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Column
One
Samuele Battistella takes U23
men’s road race after Nils Eekhoff disqualified.
"The
Italian moves up from second place after
Eekhoff was disqualified after a lengthy jury
decision post-race, the Dutchman being
disqualified for appearing to draft his team
car following a crash earlier in the race,
although the exact infraction is yet to be
confirmed."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Justin Setterfield/Getty
Images Sport)
September
27, 2019
September
27, 2019
Women’s roadrace: A threeway
brawl?
"In
the end what we are likely to get is a race
that favors the strong and tactically astute
and/or aggressive. Team strength, or numbers
of options really, could also be a deciding
factor."
(podiumcafe.com) (Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty
Images)
September
27, 2019
Preview: 18 things to know about
the elite men’s Worlds road race.
"At
280km, Sunday’s race is longer than all but
one other race: Milan San Remo (291km). The
extreme distance means riders are in for a
solid seven hours in the saddle." (cyclingtips.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
September
27, 2019
Gilbert: Belgium’s best World
Championships tactic is to race like Deceuninck
Quick Step.
"Belgium
arrive with arguably the strongest and deepest
squad at this World Championships but both
Philippe Gilbert and Greg van Avermaet are
aware that everything, from tactics to
communication and of course form, will have to
run like clockwork if they are to claim the
rainbow jersey."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
September
27, 2019
Column
Two
World Championships: Megan Jastrab
wins junior women's road race.
"Megan
Jastrab (USA) won the junior women's road race
at the UCI Road World Championships in
Yorkshire, triumphing ahead of Julie de Wilde
(Belgium) and Lieke Nooijen (Netherlands)
after attacking in the closing kilometers of
the race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
September
27, 2019
Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite women’s
road race.
"Rivera
is coming in a little under the radar, despite
barely being off the podium in recent months.
If she doesn’t win it herself, her team-mate
Chloe Dygert Owen will prove either the most
super of domestiques or a perfect attacking
foil, allowing her team-mate to sit in the
wheels. I foresee Rivera pipping Vos on the
line."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Simon Wilkinson /
SWPix.com
September
27, 2019
The new Evenepoel: Quinn Simmons
takes the world by storm.
"Just
19 months after taking up road racing,
18-year-old American is world champion and
heading for the WorldTour."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
September
27, 2019
Jastrab to Rivera: Waste a bit of
energy to stay safely up front at the World
Championships.
"The
17-year-old offered advice to her compatriot
Coryn Rivera, warning her to stay safely at
the front if she wants to win the world title
in the elite women's road race on Saturday." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images Sport)
September
27, 2019
Philipsen: Riding WorldTour
doesn’t mean the U23 World Championships will be
easier.
"We'll
see about my form. My last races were in
Canada and those races were pretty hard. I
trained well for this race but let's see
what’s left in my body after this race," he
told Cyclingnews after training on the
Yorkshire course on Thursday."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
September
27, 2019
Lizzie Deignan: Pressure mounts at
home World Championships ahead of bid for second
title.
"Speaking
to a handful of journalists two days ahead of
the race, Deignan said she's handling the
heightened pressures of leading Team GB on
home soil well and that she's embracing the
opportunity to race among family and friends." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
September
27, 2019
UCI presses ahead with new
‘Classics Series’ - but teams want no part in
it.
"The
Classics Series has hit a speed bump as the
Association of Men’s Professional Road Cycling
Teams (AIGCP), the body which represents men’s
teams, has opposed the innovation, saying that
riders will not take part."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty
Images)
September
27, 2019
Column
Three
Tom Pidcock: ‘It’s not how I’d
like to win a Worlds medal’.
"Tom
Pidcock says his bronze medal in the under-23
men’s road race at the Yorkshire 2019 World
Championships changes very little about the
day for him, after he was upgraded from fourth
to third following the disqualification of
winner Nils Eekhoff."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty
Images)
September
27, 2019
It’s official, Mark Cavendish will
race for Bahrain Merida, say sources.
"The
sources contacted believe Bahrain Merida will
announce Cavendish as their new rider next
week, along with the official appointment of
Rod Ellingworth as team principal." (Photo: Chris
Graythen/Getty Images)
September
27, 2019
September
27, 2019
Froome will return to racing in at
the Saitama Criterium.
"Four-time
Tour de France champion Chris Froome will take
part in one of the events surrounding the
Saitama Criterium in Japan in October, which
would be his first race since a crash in
June."
(cyclingtips.com) AFP Newswire
September
27, 2019
British teenager Elynor Backstedt
signs three-year deal with Trek Segafredo.
"The
announcement was made just hours after
Backstedt, 17, finished fifth in the junior
road race at the Road World Championships in
Harrogate."
