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| Jul 31 |
 Quintana
takes Vuelta lead by 3 seconds over Contador.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  Right
up until two kilometers from the summit of Valdelinares, it seemed as
though Team Sky’s normal programming had been resumed. A flotilla of
men in black had dictated terms through the final two hours of stage 9
of the Vuelta a España, and in the dwindling red jersey group, the
overall contenders seemed almost to be bracing themselves for the
ferocity of Chris
Froome’s inevitable attack. Instead, however, it was Alberto Contador who
emerged. (cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  Two
of the Vuelta a España’s two big pre-race favorites, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador,
have both suggested that today’s big summit finish of Aramón
Valdelinares may have a limited effect in determining the final overall
winner of the race. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 31, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 31, 2014  Monday is a rest
day, the Vuelta a
Espana reumes on Tuesday
with Stage 10's Time Trial.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014 |
 Sylvain Chavanel won
the GP Ouest France-Plouay held on Sunday in France. The Frenchman won
the WorldTour race ahead of Italy's Andrea
Fedi and compatriot Arthur Vichot.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  Rivera
secures women's race victory. (cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  Bernas continues to
lead the overall standings. (cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014 August 30, 2014 August 30, 2014 August 30, 2014 |
August 31, 2014  Any
professional’s first win is a special moment, but for Lampre-Merida's Winner Anacona to
secure that victory in the Vuelta a España’s second summit finish, at
Valdelinares, helped make his maiden triumph even more special.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  Not
one but three climbs. Why a trilogy? Simply because if you climb the
first you can keep going, riding an Alpine sine wave across the
Chartreuse range to follow a legendary race route. (inrng.com)
August 31, 2014  The
Orica GreenEdge team are looking to extend contracts with both Adam and Simon Yates for an
additional year. The brothers signed two-year deals with the Australian
team at the start of this year but after successful neo-pro seasons for
both riders Orica have offered the pair a new deal with additional year
included. (cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  Danilo Wyss has been
handed a one-year contract extension at BMC Racing. The 29-year-old has
been with the American registered team since 2008. (cyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014  The
Vuelta a España has changed over the last few years, since ASO has
taken a bigger hand in the organization many things have improved,
there is less of a feeling of ‘mañana’ and things are a bit slicker.
But the race has become a little less friendly. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 31, 2014 August 30, 2014 |
 Matthews second, Sagan third in
tight bunch sprint. (cyclingnews.com).
August 30, 2014  Orica
GreenEdge directeur sportif Neil
Stephens has confirmed that the team had issues with the
manoeuvre by Nacer
Bouhanni inside the final 50 metres of Saturday’s stage of
the race, a sideways swerve which forced Michael Matthews to
back off on his sprint and may have cost him the win.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 30, 2014  Belkin
again showed that they are among the strongest teams in windy
conditions when they managed to position their three GC riders Laurens Ten Dam, Robert Gesink and Wilco Kelderman in
the first group in stage 8 of the Vuelta a Espana. However, Gesink admitted that
it had been a big fight to stay with the best on a dramatic day in
Spain. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 30, 2014 Sunday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 9 departs Carboneras de Guadazaón at 12:38pm CET (6:38am
U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Aramón Valdelinares at
around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014  The
National Criterium Calendar (NCC) continued at the 29th edition of The
Staenberg Group Gateway Cup on Friday evening. UnitedHealthcare’s Luke Keough and Coryn Rivera won
their respective races. (cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 30, 2014  Here
are the top three men and women in the 2014 Qiansen Trophy Cyclocross
Race in Beijing, China. (cxmagazine.com)
August 30, 2014  Robert Kiserlovski
has signed a two-year contract with Tinkoff-Saxo. The Croatian rider
signs from Trek Factory Racing, who confirmed his exit to Cyclingnews
earlier this month. (cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014 August 29, 2014 August 29, 2014 |
 Belgium
cycling lost one of its budding stars on Saturday as the local media
reported the death of junior world time-trial champion Igor Decraene.
(velonews.com)
August 30, 2014  The
Rabo-Liv squad swept the podium at the GP de Plouay on Saturday,
putting Lucinda Brand
on the top step, as Lizzie
Armitstead claimed the overall title in the 2014
UCI Women’s Road World Cup. (velonews.com)
August 30, 2014  Racing
against Ellen van Loy
in China sucks because excuses don’t apply. Van Loy works at
least forty hours a week working with adults and kids with Down’s
Syndrome. It can be an emotionally and physically exhausting job, but
somehow she finds the time to train enough to be ranked sixth in the
world. (cxmagazine.com)
August 30, 2014  MTN-Qhubeka’s
search for new signings continues with the team confirming that they
are looking at a list of riders including Matthew Goss, Tyler Farrar and Steve Cummings. All
three riders our out of contract at the end of the season with Goss certain to
leave Orica GreenEDGE after the team confirmed that they would not be
offering him a new deal. (cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014  BMC
again proved their skills in windy conditions when they helped split
the field in today's stage of the Vuelta a Espana. The team was pleased
with their showing but lamented the fact that the Nairo Quintana group
had managed to rejoin the peloton. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 30, 2014  BMC
has announced a strong roster for the GP Ouest France-Plouay which
takes place tomorrow. Having been close to the win 12 months ago, an
in-form Greg Van Avermaet
leads the team that can also count on in-form riders like Ben Hermans and Silvan Dillier...
August 30, 2014  Sunday's Grand
Prix
Ouest France - Plouay gets underway at 9:40am CET (3:40am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected to finish at around 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern). GP Ouest France - Plouay live streaming video
should get underway at around **1:20pm CET (**7:20am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 30, 2014 ![Photo: We’re starting to get that roll going on [at Tinkoff-Saxo] as well. Now the challenge is that we keep together until the end of the season so we’re not starting from scratch in 2015.](http://www.feltet.dk/octo_cms/files/Feltet.dk/Billeder/2014/Lob/Tour_de_France_2014/16_etape/TdF_2014_16_etape_Michael_Rogers_sejr__.jpg "Photo: We’re starting to get that roll going on [at Tinkoff-Saxo] as well. Now the challenge is that we keep together until the end of the season so we’re not starting from scratch in 2015.") How
things have changed for Michael
Rogers. Last year he had a positive test for Clenbuterol
although thankfully the UCI cleared him of any wrongdoing and he
returned to racing in Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Now, just 6 months on, Rogers has a new
contract at Tinkoff-Saxo and three Grand Tour stages, including a win
on Monte Zoncolan, one of cycling’s most feared climbs.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 30, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Stunning ride, but the premium frame steals a big chunk of the
bike’s budget." (bikeradar.com)
August 30, 2014 August 29, 2014 August 29, 2014 |
August 30, 2014  Tour
de France director Christian
Prudhomme has come under some abuse for the way the Green
Jersey points are awarded. Peter
Sagan won the competition for the third straight year even
though he failed to win a stage in 2014 and Marcel Kittel took 4
but wasn’t even second in the classification. And Prudhomme may change
the points scoring system. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 30, 2014  The
2014 season has marked Nacer
Bouhanni’s ascent to the very upper echelons of world
sprinting, and his victory at Albacete on stage 8 of the Vuelta a
España – his second of the race – was merely a confirmation of the
fact. (cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014  It
was a winning weekend for the American team Specialized-lululemon in
Vargarda, Sweden, where the penultimate women’s World Cup took place.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
is now putting all of its GC eggs in one basket in the form of Daniel Martin. The
Irishman is the team’s sole survivor going into the second week of the
Vuelta a España. (velonews.com)
August 30, 2014  The
Garmin-Cannndale merger has become a little clearer in terms of who
will ride for the team in 2015. After strong performances and a first
pro win, Alex Howes
has signed a contract extension with the team and Davide Formolo, the
neo-pro star has agreed to move to the team. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 30, 2014  Thor Hushovd has
ruled himself out of next month's world championships in Spain after he
crashed out on the last stage of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes on
Friday. (cyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014  Having
been cleared to race yesterday, Daryl
Impey is ready to return to racing when he lines up in the
Tour of Alberta on Tuesday. The South African is part of a strong
Orica-GreenEDGE that is loaded with fast riders. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 30, 2014  We
usually think of Europe when it comes to cyclist-friendly people and
cultures, a completely different experience than what we get at home in
North America. But Guadeloupe is much closer to home, and as we
recently discovered, is also home to a people who absolutely love
cyclists, and cycling. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 30, 2014 August 29, 2014 |
 Alessandro De Marchi claimed
the second and biggest victory of his professional career when he took
a fine solo success on stage 7 into Alcaudete. The Italian was part of
a four-man break that went clear after 40km of racing. (cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  It
has been a long time coming, but Italy’s Alessandro De Marchi
secured his first Grand Tour win in style in Friday’s Vuelta a España
stage 7, soloing away to claim a lone win in Alcaudete.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  Chris Froome had a
dramatic day in the Vuelta a Espana as he was briefly distanced after
an early crash before gaining 2 seconds on his rivals in the finale.
The Brit was pleased with the outcome as he appears to have escaped the
incident relatively unscathed. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 29, 2014  Satudray's
Vuelta a Espana Stage 8 departs Baeza at 12:18pm CET (6:18am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Albacete at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  There’s
also an individual time trial to show form ahead of Worlds, and a
couple for the sprinters. (road.cc)
August 29, 2014  For
the second year in a row, Jesus
Herrada won the final stage of the Tour du
Poitou-Charentes when he became a surprise winner of a bunch sprint,
holding off Jan Bakelants and
Nicola Ruffoni.
Sylvain Chavanel finished
8th and won the race overall. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 29, 2014  Double
Giro d’Italia runner-up Rigoberto
Uran admitted he did not have an ideal day on Thursday’s
first summit finish of the Vuelta, but argued that “in any case it’s
Sunday” - a longer climb to Valdelinares ski station - “that’s the real
test.” (cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 29, 2014 August 28, 2014 August 28, 2014 August 28, 2014 |
 Vuelta
a España leader Alejandro
Valverde has rejected rumors that he and his team
had tried to ensure rival Chris
Froome stayed dropped after his crash by upping the pace
in the main peloton. (cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  Daryl Impey is
free to make a return to racing having successfully shown that he did
not intentionally take the diuretic Probenecid for which he tested
positive in February. (cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  According
to Italian media, Alessandro
Petacchi is likely to retire from professional cycling
with the end of the 2014 season, as the Omega Pharma- Quick Step
manager Patrick Lefevere
confirmed that the Belgian team will not extend his contract.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 29, 2014  Theo Bos could
be about to make a move to MTN-Qhubeka for the 2015 season, according
to Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. (cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  Jan Bakelants has
confirmed that he will join AG2R-La Mondiale this season, although he
is yet to put pen to paper. (cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  USA
Cycling announced today that the 2014-15 edition of their Professional
Cyclocross Calendar (Pro CX) will begin on September 6 and run through
January 4, and will again feature a $40,000 prize purse to be split
between the top riders in each of the men’s and women’s final
standings. (velonews.com)
August 29, 2014 Sunday's Men's Grand
Prix
Ouest France - Plouay gets underway at 9:40am CET (3:40am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected to finish at around 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern). GP Ouest France - Plouay live streaming video
should get underway at around **1:20pm CET (**7:20am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 29, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Affordable alternative to a Fizik Arione." (bikeradar.com)
August 29, 2014  Pearl's
2015 MTB clothing and shoe lineup shown at
Eurobike. (bikeradar.com)
August 29, 2014 |
August 29, 2014  Cycling
legend Eddy Merckx
has been undergoing tests after suffering from heart problems last
weekend, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. Cardiologist Professor Pedro Brugada has
been examining Merckx
for the past two days after he was taken to the hospital.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 29, 2014  Thor Hushovd found
himself in the perfect position to take a final big victory when he had
made it to the top of the final climb with the 15 best riders in the
final stage of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes. Unfortunately, a crash in
the final turn prevented him from chasing a final big victory.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 29, 2014  Esteban Chaves, Moreno Hofland and Rohan Dennis wear
the leaders’ jerseys in a race. A glimpse of the future? No, it’s a
scene from the past: the 2011 Tour de l’Avenir. The race is on this
week. There are several stage races for U-23 riders that matter but
none more so than this one. It’s length, international field and
mountainous profile make it an essential rendez-vous. If it didn’t
exist we’d have to invent it. (inrng.com)
August 29, 2014  Interbike’s
first annual industry awards gala, the IB Awards, celebrates the bike
industry’s success and innovation. The 2014 awards honor achievements
from the 2014 product year, beginning in July 2013 and concluding in
June 2014. Nominees and winners will be selected from categories across
the bike community, including Product Innovation, Athletic Achievement,
Dealer Excellence, Supplier Performance and Advocacy Efforts.
(velonews.com)
August 29, 2014  It
seems like riders and manufacturers are in a perpetual drive to trim
weight from their bikes. But are the performance gains really worth the
effort and cost? (cyclist.com.au)
August 29, 2014  Everyone
at the German trade show is debating the merits of road disc brake
options. Plus new shoes, camo colour schemes and aero stylings.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 29, 2014  "Part
of the art of non-fiction storytelling is to tell you something
interesting you don't already know, and the Anthology, through its four
volumes to date, does exactly that." (sbs.com.au)
August 29, 2014  A
clear trend: the whole gravel/adventure race/endurance cyclocross
segment is easing its way onto the market while cyclocross race bikes
are rather rare. No big cyclocross hype at Eurobike – but if you look
closely, a few jewels arise from the muddy waters of a vast bicycle
industry. (cxmagazine.com)
August 29, 2014  Both
companies are incorporating the Multi-directional Impact Protection
System (MIPS) into new helmets. This system allows the hard shell and
the liner to move separately in a crash, which could reduce a cyclist’s
risk of concussion by decreasing the brain’s rotational acceleration.
(bicycling.com)
August 29, 2014 August 28, 2014 |
 Alejandro Valverde
moved back into pole position at the Vuelta a Espana when he won the
first summit finish of the race at La Zubia. Valverde had enough
finishing punch to edge out Chris
Froome and Alberto
Contador at the end of a thrilling stage contested
fiercely by all of the race's biggest names. The victory put him back
into the leader's red jersey which he had ceded to Michael Matthews in
Arcos de la Frontera three days ago. (cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  Rigoberto Uran was
one of the big losers in the first mountain stage of the Vuelta a
Espana as the Colombian could only manage 19th. He remains hopeful that
he will be stronger when the race returns to the mountains on Sunday.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 28, 2014  Friday's
Vuelta a Espana Stage 7 departs Alhendín at 1:02pm CET (7:02am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Alcaudete at around 5:40pm
CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm CET
(10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  Nicola Ruffoni broke
Mark Cavendish’s
stranglehold on the Tour du Poitou-Charentes when he beat Roy Jans and the
British race leader in the bunch sprint in the morning stage on the
third day of the race. With 4 bonus seconds, Cavendish defended
his overall lead as he goes into the decisive time trial in the
afternoon. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 28, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 28, 2014  BMC’s
Klaas Lodewyck
will undergo surgery to fix his heart arrhythmia. As taking medication
to manage his condition would result in his forced retirement, Lodewyck has opted
to go under the knife. (cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  Four
years after it was close to folding completely because of economic
problems, the 1983 Vuelta a España confirmed that cycling's third Grand
Tour had - in fact - a secure future and, in sporting terms, it could
be every bit as exciting as the Giro d'Italia or Tour de France. The
Vuelta's official website claims that "1983 was one of the most
spectacular editions in history" and it's honestly hard to
disagree. (cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  The
2015 Vuelta will start in the province of Malaga, local newspaper
Diariosur has reported, for the sixth time in its history. It will be
the second year in a row that the Vuelta has started in Spain’s
southernmost region, Andalusia, although in 2014 it began in Jerez de
la Frontera in the south-western Andalusian province of Cadiz.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  Zipp
announced a thorough update of its Tangente tire line, placing a focus
on decreased rolling resistance as well as the aerodynamic interaction
between the tire and rim. (velonews.com)
August 28, 2014  The
German brand, which has already released three new road models this
season – the Endurace CF and AL, and the Aeroad CF SLX – has pulled
back the covers from a road bike with an active suspension system front
and rear, and a series of sensors controlled from a ‘brain’ designed by
T-Mobile owners, Deutsche Telekom, compatible with i-Phone and Android
smartphone platforms. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 28, 2014  Xpedo's
new Thrust E power meter pedal system is an obvious competitor to the
Garmin Vector (and the Look/Polar option), but offers easier set-up
thanks to a fit-and-forget installation. (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014  Wide
disc-brake and carbon road wheels, ultralight saddles and the return of
the Bullmoose. (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014  Cycling
takes a leading role in these five delightful summer reads.
(bicycling.com)
August 28, 2014 August 27, 2014 |
 The
first summit finish of this year's Vuelta a España came early and it
was Alejandro Valverde
who emerged victorious as the general contender wheat got separated
from the chaff in a surprisingly thorough manner. (podiumcafe.com)
August 28, 2014  In
a Vuelta a España packed with superstars, most of the attention has
been focused on the GC contenders. And for good reason, with the likes
of Alberto Contador,
Chris Froome,
and Alejandro Valverde
and Nairo Quintana headlining
what should be a blockbuster battle for victory. (velonews.com)
August 28, 2014  As
the 2014 domestic race calendar draws to a close, several familiar
names on the domestic road racing circuit are closing out their
professional racing careers. Americans Alex Candelario, Jeff Louder, and Matt Cooke, as well
as Australian Ben Day,
are retiring from the pro peloton and moving on to other endeavors.
(velonews.com)
August 28, 2014  After
the stage 1 team time trial at this year’s Vuelta a Espana Chris Froome tweeted
that he had just used the Turbine breathing aid for the first time,
saying that it made a “noticeable difference” and that he’d definitely
use it again. So what is the Turbine? (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 28, 2014  The
Bradley Wiggins
Foundation — launched in a blaze of publicity two years ago on the back
of his Tour de France and Olympic triumphs — has also been criticized
for late payment of invoices after its first event, the ‘Ride With
Brad’ sportive, held in Lancashire in August 2012, failed to sell out.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 28, 2014  The
Tour of Margaret River is a relatively new kid on the block, an event
for the amateur racers that is steadily growing in popularity.
(wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
August 28, 2014  At
the age of 30, Swedish pro cyclist Thomas
Löfkvist has informed his current employer IAM Cycling
that he won’t consider any contract extension beyond the 2014 season.
However he’ll remain in the history of the Swiss team as their first
ever winner, after he claimed the overall classification of the Tour of
the Mediterranean in February last year. (cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  "I
used to live in Western Massachusetts. I can assert that it is some of
the best riding in the entire country. Here’s why." (redkiteprayer.com)
August 28, 2014  Saddle
sores are an annoying side-effect of cycling that most serious riders
have experienced at some time or other. At best they mean uncomfortable
riding, and at worst they can keep you off the bike
altogether. (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Speedy shape but a rather firm ride." (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Despite its low price, the Circuit reaps the benefits of
trickle down features from the flagship Bontrager helmets."
(bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014  he
Ridley Noah SL has been launched at this year's Eurobike show. The
original Noah was a pure aero machine, with advanced features including
a split-legged fork and unique integrated V-brakes; the Noah SL retains
that wind-cheating DNA but sheds some weight and offers greater
practicality. (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014  Fizik
has revealed a ground-up redesign of its popular Aliante saddle at
Eurobike. The Aliante debuted 16 years ago and has become the benchmark
saddle for sportive/gran fondo and endurance
riders. (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014 August 27, 2014 |
August 28, 2014  As
controversial headlines continue to question the integrity of athletes
in drug-tested sports, current Canadian national mountain bike team
member and avid cyclocross racer Evan
McNeely has launched a start-up, Stamped for Sport
Supplements, to take the stigma out of sports supplements.
(cxmagazine.com)
August 28, 2014  The
two substances are known as Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) activators
and have been proven to stimulate growth of erythropoietin (EPO) and
testosterone. It also reduces the level of oxygen in the blood.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  Organizers
of the fifth edition of the Québec City and Montreal Grands Prix
Cyclistes (GPs), held September 12 and 14 respectively, announced the
rosters for the upcoming races, which include six of the top-15 riders
in the UCI WorldTour rankings. (velonews.com)
August 28, 2014  Rider
agent Baden Cooke
is confident American veteran Chris
Horner will secure a contract for the 2015 season despite
being pulled from the Vuelta a Espana that he was set to enter as
defending champion. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 28, 2014  AG2R-La
Mondiale manager Vincent
Lavenu has rejected claims that the team has agreed to
release Carlos Betancur
from his contract at the end of the season. (cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  Since
singing a declaration of intent with De Lotto, BrandLoyalty and speed
skating Team BrandLoyalty, Belkin has been busy securing its riders for
2015 and beyond with new contracts. (cyclingnews.com)
August 28, 2014  While
his Team Sky team-mates were spending another day on the front of the
bunch at the Vuelta a Espana, Edvald
Boasson Hagen was preparing to life away from the British
team next season. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 28, 2014  Men
from 21 different countries have made the trip to Beijing, China to
contest the second annual Qiansen Trophy Race, China’s first and only
cyclocross race on Saturday (Friday
for most of our readers). (cxmagazine.com)
August 28, 2014  The
traditional nickel-chrome TS-2.2 will remain available for those who
prefer. But the powder-coated version (TS-2.2P) will be 10-15 percent
less expensive, Park's Eric
Hawkins said Thursday. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 28, 2014  Eurobike
is off to a strong start with more new product releases and major
announcements than are typical. Recently the trend has been to launch
products at stand alone events rather than compete at the big bike
shows for a share of the spotlight. (pelotonmagazine.com)
August 28, 2014  Australian
power meter specialist Verve has launched a new version of its
Infocrank power meter at Eurobike, to cater for 130BCD and 24mm axles.
The original Infocrank is now available to the
masses. (bikeradar.com)
August 28, 2014 FatCyclist:
Racing the LT100 with the Queen of Pain - Pipeline, St Kevens, and
Setting Up Your Bike.
August 27, 2014 |
 John Degenkolb survived
the heat to take his second consecutive stage victory at the Vuelta a
España, much to the displeasure of Nacer
Bouhanni. The German rider beat Bouhanni and Moreno Hofland in
the chaotic uphill finish in Ronda. (cyclingnews.com)
August 27, 2014  Alberto Contador and
Tinkoff-Saxo tried to put their rivals under pressure with a strong
attack in the crosswinds on stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana. In the end,
most of the GC riders rejoined the front group and Contador lamented
the lack of information as he didn't know who had been left behind.
(cyclingquotes.com)
 Thursday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 6 departs Benalmadena at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at La Zubia at around 5:40pm CET (11:40am
U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm CET
(10:00am U.S. Eastern)..
(cyclingnews.com)
August 27, 2014  OPQS
rider Mark Cavendish
won his second straight sprint stage, this time at 183.6km Stage 2 of
Tour du Poitou-Charentes on Wednesday. The Manx Missile relied on
another dominant leadout from his teammates, and launched his sprint
for the convincing victory. (omegapharma-quickstep.com)
August 27, 2014  After
four consecutive wins by Bjorn
Leukemans, the Druivenkoers Overijse finally got a new
winner when Jonas
Vangenechten emerged as the strongest in the 54th
edition of the race. The Belgian escaped with 9 other riders inside the
final 3km and held off the Topsport Vlaanderen pair of Jasper De Buyst and Tom Van Asbroeck to
claim the victory. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 27, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 26, 2014  On
Sunday we all watched and listened to the USA Pro Cycling Challenge
which was a celebration of Jens
Vogt's final race of his illustrious career. But there was
another rider in the peloton who was also competing his final race; Ben Day. As Jane
Aubrey writes, Day's career was filled with talent, glory and mishaps
that took him a down a different path. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 27, 2014  After
a professional career that has lasted 16 seasons, Danish rider Nicki Sørensen has
decided to call it a day. The 39-year-old will be out of contract with
Tinkoff-Saxo at the end of this season and has chosen not to seek an
extension. (cyclingnews.com)
August 27, 2014  John Degenkolb took
the honors on stage four of the Vuelta a Espana, with Michael Matthews
protecting the red jersey. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 27, 2014  Trying
on and testing out different sports bras can be tedious and
discouraging for many women. With so many different style and support
options available it can be hard to even know where to start
looking. (bikeradar.com)
August 27, 2014 August 26, 2014 |
 "I
would peg this as a stage-hunter's game for climber types. There's a
long list of riders in need of some attention and points. Samuel Sanchez? Amets Txurruka? Alex Kolobnev?
[Needing a change in the type of attention he's getting.] Johan Chaves? Chris Anker Sorensen?"
