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 Whether
you’re a fan of Bradley
Wiggins or not, few can argue over the rider’s impressive,
almost extraordinary, palmares. A Tour de France; a handful of
week-long stage races; world titles and Olympic medals on the road and
track: all he needs now is a win in the Classics to complete his set.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014  Chris Horner’s
future with Lampre-Merida hangs in the balance, with the team’s general
manager confirming that contract negotiations with the 42-year-old
American have yet to be concluded. Brent
Copeland said that at this stage, “it’s fifty-fifty at the
moment on whether he stays.” (cyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014  On
Saturday afternoon the elite women's peloton contested the 2014 world
championships road race in Ponferrada, Spain. The event was won by Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
in a reduced bunch sprint, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win the
worlds road race since 1995. Tiff
Cromwell went into the race as the leader of the
Australian team and was there in the deciding sprint. Here's how the
race unfolded from her perspective. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 30, 2014  After
struggling to find her groove over the past few years, former French
national cyclocross champion Caroline
Mani is firing on all cylinders as the 2014-2015
season warms up.
Finishing in the top 10 at every race she’s done this fall, Mani looks to be back on her old form despite suffering a wrist injury in late September. (velonews.com) September 30, 2014  Powers heads to
Valkenburg, Miller
looks for forward momentum after CrossVegas win. (cyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Results), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 30, 2014  Thibaut Pinot came
close to his first season victory when he finished second on the second
stage of the Tour du Gevaudan. The Frenchman regrets the missed
opportunity as he continues to build form for Il Lombardia. "I was not
on a great day. The second time up the Jalabert climb I just followed,
I did not have the legs to attack." (cyclingquotes.com)
September 30, 2014  Tour
de France winner Vincenzo
Nibali ended his season in Spain’s wet northwest on Sunday
racing the World Championship road race. He will push on to compete one
more race in his sponsor’s country, the Tour of Almaty in Kazakhstan,
but officially, he considers 2014 over. “My season ends here,” team
Astana’s Italian said. “I’ll go to Almaty only because my team asked me
to do so.”
September 30, 2014  Leery
of clamping that delicate carbon fiber frame in your repair stand?
Well, you should be as carbon frame tubes should never be clamped
directly. That said, clamping the seatpost isn't always an option,
either, and the folks at upstart company Hirobel have introduced their
novel Carbon Frame Clamp adapter to fill the
void. (bikeradar.com)
September 30, 2014  As
part of Cycling Ireland’s efforts to increase the level of
professionalism when national squads gather for major fixtures, it
acted on Dan Martin’s
suggestion of bringing in a team chef supplied by his squad
Garmin-Sharp for last week’s World Championships. (stickybottle.com)
September 30, 2014  You’re
reeling, confounded, and exasperated by five years of rapid-fire,
near-constant technical innovation in cyclocross equipment.
Join the club. Cyclocross used to be the awkward, dirty child of the cycling family, built from parts and components cobbled together from other disciplines with very few dedicated equipment solutions. Today, ‘cross has become the proving grounds for new technologies, a torture-test that confirms the potential of a concept. (velonews.com) September 30, 2014 |
 Yahoo
Finance Canada reported that Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso has
partnered with an investment group with an eye toward investing in
cycling companies. NOVO Group Holdings, a company founded last year to
develop, acquire,
and manage assets in sport, announced a partnership with Alonso on Tuesday.
(velonews.com)
September 30, 2014  Nicolas Roche has
ended months of speculation on his future in the pro game, with
confirmation this morning that he is to join Team Sky. He leaves
Tinkoff-Saxo after two years with that squad and will join up with
fellow Irishman Philip
Deignan on what is arguably the biggest team in the world.
(stickybottle.com)
September 30, 2014  Pole
Michal Kwiatkowski
led in a wave of young riders at the world championship road race
Sunday. Behind the 24-year-old, three others from the class of 1990
finished in the top 15. “I want to stay the same guy,” Kwiatkowski said
after his win. “I hope this rainbow jersey does not change my life.”
(velonews.com)
September 30, 2014  With
the World Championships done and dusted and the season all but over, Chris Froome can now
put a tough 12 months behind him. This year has been far from easy for
the Team Sky rider, who has seen crashes, injuries and illness deal a
hammer blow to his big ambitions. He hopes, however, that those
experiences can help him get back on top in 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014  Speaking
in the wake of Caleb
Ewan’s second silver medal in three years at the world
road race championship, Shayne
Bannan has said that he is convinced the rider has the
mental attributes to match his obvious physical talent, and that a big
future is ahead. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 30, 2014  "I
have a pretty biased opinion about New England’s “Holy Week.” I’m
convinced that it’s the best racing on this side of the Atlantic.
Just take a peek at the result sheet from this weekend at Gloucester and you’ll be hard pressed to find someone in the top 20 that hasn’t stood on a UCI podium. The fields are basically nationals without ten really fast west coast guys but with a bunch of fast Canadians, a Belgian, and a Swiss dude thrown in." (pelotonmagazine.com) September 30, 2014  New
chief executive of Cycling Australia (CA), Nick Green rowed in
the Australian coxless four that won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic gold
medals. Known as the 'Oarsome Foursome', the crew earned household
status in Australia for their starring roles in the Goulburn Valley
fruit ads. (cyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Well-fitted, stylish lid that’s less than half the price of the
range-topping models." (bikeradar.com)
September 30, 2014  Mavic
bills the CXR Ultimate shoes as saving watts without reducing comfort
thanks to the shoes’ aeroflap – a zipped fabric layer that seamlessly
integrates with the bonded upper, hiding the Ergo Dial ratcheted
retention system from the wind. Mavic also claims the Ultimates are
highly ventilated and suitable for everyday
riding. (bikeradar.com)
September 30, 2014  For
a bike with wide tires, centerpull brakes with brazed-on pivots are the
best brake option. With pivots on the fork blades, there is little flex
compared to a sidepull (or dual pivot) brake that reaches all the way
around the tire. And since the pivots are close to the fork crown, they
don’t twist like those of cantilever brakes. As a result, centerpull
brakes offer more brake power and better modulation than other rim
brakes. (janheine.wordpress.com)
September 30, 2014 |
September 30, 2014  You
should have known, and you got way more than you paid for. Those,
essentially, are two of the defenses it appears the Lance Armstrong camp
will unveil if needed in its contest with the U.S. Department of
Justice and Floyd Landis.
The False Claims Act dispute between Armstrong and the DOJ is ongoing, and new court papers provide a deeper look into the defense Armstrong and his attorneys may provide: that the government should have known cheating was occurring on the U.S. Postal teams, and that the government benefitted hugely from its years-long sponsorship, more so than it paid for. (velonews.com) September 30, 2014  Fernando Alonso’s
plans for a pro cycling team continue but just. A press release from a
Dubai firm called Novo says Alonso
and his manager Luis
Garcia Abad are working with Novo to build the team. The
550 word press release from Novo seems to say nothing more than there’s
been a deal between Novo and Alonso’s
entourage. Reading between the lines it seems Novo will try to find
some wealthy backers and the implication is that if the project’s
alive, the only thing they’ve got to announce is a deal with a sports
investment company nobody has heard of. (inrng.com)
September 30, 2014  The
Courier Mail reports that Olympic champion Sara Carrigan is
being sued $750,000 over a cycling accident that happened on a “bunch”
ride at her Mermaid Waters-based cycling school in Australia.
Bernie Elsey Jr., the son of property developer Bernie Elsey, has lodged a claim for personal injury damages against Sara Carrigan Cycling and another cyclist Stephen John Milligan, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports. (velonews.com) September 30, 2014  US
cyclo-cross champion Katie
Compton heads into the 2014-15 season with a primary goal
of defending her UCI World Cup series title and winning the rainbow
jersey at the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic on January
31 to February 1, 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014  Yesterday,
Belkin Pro Cycling announced that it will continue into next season,
after finding a new title sponsor to replace the worldwide electronics
brand. Nothing untoward about that, you say? Except that the new title
sponsor is De Lotto, the Dutch lottery, and the long-running outfit
will be known as TeamLottoNL
as of January 1. For those of you not aware of international cycling
teams from 1985 until the present day, there is already a WorldTour
team with a similar name: Lotto-Belisol.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 30, 2014  "We
recently met with the doctors and experts behind Specialized’s Body
Geometry Fit – arguably the industry’s most loudly marketed fitting
solution. Specialized may cop plenty of flak on social media – and,
when it comes to the bike behemoth's fitting services, some argue
they're just another a platform to sell products from. But whether
you're a believer or a critic, the fact remains that few have done more
for modern bike fit than the people behind the Body Geometry
products." (bikeradar.com)
September 30, 2014  "With
the World’s dust settling after days of rain in Spain, it time to crack
open the tech vault once again with lots more from the floor in Vegas.
Here’s a closer look at Ale Bike Wear’s top kits, Elite’s new Real
Turbo Muin trainer, and Easton’s latest E100 carbon tubular wheels."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
September 30, 2014  "I
glued these Challenge Chicane tubular tires to the wrong wheelset. In
the August heat, as I looked ahead to cyclocross season, I assumed
that I wouldn’t like these file tread tires enough to have them on my
nicest, carbon fiber-est wheels. I was wrong. Other file treads I’ve
ridden in years past have been squirrelly. In
Colorado, files are scary, especially when you’re racing on dusty,
loose, even gravel-strewn tracks in the early season (or sometimes all
season). However, the Chicanes offer meaty side knobs that allow them
to punch above their weight when you lean into corners." (velonews.com)
September 30, 2014 September 29, 2014 |
 The
American team left Ponferrada with encouraging performances by Brent Bookwalter
and Alex Howes
in Sunday’s 254.8-kilometer elite men’s road race. Both finished within
14 seconds of the winner. Bookwalter
was 25th, and Howes
finished 30th in a rainy race that exceeded six hours of riding.
(velonews.com)
September 29, 2014  After
winning the Vuelta a Espana overall, Alberto Contador has
made the individual WorldTour ranking his next big goal. The Spaniard
will do both Il Lombardia and the Tour of Beijing in an attempt to
defend his lead and succeed his compatriot Joaquim Rodriguez as
the winner of the season-long competition. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 29, 2014  Whatever
else Michal Kwiatkowski
may do during his career he will always be a world champion, a box Simon Gerrans and Alejandro Valverde
have yet to tick. However, the veteran pair have vowed to
keep the dream alive and take it up to the youngster over the next
three years, making him earn any future victories. (sbs.com.au)
September 29, 2014  Twelve
months ago, Joaquim
Rodriguez' tears on the podium of the Firenze World
Championships expressed better than anything how his best ever chance
of taking gold had somehow slipped through his fingers. Fast forward a
year to Ponferrada, and Rodriguez
reaction after the Worlds could not have been more different. Despite
finishing 33rd, Rodriguez
was clearly satisfied with his race and how the Spanish team had
performed collectively. (cyclingnews.com)
September 29, 2014  Forty
years after founding Specialized, Mike
Sinyard toasted Michal
Kwiatkowski’s (Poland) win in the men’s road race at the
World Championships as a landmark victory for the American bike brand. Kwiatkowski’s
victory marked Specialized’s third world title on the road and although
the Pole is set to race just once more this season – at the Tour of
Lombardia – his bike supplier are busily putting the finishing touches
to the new custom-paint job for his Tarmac. (cyclingnews.com)
September 29, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Results), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 29, 2014  At
the GP Neerpelt at Soudal, Sanne
Cant took an early lead, with Ellen Van Loy able
to keep up for the early laps. Not long after Cant shed away the
other contenders, and was able to take a solo victory, with Loes Sels taking
second and teammate Ellen
Van Loy grabbing third. (cxmagazine.com)
September 29, 2014  Having
had his road season cut short by his crash in the Eneco Tour, Zdenek Stybar has
decided to prolong his 2014 season with two cyclo-cross races in
October. The world champion will go for glory in both events before he
takes a small break to recover for the 2015 season. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 29, 2014  Cannondale
marketing manager, Bill
Ruddell said, “The team must be doing some special product
testing,” seemingly unaware that Tim
Johnson was testing a Lefty fork. Johnson would not
confirm any of the particulars on the new fork, only saying, “I’ll tell
you one thing, you have to ride this thing.” (velonews.com)
September 29, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Not for the mountains (obviously), but
put the effort in on this Kona and you'll reap the rewards."
(bikeradar.com)
September 29, 2014  "I
got my first look at Civilian bicycles this past Spring at the Sea
Otter Classic and I also checked out their latest bike at Interbike. I
met with Civilian’s founder, designer and creator Tyson Hart who was
showing his new cyclocross bike called the “Vive Le Roi” (pronounced
“vee-va la wah” which means long live the king in French)."
(roadbikereview.com)
September 29, 2014 September 28, 2014 |
 Previously
regarded as a country with very strict views against doping, Germany is
considering stepping things up further with the possible introduction
of prison terms for those involved in the use, possession or provision
of banned substances. Imprisonment of up to three years possible.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 29, 2014  Commenting
after last week’s news that the Tour of Beijing will cease to exist
after next month’s race, the managers of three WorldTour teams have
expressed disappointment, saying that they considered a top-level event
in China to be important for the future of the sport.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 29, 2014  David Millar took
part in his final professional road-race on Sunday at the UCI Road
World Championships, pulling down the curtain on the Garmin Sharp
rider's 18-year-career. Millar
worked hard in the first part of the Worlds' elite men's road race for
the Great Britain squad, then with this job done, he pulled out with
four laps to go. (cyclingnews.com)
September 29, 2014  Portugal’s
Rui Costa
closed a year of mixed fortunes in the rainbow jersey of World Champion
on Sunday in Ponferrada, Spain. After winning in Florence last year,
the 27-year-old joined Lampre-Merida for 2014 and began his rainbow
run. His run as world champion was not as successful as it was for Mark Cavendish, but
then the Briton sprints and has more opportunities to win. Costa did, however,
win as much as 2012 Champion, Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert:
once. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
 Australia’s
Simon Gerrans
said he wanted to cry after crossing the line just one second behind
new world champion Michal
Kwiatkowski. The 34-year-old came up agonizingly short as Kwiatkowski became
Poland’s first ever world champion. Gerrans
edged Alejandro Valverde
of host Spain for the silver medal in a six-man sprint behind the
breakaway winner. (velonews.com)
September 29, 2014  Strava,
cramps, car crashes. (cyclingnews.com)
September 29, 2014  Spanish
coach Javier Minguez
was feeling a little happier on Sunday evening than he had been 12
months ago. He leaves the World Championships with one less medal, but
there was no bitter taste this time. (cyclingnews.com)
September 29, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Solid option if you don’t ride super-low."
(bikeradar.com)
September 29, 2014  Speedplay
killed two proverbial birds with one stone with its new-for-2015
walkable aero pedal system. Company front man Richard Byrne says
the project was initially two projects, “but at a certain point it
merged into one because they worked so well together.”
(roadbikereview.com)
September 29, 2014  The
major bike manufacturer Specialized has carried out some wind tunnel
testing comparing the time gained and energy saved by a rider who wears
a loose jersey and one who wears a tighter, or fitted jersey. The
results apply to everyone; whether you’re a top domestic racer, a
sportive rider or somebody who cycles simply for some exercise and has
no goals beyond that. (stickybottle.com)
September 29, 2014 September 28, 2014 |
September 29, 2014  Michał Kwiatkowski
was born in the village of Działyn in Central Poland on 2 June 1990.
Rural boredom seem to be a reason he started riding. His elder brother Radosław was good in
the elite ranks and he wanted to copy, whether the wins or the cool
looking kit that Radek
brought home.
September 29, 2014  Evelyn Stevens has
been making headlines this week. She helped Specialized-lululemon win
the Worlds Team Time Trial, earned a bronze medal in the individual
time trial, and was at the center of one of the most talked about team
transfers in women’s cycling. Stevens
has been with Specialized-lululemon since 2011, and is moving with
those sponsors to the Dutch Boels-Dolmans squad for 2015.
(bicycling.com)
September 29, 2014  The
future of the current Belkin Pro Cycling team has been guaranteed with
the announcement that a letter of intent announced at the end of July
has now translated into a binding contract, bringing two new sponsors
on board. The WorldTour team has inked a deal with the Dutch national
lottery De Lotto and the BrandLoyalty company, with the terms of
agreement putting a two year partnership in place. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 29, 2014  Roadside
Report: 255km of tough racing was on the agenda on Sunday and as always
Ed Hood
was there for every single moment from the warmup to the startline the
finishline and then the post race reactions. Here’s a look at his day,
roadside in the rain in Ponferrada for the 2014 Men’s World Road
Cycling Championships. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 29, 2014  Poland
rallied behind its leader Michal
Kwiatkowski on Sunday at the UCI Road World Championships,
as the 24-year-old soloed free to hold off cycling’s elite to win the
elite men’s road race thanks to his countrymen’s effort. “In the
beginning, we were thinking, ‘What are those Polish guys doing?’”
Belgian and 2012 winner Philippe
Gilbert said. (velonews.com)
September 29, 2014  What
does it take to win the UCI Road World Championship and earn the right
to wear the coveted rainbow jersey for a season? Newly-crowned champion
Michal Kwiatkowski
has uploaded his victorious ride to Strava to give us a fascinating
insight. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 29, 2014  An
Italian masterpiece is not the kind of thing you revise or update. No
one is wondering when the Mona Lisa 2.0 is getting released or awaiting
the launch of the new David SL. ‘Masterpiece’ is a term frequently used
to refer to bikes but rarely deserved. (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 29, 2014  GoPro
has today officially released its highly anticipated HERO4 action
camera. The HERO4 will be available from 5 October and is available in
two versions – the HERO4 Black and HERO4 Silver, which are set to debut
4k (ultra-high definition) recording at 30 fps and a built-in LCD touch
display, respectively. (bikeradar.com)
September 29, 2014 September 28, 2014 September 28, 2014 |
 Michal Kwiatkowski
(Poland) claimed the rainbow jersey with a late attack in the men’s
road race in Ponferrada, Spain. The 24-year-old jumped clear with seven
kilometres to go and despite a late chase he was able to hold off Simon Gerrans
(Australia) and Alejandro
Valverde (Spain) who took silver and bronze.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  Ben Swift was the
best-placed Team Sky rider in 12th as the world road race championship
came down to a grandstand finish. The Brit was well positioned for much
of the showpiece event but the fast pace and attacks over the final
ascent of the Mirador swung the balance away from the remaining
sprinters. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 28, 2014  John Degenkolb had
to settle for 9th in today’s Worlds road race after he had been unable
to follow the attacks on the final climb. Having been setback by
illness in the build-up, the German is convinced that he would have
been in the group that sprinted for second if he had been at 100%.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 28, 2014  Rob Jebb racked up
his 11th Three Peaks Cyclo Cross title on Sunday with a ride which saw
him finish in under three hours. The Hope Factory Racing rider’s time
of 2:59.25 was 3:02 quicker than second-placed Nick Craig. Jebb holds the
course record with a 2:52.22 set back in 2008. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 28, 2014  Forget
the muddy or cold Gloucester cyclocross of years past. For the last two
years, Gloucester has provided a venue of clear skies and dusty lines:
great for the spectators, a difficult challenge for riders. Corners
were harder to hold with the loose gravel and of course, the heat was
brutal for the high intensity racing. For the fourth straight weekend,
waterbottles on the bikes of elite riders like those shown on Wyman and
Anthony’s bikes above were not an uncommon sight. (cxmagazine.com)
September 28, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 28, 2014  Vuillermoz claims
finale in Mende. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014 September 27, 2014 September 27, 2014 |
 Climbing
specialist Ferrand-Prevot
stunned her rivals by winning a sprint finish following a 127km race on
the 18.2km circuit around Ponferrada in northern Spain on Saturday.
While reigning champion Marianne
Vos — three times a winner of the rainbow jersey — could
only finish 10th and double world title-holder Giorgia Bronzini of
Italy was fourth, Ferrand-Prevot
added the elite women’s crown to her junior gold medal from 2010. But
even so, she says she will not give up competing in either mountain
biking or cyclo-cross, in both of which she is French champion.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
September 28, 2014  After
a lack of collaboration in a late four-up break caused Lizzie Armitstead’s
best chance of taking a medal to date in the world championships to
fizzle out almost within sight of the line, the Briton’s disappointment
after the finish was obvious. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  As
has been so often the case, it looked as though everything was falling
into place for Simon
Gerrans. The Australian arrived at the Ponferrada World
Championships as the man of the moment after his brace of victories in
Canada earlier in the month, and in the finale he seemed once again to
be in the right place at the right time. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  Never
mind truth and reconciliation, the immediate aftermath of the World
Championships road race is a theatre of truth and recrimination. For
the winner, the podium, the rainbow jersey and the handshakes. For the
vanquished, the mixed zone, the microphones and the instant
post-mortems. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  As
he stood outside the Europcar team bus – on loan for the week to the
French Cycling Federation – Tony
Gallopin was struggling to decide if the glass was half
full or half empty. In finishing sixth at the World Championships in
the elite men's road race, he had lived up to his side of the bargain
as a leader of the French team, but he was aware, too, that
opportunities like Ponferrada don’t come around every year.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  Georgios Bouglas
will make his World Championship debut as the sole representative for
Greece today having been registered for the elite men’s road race 10
minutes before deadline last Friday. The Greek national road champion
originally wasn’t going to be sent by his federation however he arrived
two days ago with just his Continental team SP Tableware trainer Vasilis Anastopoulous.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 28, 2014 |
 Michał Kwiatkowski
drops the last of a four man group on the final climb of the Mirador
above Ponferrada. He’d slipped the bunch on the descent with risky
move, both for his safety on wet roads but tactically as there were
four riders to get in his way up ahead. He seemed to take a breather
before accelerating again and now solo he was never caught again. This
was the moment the race was won. (inrng.com)
September 28, 2014  Australia’s
Simon Gerrans
had to settle for second after Michal Kwiatkowski claimed a sensational
victory in men’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships in
Ponferrada, Spain. (sbs.com.au)
September 28, 2014  Michal Kwiatkowski
dared to attack while the others waited, making a risky bet that paid
off in a rainbow jersey, Poland’s first in the elite men’s road race.
The 24-year-old attacked over the top of the penultimate climb on the
final lap of the 14-lap, 254km race Sunday, bridging out to an
attacking foursome, then riding alone across the line ahead of a
superstar chase group, celebrating his audacious victory and leaving
his rivals to wonder what they had done wrong. (velonews.com)
September 28, 2014  It’s
strange but true that despite Alejandro
Valverde ‘only’ taking bronze during Sunday’s elite men’s
road race at the Ponferrada World Championships, rather than the silver
and bronze medals he and Joaquim
Rodriguez captured for their country in the 2013 edition,
the Spanish team seemed much more satisfied with their collective
performance. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  A
solid but eventually unsuccessful effort by Great Britain in the World
Championships ended with Ben
Swift claiming twelfth in the sprint for the line in the
second chase group behind winner Michel
Kwiatkowski. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  The
Canadian women's team had a World Championships to forget on Saturday
in Ponferrada, Spain. A large crash in the peloton on the second of
seven laps brought down all four riders on the team with only Lex Albrecht able to
briefly remount her bike. (cyclingnews.com)
September 28, 2014  How
should you warm up before you race? That depends, says Ric Stern, senior
coach at cycling coaching company rstsport.com. “While it’s
possible to go for a ride without warming up, for a race or
fast-starting sportive, it’s essential, and should be part
physiological, part psychological and part ‘engineering’.”
September 28, 2014 September 27, 2014 |
 Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
(France) won the sprint in the elite women’s World Championship road
race, beating out Germany’s Lisa
Brennauer in a photo finish. Sweden’s Emma Johansson was
third. (cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  After
a breathless morning of racing, Jonas
Bokeloh emerged victorious in the junior men’s road race
at the world championships in Ponferrada, unleashing a fine finish to
claim the group sprint ahead of Alexandr
Kulikovskiy and Peter Lenderink.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 27, 2014  The
254km course in Ponferrada, Spain promises to be blessed with a truly
rich field of potential winners. The race will take in 14 laps of the
18.2km circuit that includes two relatively easy climbs. The problem
is, each one will be tackled 14 times and that has left many people
unsure as to how the race will pan out.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
September 27, 2014  Sunday's
UCI Road Worlds Elite Men Road Race gets underway at 10:00am CET
(4:00am U.S. Eastern). The race is expected to end at
approximately
4:35pm CET (10:35am U.S. Eastern). Road Worlds live streaming video
should get underway at around 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 27, 2014  Natnael Berhane will
become the next signing for African pro-Continental team MTN-Qhubeka
according to a report from French newspaper L'Equipe. Berhane will join
the team on a one-year contract where the Eritrean will link up with
compatriots Merhawi Kudus
and Daniel Teklehaimanot.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  In
the years that followed their retirements, Hubert Opperman and Phil Anderson were
considered as pillars of Australian road cycling. As riders emerged and
performed in the generations that followed Opperman and - many
years later - Anderson,
their careers were regularly referred to as points of reference,
especially with the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  road.cc
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "The Rapha Touring Shorts are an elegant, if pricey, solution to
the inelegant problem of the permanently lycra-clad commuter." (road.cc)
September 27, 2014 September 26, 2014 |
 The
U.S. women’s team left the UCI World Road Championships on Saturday
with mixed emotions after failing to win a medal but taking an
important sixth place result for Shelley
Olds. “I’m very sad, I was in a position to win or at
least podium, so to finish out of the top five is disappointing, but
when you look at the big picture, it was my best worlds performance. I
tried all day to be in good position, to be in the front. I did a good
job up until the last sprint.” (velonews.com)
September 27, 2014  It
wasn’t so much a case of ‘So long, Marianne’
as ‘How long, Marianne?’
Since turning professional in 2006, Marianne
Vos had never finished outside the top two in the World
Championships road race, but all week in Ponferrada, the speculation
was that her remarkable sequence might be about to come to an end.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  For
Fabian Cancellara,
it’s a new phenomenon, but for Ireland, it’s a familiar predicament.
The curious scoring system used to assign places for the World
Championships road race has left the Swiss with a reduced team of three
riders in Ponferrada on Sunday, but for Ireland’s trio of Nicolas Roche, Dan Martin and Philip Deignan, it’s
simply business as usual. As ever, the tactical cloth will be cut
accordingly. (cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  A
few months after ending his professional career, Frederik Willems
will be back in the peloton as he has signed a contract to become
sports director at Lotto Belisol. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 27, 2014  The
descent in the World Championship road race route has caused concern
for the upcoming elite men’s and women’s races after recent crashes.
Junior Italian Nicola
Conci crashed in the same spot – a right-hander before the
flat road over the dam with 6.5km to race – one day after his
countryman Gianni Moscon
went down in the Under 23 race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 27, 2014  By
many standards, Opus is a relatively new company, starting in Canada in
2000 with road bikes. Expanding to meet the needs of commuters, and
sharing their love for mountain bikes, Opus quickly grew to explore
more niches of the bike industry, including cyclocross (cxmagazine.com).
September 27, 2014  The
2014 Soudal Classics Cyclocross series (previously Fidea) gets underway
Saturday,
September 27 with the GP Neerpelt. Live streaming video:
5:00pm CET (11:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 27, 2014 September 26, 2014 |
September 27, 2014  After
an excellent showing in the Tour of Britain, Michal Kwiatkowski
goes into the World Championships road race as a dark horse and strong
outsider. Having taken time to recover after the Tour de France, the
Pole claims to be much stronger than he was 12 months ago.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 27, 2014  Former
three-time World Champion Oscar
Freire of Spain believes that Sunday’s road race course at
the World Championships will favor “sprinters who can climb well, like
John Degenkolb,
Michael Matthews
and Simon Gerrans.”
(cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  Marianne Vos may
have finished a disappointing 10th at the UCI World Road Championships
road race on Saturday but her rivals still think she’s the woman to
beat. Olympic champion Vos
has been largely invulnerable throughout her career, and in eight
previous appearances at the worlds had never finished worse than
second.
(velonews.com)
September 27, 2014  Earlier
this week, UCI president Brian
Cookson revealed plans for the establishment of an
independent international tribunal in a bid to ensure consistency when
it comes to sanctions for doping offenses, yet glaring inconsistencies
in anti-doping regulations remain an issue in cycling. (cyclingnews.com)
September 27, 2014  Sky’s
Chris Froome
looks forward to 2015 after a “tough” 2014 season that included losing
the Vuelta a España to Alberto
Contador and seeing Vincenzo Nibali win
the Tour de France. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 27, 2014 
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out
of 5 stars. "Showcases discs brilliantly but it’s a little
harder than the standard Synapse." (bikeradar.com)
September 27, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Light, comfortable and supportive." (bikeradar.com)
September 27, 2014 September 26, 2014 |
 Norway's
Sven Erik Bystrom
secured his country’s first gold medal in the under-23 men’s road race
since Kurt Asle Arvesen
in 1997 with victory on Friday at the World Championships in
Ponferrada. Caleb Ewan
secured silver with Kristoffer
Skjerping capping an excellent team performance for Norway
with the bronze medal. (velonews.com)
September 26, 2014  A
last minute breakaway by Norway’s Sven
Erik Bystrom may have scuppered Australia’s chances of
gold in Friday’s UCI Road World Championships under-23 men's road race,
but after taking silver as Australia’s protected rider, Caleb Ewan said he
had no regrets about their collective strategy. (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  A
perfectly calculated sprint for the line netted Danish rider Amalie Dideriksen
her second straight gold in the World Championships Junior Women’s road
race, easily outpowering Italy’s Sofia
Bertizzolo for silver by a half bike length. Agnieszka Skalniak
took the bronze for Poland. (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  Britain's
Lizzie Armitstead
has a real sense that a gold medal might well be attainable for her in
Saturday's World Championships road-race - even with stand-out favorite
Marianne Vos
of Holland as one of her rivals. (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 26, 2014  With
cars barred, officially at least, from driving on the circuit in
Ponferrada on Thursday morning, French national coach Bernard Bourreau
opted to take a final look at the World Championships by bike in the
company of his riders. (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  The
national team drew criticizm from Emma
Pooley and Joanna
Rowsell earlier this week when no riders were selected to
compete in the elite women’s time trial on Tuesday. Armitstead also
heads a young and inexperienced team in the road race, which in Annie Last and Alice Barnes
includes two mountain bikers..
September 26, 2014  The
calendar for the 2015 cycling season was officially released yesterday
by the International Cycling Union on the occasion of the world
championships inPonferrada. The races organized by Amaury Sport
Organisation will account for more than 100 days of cycling in eight
different countries. Following an exceptional Grand Start to the Tour
de France 2014, the Tour of Yorkshire makes its début between 1st and
3rd May, while the riders of the 102nd Tour de France will set off from
Utrecht on 4th July. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 26, 2014  Alison Tetrick
secured a bronze medal with the Astana-BePink squad in the team time
trial in what was her debut at the UCI Road World Championships last
Sunday. The American rider says that the opportunity to race with the
Italian team was an “incredible experience.” (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  Do
you always stick to the same few routes on your ride, never turning
down that road you always pass? Are you stuck in a routine of same old,
same old; all out of love for your own backyard? (brooksengland.com)
September 26, 2014 Saturday's UCI Road
Worlds Junior
Men Road Race gets underway at 9:00am CET (3:00am U.S.
Eastern). Road Worlds live
streaming video should get
underway at around 9:00am CET (3:00am U.S. Eastern).
Saturday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Women Road Race gets underway at 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern). Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) September 26, 2014 September 25, 2014 September 25, 2014 |
 It’s
sobering to think that it is now nine years since Tom Boonen sprinted
to the rainbow jersey in Madrid and then told the world that he would
be safely retired by the age of thirty – the sportsman’s equivalent of
The Who’s defiant ‘Hope I die before I get old.’ (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  The
task of a domestique can, at times, be a thankless one – putting in the
hard miles, slogging away in the wind and then having to sit back and
watch as your team-mate bids for success and the headlines which come
with it. And the same can be said of lead-out men, with every great
sprinter having a trusted train leading the way through the frantic
final kilometers. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 26, 2014  “Many
(cross-country riders) stay at hotels and motels, lodges. They’re not
whizzing by you with a tankful of gas. They’re stopping and buying a
few things here and there. They’re there to interact with a local
community instead of driving by in a car and looking out the windows.”
(bikingbis.com)
September 26, 2014  Riders
can share the roads of Thailand with legendary Irishman Sean Kelly at the
second annual SpiceRoads Cycle Tours Sean Kelly Bangkok to Phuket ride
next February. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 26, 2014  "If
you travel around the Mid-Atlantic, watching the big masters’ races,
you’ll likely see Kelly
Cline, donning the Revolution Wheelworks Racing kit, near
the front of the race. Not only does Cline make his
presence known during the race, he has is signature all over cyclocross
before the first whistle sounds. As the MAC Technical Director, he’s
responsible for the course design and management, including several of
the earliest UCI races of the season." (cxmagazine.com)
September 26, 2014  Following
Cadel Evans'
announcement that he will retire from professional cycling on 1
February, 2015, Cycling Australia (CA) [president-elect Malcolm Speed has
praised the achievements of the 37-year-old. Evans is the only
Australian to have won the Tour de France (2011) and the World
Championships (2009). (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  The
Tour of Utah has been awarded 2.HC status by the UCI, placing the race
at the same level as the Tour of Qatar, Critérium International, Amgen
Tour of California and USA Pro Challenge. The higher level ranking
enables the event to offer greater prize money and more UCI points for
competitors, which allows organizers to invite and attract the best
teams in the world.. (cyclingperspective.com)
September 26, 2014  “Las
Médulas (As Médulas or As Meduas in Galician language) is a historical
site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province
of León, Castile and León, Spain), which used to be the most important
gold mine in the Roman Empire. Las Médulas Cultural Landscape is listed
by the UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites." (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  Reigning
U.S. cyclocross national champion Jeremy
Powers has made the switch to FMB tubulars for the
2014/2015 season, citing testing performed against Dugast tubulars. ...
September 26, 2014 The
2014 Soudal Classics Cyclocross series (previously Fidea) gets underway
Saturday,
September 27 with the GP Neerpelt. Live streaming video:
5:00pm CET (11:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 26, 2014 |
September 26, 2014  One
year after taking office in a hotly contested UCI presidential
election, Brian Cookson
is making moves to crack down on doping and cycling’s dodgy past. “I’ve
been encouraged by everyone’s responses over the last year, from those
in and outside of cycling,” Cookson
said. “Many people acknowledge that the UCI needed to change and want
to help the sport move forward.” (velonews.com)
 UCI
president Brian Cookson
has confirmed that Global Cycling Promotions, the governing body’s race
organization arm, will cease operations following this year’s fourth
and final edition of the Tour of Beijing. The Chinese WorldTour race
was the sole event set up by GCP since its establishment in 2009.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  Since
Lance Armstrong
won the rainbow jersey in Oslo, Norway in 1993 - one of the few
remaining major victories left on his palmares - the United States has
floundered when it comes to the elite men's road race at the UCI Road
World Championships. Still the underdogs with a team of six to the 10
nations that have a full complement of nine riders, the country has
selected a fresh crop of talent in hopes of turning around its somewhat
poor string of results. Come Sunday afternoon in Ponferrada, what,
short of a medal, would be considered a success for Team USA?
(cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  If
Fabian Cancellara
is going to win the rainbow jersey, he knows he will have to do it
alone. On the eve of the most important world championship battle of
his career, Cancellara
knows the odds are stacked against him. Quite literally. Switzerland
starts with just three riders, versus nine riders for nations such as
Spain, Italy, and Belgium, something he says is out of tune with modern
cycling. (velonews.com)
September 26, 2014  The
women’s calendar has undergone some significant changes in 2014. The
introduction of the Women’s Tour, held in Britain back in May, provided
the peloton the opportunity to compete in their own stand-alone race,
with the kind of financial backing and television coverage that the men
regularly enjoy. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 26, 2014  The
race for the rainbow jersey is always unpredictable, but this year’s
unconventional worlds loop makes that guesswork even more difficult
ahead of Sunday’s race. The buzz heading into the elite men’s road race
at the UCI Road World Championships is whether it will be a reduced
bunch sprint or a breakaway that can pull away in the closing laps.
(velonews.com)
September 26, 2014  Over
the years, first at Lotto and then at BMC, Greg Van Avermaet
has grown used to playing second fiddle to Philippe Gilbert,
but the traditional hierarchy will be reversed in the Belgian team at
the World Championships road race in Ponferrada on Sunday.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014  Elite
race qualification: Both men and women riders must qualify for the
elite national championship races. Riders qualify if (a) they
are in the top 90 of the Pro CX series rankings as of December 12,
2014, OR (b) they have at least one UCI point. Previously,
riders qualified based on their racing category.
Elite or Masters: Riders must now choose between elite and masters races. Previously, riders could do either or both the elite and masters races. (cxmagazine.com) September 26, 2014  Johan Vansummeren is
reportedly on his way to Ag2r-La Mondiale from 2015 where he will join
compatriot Jan Bakelants
as a new signing. (cyclingnews.com)
September 26, 2014 |
 After
ripping each other’s legs off all season, top riders from the
contentious Spanish national team have promised to bury the hatchet,
and ride as a unit in an all-out bid to win the rainbow jersey on home
roads. That could be easier said than done, especially after an
acrimonious Vuelta a España that saw team leaders Alejandro Valverde
and Joaquim Rodríguez
antagonize each other for three weeks across Spain. (velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  With
the time trials out of the way all attention at the World Championships
turns to the road races with the box office events – the women’s and
men’s road races set for the weekend. (cyclingnews.com)
September 25, 2014  The
biggest one-day race of the year is on Sunday in Ponferrada. The winner
will wear the Rainbow jersey for a year and put his name in the record
books for eternity. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 25, 2014  There are no races
on Thursday.
The Road Worlds resume Friday with the Junior Women and Under-23 Men
Road Races. (cyclingfans.com)
September 25, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 24, 2014  Nearly
three months on from crashing out of the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish says
that he is still feeling the after effects. Cavendish was forced
to leave the Tour de France on day one, when he crashed heavily during
the sprint into Harrogate. He was later diagnosed with a dislocated
AC-joint. (cyclingnews.com)
September 25, 2014  Thomas de Gendt will
join Lotto-Belisol next season, after the Belgian rider signed a two
year contract with the team. The team is set to become Lott-Soudal in
2015. De Gendt
is only the second rider to join the team for next season, after
neo-pro Tiesj Benoot. (cyclingnews.com)
September 25, 2014  Have
you noticed how many cyclists have adopted wider tires? Because of
their increased air volume, even the pros use 25s and even 28s for
rough courses like Paris-Roubaix. Where racers and recreational riders
alike formerly equated narrow tires with speed, we now know, thanks to
studies by Jan Heine at Bicycle Quarterly and others, that wider tires
mean more comfort, less chance of pinch flats and more cornering grip
with no loss of speed. (roadbikerider.com)
September 25, 2014  Wider
rims, tubeless tech, and disc compatibilty are becoming standard.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 25, 2014 September 24, 2014 September 24, 2014 |
 A
year ago this week Brian
Cookson was elected president in a contest that was close
and at times bitter. Today the role of the UCI President is barely a
talking point. Still as the sport’s top official Cookson’s role
matters.
Feargal McKay has done a good job for cyclingnews.com reviewing Brian Cookson’s manifesto pledges to see what’s happened since. Bear in mind these pledges are ongoing, there was no commitment to achieve everything by now but it allows us to see the direction of travel. With this in mind, let’s take a wider look at the cultural and managerial changes. (inrng.com) September 25, 2014  Cadel Evans confirmed
he will retire on February 1, 2015, after competing in the Great Ocean
Road Race at home in Melbourne, Australia. The 2011 Tour de France
winner and 2009 world champion revealed his decision Thursday in
Ponferrada, Spain, ahead of the worlds. (velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  There
are few men who have ever experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows
through a career in professional cycling akin to the ride that American
Greg LeMond
has taken. LeMond
was the first American man to win an elite world road championship (in
1983), the first cyclist to sign a million-dollar contract (in 1984),
the first American to win the Tour de France (in 1986), and the first
cyclist to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, as its Sportsman
of the Year (1989). In all “LeMonster” won two elite world titles and
three Tours, as well as the Tour de l’Avenir, Criterium du Dauphine,
and the Coors Classic, twice. (velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  Over
the past two years, “Sir Wiggo” — seven-time Olympic medalist,
Britain’s first Tour de France champion, a knight of the British Empire
— has become something much bigger than an athlete: A celebrity. A
reluctant celebrity, never more under the microscope than at a press
conference, a hostage under bright lights, where a row of cameras and a
room full of journalists scrutinize his every word, his every facial
expression, his every exhalation. (velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  Organizers
announced Thursday that La Course by Le Tour de France will return for
2015 on July 26, the final day of the Tour de France. This past July,
the women’s event was held on the Champs-Élysées just hours before the
arrival of the last stage of the men’s Tour. With the announcement that
the race would take place on the final stage of the 2015 men’s Tour, it
appears that it will continue as a single-day event, rather than an
expanded stage race. Further details are unknown at this time.
(velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  The
2017 World Championships will be hosted by Bergen, Norway, according to
Procycling.no. “We are very pleased that Bergen has delivered a strong
application, and we know they are going to deliver what they have
promised. Bergen had by far the best application,” UCI President Brian Cookson told
the website. (cyclingnews.com)
September 25, 2014  According
to a report on Spanish website BiciCiclismo, Lampre-Merida's Winner Anacona will
join Movistar for the 2015 and 2016 seasons where he will link up with
compatriots Dayer
and Nairo Quintana.
Anacona
joined Lampre in 2012 and recorded the biggest win of his career last
month at the Vuelta a España when won the stage 9 atop Aramón
Valdelinares. (cyclingnews.com)
September 25, 2014 |
September 25, 2014  The
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced on Thursday a change to
how riders will be judged if they test positive for banned substances.
Previously it had been up to a rider’s individual national federation
to decide if they were guilty of doping and to mete out a punishment if
need be. (velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  Labels
new regime as incompetent: Former UCI President Pat McQuaid has
criticized the sport’s governing body for their part in the demise of
the Tour of Beijing. The event formed part of the UCI’s WorldTour, and
was the first and only event set up by the UCI’s commercial arm, Global
Cycling Promotions (GCP). It was confirmed this week that the race
would not be held in 2015.
September 25, 2014  American
Joey Rosskopf
and two others — newly crowned under-23 world time trial champion Campbell Flakemore
of Australia and Italian Manuel
Senni — have inked contracts with BMC Racing. The
25-year-old Rosskopf
arrives at BMC after a strong season that included a duel with Cadel Evans in the
queen stage at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. After putting himself
in the breakaway of stage 6, Rosskopf
stayed at the front of the bike race and passed Evans in the final
kilometer before finishing second to the Australian. (velonews.com)
September 25, 2014  Three-time
reigning British cyclo-cross champion Ian Field enjoyed
his best season to date last time out and is relishing kicking off the
new campaign. Field
will be leading an all-star cast in an elite cyclo-cross race at The
Cycle Show, at Birmingham’s NEC Arena, which opens to the public
tomorrow (Friday September 26). (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 25, 2014  "Last
week was the highlight of the season and of my athletic career thus
far: the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain. I was
beyond excited to have the opportunity to test my legs against the
World’s best and honored to have been selected for TIBCO’s Team Time
Trial squad." (anikatodd.com)
September 25, 2014  Based
in Singapore, Soul is a rider-owned company that concentrates on
affordable race-worthy frames and wheelsets. The company offers both
alloy and carbon wheelsets with rim profiles ranging 22-62mm. In this
review, a look at Soul’s S4.0 wheelset that is built with 40mm alloys
rims. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 25, 2014  The
FullCarbon Ivan Basso AB watch is the product of a collaboration
between Italian watchmaker Federico
Massacesi and Cannondale professional racer Ivan Basso. One of
three watches in the Ivan
Basso range, the AB (full model number IB0101-AB) features
a Nubeck leather strap and a carbon-composite case and bezel.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 25, 2014  Most
tire manufacturers agree that supple sidewalls and a thin tread make a
tire fast, but the role of the tread pattern remains poorly understood.
Most modern tires have either a completely smooth tread (slicks) or a
coarse tread pattern similar to car tires. Many high-performance tires
are smooth with just a few large sipes. None of these tread patterns
are optimized. (janheine.wordpress.com)
September 25, 2014 |
 Bradley Wiggins
ended Tony Martin’s
three year time trial reign when the British rider won the time trial
world title at the UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain.
(sbs.com.au)
September 24, 2014  The
consensus beforehand was that Tom
Dumoulin was the coming man in time trialling and
that prognosis was duly borne out at the UCI Road World Championships
in Ponferrada. In his first tilt at the elite world time trial title,
the 23-year-old claimed the bronze medal, beaten only by the two
overwhelming favorites, Bradley
Wiggins and Tony
Martin. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  After
three straight gold medals, Tony
Martin’s disappointment at having to settle for silver in
the UCI Road World Championships individual time trial was more than
visible at the medallists press conference. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  Schorn, Vermeltfoort round
out podium in Lichtervelde. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014 There are no races
on Thursday.
The Road Worlds resume Friday with the Junior Women and Under-23 Men
Road Races. (cyclingfans.com)
September 24, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 24, 2014  As
the medals stack up at the Road World Championships, national
performance director Kevin
Tabotta explains the secrets behind Australia's success.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 24, 2014  The
CEO of the Livestrong cancer foundation started by disgraced cyclist
Lance Armstrong announced his resignation on Tuesday after a tenure in
which the organisation went from a being global brand to losing
millions after Armstrong's doping scandal. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 24, 2014  Javier Minguez,
Spain’s national coach for the World Championships, has described the
absence of Alberto
Contador from his team as “the biggest problem I have to
face.” Contador
has opted not to take part in the World's, arguing that the circuit did
not suit him. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  At
the back-to-back Charm City Cross races in Baltimore this weekend, each
lap featured no fewer than four passes through sand, which proved to be
the decisive obstacles for just about every group finish.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
September 24, 2014  The
UCI’s Professional Cycling Council (PCC) has confirmed the 2015
WorldTour calendar at its annual meeting at the World Championships in
Ponferrada, Spain. The series once again starts with the Tour Down
Under in January before the elite men’s peloton turn their attention to
Europe for a series of one-day and stage races in Europe: Paris-Nice,
Tirreno Adriatico, Milan-San Remo, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, E3
Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  Giro
is providing replacement shoes to customers and retailers who have some
of its Terraduro and Terradura mountain bike shoes, after customers
reported that the shoes' soles are coming unglued. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 24, 2014 |
 At
the beginning of the 2014 season Phil
Gaimon got things off to a dream start with the
Garmin-Sharp team, winning his first-ever race with the WorldTour team
and also notching up the squad’s first victory of the year. Hitting the
line first on stage one of the Tour de San Luis rewarded the team for
its faith in him and saw him take the jersey of race leader. He would
eventually lose it on stage five, but he battled on and finished an
excellent second overall, just 43 seconds behind Tour de France
runner-up Nairo Quintana.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 24, 2014  Responding
to a report Tuesday by La Gazzetta dello Sport stating that Chris Horner would
not be given a contract extension for 2015, the rider’s Lampre-Merida
team has denied that any decision has been made at this point in time.
“I think the info that La Gazzetta released was not correct,” team
spokesman Andrea Appiani
told CyclingTips Wednesday. “Under UCI rules, before the end of the
month the team has to record ten contracts of riders. So in this moment
we are okay with these ten contracts. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 24, 2014  BMC
Racing's Taylor Phinney
said he may attempt to break the Hour Record as part of his recovery
from the season-ending leg fracture sustained at the US national
championships in May. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  Former
Tour de France winner Bradley
Wiggins has confirmed that he will take on the Hour Record
next year, telling BBC Sport that, “it will give me something to get
out of bed for in the winter.” Wiggins
is currently competing at the World Championships in Spain, where he
has targeted gold in the individual men’s time trial. He finished
second in 2013. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  A
German company that makes caffeine shampoo will be a major sponsor of
Giant-Shimano next season. Alpecin will sponsor the squad for the next
four years. Starting in January, the team will be known as
Giant-Alpecin. (velonews.com)
September 24, 2014  Vincenzo Nibali is
officially the team leader of the Italian team in Sunday's road race at
the World Championships but serious doubts remain about the form of the
Tour de France winner and how he will perform. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  Italians
go nuts for Nutella, Coquard
ends his season, Rowsell
speaks out. (cyclingnews.com)
September 24, 2014  Darach McQuaid has
confirmed the much-anticipated return of the Tour of Ireland will not
occur next season, but said that he is “very optimistic” the race will
be running again by 2016. McQuaid
was heavily involved in the previous Tour of Ireland which ran from
2007 to 2009 and saw top pro teams compete in a race that also featured
many Irish riders. (stickybottle.com)
September 24, 2014  “These
Euros, they smell fear,” he said, whispering under his breath lest
anyone hear. “I gotta be honest,” I replied, leaning forward, “the
descents on that single track ridiculousness scare the living bejeesus
out of me.” (crankpunk.com)
September 24, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "A neat option for riders averse to chest straps, if fitted
well." (bikeradar.com)
September 24, 2014 September 23, 2014 |
September 24, 2014  Peter Sagan remains
the enigma going into Sunday’s elite men’s world championship road
race. The man whom many consider the five-star favorite for Sunday’s
elite men’s road race has been a riddle coming into this year’s race
for the rainbow jersey. (velonews.com)
September 24, 2014  A
misleading headline but reports seem to be running with a similar
title. What’s misleading? The Beijing authorities pulled the plug as
opposed to the UCI deciding to call time. Does the causality matter?
Yes, substantially so because the sport loses a top race in a key
market and the World Tour calendar shrinks, something the UCI probably
wouldn’t want if it had the choice. So much for
globalization. (inrng.com)
September 24, 2014  David Millar bid
farewell to the pro peloton at the Vuelta a Espana, his final race as a
Garmin-Sharp rider. Cycle Sport travelled to Spain to interview the
Scot and look back on his favorite race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 24, 2014  "Writing
about Tony Martin
and the whole "greatest ever" subject got me thinking back to his
former team, before he came into his own under Patrick Lefevre's
Quick Step leadership. He was yet another of those High Road boys, and
damn, there were a lot of them." (podiumcafe.com)
September 24, 2014  Right
up until the final climb of the World Championships time trial, Rohan Dennis was
within touching distance of the podium and though he slipped to fifth
by the finish, the Australian's was a performance that augurs much for
the future. (cyclingnews.com)
 USA
Cycling announced Wednesday that Carmen
Small has withdrawn from the 2014 UCI world road
championships due to illness. (velonews.com)
September 24, 2014  Interbike
is meant to be an event in which dealers see new products from
manufacturers and then place pre-season orders with their sales rep.
That was the point of the show and that’s the part that has ceased to
work. Bike companies are being pressed by OEMs to forecast further into
the future, pushing their need for preseason orders earlier and earlier
into the summer. Meanwhile, dealers would surrender blood and organs in
exchange for the ability to stay in their shops during the height of
the selling season. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 24, 2014  Anyone
with even a passing interest in road cycling would be familiar with the
French Alps. The sweeping vistas, the huge climbs, the legendary
battles that have taken place on those slopes. But of course the Alps
aren't just a feature of France – they extend across eight countries in
Western Europe, with amazing cycling climbs found throughout.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 24, 2014  Integration,
aero enhancements, light weight, and lots of racing heritage.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 24, 2014  KHS
has targeted the budget-minded rider from its inception, even defines
itself as a creator of affordable and quality bikes in its company
profile. This doesn’t stop them from having a few fun flourishes now
and again. For one thing, they sponsor pro riders and development teams
across the country, and we got the pleasure of looking at the company’s
latest offerings at Interbike 2014 from the viewpoint of one of the KHS
development teams. (cxmagazine.com)
September 24, 2014 |
 Tony Martin versus
the World? Last year he was so fast his average speed was superior to
many of the teams in the team time trial event. His win seems certain,
cycling’s answer to cosmological constant. But if time trials rarely
make for good TV new production techniques are helping and even with
old school broadcasting there’s a race on for the other podium
places. (inrng.com)
September 23, 2014  Lennard Kamna in the
morning and Lisa
Brennauer in the afternoon made for a German double in
today’s World championship time trials in Ponferrada. Brennauer was one of
the late starters, but she built up her speed to storm force for the
win, just like the weather at the finish. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014 
Lennard Kämna won Tuesday’s junior world time trial
championships in Ponferrada, Spain. “I am very happy to win here,” said
Kämna.
“I hope to realize it in the next few days. The last kilometers were
the hardest, with the climb, and after 25km, this was very hard. At the
top of the mountain, my trainer said I had the best time, so I was
hoping that I would not crash, and that I could win. This season and
the winter, I trained a lot. I have a good trainer, and he is the
reason why I am so good.” On a 29.5km course, he averaged 49.8kph and
bested American Adrien
Costa by 44 seconds. (velonews.com)
September 23, 2014  Anna Solovey might
have earned a silver medal in the UCI world championship elite women's
individual time trial, but she revealed in the post-race press
conference that she will be unable to bring the honour to her Ukrainian
home town of Lugansk, because it is in the heart of the confict between
the pro-Russian rebels and the Ukraine government and too dangerous.
She has become a refugee in her own land. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  Wednesday's UCI Road
Worlds Elite Men Individual Time Trial gets underway at 1:30pm CET
(7:30am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider.
Road Worlds live
streaming video should get underway at around 1:30pm CET
(7:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 23, 2014  The
UCI Road World Championships are in full swing in Ponferrada, with BMC
Racing and Specialized Lululemon having already enjoyed
success in the team time trials. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 23, 2014  Samuel Sanchez has
vented his anger after not being selected for the World Championships,
suggesting that the Spanish team will be weaker without him. National
coach Javier Minguez
has opted to build the Spanish team around Alejandro Valverde,
with Alberto Contador
refusing a place in the squad despite winning the Vuelta a Espana and
being selected by Minguez.
Sanchez
won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was fourth in the 2006 and
2009 World Championships. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 23, 2014  The
annual Young Survival Coalition Tour de Pink ride on the East Coast
raised more than $550,000 for the global organization over the weekend.
More than 200 cyclists took part in the three-day, 245-mile charity
ride that raised funds and awareness for young women affected by breast
cancer. Fifty of the cyclists who did the ride are breast cancer
survivors.. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 23, 2014  FSA
has always had a healthy collection of mountain bike wheels in its
range but the component giant is making a bigger push for 2015 with a
completely revamped range that includes wider rims, tubeless
compatibility, claimed 100 percent handbuilt construction, and a
relatively wide spread of price points. (bikeradar.com)
September 23, 2014 September 22, 2014 September 22, 2014 |
 Although
Belgium head into Sunday’s Elite men’s road race at the World
Championships without a clear team leader, few would doubt the
collective strength in depth to their nine-man roster. With two former
world champions in Tom
Boonen and Philippe
Gilbert, the in-form Greg
Van Avermaet, and Sep
Vanmarcke and Jan
Bakelants waiting in the wings, the team possess a
garrison of weapons for the tactical assault on Ponferrada.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  Alex Howes and
Kiel Reijnen rarely
lack interesting or unusual topics of conversation. This comes in handy
for the longtime friends and training partners. Seven-hour training
rides ahead of world championships go by faster. Or, when they sit down
for coffee, as they did with VeloNews on Saturday, the pair is good
company. (velonews.com)
September 23, 2014  Olympic
champion Bradley Wiggins
is confident he can dethrone reigning three-time world champ Tony Martin when the
world championship time trial takes place in Ponferrada on Wednesday.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
September 23, 2014  "Australia
appears to be the favorite to take the 2014 World Championships road
title in Ponferrada, Spain, with Simon
Gerrans, but we examine what teams could stop them and
their strengths. This is a top ten list, so it is of course limited and
leaves out a few teams like Switzerland with Fabian Cancellara,
but it nonetheless it gives you an idea of what could happen on
Sunday."
