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January
12, 2019
Grace Brown takes stage 3 of the
Women's Tour Down Under.
"Mitchelton
Scott's Grace Brown won stage 3 of the 2019 Santos
Women's Tour Down Under in Stirling, in the
Adelaide Hills, on Saturday, getting the better of
Trek Segafredo's Ruth Winder and Rachel Neylan
(UniSA Australia)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
January
12, 2019
Extreme weather protocol could be
invoked at Tour Down Under.
"At
a pre-race press conference ahead of next week's
Tour Down Under, race organizer Mike Turtur told
reporters that stages of this year's race could be
shortened due to hot weather."
(cyclingnews.com) Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
January
12, 2019
Sanne Cant Wins 10th Straight Belgian
Cyclocross National Championship.
"Don’t
look now, but Sanne Cant (Iko Beobank) is quietly
building a #cxnats streak to rival that of
American Katie Compton."
(cxmagazine.com)
January
12, 2019
Column
Two
Richie Porte: I've got my best team
ever for Willunga Hill.
"Richie
Porte (Trek Segafredo) believes that he has the
best team around him for the Willunga Hill stage
at the Tour Down Under as he prepares to mount his
GC bid at the 2019 edition of the race." (cyclingnews.com)
(Dario Belingheri/Bettini Photo)
January
12, 2019
Tour Down Under: Pozzovivo down but
not out after 70kph training crash.
"Domenico
Pozzovivo (Bahrain Merida) hit the deck at 75
kilometers an hour on Thursday during a training
ride ahead of the Tour Down Under but came away
with no serious injuries and will start the race
in the coming days."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
January
12, 2019
9 things professional cyclists do
differently to amateur riders.
"Aside
from the enormous physiological differences that
exist between the world’s top cyclists and the
rest of us, professional cyclists do a number of
things both on and off the bike that sets them
apart."
(stickybottle.com)
January
12, 2019
Selle Italia Shock Absorber Kit.
"The
Selle Italia Shock Absorber kit is a nice
all-in-one option if you're looking to add a bit
of comfort to the front of your bike. The kit has
everything you need, and the performance is good;
it's a fairly expensive way of adding more
padding, though."
(road.cc) Dave Atkinson
January
12, 2019
Introducing: Carl Fredrik Hagen.
"In
2017 and 2018, he turned heads with a number of
impressive performances, and now at the age of 27,
he has stepped up to the WorldTour with Lotto
Soudal."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
January
12, 2019
Column
Three
January
12, 2019
Rohan Dennis: A monkey off my back.
"Rohan
Dennis starts the 2019 Tour Down Under as the time
trial world champion - not that he's going to get
the opportunity to wear the rainbow stripes during
the race, with no TT stages on the route." (cyclingnews.com)
(John Veage & Con Chronis/Cycling Australia)
January
12, 2019
Greipel and Arkea Samsic eye wildcard
for Tour de France.
"When
the Santos Tour Down Under starts on Tuesday,
André Greipel (Arkea Samsic) may be the most
obvious gap in the usual line-up of sprinters." (cyclingnews.com)
(Twitter @Arkea_Samsic)
January
12, 2019
Ewan not contemplating failure at Tour
Down Under.
"A
confident Caleb Ewan will make his WorldTour debut
in Lotto Soudal colors at the Tour Down Under, and
the pocket-rocket sprinter has his focus on
winning at least one stage of the race." (Photo: Con Chronis)
January
12, 2019
Column
One
January
11, 2019
Amanda Spratt wins stage 2 of the
Women's Tour Down Under.
"Amanda
Spratt won stage 2 of the 2019 Santos Women's Tour
Down Under on Friday afternoon after breaking away
on the day's final climb up Mengler Hill. Her
Mitchelton Scott teammate Lucy Kennedy took second
place."
(cyclingnews.com) Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
January
11, 2019
2019 European Nationals Run-Down: Who
to Watch, How to Watch (For Some).
"European
Nationals take place this weekend. No less than 17
countries are holding their championships. Caveats apply for
live streams. We dug up the ones we could find,
but cannot guarantee that they will work or not be
geo-blocked."
(cxmagazine.com)
January
11, 2019
UCI reveal more details of minimum
wages and other changes to women’s racing.
"A
new structure for professional women’s
professional road cycling will come into force at
the start of the 2020 season, more closely
resembling the men’s side of the sport." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
January
11, 2019
Young Brit Tao Geoghegan Hart looking
to next level at Giro d’Italia 2019.