August 27, 2014  The
teams of both Thibaut
Pinot and Peter
Sagan have commented on the disappointing performances of
both riders thus far in the Vuelta a España, with each squad confirming
that neither rider is in the same kind of form that the showed in this
year’s Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 27, 2014  Alberto Contador
shouldn’t even be in this Vuelta a España. Barely a month ago, the
Spanish superstar crashed out of the Tour de France with a broken leg.
A fractured bone seemed to be a death sentence for Contador’s 2014
season, on the side of an innocuous French road in the Vosges
mountains. Everyone close to him says he was in the best form of his
career. (velonews.com)
August 27, 2014  American
Lawson Craddock lived
the highs and lows of grand tour racing all in one day in Thursday’s
fifth stage at the Vuelta a España. (velonews.com)
August 27, 2014  Bradley Wiggins could
kick off a new round of hour record attempts if he sticks to an
announced June 2015 date. His plan could spur on world time trial
champion Tony Martin,
and Fabian Cancellara,
who have both expressed interest. (velonews.com)
August 27, 2014  As
the bell rang for the final finishing circuit of the USA Pro Challenge
in Denver on Sunday, Jens Voigt was where we expected to see him - off
the front, legs churning, bike rocking back and forth, in the final
breakaway of his storied career. (podiumcafe.com)
August 27, 2014  We
all know that getting out on our bikes when it’s cold and dark can be
hard, but when we do, it always makes us feel better and lifts our
mood. (bikeradar.com)
August 27, 2014  The
Salzkammergut Trophy is Austria’s most famous MTB race, and its
largest, this year attracting 4,256 participants. This is a huge race –
I took part in the 119km race but there are several other events over
three days, the longest being a 211km cross-country sufferfest that
took some competitors over 15 hours to finish. (crankpunk.com)
August 27, 2014  The
E100 tubular road wheel is the brand's most radical new offering, and
with an MSRP of $3,800, it should be. The E100 weighs just 1,050 grams
per set, with a 45 mm-deep rim with Easton's Fantom Rim aero profile
and tensioned carbon spokes. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 27, 2014  "With
the exception of properly degreasing a nasty drivetrain, this stuff is
nearly miraculous. I give the bike a brief misting of water, spray it
down with the wash, let it foam for a few seconds and then hose it all
off." (redkiteprayer.com)
August 27, 2014 |
FatCyclist:
Racing the LT100 with the Queen of Pain - Pipeline, St Kevens, and
Setting Up Your Bike.
August 27, 2014  Team
Cannondale's roster for 2015 continues to take shape after Alex Howes and Davide Formolo
recently committed their futures to the American WorldTour team.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 27, 2014  Edvald Boasson Hagen
has signed a two-year contract with South African continental team
MTN-Qhubeka, according to Norwegian television channel TV2. It is
rumored that the new contract is worth one million Euros, which is less
than he is currently on at Sky. (cyclingnews.com)
August 27, 2014  One
round remains in the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup, and so far, eight
different riders have won each of the eight rounds. (sbs.com.au)
August 27, 2014  Amanda Stoneham is
the senior e-commerce manager at Diamondback, and more
importantly, she’s an avid roadie and mountain biker when she’s off the
clock. Find out what it’s like being a woman working in the cycling
industry. (diamondback.com)
August 27, 2014  Timed
for the opening of the Eurobike show here this week, Shimano has
announced a new top-tier road shoe and some new handlebar, stem and
seatpost options offered in its PRO brand. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 27, 2014  Of
all the high-end machines we tested on the admittedly limited 7km demo
circuit in Friedrichschafen, the 795 Aerolight was the most eager:
quick out of the blocks and unwilling to sacrifice speed once gained.
Several reasons will lie behind such pleasing alacrity, of course, not
least Mavic’s rather wonderful Cosmic Carbone 40c full carbon
clinchers, but the chassis certainly played its part.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
August 27, 2014  he
BMC Impec Concept bike, as the name suggests, will never be for sale.
But unlike many concept bikes, which are often little more than plastic
art projects, the Impec Concept was made tip to tail, from initial idea
to carbon fibre product, inside BMC’s Grenchen facility in the space of
four months. (bikeradar.com)
August 27, 2014  EVOC's
has updated its bike travel bike, making it lighter, stiffer and adding
a creature comforts to make travelling with a bike
easier. (bikeradar.com)
August 27, 2014  Reynolds’
Attack, Assault SLG and Strike SLG Performance road carbon clinchers
all become tubeless ready for 2015, and the Attack becomes available in
a disc brake specific option, too. The 46 Aero also gets a disc brake
option, and three Aero (46, 58 and 72) wheelsets all get tubular rim
options. (bikerumor.com)
August 27, 2014 August 26, 2014 |
 John Degenkolb
claimed stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espana from Mairena del Alcor to
Córdoba after unleashing a furious sprint in the final 200 meters. The
German won by several bike lengths, gauging his efforts perfectly on a
day that saw a number of his sprint rivals suffer in the heat. Vincente Reynes
finished second with Michael
Matthews doing enough to retain his leader’s jersey,
taking in third. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Michael Matthews was
unable to make it two in a row in the Vuelta a Espana after a poor
position for the final sprint saw him start his sprint too far back.
Despite defending his leader's jersey, the Australian lamented the lack
of respect for the race leader that had caused him to be poorly
positioned. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 26, 2014  Wednesday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 5 departs Priego de Cordoba at 12:52pm CET (6:52am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Ronda at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  After
a European summer without high temperatures, the peloton is wilting
under a scorching sun during the opening stages of the Vuelta a España.
“I am from Texas, but this is still hot for everyone,” Chad Haga said
before the start of stage 4. “Everyone is just doing what they can to
stay hydrated.” (velonews.com)
August 26, 2014  His
face caked in sweat and salt-lines, Joaquim
Rodriguez could barely get his hands on a drink quickly
enough at the Vuelta a España finish in Cordoba as temperatures soared
into the low forties for the last part of the stage. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  A
rider making his Grand Tour debut does not typically attack at the most
difficult point of the toughest stage to date, but then Adam Yates does not
appear to be a typical neo-professional. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Fascinating
too to see a rider coming into his own, as Michael Matthews did
by taking the win off the plucky Dan
Martin. Matthews
was confident enough to let Martin
try to come back at him and it’s a confidence well deserved as he is
turning out to be a very versatile – and very good – rider.
(crankpunk.com)
August 26, 2014  Dan McLay, who has
been riding for the Lotto-Belisol under-23 team for the past two
seasons, added a very useful win to his palmares with victory in stage
three of the prestigious Tour de l’Avenir. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 26, 2014  Mark Cavendish takes
first win since crashing out of the Tour de France in July.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 26, 2014  Following
a successful Tour de France, NetApp-Endura returns to one-day racing
when they line up in the Druivenkoers Overijse tomorrow. The race kicks
off a series of autumn classics in Belgium for the German team.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 26, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 26, 2014  Specialized-lululemon,
Chantal Blaak
and Lizzie Armitstead
were the big winners when the women's peloton headed north to Sweden
for the Open de Suede Vargarda World Cup. (sbs.com.au)
August 26, 2014  When
Adam Hansen
rolled down the starting ramp on Saturday’s team time trial in the
Vuelta a España, the Lotto-Belisol rider began the three-week stage
race that could see him equal the all time record of Grand Tour
finishes in a single year. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Can’t
believe all of the new small teams cropping up all across the country?
Neither can we. Between Cody
Kaiser’s LangeTwins Vineyard, Jeremy Powers’s
Aspire Team, Zach
McDonald’s KCCX, and the Durrins’ Neon Velo
Cycling Team, we figured that was it. We figured wrong. (cxmagazine.com)
August 26, 2014 August 25, 2014 |
 Edvald Boasson Hagen
will announce Wednesday where he will next compete as a pro rider, but
according to VG.no it will not be an anticipated move to Tinkoff Saxo.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 26, 2014  There’s
a big gap between audiences in the “new” world of cycling in the
English-speaking world where cycling is booming and the “old” world
where it is established. To caricature the audience in the US, UK,
Australia, Canada and New Zealand is small… but wealthy; the audience
in France, Belgium, Italy and Spain is huge but in a lower income
bracket. (inrng.com)
August 26, 2014  On
a day when the biggest challenge was the all-consuming heat it was that
other German sprinter who powered into the ancient city of Córdoba and
took the win for Giant-Shimano. John
Degenkolb has every reason to love Spain and will be
looking for more wins in this year’s race. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Chris Horner’s agent
believes that despite the American failing to start this Vuelta a
Espana he can once again find his best form in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Team
Giant-Shimano will line up in their next WorldTour race, the GP Plouay,
with a focus on a sprint finish. Luka
Mezgec and Reinardt
Janse van Rensburg will enjoy the status of being
protected riders. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 26, 2014  Alfredo Martini, the
man that led Italy to six world titles, has died at the age of 93. The
former Italian national coach passed away on Monday in his home in
Sesto Fiorentino. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  More
than slightly overweight and without a clear views on his future in
professional cycling, Carlos
Betancur has returned to competition in Spain after he
infamously didn’t make it back from Colombia on time to participate in
his season-s biggest objective-to-be – the Tour de France. Despite a
lot of controversies surrounding the enigmatic Ag2r La Mondiale rider,
he declares his constant affection for bike racing and motivation to
build proper disposition for upcoming World Championships.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 26, 2014  Team
SmartStop is already ramping up for the 2015 season by re-signing US
pro road race champion Eric
Marcotte and National Race Calendar leader Travis McCabe. Team
owner Jamie Bennett
also confirmed this week that SmartStop Self Storage will return next
year as the title sponsor. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  It
was stage 6 of the 1986 Vuelta a Espana and Lagos de Covadonga was a
relatively new find for the organizers of the Vuelta. It was first
climbed in 1983 when it was being touted as their Alpe d'Huez.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Big
changes for the US custom carbon masters. (bikeradar.com)
August 26, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "A solid all-rounder with boundless potential for speed and
spot-on handling." (bikeradar.com)
August 26, 2014  Due
to a tapered (rather than square) flank on a critical freehub spline,
the PowerTap GS freehub allows the cogs to be incorrectly installed on
the freehub. If installed in this improper position, the cog is only
driving the freehub body at one contact point. (velonews.com)
August 26, 2014  The
new K-Edge Aero Garmin Mount was developed at the request of Team Sky.
Apparently, after they switched to K-Edge mounts to increase the
strength if their Garmin mounting device, they wanted something more
aero. (bikerumor.com)
August 26, 2014  Engineers
from Singapore pour their creative energies into this multi
configurable bike. (roadbikereview.com)
August 26, 2014 |
August 26, 2014  With
three grand tour stage wins this season, and a contract extension with
Tinkoff-Saxo through 2016, Australian Michael Rogers has
enjoyed a renaissance in 2014 — a season put into jeopardy after he’d
tested positive for Clenbuterol last fall. (velonews.com)
August 26, 2014  The
UCI is set to decide on whether or not to begin disciplinary hearings
into Diego Ulissi’s
positive Salbutamol case in the next two weeks, according to Gazzetta
dello Sport. The Italian’s positive test was announced by his team over
two months ago, on July 25. (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Luis García Abad,
the manager for Formula One star Fernando
Alonso, has reportedly told the website Biciciclismo that
he has formally requested a WorldTour licence for the F1 star’s new
team. However, according to the interview, he has insisted that they
have not signed, or even approached, any riders because it would be
illegal until the regulations allow him to do so, on October 1st.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014 ![Photo: We can target the sprints with Jonas, while Simon [Geschke] and Tom [Dumoulin] will aim for a strong prologue after which we will look at the GC possibilities...](http://www.feltet.dk/octo_cms/files/Feltet.dk/Billeder/2014/Lob/Tom_Dumoulin_criterium_international_1.etape.jpg "Photo: We can target the sprints with Jonas, while Simon [Geschke] and Tom [Dumoulin] will aim for a strong prologue after which we will look at the GC possibilities...") Following
his successful Eneco Tour, Tom
Dumoulin will be back in action when he lines up at the
Tour of Alberta next week. The Dutchman will target a good overall
result while also preparing for the Canadian WorldTour races.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 26, 2014  Mary McConneloug
& Mike Broderick:
"It's been a challenging and complicated past few weeks for Mike and
me. A time that we have had our mental fortitude tested in a less
familiar way. The problems started for us abruptly with a training
crash at the World Cup at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec, Canada. After
getting the x-ray confirmation that I actually broke my ankle (a
lateral malleolus fracture) Mike and I have had some serious refiguring
to do. Dang!" (cyclingnews.com)
August 26, 2014  Embedded
sensor for temperature and pressure on Lightweight
wheels. (bikeradar.com)
August 26, 2014  To
help the neat freaks tuck away their Di2 wires, Shimano-owned Pro
Components has introduced a new line of Tharsis components, including a
new stem, handlebar, and seatpost. (velonews.com)
August 26, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Custom aerodynamics and airflow on the go, but expensive."
(bikeradar.com)
August 26, 2014  The
Genesis LifeBEAM uses electro-optical technology to measure heart rate.
The optical sensor is placed on the front of the Genesis, within the
existing headband of the helmet. The sensor samples the heart rate and
transmits a raw signal to the processing unit, which is placed in the
back of the helmet. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 26, 2014  Their
new Dry Film Pedal and Cleat Lube is specifically formulated to stick
to the parts but not the environment. Approved for use use with
Speedplay pedals as well as all other metal or composite cleats, the
lube is totally dry and will not attract dirt. (bikerumor.com)
August 26, 2014  Lightest
road frame ever produced by world's largest bike maker.
(roadbikereview.com)
August 26, 2014  American
Classic Carbonator MTB wheels, Time's Activ fork damper, new
Crankbrothers tools, and more. (bikeradar.com)
August 25, 2014 |
 Michael Matthews
delivered on the hard work done by his Orica-GreenEdge teammates with a
beautifully judged victory in Arcos de la Frontera. The final three
kilometers were extremely technical, featuring a pinch point coming
into and over a narrow bridge, several tight turns through the town and
then a kilometer-long climb up to the finish. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Tuesday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 4 departs Mairena del Alcor at 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Cordoba at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  For
Chris Froome,
the cool down after stage 3 of the Vuelta a España took on a novel
form, as he completed the ALS ice bucket challenge outside the Team Sky
bus with Pete Kennaugh
and trainer Tim Kerrison,
to the mirth of the fans who gathered for a glimpse of the former Tour
de France winner. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  If
stage one’s team time trial of the Vuelta España offered a chance to
assess each team’s collective strength, then stage three’s finale of
the Vuelta a España on Monday at Arcos de la Frontera will do the same
for the favorites - and it will be as much about bike handling skills
as pure strength. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  This
Vuelta a España just might live up to its billing as the best-ever
field for the Spanish tour. Without a doubt, more big names and
established superstars rolled out of the start gate Saturday than any
Vuelta before. Grand tour winners. (velonews.com)
August 25, 2014  After
enduring four runner-up finishes over six stages, Garmin-Sharp got it
right Sunday and finally took a stage win during the final day of the
USA Pro Challenge in the team's home state of Colorado.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Results), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), August 25, 2014  Some
spectators might have a difficult time defining what kind of race the
Vermont Overland Grand Prix exactly is. It’s kind of a gravel race, but
there isn’t exactly a lot of gravel. It’s kind of a road race, but a
large part of the course takes place on roads that would destroy the
suspension of your average sedan. (cxmagazine.com)
August 25, 2014  For
Wilco Kelderman,
the late addition of an array of star names to the field for his debut
Vuelta a España is a source of motivation rather than of intimidation.
Just 23 years of age and in his third season as a professional, Kelderman’s
apprenticeship to date has been a smooth one. A solid 17th in his first
Giro d’Italia last year, he followed that up with seventh this time
around and – perhaps more impressively – fourth in a full-blooded
Critérium du Dauphiné straight afterwards. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  One-sided
power meter offers wattage measurement at a lower
cost. (bikeradar.com)
August 25, 2014 |
 Chris Horner is
hoping his controversial exit from the Vuelta a España does not have an
adverse effect on his contract talks for 2015. Horner, 42, was unable
to defend his Vuelta title after treatment for a nagging chest cold
pushed his cortisol levels below the acceptable standard for the
cycling group, MPCC (Movement Pour Cyclisme Credible), prompting
Lampre-Merida to remove him Friday from the Vuelta roster.
(velonews.com)
August 25, 2014  "Hm,
if I didn't know better, I'd say it's our first entry from the new way
to do grand tour first weeks, the "I Can't Believe It's a Climbing
Stage!" stage. Also known to Peter
Sagan as the "I Can't Believe How Easy You're Making This
For Me!" stage. Wait, what? Moreno
Hofland can climb? We'll see about that." (podiumcafe.com)
August 25, 2014  A
late crash involving Vuelta a España leader Alejandro Valverde
and two of his teammates on stage 3 to Arcos de la Frontera saw him
unable to defend his top spot overall. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Andersen
continues on as race leader. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Former
Australian national champion Amanda
Spratt took part in both races for the Australian
Orica-AIS team and wrote this report about the weekend.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 25, 2014  Alexander Kristoff has
been winning with ease in 2014 since his breakthrough victory at
Milan-San Remo in the spring and two debut stage victories at the Tour
de France. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Wearing
a USA Pro Challenge leader’s jersey can be a heavy burden.
Would any rider in the peloton turn down a shot at the yellow, green, or polka-dot shirts if they had a chance? Unlikely, but once you put on that special piece of kit, responsibilities shift. (velonews.com) August 25, 2014  After
failing to successfully conclude his bid for the maglia rosa at the
2014 edition of Giro d’Italia, Cadel
Evans lined up at the Vuelta not as a BMC leader, but
reliable lieutenant of Samuel
Sanchez. Even though such exceptional situation could be
treated as a part of his slow withdrawal from professional sport, the
37-year Australian turns down discussions about his retirement and
claims to feel relieved to ride Grand Tour event without pressure.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 25, 2014
Alchemist
Unveils Zirconium Disc Brake Road Bike Wheels – Light, Stiff &
Asymmetrically Aerodynamic.
 Alchemist
has shown us some pretty wild looking wheels for mountain bikes in the
past, and now they’re applying their unique take to the road market
with an astonishingly lightweight set of disc brake-only clinchers.
(bikerumor.com)
August 25, 2014  All
your ride quandaries, solved. (bicycling.com)
August 25, 2014 August 24, 2014 August 24, 2014 |
August 25, 2014  After
a superb Giro d'Italia this May followed by a training crash ending his
hopes of making a Tour de France debut, Michael Matthews continued
his rollercoaster season with an emphatic Vuelta a Espana stage win on
Monday and the leader's jersey to boot. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Alberto Contador may
have started the Vuelta a España on the back foot following his crash
and injury in the Tour de France, but so far he remains firmly in the
mix with the other favorites. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Defending
champion Chris Horner
was withdrawn from the Vuelta a Espana due to cortisol levels below the
threshold stipulated as “healthy” by the Movement for Credible Cycling,
of which his team, Lampre-Merida, is a
member. (socalcycling.com)
August 25, 2014  The
husband and wife reporting team of Travis
and Angelica Dixon
hit the roads of Colorado one last time on Sunday to capture all the
action and atmosphere of the final stage from Boulder to Denver. Travis was on the
bike and Angelica
on the photo-moto for what was yet another great day’s racing through
the spectacular Colorado countryside. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Italy
is rallying its troops around Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali for
the world championship road race in Ponferrada, Spain. The official
team will not be known until Friday, September 12, 16 days before the
race on September 28, but it appears that it will be one for Nibali.
(velonews.com)
August 25, 2014  Andrew Talansky by
many was considered a dark horse to finish on the podium of the
star-studded Vuelta a Espana after the Criterium du Dauphine surprise
winner abandoned the Tour de France in highly dramatic circumstances.
Recovered from injuries sustained in France, the 25-year old American
managed to put his latest disappointments into a right perspective but
claimed that he is dedicated to a supporting role he is expected to
play in the season’s final Grand Tour. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 25, 2014  Gabriel Rasch will
be one of the men behind Team Sky's Chris
Froome at this Vuelta a España, not as a professional
rider like he used to be until last April, but as a sports director.
The British squad named the Norwegian one of the directors for the
Spanish Grand Tour, alongside Dario
Cioni and Dan
Frost. (cyclingnews.com)
August 25, 2014  Highlight:
Alex
Howes winning Stage 7 of the 2014 USA Pro Challenge. By
approximately
7/10 of an inch. (manualforspeed.com)
August 25, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Not the power meter we reviewed previously – the new Pioneer is
a highly competitive device with near-overwhelming data output
options." (bikeradar.com)
August 25, 2014 August 24, 2014 |
 In
a near repeat performance of the opening stage in Aspen, best friends Alex Howes and Kiel Reijnen went
head to head for the stage victory, but this time it was Howes who won the
sprint by diving between the barriers and the green jersey winner to
claim the team's only stage win of the race. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  The
final stage of the USA Pro Challenge was marred by an horrific crash in
the opening kilometers of the final stage from Boulder to Denver that
left Jamis-Hagens Berman rider Ian
Crane in serious condition in a local hospital.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Eighth
place good enough as Chantal
Blaak makes it a Swedish double for Specialized-Lululemon.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 24, 2014  Jelly
Belly-Maxxis rider Serghei
Tvetcov, who is currently third overall at the USA Pro
Challenge as the race heads toward its conclusion Sunday in Denver, is
among the biggest revelations of the week. The 25-year-old has been
earning results consistently over the past two years with his US
Continental team, but his performance this week in Colorado has taken
him to another level. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  If
you were watching closely, you would have seen the bright orange helmet
and whirling yellow socks of Carter
Jones pedaling alongside some of the world’s
strongest riders. (velonews.com)
August 24, 2014  Adrian is an
instrumental piece of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team lead out
train, often sacrificing his own success to position his teammates for
the win. (/uhcprocycling.com)
August 24, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Stages), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Stages & Results), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (History), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Tour du Limousin - Aug 19-22 (Results), 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), August 24, 2014  Even
though almost all news regarding Peter
Sagan are connected with his move to Tinkoff-Saxo since
the transfer season kicked off, the 24-year old Slovak turned down such
discussion at the Vuelta a Espana team presentation, claiming that he
remains focused on his 2014 objectives. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 24, 2014  Tejay Van Garderen
is the last to start. It's raining and but still waaaaaay crowded.
People are shouting and banging on the barriers and pumping their fists
and shit. Dave Towle is doing his thing, bringing the scene to a
frenzy, edging the crowd right up to the countdown; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and
boom, the whole places pops. (manualforspeed.com)
August 24, 2014 |
 Nacer Bouhanni won
the bunch sprint during stage 2 at the Vuelta a España on Sunday in San
Fernando. The FDJ.fr squad provided a perfectly timed lead-out for
their sprinter to take the win ahead of John Degenkolb and
Roberto Ferrari.