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 23, 2014  Russian's
team calls on Froome
and Nibali
to go head to head with Contador:
Alberto Contador
and his Tinkoff-Saxo team has thrown down a challenge to their Grand
Tour rivals by calling on them to go head to head in the 2015 Giro
d'Italia and Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  Following
on the news that Evelyn
Stevens and Chantal
Blaak will move to the Boels Dolmans squad in
2015, bicycle maker Specialized and clothing partner lululemon have
announced they will shift their support from title sponsorship of the
existing team under Velocio Sports to a technical partner role for
Boels Dolmans. Specialized was already an equipment partner with the
Dutch team this year. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  The
UCI 2014-15 cyclo-cross season is well underway and riders are starting
to gather points toward the UCI standings, the USA Cycling Professional
Cyclo-cross Calendar and other regional series such as the Mid Atlantic
Cyclo-cross. CrossVegas was the first of eight C1 events in the US
while EKZ CrossTour#1 - Baden held a C1 race in Switzerland. Follow
Cyclingnews' weekly round-up of news, race recaps and previews of
what’s ahead during the cyclo-cross season. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  The
SaddleLight LED Bike Bag from Nite Ize offers all the room of a normal
bike bag but also comes with reflective detailing and a red LED tail
light. Outlined with reflective trim and a bright LED with two modes —
steady glow and continuous flash — the SaddeLight is made with recycled
PET water-resistant fabric and has a bright white interior for easily
finding items. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 23, 2014  "I
first came to know Mercian Cycles a long time ago, back when nobody
really wore Lycra and everybody took sandwiches. Growing up in the
shadow of the Black Country the custom frame was considered as it is
now, a luxury item, though they were perhaps a bit more common before
the advent of carbon and aluminium." (brooksengland.com)
September 23, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2 out of 5
stars. "Comfort doesn’t make up for poor speed." (bikeradar.com)
September 23, 2014 September 22, 2014 |
September 23, 2014  Padraig: "As
the writer whose work was stolen, this is news to me. Tyler didn't contact
me about this before making the decision to do this. I love People for
Bikes, and I think they are doing some of the most important advocacy
work in cycling and need every cent they can get, but Tyler isn't Robin
Hood. He stole from me and giving to People for Bikes doesn't make what
he did okay. By stealing my work and presenting it as his own, he's
actively making it harder for me to feed my family. Normally, when you
steal someone's work, you pay the aggrieved party, not someone else."
(redkiteprayer.com) (bikebiz.com)
[The Doug Report will suspend posting articles from Bike Rumor until further notice.]  Evelyn Stevens
couldn’t have asked for a better start to worlds week. She won her
third consecutive gold medal with Specialized Lululemon on
Sunday in the team time trial and then backed it up with her second
career individual time trial medal with bronze Tuesday. (velonews.com)
September 23, 2014  Romain Kreuziger hopes
that he may be able to return to racing before the end of this season. Kreuziger was
cleared of any doping violations on Monday by the Czech Olympic
Committee (COC). (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  A
look ahead to the men's elite time trial event at the 2014 UCI World
Championships in Spain. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 23, 2014  After
crashing during last year's World Championships and during last week's
Tre Valli Varesine, Vincenzo
Nibali has apparently changed the tires on his race bike
for the World Championships. According to today's Gazzetta dello Sport,
the Italian rider has also switched to electronic components, finally
abandoning the Campagnolo mechanical components he used to win the Tour
de France. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  The
Aussies have had a good start to the Worlds over in Ponferrada, Spain.
(wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
September 23, 2014  No
new contract for final WorldTour race: The Tour of Beijing will host
its fourth and final edition this October. UCI President Brian Cookson
confirmed to L’Équipe they would not be renewing their contract with
race organisers Global Cycling Promotion (GCP) for 2015. The French
paper speculated that the new guard at the UCI is looking to sever ties
with the race. (cyclingnews.com)
September 23, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Colnago’s first sportive bike is a total success in handling
and ride quality." (bikeradar.com)
September 23, 2014  How
to make your entry-level MTB more trail-worthy. (bikeradar.com)
September 23, 2014 September 22, 2014 |
 As
final race of the 2014 National Criterium Calendar series, the TD Bank
Mayor’s Cup attracted the country’s fastest criterium racers to ride
laps around the iconic Government Center in downtown Boston.
(velonews.com)
September 22, 2014  Australia scored a
second top success in a matter of hours in the World Championships on
Monday as Tasmanian Campbell
Flakemore edged out Ireland’s Ryan Mullan by less
than half a second to claim gold in the men’s under-23 time trial..
(cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  On
a morning of steady rain in Ponferrada, Macey Stewart mastered
the treacherous conditions to land victory in the junior women’s time
trial at the World Championships, ahead of Denmark’s Pernille Mathiesen
and her fellow countrywoman Anna-Leeza
Hull. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  As
he stepped on to the podium to receive his silver medal in the under 23
time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, Ryan Mullen was
still shaking his head in quiet disbelief. The Irishman had looked
every inch a world champion on the rain-soaked Ponferrada course, an
impression borne out at the two intermediate check points along the
route.
With 13 kilometers remaining, Mullen held a lead of 20 seconds over Australia's Campbell Flakemore and his remarkable average speed of 49.5kph seemed too imposing a bar for any of the late finishers to vault. (cyclingnews.com) September 22, 2014  The
future is now… and it looks a lot like the past with more strong time
trial performances from the Australians and Swiss. (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 22, 2014  Peter Sagan goes
into this weekend’s world championship road race looking to salvage a
season that has struggled to live up to his own high standards. After a
frustrating string of second places, Sagan will be hoping
he can get it right on Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 22, 2014  Yesterday
in Belgium’s Steenbergcross, the pace was set high immediately, with
lots of big names sticking with the lead pace. First and second place
riders at CrossVegas, Sven
Nys and Lars
van der Haar, found themselves having to work up through
the field as Meeusen dictated the speed at the front..
September 22, 2014  Katie Compton had
better start than Saturday and quickly established herself at the front
of the Elite Women’s race. Gabby
Durrin again took the holeshot, but by the time they
reached the tricky Trek downhill section Compton was in the
lead with Caroline Mani,
Durrin,
and Nicole Duke
on her wheel. (cxmagazine.com)
September 22, 2014  "Rewind
to August 2013 for a moment — after a 15-year career, I announced my
retirement from road racing at the Tour of Elk Grove in Chicago.
Although I was sad to say goodbye to so many women who had been my
teammates, friends, and competitors over the years, at the same time I
was excited about the upcoming cyclocross season. Although I had
announced my retirement from road, retirement from ’cross was still in
the distant future." (velonews.com)
September 22, 2014 Tuesday's UCI Road
Worlds Junior Men
Individual Time Trial gets underway at 10:00am CET (4:00am
U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road
Worlds live streaming
video should get underway at around 10:00am CET (4:00am
U.S. Eastern).
Tuesday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Women Individual Time Trial gets underway at 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) September 22, 2014  BMC
wasn’t showing much in the way of new road stuff, so the big news was
that they’ve aggressively lowered their prices. This Ultegra Di2 TMR01
is now $6999 and while that ain’t cheeap, it is a significant reduction
on a bike with more technology than some phones. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 22, 2014  "We
understand that it's hard to get excited by products like this, but
bear with us on this one, because if it works as claimed, Ultimate Bike
Solution could be a game-changer." (bikeradar.com)
September 22, 2014 September 21, 2014 September 21, 2014 September 21, 2014 |
 With
Fabian Cancellara
and Taylor Phinney
being the notable absentees, the world’s greatest time triallists will
all be on the start line of the most important time trial of the year.
For everyone who specializes in the unique discipline, the World
Championships is a real highlight that gives them a shot at one of the
most coveted jerseys in cycling. Tony
Martin is gunning for a record-breaking fourth consecutive
win, Bradley Wiggins
hopes to fill an obvious gap on his palmares and young guns Adriano Malori and Tom Dumoulin want to
prove that they now belong to the real elite and the fierce competition
will only add more prestige to an already highly prestigious event.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 22, 2014  Robin Carpenter took
everybody by surprise when he held off the favourites to win a stage of
the USA Pro Challenge on a very cold and rainy day in Colorado. Now in
Ponferrada for the U23 Worlds, the American sees himself as a dark
horse for Friday’s road race. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 22, 2014  Ryan Trebon has been
sidelined from racing cyclo-cross after fracturing three ribs and two
vertebrae in a crash while racing locally in Washington earlier this
month. The Cannondale Cyclocrossworld.com rider is hoping to make a
quick recovery and even has his sights set on winning the national
title at the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Championships held in January in
Austin, Texas. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  Specialized
announced Monday that it will shift its sponsorship focus to the
Boels-Dolmans Women’s Cycling Team for 2015. The brand will step back
from its title-sponsor role with Velocio Sports’ Specialized-Lululemon
squad, the top American women’s team in 2014 and the winning team of
the world time trial championship on Sunday in Ponferrada, Spain.
(velonews.com)
September 22, 2014  German
Tony Martin
will put the disappointment of losing the team time trial behind him
and will focus on winning a record-equalling fourth individual title on
Wednesday in Spain. After Omega Pharma Quick Step won the 2012
and 2013 TTT titles, all that Martin
and the team could manage was a bronze medal ride behind BMC Racing and
Orica-GreenEdge on Sunday. (velonews.com)
September 22, 2014  Belkin
goes into Omloop van het Houtland with a two-pronged attack. The race
is likely to end in a bunch sprint in which the Dutch team will play
either the Moreno Hofland
or the Theo Bos
card. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 22, 2014  When
Tinkoff-Saxo announced that they had signed Peter Sagan, one of
the obvious questions was whether the Slovakian can co-exist with Alberto Contador on
the Tour de France team. Now manager Bjarne Riis tells
CyclingQuotes that the Slovakian won’t actively chase the green jersey
and mainly focus on stage wins in the world’s biggest race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 22, 2014  Sonny Colbrelli
proved that he deserved his place in the Italian team for the Men's
Elite road race, with back to back victories at the Memorial Pantani
and the GP di Prato at the weekend. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  "British
Cycling says there's no medal contender for the individual time trial
at the UCI Road World Championships. True or false? Let's take a look
at the candidates." (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 22, 2014  "We
caught up with TV's Ned
Boulting as he prepares to be the host with the most at
next week's Cycle Show at the NEC." (bikeradar.com)
September 22, 2014  In
2013, a company by the name of Bamboobee entered the world of product
design with their ‘honey infused bamboo bicycles‘. following the
success of this popular material, the singapore firm has launched the
‘build it yourself (BIY) bike kit’. (designboom.com)
September 22, 2014  The
riding at demo days at most bike shows leaves a lot to be desired, but
the Expobici show in Italy is an exception. Located in Galzignano Terme
in Euganean Hills south of Padova (Padua), the road riding is
exquisite, on narrow, winding, and lightly-traveled roads through these
hills known for their thermal baths. And the mountain biking trails
feature considerable technical difficulty and a very high fun factor.
(velonews.com)
September 22, 2014 September 21, 2014 |
September 22, 2014  The
United States Olympic Committee announced Monday that Lucas Euser has been
selected to receive the Jack Kelly Fair Play Award presented by BP, one
of four annual awards that will be presented at a celebratory dinner
during the 2014 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly, Sept. 25-26, at
the Hilton Chicago. (velonews.com)
September 22, 2014  Roman Kreuziger’s
been cleared by the Czech Olympic Committee’s arbitration panel. Fair
verdict or whitewash? For now it’s hard to tell as the reasoned
decision is online as a PDF but in Czech and so a hard read. What we do
know from the past is that the UCI has appealed past cases of “home”
federations or anti-doping bodies clearing their riders. I suspect
they’ll take the case to the CAS but that’s
guessing. (inrng.com)
September 22, 2014  Roman Kreuziger has
been cleared of any anti-doping violations by the Czech Olympic
Committee (CAC). Kreuziger
had been provisionally suspended by the UCI after registering anomalies
in his blood passport earlier this season. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  Six-rider
team racing for Howes:
Although the USA team for the UCI Road World Championships elite men's
road race has only six members, it could be the most cohesive unit the
country has put together for the race in years. With Alex Howes as the
likely team leader, and Andrew
Talansky, Tejay
van Garderen, Brent
Bookwalter, Kiel
Reijnen and Eric
Marcotte in support positions, the team represents a
generational shift when compared with past teams. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  Tyler Farrar is
“disappointed” he won’t be racing next weekend in northern Spain for
the elite men’s road cycling world championships. With the U.S. men’s
team down to six riders for the road race, instead of the nine maximum
for top-ranked nations, Farrar
was squeezed out for selection.
September 22, 2014  Thor Hushovd retired
on Saturday after completing the GP Impanis-Van Petegem, which won by
his BMC team-mate Greg
van Avermaet. The 2010 world champion and winner of ten
stages of the Tour de France put an end to a 27 year long career! Jean-François Quénet
looks back at his history as a young rider. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  Fabian
Cancellara hesitated when the question was put to him, and then smiled
sheepishly. The Swiss rider had just led his Trek Factory Racing squad
to 7th place in the team time trial at the World Championships, but had
he lined up in the event by choice or out of obligation?
(cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  Former
pro cyclist Greg LeMond
summed up cycling progress succinctly: “It never gets easier, you just
go faster.” What he meant was that all the hard training is not so that
you can sit back and cruise when your goal event arrives, but so that
on the big day you can deliver the best ride of your
life. (bikeradar.com)
September 22, 2014  The Movistar team
has announced that Britain's Alex
Dowsett will stay with the Spanish team for the next three
seasons. The 25-year-old secured his future with an excellent series of
results during the 2014 season after winning the time trial at the 2013
Giro d'Italia. Dowsett
took two victories in 2014: the time trial stage at the Circuit de la
Sarthe, which he led for one stage, and won gold in the Commonwealth
Games time trial in Glasgow.. (cyclingnews.com)
September 22, 2014  Drop
bars are known for providing additional hand positions when compared to
the standard flat bar, but BP4 seems to be taking that notion to new
heights (drops). While many companies are experimenting with different
reach, bends, and sweeps, BP4 is adding another dimension to road
handlebars – top drops. The admittedly strange looking handlebars drop
down where a road bar would typically be flat. The resulting hand
positions are claimed to be an improvement over standard bars in both
aerodynamics, performance, and comfort. (bikerumor.com)
September 22, 2014  3T
Cycling has a lot going on, as much with new products as with new
concepts for the sale and use of them. Starting with the small stuff,
they’ll now offer sizing guides to all retailers and online that
complement the mix-and-match nature of their road components.
(bikerumor.com)
September 22, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Affordable, British built carbon clinchers
with some minor issues." (bikeradar.com)
September 22, 2014 September 21, 2014 U.S.
national cyclocross champion Katie
Compton made it a
September 21, 2014 |
 BMC
Racing Team, led by American star Tejay
van Garderen, dethroned reigning champions Omega-Pharma
Quick-Step to win the men’s team time trial on Sunday at the UCI World
Road Championships. (cyclingnews.com) (velonews.com)
September 21, 2014  Three
editions in, the addition of the trade team time trial to the World
Championships programme has perhaps yet to fire the imagination of the
general public, but Tejay
van Garderen was in no doubt about its importance to the
riders themselves after his BMC squad landed the 2014 title in
Ponferrada. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 21, 2014  Hutarovich and Haussler take second
and third. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  Bardiani-CSF
fastman Sonny Colbrelli
won his second race in as many days by taking GP Prato in a bunch
sprint from Kristian
Sbaragli of MTN and Danilo
Napolitano of Wanty. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 21, 2014 Monday's UCI Road
Worlds Junior Women Individual Time Trial gets underway at 10:00am CET
(4:00am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team.
Road Worlds live
streaming video should get underway at around 10:00am CET
(4:00am U.S. Eastern)..
Monday's UCI Road Worlds Under 23 Men Individual Time Trial gets underway at 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) September 21, 2014 September 20, 2014 September 20, 2014 |
 Specialized-Lululemon
has turned to crowdfunding to ensure its survival when its sponsors
withdraw at the end of this season, and the American squad was
certainly value for its victory in the women’s team time trial at the
World Championships in Ponferrada. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  Rabo
Liv’s chances of following up last year’s World Championships silver
medal in the women’s team time trial collapsed in dramatic fashion due
to a serious multiple-rider crash. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  After
two gold medals in 2012 and 2013, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s bronze
medal in the World Championships team time trial was never going to be
anything but disappointing. But if the team’s riders felt a little
tempted to blame their defeat on changing weather conditions, they
refused to do so. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  Nacer Bouhanni’s two
most significant results at the Vuelta a España were not his brace of
sprint victories but his surprisingly strong showings on the hilltop
finales at Arcos de la Frontera and Obregon. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Classy carbon chassis dulled by average
components and some excess weight." (bikeradar.com)
September 21, 2014  LeMond
Bicycles out of Minneapolis, MN, got its start back in ’86, the same
year Greg LeMond
won the Tour de France. Now LeMond “returns to its roots” with the
launch of the new Washoe steel road bike. Similar to the ’86 models,
the Washoe is handmade and hand painted in the USA–and the new version
is customizable to your specs.
|
September 21, 2014  Even
as she and her teammates savoured victory in the women's team time
trial World Championships, Specialized lululemon’s Evelyn Stevens
praised the progress for women’s cycling over the last year. But she
also pointed out that the battle to get her side of the sport on an
equal footing with men’s racing is not over yet - particularly in the
financial sphere. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  It
was a different kind of silver medal for Orica-GreenEdge in the team
time trial at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships and, on balance, a
decidedly easier defeat to digest. In Florence twelve months ago, the
Australian squad lost out to Omega Pharma-QuickStep by the maddening
margin of 0.81 of a second and they must have spent much of the year
since trying to figure out precisely where in the Tuscan hills those
previous decimal points were misplaced. (cyclingnews.com)
September 21, 2014  U.S.
national cyclocross champion Katie
Compton made it a weekend sweep at the Trek CXC Cup Sunday
in Waterloo, Wisconsin. As she so often does when racing on home soil,
the UCI World Cup series champion powered away from the rest of the
field to finish alone. (velonews.com)
September 21, 2014  After
one year at the professional continental level, Tiago Machado will be
back in the WorldTour. The Portuguese has signed a contract with
Katusha. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 21, 2014  "I
recently thought about my favorite books. There are many, and they span
a wide range of topics, from Saint Exupéry’s The Little Prince to The
Art of the Motorcycle. Here are six of my favorite cycling books, in no
particular order." (janheine.wordpress.com)
September 21, 2014  In
Vegas, Sven Nys
winning CrossVegas again was not the only Belgian spectacle or party. A
handful of Belgian companies came together to share a mansion and throw
a party to show off their wares outside of the dust of Outdoor Demo and
noise of Interbike. Here is a look at a few of the companies that were
on hand to show off cyclocross-relevant gear at “The Belgian House” in
Vegas. (cxmagazine.com)
September 21, 2014 September 20, 2014 |
 Sunday's UCI Road
Worlds Elite Women
Team Time Trial gets underway at 10:00am CET (4:00am
U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road
Worlds live streaming
video should get underway at around 10:00am CET (4:00am
U.S. Eastern).
Sunday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Men Team Time Trial gets underway at 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) September 20, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
will have his work cut out if he is to end years of near misses and
finally land the world title on home soil next week. The 34-year-old
Spaniard will be one of the favorites at the World Championships in
Ponferrada but time is running out for the 2009 Vuelta a Espana winner
to finally claim the road race title following five previous podium
finishes. (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 20, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
will have his work cut out for him if he is to end years of near misses
and finally land the world road title on home soil next week. The
34-year-old Spaniard will be one of the favorites for the road race at
the UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, but time is running out
for the 2009 Vuelta a Espana winner to finally claim the rainbow jersey
following five previous podium finishes. (velonews.com)
September 20, 2014  Katie Compton won
day one of the Trek CXC Cup on Saturday in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Georgia Gould finished
second with Caroline Mani third.
(velonews.com)
September 20, 2014  Bole and Chinello round out
podium. (cyclingnews.com)
September 20, 2014  Long
considered a rider lacking a spark to finish things off, Greg Van Avermaet
proved that he knows how to win races as he take took his second
victory of this week in Primus Classic Impanis – Van Petegem and became
a clear favorite for the upcoming World Championship road race
alongside Simon Gerrans and
John Degenkolb.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 20, 2014  Helen Wyman loved
the sand at Charm City, Day 1. Immediately following the race, she said
that as a Euro, she was glad the UCI commissionaire allowed a grand
total of four separate lengths of sandpits. (cxmagazine.com)
September 20, 2014  Geraint Thomas hopes
to close out his season with strong performances at the World
Championships after what has been a long but successful season. The
28-year-old could have missed out on Worlds selection after a nasty
crash stopped him from training but he will line up for Team Sky in
Sunday's team time trial and then race again the following weekend in
the men’s elite road race for Great Britain. (cyclingnews.com)
September 20, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 20, 2014 September 19, 2014 |
 Specialized-Lululemon
is motivated to defend its crown in the women’s team time trial as the
2014 UCI Road World Championships kick into gear Sunday.
Specialized-Lululemon won in 2012 and 2013, knocking back its rivals to
claim the prestigious team title. (velonews.com)
September 20, 2014  Simon Gerrans has
never before headed into a world championships with the type of
blistering form he's carrying into Spain. The 34-year-old is one of the
leading favorites for next Sunday's UCI Road World Championships men's
elite road race and acknowledges it is "without question" his best
chance of claiming the rainbow jersey. (sbs.com.au)
September 20, 2014  Edvald Boasson Hagen
has allayed concerns surrounding his drop from WorldTour to
ProContinental level, he has faith that Team MTN-Qhubeka will
provide him with a suitably strong race program. (cyclingnews.com)
September 20, 2014  Cerami, who was born
in Italy but emigrated to Belgium and attained Belgian nationality in
1956, won the ninth stage of the 1963 Tour de France at the age of 41
years and three months. His most successful campaign came in 1960 when
he won Paris-Roubaix and Flèche Wallonne, and finished third in the
world championship road race. (velonews.com)
September 20, 2014  The
Luxemburg national team have found themselves in huge difficulties
ahead of the World Championship road race held in Ponferrada on
September 28. Jempy
Drucker was expected to line-up in the event after both Bob Jungels and Frank Schleck were
forced to withdraw, but thr Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider openly claimed to
be offended by not being initially selected and thus refused to
participate. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 20, 2014  It
seemed absolutely obvious that a high speed crash caused by a cat had
effectively ended the 2014 season for Domenico Pozzovivo,
but the tiny Italian climber wants to prove one more time why he is
considered one of the toughest man in the professional peloton by
returning to competition in Il Lombardia. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 20, 2014  Arnaud Demare broke
his long victory drought when he won yesterday's Kampioenschap van
Vlaanderen in a sprint finish. The Frenchman praised the many
youngsters that had helped him return to his winning ways.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 20, 2014  Fizik
is excited about adding boas to their products, more specifically their
M3 and M5 men and women’s models made some interesting decisions
surrounding them. One of the biggest of these is not including the
retention of the Boa on their highest performance model, the M1 UOMO
made from kangaroo leather, which will still use a buckle and two
Velcro straps. (cyclingfans.com)
September 20, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Buy them for the looks, but you can go faster for the same
money." (bikeradar.com)
September 20, 2014 |
September 20, 2014  Tejay van Garderen has
a busy week ahead of him, racing all three events on tap during the
road world cycling championships. With one eye on the podium for the
elite men’s time trial Wednesday, van
Garderen will also be part of Team America’s wide-open
squad for the road race next weekend. (velonews.com)
September 20, 2014  Omega
Pharma-Quick Step go into the World Team Time Trial championships as
the winners of the two first editions of the race but have lost three
of the key riders from last year’s roster. Nonetheless, team manager Patrick Lefevere
feels confident in their chances, knowing that they have prepared
everything meticulously. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 20, 2014  First
event out of the gate at Worlds, the Women's Team timetrial, might be
one of the most hotly contested races as well. At least it is the one
with the most clear-cut rivalry. The dominants of the past years
Specialized-lululemon will be trying to hold of the challenge of a
Rabo/Liv team that has dedicated much of their season to ousting the
Spec-lulus from the TTT-throne. On Sunday we will see if they can.
(podiumcafe.com)
September 20, 2014  Garmin-Sharp’s
Alex Howes
is one of the six younger generation of American riders that USA
Cycling selected to compete in the Elite men’s road race at the UCI
Road World Championships held from September 21 to 28 in Ponferrada,
Spain, and he is motivated to put forth a strong performance in what
will be his last race of the season. (cyclingnews.com)
September 20, 2014  The
UCI will test on-bike cameras and new real-time rider location
technology at the upcoming UCI Road World Championships, the governing
body announced Saturday. It will share knowledge gained from the test
with the sport’s stakeholders, including broadcasters. (velonews.com)
September 20, 2014  Let’s
be honest, many of us regard anything other than actually turning the
pedals as a waste of time, as far as improving cycling fitness is
concerned. But according to the experts, we could be selling ourselves
short. (bikeradar.com)
September 20, 2014  Pioneer
showed offer several improvements to both the system and the packaging
to make them a more viable option among all manner of cyclists.
For starters, you can now add their dual-sided power meter to
your existing crankset. (bikerumor.com)
September 20, 2014  "Last
year we featured a story about a small company called Detroit Bikes,
who was manufacturing affordable commuter bikes in the United States.
Available only in one size and color to keep prices affordable, the
completes came equipped with a nexus 3 speed hub, front brake, rear
coaster brake, and rack." (bikerumor.com)
September 20, 2014  Italian
brand Alchemist showed off their latest lightweight hoops, this time
with a somewhat more subtle design than past offerings. (bikerumor.com)
September 20, 2014 September 19, 2014 |
 This
Sunday sees the UCI World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain start with
the team time trial. If a team time trial isn’t new, the format is
still a novelty at the worlds after it was introduced two years ago and
more so since it features pro teams when the rest of the week is about
national squads. (inrng.com)
September 19, 2014 Sunday's UCI Road
Worlds Elite Women
Team Time Trial gets underway at 10:00am CET (4:00am
U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road
Worlds live streaming
video should get underway at around 10:00am CET (4:00am
U.S. Eastern).
