting opponents in the
heat of the moment. (cyclingnews.com)
July 7, 2014  Mark Cavendish faces
a long period of time away from racing after it was confirmed that he
will undergo surgery today on the shoulder he injured on stage one of
the Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 7, 2014  It’s
been in the pipeline for a long time, but Tour de France race organizer
ASO will finally follow through with plans cycling fans have been
demanding for the best part of a decade; the incorporation of on-board
cameras as part of its live broadcast offering. (sbs.com.au)
July 7, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 7, 2014  Emma O'Reilly's
account of the price she paid for blowing the whistle on her experience
of cycling's doping culture. (podiumcafe.com)
July 7, 2014  Many
avid cyclists would love to share their joy of cycling with their
children, but some find that their children aren’t interested at all. I
am lucky – for now – that my son shares my love of the sport. How did
this happen? (janheine.wordpress.com)
July 7, 2014  Calls
for action ahead of stage three after spectators put peloton at risk to
capture themselves on camera. (telegraph.co.uk)
July 7, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5
stars. "We don’t think you’ll find better for the money – Roval really
has taken the fight to Zipp’s 303s." (bikeradar.com)
July 7, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Awesome pricing and aero shaping with a very smooth ride."
(bikeradar.com)
July 7, 2014  If
only she’d taken our bike-fit advice. (bicycling.com)
July 7, 2014 July 6, 2014 July 6, 2014 |
 The
yellow jersey changed shoulders after Stage 2 of the Tour de France
with Vincenzo Nibali
now leading the race after a crafty and opportunistic victory in
Sheffield. (sbs.com.au)
July 6, 2014  Monday's
Tour de France Stage 3 departs Cambridge at 12:15pm BST (1:15pm CET or
7:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at London at around
3:51pm BST (4:51pm CET or 10:51am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 12:00pm BST (1:00pm CET or 7:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
July 6, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
proved that he is fully ready to contend for the overall victory in the
Tour de France when he won today’s hilly second stage of the race and
secured the yellow jersey in the process. After the final climb, the
Italian champion exploited a moment of hesitation from his fellow
favorites to launch a well-timed move and held off Greg Van Avermaet
who won the sprint for second, by 2 seconds. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 6, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
described the Tour de France stage into Sheffield as “brutal” and
“crazy”, but said that finishing with all the other yellow jersey
contenders showed that he’s in very good condition after battling back
from the effects of his crash at the Tour of Romandy in late April.
(cyclingnews.com)
 Omega
Pharma-QuickStep directeur sportif Rolf
Aldag described his team as a "body without a head" after
the departure of its leader Mark
Cavendish from the Tour de France. The Manx missile
announced this morning that he would abandon the race, due to a
dislocated AC joint he suffered in his stage 1 crash. (cyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014  “He
was obviously pretty desperate, being a British rider and having the
first stages in the UK. I could see he was desperately trying to win
and that is probably why he was pretty aggressive there in the final.
But like I said, he apologized to me last night for his move in the
final. I think everyone made their opinions quickly about how the crash
happened and why.” (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 6, 2014  Mark Cavendish faces
another shoulder scan and possibly surgery Monday after crashing in the
first day of the Tour de France. What happens next is uncertain.
(velonews.com)
July 6, 2014  Mark Cavendish will
not start stage 2 of the Tour de France from Sheffield to York due to
the injuries he sustained in a crash on stage 1 of the race.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Austria - July 6-13 (Stages & Results), Tour of Qinghai Lake - July 6-19 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 6, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 6, 2014 July 5, 2014
Tour
de France 2014: Marcel Kittel takes yellow jersey as Mark Cavendish
crashes in final kilometer.
July 5, 2014 |  Both
Tinkoff-Saxo directeur sportif Bjarne
Riis and his BMC Racing Team equivalent Allan Peiper have
expressed confidence in their respective GC leaders for this Tour de
France, saying that each rider has done things well since the Critérium
du Dauphiné to arrive in good shape. (cyclingtips.com.au)
 Chris Froome's
attack over the top of Jenkin Road at the end of stage two was a 'flex
of muscle'. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 6, 2014  Geraint Thomas said
he had goosebumps while climbing Holme Moss on stage two of the Tour de
France and called the Yorkshire crowds “unbelievable” as the race moves
south after two days in the county. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 6, 2014  After
the race started with a bang, with night-time cobbles and an "easy"
stage that was anything but, Stage 2 was promised as definitely flat,
and billed as one for the sprinters, with 6 20km laps. (podiumcafe.com)
July 6, 2014  Peter Kennaugh won
the opening stage of the Tour of Austria on Sunday after launching a
solo attack. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 6, 2014  "Often
the opening road stage of the Giro or any major tour is one for the
sprinters. Usually you’ll have a predominantly flat day, perhaps with a
small climb in there somewhere to award the mountains classification.