Valverde
moves into the red leader's jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Monday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 3 departs Cadiz at 12:10pm CET (6:10am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Arcos de la Frontera at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Even
in a Vuelta a España illuminated by galacticos, Alberto Contador is
by far and away the brightest star in the firmament, at least as far as
the home crowd is concerned. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
has made an unexpected return to the Vuelta lead on Sunday’s stage two,
as the Spaniard finished 21st, ahead of team-mate and the previous
holder of the top spot overall, Jonathan
Castroviejo. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014 
Farrar beats Cavendish but misses podium again. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Australia’s
Cadel Evans
is racing the Vuelta a España for the first time in five years this
August - but not, for the first time in years, for his own general
classification bid. Rather Evans
is racing in support of his BMC teammate Samuel Sánchez.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Garmin
Sharp’s team management confirmed Sunday that memories of the crash
that wreaked havoc in their team time trial performance in the Giro
d'Italia this May had left the American squad at a distinct
disadvantage in the Vuelta a España's equivalent event on Saturday.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014 August 23, 2014 |
 Andrew Talansky began
the Tour de France aspiring to place on the podium and ended it utterly
alone on the road to Oyonnox in week two, half an hour off the rear of
the peloton. A brace of crashes had left him with an inflammation of
the sacroiliac joint and after battling to the finish of stage 11 just
inside the time limit, he abandoned the race that evening.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Chantal Blaak won
the Open de Suède Vargarda World Cup on Sunday. The Dutchwoman beat her
two compatriots, and late-race breakaway companions, Amy Pieters and Roxane Knetemann.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Lampre-Merida
team management has told star Italian rider Filippo Pozzato to
pull himself together, adding that it doesn’t need a “prima donna” in
the team. (velonews.com)
August 24, 2014  USA
Pro Challenge stage 7 winner Alex
Howes has signed with Slipstream's professional team,
which currently rides under the Garmin-Sharp sponsorship, for the next
three years, team manager Jonathan
Vaughters confirmed Sunday in Denver. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Australian
Adam Hansen:
Compulsive Grand Tour rider, hard worker, cycle shoe designer and
manufacturer and all-round funny guy. He is at the start of the 2014
Vuelta a España in Jerez to compete in his 10th Grand Tour in a row.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  1996,
stage 13 Oviedo-Lagos de Covadonga. (cyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  Yet
another day of heavy rain in Colorado for stage 6. But that didn’t
dampen Angelica
& Travis Dixon’s
(or the fans) enthusiasm for the USA Pro Challenge and today we get a
lesson on how to describe the weather conditions 16 different ways.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 24, 2014  In
2008 the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed a
‘black-box warning’ on fluoroquinolone antibiotics (including
Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin) as people taking them had
an increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture. (shutup-legs.com)
August 24, 2014 |
 Tejay van Garderen smashed
the record in the Vail time trial on stage 6 of the USA Pro Challenge,
despite pounding cold rain that punished him throughout his ride.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  Sunday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 7 departs Boulder at 12:30pm MDT and is expected at the
finish at Denver at around 3:28pm MDT. USA Pro Challenge live streaming video
should get underway at around 12:00pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 23, 2014  Where
he once had seven Tour de France titles, Armstrong has seven
high-dollar attorneys. (nydailynews.com)
August 23, 2014  The
sky spit rain down in Woodland Park Friday morning. Of course it did,
with the tall Hoosier Pass on tap, via Alma, North America’s highest
incorporated town. The peloton steeled itself for a cold day through
the central Colorado mountains. It was time to suffer, and suffer they
did. Tom Danielson
in particular. (velonews.com)
August 23, 2014  Following
a day for the breakaway opportunists during Friday's stage 5 road race
at the USA Pro Challenge, the general classification contenders will
take center stage again Saturday when the race returns to Vail for the
stage 6 time trial on the penultimate day. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Stages), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Stages), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (History), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Tour du Limousin - Aug 19-22 (Results), 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), August 23, 2014  Memories
of his Tour de France crash come back to Chris Froome when he
falls in training.
- Sky's leader was riding the team time trial course when he hit a patch of oil on a roundabout - Admits he hasn't done the altitude training, or the build up races, ahead of the Vuelta. (cyclingweekly.co.uk) August 23, 2014  Commonwealth
Champion Lizzie
Armitstead’s Boels-Dolmans team finish third as
Specialized-Lululemon take the Team Time Trial win.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 23, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Excellent endurance saddle available in different widths to
suit." (bikeradar.com)
August 23, 2014  These
impressive glasses feature quick photochromic lenses and superior
optics. (bikemag.com)
August 23, 2014  Comprehensive
and rescues stories which have been lost in the shadow of the other two
Grand Tours. As well as being a look at the history of the race and of
the men who have won it, the book also looks at Spanish history and the
race's place within that broader context. (podiumcafe.com)
August 23, 2014 August 22, 2014 |
 For
the second time in three years, Jonathan
Castroviejo was able to use Movistar’s collective triumph
in the team time trial of the Vuelta a España to don the first leader’s
jersey of the race. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  The
strongest field of any Grand Tour in recent memory takes to the
start with the 69th edition of Vuelta a Espana set to be the
stand-out race of the season. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
August 23, 2014  Movistar
Team won the opening team time trial at the Vuelta a España on Saturday
evening in Jerez de la Frontera. The team covered the 12.6km course in
14:13 minutes and won the event ahead of teams Cannondale Pro Cycling
and Orica-GreenEdge. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  Sunday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 2 departs Algeciras at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at San Fernando at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  Sunday's Vattenfall
Cyclassics gets underway at 10:55am CET (4:55am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected to finish at around 4:58pm CET (10:58am U.S.
Eastern). Vattenfall Cyclassics live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 23, 2014  Although
both Alberto Contador
and Chris Froome
are coming to the Vuelta a España after suffering injuries during the
Tour de France and needing to recover from fractures before training, Nairo Quintana is
clear that he expects both to be strong challengers for the overall.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 23, 2014  Before
the racing can begin, a game of pass the parcel breaks out among the
contenders for the Vuelta a España. Bookmakers’ fancy Nairo Quintana has
claimed that the onus is on other teams to control the peloton. Alberto Contador,
meanwhile, insists that Chris
Froome is the outstanding favorite for victory. At the
team presentation in Jerez de la Frontera on Friday evening, however, Froome was quick to
deflect the pressure. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  MTN-Qhubeka’s
debut Vuelta a España squad was presented to the media yesterday and
one of the main men in demand was Merhawi
Kudus who, at 20, is the youngest rider in the race.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  "It
was a pretty quiet day here for me at the Tour of Colorado. After all
the excitement of yesterday’s stage I was greeted with the harsh
reality of the efforts made to chase down Jensie and my pins
where far from happy from the moment the flag dropped."
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 23, 2014  Jan Bakelants will
ride for AG2R-La Mondiale next season, according to Belgian Newspaper
Het Laatste Nieuws. The French outfit has offered him a free role
within the team, something he feels that he lacks at Omega
Pharma QuickStep. The contract is yet to be signed, but the
newspaper
hints that the deal is expected to be completed imminently.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014 |
August 23, 2014  Dutch
cyclist Annefleur
Kalvenhaar has died in the hospital after crashing during
qualifying at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Méribel, France.
The 20-year-old Kalvenhaar
was the reigning under-23 European Cyclocross champion and under-23
Dutch mountain bike champion. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  The
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has reiterated its stance that national
anti-doping bodies should resume testing for human growth hormone
(hGH), and has asked that they begin retrospective tests, as it updates
it’s guidelines on testing. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  Every
professional cyclist is passionate about the sport, but few can portray
that enthusiasm to the general public like Jens Voigt. As the
German takes part in his final race at the USA Pro Challenge, here are
some tributes to Voigt
from his former teammates, directors and breakaway companions.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  Eclipsed
by the news of the retirement of the gregarious German rider Jens Voigt is the
more quiet end to the career of Australian Ben Day. The
UnitedHealthcare rider will hang up his wheels after the USA Pro
Challenge in order to focus on his coaching business. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014 
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) has undergone a successful surgery to mend
his broken collarbone. Voeckler had the surgery in Nantes and left
hospital yesterday evening. (cyclingnews.com)
August 23, 2014  The
weather conditions may have been difficult but that didn’t stop the
fans from having a great time in Colorado. Angelica & Travis Dixon got
among the fans today to capture all the atmosphere, great times and
craziness that make up the USA Pro Cycling Challenge..
August 23, 2014  Testing
bicycles may sound like a dream job – you get to ride all kinds of
bicycles without having to pay for them – but it comes with risks.
(janheine.wordpress.com)
August 23, 2014  This
will be streamed live
on the UCI Youtube on Sunday
from 10:40 Euro CEST (9:40am UK BST; 6:40pm
Australia AEST; 5:40am USA EST; 2:40am USA PST).
August 23, 2014  The
wheels will be available from October and Knight's prices of $2,899 for
the 95 and $2,599 for the 65 and 35 are designed to undercut
the likes of Zipp and Enve in all markets. (bikeradar.com)
August 23, 2014 August 22, 2014 |
 A
man leans into the road. Doper, he yells. You suck, he yells. Doper.
You suck. Tom Danielson
rides closer during a stage of the USA Pro Challenge in Colorado
Springs, flips him the bird. (velonews.com)
 Laurent Didier made
up for his Trek teammate Jens
Voigt's disappointment on the previous stage of the USA
Pro Challenge by claiming a hard-fought victory on a very cold and
rainy stage to Breckenridge. (cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  Manuel Belletti took
his first his first victory for his new team when he won the bunch
sprint on the final stage of the Tour du Limousin, holding off Kevin Reza and Björn Leukemans in
the final dash to the line. Mauro
Finetto finished safely with the bunch and took
the overall victory. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 22, 2014  Jens Voigt admits
that his failed breakaway on stage 4 of the USA Pro Challenge was a
somewhat fitting vignet that summarized his entire cycling career:
after hitting out in the day's breakaway from the start of the 113km
stage in Colorado Springs, he admittedly attacked too early and ended
up being caught within sight of the finish line. (cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  Optum
Pro Cycling's Carter
Jones has been knocking on the door of big-time cycling
for several years, but this week at the USA Pro Challenge in Colorado
he is determined to kick that door down. After four stages, the
25-year-old from Boulder is sitting seventh overall, just 49 seconds
off the time of race leader and defending champion Tejay van Garderen
of BMC Racing.
August 22, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 23-30 (Stages), Chris Thater Memorial - Aug 23-24 (Stages), Vattenfall Cyclassics - Aug 24 (History), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Tour du Limousin - Aug 19-22 (Results), 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), August 22, 2014  "Can
we talk about Colorado Springs? Speaking of Mike Creed from
Colorado Springs, we love Mike Creed because he is intelligent,
opinionated, pleasantly caustic, insightful and honest—which means we
can't talk about anything he tells us because the world, no not you,
the rest of the world, has proven to us over and over and over again
that it has a very low tolerance for Transparency & Reality."
(manualforspeed.com)
August 22, 2014  After
five tough events, the women’s team cycling competition came down to a
thrilling sprint finish in Laoshan. (olympic.org)
August 22, 2014  SRM
was the first name in the power meter game and is still the largest.
Especially in the WorldTour peloton, most riders use an SRM crankset
and a Power Control head unit. The Power Control 7 has been a mainstay
for years, but riders have complained about its lack of GPS features.
(velonews.com)
August 22, 2014  Friday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 5 departs Woodland Park at 11:20am MDT and is expected
at the finish at Breckenridge at around 3:10pm MDT. USA Pro
Challenge live streaming
video should get underway at around 1:30pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 22, 2014 August 21, 2014 |
 Peter Sagan has
faced questions about his future all year long and even the recent
confirmation of his transfer to Tinkoff-Saxo for the next three seasons
has done little to douse speculation about his plans and prospects for
2015. (cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  A
star-packed field contenders and pretenders for the Vuelta with seven
grand tour winners and a long list of rivals. But as any astronomer
knows, look up at the stars and you’ll see powerful blue giants also a
few white dwarfs. (inrng.com)
August 22, 2014  Talansky returns to
competition in Saturday’s team time trial with realistic expectations
in his first race back since his bitter exit from the Tour in July.
Healthy again and fully recovered from his Tour crashes, Talansky realizes
that the best road back to the Tour goes straight through the Vuelta.
(velonews.com)
August 22, 2014  A
fall during training prior to the Vuelta a España on Thursday means Chris Froome had
an unwelcome reminder of the multiple crashes that saw him abandon the
Tour de France last July - but there was a major difference this time
round. The Sky leader was uninjured from his fall and he remains fully
on track for tomorrow’s start. (cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  On
a day when one Vuelta a España contender was withdrawn from the race,
ostensibly for health reasons, another boasted of defying his doctor's
recommendations to make it to the start line in Jerez de la Frontera.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  The
Vuelta a Espana is considered by some as the poor relation of the Grand
Tours, supposedly relegated to a mere training race for the Worlds.
That's so wrong. (cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  Winner
of five races last season plus stage three of the Vuelta a Andalucia
this year, Gerald Ciolek
spearheads the MTN Qhubeka team in its first-ever Grand Tour and knows
that he offers perhaps the best chance for the team to land a
headline-grabbing performance. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 22, 2014  Continuing
its recent tradition, the Vuelta a Espana kicks off with a team time
trial but unlike last year, the opening stage will be mostly a
ceremonial affair. At just 12.6km, the stage will only create small
time gaps and will mostly serve the purpose of determining the first
leader and give the riders a chance to start their race off on a good
note. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 22, 2014  Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 1, a 12.6km Team Time Trial from Jerez de la Frontera to
Jerez de la Frontera, gets underway at 7:04pm CET (1:04pm U.S. Eastern)
with the departure of the first team. Start Order and Times
to come. Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 7:00pm CET
(1:00pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014 Sunday's Vattenfall
Cyclassics gets underway at 10:55am CET (4:55am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected to finish at around 4:58pm CET (10:58am U.S.
Eastern). Vattenfall Cyclassics live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 22, 2014 |
August 22, 2014  Having
spoken publicly in defence of his then client Jonathan Tiernan Locke
last year when doping allegations were levelled against the former Team
Sky rider, cycling agent Andrew
McQuaid has proven more media shy now the case has
concluded. (stickybottle.com)
August 22, 2014  Journalists
searched out shade from the bleaching Spanish summer sun, waiting for Chris Horner to
return from a training ride. They wanted a first-person reaction to the
stunning news Friday that the defending Vuelta a España champion would
not be starting due to low cortisol levels. (velonews.com)
 Horner was treated
with cortisone after suffering from bronchitis during the Tour de
France, acquired a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) from the UCI and was
given the all-clear to race the Vuelta, which starts Saturday, and try
to defend his 2013 title. (velonews.com)
August 22, 2014  The
result of a previously announced adverse analytical finding for
mountain biker Brandon
Stewart was confirmed at a hearing by an Independent
Tribunal, and he received a two-year ban from all sport. The South
African had been found to have the anabolic agent testosterone in his
urine sample taken during an out of competition test on July 7, 2013.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  "Little
beauty!!! Finally some delight for the green machine here in the
rarefied air of the Rockies with Elia
“The Green Missile” Viviani
demolishing the field in today’s very selective bunch sprint in
Colorado Springs." (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 22, 2014  Roadside
at the Colorado Springs circuit for Stage 4 Angelica Dixon
captured all the atmosphere, action and amazing views of the region as Jens Voigt put in
what could possibly be his last trademark attack. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 22, 2014  The
other team cars have left. The voice coming from the megaphone is
counting down the moments to start. But Bissell sport director Omer Kem sits in the
driver’s seat, door open, relaxed. This isn’t his first rodeo. And
that’s what the Bissell Development Team is banking on. Coupled with Axel Merckx, Kem took a few
minutes to talk Thursday morning in Colorado Springs. (velonews.com)
August 22, 2014  For
the third time in four days, Rafal Majka crossed the finish line at the
USA Pro Challenge frustrated over an inability to seize the race lead.
(velonews.com)
August 22, 2014 This
will be streamed live
on the UCI Youtube on Sunday
from 10:40 Euro CEST (9:40am UK BST; 6:40pm
Australia AEST; 5:40am USA EST; 2:40am USA PST).
August 22, 2014  Featuring
Camelbak, Giro, Ridley, Specialized, Ergon and
more. (bikeradar.com)
August 22, 2014 August 21, 2014 |
 Elia Viviani blew
away the competition at the USA Pro Challenge stage 4 in Colorado
Springs. The Italian sprinter had the dubious honor of being the one
who denied the soon-to-be-retired fan favourite Jens Voigt a solo
breakaway stage victory. (cyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014  Mauro Finetto put
himself in a perfect position to win the Tour du Limousin overall when
he won today's queen stage and took the overall lead. Despite focusing
more on the stage win, the Italian will do his utmost to defend the
lead in tomorrow's final stage. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 21, 2014  The
high Colorado sun pushed the clouds away at the start of the third
stage at the USA Pro Challenge in Gunnison on Wednesday, and Tuesday’s
thunderstorm-induced neutralization was fading away with the morning’s
dew. (velonews.com)
August 21, 2014  When
the USA Pro Challenge comes down from the mountains, where it has been
the previous two days, for Thursday's stage 4 circuit race in Colorado
Springs, the riders will no doubt enjoy the relatively low level
elevation of 1,950 meters. But for first-year Team SmartStop director Michael Creed, the
stage will be a homecoming and a chance to show off his squad.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages & Results), Tour du Limousin - Aug 19-22 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (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), August 21, 2014  Let's
break the race down. Got a bunch of good riders here. (podiumcafe.com)
August 21, 2014  If
you want a simple and accessible online Vuelta a España guide, here it
is. There’s a concise preview of every stage. (inrng.com)
August 21, 2014  A
novel telling of the life and times of Luis Ocaña, winner
of the 1973 Tour de France and the moral victor of the 1971 edition.
(podiumcafe.com)
August 21, 2014  Prototype
being raced at USA Pro Challenge has refined rear derailleur, textured
hoods. (roadbikereview.com)
August 21, 2014  With
every aspect of diet and training taken care of, pro teams are
increasingly looking towards alternative therapies for an edge. Can
acupuncture really help performance? (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 21, 2014  Kali
Protective’s Phenom, available at retail stores now, uses
reinforcements around their large vents, called Supervent technology,
in order to dissipate the force of a major impact. (cxmagazine.com)
August 21, 2014  Thursday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 4 (the Colorado Springs Circuit Race) departs Colorado
Springs at 12:50pm MDT and is expected at the finish at Colorado
Springs at around 3:28pm MDT. USA Pro Challenge live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:30pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 21, 2014 |
 Jens Voigt, the
42-year-old German whose career has spanned two decades, was off the
front, alone, battling against the wind, the peloton, and his own inner
demons, one last time. (velonews.com)
August 21, 2014  BMC
Racing's Tejay van
Garderen was riding high at the USA Pro Challenge
Wednesday when he took the stage win and overall lead at Monarch
Mountain outside of Salida. He said the finish, which topped out at
nearly 3,352 meters above sea level, was the highest of his career.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014  While
Gamin-Sharp and BMC Racing have spent the first three days of the USA
Pro Challenge closely watching each other — with each team taking
ownership of the race lead at one point — Wisconsin native Matthew Busche is
quietly vying for a podium finish. (velonews.com)
August 21, 2014  "It
was the queen stage of the USA Pro Challenge today and with a man
called King
(Ted) in the
Cannondale clan we figured it was a good omen for the green machine! We
had a very simple objective today — be in the day’s breakaway as it
stood a good chance of arriving at the finish before anyone else."
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 21, 2014  Everyone
agrees that a string of brutal climbing stages in the third week across
northern Spain will crown the eventual winner of the Vuelta a España,
but Africa-like heat and a mid-race time trial will put a decisive
stamp in the first half of the season’s third grand tour. (velonews.com)
August 21, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
have unveiled the line-up that will join two-time champion Alberto Contador at
the Vuelta a Espana in the hunt for stage wins. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 21, 2014  Nairo Quitnana, Chris Froome and Joaquim Rodriguez
among riders to go head-to-head for red in Spain. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 21, 2014  Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 1, a 12.6km Team Time Trial from Jerez de la Frontera to
Jerez de la Frontera, gets underway at 7:04pm CET (1:04pm U.S. Eastern)
with the departure of the first team. Start Order and Times
to come. Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 7:00pm CET
(1:00pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014 Sunday's Vattenfall
Cyclassics gets underway at 10:55am CET (4:55am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected to finish at around 4:58pm CET (10:58am U.S.
Eastern). Vattenfall Cyclassics live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 21, 2014  MIPS
(Multidirectional Impact Protection System) is a technology licensed
from a Swedish company; it aims to reduce rotational forces on the
brain by allowing a controlled rotation of the helmet relative to the
head in angled impacts. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 21, 2014 August 20, 2014 |
August 21, 2014  MPCC
releases data which shows cycling among top sports in fight against
doping. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 21, 2014  A
number of Irish cyclists over the years have revealed stories of doping
in the professional peloton, basing their testimony on what they had
witnessed going on around them. Most notably, Paul Kimmage and Shay Elliott both
spoke about the use of performance enhancing drugs in cycling.
(stickybottle.com)
August 21, 2014  The
ongoing battle between the UCI and Roman
Kreuziger continues. Yesterday saw a fresh round with the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) holding an expedited hearing from Kreuziger over the
provisional suspension issued by the UCI. Strangely the UCI has yet to
announce whether it will actually prosecute him. (inrng.com)
August 21, 2014  Cannondale
and Garmin, together at last! Also, bribery is bad and Oleg Tinkoff is
worse. (podiumcafe.com)
August 21, 2014  The
closure of Cannondale Liquigas after 10 years reflects the current
economic plight in Italy. The squad’s general manager Roberto Amadio
explained simply that the situation in Italy does not support first
division teams. (velonews.com)
August 21, 2014  Two
years ago, the Jelly Belly team was shut out of all of the big UCI
stage races in the USA, but after regaining their status as one of the
Continental team invitees, they can now chalk up a major stage podium
placing thanks to Serghei
Tvetcov's third place in the queen stage of the USA Pro
Challenge at Monarch Mountain in Colorado. (cyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014  On
a day when the Garmin Sharp team announced its merger with the
Cannondale squad, the American team was unable to celebrate further in
the USA Pro Challenge, as despite its best efforts the team could not
crack defending champion Tejay
van Garderen on what team director Charly Wegelius
deemed as the best chance to do so. (cyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014  The
weather was much better on day 3 of the USA Pro Challenge and that
brought out the fans in their thousands. Travis and Angelica found some
of the craziest, maddest bike fans in Colorado. The racing wasn’t too
bad either! (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 21, 2014  "Our
day was amazing. It was quite chilly and everybody was cold. And i got
a little bit of sand in my mouth from kissing the riders. Danny
Summerhill made us kiss him twice!" (manualforspeed.com)
August 21, 2014  Your
pedals are an important link between you and your road bike. Of the
three contact points – saddle, bar and pedals – the latter is by far
the most dynamic, so getting the right pedal is
crucial. (bikeradar.com)
August 21, 2014 This
will be streamed live
on the UCI Youtube from 10:40 Euro CEST (9:40am UK BST; 6:40pm
Australia AEST; 5:40am USA EST; 2:40am USA PST).
August 21, 2014 |
 Tejay van Garderen
regained his status of leader of his hometown race, the USA Pro
Challenge, with a vicious attack in the final kilometer of the summit
finish at Monarch Mountain. The American surged away from the elite
leading group, taking only Tour de France rival Rafal Majka along
for the ride. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  Leukemans
keeps leader's jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
looks solid. Tom
Danielson suffered in the rain and mud over Kebler Pass,
but sits nine seconds behind the defending champion. Danielson’s
Garmin-Sharp teammate, Alex
Howes, is in the race lead, 11 seconds over BMC’s Ben Hermans. And if Rafal Majka is going
to crack in the high mountains, he’s not showing any signs, though he’s
now 32 seconds behind on the GC. Trek Factory’s Matthew Busche, 13
seconds down, is the only rider in the top five overall that does not
ride for either BMC Racing or Garmin-Sharp. (velonews.com)
August 20, 2014  The
pressure of carrying all of Garmin-Sharp’s hopes into the Vuelta a
Espana has been taken off the shoulders of the team’s Irish star Dan Martin, with
news today that he will share the leadership with tried and trusted
wing man Ryder Hesjedal.
(stickybottle.com)
August 20, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages & Results), Tour du Limousin - Aug 19-22 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (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), August 20, 2014  Having
already signed Bauke
Mollema to lead Trek Factory Racing for next season Luca Guercilena is
putting the finishing touches to his team for 2015. The Italian, who
stepped into Johan
Bruyneel’s shoes at the end of 2012, has a number of
important calls to make over the coming weeks, and must come to a
decision over the futures of Frank
and Andy Schleck
but, the team is building for the future. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  The
second edition of the Arctic Race of Norway was another huge success,
with the impact of extraordinary images of northern Norway on TV
networks, in 180 different countries, and the touching farewell of Thor Hushovd in
front of an enthusiastic crowd in Tromsø. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  The
Giro d’Italia organizer recently announced the first three stages of
the 2015 edition, but it still has a lot on its plate including
possible visits to the Abetone, Mortirolo, and Finestre climbs along
with a finish near its headquarters in Milan. (velonews.com)
August 20, 2014  Amateurs
Covet Superlight Frames, Electronic Gear Shifting. (wsj.com)
August 20, 2014  You’ve
probably seen the guy by now. You know, the one person you know that
has Google Glass furiously swiping at their temple trying to access the
camera instead of accidentally searching for something in Google?
Thanks to Thalmic Labs’ Myo arm band, there is a smarter way to
navigate through smartglass options without even touching the device.