Sunday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Men Team Time Trial gets underway at 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) September 19, 2014  Arnaud Démare took
advantage of a high-speed lead out from his FDJ.fr teammates to win the
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - the Championship of Flanders in
Koolskamp. (cyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014  American
talks pressure, fractured hips and his quest to win the Tour de France.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Races), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 19, 2014  After
taking his sixth Grand Tour title at the Vuelta a España earlier this
month, Alberto Contador
(Tinkoff-Saxo) has announced that he will target the Giro d’Italia next
season. (cyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014  Swift has enjoyed a
strong season in 2014 after recovering from niggling shoulder injury,
claiming stage wins in the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
and the Tour of the Basque Country. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 19, 2014  Team
MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are happy to announce that Serge Pauwels will
join the African Pro-Continental team next season. Pauwels joins Team
MTN-Qhubeka after having spent the past 5 years racing at the World
Tour level. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 19, 2014  The
Michigan Cyclocross series officially kicked off the first Saturday of
September with the inaugural Alma Grand Prix of Cyclocross presented by
Eclipse Cycling. The race turned out to be a hit with a very bright
future as over 200 racers came out to the event. (cxmagazine.com)
September 19, 2014  Canyon's
Aeroad has been redesigned as the Aeroad CF SLX for 2015 and features
several significant upgrades over the previous model. While the
original suffered from a little rearward flex, the new Aeroad CF SLX is
designed to be stiffer, lighter and more aero. (bikeradar.com)
September 19, 2014  "The
Oregon-based company has promised to rattle the established
market-leaders by being faster, lighter and less expensive. And now
we've got our hands on two sets (a 95 and 65) to give them a thorough
lookover." (bikeradar.com)
September 19, 2014 |
 Jens Voigt has
broken the hour record. It’s a simple statement, a declaration where
the fact is beyond the reach of debate. He broke a record that is
cycling itself, that is an aspiration no one needs to explain, an
exploration of power so pure it leaves non-cyclists breathless. The
wonder of the feat is staggering. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 19, 2014  Buried
below the list of legends who have held the hour record are numerous
riders who have tried but fallen short. On the day that Jens Voigt succeeded
in setting the new UCI hour record, former American hour record holder Colby Pearce was
feeling a bit conflicted about the feat. (cyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014  Voigt rode 51.115km
in 60 minutes in the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen on a custom Trek
Speed Concept time trial bike, modified for use on the track.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
September 19, 2014  Who's
riding for who in the UCI World Team Time Trial Championships in
Ponferrada, Spain. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 19, 2014  Chad Haga went from
competing in the US to a WorldTour rider in the season’s hardest Grand
Tour in the matter of a year. A steep learning curve you might say, but
Chad took it all in his stride. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014  Storck
Bicycles is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the best way possible:
with a new aero road bike, its first cyclocross model and a full range
of limited-edition 20th anniversary models. (bikeradar.com)
September 19, 2014  Easily
the best shoes at Interbike... spied in the Nalini booth.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014  What
sets the Velo apart from their other HRMs is the new bridging
capability which can read your ANT+ and BLE speed and cadence sensors.
(bikerumor.com)
September 19, 2014  Awesome
image quality, sound and image stabilization now comes in a much
smaller package. (roadbikereview.com)
September 19, 2014  Crank
Brothers released their latest on-the-road tool kit, the Y16 and the
Y12. The latter comes with small storage compartments while the former
uses that space for a CO2 inflator head and chain breaker.
(cxmagazine.com)
September 19, 2014 September 18, 2014 |
September 19, 2014  For
the first time since 2008, Tyler
Farrar will be donning a new jersey next season. The
veteran sprinter is accepting a new challenge at MTN-Qhubeka, the
African-based team with big ambitions for the future. (velonews.com)
September 19, 2014  While
a great photo is all it takes to inspire a cycling trip, actually
embarking on the journey is fraught with challenges. Luke Pegrum reflects
on a recent trip to provide some tips on how to plan for and make the
most of your next cycling adventure. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 19, 2014  "I
have had a bit of time off from racing in August. This has left me at
home with time to revel in the company of my family (my parents and my
bro) and also my family (the Rocky Mountains and the friends I find
there)." (cyclingnews.com)
September 19, 2014  The
woman who designed the controversial 'nude' Colombian cycling kit has
defended the outfit after a massive online backlash.
(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)
September 19, 2014  Two
days after it was announced that Annemiek
van Vleuten would join the squad, the Bigla Cycling team
has today confirmed that the American Shelley Olds will
also be part of the setup in 2015. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 19, 2014  "Earlier
this week, Bill Schieken
of In the Crosshairs talked with Sven
Nys on SVENNESS. At CrossVegas 2014, he also got the
chance to talk tactics with Lars
van der Haar. One major takeaway is bombarding the
assumption that everyone was waiting for Nys to finally make
an attack. According to Van
der Haar, it appears as if a cat-and-mouse game was being
played right up to the barriers, where Lars figured Nys would be making
his move."
September 19, 2014  "It’s
hard to know where to begin when trying to describe something that is,
essentially, indescribable. But that is exactly what riding a mountain
bike over 900 kilometers (560 miles), while climbing over 14,000 meters
(45,900 feet), in seven days in Mongolia is - indescribable."
(velonews.com)
September 19, 2014  The
Moto has a 6061-T6 aluminum frame, 29-inch wheels and Hayes mechanical
disc brakes. It’s available as either a single-speed or a 3-speed with
SRAM’s i-Motion internal rear hub and i-3 Twist shifter.
September 19, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Good handling and a comfortable ride but the Orbea’s package is
too weighty to shine." (bikeradar.com)
September 19, 2014  The
Washoe features custom butted size-specific Reynolds 853 steel tubing,
an Enve carbon fork and can be equipped with either mechanical or
electronic drivetrains. The Washoe is available as a frame kit or as a
truly customizable complete bicycle. All bicycles are professionally
assembled, tuned and delivered to the customer, ready to ride.
(bikeworldnews.com)
September 19, 2014  From
budget bikes to budget breakers, there's something for everyone.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 19, 2014 September 18, 2014 |
 German
Jens Voigt
has become the first rider crack 50 kilometers ridden in the world hour
record since the UCI modified the rules earlier this year. Voigt bested the
previous mark, set by Ondrej
Sosenka in Moscow on July 19, 2005 by more than a
kilometer. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  The Guardian has
reported that Team Sky and British Cycling are investigating forming a
development team which would have Bradley
Wiggins as its leader and figurehead, from midway through
2015 into 2016, when the 2012 Tour de France winner hopes to bow out
with a bid for an Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro. (velonews.com)
September 18, 2014  Michael Albasini
continued Orica-GreenEDGE’s recent run of success when he won one of
Italy’s oldest and most prestigious stage races, Tre Valli Varesine, in
impressive fashion. Launching a perfectly time sprint from the 8-rider
front group that had escaped on the penultimate lap of the main
circuit, the Swiss passed Sonny
Colbrelli just metres before the line while Filippo Pozzato
rolled across the line as a distant third. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 18, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 18, 2014  Bob Jungels was
expected to feature in all three events held during the upcoming World
Championships in Ponferrada as a part of Trek Factory Racing and
Luxemburg national team, but the 21-year old rider was forced to
withdraw his participation due to health problems. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 18, 2014  After
two seasons with African Pro-Continental team MTN-Qhubeka, Sergio Pardilla has
decided to continue his career elsewhere in 2015. Pardilla told Spanish
news agency EFE that he had no regrets from his time with MTN-Qhubeka
and had enjoyed the "enriching experience" but was considering "some
deals" from other teams. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  Team
Sky has announced their squad for upcoming World Championship team time
trial, to be held on September 21 in Ponferrada, Spain. While Bradley Wiggins is
due to lead the team following his promising showing in Tour of
Britain, Chris Froome
missed the selection, reportedly to fully focus on the road race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 18, 2014  Italian
national coach Davide
Cassani has confirmed the 11 riders selected for the Elite
Men's road race at the World Championships, opting to select Edoardo Zardini
instead of Filippo
Pozzato despite the Lampre-Merida rider impressing with a
series of placings in two of the Trittico Lombardo races in northern
Italy. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  The
2014 World Championships parcours isn't one that ideally suits the
characteristics of cobbles specialist Niki Terpstra but
the Dutchman expressed surprise at his omission from the national team
for the 254.8km road race. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  7
days over the German, Austrian, and Swiss Alps and then a couple of
days in the Dolomites for good measure? Bring it on. Famous. Last.
Words. (crankpunk.com)
September 18, 2014  While
K-Edge made its name in chain catchers and Bar Fly with out-front
Garmin computer mounts, both companies are now reapplying their
creative juices and aggressively branching out into other
items. (bikeradar.com)
September 18, 2014  As
more attention is directed towards the accuracy of pumps and their
gauges, more companies are looking towards digital offerings for an
easy-to-read solution. Digital gauges for floor pumps are nothing new,
but hand pumps? (bikerumor.com)
September 18, 2014 September 17, 2014 |
 UCI
president Brian Cookson
hopes that the hour record, broken today by Jens Voigt in
Grenchen, Switzerland, will be just the first of a number of efforts
since the UCI rule modification, and challenged the sport's top time
trialists to have a go at the record. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  Eddy Merckx’s hour
record of 49.431 kilometres, set in Mexico in 1972, has been the
standard bearer for the event ever since the UCI decided to restrict
the equipment available in 2000. Today (Thursday) Jens Voigt, who
turned 43 on Wednesday, will become the first rider to tackle the hour
since the rules were relaxed earlier this year. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  Having
ridden impressively in his first two years at the Continental level, Joe Dombrowski
failed to perform in line with huge expectations after joining Team Sky
in 2013. It took over 18 months to discover why the 23-year old
American was unable to make any further progress, but it seems that
another squad will benefit from a surgery he has recently undergone as
he is set to change the squad for 2015 season. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 18, 2014  Scot
pledges to do what he can to lose the mark he set in September 2013.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 18, 2014  The
MTN-Qhubeka team has confirmed that Matt
Goss will ride for the South African ProContinental team
in 2015. The 27 year-old Australian has struggled during his three
years at the Orica-GreenEdge team, winning just two races, but hopes to
rediscover the form and motivation that allowed him to win the 2011
Milan-San Remo. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  The
Criterium International will continue to be raced in Corsica, at
Porto-Vecchio, for the next two years, organizers announced Thursday.
(velonews.com)
September 18, 2014  As
the third introduction to their Bluetooth Hear Rate Monitor line up,
Wahoo is giving the device its own memory. Calling it the TICKR X, the
built-in memory means the device will be able to track heart rate,
calorie burn, and duration of workouts up to 16 hours long without the strap connected to your smart phone. (bikerumor.com) September 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "The internal fixings are fairly basic but the end result is
quite effective." (bikeradar.com)
September 18, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Top performance with a few quirks." (bikeradar.com)
September 18, 2014  SRM
has introduced a new head unit, the PC8. Like all SRM units, it is
jam-packed with features, but what sets this unit apart from previous
SRM head units is that it records GPS data and speaks not only ANT+ but
Bluetooth and Wifi as well. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 18, 2014  There
were quite a few new and interesting tools on display at Eurobike and
Interbike. From less frustrating ways to route cables through frames,
to clever multi-tools, there’s something to help you keep your bike
rolling smoothly, regardless of your level of mechanical
aptitude. (bikeradar.com)
September 18, 2014  Strava
has released a new version of its mobile running and cycling app that
incorporates weekly goals to help athletes track and improve their
performance. The feature allows members to set running and cycling
goals by distance or time and to visualize their progress toward
achieving their goals. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 18, 2014 September 17, 2014 |
September 18, 2014  Who
says aging up has to slow you down? New research shows that our bodies
are capable of some impressive accomplishments on the bike as we get
older. (bicycling.com)
September 18, 2014  More
than anything, John
Degenkolb is a realist. Despite winning nine stages in two
editions of the Vuelta a España, he doesn’t consider himself a
sprinter. And, after winning his first grand tour points jersey at the
Vuelta, suffering through the final week with an infection that left
him in a hospital bed, Degenkolb
also realizes that if he wants to win the green jersey at the Tour de
France, he will have to part ways with teammate and friend Marcel Kittel.
(velonews.com)
September 18, 2014  BMC
Development rider Ignazio
Moser has announced his retirement from professional
cycling at the age of 22. The Italian cyclist who is the son of Francesco Moser, a
former World Champion and Giro d'Italia champion, decided to hang up
his wheels as he found he no longer had the passion to race.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  Former
Sky and current NFTO directeur sportif Sean Yates could
move back into the WorldTour next season. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 18, 2014  According
to Ciclismo a Fondo, Vuelta a Espana director Javier Guillen has
rejected a proposition of shortening the Spanish Grand Tour to just
two-week long event, made by the Association of Professional Cyclists
(ACP Cycling) during a meeting held last week in Pamplona.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 18, 2014  MTN-Qhubeka
has been making headlines recently with a raft of new signings for the
2015 season. Since bringing on Brian
Smith as the interim manager at the beginning of August,
the team have announced no less than five WorldTour riders for next
year’s roster, including Edvald
Boasson Hagen, Tyler
Farrar and Matt
Goss. (cyclingnews.com)
September 18, 2014  Last
week Meredith Miller
won Clif Bar CrossVegas wearing the kit of the new Noosa Professional
Cyclocross Team, which she co-owns with racer Allen Krughoff. The
victory, achieved against a talent-rich international field, was one of
the biggest in her 16-year cycling career. Miller, 40, talks
about her surprise win, her new riding partners, and how riding less
paid off for her this year. (bicycling.com)
September 18, 2014  As
more women’s cycle clothing enters the market, the stories behind the
brands and what they represent are just as important to many riders as
the price and fit of the garmets. Vanderkitten is a brand that excels
in this way. Its history, values and the role models it cultivates make
riders wearing their kit feel like part of a welcoming, worldwide
community. (bikeradar.com)
September 18, 2014  The
fast-growing fall races aren’t as complicated as they look
(bicycling.com)
September 18, 2014  For
2015, the new Kurve Re:Flex saddles replace the glass fiber base of the
originals with Kevlar to make them more flexible under your weight.
That lets the shell provide most of the comfort rather than relying
solely on the padding. And indeed, it’s easily flexible at the edges of
the shell and through the entire structure without feeling mushy. They
also gain a carbon fiber rail option to save weight. (bikerumor.com)
September 18, 2014  Selle
San Marco has developed a new five step fit system that helps riders
select the perfect saddle. The selector takes age, sensitivity to
pressure, body type, saddle to handlebar, and ride style into account
in order to make recommendations. (bikerumor.com)
September 18, 2014 September 17, 2014 |
BMC
racer triumphs at the Citadel over Gallopin,
Bakelants.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Lampre-Merida's
Niccolò Bonifazio
won the second round of the Trittico Lombardo, the Coppa Agostoni, in a
bunch sprint. Although Cannondale worked to set up the sprint for
yesterday's winner Elia
Viviani, it was the young neo-pro, whose only win prior to
today's race was a stage in the Tour of Japan, who surged to a surprise
victory. (cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Frank Schleck showed
that he is getting ready for the World Championships and the GP de
Wallonie when he was a key animator in the GP de Wallonie. However, the
Luxembourger was on his limit in the finale and so had to settle for
8th. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 17, 2014  Even
though Alberto Contador
has just concluded his highly successful Vuelta a Espana campaign, a
victory in his home Grand Tour had a somewhat bittersweet taste after
Tinkoff-Saxo leader had crashed out of the Tour de France, biggest
objective of 2014 season. For that reason the 31-year old Spaniard has
already the next edition of le Grande Boucle on his mind, where he
expects Nairo Quintana
and Chris Froome
to be his biggest rivals..
September 17, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 17, 2014  BMC
Racing Team have announced its six-man roster for the World
Championships team time trial event which takes place on Saturday in
Ponferrada, Spain. The American team finished fourth at last year's
Worlds and was second in 2012. BMC won the team time trial at
the Giro del Trentino in May this year and will be looking
for more success against the clock. (cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Belgium
head into the World Championships with four potential team leaders and Greg Van Avermaet is
confident the star-studded roster can produce a winning result. The
Belgian, who won the GP de Wallonie on Wednesday, said that the
national team would use their collective strength to take on their
rivals in Ponferrada, Spain, in under a fortnight. (cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Chris Froome, Ben Swift and David Millar have
all been named in the British team for the world championships road
race in Ponferrada, while Bradley
Wiggins will compete in the time trial only.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Spanish
national team coach Javier
Minguez has published his final selection for the upcoming
World Championships held in Ponferrada, Spain. Last year’s silver and
bronze medalists are expected to lead the formidable nine-man roster,
while Alberto Contador,
Samuel Sanchez
and Mikel Nieve have
to be regarded most surprising absentees in the squad.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 17, 2014  Italy’s
world championships team is taking shape this week at a trio of one-day
races, including Wednesday’s Coppa Agostoni. Head director Davide Cassani is
guiding a national team and following the races daily to have a close
inspection of his possible riders, 11 of whom he will name Thursday.
(velonews.com)
September 17, 2014  If
you asked Vermont native Lea
Davison, at the end of January, if she could imagine
herself standing on the podium at the mountain bike world championships
in September, she’d probably just have laughed. (velonews.com)
September 17, 2014  Easton’s
additions were small but important, rounding out the line with modern
sizes, finishes and graphics, plus a couple new items…mostly for the
road We also took advantage of an unassembled E100 wheel to check out
the full carbon spokes and new hubs that make up the incredibly
lightweight 1,050g tubular wheelset. (bikerumor.com)
September 17, 2014 September 16, 2014 |
 When
Jens Voigt
made his professional debut for the Australian team ZZVZ-Giant-AIS in
1997, it would have been difficult for him, or indeed anyone associated
with cycling at the time, to imagine the impact he would have on the
sport. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 17, 2014  If
all good things come to an end then the only thing remaining is to pick
the moment to quit. Jens
Voigt is ending his career with an attack on the Hour
Record, Cadel Evans
is planning antipodean swansong and others are leaving the peloton like
Thor Hushovd
or David Millar.
Some pick their moment and most don’t. (inrng.com)
September 17, 2014  Just
as it was a case exactly a year ago, Christopher Horner
starts to look for a team to ride with in the upcoming season
just after the year’s ultimate three-week event has been concluded. The
42-year old American doesn’t have a victory in Vuelta a Espana on his
side this time around as he was hampered by injuries and illness, but
still believes that Lampre-Merida will extend his contract for at least
one year. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 17, 2014  Dutch
national time trial champion Annemiek
van Vleuten will leave the shadows of world champion Marianne Vos and
race with the Bigla Cycling Team for the next two years, the team
announced today. (cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Matt Goss's time at
Orica-GreenEDGE started with so much promise, but ultimately failed to
deliver. (sbs.com.au)
September 17, 2014  Reigning
women's World Champion Marianne
Vos has an impeccable record in the race for the rainbow
jersey having only ever finished first or second. Vos won the 2006
World Championships in Salzburg but then endured straight five years of
silver medals. Victory in the Olympic road race in 2012 started a run
of gold medals that is yet to end and Vos is keen on
making it three in a row in Ponferrada, Spain. (cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  The
2014 UCI Road World Championships begins this weekend in Ponferrada,
Spain with the trade team time trials kicking off a week of races that
will see riders fight for the right to wear the rainbow jersey for the
following year. (cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  Having
been received by the crowd in his home town of Pinto, Alberto Contador
revealed that he doesn't plan to end his season yet. Despite skipping
the World Championships, he will continue for another few weeks,
possibly ending his season at Il Lombardia in the beginning of October.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 17, 2014  On
Thursday, September
18, 2014, Jens
will make an attempt to set the hour record at the velodrome in
Grenchen, Switzerland. Eurosport and other broadcasters are
expected to broadcast this event live on television and there should be
live streams
from 6:30pm CET (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 17, 2014  In
June, Daryl Impey
was on flying form, coming off a stage win in the Bayern Rundfahrt and
looking forward to the Tour de France, where he would wear the jersey
of the South African time trial champion, and maybe - if everything
went right - once again wear the yellow jersey, which he had done the
year before. Fast forward to September and Impey is back on form, but
climbing out of a gaping hole in his palmares, now exonerated from a
positive doping test which took over six months to resolve.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "They’re expensive and chunky, but blisteringly fast and
confident." (bikeradar.com)
September 17, 2014  Campagnolo
and sister outfit Fulcrum displayed a wealth of new road wheels at this
year's Eurobike trade show. Although there were no disc
brake-compatible models on hand, both companies are clearly making the
most of rim brake technologies with Keronite and diamond-machined
surfaces. Select rims have grown in width, too. (bikeradar.com)
September 17, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "A couple of mini-niggles but overall this is a top-notch
option." (bikeradar.com)
September 17, 2014 |
September 17, 2014  Many
people within pro cycling are now saying that the war on drugs in
cycling appears to be won; the conventional wisdom is increasingly that
“things have turned the corner.” It appears that we’ve had a clean
winner of the Tour de France for the last four consecutive years. We
argue that anti-doping has gone too far and now poses more of a threat
to the spirit of athletic competition than a solution. (velonews.com)
September 17, 2014  With
less than 24 hours to go until Jens
Voigt’s hour-record attempt, the first high-profile
attempt since the UCI changed the rules surrounding the record in May
of this year, final preparations are now being made. Voigt’s sponsor
Trek requested hour-record questions from its Twitter followers,
spanning from his target power output to his race-day playlist.
(velonews.com)
September 17, 2014  In
the winter months, hitting the road can be a bit grim and training can
become more challenging. So, with motivation dropping, getting involved
in cyclocross could be just what you need. But what are the benefits of
riding cross? (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 17, 2014  "Yanto has been
involved in professional racing for almost 15 years, including being in
the Linda McCartney Racing Team and Team Raleigh. And it's because of
his experience that we've asked him how he deals with training for a
big race, the use of tech, nutrition and recovery to see how he
operates come race time." (bikeradar.com)
September 17, 2014  "And
when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.
September 17, 2014  The
PEZ Interbike 2014 coverage kicks off as the dust settles on another
show season – but we’ve got lots to come, starting with helmets
& shoes from Scott, socks from Defeet, and a brand new bike
from Devinci Cycles. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 17, 2014  The
title for world’s lightest road frame is still under assault. Guru
Cycles has achieved a stunning 625 grams in a frame, leaving Cervelo,
Cannondale and anyone else with aspirations for low-gravity achievement
to eat their epoxy. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 17, 2014  British
industrial designers John
Abrahams and Ben
Smith share a mutual contempt for carrying unwieldy bike
locks. Inspired by bike messengers and urban riders who circumvented
the problem by wearing their chains or cables as a belt, the duo came
up with the Hiplok–a refined version of the concept that netted the
company a prestigious Eurobike Design Award back in 2013.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 17, 2014  It
has been a long time coming, but bike rack giant Thule has finally
brought an end-all solution to different bikes with varying thru-axle
sizes. The Thule ThruRide will retail for $220 and is compatible with
all thru-axles up to 20mm. (velonews.com)
September 17, 2014  The
RacerMate CompuTrainer sets it apart from every other trainer as its
focus is on cycling specific physics by taking a rider’s height and
weight and putting that into a rider’s profile. This helps to match
what it would really feel like if you were riding a real life course.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 17, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "At a price that’s roughly half that of its more expensive
rivals, what’s not to like?" (bikeradar.com)
September 17, 2014  In
addition to their brakes and suspension forks, Formula has also been
producing wheels since 2010/11. New to the line up this year are the XC
and AM HyperLights which get the weight down with carbon rims so you
can reach hyperspeed. (bikerumor.com)
September 17, 2014 September 16, 2014 |
 Elia Viviani claimed
victory in the Coppa Bernocchi after unleashing a devastating sprint
finish to see off the challenge of Filippo
Pozzato and Simone
Ponzi in Legnano. (cyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014  Wednesday's Grand
Prix de Wallonie departs Chaudfontaine at 11:55am CET (5:55am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Namur at around 4:50pm CET
(10:50am U.S. Eastern). GP de Wallonie live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 16, 2014  USA
Cycling’s development house is equal parts racing headquarters and
dormitory for wayfaring American racers. The program and house consist
mostly of young men, though some older professional women trickle in
and out of the facility’s doors. (velonews.com)
September 16, 2014  As
time winds down on the season, Allison
Powers is cranking it up. Out on the flat roads just
outside of Boulder, Colorado, Powers
can be found on her time trial bike, tucked into the draft of a moped,
as she finalizes her preparations for the 2014 UCI Road World
Championships. (velonews.com)
September 16, 2014  Patrick Lefevere is,
predictably, not happy with the Belgian team selected for the upcoming
world championships. While Tom
Boonen will be one of the team captains, Lefevere thought
that national coach Carlo
Bomans should have chosen more Omega Pharma-QuickStep
riders. (cyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014  Formula
One star Fernando Alonso is reportedly still planning to debut his
cycling team in 2015, but he could do so with lowered aims. Instead of
the first division WorldTour, Spain’s Bici Ciclismo website reported
earlier this month that the Spaniard’s team may race in the second
division and hope for wildcard invitations to the Grand Tours.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 16, 2014  At
37, the Australian cycling legend is clearly in the closing stages of
his time as a top-level competitor. He will be a key member of the
Australia team for this month's world road championships in Spain. It
is understood he will also ride the Giro di Lombardia, the one-day
classic that traditionally ends the international season. (sbs.com.au)
September 16, 2014  Despite
a squad which already boasts the newly-crowned Vuelta a Espana champion
in Alberto Contador
and the Tour de France King of the Mountains winner Rafal Majka,
Tinkoff-Saxo have been busy in the transfer market. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 16, 2014  "Every
season something really messed up happens that gets the community riled
up. Since I have this little soapbox here, I’m going to take a stab at
addressing the latest brouhaha." (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 16, 2014  It
was all sun and no rain on a classic Pacific Northwest evening for the
2014 edition of Subaru StarCrossed. Although this year’s edition was
unsanctioned, the payout for Elite Men and Women win was the biggest
cash payout in US Cyclocross history to date at $2500 for the win, for
men and for women. (cxmagazine.com)
September 16, 2014  Campagnolo
recently refined its Super Record groupset. The company made a variety
of modifications to the drivetrain that included an overhaul of the
chainrings and front derailleur. The result is the RS edition that will
be produced in limited numbers with exclusive badging.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 16, 2014 September 15, 2014 |
 American
veteran Chris Horner
reached the end of his racing season with Lampre-Merida at the
WorldTour finale Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal on Sunday with no
signed contract for 2015. (cyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014  Less
than two weeks away from the world road championship, where he was to
be considered a favorite for victory, German John Degenkolb is in
a
Frankfurt hospital with a severe lymphatic infection. (velonews.com)
September 16, 2014  It’s
been a winning year for Ag2r La Mondiale with Jean-Christophe Péraud’s
second place in the Tour de France but so much more including Carlos Betancur’s
win in Paris-Nice plus the team prizes in the Giro and Tour de France
and they might have won in the Vuelta had Domenico Pozzovivo, Carlos Betancur and Alexis Vuillermoz
been present and in-shape. Nevermind the speculation, they’re third on
the UCI’s team rankings today. (inrng.com)
September 16, 2014  Ten
consecutive Grand Tours is quite an achievement, but then to top it off
with a solo stage win is a dream come true. One of the hardest riders
in the Pro peloton. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014 On
Thursday, September
18, 2014, Jens
will make an attempt to set the hour record at the velodrome in
Grenchen, Switzerland. Eurosport and other broadcasters are
expected to broadcast this event live on television and there should be
live streams
from 6:30pm CET (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 16, 2014  The
team's six cyclists were expected back Tuesday in Colombia for a
planned press conference to explain their views. They have reportedly
been wearing the outfits since January. (sbs.com.au)
September 16, 2014  Synchro
shifting, which shifts the front and rear derailleurs with input into
just the rear shifter, did not sound appealing. The Synchro system,
when I first heard of it, seemed to remove a certain amount of control
from the rider. I pictured myself sprinting over a rise in my big ring,
and the system kicking me down into the little ring just as I crested
the summit, leaving me in the completely wrong gear for the start of a
descent. In reality, the rider still has loads of control, and the
system adds to the rider’s experience. It doesn’t take away from it.