(telegraph.co.uk)
September
27, 2019
Greg van Avermaet to ride brand
new Giant TCR Disc at World Championships.
"Following
the Belgian's victory in Montreal, eagle-eyed
viewers noticed the gold-accented bike was, in
fact, an updated version of the TCR. van
Avermaet was aboard a rim brake model which
looks to feature an aerodynamically optimized
head tube and newly shaped fork legs." (cyclingnews.com)
(Image credit: NDB_Photgraphy)
September
27, 2019
Olympic focus kept USA Cycling
from fielding mixed relay team.
"With
individual time trial success unlocking
further Olympic slots, USA Cycling avoided
risking riders at mixed relay team time
trial."
(velonews.com) (Getty Images)
September
27, 2019
Uber takes steps to prevent
Doorings.
"Uber,
the ride-sharing app, is in the process of
rolling out an update in over 200 cities that
aims to raise awareness for cycling safety,
including alerting passengers to keep a
lookout for cyclists and reminding drivers to
not stop in bike lanes."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Uber
September
27, 2019
Column
One
World Championships: Simmons solos
to victory in junior men's road race.
"Martinelli
(ITA) takes silver as Sheffield (USA) gives
USA another medal with bronze."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
September
26, 2019
Simmons signs with Trek Segafredo.
"Quinn
Simmons will follow in the footsteps of Remco
Evenepoel, skipping the U23 ranks and heading
straight for the WorldTour, signing with Trek
Segafredo following victory in the junior
men’s road race at the UCI Road World
Championships."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
September
26, 2019
Preview: 18 things you should know
about the women’s Worlds road race.
"At
150km long, the women’s Worlds road race is
the third-longest single-day race of the
season. Only the Ronde van Drenthe (165km) and
the Tour of Flanders (159km) are longer." (cyclingtips.com)
Photography by Kristof Ramon & Cor Vos
September
26, 2019
Predictions: Who we're backing in
the 2019 UCI World Championships Road Races.
"Starting
with the men’s under-23s, followed by the
elite women on Saturday and concluding with
the elite men on Sunday, here are our picks
for the three road race events at the
Yorkshire World Championships."
(cyclist.co.uk)
September
26, 2019
How former top Irish rider tipped
off USA Cycling about Dygert Owen.
"The
World Championships in Yorkshire may have only
reached the halfway point but Chloe Dygert
Owen has been its star so far."
(stickybottle.com)
September
26, 2019
‘I woke up high on painkillers,
but I knew I could get to the World
Championships’: Tom Pidcock ready for racing
return after huge crash.
"The
rising star returns to racing in the under-23
road race in Yorkshire on Friday (September
27), just over a month after a serious fall
that left him hospitalized with nasty injuries
to his face."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty
Images)
September
26, 2019
Tomorrow’s Worlds: Under-23 men’s
road race.
"Can
Pidcock pull it off? Will Higuita deliver a
scorpion’s sting in the tail? Not for Moley -
it’s going to be Stokbro, bro. Remember the
name."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Benedict Campbell
September
26, 2019
Column
Two
‘The plan went perfectly’: Quinn
Simmons crowns sensational year with dominant
junior world title ride.
"The
18-year-old became the third American along
with Greg LeMond in 1979 and Jeff Evanshine in
1991 to win the men’s junior road world title,
in a grueling race through Yorkshire which saw
him breakaway with 33km remaining following a
perfectly executed ride by the USA team."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
September
26, 2019
Tim Wellens: A wet World
Championships would be good for Belgium.
"On
Thursday morning, six of Belgium’s roster rode
the finishing circuit around Harrogate and
while the sun beat down, the autumnal
conditions are set to drastically change on
Sunday, with rain expected for much of the
race. The change in conditions could have a
huge bearing on how the race unfolds." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
September
26, 2019
What’s going on with Rohan Dennis
and his bike choice at the World Championships
(and his helmet too)?
"Rohan
Dennis has not been spotted since mysteriously
walking away from the Tour de France before
the time trial stage he was a hot favorite to
win this summer, but yesterday he stormed to
victory in the UCI Road Time Trial
championships. Only he was riding a BMC." (road.cc) (David
Arthur)
September
26, 2019
Check out Chloé Dygert’s
all-conquering time trial performance on Strava.
"Enough
to finish a minute and a half ahead of Dutch
star Anna van der Breggen, could she now
double-up in the road race?"
(cyclist.co.uk) Joseph Delves
September
26, 2019
Pinarello road bikes 2019:
Details, pricing and specifications.
"As
far as Italian bike brands go, Pinarello is
relatively young, with Giovani 'Nani'
Pinarello opening the doors of his workshop in
1952. But, given seven of the last ten Tour de
France’s have been won aboard a Pinarello
bike, clearly, Nani was onto something
special."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Pinarello)
September
26, 2019
Building the ultimate climbing
bike.