(bikerumor.com)
August 20, 2014  Wednesday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 3 departs Gunnison at 11:25am MDT and is expected at
the finish at Monarch Mountain at around 3:50pm MDT. USA Pro
Challenge live streaming
video should get underway at around 1:30pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 20, 2014 August 19, 2014 |
 Judge
in Liege indicted Alexandre
Vinokourov and Alexandr
Kolobnev in May over alleged payment to secure 2010
Liege-Bastogne-Liege race win. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
 Cannondale and Slipstream Sports
today announced that Cannondale Pro Cycling SpA and Slipstream Sports
will join forces in 2015. Cannondale will
become a title sponsor and technical bicycle sponsor for the team and
will take an ownership stake in the management organization of
Slipsteam Sports LLC. Slipstream
Sports will manage the overall operations of the team. Garmin, a key
partner of Slipstream Sports since 2008, will remain a significant
sponsor of the team in 2015. (bicycle.net)
August 20, 2014  A
rainy day and a muddy, gravel descent Tuesday at the USA Pro Challenge
in Colorado called into question, once again, the UCI's decision to ban
race radios from all non-WorldTour events. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  Small
teams. Small budgets. Thus far, huge results. (velonews.com)
August 20, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out
of 5 stars. "A brilliantly accomplished climber’s bike
that’s light, swift and fun ." (bikeradar.com)
August 20, 2014  So
often the mentality in nutrition (and particularly sports nutrition) is
“if some is good, more must be better”. If one protein shake helps
recovery, then three will make my recovery three times as good. Fluid
prevents dehydration and improves performance, so let’s guzzle down as
much as possible. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 20, 2014  The
Vuelta isn’t the Tour or the Giro, but it is unique in its own way, and
looking at the line up of starts in Jerez; its going to be the most
exciting. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  Garmin-Sharp
will take a three-pronged approach to the Vuelta a España with Dan Martin, Ryder Hesjedal and Andrew Talansky set
to lead the team. David
Millar will also ride his first Grand Tour of the year,
after missing out on selection for the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  Defending
champion Chris Horner
will start the Vuelta a Espana with dossard number one on his back
after the Italian team confirmed its nine-man selection.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
August 20, 2014 Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 1, a 12.6km Team Time Trial from Jerez de la Frontera to
Jerez de la Frontera, gets underway at 7:04pm CET (1:04pm U.S. Eastern)
with the departure of the first team. Start Order and Times
to come. Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 7:00pm CET
(1:00pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014 August 19, 2014 |
August 20, 2014  Roman Kreuziger has
had his appeal against a provisional suspension from the International
Cycling Union (UCI) rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(CAS) . The Tinkoff-Saxo rider was looking to overturn the provisional
suspension handed down in order to take part in the up coming Vuelta a
Espana. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  Jon Tiernan-Locke
has given his first interview since being banned for doping by the UCI
and UKAD, telling the Plymouth Herald that he can't afford to fight to
clear his name via another appeal. (cyclingnews.com)
August 20, 2014  "My
therapy is riding my bike, playing golf and having a beer" says a still
largely unrepentant Lance
Armstrong. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 20, 2014  The
stage was in its waning miles, and the mud-speckled peloton was
barreling into Crested Butte and toward the first uphill finish of this
young USA Pro Challenge. The sharp end was now. And then, the riders
stopped. (velowire.com)
August 20, 2014  "It
was a good old fashion four seasons in a day here in Colorado. As my
good mate Timmy Duggan
said at the start: in the rockies always pack a warm pair of gloves
just in case! He wasn’t wrong and by the time we had covered the 170km
between Aspen and Crested Butte we had most certainly experienced all
the seasons." (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 20, 2014  After
serious crashes, Mark
Cavendish and Dan
Martin hope to salvage their seasons. (bicycling.com)
August 20, 2014  The
Siva Cycle Atom is a rear hub generator for charging your mobile
devices (bikeradar.com)
August 20, 2014  In
today's world of high-modulus carbon and triple-butted tubing the Urban
One is certainly going against the grain. It's produced from a
combination of bamboo and flax; the former gives the frame its
structure and aesthetic, while the latter adds strength and impact
absorption. (bikeradar.com)
August 20, 2014  All
three models are designed to maximize comfort and integrate with Smith
helmets. Ergonomic features include two-position adjustable nose
pieces, hydrophillic materials in the contact points to help keep the
glasses in place, and a frameless design to maximize the vertical field
of view so you can keep your head down while riding. (bikerumor.com)
August 20, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "A worthy rival for the Giro Aeon and Specialized Prevail on
weight, price, venting and comfort." (bikeradar.com)
August 20, 2014 August 19, 2014 |
 Confusion
reigned and literally rained during the second stage of the USA Pro
Challenge on Tuesday when the skies opened up and drenched the gravel
descent off the penultimate climb of the day on Kebler Pass.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Hincapie
Sportswear Development's Robin
Carpenter took a solo win during stage 2 at the USA Pro
Challenge in Crested Butte on Tuesday. He took the victory after being
in a breakaway for nearly 100km, finishing the race ahead of chasers Alex Howes and Tejay van Garderen.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Wanty-Groupe
Gobert rider takes the early race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Which
Rafal Majka
has shown up to the USA Pro Challenge? Is it the rider who told the
press Sunday that he didn’t expect to have adapted to altitude in time
to contend for the overall victory? (velonews.com)
August 19, 2014  "Dumb
and Dumber ... would be a pretty good way of summing up my performance
on stage 1." (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 19, 2014  As
Keil Reijnen
crossed the finish line in Aspen yesterday with arms stretched towards
the sky, he kicked off the fourth edition of what is becoming one of
North America's most distinctive races. This year, organizers are
mixing old and elements with some shorter stages and the race's first
summit finish. (podiumcafe.com)
August 19, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages & Results), Tour du Limousin - Aug 19-22 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Results), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 19, 2014  The
UCI has announced that the Women's Tour of New Zealand will return in
2015 with a UCI 2.2 ranking and will become the third race on the
women's cycling calendar in 2015 after a two-year hiatus.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Today's
Philosophical Moment Brought to You by An Unfair Advantage: The above
photograph was taken before the start of Stage 1, which begs
the questions: Is MFS reporting the news, or making the news?
(manualforspeed.com)
August 19, 2014  The
BH G6 Pro may look the same as last year's G6, but along with new
brakes, there's plenty of updates going on
internally. (bikeradar.com)
August 19, 2014  Testers
tab favorite Gran Fondo Racer, Climber, Gravel Racer and Best In Test.
(roadbikereview.com)
August 19, 2014  DT
Swiss may be best know for spokes and hubs but they also has a wide
range of complete wheelsets and the RC 28 Spline C carbon clincher is
among them. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 19, 2014  Tuesday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 2 departs Aspen at 11:10am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Crested Butte at around 3:45pm MDT. USA Pro
Challenge live streaming
video should get underway at around 1:30pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 19, 2014 |
 Patrick
asked Armstrong if he could have won the world's greatest bike race
without doping. "Not in that era," Armstrong said. (businessinsider.com)
August 19, 2014  The
Vuelta a Espana has a reputation as a revenge race for riders that have
had little success in the first part of the season. This year some of
the world’s biggest stars have been plagued by bad luck and while most
of the cycling world lamented Chris
Froome’s and Alberto
Contador’s crashes in the Tour de France and Joaquim Rodriguez’
crash in the Giro d’Italia, Vuelta director Javier Guillen may
have had a hard time hiding his satisfaction. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 19, 2014  A
solid contingent of North American riders is heading to the Vuelta a
España this weekend, including WorldTour rookies Chad Haga and Lawson Craddock, who
both were tipped Tuesday by Giant-Shimano to make their respective
grand tour debuts. (velonews.com)
August 19, 2014  Taylor Phinney is
still recovering from the injuries he suffered in a horrific crash
earlier this year at the US professional championships, and he's only
recently started to pedal around again in his team kit. But the BMC
rider told reporters on Monday in Colorado that he's already flying –
in a Cessna. (cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Thomas
Voeckler (Europcar) has been taken to hospital after being hit by a
car. The Frenchman was riding to the start of the opening stage of the
Tour du Limousin when he was hit. (cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Bjarne Riis used
when talking about Jens
Voigt: "Nuts. Reckless. Foolish. Lost it. An ADHD case if
ever there was one." (theroar.com.au)
August 19, 2014  The
season’s final Grand Tour, the Vuelta a Espana, rolls out of Jerez,
Andalucia, on Saturday August 23, with an all-star cast bidding to end
the season on a high by bagging the red jersey. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 19, 2014 Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 1, a 12.6km Team Time Trial from Jerez de la Frontera to
Jerez de la Frontera, gets underway at 7:04pm CET (1:04pm U.S. Eastern)
with the departure of the first team. Start Order and Times
to come. Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 7:00pm CET
(1:00pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Phil
Gaimon and Alex Howes...two of the world's top ranked chillers: the Art
and Science of Napping & Reading. (manualforspeed.com)
August 19, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Top comfort from this performance perch." (bikeradar.com)
August 19, 2014  A
compact crank offers a smaller range of chainrings than a standard
crank. (bikeradar.com)
August 19, 2014  Pyle
PSBCG90 Smart Bicycling Computer in addition to a super long name
offers post workout GPS functions, 80 hours of memory for functions
like Ghost riders, and ANT+ compatibility, all under $140.
(bikerumor.com)
August 19, 2014 |
 Fasting
before riding is a training secret of the pros – so should we all be
racking up the kilometers before we hit the Weet-Bix? (cyclist.com.au)
August 19, 2014 August 19, 2014  Smearing
rider reputations and even mocking Norwegians about the Utøya massacre
in now-deleted tweet, Oleg Tinkov’s funny side is matched by a tendency
for provocation and shock. He’s made a career out of it. Could any
other team owner get away with this? (inrng.com)
August 19, 2014  History
has a funny way of repeating itself. Chris Horner returns
to the Vuelta a España with outsider status despite blowing everyone
off his wheel a year ago. Vincenzo
Nibali admitted he underestimated the 42-year-old American
last year as Horner
made history as the oldest grand tour winner, and it’s looking likely
that the world-class field that’s poised to duke it out for the Spanish
tour could well make the same mistake. (velonews.com)
August 19, 2014  Ivan Basso is
reportedly the latest Cannondale rider to have signed for a new team
according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. In an interview with the Italian
newspaper, Basso
confirmed the rumors that will ride for a new team in 2015.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014 With
Ivan Basso
signed and Michael Rogers
extending his contract, Tinkoff-Saxo will turn their attention to
bolstering their one-day squad with Edvald
Boasson Hagen their next principle transfer target.
General Manager Stefano
Feltrin confirmed to Cyclingnews that the team had offered
the Norwegian a contract for next year, with a potential move creating
a mouth-watering prospect of both Boasson
Hagen and Peter
Sagan racing in the same colors. (cyclingnews.com)
August 19, 2014  Tejay van Garderen
is a betting man. From time to time he drops in on Las Vegas, where
almost three years ago he held his bachelor party. (sbs.com.au)
August 19, 2014  "The
first USCF race I ever entered was one of the very, very few USCF races
I ever won. It was February, 1984." (pelotonmagazine.com)
 Our
intuition tells us that tires with a patterned tread are less likely to
be slippery in wet conditions, but is that really the case? Matt Wikstrom looks
at the factors that influence the grip of road tires.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 19, 2014  "Since
most carbon fiber frame builders seem to be using kammtail (as modern
as the ’71 Chevy Vega!) tubes for aerodynamic purposes, it got me
wondering about the relationship between cross-sectional area and
shape. Is a modern carbon frame more or less aerodynamic than my
25-year-old steel frame, using round cross sections but with a much
smaller area exposed to the wind?" (velonews.com)
August 19, 2014  A
bike race is rarely just a single race. Within even a single criterium,
there are usually a multitude of races taking place. If
you’ve ever worked as a bike mechanic, yours is a race unto its own. A
race mechanic’s job, when done well, is an event that is less
transparent than invisible. For all practical purposes, the job of a
race mechanic is to correct an event that shouldn’t be allowed to
change the outcome of a race. So when done well, a wheel change is a
non-event; it’s as if it never happened. (redkiteprayer.com)
August 19, 2014  One
of the concerns with moving to thru axles on road bikes is the time
consuming process of wheel removal, a legitimate issue in the heat of
the peloton or wheel pits in ‘cross. Paul Components looks like it may
have a solution with their upcoming quick release thru axle skewers.
(bikerumor.com)
August 19, 2014  Last
year, Retroshift released a rear derailleur designed with cyclocross in
mind. That didn’t mean that it helped you get over the barriers quicker
than other rear derailleurs, but offered a promise of durability and
cost-effective replacement.CXMagazine:
August 19, 2014 |
 Kiel
Reijnen out-sprinted Alex
Howes in
Aspen to win stage 1 of the USA Pro Challenge. The two young Americans
— actually close friends in their adopted hometown of Boulder, Colorado
— made a daring escape on the final rise into Aspen. They jumped across
a small gap to Javier
Megias, who made a solo move
moments earlier. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  Aspen,
Colorado resident Tejay
van Garderen has been enjoying preparing to defend his
title in the USA Pro Challenge, which begins a quick bike ride
away from his home, and is hoping to show good form after a much-needed
break following the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Garmin-Sharp's
Tom Danielson,
winner of last week's Tour of Utah and third at the USA Pro Challenge
one year ago, said he believes the 2014 route in Colorado gives him the
best chance yet for an overall win in his adopted home stage. But he
also knows conquering the general classification will be a difficult
climb. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Results), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 18, 2014  Omega
Pharma-Quick Step officially announced schedule for the remainder of
the 2014 season. Mark
Cavendish’sCavendish will travel to western France to ride
in the Tour du Poitou Charentes August 26-29. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  The
Tour of Beijing’s future is currently on the line with the UCI and race
organizers currently negotiating over the event’s status. The race was
launched in 2011 and is in its final year of an initial four-year
contract. The 2014 edition of the race was unveiled last week and the
five-day race will be held from October 10-14. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Keegan Swirbul.
Ringing any bells? When he was 16, he beat Lance Armstrong in a
mountain bike race in Aspen, and was hailed as something of a
revelation. He’s 18 now. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "A comfortable cruiser but it’s underspecced for the money."
(bikeradar.com)
August 18, 2014  The
7-pound pump is a completely redesigned version of the Silca SuperPista
pumps that have been on the market for decades. It retains modified
versions of the all-metal presta chuck and leather plunger gasket of
the original. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 18, 2014  The
DIVO ST is the baby of former pro Pietro
Caucchioli. He knows a thing or two about riding fast –
finished 3rd in the Giro back in the 1990′s. Since leaving the pro
ranks he’s been working with a couple Italian bike brands and has
landed in the US, setting up distribution for AleBikeWear, and pretty
soon his own brand of high end carbon racing bikes. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Monday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 1 (Aspen/Snowmass Circuit) departs Aspen at 2:40pm MDT
and is expected at the finish at Aspen at around 4:28pm MDT.
USA Pro Challenge live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 18, 2014 |
 Universal
Sports Network will present “George
Hincapie: The Loyal Lieutenant,” an exclusive, in-depth,
personal interview with George
Hincapie, this Friday, August 22, at 8 p.m. EDT and PDT.
In the one-hour special, the 17-time Tour de France veteran, three-time
national road champion, and five-time Olympian offers an insightful
account of his esteemed career through an era plagued by
performance-enhancing drug use. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  American
Ted King
has not yet signed a contact for the 2015 season. After four seasons
racing in Liquigas and Cannondale lime green, the New Englander is
seeking a new home as his Italian program closes up shop at the end of
the season. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  The
Vuelta a España enjoys a reputation and a privileged status all while
being an elusive event. It lacks obvious preparation races to get the
audience warmed-up and if it has a rich history a lot of its best
stories are not well known just as it lacks obvious focal points, in
the collective conciousness of cycling fans there’s no Spanish
equivalent of the Stelvio or Tourmalet. (inrng.com)
August 18, 2014  Provisional
list of starters for the 2014 Vuelta a Espana, August 23-September 14.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 18, 2014  Chris Froome is
taking on the Vuelta a España with optimism as he looks to erase the
disappointment of his early exit from the Tour de France. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  Orica-GreenEdge
selects British neo-pro Adam
Yates for his Grand Tour debut at the end of August.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 18, 2014  As
a consumer of the sport, it’s hard to imagine it without Jens Voigt. And yet,
very soon, pro cycling will be without one of its biggest characters.
(velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  Dutchman
apologies to Wynants
and team-mates for his actions. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Newly-crowned
Commonwealth Games champion Laura
Trott to come up against World and Olympic road race
champion Marianne Vos.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 18, 2014  Belgian
held off Boom
and Dumoulin
to secure Eneco Tour victory. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  "OK
brands, pay attention. This is the zipper you need on your next
generation of cycling jackets. It’s called MagZip and it works with one
hand." (bikerumor.com)
August 18, 2014  Eddy Merckx cycles
just released details on one of their four new top-tier bikes for 2015,
the Mourenx69. The new bike (pronounced MORE-awn) is named for The
Cannibal’s massive win at the 17th stage of the 1969 Tour de
France, when he attacked at the top of the Tourmelet to execute a solo
breakaway for the final 140km to the finish. (bikerumor.com)
August 18, 2014 Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 1, a 12.6km Team Time Trial from Jerez de la Frontera to
Jerez de la Frontera, gets underway at 7:04pm CET (1:04pm U.S. Eastern)
with the departure of the first team. Start Order and Times
to come. Vuelta live
streaming video should get underway at around 7:00pm CET
(1:00pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014 |
August 18, 2014  “In
my experience I have never seen a guy who flipped off the court as much
as Aaron has.” (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 18, 2014  “The
Panel found that the explanation provided by the rider… did not
sufficiently explain the abnormal values obtained from the sample,” a
statement on the body’s website said. “Consequently they imposed a
two-year period of ineligibility from 1 January 2014 to 31 December
2015… Mr Tiernan-Locke
has not appealed this decision.” (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  It's
been a while since we've heard from The Secret Pro but he's found some
time to put pen to paper after the Tour de France. In this issue, he
talks about the transfer season, team rumors, and other candid thoughts
about the pro peloton. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 18, 2014  Twelve
weeks after a horrible accident at the U.S. national road championship
that broke his leg and severed his patella tendon, Taylor Phinney is
back in BMC Racing kit, riding with his teammates, at the USA Pro
Challenge. (velonews.com)
August 18, 2014  The
first ever African squad to ride a Grand Tour, the Professional
Continental team MTN-Qhubeka, will start the Vuelta this coming
Saturday and although they’ve already achieved a lot just by getting to
the race, their expectations are still high. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014 Alejandro Valverde
is still yet to put pen to paper for his new contract with Movistar,
with money proving to be one of the sticking points. Valverde would like
to stay with the team, but his agent says that they will consider other
options. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Organizers
of the Tour of Alberta announced the provisional roster for the six-day
race that starts in Calgary on September 2 and finishes in Edmonton on
September 7. Five WorldTour teams will be on the start line.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Thibaut Pinot has
extended his contract with FDJ.fr until the end of 2016, team manager Marc Madiot told the
French newspaper L’Équipe. The team's current sponsorship deal with FDJ
also runs until 2016. (cyclingnews.com)
August 18, 2014  Some
things are complicated—traffic jams, climate change, deciding if a Tour
de France winner will still hold his title in five years. These tangled
problems demand nuanced solutions. But finding bliss on your bike can
be simple and, as these 11 quick fixes illustrate, transforming your
cycling life is as straightforward as turning on the faucet every
morning. (bicycling.com)
August 18, 2014  The
professionals of the World Tour ride what they are told to ride. Rare
indeed is the component that flourishes on the World Tour because the
riders ask for it, and in some cases demand it, but that is exactly how
Speedplay pedals arrived and thrived at the pinnacle of the sport.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
August 18, 2014  New
aerodynamic vented helmet developed with Team
Sky. (bikeradar.com)
August 18, 2014  The
wired headphone/HR monitor is powered through a 3.5 mm gold-plated
audio jack thereby circumventing batteries and bulk, and the Stay-Fit
Wing design should help prevent it ending up in your spokes.
(bikerumor.com)
August 18, 2014 August 17, 2014 |
 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
took his maiden victory at WorldTour level when he claimed the final
stage of the 2014 Eneco Tour. The Belgian attacked from a large group
with roughly 30 kilometers remaining and held off both the remnants of
the early break and the peloton. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Alaphilippe
triumphs in final stage. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014 Thor Hushovd missed
out on one final big victory when his brave attack in the final
kilometers of the final stage of the Arctic Race of Norway was
neutralized by Alexander
Kristoff. The retiring Norwegian was hugely disappointed
as he desperately wanted the win for himself and his home crowd.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 17, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Results), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 17, 2014  Aleksejs Saramotins
capped off a successful Vuelta a Burgos for IAM Cycling as he won the
final day time trial to make it two wins for the team at the five day
stage race. The 32-year-old will enjoy two days of rest at his home in
Nice before lining up for the team at the Vuelta a España.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Wout Poels will not
be signing for Bekin according to Belkin manager Richard Plugge. Plugge says he is
interested in the man from Limburg who won a stage in the Vuelta a Pais
Vasco this year, but insists he is too expensive. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 17, 2014 Monday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 1 (Aspen/Snowmass Circuit) departs Aspen at 2:40pm MDT
and is expected at the finish at Aspen at around 4:28pm MDT.
USA Pro Challenge live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 17, 2014 August 16, 2014 |
Ivan Basso remained
tight-lipped about his 2015 plans Sunday during the pre-race press
conference for the upcoming USA Pro Challenge in Colorado. “No, I don't
have any news,” Basso replied when asked if he had any announcements
about a contract for next year. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Belkin
has entered Steven
Kruijswijk into the Vuelta a España but the overall winner
of the Arctic Race of Norway confirmed that he won't line up for a
third consecutive Grand Tour in Jerez de la Frontera on Saturday.
Instead, he will rest up for the GP of Québec and Montreal while Robert Gesink, Wilco Kelderman and Laurens ten Dam will
ride GC for the Dutch team in Spain. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Alexander Kristoff
caught local favorite Thor
Hushovd to win the final stage of the Arctic Tour of
Norway. The former world champion had broken away with less than 2 km
to go, and looked to be on the was to his final career win, but his
landsman caught and passed him with about 100 meters to go. Sam Bennett of
NetApp was third on the day.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Nairo Quintana
completed an ideal return into competition after winning the Giro
d'Italia with another overall success at the Vuelta a Burgos on Sunday.
The Colombian rider won the general classification after a second place
finish in the final, 12.4km time trial with its short climbs and long
straights. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Nairo Quintana
secured the overall honors in the Vuelta a Burgos after finishing in
second place in the final stage, a 12.45 kilometre time trial in Aranda
de Duero. The Giro d’Italia winner finished one second behind stage
winner Aleksejs
Saramotins, with Imanol
Erviti a further second down, over the predominantly flat
course. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Last
year, it took a strong Vuelta a Espana performance and a stint in
theleaders jersey for 30 year old Janez
Brajkovic to earn a renewal in his contract with Astana.
This year, he finds himself in the same position but he is not riding
the Vuelta, and he is left wondering what will happen next.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 17, 2014 August 16, 2014 |
August 17, 2014  Professional
cycling is a sport in which there is rarely any mercy: long, torturous
stages are a point of pride for most races, and the athletes themselves
are expected to take a never-say-die attitude. So it was surprising
when the riders called to the pre-race press conference of the 2014 USA
Pro Challenge expressed seemingly unanimous support for the relatively
short, punchy race, where the average stage length with the 16.1km time
trial is only 120km. (cyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  Think
the Tour de France lacked star power? The Vuelta a España has you
covered. (podiumcafe.com)
August 17, 2014 Edvald Boasson Hagen's
agent, Birger Hungerholdt,
has told Cyclingnews that the rider’s future should be finalized in the
next two to three weeks. It was confirmed last week that the
27-year-old would leave Team Sky at the end of the season, bringing to
an end a five-year association with the team.
August 17, 2014  At
this time last year Lachlan
Morton had won a stage of the Tour of Utah, wore the
yellow jersey for two days at the US Pro Challenge and won the Youth
Classification for both races at 21 years old. A year later he’s
admittedly having "the worst season I've ever had." (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 17, 2014  This
years Vuelta a España starts in the deep South of the Iberian
peninsular; Jerez de la Frontera. In 2010 the heat was on when the team
time trial kicked off in Sevilla with temperatures in the 40’s.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 17, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Plenty of comfort on one of the best race saddles around."