(velonews.com)
September 16, 2014  At
NAHBS 2012, Competitive Cyclist relaunched the Merlin brand as
Backcountry’s latest acquisition. Last year, they were wheeling around
a titanium 29er at Outdoor Demo. Now, they’ve gone and introduced a new
carbon fiber road bike called Empire. (bikerumor.com)
September 16, 2014  Rather
than overcrowding their retailers with wheel options, Reynolds will be
removing their standard clincher models from production and offer all
of their wheel sets as tubeless ready, while all will come with
tubeless tape and valve installed, and no difference in weight.
(cxmagazine.com)
September 16, 2014  Since
the lowly mag trainer was firs introduced, there hasn’t been a whole
lot of new developments to the tech. SportCrafters’ prototype trainer
is set to change that. While the SportCrafters proto isn’t the first to
offer progressive resistance, it’s appears to be one of the first mag
trainers to offer fluid like feel without the, uh, fluid.
(bikerumor.com)
September 16, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2 out of 5 stars.
"Off the pace in this high-level company." (bikeradar.com)
September 16, 2014  "I
do use what I think is a particularly excellent solution: a heart
monitor built into my helmet! The LifeBEAM SMART cycling helmet has an
HRM that transmits via ANT+ to my Garmin unit on my handlebar (or via
Bluetooth to a smartphone). It has an on/off switch, an indicator
light, and a 170mAh lithium polymer battery rechargeable via a mini-USB
port built into a Lazer Genesis helmet." (velonews.com)
September 16, 2014 |
September 16, 2014  The
Tiernan-Locke
case – and, also, the Roman
Kreuziger situation – have shown that there are risks to
teams in signing riders from other squads. With the UCI biological
passport potentially taking a couple of years to detect anomalies,
there is a chance that one team will have to deal with the
repercussions of what took place under the contract of another.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 16, 2014  Italian
Matteo Rabottini has
been excluded from his national squad for the upcoming world cycling
championships following a positive test for a banned blood booster, the
Italian cycling federation said. (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 16, 2014  Italian Diego Ulissi returned
to racing Tuesday in the Coppa Bernocchi regardless of turning in an
anti-doping positive during the Giro d’Italia, which could potentially
lead to a two-year ban. The Tuscan won two stages at the Italian grand
tour but failed a test for Salbutamol and was later pulled from the
team on June 25. (velonews.com)
September 16, 2014  Fresh
from his third overall victory at the Vuelta a España, Alberto Contador’s
thoughts are beginning to turn to new challenges. The Spaniard is
certain to return to the Tour de France in 2015 after a crash ended his
race prematurely this year, and he has admitted that winning all three
grand tours in one year remains an ambition – albeit a difficult one to
realize. (cyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014  Rigoberto Uran will
not form part of Omega Pharma-QuickStep’s line-up in the team time
trial at the world championships in Ponferrada, Spain on Sunday as he
has not recovered from the asthmatic bronchitis that cut short his
Vuelta a España. Uran
had been lying in 6th place overall at the beginning of the third week
but abandoned the race after losing ground on the road to La Farrapona.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014  Alejandro Valverde
has signed a three-year contract extension with Movistar that will keep
him at the team until the end of 2017. The 34-year-old joined the team,
then known as Illes Baleares in 2005, and returned to the fold after
returning from suspension at the beginning of 2012. (cyclingnews.com)
September 16, 2014  Call
Philippe Gilbert
whatever you want, but don’t call him the favorite for the world
championships. (velonews.com)
September 16, 2014  Over
5,000 people rode in the 2014 AGF in probably ideal weather in what
would have to be one the most idyllic cycling region I have had the
pleasure of riding along. (wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
September 16, 2014  Simple,
effective tips from US national champion Jeremy Powers. (bikeradar.com)
September 16, 2014  High-end
German bike maker making renewed push into U.S. market.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 16, 2014  Swobo,
a company originally founded on bringing wool back to cycling clothing
more than two decades ago, has bikes in the line up that offer
alternatives to the run of the mill. Swobo President Peter Discoe, son of
cyclocross legend of the 1970’s Danny
Nall, conjured the design of the new Scofflaw, a bike he
calls an ‘alternative road’ bike. (cxmagazine.com)
September 16, 2014 September 15, 2014 |
 Joe Dombrowski lined
up for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Montreal at the weekend
but the Canadian races were almost certainly his last as a Team Sky
rider. He is still recovering from recent surgery to resolve the Iliac
artery problem that has so affected the last 18 months of his career.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014  The
completion of the third and final grand tour of the season, the Vuelta
a España, along with two Canadian one-day races has seen a reshuffle in
the individual WorldTour rankings. (cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014  Bradley Wiggins
finished third in the Tour of Britain after he had won the time trial
on the final day. As he turns his attention towards the Rio Olympics,
however, he will no longer contest overall classifications in stage
races. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 15, 2014  The
Vuelta is over, the Tour of Britain is over, the Canadian races are
done and dusted, all the roads of preparation for the Worlds are now
converging on Ponferrada , Spain. And we're starting to get a sense of
who might be there at the pointy end of that race. Here are some names
that passed the smell test. (podiumcafe.com)
September 15, 2014  Belgium
will send a strong team to the world championships in Ponferrada, led
by former world champions Tom
Boonen and Philippe
Gilbert. Pieter
Serry and Kristoff
Vandewalle will represent the country in the time trial.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 15, 2014 “I
did everything I could. I raced to the best of ability. As a team, we
really pushed together. I don’t think any of us has any regret. Alberto [Contador]
was really impressive in this Vuelta. If I’ve learned anything about
racing against him, it’s to not let him get any time because I might
never get that time back.” (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 15, 2014  Luis Leon Sanchez
surprised himself by winning the mountains competition in the Vuelta a
Espana. Having originally just been protecting the lead of his teammate
Lluis Mas,
he suddenly found himself in a position to go for the win.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 15, 2014  Lotto
Belisol signed Maxime
Monfort as their leader for the Vuelta a Espana and Giro
d'Italia but the Belgian could only manage 16th in the Spanish grand
tour. He admits that the results corresponds to his level in what was
otherwise a successful race for the Belgian team. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 15, 2014  The
course takes the participants up at an average 7 percent through the
Taroko Gorge to the 97km point at Dayuling, and then rises up its
remaining kilometers to a maximum incline of 27 percent, averaging 17
percent for the final eight kilometers. (velonews.com)
September 15, 2014  Add
Michelin to the growing number of companies offering gravel road riding
specific product. The giant tire maker has rolled out a beefier 28c
version of its popular PRO4 Endurance tire to go along with 23c and 25c
options. (roadbikereview.com)
September 15, 2014  Rubbers
Brand Bicycle Tubes feature minimalist packaging, cheeky positioning,
and a bundled glueless patch included with each tube.
(bicycleretailer.com)
September 15, 2014  "From
what we’ve seen, PatchNride will be a game changer, especially for the
world of tubulars." (bikerumor.com)
September 15, 2014 |
 The
will he-won’t he question about Cadel
Evans’ future and possible retirement appears to be
heading in the direction of the Australian hanging up his wheels, with
Italian newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport reporting that the 37 year
old rider has indeed decided that 2014 will be his final full season.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 15, 2014 On
Thursday, September
18, 2014, Jens
will make an attempt to set the hour record at the velodrome in
Grenchen, Switzerland. Eurosport and other broadcasters are
expected to broadcast this event live on television and there should be
live streams
from 6:30pm CET (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 15, 2014  Peter Sagan lacks
the results like he had in 2013, but his trainer said that after the
Vuelta a España, he is in a perfect spot for the upcoming world
championship road race. (velonews.com)
September 15, 2014  The
revelation of the 2013-2014 American cyclocross season, Elle Anderson, is
heading to the sport’s epicenter, basing herself in Belgium this season
to focus on her first full European ’cross campaign. It’s a step that
would have made another young Vermont native proud. (velonews.com)
September 15, 2014  National
cyclocross champ Jeremy
Powers put on a spectacle Sunday as he charged to victory
at Boulder Cup for the second consecutive year. (velonews.com)
September 15, 2014  Now,
there have been some bad kits over the years. This Footon-Servetto kit
from 2010 for instance, or even Greg
Lemond’s Z-Tomasso team from 1990, but now there is a sure
fire winner for the worst kit ever. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 15, 2014  Matej Mohoric, 19,
has confirmed that he will ride for the new-look Cannondale team in
2015, having signed a contract with the American squad. The current
under 23 world champion had an existing deal with Cannondale for the
upcoming season and signed a new deal after it was announced that a
selection of the existing Cannondale squad would have offers under the
management of Slipstream Sports. (cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014 After
a poor performance in the GP Quebec, Trek had hoped to do better on the
harder course in the GP Montreal. Frank
Schleck had made it into the front group but was dropped
on the high-speed descent in the final 3km. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 15, 2014  "Lugged
steel road frames are more typically found at NAHBS than Interbike
these days. So it was refreshing to see one, especially one with as
storied a background as the Masi Gran Criterium. Haro continues to
guide the brand here in the U.S. and the product manager is a
dyed-in-the-wool roadie. To my knowledge, the bike is still using the
same lugs and tubes as it did back in the ’70s." (redkiteprayer.com)
September 15, 2014  Zolder
is typically a World Cup stop in Belgium, officially called
Heusden-Zolder after the two separate municipalities merged in 1977 .
The cyclocross race has been held the day after Christmas at a Formula
1 race track, and is one the more storied events in cyclocross. Might
Bianchi’s new carbon cyclocross bike live up to the famous name?
(cxmagazine.com)
September 15, 2014  The
range includes the innovative WASP Air IS and Genesis Lifebeam, the
top-end Z1, and new releases including the Magma and new women’s
collection, Moi. (bikeradar.com)
September 15, 2014  Token
introduced their trident-profile Hero aero wheels last year with an
alloy brake track above its carbon fairing. Now, they’ve got a full
carbon model that shaves 109g off the set to come in at a claimed
1,630g (747g front, 883g rear – without rim tape). (bikerumor.com)
September 15, 2014 Van Baarle seals
overall race victory. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014 |
September 15, 2014  Anti
Doping Denmark’s investigation into the sport of cycling continues
onwards, with ADD confirming that no decision or conclusion
has been reached yet in relation to the enquiry. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 15, 2014  At
times, the early part of the season seemed like little more than a game
of long-distance one-upmanship between Chris Froome and Alberto Contador. Froome won the Tour
of Oman on the same weekend that Contador
claimed a stage at the Volta ao Algarve. The Spaniard went on to win
Tirreno-Adriatico and the Tour of the Basque Country, so Froome responded
firmly with (an ultimately controversial) victory at the Tour de
Romandie. (cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014  Even
before a bidon was chucked over the spectators heads in thirst-crazed
desperation, the 2014 Vuelta a España (or The Veluta, as it’s
endearingly known in my part of the world) was dubbed as the most
exciting Grand Tour of 2014. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014  Simon Gerrans showed
that he is a huge favorite for the world road race championships with
his double victories at the Grands Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Montreal
but Rui Costa also
showed his class in Canada and confirmed that he will be a threat in
Ponferrada in two weeks' time. The Portuguese rider has a real chance
of retaining the rainbow jersey for another year. (cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014  Winner
of stages in both the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España this year, Michael Matthews is
determined to add a world championship medal to that tally, either for
himself or for one of his Australia team-mates. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 15, 2014  The
anti-doping committee of the Kazakh Cycling Federation decided to
suspend Valentin
Iglinskiy for four years following his positive
anti-doping test returned from this year’s Eneco Tour. This means that
the 30-year old former Astana rider won’t be allowed to compete until
August 11, 2018. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 15, 2014  Riders
at a national women’s race in Norway protested on Sunday, following a
selection decision by the national federation for the World
Championships. Though allotted five places in the women’s road race,
the Norges Cykleforbund have only selected three riders, with no time
trial or junior representation.
September 15, 2014  French
national coach Bernard
Bourreau has finalised his nine-man team for the world
championships road race in Ponferrada, with Nacer Bouhanni
leading the line in a squad that also includes Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet and Tony Gallopin.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 15, 2014
Argon
18 Unveils Nitrogen Aero Road, E118 Next Tri & Krypton XRoad –
Plus Possible New Dura-Ace Di2?
 Argon
18 has been rather busy, bringing about new bikes for all the hot
pavement categories -adventure road, aero road and triathlon- and
equipping them with some new components from TRP and, from the looks of
it, Shimano. (bikerumor.com)
September 15, 2014  Depending
on the frame, internal routing can be a mechanics worst nightmare.
Fortunately Park Tool is here to help with their new IR-1 internal
cable routing kit. (bikerumor.com)
September 15, 2014 September 14, 2014 |
 Malori wins final
time trial in Santiago de Compostela. (cyclingnews.com)
 Just
9.7 kilometers long, the route starts on the outskirts of Santiago de
Compostela, close to one of its most modern public buildings, the
Cultural Centre and finishes in the heart of the old city, a stone’s
throw from the doors of its famous cathedral in the Plaza de Obradoiro
square. This is where the famous Camino de Santiago - the Santiago
pilgrims’ trail, running across Spain to Galicia - ends, hence the
stage has been subtitled El Final del Camino - The End of the Road.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Adam Hansen will
ride the final time trial of the Vuelta a España with a special disk
wheel to mark his record-equalling 10th
consecutive Grand Tour finish. The Campagnolo Bora Ultra
TT disk wheel has been decorated with red and white stickers listing
each of the 10 races he’s completed. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 14, 2014  Cody Canning caused
an upset at the Sprint Challenge Pro Quebec event, beating Bryan Coquard and Steele von Hoff to
win the special evening race in the center of Quebec. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Team
Smartstop capped off its enormously successful 2014 road season with
another victory, this time from Canadian Zach Bell, who
soloed away from his breakaway companions to claim the UCI 1.2 Bucks
County Classic in New Hope, Pennsylvania on Saturday. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  One
week after his win in the Brussels Cycling Classic, André Greipel again
confirmed that he is in excellent condition at the end of the season
when he won the Belgian one-day race GP Jef Scherens. After a very
aggressive race, Lotto Belisol brought everything back together for a
bunch sprint where Greipel
beat Tom Van Asbroeck
and Danny Van Poppel
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 14, 2014 September 13, 2014 September 13, 2014 September 12, 2014 |
 Van Baarle seals
overall race victory. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Bradley Wiggins stormed
to victory in the in the penultimate time trial of the Tour of Britain.
Wiggins
completed the short 8.8-kilometer course in an average speed of 53.6kph
to beat Sylvain Chavanel by
eight seconds. Stephen
Cummings rounded out the top three, finishing just a
second behind Chavanel. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014 Bradley Wiggins
fully lived up to expectations in the Tour of Britain time trial when
he took a hugely dominant victory on the 8.8km course. Building for the
World Championships, the Brit was pleased to confirm his form so close
to the big goal. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 14, 2014  After
one year with a British Continental team, former Omega Pharma-QuickStep
and BMC Racing Team rider Adam
Blythe will return to the WorldTour next season after the
confirmation of a contract with Orica GreenEdge. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 14, 2014  MTN-Qhubeka
interim general manager, Brian
Smith has confirmed the nationality of his two latest
signings. Smith
says that both riders have signed on the dotted line, but they will not
announce anything until both contracts have been sent to the team’s
office in South Africa. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Riche Porte has
decided to call a premature end to his tumultuous 2014 season. Porte had been named
on the Australian team’s long-list for the World Championships at the
end of the month. However, after a year or illness problems, the
Australian has told national selector Bradley McGee that
he won’t be able to ride in Ponferrada. He is also ruled out of the
team time trial next Sunday. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Jan Bakelants leaves
Omega Pharma-Quick Step, and will, for the next two seasons, ride for
AG2R ride. The transfer was hanging quite a while in the air and is now
confirmed by the rider himself on Twitter. "The overall picture looks
good at AG2R" says Bakelants
to Sporza. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 14, 2014 |
September 14, 2014  Double
wins for Australian champion. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Jeremy Powers grabbed
the holeshot on a dry, bumpy Boulder Reservoir course, then patiently
gapped the field alongside Ben
Berden and Allen
Krughoff, until unleashing a searing attack on the final
lap and win comfortably in the U.S. Open of Cyclocross on Saturday, up
by 25 seconds at the line. (velonews.com)
September 14, 2014  Michal Kwiatkowski has
been quick to deny his favorite status for the World Championships
later this month. The Polish rider’s name has come up regularly in
lists of potential winners in Ponferrada, but he just wants to make it
to the end. (cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Astana
has announced that they have signed a contract with Miguel Angel Lopez
who won the Tour de l'Avenir a few weeks ago. The Kazakh team hopes
that the Colombian will be able to play a support role for Fabio Aru in his
first year's on the professional scene. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 14, 2014  Alexander Kristoff
can become Norway’s second-ever World Champion, says his compatriot Lars Petter Nordhaug.
Kristoff
announced earlier this week that he would lead the three-man Norwegian
team that would include himself, Nordhaug
and Edvald Boasson Hagen.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 14, 2014  Yesterday
Mathias Frank
returned to competition in the small Swiss one-day race Tour du Jura.
The Swiss finished 11th which came as a pleasant surprise for his IAM
team. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 14, 2014  Unior
is a Slovenian hand tool company that traces roots back to the 19th
century, and we ran across them first at the Meribel UCI World Cup race
then again inside the halls of Eurobike. In the pits for pro rider Tanja Zakelj was a
nifty prototype bit, but we’ll start with the highlights of their
complete collection. (bikerumor.com)
September 14, 2014 September 13, 2014 |
 Alberto Contador
clinched the Vuelta a España title when he finished alone at the summit
of the Ancares pass at the end of the penultimate stage. Having
responded to a number of attacks by Chris
Froome, the Spaniard accelerated away from the Briton
inside the final 500 metres of the climb and was 17 seconds clear at
the line. (cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014  Alberto Contador
took an all but decisive step towards winning his third Vuelta a España
in six years, as he dropped Chris
Froome on the final summit finish of Ancares to claim his
second stage victory in a week. (cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014  Sunday's Stage 21
start time: 17:11 CEST (8:11 AM PST); Earliest live video: 18:30
CEST (9:30 AM PST); Approximate finish: 20:30 CEST (11:30 AM
PST).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 13, 2014  Dario Cataldo is out
of the Vuelta a Espana. He “has been forced to withdraw ... on medical
advice,” Team Sky said on their website. (cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 13, 2014  As
the Tour of Britain is progressing, it is becoming blatantly obvious
that OPQS rider Michal
Kwiatkowski is one of, if not the, strongest riders in the
race. And more importantly, he is clearly in form and many now label
him as a favourite for the World Road Race title in Ponferrada, Spain
next month. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 13, 2014  Italian
tyre powerhouse Vittoria revealed a complete line of road and mountain
bike wheels at Interbike that will start arriving in stores as early as
next month. (bikeradar.com)
September 13, 2014 September 12, 2014 September 12, 2014 |
 Julien Vermote won
the seventh stage of the Tour of Britain out of a break group. He
soloed in to the finish in Brighton, 23 seconds ahead of break
companions Ignatas
Konovalovas and Dylan
Van Baarle. (cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014  For
the second day in a row, the favorites in the Tour of Britain
miscalculated their chase and allowed a strong breakaway to turn the
race on its head. While Julien
Vermote took a beautiful solo win, Dylan van Baarle
finished third and took the leader’s jersey off Alex Dowsett’s
shoulders, with the Brit dropping to 10th after he had suffered on the
final two climbs. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 13, 2014 Bradley Wiggins goes
into the time trial in the Tour of Britain with 47 seconds to make up
on Dylan van Baarle.
The defending champion admits that the overall win is probably beyond
his reach and is more focused on a stage victory and a podium spot.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 13, 2014  Sunday's
Tour of Britain Stage 8a, an 8.8km Individual Time Trial in London,
gets underway at 11:01am BST (6:01am U.S. Eastern) with the departure
of the first rider. Tour of Britain live streaming video
should get underway at around -- BST (-- U.S. Eastern).
Sunday's afternoon Tour of Britain Stage 8b is a circuit race in London. It is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm BST (10:30am U.S. Eastern) and end around 5:30pm BST (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm BST (10:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com) September 13, 2014 Nicolas Roche has
been one of the most aggressive riders during this week’s Tour of
Britain. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider has been jumping off the front for the
past few stages. With two days remaining and the podium only a few
seconds away from him, more of the same can be expected from him.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014  The
Yorkshireman finished third in yesterday's stage to Hemel Hempstead
after a day-long breakaway. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 13, 2014  Ben Swift hopes
to swap team duties for a shot at victory on stage seven of the Tour of
Britain. He currently shoulders the points jersey, but has his best
shot yet at taking home a win on the penultimate day of the race.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014 |
September 13, 2014  Movistar
Team is set for the coming years, with its two captains Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde
staying with the Spanish team through 2017. “In principle, we see the
future with some comfort,” team manager Eusebio Unzué told
biciciclismo.com. (cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014  Italian
Matteo Rabottini
has been excluded from his national squad for the upcoming world
cycling championships following a positive test for a banned blood
booster, the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) said. (velonews.com)
September 13, 2014  Todd Wells won the
Leadville Trail 100 this year. Todd
Wells is coming to Boulder, Colorado this weekend to race
cyclocross. Todd Wells
is using that 60 minutes of pain to tune up for La Ruta de Los
Conquistadores. Crazy. (velonews.com)
September 13, 2014  In
a confusing press conference held after stage 19 of the Vuelta a
España, Spanish national coach Javier
Minguez finally named 15 riders for the 14 spots on
Spain's long list for the UCI Road World Championship elite men's road
race, including Alberto
Contador. (cyclingnews.com)
September 13, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Robust and easy to use, and it comes at a good price."
(bikeradar.com)
September 13, 2014  Enduro
is finalizing their new PF30 and PF86/92 threaded bottom brackets,
looking to solve two of the biggest problems with pressfit setups.
They’re still pressed into the frame, but the alloy shell is
stiffer and once pressed in, you thread it together lightly to cinch it
tight. (bikerumor.com)
September 13, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "All of the speed benefits of an aero bike with none of the
compromises - but painfully expensive." (bikeradar.com)
September 13, 2014 September 12, 2014 |
 Adam Hansen scored
a canny victory on stage 19 of the Vuelta a España after slipping away
from the peloton on the final uncategorized climb on the run-in to
Cangas do Morrazo. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  A
perfectly timed late-race attack by Adam
Hansen netted the Australian the Vuelta a España stage 19
win ahead of the chasing peloton at Cangas do Morrazo. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  With
two crunch stages left in the Vuelta a España, Sky manager Dave Brailsford is
adamant that Chris Froome,
having moved up to second on stage 18, can now battle for the overall
win. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  The
U23 development team owned by Axel
Merckx will return for 2015 with the same mission but a
new structure and several new sponsors, the former pro from Belgium
told Cyclingnews this week at Interbike in Las Vegas. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 12, 2014  Peter Sagan‘s form
heading into the Ponferrada World Championship road race on September
28 appears in doubt after he abandoned the Vuelta a España on Saturday.
The Slovak star of team Cannondale won the green jersey at the Tour de
France for a third time this year, but has been quiet since.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 12, 2014  Richie Porte has
ruled himself out of the upcoming UCI Road World Championships, in
Ponferrada, Spain, after admitting he’s still struggling to overcome an
illness that’s plagued the Australian since the start of the year.
(sbs.com.au)
September 12, 2014  Alberto Contador is
in his 12th year as a professional cyclist and one man has been near
ever-present at his side – the five-time Grand Tour champion’s personal
mechanic, Faustino Muñoz
Cambron. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 12, 2014  When
we asked third-place finisher Jeremy
Powers to explain what happened at the front of the race
before Sven Nys
dug in, he answered: “I made a move earlier on. Then Sven made a few
attacks, jumped over the barriers and went as hard as he could. Lars went as hard as
heI could, and I went as hard as I could… and Sven won.”
(cxmagazine.com)
September 12, 2014  Look
has trickled its novel 'Blade' leaf spring concept downstream to 2015,
adding it to its workhorse KéO 2 Max pedals to create the KéO 2 Max
Blade. (bikeradar.com)
September 12, 2014  Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 20 live
streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S.
Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 12, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 2 out of 5
stars. "So fast but so flawed." (bikeradar.com)
September 12, 2014 September 11, 2014 |
 Dowsett moves into
yellow on dramatic day. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  Michal Kwiatkowski
and Omega Pharma-Quick Step were the big losers in today's stage of the
Tour of Britan when the early break stayed away and Alex Dowsett took
the leader's jersey off Kwiatkowski's
shoulders. However, the Pole is still optimistic ahead of tomorrow's
very hard stage. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 12, 2014  Alex Dowsett could
hardly have imagined that he would be donning the yellow jersey at the
Tour of Britain when he rolled out of Bath for stage 6 on Friday
morning. That morning Dowsett
wasn’t even in the top 20, sitting 1:25 behind race leader Michal Kwiatkowski,
now he leads the Polish rider by 34 seconds. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  The
Lampre-Merida team is awaiting formal confirmation from the UCI that Diego Ulissi can
return to racing following his adverse analytical finding for
salbutamol at the Giro d’Italia. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  Michal Kwiatkowski is
closing in on the Tour of Britain overall win and is continuing to
prove he is a star in the making. “This is only my second race back
from my long break after the Tour de France,” Kwiatkowski said. “I
can time trial and I should be ready for [the overall win].”
(velonews.com)
September 12, 2014  "Having
felt unwell for the past few days I was kind of glad to be told by the
team doctor last night that blood tests after the stage revealed that
my white cells are low and my body is still fighting the virus I got
after the Tour of Norway." (stickybottle.com)
September 12, 2014  Jan Bakelants will
ride for Ag2r-La Mondiale for the next two seasons, the team has
confirmed. The Belgian, who is leaving Omega Pharma-QuickStep, expects
to have more freedom to ride for himself and to concentrate on the
Classics.