"I’ll
be riding Factor’s new 02 VAM frame set with
Mavic Cosmic Ultimate tubular wheels, Shimano
Dura-Ace mechanical group set and power meter,
and a Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM head unit to monitor
and record power data."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Mat Barlow
September
26, 2019
Specialized S-Works Pavé SL carbon
seatpost review.
"The
S-Works Pavé SL has been engineered to have
the saddle move back and downward in a perfect
arc in order to offer greater compliance over
the rough ground of Roubaix's cobbles, while
retaining the aerodynamic properties of the
S-Works Carbon seatpost."
(cyclingnews.com)(Image: © Josh Croxton)
September
26, 2019
Zwift and UCI announce first
e-world championships for 2020.
"The
details aren’t yet worked out, but a rough
plan is in place. The event will occur
sometime near the 2020 Road World
Championships, which begin in Aigle,
Switzerland, on September 20th." (cyclingtips.com)
Caley Fretz
September
26, 2019
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2:
First Impressions.
"This
is the 2nd edition in this product line, which
follows after the Gear Sport product line.
Keep in mind the first Active 1 watch came out
just this past February/March (full review
here), so we’re only talking 6 or so months
later. That’s nuts!"
(dcrainmaker.com)
September
26, 2019
Column
Three
AIGCP rejects UCI's 'Classics
Series' proposal.
"The
teams’ and riders’ rights are neither being
recognized nor respected and the current
approach and proposed regulatory framework do
not deliver on the promised structure which
would finally enable the stakeholders to
realize the economic change that this sport
desperately need."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
September
26, 2019
Israel Cycling Academy set to take
over Katusha Alpecin WorldTour license.
"Katusha
Alpecin after 11 years at the top and
victories in Monuments and Grand Tours, will
come to an end. Israel Cycling Academy will
take over the team’s WorldTour license and its
riders contracted for 2020."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
September
26, 2019
September
26, 2019
Champion School: Inside USA
Cycling’s junior development program.
"For
years, America has sent its best young
cyclists to Europe to develop in the breakneck
Belgian youth leagues. Shifting dynamics in
the U.S. youth system could change this
pathway."
(velonews.com)
September
26, 2019
Barguil extends with Arkéa Samsic
until end of 2022.
"Warren
Barguil will remain at Arkéa Samsic until the
end of the 2022 season after agreeing a
contract extension with the team. The French
champion placed 10th overall at this year's
Tour de France."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
September
26, 2019
World Championships bronze
medalist Lauren Dolan injured in training crash.
"According
to devonlive.com, Dolan's accident
happened around Tuesday lunchtime - less than
48 hours after the 20-year-old's
bronze-medal-winning ride - between Teignmouth
and Dawlish, leaving her with "collarbone and
shoulder injuries", with police appealing for
witnesses."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
September
26, 2019
‘To put my name among these guys,
I think I’ve done pretty well’: John Archibald
thrust into the limelight at Yorkshire 2019
World Championships.
"The
Scot was given a last-minute call-up to
represent Britain in the time trial after
Geraint Thomas pulled out four days before the
event."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Picture by Alex
Whitehead/SWpix.com)
September
26, 2019
Outside is Free, Indoors is
Valuable.
"This
week Peloton, a US business has launched on
the NASDAQ and is worth billions and the UCI
has announced a new “e-sports world
championships” for next year which will be run
on Zwift. Outside is free… but cycling indoor
is suddenly becoming very valuable." (inrng.com)
(tumblr.com)
September
26, 2019
Check out Bauke Mollema's
incredible 1x Trek Madone for the World
Championships.
"Bauke
Mollema’s Trek Madone proves the Dutch are
coming to play at the World Championships in
Harrogate, Yorkshire, his current setup
suggesting the Dutchman will complete the
course on a single chainring."
(cyclist.co.uk) (Photos: Peter Stuart)
September
26, 2019
Column
One
Dennis defends elite men's
individual time trial.
"Rohan
Dennis (Australia) proved his time trialing
talents were stronger than any dispute with
his Bahrain Merida team and any absence from
road racing by winning his second consecutive
world title in Yorkshire on Wednesday with a
dominant performance."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
September
25, 2019
Analyzing USA women's World
Championships team.
"The
United States doesn't have a longstanding
history as a winning nation in the elite
women’s road race at the World Championships.
In fact, the last time the US secured a world
title in the event was back in 1980, with Beth
Heiden, and before that it was in 1969, with
Audrey McElmury."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
September
25, 2019
Craddock’s sixth place in worlds
TT caps off late-season surge.
"Craddock’s
fast ride capped off a quiet late season surge
for Craddock, who rode aggressively at the
Tour of Utah and Vuelta a España for EF
Education First."