This year however, the race organisers decided that they wanted to
create a GC shake up from the get-go." (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 6, 2014 American
Vuelta winner Chris
Horner was supposed to have a captain role in the Giro
d’Italia and Vuelta a España, but a horrible crash was the end of these
plans. Instead Horner
has found his way to England and the start of the Tour de France. He
talks about himself and his captain Rui Costa. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 6, 2014  "Mark Cavendish was
screaming when he wheeled past me. An animal roar of pain,
disappointment, frustration and anger. Once again, home soil has not
been a happy place for Cav
when the biggest prizes are on the line." (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014  David Millar is at
the Tour de France but not as a rider. Following the decision of his
Garmin-Sharp team not to select him due to illness, the Scot is working
with British television channel ITV during the British stages of the
race. (cyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014  It
appears to hold five bottles and eliminates the need for riders to
stuff their already tight jerseys. The bottles appear to fit snug in
the vest, meaning it’s less likely a slippery bottle will be dropped
and potentially cause chaos in the pack. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 6, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 6, 2014 July 5, 2014 | July 6, 2014  The
series of climbs known as the Strines that lead into Sheffield were
always likely to split the peloton asunder, but no one predicted the
amount of damage they inflicted, largely thanks to the fiercely
insistent pace set by the Garmin-Sharp team. At one point, the American
team’s Dutch flyer Tom
Jelte Slagter reduced the front group to just 15 members,
while shielding his leader Andrew
Talansky at the same time. (cyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014  After
his former teammate and friend Vincenzo
Nibali pulled on the Tour de France leader's jersey, Peter Sagan was
next on the podium to don the green jersey as he continued his
progression towards winning the points competition for a third
consecutive year. (cyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014  “A
lot of these stages look pretty long. And this dang thing’s three
weeks. It’s not your local crit,” Howes
mused on the morning of the Grand Depart in Leeds. “But I’m pretty
excited to get this thing under way and get into a groove and just get
moving.” (velonews.com)
July 6, 2014 
Gerrans at the start; Kittel
doesn’t see royalty; Fans must stay off road, riders say; and Ten Dam’s eating
preferences. (cyclingnews.com)
July 6, 2014  Brian Holm was
acquitted of an indecent-exposure charge regarding a minor on the
Thursday before the race began, and Omega had him directing at the
sport’s zenith days later. (velonews.com)
July 6, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 5, 2014 The
Norwegian rider of Team Katusha Alexander
Kristoff is a part of the Russian roster for this year
Tour de France. He talks about his own personal objectives, the team’s
objectives and the green jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 6, 2014  Ivan Basso will make
start the second part of his season later today when he lines up at the
Tour of Austria at the helm of the Cannondale team. He will share the
captaincy role with Damiano
Caruso who missed out on Tour de France selection.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 6, 2014  In
first legal year at race, Shimano and Garmin cameras
abound. (bikeradar.com)
July 6, 2014 July 5, 2014 |
 Having
taken the mountains jersey as a neo-pro in 1998, Jens Voigt's career
came full circle when he made a smart move to conquer the same tunic on
the first day of his final Tour de France. Being the best climber in
the world's biggest race, the German now expects a million dollar
contract to come his way. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 5, 2014  Marcel Kittel won
the sprint of the first stage of the Tour de France to take the first
yellow jersey of the 2014 race. He outsprinted Peter Sagan and Ramunus Navardauskus.
The finish was marred by crash near the line which involved Mark Cavendish.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
France Stage 2 departs York at 11:00am BST (12:00pm CET or 6:00am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Sheffield at around 4:29pm
BST (5:29pm CET or 11:29am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live streaming video
should get underway at around 11:30am BST (12:30pm CET or 6:30am U.S.
Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 5, 2014  Nine
rated climbs, including a rather early cat-2, is nothing to sneeze at.
The stats suggest nothing too odd except the Holme Moss, a full 4.7km
at 7% average, which should ensure that the sprinters aren't around for
the finale. (podiumcafe.com)
July 5, 2014  Alberto Contador got
his Tour de France off to a perfect start as he avoided the carnage in
today's opening stage and finished safely in 22nd. Describing the stage
as very dangerous, the Spaniard claimed that it was almost like a
victory to get safely through the day. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 5, 2014
Tour
de France 2014: Marcel Kittel takes yellow jersey as Mark Cavendish
crashes in final kilometer.
 Marcel Kittel
sprinted into the first yellow jersey of the 2014 Tour de France in
Harrogate as Mark
Cavendish crashed heavily in the final kilometer.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
July 5, 2014  Peter Sagan missed
out on stage victory in Harrogate, but his Tour de France started well,
with him finishing second behind Marcel
Kittel, meaning he is second in the green jersey points
competition and wears the white jersey of the best young rider. While
several riders were left battered and bruised due to the late crash, Sagan climbed on the
podium to pull on the white jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages & Results), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 5, 2014  The
Tour de France always used to start with a prologue, a short time
trial. Last year’s grand départ in Corsica was seen a rare opportunity
for a sprinter to wear the yellow jersey only it’s the same story
today. The opening prologue’s not the certainty it once
was. (inrng.com)
July 5, 2014  Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are
most often mentioned as possible winners of the Tour but, based on his
victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné, Andrew Talansky has
also earned the right to be considered one of the top riders in this
year’s race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 5, 2014  Janier Acevedo is
one of several Tour de France debutants when the race takes off from
Leeds today. Having set back by injuries earlier in the season, the
Colombian is fully ready to support Andrew
Talansky in the mountains. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 5, 2014  The
101st edition of cycling's big event, the Tour de France, gets going
Saturday through bucolic countryside in northern England, where
officials have paid for the right to host it, hoping to draw tourists,
capture media attention and feed the recent cycling craze among
Britons. (oregonlive.com)
July 5, 2014  “An
all tricolore jersey would be better and offer more visibility for the
title that I won,” Nibali
said. “Many of other teams, though, are doing the same thing. Look at Peter Sagan in his
Slovakian jersey, it looks almost like a normal jersey.”
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 5, 2014  Team
manager Richard Plugge
optimistic for the future of the Dutch team.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014 All
hail the hegemony! Annemiek van Vleuten wins the Giro Rosa prologue, in
a Rabo-Liv domination...
July 4, 2014 July 4, 2014 July 4, 2014 July 4, 2014 |  Mark Cavendish hit
the deck in the most important sprint of his season when he hit Simon Gerrans on the
finishing straight in the first stage of the Tour de France. Having
hurt his shoulder, the Brit is a possible non-starter tomorrow and
admits that he is to blame for the crash. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 5, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro. (prowomenscycling.com)
July 5, 2014  Stage
1 was the "crit-like" stage, 11 laps of an 8.6km circuit with a climb
and descent, and lots and lots of corners. (podiumcafe.com)
July 5, 2014 "Just
as I predicted last night the general classification riders have
already come out to play at this year's Giro Rosa. Today's first road
stage, a 95km circuit race around Santa Maria a Vico, was definitely
not the flat, sprint stage that many have come to expect from the
opening stages of major tours, like what the men tackled in the Tour de
France today." (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  "The
2014 edition of the Giro Rosa begins in Southern Italy in the town of
Caserta, close to Naples, before making its way North via the Amalfi
coast and finally finishing on top of the famous Madonna del Ghisallo
near Como. For me it’s my seventh start in this race."
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 5, 2014  A
few rain showers didn’t damper the spirits of fans and riders in
attendance for the opening of the 14th annual Tour de Delta and 4th
annual MK Delta Lands Criterium Friday night, July 4, in social heart
of North Delta. (podiuminsight.com)
July 5, 2014  Chris Froome's
defense of his Tour de France crown began with a surprising sixth place
in the sprint in Harrogate as the 2013 Tour winner decided to contest
the sprint to stay out of trouble and secure a good place for the Team
Sky car in the race convoy. (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  The
number of people standing by the side of the roads along the 190km
course from Leeds to Harrogate stunned many observers, but several
riders said their enthusiasm had gotten the better of them.