September 12, 2014  Adam Blythe should
return to the WorldTour next season. After leaving BMC at the end of
2013, Blythe
has spent the last season racing for NFTO at Continental level. He
spiked the interest of a number of top teams when he won RideLondon
last month. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  Featuring
Niner, Bontrager, Shimano and more. (bikeradar.com)
September 12, 2014  Canyon
has entered the ring in the Road Bike Weight War by unveiling the
Ultimate CF SLX 80 SuperLight – a 5.6kg featherweight machine with a
huge price tag. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 12, 2014  Saturday's Tour of
Britain Stage 7 live
streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 12, 2014  Aero-vent
balance, MIPS and bright shells all trending
updwards. (bikeradar.com)
September 12, 2014 |
September 12, 2014  Australian
out-sprints Dumoulin
and Navardauskas
on the Grande Allée. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  Less
than one month on from a dramatic crash in the Eneco Tour, Czech
champion Zdenek Stybar
is back in action at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, but upon seeing
the same high-footed barriers that lined the course, the same kind that
caused his face plant in Ardooie, he was seen discussing the dangerous
nature of the course with a UCI commissaire. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  On
Friday morning Matteo
Rabottini was named as one of 16 riders in the Italian
squad for the World Championships. On Friday afternoon he was
dumped out of the team after the UCI revealed he had tested positive
for EPO in an out of competition test carried out on August 8.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  French
national team coach Bernard
Bourreau has expressed his frustration at FDJ.fr’s
decision to pull Nacer
Bouhanni from racing for the remainder of his time at the
team. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  Reigning
US time trial champion Taylor
Phinney told Cyclingnews this week that he hopes
to recover from injuries suffered in a crash earlier this year at the
US pro road race in time to compete in next season's Tour de France and
world championships. (cyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014  When
it comes to embarking on the hour record attempt, timing is of course
of the essence but it's not just a factor imposed on the rider - in
this case Jens Voigt - but also on the support staff and the bike
manufacturer. (bikeradar.com)
September 12, 2014  The
big unveiling of Oakley’s new sunglasses, the Jawbreaker, came up just
200 meters short. Mark
Cavendish wore the prototype Oakley Jawbreaker on the
first stage of the 2014 Tour de France. It was a stage that Cav had
been eyeing, with a finish in his mother’s hometown. He was a favorite
and a victory would catapult the new shields to the front pages of
newspapers and websites around the world. (velonews.com)
September 12, 2014  The
Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah confirmed that 275,000 spectators watched
the professional cycling event in August, setting a new record. In
addition, the race generated a record $20 million in direct economic
impact for Utah in a quantitative research study conducted by Event
Sponsorship Measurement, LLC. (velonews.com)
September 12, 2014  Founder
and head bike fitter of Bike Science, Andy Sexton was one
of the very first Retul-certified fitters in the UK and has helped
scores of athletes of all abilities get on better with their bikes,
whether they be roadies, MTBers or triathletes. (bikeradar.com)
September 12, 2014  If
you’ve wondered where head protection is headed, Giro showed a few new
helmets that demonstrated Mips is going to be a noticeable part of the
future of protection. Mips is a ground-up technology; a helmet must be
designed from the start to include Mips, which is why you won’t be
seeing it as an add-on to the Aeon. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 12, 2014  Clothing
from Castelli & Sportful, accessories from Ritchey, bikes from
Lapierre, Eddy Merckx, GT and more. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 12, 2014 September 11, 2014 |
 The
two biggest stage races in North America, the Amgen Tour of California
and the USA Pro Challenge, are planning on holding multi-day women’s
events in 2015, race officials confirmed this week. The Amgen Tour held
two one-day events at this year’s event, a time trial in Folsom, and a
downtown Sacramento circuit race. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  For the second time
in this year’s Vuelta a España, Fabio
Aru has claimed a mountain-top stage win - and
proved that his third place in the Giro d’Italia this May was no
one-off fluke result. (cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Chris Froome’s
roller coaster Vuelta a España took a step in the right direction for
the Kenyan-born Briton during stage 18 on Thursday as he both moved
into second overall and gained time on race leader Alberto Contador.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Riding
his first Grand Tour, Trek Factory Racing's Bob Jungels booked
himself a podium visit at the end of the Vuelta a España's stage 17 as
the day's most combative rider, having animated the breakaway.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Fabian Cancellara
has brought his Vuelta a España to an end in order to focus on his
preparation for the upcoming world championships. His Trek Factory
Racing team confirmed on Thursday morning that Cancellara would not
take the start of stage 18 in A Estrada. (cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Friday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 19 departs Salvaterra do Miño at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Cangas do Morrazo 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).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 11, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 11, 2014  Leopold König will
be riding in the WorldTour in 2015, the Czech rider has confirmed. König, who currently
rides for NetApp-Endura, wouldn’t confirm who he had signed for but
said that an announcement would be coming imminently. (cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Jurgen Van de Broeck
was considered as one of the riders focused almost entirely on the Tour
de France, but this may have to change in the upcoming year as
Lotto-Belisol is openly disappointed with his performances throughout
2014 season. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 11, 2014  The
bicycle, and the sport that revolves around it, has changed
considerably over the years, morphing as engineering, production,
materials science, and the understanding of what makes a good bike have
progressed. The world’s most efficient mode of transportation has seen
its fair share of wacky innovations, from air-powered shifting to
cable-thin tubes, but the industry, and riders, have always found a way
to whittle the bike down into what it is meant to be, removing the
silly and keeping the smart. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Some
great photos that are going to be much reproduced in years to come,
such as the peloton snaking up through the crowds on Buttertubs or up
the cobbled climb in Haworth. (podiumcafe.com)
September 11, 2014  A
power meter that lives on your shoes, stuck between cleat and sole,
calculating power with a combination of light, nearly indestructible
piezoceramic sensors and accelerometers mounted on the shoe itself.
(velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Speedplay
is showing prototypes of its forthcoming Aero Pedal System, a one-side
Zero pedal with a dimpled underside that, when clipped into the aero
cleat, creates a smooth, unbroken surface all the way down to the shoe
sole. (bikeradar.com)
September 11, 2014  Hailing
from South Korea was one of the most innovative e-bikes we've seen yet.
Not only is the new Mando Footloose IM packed with clever technical
features, it's quite a pretty visual design,
too. (bikeradar.com)
September 11, 2014  New
carbon model combines the sleekness of a road frame with the price and
utility of a city bike (bicycling.com)
September 11, 2014 |
 Matthias Brändle soloed
in to take the win in stage 5 of the Tour of Britain in Exeter. He had
been in the day’s escape group, as had second and third place finishers
Shane Archbold
and Maarten Wynants.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Fresh
off her victory at the Boels Rental Ladies Tour in the Netherlands, Evelyn Stevens, has
a boost of confidence as she looks ahead to the UCI Road World
Championships at the end of the month. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Could
Tour of Britain leader Michal
Kwiatkowski win the rainbow jersey in Ponferrada?
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 11, 2014  Having
received the anticipated news this week that he had been selected to
ride the junior road race at the World Championships in Spain in two
weeks, Eddie Dunbar’s
season has taken an unexpected twist today. (stickybottle.com)
September 11, 2014 In
the interview, which appeared on Saturday, the 24-year-old spoke
bluntly of his dissatisfaction at certain events that transpired during
the 2014 season including missing out on selection for Milan-San Remo
and the Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Friday's Tour of
Britain Stage 6 departs Bath at 10:15am BST (5:15am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Hemel Hempstead at around 3:26pm BST
(10:26am U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 11, 2014  Cadel Evans will
reveal his future in a press conference next week before the start of
the Ponferrada world championships in northwest Spain. There is growing
speculation that the 2011 Tour de France winner will announce his
retirement, but Evans
refused to specify what his future holds, only confirming it will be
revealed next week. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Report:
Elia Viviani
is
close to joining Team Sky for 2015, opting to move to the British team
instead of being part of the new Cannondale team managed by Jonathan Vaughters
following the fusion of Cannondale and Garmin-Sharp. (cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  Alberto Contador is
defending his decision to skip the upcoming road world championships on
his home roads in Ponferrada, Spain. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Just
yesterday Apple announced to the world a range of new mobile devices
including the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and the long-rumored Watch. The
phone receives a few changes that will appeal to many who ride
connected. However, it’s the new watch that is most interesting to us,
with a handful of technology and features that could see it useful for
cycling. (bikeradar.com)
September 11, 2014  Sony
showed off a new video camera, the HDR-AS100V, called the Action Cam,
to compete with a now burgeoning market for video. This unit features
Zeiss optics for sharper video as well as a stereo mike and a
waterproof casing to make it as directly competitive with the GoPro as
possible while orienting the camera length-wise to make it less
obtrusive and more aerodynamic. It’s big advantage is image
stabilization software that makes on-the-bike video much easier to
watch. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 11, 2014  Canyon
began by trading out of a trailer but the company now serves the world
market with customer-direct sales from its headquarters in Koblenz,
Germany. Canyon also sponsors the Movistar and Katusha WorldTour teams.
The Ultimate CF SLX that sits at the top of the
company's road bike range. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 11, 2014  ired
of the perpetual bottom bracket creak on your PF86/92 or PF30-equipped
frame? Wheels Manufacturing showed off a new thread-together bottom
bracket design that might finally quiet things
down. (bikeradar.com)
September 11, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "High traction, high comfort and good-looking cyclocross bike."
(bikeradar.com)
September 11, 2014 September 10, 2014 |
September 11, 2014  A
new investigation into the possible murder of Italian cyclist Marco Pantani took a
step forward on Wednesday when Italy’s public prosecutor in Rimini
handed the case over to the police. In 2004, police determined that the
1998 Giro d’Italia and Tour de France winner had died of a cocaine
overdose.
September 11, 2014  The
infamous fistfight between Gianluca
Brambilla and Ivan
Rovny during the 16th stage of the Vuelta a
Espana will have even bigger consequences for the Italian rider than
missing out on a stage victory and being ejected from the event, as he
will not participate in the upcoming World Championships held in
Ponferrada. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 11, 2014  Is
Olympic time trial champion Kristin
Armstrong mounting a comeback for an unprecedented third
consecutive gold medal? That’s the rumor that’s been swirling around
the American cycling community over the past several weeks — and it’s a
rumor Armstrong
would not refute when asked for comment Wednesday at the Interbike
trade show in Las Vegas. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Sven Nys rode to a
repeat victory at CrossVegas, powering away from an elite field on the
final lap. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014 Katie Compton came
to the front with about 200 meters to go, hardly the only time she’d
touched the front of the heated CrossVegas race, and it seemed all but
over. Compton
has been so dominant in past years that it seemed safe to start writing
headlines. No one told Meredith
Miller. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Friday's Grand Prix
Cycliste de Quebec starts at 11:00am EDT (17:00 CET) and is expected to
finish at around 4:15pm EDT (22:15 CET). GP de Quebec live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm EDT (19:00 CET). (cyclingfans.com)
September 11, 2014  Bissell
team director Omer Kem
told Cyclingnews this week at Interbike in Las Vegas that he will move
to Team SmartStop next year as the team's general manager. Kem was at the
cycling trade show representing the team already in talks with
potential sponsors. (cyclingnews.com)
September 11, 2014  According
to Belgian media, Thomas
De Gendt may be forced to leave Omega Pharma-Quick Step
after one season in their outfit as Patrick
Lefevere gradually reduces team roster to eventually meet
new UCI regulations in 2017. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 11, 2014  The
Netherlands’ green and black team currently racing as Belkin is
reaching out for more money to manage its team in 2015. Thanks to De
Lotto’s commitment of 4 million euros it no longer looks to be in
danger, but with its plea to fans asking for money it appears it is at
its limit to remain in the UCI’s first division. (velonews.com)
September 11, 2014  Round-the-clock
drinking is vital. No, we’re not talking about extended pub licenses,
but which drinks are best for cyclists, and at what time of day. Here
are some suggestions. (bikeradar.com)
September 11, 2014  Apparently
Giro pities the fool who can’t tie his shoe–or something like that. The
cycling helmet, apparel and shoe maker entertained Interbike attendees
with an appearance by American cycling star Taylor Phinney of
Team BMC and a (very) Las Vegas Mr.
T impersonator. (roadbikereview.com)
September 11, 2014  Amidst
the thousand yard stares and shuffling, aimless gaits of Interbike
attendees a few bits and pieces always stand out and here are three
from day one. Ritchey’s new carbon breakaway, Scapin’s take on carbon
and a SportCrafters trainer that only looks like a normal trainer.
(pelotonmagazine.com)
September 11, 2014  Utilitarian
elegance is the hallmark of Fix It Sticks, a unique alternative to the
traditional multi-tool. Two metal handles and a handful of bits come
together to form a T-shaped problem solver that’s great for dealing
with road- or trail-side repairs. (roadbikereview.com)
September 11, 2014 |
 Fourth
stage win for German sprinter. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  A
complicated finale with some segments of pave kept all the sprinters on
their toes on stage 17 of the Vuelta a España but John Degenkolb
managed to come through nonetheless for his fourth victory of the race.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  Alberto Contador is
in the driver’s seat to win the 2014 Vuelta a España. He holds a solid
lead over his most dangerous rivals, and his confidence is growing by
the kilometer. With the most dangerous stages behind him, his team is
ready to ride until their legs fall off to deliver Contador to yet
another grand tour victory Sunday in Santiago de Compostela.
(velonews.com)
September 10, 2014  The
grueling Vuelta a España is starting to take its collective toll on the
peloton. Searing heat in the south compounded by incessant climbs in
the north has sent more than a few big names home early. (velonews.com)
September 10, 2014  Thursday's
Vuelta a Espana Stage 18 departs A Estrada at 1:35pm CET (7:35am U.S.
Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Monte Castrove. Meis 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). (cyclingfans.com)
September 10, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 10, 2014  Since
the season begins Wednesday night in earnest in the Las Vegas desert,
at CrossVegas, here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come. (velonews.com)
September 10, 2014  Designed
specifically for TT and Triathlon applications, the new pedal design
claims to be the most aerodynamic available. (bikerumor.com)
September 10, 2014  As
Apple launches the Apple Watch, a look at how it might be useful for
cyclists. (road.cc)
September 10, 2014  4iiii
is best known for its heads-up display sunglasses, which relay power
and heart rate data to riders. Its new power meter relies on a strain
gauge attached to the inside of a crankarm. Its approach is similar to
Stages Cycling's meter, except that 4iiii will sell the sensor
separately, allowing the consumer or retailer to install it on just
about any aluminum crank on the market with a two-part epoxy (a carbon
crank version is in the works). (bicycleretailer.com)
September 10, 2014  Van
Dessel Sports showed off their stealthy, versatile Full Tilt Boogie
cyclocross bike on the desert crust of Interbike’s Outdoor Demo in
Bootleg Canyon this week. The sleek, 1,040-gram (2.29-pound) ‘crosser
comes as a disc brake-only frameset ($1,799) and features cable ports
for the internal routing of Shimano Di2 electronic shifting, or
externally-routed mechanical shifting. (roadbikereview.com)
September 10, 2014 September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 |
 Uphill
finish breaks up peloton. Kwiatkowski
in leaders jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  On
Tuesday, Michal
Kwiatkowski was left lamenting the lack of
cohesion in the chase that saw him finish second on stage three of the
Tour of Britain. Fast forward 24 hours and the Polish rider was sitting
in the yellow jersey after taking victory in Bristol. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  Bradley Wiggins accepted
that his Tour of Britain title defense was nearly at an end after
Poland’s Michal
Kwiatkowski secured the overall lead with a
dramatic stage win on Wednesday. (velonews.com)
September 10, 2014 Alex Dowsett vented
his frustration at the commissaires, after a double puncture ended his
shot at victory on stage 4 of the Tour of Britain. The Movistar rider
criticized the race judges for lack of consistency when he was refused
any assistance from his team car when trying to return to the
breakaway. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  Thursday's Tour of
Britain Stage 5 departs Exmouth at 11:00am BST (6:00am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Exeter at around 3:26pm BST (10:26am
U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 10, 2014  There
must have been a moment when Nicolas
Roche thought that victory on the queen stage of the Tour
of Britain was all but his. However, he was left looking for the silver
lining when Edoardo Zardini dropped him with just over a
kilometer to the top of the final climb. Despite missing out, the
Irishman held on to take third and move up in the general
classification. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  Bradley Wiggins kept
his hopes of defending his Tour of Britain title alive after finishing
fifth on the race’s queen stage, which finished atop the climb of the
Tumble. He lost time to one of his biggest rivals, Michal Kwiatkowski,
but is still within touching distance of the overall lead.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  "After
two relatively flat opening stages at the Tour of Britain, today we hit
the mountains, finishing with the first category ascent of The Tumble
in North Wales." (stickybottle.com)
September 10, 2014  After
13 years in the pro peloton, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies captain Alex Candelario, 38,
is hanging up the cleats. (velonews.com)
September 10, 2014  When
Litespeed designer Brad DuVaney used the words “Gravel Bike,” he was
quick to add that the T5g was far from the touring geometry typically
associated with adventure bikes. He began with Litespeed’s performance
road geometry in mind, and then began making accommodations for the
needs of gravel races. (cxmagazine.com)
September 10, 2014  UK
brand KitBrix introduced their clever modular gear “brick” system
designed to help organize and transport gear, tools and supplies.
Inspired by military gear sacks, KitBrix placed a high-priority on
wear-and-tear proofing the bags so they could withstand the abuse
cyclists and other athletes inflict on their gear. (roadbikereview.com)
September 10, 2014  Yesterday
during a press event at Interbike, I had the opportunity to meet a nice
guy named Lennard. Turns out, not only was he lucky enough to bring a
bike to Vegas, but he built it himself. (bikerumor.com)
September 10, 2014  Whereas
once the big news in power meters was higher-end models with enhanced
feature sets, the trend nowadays is lower-cost offerings that can bring
the technology to more people - and US upstart Ashton Instruments is
promising an all-new design that'll come in at just
US$500. (bikeradar.com)
September 10, 2014 September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 |
 Elite
women roll out at 8:20pm
and men at 9:30.
Las Vegas is on west coast time. (podiumcafe.com)
September 10, 2014 September 10, 2014 Valentin Iglinskiy
has returned a positive doping test at the Eneco Tour and has admitted
to use prohibited substances. As a consequence, Astana have released
the Kazakh sprinter with immediate effect. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 10, 2014  Jens Voigt is going
to attack The Hour record on 18 September. It’ll be on TV. It seems
he’s on course to beat the record but should leave something on the
boards for others to have a go. It’s the perfect move for him and The
Hour as a contest. (inrng.com)
September 10, 2014  Alberto Contador has
denied reports of a frosty relationship between himself and the other
two top Spanish stars in the Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde
and Joaquim Rodriguez
– and pointed out that this was one of the reasons why he has ruled
himself out of the World Championships this year. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014  Tyler Farrar begins
a new chapter in his life in 2015, as he switches Garmin-Sharp for
ProContinental team MTN-Qhubeka. The American had already said that he
would leave Garmin after seven seasons, but it was only on Tuesday that
his destination became clear. (cyclingnews.com)
September 10, 2014 This
weekend the preparation for the world championships reaches its climax
with the two Canadian WorldTour races Grand Cycliste de Quebec and
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal. Held on hilly courses over distances
of more than 200km, the races and their circuit format offer the
perfect opportunity to test the condition a few weeks prior to the
battle for the rainbow jersey. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 10, 2014  Momentum
Sports Group, owners and operators of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
Team, announced that title sponsor UnitedHealthcare has extended its
support of the program for an additional three years, through the 2017
racing season. (velonews.com)
September 10, 2014  Rochelle Gilmore is
the team owner, manager and rider at Wiggle-Honda, the
British-registered team now in their second season in the women’s pro
peloton. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 10, 2014  "The
Infinito CV is the bike that features the Countervail vibration damping
technology. The demonstration I saw last year made a compelling case
for the material’s ability to reduce vibration in the frame."
September 10, 2014  Shimano’s
flagship race shoe gets a facelift. (bikeradar.com)
September 10, 2014  At
the top end of the sport, Giant Bicycles needs no introduction,
supplying Marianne Vos with cyclocross race models that have won a
staggering number of world championships. Just before the season began,
the Liv brand has released the Brava SLR 1, which is a
performance-oriented cyclocross bike equipped with Shimano Ultegra
11-speed, Rotor 3DF cranks and Shimano RS685 hydraulic disc brakes.
(cxmagazine.com)
September 10, 2014  Wheel,
wheels, everywhere. Eurobike not only gave us the chance to cast an eye
on the latest machinery to break cover, but also to see what’s new in
the world of wheels. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 10, 2014  Innovative
design increases comfort and claims performance improvement as well.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 10, 2014  Yet
another sign that tubeless road wheels are here to stay.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 9, 2014 |
 Alejandro Valverde was
in a defiant mood at his Vuelta a España rest day press conference,
arguing that Alberto
Contador was not assured of final overall victory.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Religious
miracles have been built on less. Alberto
Contador’s resurrection from a broken leg to the strongest
legs in Spain continues as he rolls on towards Santiago de Compostella.
It’s hard to see how he can be beaten now and the battle for the podium
could be settled too. (inrng.com)
September 9, 2014  Following
Gianluca Brambilla
and Ivan Rovny’s
expulsion from the Vuelta a España on Monday for exchanging blows while
in the breakaway on the road to La Farrapona, Philip Deignan has
revealed that he had been struck in the face by Joaquim Rodriguez
during the previous day’s stage to Lagos de Covadonga. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  On
the Vuelta a España’s second rest day, Alberto Contador did
a short training with his Tinkoff-Saxo teammates. They reconnoitered
the last kilometers of Wednesday’s stage in La Coruña, and relaxed a
bit, even stopping for coffee along the way. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo
manager Bjarne Riis
has declared himself “optimistic” about Alberto Contador’s
prospects of winning the Vuelta a España after the Spaniard claimed the
stage victory atop La Farrapona on Monday afternoon. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Wednesday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 17 departs Ortigueira at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at A Coruña 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). (cyclingfans.com)
September 9, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), UCI Road World Championship - Sept 20-27 (Stages), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 18-25 (Stages), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Results), Tour de France - July 5-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 9 - June 1 (Results), September 9, 2014  Even
over a half century later, It's still possible to feel a little sorry
for Bruno Tognaccini
and what happened after he won stage 10 of the Vuelta a España in 1957.
The Italian rider had just captured what proved to be the second
biggest triumph of his career (the first being a Giro d'Italia stage in
1956). But there was a catch. Nobody - at least in Spain - really
cared. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Jonathan
Page signs with XcelLED. XcelLED, a specialty maker of LED lamps, has
partnered up with Jonathan
Page for the 2014 cyclocross season. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  ZIPP
says it extends its commitment to cyclocross for the 2014-2015 season
to support many of the sport’s top stars and emerging talents with
purpose-built wheels, bars, stems and seatposts. (bikeworldnews.com)
September 9, 2014  "Felt
introduced their second iteration of their aero road bike, the AR, last
year. I’ve been intrigued by this bike because: A) aero road bikes have
come a long way in general; B) Felt is doing some of the most advanced
layup work out there; and C) according to their own testing the AR is
more comfortable than their traditional road frame, the F."
(redkiteprayer.com)
September 9, 2014  Speedplay
has been attempting to produce a pedal system for off-road use for
years now, seeming to show off a slightly new system biannually at Sea
Otter and Interbike, and feeling confident that the finished product
would be released to the public within a matter of months.
(cxmagazine.com)
September 9, 2014  Smith
made some waves in the stagnant mountain bike helmet market by
introducing Koroyd technology in the Forefront helmet. This technology
mates the green Koroyd material with the EPS foam to reduce impact
force by 40%. (roadbikereview.com)
September 9, 2014 September 8, 2014 |
 Bardiani
rider takes over race lead. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Edoardo Zardini says
that he will fight to keep his leader’s jersey, after he claimed
victory on stage 3 of the Tour of Britain. "I’m not bad in time trials
but I’m not a specialist. I’ll lose a bit there but maybe I can try and
pick up a bigger gap in the next few stages. But it won’t be easy," he
said after stepping onto the podium to claim his yellow jersey.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Wednesday's Tour of
Britain Stage 4 departs Worcester at 10:45am BST (5:45am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Bristol at around 3:20pm BST (10:20am
U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 9, 2014  Two-time
Tour de France champion Alberto
Contador will not compete in the world road race
championships later this month, he said on Tuesday. The 31-year-old —
speaking during the rest day in the Vuelta a España which he leads —
said the course in Ponferrada in the northeast of Spain was not suited
to his strengths. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  The
2015 Giro d’Italia is coming into focus with less than a month until
the route presentation. Organizer RCS Sport will unveil next year’s
course October 6 at the Palazzo del Ghiaccio in Milan, where the race
is due to finish after a trip south to Campania and north though the
mountains via Madonna di Campiglio, Mortirolo, and the Colle delle
Finestre. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  "I
didn’t notice anything at first but soon realised the funny sensations
creeping into my legs were because my saddle had dropped down
substantially." (stickybottle.com)
September 9, 2014  Mark Renshaw has
made his name as the ultimate lead-out man and the Australian is keen
to cherish every victory as a result. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 9, 2014  It
was all going well. The local early-season tuneup before the lights of
Las Vegas and the official start to race season. But that rutted sand
got Ryan Trebon last
Saturday in Vancouver, Washington. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  British
young gun; Dan McLay
has been hammering at the door of recognition in Belgium for a few
years. But this season he has seen him add to his palmarés with the
points jersey in Normandy and a stage win in the Tour de L’Avenir. Pro
contract in ’15? (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  The
UCI cyclocross calendar officially kicked off on September 6th with
Nittany Lion Cross. The ladies took to the course in what turned out to
be the most brutal race of the day. (bikeworldnews.com)
September 9, 2014  ICEdot
has a new product that allows bikers or other adventurers to manually
trigger an alert that sends their location via text message to chosen
recipients. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 9, 2014  Small,
medium and large just doesn't cut it. (bikeradar.com)
September 9, 2014  BioLogic
said its new WeatherCase for iPhone 6 is a bike-mountable, weatherproof
case that protects iPhones during commutes, rainy-day rides, and
workouts. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 9, 2014 September 8, 2014 |
September 9, 2014  Lance Armstrong and
his legal team appear to have caught a break. At least for now. The New
York Daily News recently reported that Armstrong’s
attorneys are battling the Department of Justice over what’s been
construed as a federal error that saw the DOJ lawyers accidentally leak
sensitive papers to the Armstrong
team.
September 9, 2014  None
of us should be surprised, really. Michael
Creed’s been something of an underdog forever. An underdog
with a bite. The very same traits that helped him as a rider are paying
off now, too: Doggedness and an edge. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  As
his one-year contract with Slipstream Sports draws to a close, American
Phil Gaimon
is among several riders on the Garmin-Sharp team without a contract
offer for 2015. (velonews.com)
September 9, 2014  Tyler Farrar will
ride with Team MTN-Qhubeka in 2015. The American sprinter, who has won
a stage in each of the three grand tours, leaves Garmin-Sharp after
seven years. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Nick Nuyens has
already finished his season for Garmin-Sharp, a short season at that.
He has no more races on his calendar, and has not ridden much all year.
“I had 35 race days this season. That is nothing,” he told Sporza.be.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Linus Gerdemann is
leaving MTN-Qhubeka to join the Danish Cult Energy team for two years,
he has announced. The German had previously sat out from competition in
2013 when he was unable to find a team. Cult Energy is looking to move
up to the Professional Continental ranks next year. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  It’s
been a long season for Mark
Renshaw. By the time he completes the Tour of Britain
being raced this week, the Australian with the reputation as the
‘world’s best lead-out man’ will have 88 days of racing under his belt.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 9, 2014  Former
Competitive Cyclist director Gord
Fraser at the Tour of Alberta last week said that
he has signed a two-year deal to lead Silber Pro Cycling, Canada's
up-and-coming UCI Continental team. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  When
Andri Frischknecht
stepped onto the podium at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in
Hafjell, Norway with his Swiss relay team last week, he became the
third generation of Frischknechts
to earn a cycling world championship medal. (cyclingnews.com)
September 9, 2014  German
bike and component company Storck has been building bikes under the
Storck name since 1995, and lightweight components for even longer. The
company was briefly in the States, but after frolicking in what we
imagine is warmer, less-crowded environments, it has made the long
journey back. One of the first stops? Outdoor Demo at Interbike, to
show off the new “This is Cross” (T.I.X.) cyclocross bike.
(cxmagazine.com)
September 9, 2014  Clain:
When used with the compatible Polar H6 or H7 Bluetooth® Smart heart
rate sensor, the Polar V650 shows cyclists the health and fitness
benefits of training at different intensities, how it affects their
bodies and how long it takes for them to recover and be ready to train
again. (bikeworldnews.com)
September 9, 2014  Redline
Bicycles launched its new Conquest Flight at Sea Otter, and this summer
hosted a “Dream Build” event with major bicycle component companies.
While SRAM, Shimano and Campagnolo all participated, companies like
FSA, Gavenalle and TRP also threw their components in the ring.
