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August
12, 2019
BinckBank Tour: Sam Bennett wins
stage 1 in Hulst.
"Sam
Bennett (Bora Hansgrohe) survived in the
finale on his way, staying behind Jumbo Visma
even though they were a long way off the front
with just 300 meters to go."
(cyclingnews.com) (stickybottle.com) (Getty
Images)
August
12, 2019
James Piccoli has tinkered his way
to the top of North American racing.
"James
Piccoli makes his own carbon-fiber bicycle
parts. He takes risky gambles in big races.
And he's become one of the top stage racers in
North America. "
(velonews.com) Danny Munson of
DMunsonphoto.com
August
12, 2019
Craddock: Missing the Tour de
France was extremely disappointing.
"One
of the most compelling stories of the 2018
Tour de France was Lawson Craddock's battle to
finish the three-week race after breaking is
clavicle on the opening day."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
August
12, 2019
Knox hoping for Vuelta a Espana
ride after Giro d'Italia disappointment.
"As
the Vuelta a España draws closer, young
British climber James Knox (Deceuninck Quick
Step) is hoping that he will get a second
chance to test himself at a Grand Tour this
year."
(cyclingnews.com) (TDW/GI Cycling)
August
12, 2019
Team of the week: Dutch domination
edition.
"The
UEC Road Championships in Alkmaar, now
including a time trial mixed relay, which -
inevitably - the Dutch team won. Expect
similar in this event at the Yorkshire
Worlds."
(podiumcafe.com) (Getty Images)
August
12, 2019
Roundup: Coconut Chamois Butt’r,
Hammer Nutrition CBD balm & Farmpit natural
deodorant.
"We’re
all for going au naturale, especially when it
comes to the stuff we’re putting into and onto
our bodies. So we’re pretty stoked on all
three of these new products from Chamois
Butt’r, Hammer Nutrition and Farmpit." (bikerumor.com)
(Tyler Benedict)
August
12, 2019
Komoot updates with new Garmin app
and HD maps.
"Cycling
navigation expert Komoot has announced major
changes to its app to bring high definition
maps on smartphones and an improved Garmin
app."
(cyclist.co.uk) Cyclist magazine
August
12, 2019
Column
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Tour of Utah: Piccoli wins
prologue at Snowbird.
"James
Piccoli (Can) wins the prologue, Lawson
Craddock (USA) finishes in second place and
Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
August
12, 2019
Shorter stages expected to up
excitement at Tour of Utah.
"The
big change this year is the timing of the
queen stage, which in years past had come on
the final day of the self-billed “America’s
Toughest Stage Race."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Casey B. Gibson)
August
12, 2019
Tour of Utah: EF Education First
scratch Martinez.
"He
was not feeling good. He was sick," EF
Education First director Fabrizio Guidi told Cyclingnews.
"We tried the maximum with our staff to let
him start, but it's actually not possible,
it's not possible, not possible." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
August
12, 2019
Thesis OB1 long-term review: Good
performance, lots of custom options.
"Carbon
fiber frame and fork construction, clearance
for 700x40mm or 650x47mm tires, mounts for
three water bottles and front and rear
fenders, convertible internal cable routing,
BB386EVO press-fit bottom bracket." (cyclingtips.com)
Photography by James Huang
August
12, 2019
Fiona Kolbinger's Transcontinental
Race kit list.
"The
medical student who won the seventh edition of
the Transcontinental overall at the first time
of asking subtly shared a photo of a kit list
on Strava before she set off. Here's what she
was carrying."
(road.cc) (Jack Sexty)
August
12, 2019
Richeze takes Pan-Am Games road
race title.
"Maximiliano
Richeze won gold at the Pan American Games
road race in Lima, Peru, at the weekend,
becoming the first Argentinian rider to take
the title since 1959."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
August
12, 2019
New European champion Viviani
rules himself out of Yorkshire Worlds.
"Viviani
realized the Yorkshire World Championships
course would be too hard for him during a
reconnaissance ride in April. He has already
raced for 72 days in 2019, including the Tour
Down Under, 11 stages of the Giro d'Italia and
all the Tour de France."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
August
12, 2019
Colorado Classic live streaming.
"The
Colorado Classic women's-only UCI 2.1 stage
race begins August 22 in Steamboat Springs and
finishes August 25 in Denver.
Thursday's stage 1 (August 22nd) starts at 11:30am MDT." (cyclingnews.com) August
12, 2019
Column
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UCI Financial Report and Accounts.