(velonews.com)
July 5, 2014  Marcel Kittel hailed
his Giant-Shimano team as they led him to victory on the Tour de
France's first stage for the second year running. (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
began one of his biggest races yet when the Tour de France rolled out
of Leeds Saturday morning. Already third in the Tour, and the winner of
the other two grand tours, the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España,
the Italian champion said he knows that this is his time to shine.
(velonews.com)
July 5, 2014  The
eyes of the cycling world will be on the battle for the first yellow
jersey of the 101st Tour de France today, with a sprint finish expected
in Harrogate. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 5, 2014  At
the Tour de France, Bell Helmets launched its new Star Pro aero helmet,
a convertible model where the rider can slide an internal cover open or
closed with a finger. (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  Left-crank-only
power meter under development at the Tour de
France. (bikeradar.com)
July 5, 2014  Brand
new aero road bike from German brand. (bikeradar.com)
July 5, 2014  Mark Cavendish will
tackle most of the race on this special CVNDSH-edition Specialized
S-Works Venge. He rides a 49cm frame with a 140mm stem. (velonews.com)
July 5, 2014 | July 5, 2014  The
GC favorites dodged bullets Saturday in what will be a rough-and-tumble
first week of the Tour de France. (velonews.com)
July 5, 2014  Mark Cavendish
crashed out of contention in the sprint finish on stage 1 of the Tour
de France with a separated shoulder. The British rider made contact
with Simon Gerrans
before the line, with both riders hitting the deck as Marcel Kittel went
on to win the stage. (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  Tour
de France rule protects riders from themselves—almost. (bicycling.com)
July 5, 2014 UCI
president Brian Cookson
is convinced that the success of the Tour de France Grand Depart in
Yorkshire can help professional cycling finally shake off its problems
of the past and grow economically if everyone works together to
implement the changes that will stop the sport becoming a dinosaur.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  Magnus Backstedt
didn’t win a lot when he was racing, but when he did win, it mattered,
including a stage at the 1998 Tour de France and the 2004
Paris-Roubaix. (velonews.com)
July 5, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 5, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
is going into his first Tour de France as the undisputed leader of the
BMC team. With his sights set on the podium, the American claims that
he has learnt from last year when his race ended as a big
disappointment. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 5, 2014  Defending
champion Chris Froome,
Geraint Thomas,
Mark Cavendish
and Simon Yates
make up the riders from Great Britain at the 2014 Tour. Froome is Kenya-born
but a British citizen, and, at least among the people VeloNews spoke
with, not embraced as wholly as Bradley
Wiggins, even with the No. 1 on his back.. (velonews.com)
July 5, 2014  Froome comes in as
the clear favorite to win the maillot jaune again, which would mark
Sky's third consecutive victory. He's also doing it rather famously
(cough) with his own trusted lineup of support, headed by Porte the
pace-setter and the Spanish trio of Zandio,
Nieve
and Lopez.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 5, 2014  "Hello
from Leeds! It's Tour de France time. Are you ready for a great race? I
can’t wait for the racing to start. I won't be able to be on the race
all the time but I'll be watching closely every day." (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  Tosatto to tackle
his 29th grand tour, ten
Dam with a cold. (cyclingnews.com)
July 5, 2014  For
the first three stages of the 2014 Tour de France, Mark Cavendish will
be saluting wounded troops with a special edition Specialized Evade
helmet that celebrates the charity Help for
Heroes.. (bikeradar.com)
July 5, 2014 July 4, 2014 July 4, 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). Live video from
11:00am BST, (12:00pm CET), (6:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 4, 2014 All
hail the hegemony! Annemiek van Vleuten wins the Giro Rosa prologue, in
a Rabo-Liv domination...
 Newly-crowned
Dutch time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten continued her good form
with a victory in the Giro Rosa prologue on Friday. (sbs.com.au)
July 4, 2014
It’s time for the biggest women’s stage race of the year, the Giro
Rosa, running from 4th to 13th July, the only women’s race that the UCI
allow to run for ten days – and this year it’s extra special, as it’s
the 25th iteration of the women’s Giro.
July 4, 2014  Bissell
Development Cycling’s Tanner
Putt won his second U23 national championship title in the
road race, July 3 in Madison, Wis. (velonews.com)
July 4, 2014  After
battling anorexia, the talented American climber hopes to win her third
Tour of Italy this month (bicycling.com)
July 4, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 3, 2014  It
is hard to imagine, but just under three months ago, Chris Horner was
lying in an Italian hospital bed with a myriad of injuries that
included a punctured lung and four broken ribs. However, the
Lampre-Merida rider was in fine form just two days before he is set to
ride the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
July 4, 2014  The
25-year-old was a major sensation two years ago when he beat team-mate
and defending champion Cadel
Evans to finish fifth overall, as the Australian limped
home in seventh behind British winner Bradley Wiggins.
(sbs.com.au)
July 4, 2014  Ted King is back at
the Tour de France, intent on forgetting his bitter exit from last
year’s edition and focused on helping teammate Peter Sagan win his
third straight green jersey. (velonews.com)
July 4, 2014  The
101st Tour de France is just one day away and soon the first white
rose-adorned yellow jersey of this year’s race will be presented at the
conclusion of the first stage in Harrogate. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 4, 2014  It’s
a very visible jersey but the competition itself seems to be
struggling, it’s either something decided by luck and speciality or an
accidental win collected by someone high on the GC. (inrng.com)
July 4, 2014  No
one’s quite sure what happened to Alberto
Contador in 2013. Maybe it was some early-season
illnesses that had him on his back foot all year. Maybe it was a lack
of motivation. Perhaps he just assumed he’d be able to find a way to
win, just as he always has over the past decade. (velonews.com)
July 4, 2014  There
is just one stage in between the Alps and the Pyrenees this year, but
it could be an important phase of the race in its own right because
riders ignore these transitional days at their own peril.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 4, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages & Results), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 4, 2014  “Feedback
from the cycling team will also be reflected in Samsung’s future
product development, and continue to enhance the mobile product
experience.” (bikeradar.com)
July 4, 2014 July 3, 2014 | Christophe Bassons
has spoken out about Chris
Froome’s Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), which allowed
him to take Prednisone to help with a chest infection prior to the Tour
of Romandie. In a story posted in The Telegraph, he compared the
British rider’s and Team Sky’s mentality to that of Lance Armstrong and
US Postal Service. (cyclingnews.com)
 A
year ago, the hangover from the Lance
Armstrong doping scandal cast a heavy shadow over the
American peloton, but 12 months onward, the conversation is not about
the past, but about the future. And the here and now. (velonews.com)
July 4, 2014  “Froome is the one to
beat because he has been the best rider for the last two years. This
year, though, I’m in better shape so far,” Contador said. “I
don’t know if it’s enough to beat him, but I’ll try it. There are
others to consider, too.” (velonews.com)
July 4, 2014  Trek
Factory Racing directeur sportif Kim
Andersen has hinted that the reason for Andy Schleck’s
ongoing reduction in form is due to the rider’s motivation levels, but
believes that if he can remain focussed, that he can return to the top.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
July 4, 2014  Paul Sherwen, one
half of cycling’s most famous commentary team, gives his thoughts on
the big race, predictions and more. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 4, 2014  Given
that the other cultural event making the headlines in the UK at the
moment is the Monty
Python reunion in London, Yorkshire’s Tour de France team
presentation on Thursday evening at the First Direct Arena in Leeds
could fittingly have been entitled, And Now for Something Completely
Different… (cyclingnews.com)
July 4, 2014  When
the entourage of the Tour de France gathered Thursday in Leeds,
England, for the magnificent team presentation of the Tour’s 101st
edition, very few of the race followers noted the true significance of
this Grand Départ in Yorkshire. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 4, 2014  "The
bad ventriloquism and the mishandled guest appearances - make The Loyal Lieutenant
a bad read even before we get to the problem of the way doping is
handled. And the problem with the way the doping is handled will only
add to the frustration many will feel with The Loyal Lieutenant."