(cxmagazine.com)
September 9, 2014 September 8, 2014 |
 Alberto Contador
took an important - but arguably not decisive - step towards overall
victory in the Vuelta a España after managing to drop all of his rivals
en route to the stage 16 win at La Farrapona. (cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  Tinkoff-Saxo's Alberto Contador
extended his overall lead by winning the queen stage of the Vuelta a
España, easily out-pacing top rival Chris
Froome. The duo had attacked out of the group of favorites
with five kilometers to go, and in the last kilometer Contador rode away
from the Briton. Third on the day was Alessandro De Marchi,
who had held the lead up most of the final climb.. (cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  For
the first time in this year's Vuelta a Espana, Chris Froome looked
like his usual strong self when he animated the queen stage of the
race. However, the Brit conceded time to race leader Alberto Contador and
even though he is pleased with his growing condition, he admits that it
will be hard to beat the Spaniard. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 8, 2014  According
to reports in the Spanish media, a motorcycle patrol officer
accompanying race security died during the stage after crashing his
motorcycle off the road and hitting a guardrail. (velonews.com)
September 8, 2014  Italian
Gianluca Brambilla
and Russia’s Ivan Rovny came
to blows while riding at the front of stage 16 at the Vuelta a España
on Monday.In bizarre circumstances, both men landed punches and elbowed
each other while continuing to ride in the breakaway group of 13 riders
on the 160.5km stage of the race from San Martin del Rey Aurelio to La
Farrapona. (velonews.com)
September 8, 2014  Given
what happened to him earlier in the stage, Dan Martin’s
performance on Sunday’s 15th leg of the Vuelta a España was a very
commendable performance. The Garmin-Sharp rider had an unexpected crash
on the ascent of the day’s first climb, the Puerto del Torno, when a
rider moved across him and took out his front wheel.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 8, 2014  Chris Froome lies
just 1:20 off the overall lead as the Vuelta a España faces into a
third successive summit finish at La Farrapona on Monday, but the Sky
rider has told L’Équipe that he is in Spain primarily to prepare for
2015. (cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 8, 2014  Sunday
at the Nittany Lion UCI race felt more like cyclocross, with
temperatures falling 15 degrees from Day One’s scorching heat. The
overnight rain created a deep bog of mud on the course near the
velodrome, but is also turned the loose dirt of yesterday’s wooded
section into tacky curves that gripped tires. (cxmagazine.com)
September 8, 2014 Tuesday is a rest
day at the Vuelta a Espana. The race resumes Wednesday with
Stage 17. (cyclingfans.com)
September 8, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Fast, supple, grippy and armed with a
little Kevlar puncture protection." (bikeradar.com)
September 8, 2014 September 7, 2014 September 7, 2014 |
Australian beats Ben
Swift in Llandudno to seal first victory of season.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  Ian Stannard has
been forced to abandon the Tour of Britain after fracturing his left
scaphoid in a crash in the final 500 metres of stage 1 in Liverpool on
Sunday. Although the Englishman was able to complete the stage, the
injury was such that he was unable to take the start of stage 2 on
Monday morning. (cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  Tuesday's Tour of
Britain Stage 3 departs Newtown at 11:00am BST (6:00am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at The Tumble, Abergavenny at around
3:31pm BST (10:31am U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 8, 2014  Tom
Dumoulin led the Tour of Alberta from the opening prologue but lost it
all in the final sprint when Daryl Impey took 10 bonus seconds. Having
lost the race with the tiniest of margins, the Dutchman couldn't
believe that he had once again finished second in a race.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 8, 2014  It’s
only appeared once in the Vuelta but La Farrapona has already made a
name for itself. There’s the Alto de la Farrapona as the climb and the
Vuelta lists the finish as the Lagos de Somiedo. But La Farrapona has
stuck. What’s it like to ride? (inrng.com)
September 8, 2014  Kristof Vandewalle
put the pain of a broken rib to one side, animating stage 15 of the
Vuelta a España as one of the five breakaway riders of the day. The
Belgian was swallowed up, but not before a brief fight, and spat out by
a select GC group that overtook him on the final climb to Lagos de
Covadonga but rallied to finish the stage in 15th place.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  When
Ian Crane
smashed into the back windshield of a team car in the Colorado
crosswinds, a shard of glass nicked his jugular. He shredded his mouth
and face, taking nearly 1,000 tiny stitches inside his mouth and
another 50 on his face. (velonews.com)
September 8, 2014  Two
years ago this week, Stages Cycling kicked existing power meter brands
squarely in the backside. As we head into the annual Interbike
tradeshow this week, the same venue that saw Stages launch in 2012,
those companies are still having trouble sitting. (velonews.com)
September 8, 2014  Last
fall, Giro released a small batch (400 pairs) of lace-up mountain bike
shoes dubbed the Empire MTB. Feedback from riders was positive, so the
company moved forward with the development of a full production model.
The successor to this limited edition shoe is the Empire
VR. (bikeradar.com)
September 8, 2014  Look
has brought their innovative carbon fiber leaf spring Blades to their
big selling second-tier Kéo 2 Max Blade pedal platform, at the same
time dropping weight, reducing stack height, and increasing contact
area. (bikerumor.com)
September 8, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "One of the best options for fast, flat
TTs." (bikeradar.com)
September 8, 2014  The
Felt Outfitter has been a pet project of Jim Felt for about 5
years.
He’s a fly fisher and bow hunter and he and his son always carry in all
their gear for days in the woods at a time. They set up a base camp and
hunt and fish from those remote wilderness locations. When Felt started
making fat bikes and e-bikes, a lightbulb went off. (bikerumor.com)
September 8, 2014 September 7, 2014 |
September 8, 2014 American
rider Tyler Farrar
spent most of his professional cycling career under the wing of Jonathan Vaughters,
Chief Executive Officer of Slipstream Sports and manger of the
WorldTour Garmin-Sharp squad. The sprinter recently announced that he
will change teams at the end of this season but he vowed to walk away
from Garmin-Sharp after seven years with a lot of good memories.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  Thor Hushovd planned
to retire after the world road race championships in Ponferrada, Spain,
later this month. He showed strong form in the recent Arctic Race of
Norway, taking second on stages two and four, and believed he was in
with a chance of worlds selection. However injury scuppered those plans
and meant that he would have no last chance to represent his country.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 8, 2014  "With
a wedding in our team hotel last night before stage 1, my first night
on the Tour of Britain didn’t exactly go to plan. The wedding was so
loud, with people going up and down the hall outside my room all night,
that I just couldn’t go to sleep for ages. Having eventually nodded off
sometime in the early hours, I was woken up early by somebody knocking
on the door and calling my name." (stickybottle.com)
September 8, 2014  Jurgen Van den Broeck's
withdrawal from the Vuelta a España has compounded his disappointing
performance in this year’s Tour de France and left the Lotto-Belisol
rider questioning whether he will ride the Tour again. (cyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  It’s
important at the end of the season to take some time away from
structured training. You’ve had a long season and your body needs time
to relax, regenerate and repair existing injuries. (stickybottle.com)
September 8, 2014  Are
you fed up of getting home from rides feeling dead? It might not be
your fault. A large part of it could be down to your
DNA. (bikeradar.com)
September 8, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "High and tight: clutch derailleur system
is ideal for ’cross." (bikeradar.com)
September 8, 2014  Interbike
2014 is upon us, and you can be sure we’ll have plenty of photos and
details on the latest cyclocross, gravel and adventure bikes and gear
over the next few weeks. But today we’ve got a few early looks at
just-released cyclocross items before that masses check them out. First
up is the brand new, completely redesigned 2015 Van Dessel Full Tilt
Boogie cyclocross frame. (cxmagazine.com)
September 8, 2014  "Eurobike
has so many beautiful bicycles that it’s impossible to fit them all
into one article – or two or even three for that matter! So following
up from last week’s look at some of the best that was on offer here’s
some more showbikes, 2015 models, daily riders and more to get you
going on a Monday." (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 8, 2014  Viking
3M Polyurethane Tape was originally designed for the US military to
protect vehicles from scratch and abrasion damage, which is why it's
often referred to as 'helicopter tape'. It should ensure pretty frame
finishes remain chip 'n' blemish free under fire. (road.cc)
September 8, 2014 September 7, 2014 |
 After
two massive finishes we come to the last and hardest stage in the
race-deciding trifecta of mountain-stages. It's hard not to designate
this as the Queen stage of the race. (podiumcafe.com)
September 7, 2014  Sanchez second,
gains time on Contador.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  Vuelta
a Espana leader Alberto
Contador has expressed his disappointment that
the lack of collaboration between himself, Alejandro Valverde and
Joaquim Rodriguez
meant that Chris Froome is
still in the running for the overall. (cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  For
the second day in a row, Robert Gesink lost time in a Vuelta a Espana
stage. Having had a bad day yesterday, he was pleased to have had
better feelings but couldn't avoid dropping one spot in the overall
standings. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014 Peter Sagan and Nacer Bouhanni have
abandoned the Vuelta a Espana as the race heads into the decisive
mountain stages in the Asturias region of northern Spain. Both riders
are set to ride the World Championships in Ponferrada later this month
and have opted to recover and train rather than suffer in the
mountains. (cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages & Results), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 7, 2014  The
West Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix was held Saturday in River Walk
Park. Boasting “the largest women’s prize in California,” and offering
coveted (for Northern California racers caring about start positions at
Nationals) USA Cycling points, the event attracted some top-level
talent and over 400 participants. (cxmagazine.com)
September 7, 2014  "Have
you ever wanted to be a VIP at one of Europe’s most historic cyclocross
races, so close that you’ll be picking the mud out of your teeth? Well
here’s your chance to make it happen!" (cxmagazine.com)
September 7, 2014  Gerald Ciolek has
announced that he won’t take part in the World Championships for
Germany later this month in Ponferrada, Spain. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014  Stage 16 start time:
Monday
12:57 CEST (3:57 AM PST);
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (6:00 AM PST); Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (8:40 AM PST). (cyclingfans.com) September 7, 2014 September 6, 2014 September 6, 2014 |
 Daryl Impey got
the best possible return to the professional peloton when he took the
overall victory in the Tour of Alberta by winning the final stage.
Having been given an excellent lead-out, he won a sprint from a
40-rider group by holding off Ryan
Anderson and Ramunas
Navardauskas and scored 10 bonus seconds that
allowed him to win the race 1 seconds ahead of previous leader Tom Dumoulin.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014  Giant-Shimano
rider out-sprints Ruffoni
and Cavendish.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  Despite
a crash on stage 1 of the Tour of Britain, Mark Cavendish remounted
to take third on the stage in Liverpool behind Marcel Kittel and
Nicola Ruffoni.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  Jonas Vangenechten continued
a fantastic 2014 season when he won the French semi-classic GP de
Fourmies. Having been perfectly led out by his lotto Belisol teammates,
the Belgian beat Tom Van
Asbroek and Elia
Viviani in a bunch sprint to take his third victory in
around a month. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014  It's
been seven long years since Julien Absalon won the cross country world
championships. On Saturday, the French legend of mountain biking earned
the rainbow striped jersey for the fifth time in his career.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  Canadian
Catherine Pendrel
won her second elite cross country world championship of her career on
Saturday in Hafjell, Norway. She dominated the race from start to
finish and was only slowed briefly by a flat tire on the final lap,
although she never lost the lead. (cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014 Tom Dumoulin
defended his leader's jersey in yesterday's stage of the Tour of
Alberta and now goes into the queen stage with an 8-second lead.
Feeling strong on the climbs, the Dutchman is confident in his chances.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014 Daryl Impey
continued his excellent showing in his first race for several months
when he sprinted to 2nd in stage 4 of the Tour of Alberta. Being just 9
seconds off the lead, Orica-GreenEDGE believe that their South African
can win the race overall. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014  Lea Davison was all
smiles after her career-best performance on Saturday - a bronze medal
in the elite women's cross country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World
Championships in Hafjell, Norway. (cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  Monday's Tour of
Britain Stage 2 departs Knowsley at 10:15am BST (5:15am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Llandudno at around 3:21pm BST
(10:21am U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video
should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 7, 2014 |
September 7, 2014  After
13 years racing in the US domestic peloton, Alex Candelario has
decided to join Jeff
Louder, Ben
Day and Matt
Cooke among the ranks of the recently retired. The Optum
Pro Cycling domestique announced last month that he'll step away from
professional racing following Sunday's conclusion of the Tour of
Alberta. (cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  Johansson wins final
stage in Berg en Terblij. (cyclingnews.com)
September 7, 2014  UnitedHealthcare’s
John Murphy
claimed the stars and stripes jersey at criterium national
championships Saturday in North Carolina at the High Point Classic.
(velonews.com)
September 7, 2014  Coryn Rivera took
a convincing win at the U.S. national criterium championships Saturday
in High Point, North Carolina. Rivera’s
win, combined with teammate Alison
Powers’ road and time trial national titles, makes it a
clean sweep for the UnitedHealthcare team in the 2014 U.S. elite
women’s national championship events in the road disciplines.
(velonews.com)
September 7, 2014  Ted King’s
Cannondale team may not be around next year, but the 31-year-old
American is confident that he will still be at WorldTour level in 2015.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014 "We
are trying to structure how it will work. I never really wanted to
leave this team in all honesty. I would never feel really comfortable
anywhere else, so I would always endeavor to stay here."
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 7, 2014  Bob Jungels of the
Trek Factory Racing team is tackling his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta
and doing remarkably well for a 21 year old. No doubt he’s one to
watch. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 7, 2014  A
near pan-flat circuit of Liverpool kicks off the 11th Tour of Britain
today, with the sprinters looking to advantage of one of the few
certain sprint opportunities on this year’s route. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 7, 2014  Can
arm and knee warmers make you faster? (bikeradar.com)
September 7, 2014  For
many cyclists, the idea of pedal-based power meters is very appealing.
Easily transferable from one bike to the next, the pedals allow for the
use of any wheel combination and multiple bikes. Xpedo attracted a lot
of attention when they introduced their first power meter pedal at the
Taipei Show called the Thrust e. (bikerumor.com)
September 7, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Beautifully built, classically steel-sprung racing/'cross
hybrid – but only the deep of pocket need apply." (bikeradar.com)
September 7, 2014 September 6, 2014 |
 Froome gains time on
Contador,
Valverde
falls back. (cyclingnews.com).
September 6, 2014  Rigoberto Uran lost
his podium spot in today's stage of the Vuelta a Espana but the
Colombian claims that the time loss changes nothing for him. His goal
in the upcoming mountain stages is simply to try to hang on as long as
possible. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 6, 2014  Stage
15: Oviedo - Lagos de Covadonga (152.2km). (podiumcafe.com)
September 6, 2014  Catherine Pendrel soloed
to victory in the elite women's cross country race at the UCI Mountain
Bike World Championships in Hafjell, Norway on Saturday.
Former world champion Irina
Kalentieva took second while American Lea Davison won her
first world championship medal by finishing third place.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Julien Absalon raced
to the fifth world title of his career on Saturday by winning the elite
men's cross country at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in
Hafjell, Norway. Absalon
defended his top rival Nino
Schurter for the gold medal while Marco Fontana won
the battle for the bronze. (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 6, 2014  The
Sky rider is aiming to become the first person to defend the title in
the modern incarnation of the race. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 6, 2014  Sunday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 15 departs Oviedo at 1:17pm CET (7:17am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Lagos de Covadonga 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).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 6, 2014  Earlier
this week, BST Synergy Nano announced they’d purchased Tony Ellsworth’s
eponymous brand and would be lending their materials expertise to
Ellsworth’s design experience to launch a new component line and update
his bikes. (bikerumor.com)
September 6, 2014 September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 |
 Theo Bos made up for
his disappointment after stage 2 when he took a hugely comfortable
victory in stage 4 of the Tour of Alberta. Benefiting from a great
lead-out from Sep
Vanmarcke, he easily beat Daryl Impey and Jure Kocjan to make
it two in a row for Belkin while Tom
Dumoulin enjoyed an easy day and defended his
overall lead. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 6, 2014  After
five days of racing, the fight for the Tour of Alberta's overall crown
has come down to Sunday's final stage in downtown Edmonton.
Giant-Shimano's Tom
Dumoulin has led the race since Tuesday's opening
prologue, but his rivals have been using time bonuses throughout the
week to whittle away at his lead. (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Andre Greipel repeated
his win in the Brussels Cycling Classic, easily winning the mass sprint
ahead of Elia Viviani
and Arnaud Demare.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Five
years after he won the Vuelta 2009’s hardest mountain stage at
Velefique, Ryder Hesjedal
forged to victory again during stage 14, on the steepest climb of the
2014 race. (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Bauke Mollema can
look forward to getting some much-needed help with his time trialing
next year when he joins the Trek Factory Racing team. His future
teammate Fabian
Cancellara said that he has already discussed the matter
with the Dutchman, and assured him that “there are so many people with
Trek who can help him.” (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Sep Vanmarcke's
stage 3 win on Friday at the Tour of Alberta carried a lot more meaning
for him than just another line on his palmares. The tall Belgian who
rides for Belkin carried extra motivation into the three-up sprint with
Ramunas Navardauskas
and Leigh Howard.
September 6, 2014  Sunday's Tour of
Britain Stage 1 (Liverpool City Centre stage) departs Liverpool at
2:15pm BST (9:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at
Liverpool at around 4:45pm BST (11:45am U.S. Eastern). Tour
of Britain live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm BST
(9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 6, 2014  While
it’s hardly the day for a Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday, this
first weekend of September provides us a good chance to look back at
years prior. Many of us will be jumping on a cyclocross course for the
first time this season, and along with it comes memories of past
successes and failures. (cxmagazine.com)
September 6, 2014  An
84-year-old man who has twice broken his hip has broken the Hour record
for his age, smashing past 28km - 114 laps of the track - beating the
first ever record set in 1876. (road.cc)
September 6, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5
stars. "Well specced aero lid with plenty of adjustability."
(bikeradar.com)
September 6, 2014  Saturday's Tour of
Alberta Stage 4 (the Go Auto stage) departs Edmonton at 11:50am MDT and
is expected at the finish at Strathcona County at around 3:49pm
MDT. Tour of Alberta live
streaming video should get underway at around 2pm MDT.
(cyclingfans.com)
September 6, 2014 September 5, 2014 |
 On Saturday, top
criterium racers will reunit in High Point, North Carolina, for the
2014 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championships. Watch
the Pro 1/2 women’s race and the Pro 1 men’s race live starting at 4:10pm EDT.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Cannondale
rider Ted King has
a contract in the works with a “high-level” team for next season, but
he would not elaborate on which team that might be. (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Peter Sagan clearly
didn’t like the look of the coming three mountaintop finales at the
Vuelta a España. The three-time green jersey winner at the Tour de
France pulled the plug on the Spanish tour Saturday, raising questions
about whether he will be ready to battle for the rainbow jersey later
this month on a tough world-championship course in Ponferrada.
(velonews.com)
September 6, 2014  German
sprinter says that he is relaxed having achieved his season's big
goals. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 6, 2014  Tom Boonen is
looking to lead the Belgian national team at the upcoming World
Championships in Ponferrada, and showed his good form and confidence in
the sprints with second place at the end of Friday’s 12th stage of the
Vuelta a Espana. (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Chris Froome maintained
his fourth place overall at the Vuelta a España as he finished in the
same group as his major GC rivals, five seconds behind stage winner Dani Navarro in
Obregón. (cyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Don’t
ask Gerald Ciolek
how his preparation is going for the upcoming world championships; he’s
not going. The former U23 world champion and 2013 Milan-Sanremo won’t
be heading to Ponferrada to ride with Germany. (velonews.com)
September 6, 2014  Know
Your Skin campaign urging cyclists to look for Solar Keratosis skin
condition. (bikeradar.com)
September 6, 2014  "Chasing
the Vuelta back in 2010 up the mythical Asturian ascent of the
Lagos de Covadonga. This mammoth climb will play host again to the race
this year on Sunday and it could well be the decisive stage of the
race. Let’s go back in time and see how it looked in 2010."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
September 6, 2014  Adam Blythe sent
out a big reminder of his ability at RideLondon and the Yorkshireman is
keen to prove himself again at the Tour of Britain. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 6, 2014 September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 |
 Daniel Navarro timed
his attack to perfection to win stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana from
Belorado to Obregón. Parque de Cabárceno. The Spanish climber jumped
clear on the final climb before the line as the overall contenders
hesitated behind, and despite a gap of only a handful of seconds
Navarro held on to win ahead of Daniel
Moreno and Wilco
Kelderman. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Daniel Moreno got
close to a big win when he finished second in today's stage of the
Vuelta a Espana. The Spaniard was given the chance to go for glory on
his birthday and even had teammate Joaquim
Rodriguez working for him in the finale.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 5, 2014  Russian
Team Tinkoff-Saxo and general classification leader Alberto Contador
got safely through Thursday’s stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana 2014 and
effectively avoided the crash that occurred as the riders passed the
final kilometer mark. (roadcycling.com)
September 5, 2014  Breakaway
sticks on stage 4. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Saturday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 14 departs Santander at 11:55am CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at La Camperona. Valle de Sabero at
around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 5, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 5, 2014  Pooley decries lack
of entry of any woman into women's time trial. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  The
two biggest cyclocross races in America converge this fall for the
revered Holy Week of Cyclocross, marking the official start of the New
England cyclocross season. (cxmagazine.com)
September 5, 2014  Founded
in 2007, Lezyne is now into their 8th year of Engineered Design. While
keeping with their beautiful design ethos, the tools are more diverse
than ever with a full on electronics division along side their numerous
tools and bags. (bikerumor.com)
September 5, 2014 September 4, 2014 September 4, 2014 |
Belkin's
Sep Vanmarcke
took Friday's stage 3 win at the Tour of Alberta after out-kicking Ramunas Navardauskas and
Leigh Howard
in a three-up sprint in front of a select lead group. Giant-Shimano's Tom Dumoulin had to
fight hard throughout the day but held onto his gold leader's jersey
heading into stage 4. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  USA
Cycling announced today its elite men's roster for the UCI Road World
Championships, which takes place in Ponferrada, Spain later this month.
The team has only six entries for the road race, and two in the tiem
trial. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Fabian Cancellara has
plenty of rainbow jerseys; four, in fact, all of them in the individual
time trial. This year, he’s bypassing on what’s almost a sure bet of
hitting the podium yet again in the time trial, and going all-in for a
shot at striking gold on the road. (velonews.com)
September 5, 2014  "I
am tired of all the colored jerseys. I am tired, especially, of the
polka-dot one. All this obsessing with going uphill: woman against the
grade. Who will win? The mountain. Always. But we insist on pretending
that one of our own can take the honors." (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 5, 2014  "America
has become the Tour of Qatar for 'Crossers, e.g. a place to get in some
race miles early enough in the season when a) you don't have anything
better to do and b) the jet lag will be long gone by the time you start
actually caring about results." (podiumcafe.com)
September 5, 2014  "Everyone
knows that Eurobike has some of the hottest bikes in the world but it’s
also jam packed, wall to wall full of the latest and greatest
accessories too. Here’s a look at some of the best for 2015 from
American Classic, LOOK, Fly 6, Saris, Powertap, Wahoo, BBB and more."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Saturday's Brussels
Cycling Classic departs Brussels at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Brussels at around 4:48pm CET (10:48am
U.S. Eastern). Brussels Cycling Classic live streaming video
should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 5, 2014  New
racing bike and 'gravel' bike from Morgan Hill concern.
(roadcyclinguk.com)
September 5, 2014  Featuring
Nukeproof, POC, Fuji and more. (bikeradar.com)
September 5, 2014 Sunday's Tour of
Britain Stage 1 (Liverpool City Centre stage) departs Liverpool at
2:15pm BST (9:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at
Liverpool at around 4:45pm BST (11:45am U.S. Eastern). Tour
of Britain live
streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm BST
(9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)
September 5, 2014  At
this point, the Italian helmet brand Kask is probably best known in the
U.S. as the helmet sponsor of Team Sky. Now on their 10th anniversary,
the company has 6 different helmet divisions including skiing,
mountaineering, climbing, equestrian, rescue teams, and work safety,
with cycling accounting for 40% of their
business. (bikerumor.com)
September 5, 2014  FFWD
has added deeper clinchers to join the F4, bringing F6 and F9 full
carbon road wheels to the mix. (bikerumor.com)
September 5, 2014  Stage 3 start time: Friday 11:40 MDT
(10:40 AM PST);
Earliest live video: 14:00 MDT (1:00 PM PST); Approximate finish: 15:40 MDT (2:40 PM PST). (cyclingfans.com) September 5, 2014 September 4, 2014 |
September 5, 2014  During
a brief visit to Sydney this week Christian
Prudhomme hinted that the first week of next year's Tour
de France will be an almost entirely flat affair with just two stages
offering points toward the mountains classification. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Trek
Factory Racing is in a holding pattern concerning the future of Andy Schleck. The
younger of the Schleck brothers still has not fully recovered from what
may be a career-ending knee injury suffered in a stage 3 crash at the
Tour de France. Trek confirmed Friday it has not re-upped Schleck for
2015. (velonews.com)
September 5, 2014  After
his fourth day in the Vuelta a Espana lead and as the race heads into a
trio of tough mountain stages, Alberto
Contador attempted to ease the pressureby saying
that, “there could be a new race leader tomorrow.” (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Frank Vandenbroucke's
two stage wins in the last week of the 1999 Vuelta a España were two of
the most imposing performances of his career and among the most
outrageous feats of his era. (cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  Rumor
has it that the ski village of Pra-Loup will host the finale of stage
20 of the 2015 Tour de France - Eddy
Merckx effectively lost the 1975 Tour on the climb.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 5, 2014  Cavendish won three
stages at the Tour of Britain last year and many have predicted a
head-to-head battle between him and Marcel
Kittel in the sprints. However, Cavendish, who
crashed out of the Tour de France on stage one this year, only recently
returned to racing and is aware that he has not yet hit top form.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 5, 2014  EtxeOndo
been working with Giant-Shimano. Though it says Giant on the jersey the
kit is in actual fact made by ExteOndo. Any of the kit that the likes of Marcel Kittel and Koen de Kort have
been wearing this year — from rain jackets to bib shorts — is available
in some nice-looking designs. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 5, 2014  The
“un-meeting” isn’t an organized event. There is no entry fee, no
services will be provided, there are no rules, and there is no
insurance or liability of any kind. (janheine.wordpress.com)
September 5, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5
stars. "Cutting-edge frame design meets high street value for a winning
combination." (bikeradar.com)
September 5, 2014  For
2015, ISM has five new saddles, with more accessible pricepoints and a
clearer naming system based on shape and purpose of the saddle. While
most popular among time trialists and triathletes, ISM saddles have
options for road riders and even mountain
bikers. (bikeradar.com)
September 5, 2014 September 4, 2014 |
 Tinkoff-Saxo
enjoyed a largely calm day in the Vuelta a Espana and managed to keep Alberto Contador
safe when things got hectic in the finale. The race leader expects
tomorrow's stage to be a lot harder and more stressful affair while he
prepares himself for the three upcoming mountain stages.