(bikeradar.com)
August 17, 2014  Eric Hayes is the
craftsman who polishes our René Herse cranks, locally on the outskirts
of Seattle. These days, most bike parts are black, and few in the bike
industry still have the skills to polish metal without grinding off too
much material, which looks ugly and affects the strength of lightweight
parts. (janheine.wordpress.com)
August 17, 2014 |
 Tim Wellens claimed
a pulsating win and the leader’s jersey at the Eneco Tour on Saturday
with a courageous ride between Heerlen and Aywaille. The Lotto
rider started the day almost a minute down on the overnight leader, Tom Dumoulin, but
attacked in the closing stages after an undulating parcours reduced the
peloton to less than 30 riders. (cyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  Neo-pro
Julian Alaphilippe
won the final stage of the Tour de l’Ain while Bert-Jan Lindemann
just about held on to the overall lead to win the race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 16, 2014  Sunday's Eneco Tour
Stage 7 departs Riemst at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Sittard-Geleen at around 4:18pm CET (10:18am
U.S. Eastern). Eneco Tour live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:45pm CET
(8:45am U.S. Eastern)..
(cyclingfans.com)
August 16, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Stages & Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Stages & Results), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 16, 2014  Although
Tinkoff Saxo team leader Alberto Contador confirmed in recent days that
he will do the Vuelta a España, his team-mate Nicolas Roche has said
that he will not take part. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 16, 2014  Quietly
as it does every year, August 15 has passed. August 15
is the UCI World Championship deadline. Which brings us to a
touchy subject. Math. (podiumcafe.com)
August 16, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "The Revolt is an excellent all-rounder
with comfort built in." (bikeradar.com)
August 16, 2014  Extracurricular
reading for cyclists of all ages - 10 of the best new cycling books,
from illustrated children's tales to useful physiology tips to the
drama of professional racing. (bikeradar.com)
August 16, 2014 August 15, 2014 August 15, 2014 |
 Lloyd Mondory won
stage four of the Vuelta a Burgos from Medina de Pomar to Villarcayo
after a perfect leadout from his teammate Sebastien Turgot in
the final 300 meters of the stage. (cyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  Simon Spilak
attacked on the closing climb in the third stage of the Arctic Tour of
Norway to take the stage win. Steven
Kruijswijk went with him to finish second and
claim the overall lead. Jonathan
Hivert rounded out the Dutch team’s big day by
finishing third, 15 seconds down. (cyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  Dan Martin finished
second on today’s stage in Tour de l’Ain after the French winner Julian Alaphilippe
of Omega Pharma - QuickStep. The placement on the last stage of the
race consolidated his third place in the French race after Bert-Jan Lindeman
and Romain Bardet.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 16, 2014  Sunday's Vuelta a
Burgos Stage 5, a 12.45 km Individual Time Trial at Aranda de Duero,
gets underway at 12:44pm CET (6:44am U.S. Eastern) with the departure
of the first rider. Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:15pm CET (7:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 16, 2014  Sunday's Arctic Race
of Norway Stage 4 departs Tromso at 1:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Tromso at around 5:45pm CET (11:45am
U.S. Eastern). Arctic Race of Norway live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:45pm CET (10:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 16, 2014  The
2014 USA Pro Challenge fires up Monday in Colorado with a circuit race
around Aspen and nearby Snowmass Village. Five WorldTour teams are set
to compete against four Pro Continental squads and seven Continental
outfits over the seven-day race, which concludes next Sunday with a
stage from Boulder to Denver. (cyclingnews.com)
Here
we go again. The rolling spectacle of the USA Pro Challenge will cycle
back into Aspen and Snowmass this week for the fourth consecutive year.
(aspentimes.com)
August 16, 2014 Monday's USA Pro
Challenge Stage 1 (Aspen/Snowmass Circuit) departs Aspen at 2:40pm MDT
and is expected at the finish at Aspen at around 4:28pm MDT.
USA Pro Challenge live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:40pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 16, 2014 |
August 16, 2014  Thor Hushovd is
getting ready to say goodbye to pro cycling, admitting that “it was
difficult to accept that it was time for me". The BMC rider still hopes
to be named to the Norwegian world championships team to top off the
end of his career. (cyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  If
you’re a young racer with dreams of racing in cycling’s heartland you
couldn’t do much better than joining up with the Kingsnorth Wheelers,
the amateur team set up in Ghent that has helped riders such as
Garmin’s Jack Bauer
on to great success. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  An
international field assembled at the Tour of Utah where Tom Danielson won
the overall title on Sunday in Park City. Earlier in the week, Coryn Rivera triumphed
at the first-ever Tour of Utah Women’s Edition. (cyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  While
Norwegian super talents Oskar
Svendsen, Odd
Christian Eiking, Sven-Erik
Bystrøm and Sindre
Lunke were expected to shine at the Arctic Race of Norway
ahead of next week's Tour de l’Avenir, it's been the young Frenchman Kevin Ledanois who's
drawn the most attention. (cyclingnews.com)
August 16, 2014  Bitter
man selling bike he’s used twice - and offers to throw in his ex for
those who ‘feel like being taken for a ride’. (road.cc)
August 16, 2014  If
your view of an ideal cyclocross course is either the fast-paced, dry
course of CrossVegas or an endless bog of deep muddy pits where you can
run your tubular tire pressures almost laughably low, you might cringe
at the idea of a suspension anywhere on a cyclocross bike.
(cxmagazine.com)
August 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)
August 15, 2014 August 15, 2014 August 15, 2014 |
 “I
really miss those American races, the American mentality. I
like staying in the States, doing California, Colorado, Utah. I love
those races. That’s me. I miss those RadioShack
days.” (velonews.com)
August 15, 2014  Dumoulin moves into
the overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 15, 2014  BMC's
Greg Van Avermaet took his first classic-style win since 2011 and
Giant-Shimano's Tom Dumoulin moved into the overall lead at the ENECO
Tour following today's bumpy stage around the Flemish Ardennes.
(podiumcafe.com)
August 15, 2014  Bert-Jan Lindeman
proved that he deserves to return to the WorldTour when he took a
fantastic solo win in the queen stage of the Tour de l’Ain. Having been
part of the early break, he held off a fierce pursuit by defending
champion Romain Bardet
to take the biggest victory of his career and take over the leader’s
jersey with just one stage remaining. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 15, 2014 August 15, 2014  Gianni Meersman is
ready to fight for his leader’s jersey on the penultimate stage of the
Tour de l’Ain. Meersman
holds a 16 second lead over his teammate Julian Alaphilippe,
after winning two stages, but will face his first big test on stage
three. (cyclingnews.com)
August 15, 2014  The
team has already taken one Grand Tour this year, namely Nairo Quintana’s
Giro d’Italia win, and also clocked up a fourth place finish in the
Tour de France via Alejandro
Valverde. Sights have turned to the upcoming Vuelta a
España and, according to directeur sportif José Luis Arrieta,
both riders are at the level of form necessary to chase overall
victory. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 15, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Stages & Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Stages), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 15, 2014  Saturday's Eneco
Tour Stage 6 departs Heerlen at 12:15pm CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at La Redoute (Aywaille) at around 4:47pm CET
(10:47am U.S. Eastern). Eneco Tour live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:45pm CET
(8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 15, 2014 August 14, 2014 |
 The
end of one team is problem for the sport as a whole because it suggests
a shortage of teams for 2015, notably 17 teams chasing 18 spots in the
World Tour. (inrng.com)
August 15, 2014 
Hushvold second, Nordhaug
retains leaders jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
August 15, 2014  Nairo Quintana soloed
to victory on the Queen stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. Quintana dropped all
his rivals in the final kilometers to take his first victory since
winning the Giro d’Italia and moved into the race lead.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 15, 2014  Daniel Moreno proved
that he is reaching his usual good late-season condition when he
finished second behind Nairo
Quintana in the Vuelta a Burgos queen stage. The Katusha
leader was pleased with his performance as he could almost keep up with
the Giro champion. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 15, 2014  For
Nairo Quintana,
the 2014 season has been the biggest of his career. In May, he became
the first Colombian winner of the Giro d’Italia and is now building up
for a tilt at the Vuelta a España title. Since joining Movistar in
2012, Quintana has enjoyed a steep progression through cycling and now
the challenge is to stay there.
August 15, 2014  The
Basque region’s relationship with cycling is almost cinematic. It
begins with panoramic views of the curving beach in Donostia. It cuts
to urban vignettes in Bilbao, then lush but rugged, green hills dotted
with tiny villages. It all looks so charmingly simple and inviting.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
August 15, 2014  Voigt is one of a
kind. Sadly, it appears Jens
may actually be serious about retiring. To commemorate Trek has given
the big German a custom bike and custom kit for the upcoming USA Pro
Cycling Challenge. (pelotonmagazine.com)
August 15, 2014  Saturday's Vuelta a
Burgos Stage 4 departs Medina de Pomar at 11:21am CET (5:21am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Villarcayo at around 2:43pm
CET (8:43am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:15pm CET (7:15am U.S. Eastern).).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 15, 2014  Saturday's Arctic
Race of Norway Stage 3 departs Alta at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Kvænangsfjellet at around
3:43pm CET (9:43am U.S. Eastern). Arctic Race of Norway live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 15, 2014 |
August 15, 2014  Zdenek Stybar should
be allowed to leave hospital this weekend, according to his team
manager Patrick Lefevere.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 15, 2014  I’m
writing from a sofa at 9,000 feet in Snowmass, Colorado, where
Garmin-Sharp and a handful of other (less cool) teams, are staying
between the Tour of Utah and the USA Pro Challenge in Colorado.
Everything’s a little weird at altitude. (velonews.com)
August 15, 2014  Ford
Motor Co. recently released a new YouTube video for its 2015 Mustang
that features Kayle
Leogrande, who served a two-year suspension for
doping during his racing career, indirectly leading to the downfall of
American sports icon Lance
Armstrong. (businessinsider.com)
August 15, 2014  "It
would be amazing to win the U23 world championships and I’ll certainly
do my best to get into good climbing form ahead of it. But if I had to
call it now I’d say it’s probably just a little too hard for me."
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 15, 2014  Ireland’s
Dan Martin
has taken his best result for months today when he finished third on
stage 3 of the Tour L’Ain in France.
August 15, 2014  "Is
it frustrating that you are the most elite bike racers in the world and
there’s an advanced technology that exists that you’re not allowed to
use?" (velonews.com)
August 15, 2014  With
dedicated computer programs and specialized apps many cyclists today
obsessively track the miles and hours spent on our machines, machines
themselves usually designed and often fabricated using computers. Most
of those bicycles, generally carbon and generally black, are
indistinguishable to look at and, in spite of a panoply of brand names
and models, originate in one of only a handful of huge Asian factories.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 15, 2014  We’re
in a true golden age of frame building. The skill level of even garage
builders is stunning, higher than much stuff sold commercially back in
the 1970s. The veterans are turning out work the belies a care for
craft that has nothing to do with commerce and everything to do with
integrity. And there are the young Turks bent on making a mark.
(redkiteprayer.com)
August 15, 2014  The
Genesis Equilibrium has found a place in the crusty heart of many a
British roadie, admired for its cheerful versatility and retro
styling. (bikeradar.com)
August 15, 2014 August 14, 2014 |
 Nacer Bouhanni
avoided a late crash to take victory on stage 2 of the Eneco Tour. The
Frenchman out sprinted Luka
Mezgec by a bike’s length with Giacomo NizzoloFactory
Racing) taking third. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  The
race starts in Geraardsbergen, which is a good way to get people
excited and an even better way to guarantee a crowd at the finish. Also
media. Nothing makes cycling journalists happier than knowing they
don't have to drive 200km to handle their duties at the startline and
finish. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Friday's Eneco Tour
Stage 5 departs Geraardsbergen at 12:35pm CET (6:35am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Geraardsbergen at around 4:23pm CET
(10:23am U.S. Eastern). Eneco Tour live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 14, 2014  Omega
Pharma-QuickStep rider maintains overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Carlos Betancur says
that he is still undecided about his future after it was announced
earlier this month that he had reached an agreement to end his contract
with AG2R-La Mondiale. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Having
announced that it had secured a two-year sponsorship deal with Roompot,
the planned Orange Cycling team has revealed its first signing for
2015. Team manager Michael
Boogerd made the announcement on Wednesday that former
Dutch champion Johhny
Hoogerland would be joining the team. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Speedy, comfortable and stable – a pleasure to spend some long
hours with." (bikeradar.com)
August 14, 2014  Ted King has never
been shy about his love for Maple Syrup. Born and bred on the east
coast of the United States, King has collaborated with Slope Side Syrup
to produce portable maple syrup. (bikeradar.com)
August 14, 2014  Available
with either a Stainless or Titanium spindle Pavé pedals retail for $339
or $499 respectively. (bikerumor.com)
August 14, 2014  Full
credit to Specialized. The gigantic — and often polarizing — U.S. bike
maker deserves much of the credit for spawning the endurance bike genre
that now dominates the consumer road bike market. (roadbikereview.com)
August 14, 2014 August 13, 2014 August 13, 2014 |
 Belkin
rider takes the early race lead on home soil. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Italy's
Matteo Pelucchi
won the high-speed sprint that decided stage two of the Vuelta a Burgos
to Villadiego. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Friday's Arctic Race
of Norway Stage 2 departs Honningsvag at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Alta at around 5:44pm CET
(11:44am U.S. Eastern). Arctic Race of Norway live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 14, 2014  Friday's Vuelta a
Burgos Stage 3 departs Comarca Pinares (Comunero de Revenga) at 11:47am
CET (5:47am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Lagunas de
Neila at around 4:13pm CET (10:13am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta a
Burgos live streaming
video should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am
U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 14, 2014  Despite
an effort among USA Cycling and some US-based teams to persuade all
National Racing Calendar events to step up to the UCI level next year,
only one current race appears willing to make the move, and another
will step down from the NRC altogether. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Custom
Point-“The Race is all about India and its ‘customs’ and it’s from this
‘point’ where it all began.” (velocrushindia.com)
August 14, 2014  What
it lacks in wow factor it makes up for with top-tier performance.
(roadbikereview.com)
August 14, 2014  Colnago
is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an update to the company's
flagship frameset. The C60 replaces the C59 with a revised tubeset and
a few other refinements. The result continues Colnago’s reputation for
a beautiful bike that offers a classic ride. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 14, 2014  Did
you know that aluminium frames have a harsh ride? Titanium frames are
soft and whippy? Steel frames go soft with age but have a nicer ride
quality? Queen Elizabeth is a kingpin of the international drug trade?
All of the above statements are false? (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 14, 2014  Greg
LeMond has finally taken the wraps off their newest bike –
the Washoe.
Getting back to steel, the frames are all hand made, painted, and
assembled here in the USA. (bikerumor.com)
August 14, 2014 |
August 14, 2014  Zdenek Stybar was
left battered and bruised and out of the 2014 Eneco Tour after being
the victim of a high-speed crash in sight of the line in Ardooie at the
end of the fourth stage. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Alberto Contador has
announced that he will ride this year's Vuelta a Espana, The two-time
champion released a surprise video message confirming that he would be
on the start line of the Vuelta a Espana on August 23 in Jerez de le
Frontera. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014 .  According
to La Gazzetta dello Sport the retired rider, who was the world’s top
sprinter for many years, was taken to the hospital in Lucca after a car
hit him while he was on his bike. The driver was turning and didn’t see
the rider, who reportedly has injuries to his knee and the quadriceps
tendon. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 14, 2014  Lichtenberg hangs on
to overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 14, 2014  Teams
designated with an asterix (*) have confirmed rosters. (velonews.com)
August 14, 2014  The
Scott Solace exists in both women's and men's models. It's a model
designed to be fast, with comfort elements, allowing the infrequent
weekend rider to progress into the occasional weekday morning, and even
through to riding every morning. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 14, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Quirky looks, but the perfect post if comfort is your goal."
(bikeradar.com)
August 14, 2014  Niner
is building nine special edition ROS 9 Plus bikes to be auctioned for
IMBA this month. The custom-painted singlespeeds are valued at more
than $4,500 each; 100 percent of the auction proceeds will go to IMBA.
(bicycleretailer.com)
August 14, 2014 August 13, 2014 |
 Stybar ousted from
race lead by Boom.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  Thursday's
Eneco Tour Stage 4 departs Koksijde at 12:10pm CET (6:10am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Ardooie at around 4:22pm CET
(10:22am U.S. Eastern). Eneco Tour live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 13, 2014  The
Sky team of defending champion Bradley
Wiggins plus seven other WorldTour teams have been
confirmed for next month’s Tour of Britain, which begins in Liverpool
on Sunday 7 September and finishes eight days later in central London.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 13, 2014  Tom Danielson
managed to repeat his last year’s success to win the Tour of Utah for a
second consecutive season, but the Garmin-Sharp rider admitted that a
title defense was nothing like a walk in a part for him due to
increased pressure and more demanding route. After defying all odds,
however, the 36-year old American aims to continue in the same line in
another stage race held on his home soil, the USA Pro Challenge.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 13, 2014  When
Marcel Kittel
and Alexander Kristoff
last saw each other, they were fighting elbow to elbow on the
Champs-Elysées in Paris, but today they were reunited for a coffee in a
traditional Sami hut ahead of the Arctic Race of Norway.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  Having
ridden with Team Sky since its 2010 debut season, Edvald Boasson Hagen
has announced that will not renew his contract with the team according
to an interview with procycling.no. (cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  Italian
national team coach Davide
Cassani has confirmed that his squad for the world
championships in Ponferrada will be built around Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Stages & Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Stages), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 13, 2014  As
he prepares for the Vuelta a Espana, Chris Froome has
spoken for the first time about the crash that ended his Tour de France
defense, and how he believes it may benefit Sky in the long run.
(sbs.com.au)
August 13, 2014  Pedalling
efficiency is something that people are starting to talk about more and
more now there are a number of power meters out there that can measure
both left and right leg power, such as the Pioneer power meter
or
Garmin
Vector. Is this something that we should be worried about in our
training? (bikeradar.com)
August 13, 2014 August 12, 2014 August 12, 2014 |
 Movistar
man beats Dani Moreno
in uphill finish. (cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  Raymond Kreder grabbed
a rare chance to be the lead sprinter when he won today’s first road
stage of the Tour de l’Ain. While Mark
Cavendish decided to ride in support of his Omega
Pharma-Quick Step teammate Gianni
Meersman, the Dutchman beat the FDJ stagiaire Marc Sarreau. A
third place was enough for Meersman
to defend his overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 13, 2014  Thursday's Arctic
Race of Norway Stage 1 departs Hammerfest at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Nordkapp (North Cape) at
around 5:46pm CET (11:46am U.S. Eastern). Arctic Race of
Norway live streaming
video should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am
U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 13, 2014  Thursday's
Vuelta a Burgos Stage 2 departs Briviesca at 12:39pm CET (6:39am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Villadiego at around 4:15pm
CET (10:15am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video should
get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 13, 2014  By
a highly anticipated arrival of Peter
Sagan to Tinkoff-Saxo announced last week, team owner Oleg Tinkov
confirmed his never hidden ambitions to build the best squad in the
discipline. The Russian oligarch and cycling enthusiast acknowledged,
however, that realization of this plan requires more professional
approach than just filling a roster with stars thanks to impressive
budget. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 13, 2014  The
24-year-old Colombian has one of the best poker faces in the peloton,
but the Movistar rider was clearly happy to be back in the peloton.
“I’ve been training hard at home. It’s nice to see your family and
friends, but I am ready to race again,” Quintana said as he
sat down on a sofa. “I have a lot of big goals for the second half of
the season.” (velonews.com)
August 13, 2014  Mark Cavendish made
his return to racing on Tuesday evening with a solid 9th-place finish
in the prologue of the Tour de l’Ain, which was dominated by his Omega
Pharma-QuickStep team, who filled the top four places as Gianni
Meersman won the 4.6km test in Saint-Amour. (cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  "I
installed the alloy Recon 11-28 cassette despite it’s warnings that
weight savings come at the expense of durability. But at just 120g, it
was worth a shot, so I tested it for a couple hundred miles split
evenly between a Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 and SRAM Red 22 group."
(bikerumor.com)
August 13, 2014  Six
nutrition packed lunches to fuel an afternoon’s
training. (bikeradar.com)
August 13, 2014 |
August 13, 2014  The
world – and cycling – lost one of the greats with Robin William’s
passing this week. The comedic giant was also a big cyclist, who often
turned up under unexpected circumstances at cycling events to ride
along with the crowd. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  The
Belkin team has confirmed that it has retained the services of Grand
Tour riders Robert Gesink,
Wilco Kelderman
and Steven Kruijswijk
for 2015 and 2016 as it looks to build for the future after securing
backing from the Dutch national lottery, De Lotto, and Brandloyalty.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  The
Spanish Continental team Euskadi will line up at the Vuelta a Burgos
this week for what will be the last stage race in its 22 year history.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 13, 2014  Geoff Brown: “I
think the technology is absolutely, 100-percent correct. It works, it’s
proven, it’s great. It’s just not an appropriate technology for this
application, not for our kind of bicycle racing.” (velonews.com)
August 13, 2014  When
it comes to gear selection does it makes a difference if you choose big
ring/big sprocket or small ring/small sprocket if the gear ratio
remains the same? (cyclist.com.au)
August 13, 2014  The
Zero Pavé Pedal System has a patented, minimalist design built
specifically to handle the conditions of the cobbled classics. The
company said the pedals will also be useful for participants in gravel
grinder races and similar events. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 13, 2014  Ultra
thin seat post, unique seat tube shape highlight this rough road tamer.
(roadbikereview.com)
August 13, 2014  You’re
likely to see more of Argon 18 next year after the firm signed a deal
to become the co-sponsor of the ProContinental-registered NetApp-Endura
team which made its Tour de France debut in July, to be known at
Bora-Argon 18 in 2015. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 13, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Featherweight, fantastically comfortable but so, so pricey."
(bikeradar.com)
August 13, 2014  Kinetic
Trainers' 2015 model line will include its first rollers, plus the
brand's first bike accessories that are unrelated to its stationary
trainer products — a water bottle cage and a seat bag.
(bicycleretailer.com)
August 13, 2014 August 12, 2014 |
 BMC
Racing Team rider continuing recovery after brutal crash in US pro road
championships. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 12, 2014  Dutch
rider Lars Van der Haar and
Belgium’s Sven Nys,
the top two ranked cyclo-cross racers in the world at the end of the
2013-14 calendar year, will start their cyclo-cross seasons at
CrossVegas held on September 10 in Nevada. (cyclingnews.com)
For
the second year in a row, Gianni
Meersman won the Tour de l’Ain prologue when he led a
dominant showing by his Omega Pharma-Quick Step on the short 4.6km
course. With Julian
Alaphilippe, Pieter
Serry and Rigoberto
Uran occupying 2th to 4th place, the Belgian team made it
a rare 1-2-3-4 in the opener of the mountainous French race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 12, 2014  Omega
Pharma-Quick Step’s Zdenek
Stybar, the overall winner of the 2013 Eneco Tour, won
stage 2 of this year’s race Tuesday, taking a wet field sprint ahead of
Lars Boom.
(velonews.com)
August 12, 2014 Wednesday's Eneco
Tour Stage 3, a 9.6km Individual Time Trial from Breda to Breda, gets
underway with the departure of the first rider, Evan Huffman, at 1:50pm
CET (7:50am U.S. Eastern). Start Order and Times
here. Eneco Tour live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm CET
(9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 12, 2014 The
Tour de l’Ain is set to attract more attention than usual when the 26th
edition of the five-day stage race kicks off with a 4.6km prologue time
trial in the Jura town of St Amour on Tuesday evening. (cyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014  The
Giant-Shimano team has revealed its 13-rider long list for the Vuelta a
España, with the team set to focus on sprint wins with Germany's John Degenkolb and
target the overall classification and mountain stages with Warren Barguil.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Eneco Tour - Aug 11-17 (Stages & Results), La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results), Tour de l'Ain - Aug 12-16 (Stages & Results), Vuelta a Burgos - Aug 13-17 (Stages), Arctic Race of Norway - Aug 14-17 (Stages), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages). Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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), August 12, 2014  Third
overall in this year’s Giro d’Italia, Fabio Aru is aiming
high once again in the Vuelta a España, where he will co-captain the
Astana team with Paolo
Tiralongo. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 12, 2014  Having
crash hard in training a little more than a week ago, Frederik Willems is
finally ready to undergo surgery. The Belgian will be have a plate
inserted tomorrow and isn't expected to return to racing in 2014.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 12, 2014  After
spending just over half a season on the British domestic scene, Adam Blythe hopes
that his recent victory at RideLondon Classic will be enough to help
him make the step back up to WorldTour level. (cyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014 August 11, 2014 August 11, 2014 |
 Oleg Tinkov is
convinced that Peter
Sagan can win his first major Classic after building a
strong team to support the talented Slovakian in 2015 when he begins
racing with Tinkoff-Saxo. (cyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014  Speaking
to Sky Sports News, Chris
Froome said that pulling out of the 2014 Tour de France
was “one of the hardest things I have ever done.” (velonews.com)
August 12, 2014 Wednesday's Vuelta a
Burgos Stage 1 departs Burgos at 12:42pm CET (6:42am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Burgos/El Castillo at around 4:15pm CET
(10:15am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 12, 2014  "I
deal with so many batshit crazy ideas, behaviors, and occurrences on a
daily basis that it’s refreshing when I run across one that isn’t
mine." (pelotonmagazine.com)
August 12, 2014  "I
want to ride more, with different goals, but I still want to ride well
for a few more years. But after that I want to start a new career like
a neo-pro; I think I’d be good [at] that; I know I could do something
nice for one team, but it’s not important what I say, it’s important
that I show it. Start again from the low level, and go up."