(podiumcafe.com)
July 4, 2014  "I
know that the Team Tinkoff-Saxo team press conference has finished – a
human swarm of backwards-jogging cameramen scuttles drunkenly across
the carpark. One mass, sixty-legged, clusters around king bee Contador as he makes
for safety in the team car." (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 4, 2014  You
won’t miss the Tinkoff-Saxo team in the peloton at the Tour de France.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
July 4, 2014  Trek
have confirmed that they are interested in signing Bauke Mollema whose
contract expires at the end of the season. The American team is looking
for a replacement for the Schleck
brothers who have failed to live up to their previous performances.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 4, 2014  It
may be a while until we see the insanely light Émonda SLR 10 in the
flesh, but head to your local Trek dealer and there are probably a
number of more affordable models already on the floor. (bikerumor.com)
July 4, 2014  Nicolas Roche has
been selected as the only rider on the team to use the new limited
edition Specialized Tarmac S-Works McLaren bike on the race. The bike
is claimed to be 10 per cent lighter than their new Tarmac version and
is the result of the partnership between the bike manufacturer and the
McLaren car company. (stickybottle.com)
July 4, 2014  The
creator of YiPsan Bicycles, Renold
Yip, Hong Kong-born and now Colorado-based, is in his
garage in Fort Collins crafting a bike with his hands.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 4, 2014 | July 4, 2014  While
Armstrong
was a “bully, a nasty piece of work and overly aggressive in about
everything did”, she had once worked with him and had a connection with
him.
She could also not ignore the cancer fundraising and awareness raising
work he had done. (stickybottle.com)
July 4, 2014  The
Orica GreenEdge team has said that Michael
Matthew’s injury-provoked withdrawal from the squad for
this year’s Tour makes its goals harder to achieve, but that it will
nevertheless strive for a very successful race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 4, 2014  "When
I launched Red Kite Prayer the plan, honestly, was to create an outlet
for work that magazines weren’t interested in, and another source of
income that I might enjoy a bit more control over. Five years later,
RKP is thriving, but I can’t really say that it, or I, stuck with the
plan." (redkiteprayer.com)
July 4, 2014  Unlike
the seeming coronation of Bradley
Wiggins and Chris
Froome in the past two editions of the Tour de France,
this year's race is shaping up to be a lively one. Chris Froome no
longer seems head and shoulders above his rivals and Alberto Contador is
back to his best. Behind them a host of young and veteran riders alike
should be fighting tooth and nail for the top five. So who looks best?
(podiumcafe.com)
July 4, 2014  American
Tour de France hope Andrew
Talansky says it'll be hard to place in front of Froome, Contador and Nibali, but that
won't stop him trying. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 4, 2014  Seven
long years ago, the Tour rolled into London to huge acclaim. The ASO
always had it in mind to return to the UK, but when? Not until one of
the country’s most cycling-mad regions emerged as a possible Grand
Depart venue, and now the biggest show in the sport has made it’s
furtherest journey north. The Tour explodes onto the roads of
Yorkshire!
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 4, 2014  Michael 'Bling' Matthews
will not start Tour de France for Orica-GreenEdge, replaced by Christian Meier.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 4, 2014  An
international outfit such as Garmin-Cervélo hosts a diverse roster of
riders from multiple continents, each tackling the kilometers on his
home turf during the off-season. For American Peter Stetina, it’s
the professional’s “staple route” in Girona, Spain.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 4, 2014  Zak Dempster is a
fine example of someone who dreamed big and showed that anything is
possible when you have a strong work ethic and when you stay focused on
your goal. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 4, 2014  "In
my entire, albeit short, racing career I have never been as stressed
out over a race as I was over the 2014 individual time trial national
championships." (anikatodd.com)
July 4, 2014  Featuring
RockShox, Lake, Specialized, Hutchinson and
more. (bikeradar.com)
July 4, 2014  The
Empire SLX weighs just 175 grams in a size 42.5, which Giro said makes
it one of the lightest production shoes ever offered. It has a lace
closure and an Easton EC90 SLXII carbon outsole. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 4, 2014 July 3, 2014 |
 The
Tour de France isn’t the only major stage race starting this week:
tomorrow sees the start of the biggest multi-day event in the women’s
calendar, the Giro Rosa. The 10-stage race sets off from the ancient
city of Caserta, situated 35km north of Naples, with a two-kilometre
prologue tomorrow. However, that belies what awaits the riders,
particularly towards the end of the race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  The
closer the race gets the more uncertain the outcome. The year began
with Chris Froome
as the nailed on certainty but gradually Alberto Contador’s
results made people take notice and his ride in the Dauphiné means we
could have a three week duel. But now Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde
are on the up too and the more names we throw into the mix, the closer
the contest. (inrng.com)
July 3, 2014  Chris Froome said
that he had nothing to do with Bradley
Wiggins’ exclusion from Sky’s nine-man team for the Tour
de France. The race starts Saturday in Leeds, but for the second year
in a row the 2012 winner will not be racing. “I just want to make it
absolutely clear I do not have a role in selection,” Froome said at the
team’s hotel in Harrogate yesterday. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  “From
an emotional point of view, it was horrible. It’s a horrible, horrible,
horrible place to find myself in,” Sky’s team boss told BBC Sport. “I’m
not going to lie, contrary to popular opinion I have got some
emotions.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  UCI
and AFLD announce anti-doping collaboration. (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 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). Live video from
11:00am BST, (12:00pm CET), (6:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