"The
annual look at the UCI’s finances, a chance to
follow the money behind the governing body.
The UCI published the report in July but amid
a thrilling Tour de France it wasn’t required
reading. It’s not fascinating today either but
as ever its worth checking in on the sport’s
administration and more."
(inrng.com)
August
12, 2019
Domenico Pozzovivo breaks arm and
leg in training crash.
"Local
news website Qui Cosenza reported that
the 37-year-old was riding through the hamlet
of Laurignano when he was hit by a Fiat Grande
Punto at a crossroads. After being stabilized
on the scene by paramedics, Pozzovivo was
taken to a local hospital."
(cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
August
12, 2019
Formolo signs for UAE Team
Emirates.
"Davide
Formolo will ride for UAE Team Emirates in
2020 after signing a two-year contract with
the team. The Italian champion arrives at UAE
Team Emirates after two seasons with Bora
Hansgrohe."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
August
12, 2019
Movistar women's team re-sign core
four riders on a two-year deal.
"Movistar
committed to an additional two years for four
of their core riders; Alicia González, Sheyla
Gutiérrez, Lourdes Oyarbide and Gloria
Rodríguez, who will all stay with the team
through 2021."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
August
12, 2019
Lefevere: Evenepoel could race at
2020 Olympics.
"Deceuninck
Quick Step team boss Patrick Lefevere has
suggested that teen phenom Remco Evenepoel
could race at the Tokyo Olympics next summer,
continuing his mercurial rise to the top of
the sport."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
August
12, 2019
Geraint Thomas should race the
Vuelta a España.
"There
are a lot of reasons why Geraint Thomas should
race the Vuelta - the Spanish grand tour is
there for the taking."
(velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
August
12, 2019
Best Aero Helmets for cycling
2019.
"The
cycling world has become infatuated with
aerodynamics. One particular brand even goes
as far as to state that aero is everything." (cyclingnews.com)
(Courtesy)
August
12, 2019
The Clan’s Calling: A Pan Celtic
race across Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
"On
July 7th 2019, 84 riders set out from
Inverness to race across three Celtic nations
- Scotland, Ireland and Wales - in the
inaugural edition of the Pan Celtic Race. This
was the first race in a planned five-year Race
Series which will take riders on roads less
traveled."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Tomas Montes
and Rupert Hartley
August
12, 2019
Column
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Inside Quinn Simmons’s wild ride
at the Leadville 100.
"18-year-old
Quinn Simmons overcame a mid-pack start,
on-course sabotage, and multiple flat tires to
finish second place at the Leadville 100. He
tells us the story of his epic day on the
bike."
(velonews.com) Photo: Brad Kaminski
August
11, 2019
Nairo Quintana: I want a team that
can support me 100 per cent.
"Although
he stopped short of announcing Arkea Samsic as
his new destination, he said in an interview
with Colombian radio station BLU Radio that he
wants a team where he has '100 per cent
support'."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
August
11, 2019
Why going lean is so important as
cyclist?
"As
cyclists, we’re driven by the desire to ride
our bikes. And whether that be for commuting,
recreation, amateur racing or even as a means
to an end for fitness gains or weight loss in
itself, our weight has a significant impact on
our overall performance."
(cycling.today)
August
11, 2019
Landslide nearly scuttles Tour of
Utah prologue.
"The
Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah almost had to
scrap plans for the team presentation Saturday
after two massive mudslides closed the only
road to Snowbird Resort where the presentation
was located and where Monday's prologue time
trial is set to open the race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
August
11, 2019
Mosaic RS-1 creates a modern steel
road bike w/ custom geometry, tubes & disc
brakes.
"Every
now and then, we see steel pop back on the
scene to take advantage of modern
technologies, tube forming, and geometries.
The latest is the all-new Mosaic RS-1,
available in rim and disc brake variants." (bikerumor.com)
(Tyler Benedict)
August
11, 2019
Column
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Viviani wins men's European
Champion's title.
"Elia
Viviani is the new European road race
champion, winning a two-up sprint in Alkmaar
against his trade teammate Yves Lampaert
(Belgium), with Pascal Ackermann (Germany) a
more distant third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
August
11, 2019
Rissveds dominates in Lenzerheide
World Cup.
"Swedish
rider Jenny Rissveds, tops Anne Terpstra (Ned)
who finishes second, and Pauline Ferrand
Prevot (Fra) in third place."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Rob Jones)
August
11, 2019
In search of the perfect bike
build.