(velonews.com)
August 12, 2014  Qualifying
for the World Championships road race is a complicated task. Each
nation is offered a quota of places and it’s up to the national team
selectors to pick the individual riders to suit their goals. The quota
is based on the UCI rankings due out on Friday. (inrng.com)
August 12, 2014  There
are a lot of new, young riders coming up through the ranks, just like
the Yates
brothers. The next could be Welshman Owain Doull, he
already rides for the Irish Continental team: An Post-Chain Reaction
and has a string of top results in his palmarés. The next generation.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014  Dutch
Holiday company Roompot Vakanties will decide this week whether they
will sponsor WorldTour team Belkin or new Pro Continental team Orange
Cycling. (cyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014  Cheapest
direct measure power meter yet. (bikeradar.com)
August 12, 2014  Pioneer’s
first power meter set a new standard for on bike pedal stroke analysis,
but for 2014 the whole system has been thoroughly re-engineered and
re-envisioned, coming out with loads of improvements and features.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014  "I
rode before breakfast. I left at the crack of dawn. Captain Cook is on
the western slopes of Mauna Loa, one of the two big volcanoes on the
island. Apart from the highway that circles the island, most roads
switchback either up or down." (janheine.wordpress.com)
August 12, 2014  Struggled
to get your chain back on after it has fallen off? Always manage to
make a mess of yourself too? Kaye Patton gives us
five easy steps to get you back on your way. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 12, 2014  There's
a huge range of new stuff from Specialized
for 2015. (bikeradar.com)
August 12, 2014 Thursday's Arctic
Race of Norway Stage 1 departs Hammerfest at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Nordkapp (North Cape) at
around 5:46pm CET (11:46am U.S. Eastern). Arctic Race of
Norway live streaming
video should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am
U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 12, 2014 |
August 12, 2014  It’s
hard to find a record of a cycling charity auction that didn’t include
a bike from Williams.
In addition to Trips for Kids, he donated bikes for the Davis Phinney
Foundation, the Lance
Armstrong Foundation, the Children’s Cancer Foundation and
more. (redkiteprayer.com)
August 12, 2014  American
cyclist is paving the way to women’s equality in racing, one win at a
time. (bicycling.com)
August 12, 2014  Wiggins – who
returned to road racing action at the RideLondon Surrey
Classic on Sunday, having returned to the track to win a silver medal
in the men’s team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games – won last year’s
national tour to enter the world time trial championships on a high.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
August 12, 2014  Bardiani-CSF
have announced that its rider Enrico
Barbin was hit by a car while training on roads near his
home. The 24-year-old Italian fell on his face and was seriously
injured enough to be hospitalized by the incident. (cyclingnews.com)
August 12, 2014  Jeremy Powers
recently announced the formation of Aspire Racing. Also, several
domestic professionals have taken it upon themselves to start their own
teams for the coming season, resulting in new squads with small but
focused rosters. (velonews.com)
August 12, 2014  "A
wider tire will not have a larger contact patch if it is run at the
same pressure as a skinnier tire. (That’s why I specified that the
rider was using lower pressure with the wider tire.) A tire inflated to
100psi sitting on a flat, smooth surface and holding up 100 pounds of
weight will have one square inch of contact with the surface. If the
tire is wider, the contact patch will be wider and shorter, but its
area will be the same as that of the longer, narrower contact patch of
the skinnier tire." (velonews.com)
August 12, 2014  Don’t
just shove ride items in your jersey pockets at random. There’s a
subtle art to perfect pocket packing. (cyclist.com.au)
August 12, 2014  A
service course is used as a central location to house every conceivable
item a team needs throughout the season, including team trucks, buses,
cars, spare kit and assorted equipment, while also serving as the
control centre for the entire team’s operations. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 12, 2014  Unique
frame design yields supremely comfortable bike. (roadbikereview.com)
August 12, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Your precious phone is safe in here – but using it adequately
may prove too challenging for some." (bikeradar.com)
August 12, 2014  The
craftsmen at Brooks turned to their famously loyal customers to design
the a new multitool, and after input from over 700 people, are now
unveiling the 21 piece MT21 Multitool. (bikerumor.com)
August 12, 2014 August 11, 2014 August 11, 2014 |
One year after winning the inaugural edition of the race, Thor Hushovd
returns to the Arctic Race of Norway as the defending champion. The
Norwegian will lead a five-rider BMC team in a race that has become
significantly harder. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 11, 2014  Astana
sprinter times it perfectly in Terneuzen. (cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  Tom Danielson found
himself in the familiar position of overall winner again this year at
the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. But the Garmin-Sharp team leader said
on Sunday that this year's win was nothing like his triumph in the same
race in 2013. (cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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). August 11, 2014  Tom Boonen begins
his build-up to the world championships road race when he returns to
competitive action at the Eneco Tour on Monday. He hasn’t raced since
he finished third at the Belgian championships in June, having opted to
forgo the Tour de France in order to focus on the Worlds.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  Nairo Quintana will
race for the first time since winning the Giro d’Italia in May, as he
looks to defend his Vuelta a Burgos title. The Colombian will lead
Movistar at the race, which begins on Wednesday. (cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  Designed
to only work with Shimano Hollowtech II cranksets, CrankPump actually
replaces the plastic preload bolt that is included with the cranks.
(bikerumor.com)
August 11, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2.5 out of 5
stars. "Charismatic looks and comfort, but also flex and clearance
concerns that would be disappointing at half the price." (bikeradar.com)
August 11, 2014 Tuesday's Eneco Tour
Stage 2 departs Waalwijk at 12:30pm CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Heusden at around 4:35pm CET (10:35am U.S.
Eastern). Eneco Tour live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm CET
(9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 11, 2014  Have
you noticed there’s been a growing mention of electrically motorized
bicycles lately? That’s because they’re coming, whether our domestic
infrastructure is ready or not. (bikerumor.com)
August 11, 2014 August 10, 2014 August 10, 2014 August 10, 2014 August 9, 2014 August 9, 2014 |
 German
Jens Voigt
downplayed comments made by American Lucas Euser after
Saturday’s sixth stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, saying that
words exchanged between them in the day’s breakaway were made “in the
heat of the race.” (velonews.com)
August 11, 2014  Hincapie
Sportswear's Joey
Rosskopf took a major step in his cycling career this week
at the Tour of Utah, surviving as one of the last protagonists on stage
2 and finishing second to 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans during
the queen stage that finished at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  Bradley Wiggins will
not ride the Vuelta a España. Team Manager Dave Brailsford told
the BBC at RideLondon this weekend that Wiggins will instead
defend his Tour of Britain title in September. (cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  With
Pozzovivo’s
exit, Ag2r will have to count on the wildly inconsistent Carlos Betancur, who
has not raced since Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April. (velonews.com)
August 11, 2014  Gesink underwent
heart surgery in April because of an arrhythmia which began to occur in
2008. "According to the doctors, this disease affects one person out of
20 and is not dangerous," explained the Belkin rider. "The arrhythmia
also doesn't occurs very often, about once a year. But I decided to
undergo an ablation because, as a cyclist, it's never good in the head
if you know something wrong can happen." (cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014 ![Photo: Today’s stage, I really wasn’t affected by [the chest infection]. It stayed dry all day, so I had the best legs today; I didn’t seem to be affected by the breathing at all. Today was the first day I felt normal,...](http://www.feltet.dk/octo_cms/files/Feltet.dk/Billeder/2014/Lob/Tour_de_France_2014/Presentation/TdF_2014_presentation_Christopher_Horner.jpg "Photo: Today’s stage, I really wasn’t affected by [the chest infection]. It stayed dry all day, so I had the best legs today; I didn’t seem to be affected by the breathing at all. Today was the first day I felt normal,...") For
the second year in a row, Chris
Horner finished second behind Tom Danielson in the
Tour of Utah. Having come into the race with a bit of illness, the
American was pleased to finally have recovered for the final day of the
race. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 11, 2014  US
Cyclo-cross champion Jeremy
Powers has created his own cyclo-cross team for the
2014-2015 season. The project, to be called Aspire Racing, will be a
team of one for the first year with an aim to grow into the country's
first UCI-registered professional cyclo-cross team. (cyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  While
long rides are critical to building endurance, efficiency and
confidence, you don’t have to put in double-figure distances to reap
those benefits. (bikeradar.com)
August 11, 2014  True
gravel grinder that can do double duty as capable commuter.
(roadbikereview.com)
August 11, 2014 Wednesday's Vuelta a
Burgos Stage 1 departs Burgos at 12:42pm CET (6:42am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Burgos/El Castillo at around 4:15pm CET
(10:15am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 11, 2014 Thursday's Arctic
Race of Norway Stage 1 departs Hammerfest at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Nordkapp (North Cape) at
around 5:46pm CET (11:46am U.S. Eastern). Arctic Race of
Norway live streaming
video should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am
U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 11, 2014 August 10, 2014 |
August 11, 2014  Rohan Dennis will
make his debut with BMC Racing at the Eneco Tour today after embarking
on a rare mid-season transfer from Garmin-Sharp earlier this month.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 11, 2014  Lawson Craddock might
be a neo-pro, but he’s been knocking around European races since he was
15 years old. Now 22, he’s no bright-eyed kid thrown to the wolves. His
experiences racing with USA Cycling’s U23 team, as well as with the
Bontrager and Trek-LiveStrong development teams, are already paying
dividends in his rookie pro season. (velonews.com)
August 11, 2014  One
look at the modern day pro peloton shows an abundance of skinsuits
being used during standard road stages. What was unthinkable just a few
years ago is now commonplace as riders look for the latest edge in
aerodynamics and comfort. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 11, 2014  Hamilton came clean,
admitted his doping sins and wrote a book ('The Secret Race'), and now
spends his time speaking to youth groups around the globe, trying to
educate them about the consequences of cheating in sports.
(nydailynews.com)
August 11, 2014  "The
doctor said I could have come down with a mild case of gastro. In a
village of 7000 athletes, most of whom had finished competing, hygiene
may not have been at the top of everyone’s agenda."
(chloehosking.wordpress.com)
August 11, 2014  Rafal Majka jumped
up to 12th in the individual rankings of the UCI WorldTour after
winning the Tour de Pologne stage race with a determined ride in the
final time trial stage in Krakow. (bikeworldnews.com)
August 11, 2014  "From
the Tower of London to the east - where 200,000 and counting red
ceramic poppies currently 'flow' into the moat to commemorate those
soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War - to
Westminster in the west - where last week ArtAngel, a stunning beam of
light stretching vertically into the heavens every night, also
commemorated the centenary of the Great War." (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
August 11, 2014  There
is more to the gearing on your bike than simply the size of your big
ring. To get the most out of your gears, it serves to pay attention to
the gear ratios produced by the combination of the chainrings with the
rear cassette and tailoring them to suit your riding needs.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 11, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Crazy looks, comfy feel." (bikeradar.com)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 11, 2014 August 10, 2014 |
 One
day after his win in the queen stage, Cadel Evans delivered
another excellent performance in the final mountain stage of the Tour
of Utah to take his second win in a row. Having been dropped on the
final climb, he bridged the gap to the front quartet on the descent,
recovered for a few kilometres and launched a perfectly timed sprint to
hold off Wilco Kelderman
and Winner Anacona.
Tom Danielson
rolled in at the back of the group to secure the overall victory for
the second year in a row. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 10, 2014  Manuel Cardoso
finally took his elusive stage victory when he won the final stage of
the Volta a Portugal that finished with its traditional bunch sprint in
Lisbon. Gustavo Cesar
Veloso finished safely in the bunch to win the overall
race ahead of Rui Sousa and
his teammate Delio
Fernandez. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 10, 2014  Michael Valgren has
won the Tour of Denmark after an 13-rider attack on the finishing
circuits in Frederiksberg shuffled the overall classification.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 10, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
La Route de France - Aug 10-Aug 16 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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). August 10, 2014  For
the second time in this year's Tour of Utah, American youngster Joseph Rosskopf
underlined that he is a man for the future when he nearly beat Cadel Evans in a
direct battle on the final climb of the queen stage. Launching a strong
attack in the finale, he had the 2011 Tour champion on his limits but
the veteran Australian managed to strike back and relegate his rival to
second. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 10, 2014  Officials
eliminated Lampre-Merida's Andrea
Palini, Cannondale's Juraj
Sagan and Drapac's
Darren Lapthorne from the race as well as team directors Carlo Guardascone of
Lampre-Merida, Mattias
Michelusi of Cannondale and Jonathan Breekveldt
of Drapac. Each of the teams also lost their second team vehicle from
the race caravan for the rest of the week. (cyclingnews.com)
August 10, 2014  "Kiel
Reijnen's answers to our sometimes sub-excellent questions were,
without fail, brilliant and insightful." (manualforspeed.com)
August 10, 2014 Monday's Eneco Tour
Stage 1 departs Terneuzen at 12:10pm CET (6:10am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Terneuzen at around 4:31pm CET (10:31am U.S.
Eastern). Eneco Tour live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm CET
(9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 10, 2014 August 9, 2014 |
 Adam Blythe (NFTO)
proved that he deserves to return to the WorldTour when he won a very
hard and selective edition of the RideLondon Classic. The Brit made it
into an elite five-man group that sprinted for the win on the Mall in
London and here he showed an amazing kick to hold off Ben Swift and Julian Alaphilippe to
take the biggest win of his career. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 10, 2014  Catharine Pendrel won
the elite women's cross country race at the Windham, New York round of
the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup on Sunday afternoon. Pendrel finished
ahead of Tanja Zakelj and
Annika Langvad.
August 10, 2014  The
tough luck continues for Jelly Belly-Maxxis rider Matthew Lloyd, who
was struck by a car August 7 while walking to dinner in Cedar City,
Utah, and is recovering at a hospital in St. George. (cyclingnews.com)
August 10, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali
celebrated his Tour de France victory with his CanNibali fan club in
Mastromarco on Saturday, the Tuscan village where he raced as a Junior
and Under 23 rider after moving from his family home in Sicily.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 10, 2014  Most
climbs are famous for racing but there are few exceptions where a
mountain is better known as a training location. You might think of
Mont Teide or the Col de la Madone And here is one of Italy’s asphalt
gymnasiums. (inrng.com)
August 10, 2014  road.cc
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Well built, top performing evolution of the humble road bike
that shows discs aren't just for commuters." (road.cc)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 10, 2014 August 9, 2014 |
August 10, 2014  Two
riders had been away for most of the stage before Lichtenberg and
eight other riders bridged up in the latter stages. Lichtenberg then
attacked solo with roughly 20km to go, building up an advantage and
finishing 29 seconds clear of solo chaser Alena Amialiusik.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 10, 2014  Johannes Draaijer
was a Dutch cyclist. He won two stages of the Peace Race in 1987 and
one stage of the Vuelta a Murcia in 1989. On February 27, 1990, Draaijer died in his
sleep of a heart blockage, just a few days after a race. It is widely
presumed, though not proven, that his death was caused by the use of
the performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin (EPO). (independent.ie)
August 10, 2014  "Because
of the time I lose against the clock, I need to make it up in the
mountains. And I love the Vuelta because there's a lot of space for
climbers. I love Spain. I love the atmosphere. I'm looking forward to
be there again. It's going to be spectacular. I'm excited." (sbs.com.au)
August 10, 2014  The
2014 Tour of Beijing will feature “the toughest parcours in the short
history of the event," with the first stage of the this year’s race
starting in the mountains north of Beijing and introducing the riders
to climbing right from the get-go. (cyclingnews.com)
August 10, 2014  U.S.
national cross-country champion Todd
Wells and British marathon champion Sally Bigham were
crowned winners of the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race Saturday.
(velonews.com)
August 10, 2014  According
to Italian media, Domenico
Pozzivivo crashed heavily during a training ride and was
quickly taken to nearest hospital, where medical examination revealed a
fractures of right fibula and tibia. In such circumstances, it seems
very unlikely that the tiny Italian will return to racing this season.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 10, 2014  Sixth
place claimed by Rafał
Majka in the Giro d’Italia general classification, even
though respectful, was regarded as a slight disappointment by the rider
himself as well as in his home country. However, there was no need to
wait too long for a breakthrough performance of the 24-year old
Tinkoff-Saxo climber and stage successes at the 101st edition of the
Tour de France visibly changed a mentality of the young Pole, fully
releasing his already established potential. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 10, 2014  Rising
star Tom Moses
added to his rising stock at the start of a busy period for the young
Englishman at the Commonwealth Games. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 10, 2014 |
 Rosskopf surprises
with second, Danielson
keeps race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  Gustavo Cesar Veloso
left no doubt about his superiority in the Volta a Portugal when he
crushed the opposition in the time trial on the penultimate day of the
race. The Spaniard beat prologue winner Victor De La Parte
by a 55 seconds and increased his overall lead over Rui Sousa massively
in the process. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 9, 2014  Andrea Guardini took
his second sprint victory at the Tour of Denmark on Saturday morning,
winning the 100km road stage from Nyborg to Odense. The riders face a
15km afternoon time trial in Middelfart, with Sunday's final stage over
175km between Kalundborg-Frederiksberg. (cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  Having
had to abandon the Clasica San Sebastian due to illness, Philippe Gilbert
makes his return to competition in tomorrow's Ride London Classic. He
leads a young BMC team that is likely to ride in support of Sebastian Lander in
case of a sprint finish. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 9, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Results), 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). August 9, 2014  Dubbed
America’s “toughest stage race,” the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah has
the reputation for being a climbers’ paradise. So, it was curious when
Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies announced its team roster for the
seven-day race — a squad that includes sprinters Eric Young and Brad Huff, as well
as thicker men like Mike
Friedman and Tom
Soladay for a course that features over 57,000 feet of
elevation gain. (velonews.com)
August 9, 2014  Specialized's
core road range covers everything outside of performance-focused carbon
road race bikes. Specialized has put plenty of effort into these
‘everyday’ bike ranges; the price-conscious Allez and flat-bar Sirrus
ranges both receive some significant changes, and will join the the
all-new Diverge model. (bikeradar.com)
August 9, 2014  Sunday's Tour of
Portugal Stage 10 live
streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 9, 2014  Saturday's
Tour of Utah Stage 6 departs Salt Lake City at 10:50am MDT and is
expected at the finish at Snowbird at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour
of Utah live streaming
video should get underway at around 10:45am MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
August 9, 2014 Monday's Eneco Tour
Stage 1 departs Terneuzen at 12:10pm CET (6:10am U.S. Eastern) and is
expected at the finish at Terneuzen at around 4:31pm CET (10:31am U.S.
Eastern). Eneco Tour live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm CET
(9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 9, 2014 August 8, 2014 |
 Rafal Majka, who won
the final classification of the Tour of Poland after the last time
trial in Krakow on Saturday, could be a Grand Tour contender in the
future, say his sports directors and the race organizers.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  Kristof Vandewalle
confirmed that he is getting closer to the best time triallists in the
world when he narrowly beat Adriano
Malori in the final time trial of the Tour de
Pologne. Rafal Majka
did the time trial of his life to finish 13th and hold off Ion Izagirre by just
8 seconds in the battle for the overall win in the WorldTour race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 9, 2014  Giorgia Bronzini
used her sprinting speed and experience to beat Marianne Vos and win
the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix women's race on the Mall in the
center of London. (cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  Christian Meier is
set to take the lead in the unofficial ranking of days raced during the
2014 season when he rides the Prudential RideLondon Classic on Sunday.
The Canadian will have a total of 82 days of racing on Sunday, most of
them at WorldTour events including the recent Tour de France, which he
rode after a last minute call-up. (cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  The
2014 Prudential RideLondon Surrey Classic is
being held Sunday,
August 10. Live
streaming video:
1:45pm BST (2:45pm CET - 8:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 9, 2014  Mayor
Michael Nutter’s
low profile trip to France last week could lead to the top women's
cycling race in the Americas coming to Philadelphia next year,
according to a key member of the traveling delegation. (bizjournals.com)
August 9, 2014  After
finishing third during Thursday's stage four summit finish at the Tour
of Utah, Lampre-Merida's Chris
Horner said he saw positive signs he is recovering from a
chest infection that he picked up before the Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 9, 2014 August 8, 2014 |
August 9, 2014  Rohan Dennis will
make his official debut with the BMC team at the Eneco Tour on Monday
August 11, following his mid-season transfer from Garmin-Sharp.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  Tandems
pose several challenges over singles. First, you must ride as a team.
You cannot ride against each other or you will lose fluidity and power.
The Stoker vs the Driver, must learn how to relax and ride without the
normal sensations of steering and seeing down the road. (303cycling.com)
August 9, 2014  Dutch
superstar Marianne Vos
returns to British soil this weekend for the Prudential RideLondon
2014, where she will take part in the Women's Grand Prix on Saturday
and the amateur Surrey 100 sportive on Sunday. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
August 9, 2014  Rafal Majka will
start the final time trial at the Tour of Poland on Saturday with a
narrow lead of just 18 seconds on his main rival Ion Izagirre. The
final stage is on flat 25km course in the center of Krakow.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  AN
Post Chain Reaction’s Irishman, Conor
Dunne at over two meters tall and racing aggressively heis
a hard man to miss on his green XXLarge Vitus. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  The
Tinkoff-Saxo team has continued its series of rider announcements for
2015 by confirming that Danish Classics rider Matti Breschel will
stay with the team for a further season and play a key role in
supporting team captain Peter
Sagan in the spring Classics. (cyclingnews.com)
August 9, 2014  On
the late morning of 28 June, 1914, the 12th Tour de France began in
Paris. The riders likely would not have known that 1,836km away, in the
Bosnian city of Sarajevo, the heir of the Austrian Empire has just been
assassinated, precipitating the start of World War 1. The race, like
much of life in Europe on that warm summer morning, went
on. (bikeradar.com)
August 9, 2014 August 8, 2014 August 8, 2014 |
 Although
he relied on his team’s firepower to control the race, Young was mostly on
his own in the final sprint. He kept his cool as the pace fluctuated in
the long, straight final drag, to jump at just the right moment and
claim his fourth major victory of 2014. (velonews.com)
August 8, 2014  Sergey Shilov showed
exceptional power and great sprinting skills to win today’s stage 8 in
the Volta a Portugal in an uphill sprint. Having positioned himself
perfectly on the Samuel
Caldeira’s wheel, he powered clear of his rivals to hold
off Caldeira
and Manuel Cardoso by
a convincing margin. Despite working as a lead-out man in the finale, Gustavo Cesar Veloso
defended his overall lead on the eve of the time trial.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 8, 2014  Breschel makes it
Tinkoff-Saxo 1-2. (cyclingnews.com)
August 8, 2014  Tom Danielson
doesn’t like the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. He loves it. The
precipitous climbs at altitude found in the Wasatch Range are
tailor-made for the Garmin-Sharp rider’s lungs-on-legs physique, as
highlighted by his dominance of stage 4 in which he took the victory by
57 seconds and moved into the yellow leader’s jersey. (velonews.com)
August 8, 2014  The
outline of Ryder Hesjedal
emerged at the front of the peloton on Thursday at the Tour of Poland,
as Garmin-Sharp's leader wanted to make his presence felt on his
comeback to competition. On the hilltop finish in Strbske Pleso
(Slovakia) he finished 16th in a group of 25 riders that was led home
by Rafal Majka.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 8, 2014  The
Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix will host a strong field of 100 riders
for the women’s criterium in central London Saturday, including
reigning world champion Marianne
Vos.