July 3, 2014  The
UnitedHealthcare women's team makes it Giro d'Italia Internazionale
Femminile debut on Friday, backing the American two time winner and
defending champion Mara
Abbott for the overall victory. (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 3, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
will ride for Andrew
Talansky and his GC challenge throughout the Tour de
France. - Team boss Vaughters
admits how hard it was to drop David
Millar - Younger look and feel for the team start of a
long-term plan. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  The
Trek Factory Racing team was the first of the Tour de France teams to
hold their official pre-race press conference on Thursday morning, with
Fabian Cancellara,
Andy
and Fränk Schleck,
Danny van Poppel
and Haimar Zubeldia
facing questions before their training ride, after the team announced
Samsung as a new minor sponsor and People For Bikes as a cycling
advocacy partner. (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  While
his son Dan Martin
is sitting out the Tour de France and preparing for the Vuelta a
Espana, father Neil
is doing some ‘winning’ in Spain himself. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  "I
need to be honest and say that the first Ridleys I saw didn’t impress
me. They seemed to be long on stylish industrial design and short on
engineering. It wasn’t uncommon to encounter a Ridley frame that might
weigh 1400 grams. Oof. I can get that from titanium. But in the last
two years the company has made huge strides." (redkiteprayer.com)
July 3, 2014 | 
At the end of 2013, it would have been easy to write off Alberto Contador’s
chances of ever winning the Tour de France again. Now, though, it is a
different story. But how different? (cyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  Former
world number one and current Eurosport commentator Sean Kelly rode 14
Tours de France during his long career, and has worked on many more
since hanging up his bike in 1993. The quadruple green jersey winner
will analyze the Tour, drawing on his expertise and knowledge of racing
tactics to assess the action as the race unfolds and also to anticipate
what will happen next. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 3, 2014  Oleg Tinkov has done
nothing to hide his intention to sign several big names for the
Tinkoff-Saxo team and has long been rumored to be very close to
finalizing an agreement with Peter
Sagan. Now he reveals that he is also in talks with Bauke Mollema, Alejandro Valverde
and Andrew Talansky
but says that Tom Boonen
belongs to the past. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Jonathan Vaughters
leaned across to Andrew
Talansky and whispered, asking if it was OK to share the
big news. Despite speculation that the recently crowned Critérium du
Dauphiné champion was courting other offers, Vaughters confirmed
Thursday that the American is staying where he started his pro career
in 2011, with Garmin-Sharp, for two more seasons. (velonews.com)
July 3, 2014  An
older, wiser Tejay van
Garderen confronts the 2014 Tour de France with new
responsibilities and new maturity. (velonews.com)
July 3, 2014  After
last year’s “Double d’Huez” stage the 2014 Tour avoids most of the
famous Alpine climbs in favor of some rarely visited mountain passes.
Stage eight should be another to suit the Ardennes specialists, with
its short, sharp climb to the finish on La Mauselaine, in Gerardmer,
and could catch out a yellow jersey hopeful or two.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 3, 2014  The
Tour de France; the cycling battle ground for July. One rider attacks
another in the mountains, the fight to hold off a chasing group, the
bunch kick, aggressive phrases are strewn all over the roads of France.
2014 will be no different, but let’s look at battles past.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
July 3, 2014  This
Saturday 5 July marks the start of the 101st Tour de France in Leeds.
With the race and the yellow jersey coming back to the UK for the first
time since 2007 – and to Yorkshire for the first time ever – Le Coq
Sportif, who first supplied the most famous jersey in cycling in 1951,
have taken a look back at the first 100 races to select 10 truly iconic
moments. (road.cc)
July 3, 2014  Mark
Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quickstep) says he’s feeling good heading into
the start of the 101st Tour de France. (cyclingperspective.com)
July 3, 2014  Wiggle-Honda
have today confirmed the signing of American rider Kathryn Bertine,
with team manager Rochelle
Gilmore saying it “wouldn’t be right” for her not to
compete in La Course by Tour de France race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 3, 2014  Led
by director and former pro Stephen
Gallagher, Dig Deep Coaching is a global coaching company
with coaches that specialize in road racing, MTB, cyclocross and
triathlon. The team includes former and current pros, sports
physiologists, nutritionists, dietitians, bike-fit experts, massage
therapists and more. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 3, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 3, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
team boss Jonathan
Vaughters talks about non-selection of Scot David Millar for
Tour's British Grand Depart - Millar
likely to ride Vuelta a Espana and Tour of Britain in final season.
July 3, 2014 | July 3, 2014  Brian Holm, Omega
Pharma’s Danish sporting director, was on Thursday cleared of sexually
assaulting a seven-year-old girl, his lawyer said. (bicycle.net)
July 3, 2014  Matthew Busche
doesn’t plan on racing this month like a Tour de France rookie. Even
though the Trek Factory Racing rider will be starting his first Tour,
the 29-year-old is intent on keeping both feet on the ground.
(velonews.com)
July 3, 2014 Chris Horner is
going into the Tour de France with lots of uncertainty as he has just
recovered from horrific crash and only has four days of racing in his
legs. The Vuelta champion makes it clear that he will do what his team
asks him to do but that may see him go for a top result in the overall
standings. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Former
Tour de France winner Andy
Schleck says he’s a “fighter” and vowed to get back to his
best form ahead of Saturday’s Grand Départ in Leeds. (velonews.com)
July 3, 2014 Tejay van Garderen
is finally ready to live up to his billing as a Grand Tour leader for
BMC in the Tour de France, which begins on Saturday in Yorkshire. "I
envisioned this and dreamed about this as a kid," the BMC rider said.