(velonews.com) (Getty Images)
September
25, 2019
Worlds 2019 Elite Road Race
Preview.
"Sunday
sees the biggest one-day race on the calendar
hit the roads of Yorkshire and after 280
kilometers we will have a new World champion.
A 'Nobody' never wins the Worlds road race,
but there have been some surprises over the
years."
(pezcyclingnews.com) Edmond Hood
September
25, 2019
Stages Dash L50 GPS computer first
ride review.
"The
L50 weighs 126g and has a 2.75in/68mm screen.
Size-wise, that puts the $299 L50 on par with
the 2.7-inch Wahoo Elemnt Bolt Roam ($379) and
the 2.6-inch Garmin Edge 830 ($399)." (velonews.com)
Ben Delaney
September
25, 2019
Column
Two
Five talking points from the
Yorkshire 2019 World Championships elite men’s
time trial.
"One
of the biggest media storms at this year’s
Tour de France, which lest we forget was one
of the most engaging in terms of racing that
we’ve had in years, was Rohan Dennis’
mysterious abandonment during stage 12."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty
Images)
September
25, 2019
Primoz Roglic unleashes pointless
sprint finish in World Champs TT.
"Rather
than pulling over to avoid his slipstream as
required, Roglic instead appeared to hitch
himself to Dennis’s rear wheel in the closing
kilometer. Worse still Roglic then further
risked the wrath of the adjudicators by trying
to out-sprint Dennis as the latter approached
the finish line."
(cyclist.co.uk) (Cor Vos - steephill.tv)
September
25, 2019
‘I’ve only had a few days to
panic’: John Archibald on time trial selection
for Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.
"I
got phone call from Stephen Park, the [British
Cycling] performance director on the Friday
saying that potentially Geraint was going to
pull out, Tao [Geoghegan Hart], who was the
first reserve, wasn’t able to race, so the
selection policy was up in the air because
none of us had applied to do the time trial."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Picture by Alex
Whitehead/SWpix.com)
September
25, 2019
InsideRide’s New Wahoo KICKR Flex
Motion Accessory: Hands-On.
"Let’s
just get this out of the way upfront: I’m
officially proposing that InsideRide call this
the product the FLOATR. The Wahoo-specific
accessory enables you to essentially float
your KICKR and ultimately your entire bike on
two small platforms that act akin to a rocker
plate, except with more axis’s of movement and
with a smaller footprint."
(dcrainmaker.com)
September
25, 2019
Dumoulin on his role at Jumbo
Visma: “I don’t want to be the only leader.”.
"I
don’t want to be the only leader in the team.
So we are going to divide it and then we will
see who is the best,” he continued. “I also do
not want the entire team to ride for me and I
end up sixth."
(velonews.com) (Getty Images)
September
25, 2019
Bike Statistics & Facts For
2019.
"Nobody knows exactly how many bikes exist in the world, but it is estimated that there are somewhere around 1 billion. It’s a huge number. For comparison, there are around 1.5 billion cars in the world." (bicycle-guider.com) September
25, 2019
Column
Three
Remco Evenepoel explains confusion
over his overshoes during elite time trial.
"When
asked whether the trouble involved the
sock-height limit, he responded: “No, not at
all because they checked me twice before
because the first time I tried to pull it up
again. They saw it so I had to pull my socks
down again, so nothing to do with the sock
rule."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo by George
Wood/Getty Images)
September
25, 2019
September
25, 2019
Rohan Dennis rides BMC Timemachine
TT at 2019 World Championships.
"The
decision to use non-team-issue equipment
doesn't constitute a breach of any rules,
however. When it comes to representing
national federations, riders are free to
choose their equipment, though the pressure
from trade teams and sponsors is
ever-present."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Josh Croxton)
September
25, 2019
WADA unable to release names
linked to Puerto.
"The
never-ending Puerto saga seems to have hit a
frustrating end as the names of identified
athletes will remain secret due to a statute
of limitations."
(velonews.com)
September
25, 2019
Warren Barguil extends contract
with Arkea Samsic until 2022.
"The
French national champion arrived to the team
in 2018 after spending the entire start of his
career in the formation that is currently
known as Team Sunweb. The rider will continue
developing his career in the team, in which he
is possibly the most important rider." (cyclingpub.com)
September
25, 2019
British Cycling CEO Julie
Harrington on addressing organization's 'culture
of fear' and managing expectation of constant
success.
"Julie
Harrington arrived from the Football
Association as British Cycling’s new chief
executive amid that crisis and you do not need
long inside the National Cycling Center to
sense the cultural change that has been
attempted."
(telegraph.co.uk) Credit: PAUL COOPER
September
25, 2019
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