(cyclingquotes.com)
September 4, 2014  Contador retains red
jersey. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  BMC
Racing veteran Samuel
Sánchez has so far managed to fly under the radar when it
comes to the GC battle. But when the race reaches the toughest climbs
of the 2014 Vuelta a España in his native Asturias region later this
week at the Lagos de Covadonga on Sunday and again at the Farrapona on
Monday, that may well no longer be the case. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  Having
started the Vuelta a España in less than optimal condition and
struggled through the first 10 days of the race, Thibaut Pinot was
one of four riders to record a DNF on stage 11. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  Nairo Quintana is
confident that he can make a quick recovery after abandoning the Vuelta
a España following his crash early on stage 11. The Colombian, who had
already fallen during the previous day’s time trial, crashed 20
kilometers into Wednesday’s stage and sustained a displaced fracture of
his right scapula. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  Friday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 13 departs Belorado at 12:38pm CET (6:38am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Obregón. Parque de Cabárceno 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).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 4, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 4, 2014  Van Dijk continues
to lead the overall race. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014 September 4, 2014  For
the upcoming cyclocross season, 4-time US National Champion Jonathan Page will
don the colors of XcelLED, specialty maker of 4-foot LED lamps, as
title sponsor. Never heard of XcelLED? We’re not surprised, and the new
lighting company is looking to change that by marketing to the cycling
audience. (cxmagazine.com)
September 4, 2014  Liverpool
hosts the first stage of the 2014 Tour of Britain on Sunday September
7, with the some of the WorldTour’s elite joining the leading British
domestic pros on the Merseyside start line. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 4, 2014  After
months of speculation, Mavic is finally throwing their hat into the
road disc market (officially) with the launch of two new wheelsets. The
Aksium One disc has been spotted on many different road and cross bikes
leading up to Eurobike, but the Ksyrium
is probably the big story here. (bikerumor.com)
September 4, 2014  The
Black Diamond hubs have minimal moving parts, using only what’s seen to
transfer your legs’ effort into forward motion. There are no springs or
loose pawls to misplace in the infrequent service intervals this hub
requires. (bikerumor.com)
September 4, 2014 |
 Jonas Ahlstrand
capped off a sterling day for his Giant-Shimano squad Thursday when he
gave the team its second win of the day, taking the Tour of Alberta’s
second stage. (velonews.com)
September 4, 2014  The
Swiss Cycling Federation has announced that Fabian Cancellara
will not contest the time trial event at the UCI road world
championships in Spain later this month. The 33-year-old Swiss rider is
a four time time trial world champion but has stated his sole focus is
on securing the road race rainbow jersey in 2014. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  The
Bissell Development Team played Wednesday's stage 1 at the Tour of
Alberta to perfection, putting a rider in the daylong breakaway and
then setting up Ruben
Zepuntke in the finale to take the rain-soaked sprint and
the biggest win of his career. Race leader Tom Dumoulin finished
safely in the field and held onto the gold leader's jersey for another
day. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  In
a grand tour that saw most of its major stars starting on the back
foot, Chris Froome
remains the biggest enigma of this Vuelta a España. (velonews.com)
 Cycling
has lost a grandfather. Giovanni
“Nani” Pinarello, the charismatic founder of the iconic
cycling brand that bears his name, died Thursday. He was 92.
(velonews.com)
September 4, 2014  Wanty-Groupe
Gobert has re-signed Björn
Leukemans through the end of the 2015 season. The
Beglium-based Professional Continental outfit will build a team around
the Classics rider at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  From
winning the Otley Grand Prix three years ago to bagging a Commonwealth
Games bronze medal this summer, Scott
Thwaites is enjoying a steady rise through
cycling ranks. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 4, 2014  "Essor
USA is a new brand created by the guys behind State Bicycle Co. and
VeloVie. Essor's goal is to offer high quality carbon wheelsets at the
lowest possible price. In this review, CTech Editor Matt Wikstrom
spends some time on Essor's Pace wheelset, a 32mm carbon clincher that
retails for US$1,299." (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 4, 2014  There’s
an incredible diversity of road bikes to choose from these days. But
before you even start to narrow down brands and equipment options
there’s one very basic question you need to
answer. (bikeradar.com)
September 4, 2014  "Good
morning! “Good” in the sense that at 5:58am when I woke up there was
nary a cloud in the sky. Sure there was hardly any sun in the sky
either here on the morning of the 3rd day at the Tour of Alberta, since
it wasn’t even six AM and we have a four hour drive to precede today’s
stage. But after yesterday’s downright biblical rains, I’ll take it."
(iamtedking.com)
September 4, 2014  Stage 2 start time: Thursday 12:10 MDT
(11:10 AM PST);
Earliest live video: 14:00 MDT (1:00 PM PST); Approximate finish: 15:35 MDT (2:35 PM PST). (cyclingfans.com) September 4, 2014 |
September 4, 2014  The
German, who only retired at the end of August said of the
event; “It’s a huge challenge for me, both physical and mental. This is
a huge project, and probably it’s going to come as a surprise for many
people……It’s a fascinating event. It’s super hard, but it’s a great
discipline. Man and machine against the clock.” (shutup-legs.com)
September 4, 2014  Despite
all the elements that make road racing a team sport - domestiques
fetching water bottles or giving up a wheel or bike to a teammate after
a crash or mechanical; lieutenants helping a leader back to the peloton
after being delayed or pacing him up the early slopes of a mountaintop
finish; or a lead-out man taking absurd risks to position his sprinter
before a bunch finish - it eventually comes down to the leader needing
to call on his legs, lungs, heart, brain and true grit to win the race,
especially if it’s a grand tour. (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 4, 2014  Internet
video clip of Garmin rider Ryder
Hesjedal’s stage seven Vuelta crash led to stories of his
‘motorised’ Cervelo - UCI examines Garmin-Sharp team bikes in response.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 4, 2014  Andrew Talansky is
enjoying his pressure-free ride in the Vuelta a España, though he
admits to missing being at the sharp end of the action in the Spanish
grand tour. (velonews.com)
September 4, 2014  With
his retirement looming fast on the horizon, Britain’s David Millar is on
the hunt for stage wins one last time in the Vuelta a España before
hanging up his wheels this autumn. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  "In
your next race make mental ‘finish lines’ within the race,
especially at the start. By this I mean you need to break the race up
into smaller segments so you are focusing on the task at hand."
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 4, 2014  Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, the Yates brothers and Lizzie Armitstead
all feature in British Cycling’s long lists for the world championships
which take place later this month in Ponferrada, Spain.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  Two-time
and current US champion Eric
Young will not defend his title at the upcoming USA
Cycling Professional Criterium championships this Saturday in High
Point, North Carolina, opting instead to compete with his Optum Pro
Cycling team at the Tour of Alberta, which concludes Sunday in
Edmonton. (cyclingnews.com)
September 4, 2014  September 4, 2014  For
the ultimate weight weenies, an integrated seat and seat post is an
easy way to lose some grams. However, you had better like the saddle
position since the one piece design means you won’t be adjusting it any
time soon. Controltech’s answer to the problem is their new Affilado
seat/seat post design that doesn’t abandon adjustability.
(bikerumor.com)
September 4, 2014  The
line of Armor All bike care products will be launched at Interbike next
week. Cycle Force Group is licensing the use of the Armor All brand in
an agreement brokered by IMG. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 4, 2014 September 3, 2014 |
 Astana'a
Fabio Aru
upstaged the big names when he jumped away in the final kilometre to
win the run up to San Miguel de Aralar above Pamplona. (cyclingnews.com)
September 3, 2014  It’s
been a summer of destruction for GC favorites in this year’s grand
tours. At the Giro d’Italia, Dan
Martin, Janez
Brajkovic, and Joaquim
Rodríguez didn’t make it out of the first week.
(velonews.com)
September 3, 2014  Promising
Italian talent Fabio Aru
followed up his stage win and third overall in the Giro d’Italia with a
perfectly-timed effort on stage 11 of the Vuelta a España, racing home
alone to win at the summit finish of the Santuario de San Miguel de
Aralar. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 3, 2014  Quintana
crashed in Wednesday’s stage 11, about 20 kilometers into the
154km route from Pamplona to Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar. He
abandoned on the spot. (velonews.com)
September 3, 2014  Thursday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 12 departs Logrono at 1:40pm CET (7:40am U.S. Eastern) and
is expected at the finish at Logrono 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).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 3, 2014
2014
Races
& Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 23-Sept 14 (Stages & Results), Tour of Alberta - Sept 2-7 (Stages & Results), Tour of Britain - Sept 7-14 (Stages), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 3, 2014  Confirming
that the squad will continue next year but that the budget and roster
size will depend in part on this weeks’ final push for crowd-funding,
the owner of the team currently called Specialized-lululemon, Kristy Scrymgeour,
has said that she is hoping for a good response prior to Friday’s
deadline. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 3, 2014  Thomas Voeckler will
return to racing one month after his collarbone fracture and subsequent
surgery. The Europcar rider plans to make his return to the peloton on
the 20th of September at the Classic Impanis - Van Petegem in Belgium.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 3, 2014  Stiff,
fast, and hugely enjoyable. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 3, 2014  The
Pioneer Gen-2 powermeter’s main point of differentiation is how it
measures true left/right power (force and directional) as well as
balance and efficiency through a plethora of data for real-time
viewing. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 3, 2014  There’s
always lots of electric bikes at Eurobike. Lots and lots and lots. From
folding bikes to road bikes to mountain bikes to fat bikes, everything
gets a motor fitted by someone. One place we weren’t expecting to find
one, however, was the Lightweight stand. You know, the purveyors of
German carbon über lightness that make the posh wheels and the
Urgestalt frameset. (road.cc)
September 3, 2014  The
biggest trend in the road cycling market for 2015 is disc-equipped road
bikes. At Eurobike last week, the world’s biggest gathering of bicycle
manufacturers, there were loads of new disc road bikes to see. (road.cc)
September 3, 2014 |
 Wednesday's Tour of
Alberta Stage 1 departs Lethbridge at 3:10pm MDT and is expected at the
finish at Lethbridge at around 6:35pm MDT. Tour of Alberta live streaming video
should get underway at around 5pm MDT. (cyclingfans.com)
September 3, 2014  USA
Cycling has announced the rosters for the elite women, U23 men, and
junior men and women that will represent Team USA at the 2014 UCI road
world championships, September 21-28 in Ponferrada, Spain.
(velonews.com)
September 3, 2014  This
year’s Tour of Britain (September 7-14) looks set to be a redemption
story of two British riders out to make amends for early season
disappointments. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 3, 2014  By
now you've heard the news... Tyler
Farrar, the Wonder of Wenatchee, Washington, is saying
goodbye to his long-time professional home, the Argyle Bunch. Garmin
are undergoing some significant changes, blah blah blah... short of it
is, if they offered him a contract at all, it must not have been a very
good one. (podiumcafe.com)
September 3, 2014  Giant-Shimano's
Tom Dumoulin
won the opening prologue time trial at the Tour of Alberta on Tuesday
evening in Calgary and will wear the gold leader's jersey during
Wednesday's first stage. (cyclingnews.com)
September 3, 2014  The
fall classic usually nicknamed "the race of the falling leaves" should
perhaps be known as "the race of the changing percorso". This years
edition will see a very different look. All new, but still looks like
one of the best courses of the year. (podiumcafe.com)
September 3, 2014  After
dipping the tires of his heavily laden bicycle into the salty water at
Stanley Park in Vancouver, 24-year-old Graeme Loader set
off from British Columbia in mid-July to raise money for the World
Wildlife Foundation. (bikingbis.com)
September 3, 2014  Zdenek Stybar will
make his return to racing, three weeks after a heavy crash in
mid-August, when he takes the line at Saturday’s Brussels Cycling
Classic. (velonews.com)
September 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Swift-riding USA-designed bike with a fast-beating Flandrian
heart." (bikeradar.com)
September 3, 2014  Brilliant
design work and clever construction methods, all wrapped in fantastic
green paint. (bikeradar.com)
September 3, 2014  Hope
has always been about manufacturing products in the UK. If
there is something they think they can do better, they’ll develop the
processes in house to make it happen. Always a huge force in CNC
machining, we were surprised to hear that Hope plans on getting into
the carbon fiber game as well. (bikerumor.com)
September 3, 2014 |
September 3, 2014  Robin Williams loved
lube. He loved chain lube and rear derailleurs, lactic acid and bike
geometry. Just mention the bicycle, and he melted, his fingers tracing
his oration of the bicycle as art, as utility and culture. He worshiped
bicycles. This was not lip-service from a Hollywood star. He owned 60
bikes. (velonews.com)
September 3, 2014  Want
to know who made your bike? Which companies dominate the sector? Who
owns a particular brand? Here’s a guide that shows most of the main
companies in the sector with a few surprises. (inrng.com)
September 3, 2014  Orbea
is working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall
about 715 Avant bikes and framesets, because of concerns over cracking
forks. The relevant forks were for use with disc brakes.
(bicycleretailer.com)
September 3, 2014 Jens Voigt has
announced that he will attempt to break the world hour record on
September 18 in Grenchen, Switzerland. The German rider retired from
road racing at the USA Pro Challenge. (cyclingnews.com)
September 3, 2014  UnitedHealthcare
rider Kiel Reijnen
has had a very strong early season with his stage 1 win in the USA Pro
Challenge – Tour of Colorado and the overall points jersey at the end
of the race. Along with his three bronze medals in the US National road
championships, he has a big list of top wins in his palmarés.
(pezcyclingnews.com)
September 3, 2014  Ryan Trebon was
relaxed leading up to the 2014 Qiansen Trophy Cyclocross Race in China,
but as the race neared, he was all business. He skipped the tour of The
Great Wall the day before race to ride and “make the legs feel better”
and come race day, he was clearly gunning for the win. (cxmagazine.com)
September 3, 2014  Banned
British pro Jonathan
Tiernan-Locke will be riding next month’s Exmoor Beast
sportive “as his friends seek to expose the injustice of his recent two
year ban from pro cycling” according to event
organizers. (bikeradar.com)
September 3, 2014  In
addition to the carbon fiber sole, the Lake CX237 feature a kangaroo
leather upper and a double Boa closure. The kangaroo leather gives the
upper a more supple feel than many competing shoes, not to mention
greater breathability. Because this is a natural leather it will
stretch a bit and the fit did improve over the first two months of
riding before the fit settled in. (redkiteprayer.com)
September 3, 2014  It
was around this time last year that I first laid eyes on the Niner RLT 9 at
Interbike. Needless to say, it was a pretty big deal at the show.
Similarly, albeit better timed, the BSB
9 RDO was launched just shortly ahead of the ‘cross
season.
(competitivecyclist.com)
September 3, 2014  Two
bolts, in this case, are better than one. Do not be fooled by the
nasty, ill-tempered, poorly functioning U-brakes of mountain bikes
past. The latest direct-mount road brakes may look somewhat similar,
but they exist in an entirely different realm of fit and function.
(velonews.com)
September 3, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "Soft, plush, and comfortable for upright riding positions."
(bikeradar.com)
September 3, 2014 September 2, 2014 September 2, 2014 |
 Tony Martin cruised
to victory in the Vuelta a Espana time trial on stage 10 to Borja but
there was a major shake up in the fight for the overall with Nairo Quintana
crashing and Alberto
Contador moving into the race lead.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 2, 2014  Another
recent Giro formula, the short stage to a single, but rather difficult,
MTF. Pretty nasty stuff. The climb averages a tidy 7.5% for ten km,
which is certainly a bigger deal than anything we've seen to date.
(podiumcafe.com)
 Hanson, Barnes win in Benton
Park. (cyclingnews.com)
September 2, 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), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 2, 2014  Veteran
Fränk Schleck
has penned a two-year contract extension with Trek Factory Racing, but
there is no word yet on whether his younger brother, Andy, will remain
with the team. (velonews.com)
September 2, 2014  While
Chris Froome
struggles hard to save so far disastrous season for Team Sky, away from
the action, their manager works on closing British team’s roster for
2015. Dave Brailsford
revealed that Bradley
Wiggins is about to sign new agreement with the squad and
believes that departure of Edvald
Boasson Hagen should provide other riders and the
Norwegian himself with new opportinities. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 2, 2014  "At
Eurobike 2012, we looked at BMC’s “return” to cyclocross with their
release of the 2013 GranFondo GF02 disc, increasing the length of the
chainstays and equipping the road model with disc brakes. Keeping a
familiar geometry from the GranFondo, BMC made their return official
this year, displaying their 2015 CrossMachine CX01." (cxmagazine.com)
September 2, 2014  Connex
has a new chain design called Diamond Shape, which radically chamfers
the outer and inner links and their interface with the rollers. They’re
compatible with SRAM, Shimano and Campagnolo because they basically
blend the chamfers and shapes used on those brands’ chains.
(bikerumor.com)
September 2, 2014  Wednesday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 11 departs Pamplona at 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern)
and is expected at the finish at Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar 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).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 2, 2014  Shimano’s
shoes have long been some of my favorites thanks to a wide toe box and
comfortable fit while still delivering the performance needed from a
mid- to top-level road or mountain bike shoe.. (bikerumor.com)
September 2, 2014 September 1, 2014 September 1, 2014 |
 Tuesday's Tour of
Alberta Prologue, a 4.0 km Individual Time Trial at Calgary, gets
underway at 6:05pm MDT. Tour of Alberta live streaming video
may be available from the start. Note that Canada's Sportsnet
One TV is scheduled to show full live coverage. Eurosport's
scheduled live coverage begins with Wednesday's
Stage 1. (cyclingfans.com)
September 2, 2014  “I
wouldn’t just slag off the passport as a tool, I think it’s useful, but
I think it’s being applied in the wrong way. It probably will continue
to be applied in the wrong way and I’m sure it has in the past as
well." - Jonathan
Tiernan-Locke. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 2, 2014  Saxo-Tinkoff's
Alberto Contador
threw down a major marker at the Vuelta a Espana's premier time trial
today with a strong ride, propelling him into the overall lead after
ten stages. More importantly, both of his presumed rivals suffered
terribly on the stage, Sky's Chris
Froome from an apparent lack of form and Movistar's Nairo Quintana from
a disastrous tumble off a guardrail that cost him more than three
minutes, and a bit of skin. (podiumcafe.com)
September 2, 2014  "Sure,
it’s no Vuelta, and we get whole weeks off instead of rest days, but if
you’re one of the lucky few to go from the Tour of Utah, to the USA Pro
Challenge, to the Tour of Alberta, to the one-day races in Montreal and
Quebec, you get about the same number of race days as a grand tour
(maybe exactly the same, but I’m not looking it up)." (velonews.com)
September 2, 2014  Chad Haga has
been getting plenty of TV time in his grand tour debut through the
first half of the Vuelta a España. (velonews.com)
September 2, 2014  Team
Sky has confirmed that Bradley
Wiggins will lead the British team at the Tour of Britain,
as he targets a second consecutive victory in his home Tour.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 2, 2014  A
great picture of Spaniards Alberto
Contador and Joaquim
Rodriguez crossing the finish line on the rain-swept
summit of Valdelinares at the conclusion of Sunday’s stage nine, won by
Colombian winner Winner
Anacona of Lampre-Merida. (wednesdaylegs.wordpress.com)
September 2, 2014  Olympic
track champion moves from Wiggle-Honda to Matrix Fitness-Vulpine road
team for next year (cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 2, 2014  In
a venue the size of a small town and with thousands of brands
displaying their wares it’s a challenge to stand out.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 2, 2014  Ultralight
componentry from Tune, AX-Lightness, Carbonice, and
more. (bikeradar.com)
September 2, 2014  Chop
it, whizz it, drink it…smoothies are a great way for cyclists to get
the right nutrition – fast. We’ve enlisted expert help to find the best
bits to feed your blender. (cyclist.com.au)
September 2, 2014  Espresso
maker sets Italian booth on fire, baggy bibs for roadies, Lightweight's
concept commuter and more. (bicycleretailer.com)
September 2, 2014 |
September 2, 2014 The
Cycling Anti Doping Foundation (CADF), which manages the anti-doping
program of the UCI, has announced that there were no positive tests in
this year’s Tour de France. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 2, 2014  According
to the Belga news agency, Decraene’s
death was self-inflicted. This contradicted the RTBF Sport website,
which quoted the Belgian federation la Ligue Vélocipédique Belge (RLVB)
and his club De Tieltse Rennersclub as saying that he was victim of a
‘tragic accident.’ (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 2, 2014  After
almost eight years at Garmin, Tyler
Farrar will change teams for 2015. The American, who will
race the Tours of Britain and Beijing in the coming weeks, confirmed
the news to Cyclingnews on Tuesday but refrained from announcing his
future plans. (cyclingnews.com)
September 2, 2014  With
little more than a month to go before the presentation of the 2015 Tour
de France route, there are already plenty of rumors circulating about
potential stages. Among the most surprising is a report from the D!Ci
radio station in the southern Alps, which suggests that next year’s
Tour will spend three days in that region and could feature a summit
finish on the Col de la Bonette-Restefond. (cyclingnews.com)
September 2, 2014  The
relatively flat parcour of the 2014 Tour of Alberta, which starts
Tuesday evening with a four-km prologue time trial in Calgary, looks
tailor-made for a week of fast finishes for the sprinters. But all that
could change if the winds whip across the Southern Alberta plains.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 2, 2014  Multiple
world champion Theo Bos
has signed a contract to ride for MTN-Qhubeka next season. Bos, who
signed with then-Rabobank — the team now known as Belkin — in 2011,
will represent the first African-based UCI WorldTour team in the
peloton starting in 2015. (velonews.com)
September 2, 2014  Cooke can bring joy
and passion to the things she writes about, particularly the
on-the-bike side of her story. (podiumcafe.com)
September 2, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5
stars. "A little flimsy, but highly comfortable and great vision makes
these a strong choice for the road " (bikeradar.com)
September 2, 2014  Growing
ecosystem, race access plays to component-maker’s advantage.
(roadbikereview.com)
September 2, 2014  The
smartest designs and gizmos we saw at this year’s Eurobike, featuring
Giro, Crank Bros, Birzman and more. (road.cc)
September 2, 2014  Feedback
about adjusting for leg-length discrepancies with mountain-bike shoes
and pedals. (velonews.com)
September 2, 2014 September 1, 2014 |
 In
a Vuelta a España packed with climbs, Tuesday’s 36.7km race against the
clock could leave a decisive mark on the final GC. (cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  First
nine stages are in the books and brothers and sisters we can winnow
down the riders who have a chance to win this thing to three: Quintana, Contador,
and Froome.
Sound harsh?. (podiumcafe.com)
September 1, 2014  The
dynamic of the Vuelta a España changed in more ways than one in
Sunday’s thrilling uphill finale to Valdelinares. The weather went from
Sahara-like heat to Belgian cool as the stage put the opening week of
extreme weather behind the peloton for good. (velonews.com)
September 1, 2014  Another
strong ride from Matt Brammeier on stage three of the Tour of China 1
saw the former Irish champion move up to third place overall in the
week-long race. (stickybottle.com)
September 1, 2014  Tuesday's Vuelta a
Espana Stage 10, a 36.7km Individual Time Trial from Real Monasterio de
Santa María de Veruela to Borja, gets underway at 1:10pm CET (7:10am
U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider. Vuelta live streaming video
should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
(cyclingfans.com)
September 1, 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), GP Cycliste de Québec - Sept 12 (Start List), GP Cycliste de Montréal - Sept 14 (Start List), 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), September 1, 2014  Going
into Saturday's final round of the Women's Road World Cup, the GP de
Plouay-Bretagne, Lizzie
Armitstead had an unassailable lead and was set to take
out the series overall. But that didn't mean the racing was any less
exciting come Saturday. Tiffany
Cromwell was one of the main aggressors in the 122km race.
(cyclingtips.com.au)
September 1, 2014  A
solo victory on the final stage of the Tour de L'Avenir for
Lotto-Belisol's neo-pro Louis
Vervaeke sealed victory for Belgium in the U23 UCI Nations
Cup. The 21-year-old's win on the summit finish of La Toussuire also
ensured that he finished in fifth place on the final general
classification. (cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  David de la Cruz has
signed a two-year contract with Omega Pharma-Quick Step, the team
announced Monday. The 25-year-old Spaniard has been a professional
since 2010, when he rode for Caja Rural. He switched to NetApp-Endura
for the 2013 season. (velonews.com)
September 1, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Great value lightweight race bike, but the rolling stock feels
dated." (bikeradar.com)
September 1, 2014  Wind-cheating
bikes from Ridley, Time, Storck, Colnago, Fuji, Pinarello, Stevens and
Argon 18. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 1, 2014 |
 If
a stage race an exercise in taking riders and placing them into a
chronological hierarchy the Vuelta still has a long way to go. One time
trial and two summit finishes done and there’s still plenty to decide.
One certainty is within the Movistar camp where Alejandro Valverde
is now behind Nairo
Quintana, on GC and in a supportive
sense. (inrng.com)
September 1, 2014  When
Matt Goss
inked a three-year deal with Orica-GreenEdge at the end of 2011, the
Australian was regarded as one of the fastest sprinters in the peloton.
(cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  Kirsten Wild has
signed a two-year contract with Hitec Products meaning she will race
with the team through the end of the 2016 season. The Dutch sprinter
will leave her current team Giant-Shimano after a successful two-year
stint. (cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  The
National Criterium Calendar rolled into stage three of the Staenberg
Group Gateway Cup for the 29th running of the Giro della Montagna and
the finale of the 2014 USA Crits Series. Both the men and women's field
battled the seemingly unstoppable dominance of the United HealthCare
squad and the increasing challenge of each successive course of the
Gateway Cup series. (cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  Shimano
and Garmin seemed poised for a partnership where Dura-Ace 9070 Di2
levers could control Garmin Edge computers. (bikeradar.com)
September 1, 2014  Helmets
and shoes are just the tip of what was on offer at Eurobike. More to
come in part two. (cyclingtips.com.au)
September 1, 2014  Quarq
has added another option to their crank spider based power meter
offerings. Already stocking units for a variety of SRAM cranksets
(including the new XX1 mountain bike version) Specialized and
Cannondale, now you can add Dura-Ace DA9000 to the mix. (bikerumor.com)
September 1, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Light and stiff – but performance could be smoother."
(bikeradar.com)
September 1, 2014  Parlee
used Eurobike 2014 to lift the lid on the Altum. Parlee’s lightest
frame to date replaces the long-standing Z5 in the American firm’s
off-the-shelf range. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 1, 2014  "The
launch of Cipollini’s new TT bike, the NUKE, has us intrigued because
no bike surprised us more this season than Cipollini’s road bike, the
RBK1000." (pelotonmagazine.com)
September 1, 2014 August 31, 2014 |
September 1, 2014  The
organizers of the GP Quebec and the GP Montreal have confirmed that the
USA’s Tejay van Garderen,
current world champion Rui
Costa and Australia’s Simon
Gerrans will ride the one-day WorldTour races on September
12 and 14, with six of the current top 15 in the WorldTour rankings
leading the WorldTour teams. (cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  According
to Dutch newspaper De telegraaf, Wout
Poels has come to an agreement with Team Sky and will sign
for the British WorldTour team. (cyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  With
a few tips from the experts, you can unleash your inner mountain goat.
(cyclist.com.au)
September 1, 2014  American
BMC pro Taylor Phinney continues rehabilitation from severe leg injury.
(cyclingweekly.co.uk)
September 1, 2014  Last
week Fernando Alonso's
manager Luis Garcia Abad
confirmed to Biciciclismo that he has formally requested a WorldTour
licence for the F1 star’s new team and now another important part of
the process of building a new team has fallen into place. A reliable
source says that the team will be riding Cervelo bikes in its first
season in the professional peloton. (cyclingquotes.com)
September 1, 2014  "The
all new Cannondale Slice triathlon bike will formally debut at Ironman
World Championships Kona in October, but we’ve got a first look at the
top model, the Slice Black Inc." (bikerumor.com)
September 1, 2014  Eurobike,
it’s the biggest bike show in the world and once again PEZ was there in
Germany checking out all the latest gear. Today we have a closer look
at some of the beautiful bikes on display from LOOK, Cinelli, Ridley,
Canyon, Scappa, Caterham and more. (pezcyclingnews.com)
September 1, 2014  The
mammoth Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, is a place to find
almost anything in cycling, but by sheer virtue of size tends to be a
venue where the mega brands dominate. The big beasts of the cycle
industry square off at the enormous ‘messe’ on the edge of town (a
series of halls, each large enough to store a zeppelin, to give an idea
of scale) every August to show their copious wares. (roadcyclinguk.com)
September 1, 2014  In
celebration of Specialized's 40th anniversary, the Californian based
bicycle company will be auctioning off 74 lugged steel Allez framsets
for charity. (bikeradar.com)
September 1, 2014  BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5
stars. "Well ventilated but heavy crash hat." (bikeradar.com)
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