"It's exciting that it's actually coming true. It's like when a kid
shoots hoops in his driveway and he thinks he's Michael Jordan, but
it's so surreal when it actually comes true." (cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Daryl Impey says he
is ‘extremely distressed’ after confirming he had failed a doping
control test at the South African national time trial championships.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
July 3, 2014  Cyclists
can learn a lot from watching pros. But that doesn't mean you should
always ride and train like them. Alison
Tetrick of Team Twenty16 explains what makes sense in the
real world. (bicycling.com)
July 3, 2014  American
great reveals excitement for Yorkshire Grand Depart and discusses what
makes a Tour champion. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 3, 2014 Welcome
to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) supported by British
Cycling have submitted an application to the UCI for a new, world class
professional cycle race in Yorkshire. If approved by the world’s
governing body, the provisionally titled ”Tour of Yorkshire” will be a
three-day race and its inaugural edition will run from 1 – 3 May 2015.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 3, 2014  Earlier
this week Trek revealed its new Émonda range, the result of several
years spent trying to develop the lightest production race frame on the
market. While a few riders from the Trek Factory Racing team were
riding the Émonda at the recent Tour du Suisse, and the Criterium du
Dauphine, it wasn't until Tuesday that Trek officially unveiled the
bike to the press. (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Thoughtfully designed with versatility in mind, the Advanced 2
is only really let down by its choice of anchors." (bikeradar.com)
July 3, 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." (dougreport.com)
July 3, 2014 July 2, 2014 |
 Giant
comes into this race with a twin sprint tactic as Marcel Kittel’s
teammate and compatriot John
Degenkolb, 25, is also handy in the speedy finishes. But
while Kittel
is the better flat out sprinter, Degenkolb
is more likely to still be there for the finish after a tough or hilly
stage. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 2, 2014  The
old saying is that you should never go back but Bradley Wiggins and
his former team manager at Garmin, Jonathan
Vaughters, have held informal conversations about the
possibility of reuniting next season. (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  In
2013, the Tour de France ended abruptly for Cannondale's Ted King, when he
was struggling with a shoulder injury from a stage 1 crash, and was
dropped from the team time trial and missed the time cut. This year, King is being given
his second shot in the Grand Boucle, and is fully committed to his role
in supporting Peter
Sagan's bid for a third points classification victory.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages), La Course Tour de France - July 27 (Route), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Suisse - June 14-22 (Results), Ster ZLM Toer GP - June 18-22 (Results), Route du Sud - June 20-22 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). July 2, 2014  North
American's on the WorldTour circuit are busy putting the final touches
on their form before the upcoming Tour de France that starts on July 5
in Leeds, Yorkshire, while the elite women will be starting the Giro
d'Italia Internazionale Femminile a day earlier with a prologue in
Caserta. (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  There
could have been five former Tour de France winners lining up at the
start in Leeds on Saturday but instead there will be three, and one is
unlikely to even finish in the top 20. (bicycle.net)
July 2, 2014  Adam and Simon Yates are two
of most talked about talents in British cycling, and as they embark on
their first year as professionals with Orica-GreenEdge.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 2, 2014  "The
last time I wrote I was trying to get back into form for the Olympia’s
Tour in the Netherlands after recovering from my Flanders crash. I
managed to get through the Olympia’s Tour alright, picking up a second
place on stage 4." (cyclingtips.com.au)
July 2, 2014  It’s
easy to picture Ryan
Calilung dancing around his living room in his pajamas.
Stage 2 of the 2008 Tour de France is on TV, coffee has been spilled on
the carpet, and Thor
Hushovd is being interviewed after winning the stage. And Hushovd is wearing a
pair of Oakleys that no one had seen before. (velonews.com)
July 2, 2014  A
prodigious amateur talent, Frenchman Christophe Bassons
turned pro in 1996 and joined the mighty Festina team later that
season. Despite his coach's assessment that he had the same
physiological attributes as five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault, Bassons never made
the breakthrough that was expected. In a peloton where drug-taking was
generally systematic, Bassons
refused to yield to persistent encouragement to dope. (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  Aerodynamics
is where all the real gains will be made with respect to equipment and
speed. The S-Works Evade is a helpful step—not as expensive as a new
frame or a set of wheels, but more effective than shoe covers or shaved
arms. (redkiteprayer.com)
July 2, 2014  Innovative
power meter that offers results comparable to others along with
features to improve your position and technique. (road.cc)
July 2, 2014  "This
spring I was afforded the opportunity to ride both the R3 and S3 back
to back. There was a question before me: Would I go for the traditional
road frame or would I go for the aero advantage?" (redkiteprayer.com)
July 2, 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.) Check for the live
video link at approximately 18:30 CET (9:30 AM PST).
July 2, 2014  The
Giant-Shimano Women's team enters the Giro d'Italia Internazionale
Femminile with a squad capable of challenging for stage wins and the
overall. Claudia
Lichtenberg [nee Häusler
- who is recently married] won the race in 2009 as she set up the
overall win with an impressive stage victory. (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014 |  One
year ago Daryl Impey
was basking in the yellow jersey, now he’s announced a positive A and B
test for banned substance probenicid. It’s normally a treatment for
gout because, to keep it simple, it slows the kidneys from filtering
stuff from your blood out to the urine. So it’s handy as a “masking
agent.", However, the mask is obviously very detectable and either Impey’s prodigiously
stupid or there’s a genuine explanation somewhere. (inrng.com)
July 2, 2014  Here’s
a look at the 22 teams and some of their riders who might shine in
breakaways. (inrng.com)
July 2, 2014
BMC's Tejay van Garderen
is reveling in his sole leadership role for the BMC team ahead of the
Tour de France start. The American rider has put the finishing touches
on his top form, after a disappointing Critérium du Dauphiné, and is
ready to lead the team into a yellow-jersey performance.
(cyclingnews.com).
July 2, 2014  Richie Porte heads
into this year’s Tour de France well aware of the size of the challenge
facing him and his teammates as they search for a third straight win.
The Australian, who makes the trip from his home in Monaco to Leeds on
Wednesday, has endured a mixed season on the road but he has finally
found his form and that his team leader Chris Froome is
ready to defend his Tour title. (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  Michael Matthews'
Tour de France debut is in doubt following a training crash which
required six stiches in the palm of his hand. A decision on the
23-year-old's participation will be made at the last minute by his
Orica-GreenEdge team as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.
(cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  Five
summit finishes and ascents such as the Tourmalet and Hautacam, with
just one individual time trial, means this year’s Tour de France will
give the mountain men a great chance to shine. (roadcyclinguk.com)
July 2, 2014  Stage
one favorite Marcel
Kittel has said that the Tour de France’s two opening days
in Yorkshire could be dangerous for such a large peloton, saying “you
take more risks by going on these roads.” (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  Winter
base training means hours and hours of slow, steady miles…which is fine
if you don’t have a job. Cyclist explores another way. (cyclist.com.au)
July 2, 2014  "With
the break in the weather, I took the opportunity to go for a slightly
extended ride this morning which turned out to be a glorious ride in
the quiet the Adelaide Hills." (wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
July 2, 2014  Ever
wondered about the aerodynamic benefit of shaving your legs and the
time saved over a set distance? Well wonder no more. (stickybottle.com)
July 2, 2014  When
Specialized announced its new Tarmac, they cited McLaren’s key role in
developing its “Rider First” data collection system. Specialized used
this system to study how different-sized riders rode their bikes, in an
effort to better the bike’s overall ride quality, rather than just
improving stiffness and lowering weight. (velonews.com)
July 2, 2014  Cannondale
says bye-bye to cantilevers, hello to hydraulic disc brakes for 2015.
The company showcased their newest, top-of-the-line cyclocross model,
the SuperX Hi-Mod Carbon SRAM Red 22. (cxmagazine.com)
July 2, 2014  For
mid-summer cyclocross fans, Reynolds is offering free Hutchinson 'cross
tubulars and a Reynolds hat with July orders of its 2014 Reynolds
Assault SLG Tubular disc brake or rim brake wheels.
(bicycleretailer.com)
July 2, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 2, 2014  Starting
with their 890g frame (56cm), the bike gets a full SRAM Red group, HED
tubulars with Schwalbe 700x25c Ultremo Race tires, and high end house
brand stem and seatpost (alloy and carbon respectively) with Easton
carbon handlebar and Prologo carbon railed saddle. (bikerumor.com)
July 2, 2014 | July 2, 2014  Chris Horner was
supposed to contend for the Giro d’Italia and perhaps even defend his
Vuelta a España crown. But this pro cycling. It rarely goes how it’s
supposed to. Instead of taking the start in Belfast and contesting the
Giro in the Italian Alps, the 42-year-old was hit by a car and left in
Italian tunnel in early April. (velonews.com)
July 2, 2014  Darly
Impey has tested positive for Probenecid and has been removed from the
Orica GreenEdge roster with immediate affect. The team broke the news
on Wedneday morning, stating "Impey
has returned an adverse analytical finding and has been notified by The
South African Institute for a Drug-Free sport that he delivered a
positive A and B sample for the substance Probenecid after the South
African Championships on February 6, 2014." (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  "One
thing Sky might want to consider obtaining for Chris Froome before
he begins his Tour de France title defense in Yorkshire is the latest
development in personal care, the Happiness Blanket. I was
thinking that once linked into the Sky bus mood lighting, Froome could have
the perfect environment based on his brainwave responses – blue for
calm, and red to prepare for some of the daily aggression he'll be
receiving." (cyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  Nine-time
Tour de France finisher Frankie
Andreu breaks down the 2014 GC race. (bicycling.com)
July 2, 2014  The
biggest bike race in the World is about to hit the green hills of
Yorkshire. The important stages, the top riders and the history: All
you need to know is here. (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 2, 2014  Cobblestones
at the Tour give rise to the unique site of featherweight climbers
hanging doggedly onto the wheels of classics specialists as they do
their best to survive on a surface they would never willingly ride.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 2, 2014  The
Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, the sprint for the finish up the
Champs-Élysées — those who follow the mother of all grand tours will be
familiar with the icons of the Tour de France’s final day, to be held
this year on July 27. (velonews.com)
July 2, 2014  Phil
Gaimon: "Host housing is a funny thing, because it depends
on the
standards of the riders, and in case you're not aware, bike riders can
have very low standards. There were years when I was stoked for floor
space, and a sleeping bag lived in the trunk of my car. You want a
pillow? What are you, Queen Elizabeth? I spent a couple months on a
friend's porch because his apartment didn't have any floor space when
his bed folded out from the wall. Sorry ladies, I'm taken."
July 2, 2014  Kirsten Williams'
national championship title was won not just for her, but for her late
father. Victor Williams
was the victim of a tragic accident at the 7-Eleven Velodrome in
Colorado Springs just two weeks prior to junior track nationals.
(velonews.com)
July 2, 2014  Headed
for the bikes of seven different teams at this year’s Tour de France
are new limited editions of three of Fizik’s top road saddles…and you
shouldn’t have a hard time spotting them under camera flashes.
(bikerumor.com)
July 2, 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)
July 2, 2014  Known
as ‘Fast Eddie’
to his friends, Crean’s
love for the outdoors brought him on many adventures across the global
as he embraced cycling, marathon running, rowing, riding motorcycles
and climbing mountains. (stickybottle.com)
July 2, 2014 July 1, 2014 July 1, 2014 |
 With
the Tour’s Grand Depart only days away, we preview the route and take a
look back at the last time the Tour began in the UK, 2007 – a time when
Cavendish
had yet to stand a top a Tour podium, Bradley Wiggins was
considered a pretender to the throne of Tour champion and Peter Sagan
was 17year old junior. McEwen,
Cancellara
and Boonen
were at the height of their powers and Contador was
battling Rasmussen,
Vinokourov
and Evans
for the yellow jersey. (pelotonmagazine.com)
July 1, 2014  On
the back of his best spring season for years, Alberto Contador
returns to the Tour de France with the aim of conquering the race that
he hasn't won since 2009. However, he admits that Chris Froome is the
big favorite and even claims that the defending champion was stronger
in this year's Criterium du Dauphiné than in last year's Tour de
France. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014  At
101 years old, the Tour de France is still an event of immense beauty
and suffering. This year’s race promises to be one of the most exciting
in recent memory. (rideons.wordpress.com)
July 1, 2014  In
anticipation of a monstrous battle between defending 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.
(sbs.com.au)
July 1, 2014  On
Thursday 2010 ITT World Champion Emma
Pooley showed that she's still definitely got the speed,
winning the British National ITT Champs for the third time.
(podiumcafe.com)
July 1, 2014 The
Giant-Shimano Women's team enters the Giro d'Italia Internazionale
Femminile with a squad capable of challenging for stage wins and the
overall. Claudia
Lichtenberg [nee Häusler
- who is recently married] won the race in 2009 as she set up the
overall win with an impressive stage victory. (cyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia Femminile - July 4-13 (Stages), La Course Tour de France - July 27, Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (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). July 1, 2014  A
British cycling magazine-cum-book that utilizes some of the best
writers writing about the sport in English today. (podiumcafe.com)
July 1, 2014  The
title of the lightest production road bike in the world is not one to
be taken lightly. As a complete bike the flagship Émonda SLR 10 comes
in at an incredible 10.25 lb (4.6kg) and will retail for an equally
staggering $15,749.99. (bikerumor.com)
July 1, 2014  A
look at the 22 team bikes that will line up for the Tour de France this
weekend. (road.cc)
July 1, 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.).