"Three
new range-topping road bikes were launched
this summer with striking similarities,
ushering in an era of indistinguishable
mundanity when it comes to pro-level racing
bikes."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Josh Evans/Immediate
Media)
August
11, 2019
Nine things I learned from not
covering the Tour de France.
"It
should be noted that I live in France. So this
perspective is very much one from inside the
Tour’s host nation. That means many of these
lessons won’t really be of any use to anyone
outside of French France."
(cyclingtips.com) Dave Everett
August
11, 2019
2019 Road European Championships
Live Feed.
"Road European Championships 2019 - Elite Men’s Road Race (Alkmaar - Alkmaar 175km) LIVE STREAM. Sunday, 11 August, starts at 13:25pm CET (Central Europe), 07:25am U.S. Eastern." (cycling.today) August
11,
2019
Column
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Leah Thomas takes stage three at
Women’s Tour of Scotland.
"American
sprints to victory from a small group and
takes the general classification win by one
second in the Edinburgh rain."
(cyclingweekly.com) Picture Alex
Whitehead/SWPix
August
11, 2019
August
11, 2019
Netherlands tops medal count in
home European Championships.
"The
UEC Road Championships wrapped up on Sunday,
with Elia Viviani (Italy) taking his country's
ninth medal of the event, but the absence of
any Dutch riders on the elite men's road race
podium did not stop the home country from
taking the biggest haul of prizes of the
event."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
August
11, 2019
Alberto Contador breaks his own
climbing elevation record at Alpine endurance
race.
"Despite
retiring two years ago, Alberto Contador
hasn’t lost his competitive streak. Competing
in the ultra endurance event the Tour des
Stations, Contador climbed more 7,000m of
elevation in a 216km ride, which took just
over nine hours."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
August
11, 2019
Tour de France stage winner
Teunissen weighing return to cyclocross.
"I
still have to put together my winter program,
but I like it," Teunissen said after taking
18th at the UEC Road Championships on Sunday." (Bettini Photo)
August
11, 2019
Best Mavic road shoes 2019.
"
With its bold yellow branding, Mavic is an
acronym for Manufacture d'Articles
Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel, or Idoux and
Idoux & Chanel’s Manufacture of Articles
for Velocipedes."
(cyclingnews.com) (Courtesy)
August
11, 2019
Stage 10 starts
Sunday at 2:30pm local (Lisbon time)
(9:30am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 5:16pm local (12:16pm ET). Live video from 3:00pm local (10:00am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) August
11, 2019
Column
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Grotts tops WorldTour road pros to
win third Leadville.
"Howard
Grotts won his third-consecutive title at the
Leadville 100; 18-year-old Quinn Simmons
overcame thumbtacks on the course to ride his
way into second place."
(velonews.com)
August
10, 2019
Seven unforgettable moments of the
2019 season so far.
"As
the 2019 season rolls towards the latter half
of the year, with the Vuelta a España on the
horizon, there have been many unforgettable
moments so far that have captured the hearts
and minds of cycling fans."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Dirk Waem/AFP/Getty
Images)
August
10, 2019
Tour of Utah: High altitude awaits
3 former winners - Preview.
"Much
like the race profiles that have characterized
its routes over the past 15 years, the Larry
H. Miller Tour of Utah, which begins August 12
at Snowbird Resort, has had an up-and-down
trajectory in its ability to attract UCI
WorldTour teams."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
August
10, 2019
The cycling tribe converges on
Leadville.
"Spend
enough time at the gravel and endurance
mountain bike races, and this scene with its
familiar personalities begins to feel like
family. And here’s the best part: Every year
this family becomes more and more mixed." (velonews.com)
Betsy Welch
August
10, 2019
Egan Bernal says preparation
helped him relax during the Tour - "What could I
do then? Just enjoy it and ride as fast as I
could."
"Egan
Bernal says that staying relaxed and just
trying to enjoy the racing helped him win this
year’s Tour de France. “All I could do was my
best,” he reasoned in an apparently successful
effort to dissipate external pressures." (road.cc) Alex
Bowden
August
10, 2019
Van der Poel and Ferrand-Prevot
take Lenzerheide short track wins.
"Mathieu
van der Poel (Corendon Circus) proved once
again that he is untouchable in the World Cup
short track event, taking his fifth win in six
races at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on Friday.
The only one he hasn't won this year was at
Andorra, a race he didn't attend." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Rob Jones)
August
10, 2019
Van Avermaet leads CCC Team at
BinckBank Tour.