August 8, 2014  With
four stages in the Netherlands
and three in Belgium,
the race will cover much of the lowlands area over its week long
duration, taking in a variety of terrain on the way.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 8, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages & Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages & Results), 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). August 8, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Superb update makes this pedigree aero machine a little more
forgiving to ride." (bikeradar.com)
August 8, 2014 Saturday's Tour of
Portugal Stage 9 live
streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 8, 2014  Friday's Tour of
Utah Stage 5 departs Evanston at 11:20am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Kamas at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 11:15am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
August 8, 2014 August 7, 2014 August 7, 2014 |
 Rafal Majka has
underlined his status as the best climber in this year’s Tour de
Pologne by taking a huge solo win in the final mountain stage of the
race, adding to the victory he took in yesterday’s stage 5. The local
hero attacked a select front group on the steepest section of the final
climb and held off the Movistar duo of Benat Intxausti and Ion Izagirre by 10
seconds to take both the stage win and the overall lead on the eve of
the decisive time trial. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 8, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
finally officially announced that it has signed Peter Sagan for
three years. The rider and team “have the shared ambition of further
strengthening the team and taking the career of the three-time green
jersey winner to an even higher level.” (cyclingnews.com)
August 8, 2014  Several
books in one. Primarily a bicycling travelogue, it also explores
history from Hannibal in the Alps to Chris Horner in the
Pyrenees. It’s amusing and readable. (inrng.com)
August 8, 2014  British
Eurosport to show live coverage of Vuelta from August 23rd and the Tour
of Britain kicking off on September 7th. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 8, 2014  Philip Deignan has
been a professional since 2005 and he might have found his best balance
and position within cycling this year, his first with Team Sky.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 8, 2014  Each
Klamp arm has 8 different pivot points and will be offered in versions
that are compatible with everything from GoPro to Garmin mounts.
August 8, 2014  Following
the customer direct business model, Swiss
Side claims to offer the same quality and performance as
the big brands at less than half the price. The Gotthard wheelset is
its top of the range low profile aluminium clincher. At 27mm deep and
1,520g with rim tape, the wheels are hand built in Taiwan with Sapim
bladed aero spokes, and feature Swiss Side’s proprietary
hubs. (bikeradar.com)
August 8, 2014  Sold
on the hydrating performance of skratch Labs Exercise Hydration mix but
need a little pick me up to get you through your workout?
Then the new Matcha +
Lemons flavor might be the perfect answer to your
nutrition needs. (bikerumor.com)
August 8, 2014  Saturday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 7, a 25km Individual Time Trial from Krakow to Krakow,
gets underway at around 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern) with the
departure of the first rider. Tour de Pologne live streaming video
should get underway at around 5:15pm CET (11:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 8, 2014 |
August 8, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
and Peter Sagan
have signed a 3-year contract with the shared ambition of further
strengthening the squad and becoming a dominant team in most of the
races during the season. (tinkoffsaxo.com)
August 8, 2014  What’s
a former yellow jersey wearer to do after he’s unpinned his road racing
numbers? Race the Leadville Trail 100. (velonews.com)
August 8, 2014  Colorado
local to face tough competition in mountainous 'home' race.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 8, 2014  American
veteran believes he can step up a level from his 2014 Tour de France
campaign. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 8, 2014  Following
on from some claims that Alberto
Contador was seen training on climbs near Lugano at the
end of July, just two weeks after he fractured his tibia in the Tour de
France, Tinkoff Saxo manager Bjarne
Riis said Friday that there is still a chance that the
rider could compete in the Vuelta a España. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 8, 2014  Tour
of Beijing organizers have dubbed the route for the 2014 event as the
hardest yet with a bolstered queen stage featuring in the four-day
race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 8, 2014 ![Photo: Ultegra Di2 W/R785: $2,290, 2,813g [as tested] (Jonathan Pushnik).](http://www.bicycling.com/sites/default/files/images/group_0.jpg "Photo: Ultegra Di2 W/R785: $2,290, 2,813g [as tested] (Jonathan Pushnik).") No
hyperbole—Shimano's R785 hydraulic braking system and Ultegra Di2
electronic shifting will change the way you ride. (bicycling.com)
August 8, 2014  Pioneer introduced
their first power meter in late 2013 and now after working with Belkin Pro Cycling
have thoroughly re-engineered and re-envisioned the system, coming out
with many improvements to the power meter and a brand new smaller but
more feature-packed computer. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 8, 2014  "Where
do we start? How about this: The Edge 1000 promises to be the most
fully-functioned cyclocomputer on the market. If that sounds like
just-so-much marketing drivel, I’d understand, but really, the laundry
list of what this thing is capable of is staggering–almost
overwhelming, to be honest." (bikemag.com)
August 8, 2014 August 7, 2014 |
 Defending
champion Tom Danielson
soloed to the stage victory and a definitive race lead on the race's
first major summit finish atop Powder Mountain. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Cort retains overall
lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Rui Sousa made up
for a disappointing start to the Volta a Portugal when he won today’s
queen stage in impressive solo fashion, riding away from everyone else
on the iconic Torre mountain. Behind the lone leader, Gustavo Veloso
fought hard to defend his overall lead and by finishing fourth he
retained his position at the top of the leaderboard, even gaining
important time on Luis
Leon Sanchez who dropped out of GC contention.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 7, 2014  The
Tour of Utah is about to explode. The mountains, for which the
seven-day race is so famous, are looming large. One mountain, in
particular: Powder Mountain. Stage 4 will finish atop the climb that’s
never been used before at the Utah race, but which has been described
as a beast. (velonews.com)
August 7, 2014  Jempy Drucker has
became the latest signing for BMC with the 27-year-old Luxembourger
joining the team on a multi-year contract from 2015. Drucker has spent
the last three seasons racing at Pro-Continental level and is riding
for the Wanty - Groupe Gobert team in 2014. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Even
after two second-place finishes and a day in the yellow jersey, the
upstart SmartStop US Continental team is still fighting for respect at
the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. A bit of argy-bargy directed at race
leader Jure Kocjan
in the final sprint Wednesday during stage 3 raised the hackles of Kocjan, along with
directors Michael Creed
and Gord Fraser.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages & Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages & Results), 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). August 7, 2014  After
his track campaign at the Commonwealth Games, Bradley Wiggins will
return to the road on Sunday when he lines up at the Ride London
Classic. One day later Geraint
Thomas and Edvald
Boasson Hagen leads Team Sky in the Eneco Tour.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 7, 2014  With
Trek World US all wrapped up, we have a pretty good idea of what’s in
store for 2015. Like many manufacturers, well will see bigger tires,
more disc brakes, thru axles on a few road bikes, and renewed growth in
the touring category which seems to blur the line between gravel and
touring at this point. (bikerumor.com)
August 7, 2014  Expanded,
better value road and cyclocross range from Cannondale in
2015. (bikeradar.com)
August 7, 2014  Xentis-USA
is now offering the complete line of Xentis carbon wheels in the U.S.
The wheels are hand-made in Austria. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 7, 2014  Irish
artist finds a new lease of life for dead
tires. (bikeradar.com)
August 7, 2014 Friday's Tour of
Portugal Stage 8 live
streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm local
(11:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingquotes.com)
August 7, 2014  Thursday's Tour of
Utah Stage 4 departs Ogden at 11:10am MDT and is expected at the finish
at Powder Mountain at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 11:05am MDT.. (cyclingfans.com)
August 7, 2014 August 6, 2014 |
 After
his impressive double stage wins in the Tour de France, and the
mountains classification jersey, Rafal
Majka carried the weight of his home nation in the Tour of
Poland, but despite the enormous pressure the Tinkoff-Saxo rider came
good on the first day in the mountains, to win stage 5 from Movistar
duo Beñat Intxausti
and Ion Izagirre.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014 WADA
says that provisional suspension handed to Kreuziger doesn’t contravene
its anti-doping code...
 Tinkoff-Saxo
team owner critical of the Biological Passport after Kreuziger case.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Two
years ago, he was the next big thing, a young climbing ace. He signed a
deal with Sky and there was a feeling of good things waiting for Joe Dombrowksi, a
gifted ascender and a nice guy. It was just a matter of time.
(velonews.com)
August 7, 2014  Saxo
Bank has announced that it will remain as a sponsor of the Tinkoff-Saxo
team in 2015. After serving as title sponsor since 2009, the Danish
bank agreed to stay on as a sponsor following Oleg Tinkov’s
purchase of the squad last December, and on Thursday it confirmed that
its involvement will continue for another season. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Davide Rebellin, who
will turn 42 on Friday, is confident that the door of cycling's top
division can re-open after his doping suspension in 2009. “I want to
show it's possible to win big races aged 43." (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  The
34-year-old becomes the first Tour de France champion to race in
Britain's Olympic cycling legacy event.. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 7, 2014  Team
NetApp-Endura will have a new name with new sponsors in the coming
season, with some new riders coming in as well, but it hopes to carry
over one thing from this year – a wildcard invitation to the Tour de
France. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Mercurial.
Temperamental. Fast. Above all, fast. Sprinters. They’re the men who
ride for the chaotic and desperate finishes, with speeding leadout
trains, 90-degree turns near the finish, jostling and head butting.
Pandemonium, in another word. (velonews.com)
August 7, 2014  By
the numbers, Eric’s
normalized power was 372W. (cyclingillustrated.com)
August 7, 2014  Nothing
gives power to the people like a power meter that’ll fit any crankset
and costs a fraction of competing units. That’s just what Watteam has
done, surging to market with their new PowerBeat power meters.
(bikerumor.com)
August 7, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict:4 out of 5
stars. "Braking niggles aside, the Aircode seems hugely impressive and
left us hungry for more ride time." (bikeradar.com)
August 7, 2014  Friday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 6 gets underway at 1:55pm CET (7:55am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected to finish at around 6:45pm CET (12:45pm U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Pologne live
streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET
(11:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 7, 2014 August 6, 2014 |
August 7, 2014  Suggestions
rider was seen training on climbs at end of July. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 7, 2014  The
organizers of the USA Pro Challenge have released a provisional roster
for the 2014 event, which begins in Aspen on August 18, and ends in
Denver August 24. Defending champion Tejay van Garderen
is keen to repeat his victory, but will be up against a strong field
that includes double Tour de France stage winner Michael Rogers and
mountains classification winner Rafal
Majka, as well as former Tour de France podium finisher Fränk Schleck and
double Giro d'Italia winner Ivan
Basso. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  The
much anticipated second of three announcements from Tinkoff-Saxo came
on Thursday, with the team confirming the new signing of Russian Pavel Brutt from
Katusha, and the renewal of his compatriot Nikolai Trusov.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Vuelta
a España general director Javier
Guillén is happy to announce that a
bevy of the world's best cyclists has chosen to participate in the
season's third and final Grand Tour, set to kick off on August 23 in
Jerez de la Frontera in the south of Spain. (sbs.com.au)
August 7, 2014  Having
reportedly reached an agreement with his Ag2r-La Mondiale team for an
early release from his contract, La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting
that Carlos Betancur
will join Omega Pharma-Quick Step for 2015. Giuseppe Acquadro, Betancurs agent,
said that the Colombian will line up at the Vuelta a Burgos and Vuelta
a España for Ag2r-La Mondiale in the coming weeks, but will not
continue with the squad next season. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Months
after many had all but written off the high-profile project backed by
Formula One champion Fernando
Alonso, things are quickly clicking into gear.
(velonews.com)
August 7, 2014  Famous
as one of the fastest men in sports Fernando
Alonso is proving to be a pedestrian cycling manager. His
team is struggling to get going. (inrng.com)
August 7, 2014  After
taking third place at the Tour de France and claiming the white jersey
of best young rider, Thibaut
Pinot now turns his sights to the Vuelta a
España, where he finished 7th overall last season. (cyclingnews.com)
August 7, 2014  Cadel Evans showed
that he is ready to work for his younger teammates when he took on the
unusual role of a lead-out man for Rick
Zabel in stage 3 of the Tour of Utah. In the end, the
German made a mistake and had to settle for 7th. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 7, 2014  "The
2nd World Congress
of Cycling
Science took place on the 2nd & 3rd July
(2014) in Leeds. Over the next few weeks I wanted to touch on some of
the keynote presentations from the event and possibly expand on the
provided abstracts." (shutup-legs.com)
August 7, 2014  For
a house brand, Bontrager has a staggering variety of products, from
clothing to helmets to wheels, tires, cockpit and accessories like
computers, tape, pumps, tools and more. (bikerumor.com)
August 7, 2014  This
spring Zipp introduced a revamped line of Service Course SL bars.
Service Course is Zipp’s line of bars they introduced to serve the
needs of the pro teams they were sponsoring. (redkiteprayer.com)
August 7, 2014  Meet
Birzman’s Zacoo Tiny Tanker, a tiny floor pump that acts like it’s full
sized. As the smallest member of Birzman’s Zacoo floor pump range, the
Tiny Tanker promises impressive performance in a compact package that
will still fit in your bag, car, or luggage. (bikerumor.com)
August 7, 2014 BikeSnobNYC:
To paraphrase a popular song from 1990, "Today is hump day, pronounced
with a ump day."
August 6, 2014 |
 Belkin
sprinter repeats. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  For
the second season in a row, Magnus
Cort Nielsen has sprinted to the stage win in the first
stage of the Tour of Denmark. Last year he did it from a breakaway,
this year, he has won from the bunch, beating Topsport’s Jasper De Buyst and Valerio Agnoli of
Astana. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 6, 2014 Thurday's Tour of
Portugal Stage 7 live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm local
(10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingquotes.com)
August 6, 2014  The
Commonwealth Games have wrapped up and the spotlight is back on the
North American racing scene at the seven-day Tour of Utah. The UCI 2.1
event kicked off a series of professional men’s races held during the
months of August and September, including the USA Pro Challenge in
Colorado, Tour of Alberta, the double WorldTour events in Québec City
and Montreal, and the Bucks County Classic in Pennsylvania.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali has
finally travelled home to Lugano, Switzerland after completing his
post-Tour de France victory criteriums. However the Italian will
continue to celebrate on Saturday with a special party in Tuscany
organized by his CanNibali fan club. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  UnitedHealthcare's
Jeff Louder
announced this week that he will retire at the end of the season. The
14-year pro used the team presentation at the Larry H. Miller Tour of
Utah, a race he won in 2008, to let the fans in his home state know he
had decided to call it quits. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
riders Michael Rogers
and Rafal Majka
will attend the USA Pro Challenge later this month, race officials have
confirmed. Between them, Rogers
and Majka
won three mountain stages at the Tour de France last month, with Majka winning two; Majka also secured
the race’s King of the Mountains jersey. (velonews.com)
August 6, 2014  The
Omega Pharma-Quick-Step team has announced that Mark Cavendish will
return to racing at next week's Tour de l'Ain stage race in France.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages & Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (Results), Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), 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). August 6, 2014  Matrix-Vulpine,
one of Britain’s leading domestic women’s teams, today announced their
intentions to become a UCI-registered outfit for 2015.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 6, 2014  Wednesday's
Tour of Utah Stage 3 departs Lehi at 10:55am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Miller Motorsports Park (MMP) at around 3:45pm MDT.
Tour of
Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 10:50am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
August 6, 2014  "There’s
going to be a special RKP-edition of the Seven Cycles Evergreen. That
notion is a bit surreal, but it also feels very right. This project was
what occasioned my visit to Seven a couple of weeks ago. While there I
went for a ride with Neil
Doshi, Seven’s chief bike designer and Karl Borne, Seven’s
marketing director." (redkiteprayer.com)
August 6, 2014 August 5, 2014 |
 Jonas Van Genechten
won stage 4 of the Tour of Poland with a well-timed sprint in Katowice.
The Belgian edged a blanket finish from Jacopo Guarnieri and
a fast-closing Luka
Mezgec. Petr
Vakoc retained the overall lead. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  Thursday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 5 gets underway at 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected to finish at around 6:45pm CET (12:45pm U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Pologne live
streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET
(11:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 6, 2014  In
addition to star rider Peter
Sagan heading to Tinkoff-Saxo for the 2015 season, La
Gazzetta reports that Sagan’s brother Juraj, Polish rider Maciej Bodnar, and
Italian Ivan Basso
are all headed to Tinkoff-Saxo. (velonews.com)
August 6, 2014  Three
analysts examine the key performances in this year’s race.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 6, 2014  Jens Voigt again
made it into the right breakaway in yesterday's stage of the Tour of
Utah but unlike stage winner Michael
Schär, he failed to stay clear to the finish. Feeling his
age, the German admits that he no longer has the power he once had.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 6, 2014  Damiano Cunego
continues in the Tour of Poland in spite of the deep cut to the knee
that he sustained when he was among the fallers on the crash-marred
opening stage to Bydgoszcz. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  The
24-year-old has been cooling his jets high in the Andes, after
receiving a hero’s welcome following his dramatic Giro victory, a first
for a Colombian rider. Instead of fretting over missing the Tour on
team orders, Quintana
has instead put everything into his preparation to the win the Vuelta,
which is barely two weeks away. (velonews.com)
August 6, 2014  LOOK
has a long history of innovation and their latest bike, the 795
Aerolight which was launched this past week is surely the most
innovative bike yet from the French team. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  The
G.Speed Composite is pitched by Gaerne as one for riders seeking “a
functional and high specced shoe for racing and training” and it has a
composite sole, which combines a carbon fibre ‘metatarsus and arch
support’ with a nylon casing. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 6, 2014  Summer
is the season cycling was made for. When the mercury rises, we shed
layers of clothing and switch to our lightest, most eye-catching
clothes. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 6, 2014  Aggressive
pricing confirmed for GT’s disc-equipped adventure road
ride. (bikeradar.com)
August 6, 2014 |
BikeSnobNYC:
To paraphrase a popular song from 1990, "Today is hump day, pronounced
with a ump day."
August 6, 2014  The
BMC Racing Team today announced that it has removed its Belgian rider Klaas Lodewyck from
competition after he experienced irregular heart rhythms during racing
and training. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  The
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has commissioned research by an
Australian doctor into the detection of the performance-enhancing
salbutamol in cyclists and other professional athletes. Peter Maniaty speaks
to Dr Glenn Jacobson
about his research and the effect on cyclists. (sbs.com.au)
August 6, 2014  Go
inside the wind tunnel to find out. (roadbikereview.com)
August 6, 2014  There
are seasons within the cycling season, and then there are Seasons. Now,
of course, is Dear God I Have to Keep Racing? Season, one marked by
giddiness and exhaustion that comes with completing the Tour de France,
or ... well, the opposite of those feelings, which comes from not
completing the Tour de France while many of your teammates, countrymen,
rivals and sworn enemies have. (podiumcafe.com)
August 6, 2014  New
Trek Factory Racing signing Bauke
Mollema has explained that he had already decided to leave
Belkin before the Dutch squad’s title sponsor announced that it was
pulling out of the sport at the end of the season. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  First
he was going to do it; it was a sure thing. A well-deserved win was
virtually in the bag for BMC Racing’s Michael Schär as he
crested Boulder Mountain with nearly a five-minute lead after dropping
his break mate, Hincapie rider Joey
Rosskopf. (velonews.com)
August 6, 2014  "Let’s
clear something up. There is no such thing as a “fast bike.” Bikes are
neither fast nor slow. Bikes are shiny or expensive. Bikes have a lot
of mass or a little. Without a rider, they are stationary."
(velonews.com)
August 6, 2014  Christophe Riblon
could have claimed leadership or at least a wild card after he took
victory at the top of the Alpe d'Huez, at the Tour de France 2013. But
the French climber from Ag2r-La Mondiale instead became a domestique
for Jean-Christophe
Péraud and Romain
Bardet this year, giving up some of his personal ambitions
and, instead, contributing to the best team prize on the
Champs-Elysées. (cyclingnews.com)
August 6, 2014  Retracing
the route of Tim Krabbé’s
seminal novel. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 6, 2014  Staying
fueled – and avoiding ‘the bonk’ – is the key to the success of any
long ride, so we caught up with Emma
Barraclough, a sports nutritionist at Science in Sport, to
find out her advice on how to survive a 100-mile ride.
August 6, 2014  "I’ve
been using two different computer substitutes from Wahoo, the RFLKT+
and the PROTKT. The latter is a case for your iPhone that mounts to
your handlebar. The former is a computer display that links to your
smartphone via Bluetooth." (redkiteprayer.com)
August 6, 2014 August 5, 2014 |
 BMC
rider solos to win after 130 mile day-long breakaway. (cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  Eight
riders under contract with Amadio may move to Garmin-Sharp.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  Reigning
national road, criterium, and time trial champion Alison Powers won
the Zappos.com Cedar City Grand Prix, held in conjunction with stage 1
of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. (velonews.com)
August 5, 2014  Tom Danielson is one
of the favorites to win the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Maybe the
favorite. (velonews.com)
2014
Races
& Results.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (Stages & Results), Tour de Pologne - Aug 3-9 (Stages & Results), Tour of Utah - Aug 4-10 (Stages & Results), USA Pro Challenge - Aug 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages), Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (Results), Tour de Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), 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). August 5, 2014  "I
recently competed in the Giro Rosa with my UnitedHealthcare team in
hopes of defending my 2013 title. I finished fourth. Here is my story
of the also-ran, complete with advice from swim coaches, yoga
instructors, and little kids playing hide and seek, and with the
conclusion that it's really quite a privilege to be the owner of a
slightly broken heart." (cyclingnews.com)
 Sprinters
have no secrets for Yauheni
Hutarovich, who captured the first stage of the Tour of
Poland on Sunday. The Belarus rider is one of the riders who
scrutinizes bunch sprints on videos, sometimes dozens of times a day.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 5, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Ultra-fast, superb grip, and a truly sublime ride."
(bikeradar.com)
August 5, 2014  Michael Matthews
from Orica-GreenEDGE celebrated the stage 2 Tour of Poland win(Torun to
Warsaw ) the other day, unfortunately a malfuctioning radio meant that
he didn’t get the message that Czech Petr Vakoc had
already crossed the line 21 seconds earlier.
(wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
August 5, 2014  Matt Rendell’s The Death of Marco Pantani
is one of the best cycling books you will read. (redkiteprayer.com)
August 5, 2014  Lightweight,
lower cost, single-leg power meter arrives. (bikeradar.com)
August 5, 2014  Tuesday's Tour of
Utah Stage 2 departs Panguitch at 10:15am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Torrey at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 10:10am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
August 5, 2014 August 4, 2014 August 4, 2014 August 4, 2014 |
 Mezgec overhauled at
the line. (cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  After
five days of suffering in the mountains, sprint talent Phil Bauhaus was
back in the spotlight in the Volta a Portugal when he claimed his
second stage win in the 10-stage race. Having positioned himself
perfectly on Davide
Vigano’s wheel, he easily passed his rivals sprinter to
take the win while Gustavo
Cesar Veloso enjoyed an easy day in the saddle to
retain his overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 5, 2014  Blazin'
Saddles looks at the drunken antics of Tinkoff-Saxo owner Oleg Tinkov and his
ongoing quest to conduct all his team's private business on the most
public platform of all: Twitter. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
August 5, 2014  Stephen Gallagher
and the team at Dig Deep have selected a handful of questions to answer
in detail. The team will also be answering a whole bunch of questions
in an upcoming webinar. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 5, 2014  Belkin
got off to a good start Monday at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah,
controlling the first stage throughout the day and setting up
22-year-old Moreno
Hofland for the win in his first race since crashing out
of the Tour of California in May. (cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  Wednesday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 4 gets underway at 10:40am CET (4:40am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected to finish at around 4:30pm CET (10:30am U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Pologne live
streaming video should get underway at around 3:15pm CET
(9:15am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
August 5, 2014 Wednesday's
Tour of Portugal Stage 7 live
streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingquotes.com)
August 5, 2014  Starting
with their biggest road news of the year, the ultralight Emonda greeted
everyone with a hanging sculpture of prototype and test frames dangling
above the flagship SLR 10. If you recall, that bike has a 10.25lb
claimed weight, which comes with the title of World’s Lightest
Production Road Bike.” (bikerumor.com)
August 5, 2014  Campagnolo
has provided more details about the new Super Record, Record, and
Chorus
groups recently announced. (velonews.com)
August 5, 2014  The
Garmin vivofit will recalibrate the goals you set if you regularly
exceed them or fall short. But don't dally: Sit for more than an hour
and a red bar appears on the screen and lengthens until you literally
walk it off. (bicycling.com)
August 5, 2014  Mountain
bike racing champion Gregory
Zielinski has drawn from his 16 years of racing to design
a bike that is unlike any other. (bikeworldnews.com)
August 5, 2014 August 4, 2014 |
August 5, 2014  If
I had a dollar for every time I’ve been told, “We’re a small company,
and the only way we can compete with the big companies is to make a
better product,” I’d be a very rich man. Given the engineering budgets
of companies like Trek, Specialized, Giant, and Cannondale, it’s hard
to make a bike better than they make. But Felt Bicycles is a small
company that surpasses them in some areas. (velonews.com)
August 5, 2014  Tour
de France green jersey winner Peter
Sagan will join Tinkoff-Saxo next season, the Slovak daily
Sport said on Tuesday. (velonews.com)
August 5, 2014  Roman Kreuziger has
announced that he will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(CAS) in an attempt to overturn the suspension imposed by the UCI due
to his ongoing Biological Passport case. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider hopes
for a temporary lifting of the ban by CAS before his case is heard so
he can to ride the Vuelta a Espana. (cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  The
organizers of the Vuelta a España have released the names of riders
registered to contest the third and final Grand Tour of 2014, with some
of the sports biggest names set to fight for success in late August and
September. (cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  Carlos Betancur will
leave Ag2r-La Mondiale at the end of this season after reportedly
reaching an agreement with the French team to release him from his
existing contract, which was not due to expire until the end of 2016.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 5, 2014  Team
by team list of transfers and who's going where for the 2015 season.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 5, 2014  What
is Team Sky’s budget? The income statement lists the figure in
black and white: £22,061,000. ($36.5m / €26.7m.) (inrng.com)
August 5, 2014 Yesterday
Cadel Evans
returned to competition after a mid-season break when he finished 13th
in the opening stage of the Tour of Utah. The Australian was satisfied
with his sensations after a pretty calm day that saw his teammates Danilo Wyss and Rick Zabel sprint to
top 10 results. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 5, 2014  After
winning the Oregon Manifest and Levi’s Bike Design Project, Denny is
headed on for big things. Denny of course being the bike that was
created by the collaboration between TEAGUE design and Sizemore
Bicycle.