July 1, 2014  The
company says the extensions will elmiminate the need for
electrical tape on valve stems, used by many riders to prevent the
stems from clicking against the rim. The Silca design also is said to
reduce air leakage at the interection of the valve and the valve
extension. (bicycleretailer.com)
July 1, 2014 June 30, 2014 June 30, 2014 |
 It
may come as a surprise that Andy
Schleck still has any love for the sport whatsoever. After
all, he’s seen his form and results nose-dive in recent years, his
brother fight a positive test and the whole Leopard team that was built
around him turn from a dream into a nightmare. (cyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014  It’s
said the mark of a champion is to win the Tour de France at your first
go. Eddy Merckx,
Jacques Anquetil
and Bernard Hinault
are among those who came, saw and conquered from the start. But that’s
the exception and the majority of Tour winners are like fine wines that
take time to age and mature. You can be born with talent but it has to
be worked on, weaknesses addressed and tactics
learned. (inrng.com)
July 1, 2014  The
rider who has dominated stage racing for the last two years is set to
clash with a reinvigorated multiple grand tour winner in what shapes up
to be one of the biggest duels in recent years when the 101st edition
of the Tour de France kicks off in Leeds on Saturday.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014  Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb have
criticized the Giant-Shimano management for their lack of influence on
the roster for the Tour de France. The inclusion of Cheng Ji instead of Johannes Fröhlinger
has raised eyebrows and the German team captains do nothing to hide
that they would have preferred to have had their say.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014  With
the emergence of Nairo
Quintana as a potential Tour de France winner, Alejandro Valverde
is going into what could be his final Tour de France as undisputed
leader of the Movistar team. Having had his best ever start to a
season, however, the Spaniard is feeling stronger than ever before and
hopes to finally reach his big goal of stepping onto the podium in
Paris. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
showed that he is on form and ready for the Tour de France after an
emotional and emphatic victory at the Italian national road race
championships on Saturday. Victory could not have come at a better time
for the Sicilian, and it indicated that the Astana team leader is
finally on form just in time for July. (cyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014  Peter Stetina
realizes a lifelong dream this weekend when he lines up for his Tour de
France debut. The 26-year-old Coloradan isn’t racing just for the
experience. Instead, he comes to the Tour with major responsibilities
as one of the key helpers in the mountains for BMC captain Tejay van Garderen.
(velonews.com)
July 1, 2014  The
BMC Racing Team announced that Stefan
Küng will join the WorldTour team in January 1 from the
BMC Development Team on a multi-year deal. The 20-year-old Swiss rider
will finish the season with the development squad. (cyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014  Australia's
Adam Hansen
will - once again - be present at the start of a Grand Tour this
Saturday, and the Lotto-Belisol pro is, he says, be more than ready for
the experience that will reinforce his reputation as a Grand Tour
'Iron-man'. (cyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014  It
appears that Campagnolo
did not invent the quick release at all. The story of the race in the
snow is a myth. There was a snowy Coppa della Vittoria, but in a
different year (1925), and Campagnolo isn’t mentioned in the race
reports as a favorite in any of the Coppas della Vittoria of the 1920s.
(janheine.wordpress.com)
July 1, 2014  One
of the tools used to get riders in shape is high altitude training and
it’s been growing more and more popular among the riders. However, it’s
not just the GC contenders taking advantage of the beautiful heights
anymore, the sprinters are joining in. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014 Five-star
rated app features GPS data from the riders, news, mapping, commentary
and more. (bikeradar.com)
July 1, 2014  New
lid combines best of the aero Air Attack and lightweight Aeon.
(bicycling.com)
July 1, 2014 June 30, 2014 |
July 1, 2014  UCI
announce that ibuprofen,
caffeine,
theophylline
and quinine
- none of
which are on the WADA prohibited list - were found in pills picked up
by British fans during April's Hell of the North. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 1, 2014  The
Tour de France build-up is well underway and American rider Matthew Busche of
Trek Factory Racing talks before his first ‘Grand Boucle’. Busche has been on a
Vuelta winning team in the past, will that be enough preparation for
the Tour? (pezcyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014  The
defending Tour champion on his team’s strength, his Dauphiné
disappointment, and why he’s always looking at his stem. (bicycling.com)
July 1, 2014 The
future of the Belkin team was thrown into uncertainty when the sponsor
suddenly announced its intention to stop at the end of the season. The
riders have now given the team management until August 1 to find a
replacement before they will start their search for a new home.
(cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014  David Millar was a
surprise omission from the Garmin-Sharp squad for the Tour de France as
the Brit was widely tipped to be lining up for a farewell Tour in his
final season as a professional. Saddened by the news, he claims to have
already been selected and that only his honesty made his team
management change its mind. (cyclingquotes.com)
July 1, 2014  For
first-time Tour de France competitors like Ben King, who will
line up with Garmin-Sharp for the start in Leeds on Saturday, the time
leading up to the race can be a mix of excitement and terror. But the
25-year-old from Virginia told Cyclingnews he's had a single-minded
focus on the race since November, and he's confident in his preparation
for stepping onto cycling's biggest stage. (cyclingnews.com)
July 1, 2014  In
1993 Marie Purvis
became the first British rider to win a stage of the Tour de France
Féminin in its modern format. She won another stage in 1995, and her
palmarès include five national titles. That becomes more impressive
when you consider Marie
Morgan, as she’s now known, only began racing aged 26.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 1, 2014  Heat
and UV light are very bad for latex, so where the tubes were stored
could be a big factor. Latex tubes deteriorate only if outside and
exposed to light, sun, UV and extreme temperatures. There are tubulars
that are 20 years old and still run great, so the tube has a long life
when protected. (velonews.com)
July 1, 2014  The
Boardman Performance Series Road Team Carbon Fi, to give it its full
name, features female-specific frame geometry and a well-selected
component package. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
July 1, 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)
July 1, 2014  Last
summer, GU reformulated their Brew sports drink to have a bit lighter
carbohydrate load and improved electrolyte profile. Now, for summer
2014, they’re adding four new flavors. (bikerumor.com)
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