"Greg
Van Avermaet will once again lead the line for
CCC Team at next week's BinckBank Tour, hoping
to turn the embers of his Tour de France form
into a third victory of the season." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
August
10, 2019
Column
Two
Gerts fired by Tarteletto Isorex
and considering legal action.
"We
were so decent to let him finish the Tour de
Wallonie. In our decision to fire him, we
didn't rush in, but all the team directors
indicated that they no longer wanted to work
with him. The UCI and KBWB [Belgian Cycling
Federation] agreed with us 100 per cent." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Jonathan Devich)
August
10, 2019
Tour of Scotland: Jackson wins
stage 2.
"Alison
Jackson (Team Tibco SVB) won the first proper
stage of the Tour of Scotland on Saturday,
triumphing over Emma White (Rally UHC) and
Stone Borgli (Norway) in a high-speed sprint
finish in Perth."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Rob Jones)
August
10, 2019
Pieters claims European Road
Championship title.
"Amy
Pieters gave the home country its fifth
European Championships gold medal, parlaying a
long three-up breakaway into victory on a
windswept race in Alkmaar on Saturday." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bas Czerwinski)
August
10, 2019
European Championships: Dainese
wins U23 men's road race.
"Alberto
Dainese (Ita) wins while Niklas Larsen (Den)
and Rait Ärm (Est) round out the podium." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
August
10, 2019
Remco Evenepoel ‘too young’ for
Tour de France so will focus on Tokyo 2020
Olympics.
"If
he wants to go to the Games, he can do it. He
is still young and in full development,” said
Lefevere. “He must be given the chance to
grow. We will not put a spoke in the wheels."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo by Bas
Czerwinski/Getty Images)
August
10, 2019
The best money-no-object gravel
and adventure bikes we've tested.
"If
you're after the top-performing gravel and
adventure bikes you can currently buy, then
look no further. We've ridden and reviewed a
load of high-end gravel machines and rounded
up the best so you can find the top-performing
bikes, cost be damned."
(road.cc) Jon Woodhouse
August
10, 2019
Effetto Mariposa Giustaforza 1-8
Deluxe torque wrench.
"The
Effetto Mariposa Giustaforza 1-8 Deluxe torque
wrench is a beautifully made and accurate
means of ensuring that bike component bolts
are tightened to the correct force. Treated
well, it'll last an age."
(road.cc) (Mat Brett)
August
10, 2019
Column
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2019 USA Crits Series - 2019
Benchmark Twilight Cycling Classic, West
Chester, PA, USA LIVE stream.
"Benchmark
Twilight Cycling Classic - USACrits Race 9,
West
Chester, PA.
5:45pm
ET - Rothman Institute Amateur Criterium.
6:45pm ET - Wilmington University D1 Pro Women's Criterium. 8:00pm ET - Iron Hill D1 Pro Men's Criterium." (cyclingfans.com) photo © 2018 USA Crits August
10, 2019
Richeze signs for UAE Team
Emirates.
"Max
Richeze, the last man in Deceuninck Quick
Step's devastating lead-out train, will
reunite with Fernando Gaviria in 2020 as the
Argentine national champion signed for UAE
Team Emirates."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
August
10, 2019
Best carbon road bikes 2019.
"There
is no shortage of remarkable bikes made from
aluminium, steel and titanium, but with its
stiffness, strength and malleability, carbon
fiber reigns supreme in road bike technology." (cyclingnews.com)
(Courtesy)
August
10, 2019
Why am I doing this again? Inside
a do-it-yourself cycling event.
"Across
the U.S., grassroots event organizers have
steered participatory cycling in a bold new
direction. Gone are the days when cycling
events revolved around category upgrade points
and photo finishes. "
(velonews.com) Fred Dreier
August
10, 2019
National titles for both Backstedt
sisters at National Youth and Junior Track
Championships.
"Elynor
and Zoe Backstedt, daughters of 2004
Paris Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt,
have together secured a series of national
titles at the 2019 National Youth and Junior
Track Championships."
(road.cc) (cyclosport.org)
August
10, 2019
Ridden and Reviewed: Noble GX5
Carbon Gravel Bike.
"While
Noble Bikes might be a small brand without
star athletes and big ad campaigns, its size
shouldn’t disqualify it from consideration
when you’re shopping to satisfy your gravel or
cyclocross ambitions."
(cxmagazine.com) (A. Yee)
August
10, 2019
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