(bikerumor.com)
August 5, 2014 August 4, 2014 |
 Moreno Hofland got
the best possible return to racing after his long recovery from injury
when he won today’s first stage of the Tour of Utah in a bunch sprint.
The young Dutchman finished off excellent teamwork from his Belkin
teammates by holding off Jure
Kocjan and Andrea
Palini in the final dash to the line to take both the
stage win and the leader’s jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 4, 2014  The
10th edition of the Tour of Utah begins Monday in Cedar City, Utah,
with a week that includes 753.8 miles/1,213 kilometers and 57,863
feet/17,636.6 meters of elevation gain, before it concludes on Sunday
the 10th of August in Park City, Utah. (cyclingperspective.com)
August 4, 2014  Any
notion of two weathered gunfighters squaring off at high noon in the
Utah desert may have to be put aside this week at the Larry H. Miller
Tour of Utah, where competing priorities and human physiology could
thwart attempts to set the table for a rematch between last year's main
protagonists. (cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  Greg Van Avermaet
has had a successful 2014 season, although he is still looking for his
first win this year. Being the BMC leader in a number of races has
given him “extra confidence” and he feels he can go on to become world
champion at the event held from September 21-28 in Ponferrada, Spain.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  Danny Summerhill. If
you’re unfamiliar, he’s a cyclocross prodigy with a penchant for road
racing. However, this is putting things lightly.
(competitivecyclist.com)
August 4, 2014  Campagnolo's
Bora wheelset is well known as a high-end (and high-priced) racing
wheelset. Where once there was a single 50mm profile on offer, now
there are now three to choose from (35, 50, and 80mm).
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 4, 2014  Now
users can link their Garmin Connect account to their Strava account, so
that activity data will be viewable on Strava immediately after the
data is uploaded from the GPS device to Garmin Connect. MapMyFitness
(including MapMyRun and MapMyRide) and Endomondo syncing is expected
soon. (bicycleretailer.com)
August 4, 2014  Named
for the other worldly number of wins Merckx collected during his career
and Eddie’s preferred ride today, the EMX-525 was the first bike to
signal the return of Merckx Bicycles and has heavily influenced the new
San Remo76 and Mourenx69.
August 4, 2014  Whether
you prefer your food raw, vegan, organ, dairy-free, gluten-free, or all
of the above, there’s an energy bar for you. Here are our favorites for
hitting those dietary needs. (bicycling.com)
August 4, 2014 Monday's Tour of
Utah Stage 1 departs Cedar City at 10:35am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Cedar City at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 10:25am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
August 4, 2014  The
2013 Tour de Guadeloupe will be held from August 2-11. This
is the 63rd edition of the race. (cyclingfans.com)
August 4, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (Results), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (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 Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), 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). August 3, 2014 |
 Petr Vakoc surprised
the peloton at the Tour de Pologne by winning stage two to Warsaw alone
and taking the race leader's yellow jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  David Belda
continued his excellent Volta a Portugal when he won today’s fifth
stage of the race in a tough uphill finale. The Spaniard responded to
an acceleration from Jose
Goncalves with 1km to go before launching his
counterattack that allowed him to narrowly hold off the OFM duo of Delio Fernandez and
race leader Gustavo
Veloso for his second stage win. Finishing third was
enough for Veloso
to extend his overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 4, 2014  Glittering
provisional line-up outlined by Vuelta a España organizers.
August 4, 2014  Trek
Factory Racing's Jens
Voigt confirmed on Sunday that the upcoming USA
Pro Challenge in Colorado August 18-24 will be his last professional
race. (cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  Not
only is cocoa an indispensable ingredient of the ideal recovery drink,
but according to nutritionist Christine
Bailey, new research shows that it can help you ride
harder as well. (bikeradar.com)
August 4, 2014  Nothing
amps up your training like precise data from a power meter. Here's how
PowerTap's remarkably accurate GS works. (bicycling.com)
August 4, 2014  "Germany’s
Berner Bikes makes carbon fiber upgrade parts and accessories, carbon
road and ‘cross frames and other bits. These replacement derailleur
cages caught our eye despite having been available for a while now."
(bikerumor.com)
August 4, 2014  The
arrival of Shimano’s hydraulic disc brake setup, and the long-awaited
return of SRAM’s system, has opened the floodgates and most
manufacturers now have a disc-equipped machine in their range.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
August 4, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out
of 5 stars. "Niggles aside, the Boardman offers speed and
versatility at a bargain price." (bikeradar.com)
August 4, 2014  Well,
this is gnarly. Heavy Pedal’s Campbell’s soup/Merckx/Warhol/etc. bottle
design, now available on their site for $11.99. (urbanvelo.org)
August 4, 2014  Monday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 2 gets underway at 11:05am CET (5:05am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected to finish at around 4:30pm CET (10:30am U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Pologne live
streaming video
should get underway at around 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern)..
(cyclingfans.com)
August 4, 2014 Monday's
Tour of Portugal Stage 5 departs Alvarenga at 1:05pm local (8:05am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Santo Tirso at around 5:30pm
local (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Tour du Portugal live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern).. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 4, 2014 August 3, 2014 |
August 4, 2014  “You
have to accumulate a great amount of detail, cast your eye over perhaps
years of data.”
August 4, 2014  It’s
a big test for the athlete passport system. So far the UCI has won
every case it’s launched or asked others to prosecute, including
winning appeals at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
We might want the instant verdict of a toxicological test with a
positive A and B test in the lab but the passport just doesn’t work
like this. (inrng.com)
August 4, 2014  Fernando Alonso's
manager, Luis Garcia-Abad
can't sign any riders until they learn whether or not their license
application has been successful. But with riders signing contracts
already, they could be left with nothing. (cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  John Degenkolb will
look to add to his collection of five Vuelta a Espana stage wins in
this year's race as he hopes to put the disappointment of injury and
just placings in sprints at the Tour de France behind him. The
Giant-Shimano rider is hoping the Vuelta will also give him the form to
target the World Road Race Championships in Spain, which is suited to
fast finishing Classic riders. (cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  Andy Schleck
appeared at the Gala Tour de France at the weekend, a post-Tour
criterium held in Luxembourg. He did not compete and is still on
crutches following his knee surgery but the Trek Factory Racing rider
is looking forward to getting back on the bike. (cyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  Adhesive
tape stuck on the skin seems an improbable remedy for cycling-related
aches and pains — but it’s growing in popularity. Does kinesiology tape
really work? Tom Goom
and David Bradford
weigh the claims against the evidence. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
 Across
the range, Felt’s 2015 road bikes see a lot of trickle down tech to
bring their AR (Aero Road), F (Racing) and triathlon designs to lower
price points through the use of lower level carbon and smarter spec.
They’ve also added a new V-series that splits the difference between
road and commuter, plus a limited edition bike for the cobbles.
(bikerumor.com)
August 4, 2014  "Quick.
Name the family-owned Italian manufacturer producing pro-race winning
frames exclusively in Italy since the 1950’s. Colnago, Pinarello, De
Rosa all probably come to mind but Sarto are the family (and brand)
still exclusively producing in Italy for more than 50 years and I have
their new custom Energia Disc." (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 4, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "The Northwave Extreme Tech Plus shoes utilize a few unique
technical features and provide the performance you’d expect from a top
of the range road shoe." (bikeradar.com)
August 4, 2014  Performance
Ultra is their top of the line group. Compared to last year, they
switched from a mesh jersey fabric to a smoother, sleeker Aero Cool
fabric, which uses a cloverleaf shaped extrusion to wick away moisture.
(bikerumor.com)
August 4, 2014 August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 |
 After
a brave attack inside final 1 kilometer which only the race leader was
able to persist, Edgar
Pinto became the third rider in this year’s Volta a
Portugal to take a maiden victory in his professional career, while Gustavo Cesar Veloso
maintained a lead in the general classification. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 3, 2014 The
world champion took the victory in a bunch sprint, besting Giorgia Bronzini,
with Lotta Lepistö
third. (velonews.com)
August 3, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (Results), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (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 Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), 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). August 3, 2014 Monday's Tour of
Utah Stage 1 departs Cedar City at 10:35am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Cedar City at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 10:35am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 3, 2014  While
cardiovascular fitness is a must for high-level cycling, you won’t be
winning any races if your leg strength trails
behind. (bikeradar.com)
August 3, 2014  Almost
a year after bringing out the HDR-AS30V with it’s GPS tagged video
capture and slick dashboard, the new Sony HDR-AS20 drops the price $100
while keeping everything but the location tracking. (bikerumor.com)
August 3, 2014 Sunday's Tour of
Portugal Stage 4 departs Boticas at 11:55am local (6:55am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Mondim de Basto at around 5:30pm local
(12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Tour du Portugal live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingquotes.com)
August 3, 2014 The
2013 Tour de Guadeloupe will be held from August 2-11. This
is the 63rd edition of the race. (cyclingfans.com)
August 3, 2014 August 2, 2014 August 1, 2014 |
 Yauheni Hutarovich
claimed victory in the bunch sprint at the end of stage 1 of the Tour
of Poland on a day marred by a spate of crashes in treacherous
conditions. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Some
riders call for neutralization, others say "riders know risks."
August 3, 2014  Geraint Thomas took
a heart-stopping solo victory in the Commonwealth Games men’s road
race, beating Jack Bauer
and Scott Thwaites.
The Welshman attacked on the last ascent of St. Vincent Street, but
suffered a puncture in the closing kilometres. He didn’t panic as he
waited for a slow wheel change and powered home to win by more than a
minute. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Lizzie Armitstead
has won gold in the women's road race at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth
Games, attacking with roughly 8km to go and taking victory ahead of her
teammate Emma Pooley.
Ashleigh Moolman
won bronze ahead of Tiffany
Cromwell in a photo finish. (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 3, 2014  Cavendish spent the
day as the Isle of Man’s director sportif and without race radios
played an integral part in guiding Kennaugh
along. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Race
organiser Czeslaw Lang
recalls his years under the communist regime. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Rounding
out the men's endurance squad will be Jacob Duehring who
qualified for the men's omnium as the highest ranked U.S. rider in the
UCI's omnium rankings as of July 31. (usacycling.org)
August 3, 2014  Sunday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 1 gets underway at 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected to finish at around 6:42pm CET (12:42pm U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Pologne live
streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET
(11:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 3, 2014 |
August 3, 2014 Brian Cookson and
the UCI has taken the unprecedented step in treating Biological
Passport cases as the equivalent of positive A-sample drug test after
they provisionally suspended Roman
Kreuziger. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Italian
newspapers Gazzetta dello Sport and La Repubblica both led with the
story on Saturday morning, with Gazzetta’s coverage even featuring a
series of comic book-style illustrations of the alleged murder.
Speaking to the website of the Italian version of Vanity Fair magazine,
Nibali
expressed his unease about the way in which the news has been handled
in his home country. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  David Millar may
have finished just over ten minutes behind winner Geraint Thomas in
the Commonwealth Games road race, but to him the victory was in
finishing. On home soil, Millar
was riding his final race in Scottish colors. Only 12 men finished the
race and it was that thought which helped Millar become one of
them. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Fränk Schleck has no
intentions of hanging up his wheels and retiring, telling Cyclingnews
that his 12th place finish in this year’s Tour de France proved that he
can ride at the highest level. Schleck
missed nearly 18 months of racing after he returned a positive test for
Xipamide at the Tour in 2012. He returned to racing at the start of
this season after a year’s suspension and although his existing
one-year deal at Trek is set to terminate at the end of 2014, he wants
to carry on racing into 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Team
Tinkoff-Saxo earlier today announced the team has signed a new
three-year contract with Rafal
Majka. (roadcycling.com)
August 3, 2014  From
Carcassonne to Paris, through the Pyrenees and up to the ‘La
Ville-Lumière’; here are twenty-one top favourites from this
year’s French adventure. (pezcyclingnews.com)
August 3, 2014  Tour
de Big Bear race was disrupted when a storm dumped rain on
bicyclists
on 8,400-foot-high Onyx Peak. (yahoo.com)
August 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Well-priced and built like a tank – a strong choice in every
way." (bikeradar.com)
August 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "The Venge is a superb speed machine
that’s plenty versatile too." (bikeradar.com)
August 3, 2014 August 2, 2014 |
 Alejandro Valverde
soloed to victory in the Clásica San Sebastián on Saturday. The
Spaniard made his move on the final climb of the 219km WorldTour race
through the Basque Country, helping forge a five-man lead group on the
subsequent descent, then dropping it with 4km to go and holding his
advantage to the line. (velonews.com)
August 2, 2014  An
aggressive ORICA-GreenEDGE outfit controlled much of the day’s racing
at the Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian this afternoon, an unfortunate
crash to Adam Yates
in the final kilometers denying the team a worthy result.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 2, 2014 This year’s Vuelta a
Castilla y Leon general classification winner , David Belda, took
his third victory of the 2014 season in the first mountain stage of the
Volta a Portugal, while Gustavo
Cesar attacked on the final climb to take over the
leader’s jersey from David
de la Parte. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 2, 2014 The
Tour de Pologne has traditionally offered lots of opportunities for the
sprinters and this year it will be no different. The 7-day race kicks
off with four stages that are destined to end in bunch sprints and this
has attracted a fabulous line-up of fast finishers who will all try to
score a few WorldTour points on the plains of Northern Poland. They
will get their chance in a long 226km completely flat opening stage
that also offers the lucrative prize of becoming the first leader of
the race. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 2, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Clásica San Sebastián - Aug 2 (Results), Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta - July 30-Aug 10 (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 Wallonie - July 26-30 (Results), 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). August 2, 2014  One
of Lance Armstrong's
strongest allies has written an open letter of apology to Greg LeMond for his
part in the gossip campaign that undermined LeMond as America's
greatest ever-cyclist, in order to make Armstrong seem all
the greater. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
August 2, 2014  “Maximum
comfort meets performance” is the strapline for Canyon’s brand new
Endurace, the German brand's all-new endurance road model that enters a
fast-growing sector of the cycling market. (road.cc)
August 2, 2014 Monday's Tour of
Utah Stage 1 departs Cedar City at 10:35am MDT and is expected at the
finish at Cedar City at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video
should get underway at around 10:35am MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
August 2, 2014 |
Alejandro Valverde
surged to the lead in the overall WorldTour rankings thanks to his solo
victory in the Clásica San Sebástian on Saturday. (cyclingnews.com)
August 2, 2014 Sunday's Tour de
Pologne Stage 1 gets underway at 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected to finish at around 6:42pm CET (12:42pm U.S.
Eastern). Tour de Pologne live
streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET
(11:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
August 2, 2014  Pantani was 34 when
he was found dead in room D5 of the Le Rose hotel - which was soon
after dismantled - in the seaside town of Rimini, a town known for its
problems with drug trafficking and an omerta as regards local crime..
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
August 2, 2014  Irish
rider Nicolas Roche
has suggested that the course changes to the Clasica San Sebastian will
explode the race, saying that the new Bordako Tontorra climb will
shatter the peloton and limit the numbers of those in contention.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 2, 2014  The
Australian women’s team will be looking to assert their collective
strength on the opposition in Sunday’s Commonwealth Games road race,
according to Tiffany
Cromwell. (cyclingnews.com)
August 2, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Soft, plush and comfortable – but overkill
for most riders." (bikeradar.com)
August 2, 2014  Big
news for the Liv range was the recent launch of the completely revamped
Avail endurance road bike range, with many options now featuring disc
brakes and greater comfort. As well as this, the aero race-focused
Envie (Propel for the men) now has improved brakes and there's also a
new performance flat-bar road bike. (bikeradar.com)
August 2, 2014 |
August 2, 2014  Roman Kreuziger has
been provisionally suspended by the UCI Anti-doping Commission. The
rider was notified today with his team set to issue a press release
confirming the news. Kreuziger
was set to ride the Tour of Poland which starts on Sunday. Kreuziger's
provisional suspension does not relate directly to the findings of his
passport case but to any possible race results he may pick up while his
current case goes on. (cyclingnews.com)
August 2, 2014  Leopold König will
decide his future within the next week with three WorldTour teams and
his existing ProContinental squad having offered him a contract for
next season. (cyclingnews.com)
August 2, 2014  Alessandro De Marchi
has penned a contract with US-registered team BMC Racing. The Italian
leave Cannondale and becomes BMC’s second signing in as many days after
it was announced that Rohan
Dennis had signed for the team with immediate affect.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 2, 2014  Yesterday’s
look at the 1 August date skimmed over the “rarely used “mid-season
transfer window. But later in the day we saw the announcement of Rohan Dennis’s
immediate move from Garmin-Sharp to BMC Racing. It’s testimony to
sport’s special status that when an employee is allowed to move from
one job to another it’s considered headline news. But Dennis’s deal could
be something we’ll see more and more. (inrng.com)
August 2, 2014  "It’s
strange how unprepared people are about being spontaneously confronted
whether in a positive or negative manner. I find that people react more
on how your demeanor rather than the content of your words."
(bicycle.net)
August 2, 2014  Time
Sport is about to launch a new aero road bike called the Skylon, and
here it is. Details are scarce at the moment because the new bike has
yet to be announced officially. (road.cc)
August 2, 2014  The
795 will take over from the 695 as Look's top-of-the-range road bike,
and will be available in two platforms: the 795 Aerolight, featuring a
fork-integrated front brake and rear brake mounted under the chainstay,
and the 795 Light, which runs a traditional brake
setup. (bikeradar.com)
August 2, 2014 August 1, 2014 |
 Garmin-Sharp
has worked out a rare in-season transfer to set the Australian loose on
the Vuelta. (podiumcafe.com)
August 1, 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  Following
third place taken in yesterday’s stage, Davide Vigano
stepped up and won a sprint from reduced peloton to claim his career’s
maiden professional victory at the Volta a Portugal, while Victor de la Parte
maintained a lead in the general classification of the Portuguese
event. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 1, 2014  The
Tour de France may barely be over but for the Vuelta contenders it is
already time to launch their campaign. The Tour de Pologne has built up
a reputation as an invaluable kick start to a bid to win the Spanish
grand tour and the line-up suggests that this year will be no
different. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 1, 2014  With
the top spots already decided, the remainder of the 2014 USA Cycling
Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) rankings came into focus
following the July 26 Catamount Classic in Williston, Vermont.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 1, 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). August 1, 2014  Thor Hushovd did
nothing this year to confirm his ambitions to continue his career as a
professional cyclist and eventually admitted that the current season
would be his last, but the former World Champion will receive yet
another opportunity to shine, as he will spearhead the BMC roster for
the Polish sole WorldTour event. (cyclingquotes.com)
August 1, 2014  "I’m
usually no fan-boy of individual professional cyclists, because so much
of what happens is due to the group around them. But this time I think
the biggest winner in the 2014 Tour de France was Richie Porte, even
though the official results show otherwise." (sbs.com.au)
August 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. Please email me to volunteer" (dougreport.com)
August 1, 2014  Mountain
bikers tempted by the $1 million in prize money up for grabs in a new
South African endurance race are given a warning before they sign up:
"This could change your life, or end it." (yahoo.com)
August 1, 2014  Keep
your bike rolling with these smart and functional tools. (bicycling.com)
August 1, 2014 July 31, 2014 |
 Over
a decade after the 1998 Giro d’Italia and Tour de France champion Marco Pantani was
found dead in a hotel room in Rimini, the public prosecutor from that
town has reopened the case amid claims that the rider was murdered.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 1, 2014 Want
to see the future? Well today is the day because it marks three
futuristic events: rider transfers, team registrations and hiring
stagiaires for the rest of the season. The meeting above of Fernando Alonso and Peter Sagan seemed
to represent the future but six months later things seem to be turning
out quite differently. (inrng.com)
August 1, 2014  Friday
opens the official opening of transfer season, and though most deals
have been finalized weeks and months ago, expect a wave of
announcements in the coming days. The first moves to be publicly
confirmed are transfers involving Lars
Boom to Astana, and Nacer
Bouhanni to Cofidis. (velonews.com)
August 1, 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)
August 1, 2014  Despite
suggestions that the planned Spanish top-division team is stuck in the
mud, Luis García-Abad,
the right-hand man for Alonso,
told the Spanish daily AS that the project is moving forward.
(velonews.com)
August 1, 2014  Figures
within the sport give their opinions on drive to surpass 34 stage wins.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
August 1, 2014 For
the first time, Peter
Sagan will try to make use of his Tour de France condition
to win the Clasica San Sebastian which takes place tomorrow. The
Slovakian leads a Cannondale team that also can count on Alessandro De Marchi.
(cyclingquotes.com)
August 1, 2014  The
Glasgow 2014 cycling program will draw to a close on Sunday, when two
most hotly-contested medals of the Commonwealth Games will be fought
out in the men’s and women’s road races. (roadcyclinguk.com)
August 1, 2014  The
French have long complained their riders suck at the Tour de France
because the race runs at two speeds. Hyperdrive for dopers; pedestrian
for the clean. (redkiteprayer.com)
August 1, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "The Mourenx 69 performed admirably, especially on descents. The
finishing kit may not have been to our taste, but a bike's heart is its
frame and the Mourenx 69 will handle anything a serious rider
or budding racer can throw at it." (bikeradar.com)
August 1, 2014  Even
though Festka bills the bike as a road race frame, one of the hallmarks
of their work is really know what it takes to build a bike to survive
the rigors of racing. (bikerumor.com)
August 1, 2014 |
August 1, 2014  Rohan Dennis will
ride the Vuelta a España for BMC Racing. The Australian has moved from
Garmin-Sharp to BMC Racing. (cyclingnews.com)
August 1, 2014  The
BMC team is set for a major shake up for 2015 and is active in the
ongoing transfer market, with up to a dozen riders out of contract and
fresh faces set to sign contracts for 2015 in the coming weeks.
(cyclingnews.com)
August 1, 2014  Scottish
trials ace provokes controversy with latest clip featuring women in
Playboy Bunny outfits. (road.cc)
August 1, 2014  The
curtain’s closed and the dust has settled back on what’s turned out to
be a pretty good Tour – filled with surprises and entertaining days.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
August 1, 2014  While
broken bones will hurt and take time to heal, a head injury can be even
worse. Damage to the brain can be irreversible and make it
difficult to function. (dandalaw.com)
August 1, 2014  "This
is by far the most comfortable, well-balanced ride I have ridden. It
corners beautifully and stops on a dime. I look forward to many more
kilometers on it." (cyclingtips.com.au)
August 1, 2014  Featuring
kit from GT, Burgtec, Saracen, Suplest and
more. (bikeradar.com)
August 1, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Fast, light, and stiff - but ride comfort is still TBD."
(bikeradar.com)
August 1, 2014  While
stocks last, power-curious cyclists can pick up a Power2Max classic
from €590 / US$729 – full models and pricing below – complete with a
two-year transferable warranty. (bikeradar.com)
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