"The
23-year-old showed his ability last season,
supporting team-mates Egan Bernal and Geraint
Thomas to stage race victory and riding his first
Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
January
11, 2019
Column
Two
Gilbert: Winning the five Monuments is
still my motivation.
"Twelve
months ago, Philippe Gilbert made a splash as he
rolled out 'Strive For Five' - a neat new slogan
designed to build excitement around his quest to
complete the full set of cycling's five
Monuments."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
January
11, 2019
Durbridge: Bring on the Classics.
"Newly
crowned Australian time trial champion Luke
Durbridge has arrived at the 2019 Santos Tour Down
Under ready to help his Mitchelton Scott teammate
Daryl Impey try to defend his title before he
turns his attention to the Tour of Flanders and
Paris Roubaix back in Europe."
(cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
January
11, 2019
Framesets of the Year 2018/19.
"Most
people buy their bikes complete - built up and
ready to ride - but if you have very specific
requirements you might prefer to buy a frameset
and then add components of your own choosing." (road.cc) Mat Brett
January
11, 2019
Edvald Boasson-Hagen’s home training
set-up takes it to the next level.
"Edvald
Boasson-Hagen’s set-up for training indoors is to
die for. He used a cycling treadmill, with a large
screen for viewing his Zwift course fixed to it.
The treadmill he used is a Tacx Magnum - which can
be used for cycling or running indoors. You can
adjust the level of the treadmill; from dead flat
to a 15 per cent gradient."
(stickybottle.com)
January
11, 2019
The Return of Coombe Pedals - First
Look at the Millennium Pro System.
"The
pedal boasts an altogether new design, featuring a
larger platform, dual-row stainless steel bearings
and an innovation cleat system that upholds
Coombe's inimitable attention to detail." (capovelo.com)
January
11, 2019
Urán: ‘The Tour Colombia is going to
be better than the Tour de France’.
"The
race starts in Medellín on February 12 with a
12-kilometer time trial. It features a couple of
summit finishes, including the final stage to Alto
de las Palmas at 2,500 meters."
(velonews.com) Photo: © Maximiliano Blanco | Getty
Images
January
11, 2019
Review: Kona Libre DL gravel bike has
some interesting geometry - and it works.
"The
Kona Libre DL was my choice of ride for the 2018
Rocks, Roads, and Reggae gravel event in
Gainesville, FL. I would have had a blast on any
bike, but the Kona was a perfect choice for the
sandy, undulating roads of northern Florida." (bikerumor.com) Zach
Overholt
January
11, 2019
Column
Three
January
11, 2019
Training crash leaves Eenkhoorn with
suspected collarbone fracture.
"Pascal
Eenkhoorn's preparations for the start of the new
season and his Classics campaign have received a
blow after the Jumbo Visma rider suffered a crash
that left him with a suspected collarbone
fracture."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
January
11, 2019
New lace up shoes from Rapha seen at
Tour Down Under.
"Unreleased
cycling shoes from Rapha have been spotted at the
Tour Down Under. The white lace-up shoes feature
dot perforations on either side of the upper for
ventilation."
(cyclingnews.com) (bikeradar.com) (Jack
Luke/Immediate Media)
January
11, 2019
Preview: North American Handmade
Bicycle Show.
"Okay,
so you say you’re a bike geek? A bike lover? A
cycling aficionado? Well, if so, don’t say you
haven’t been given ample warning. During the
second week of March the North American Handmade
Bicycle Show will be returning to Northern
California for three days only."
(roadbikeaction.com)
January
11, 2019
The mechanics of being a professional
WorldTour bike mechanic.
"Every
time a pro rider takes to the start line of a
race, he sits atop a bike that is as good as new.
A bike that's running as smoothly as the day the
rider first received it despite it having clocked
up thousands upon thousands of kilometers." (cyclist.co.uk)
Image: Juan Trujillo
January
11, 2019
Helen Wyman aims to build communities
around cyclocross to keep girls in the sport.
"The
Helen 100 initiative, which saw a whole new
category of race introduced at Azencross at
Loenhout last month along with the funding of 100
entries to this weekend's races, is part of an
overall push to build a community around
cyclocross in the UK."
(cyclist.co.uk) Jack Elton-Walters
January
11, 2019
Column
One
January
10, 2019
Paternoster wins stage 1 of the
Women's Tour Down Under.
"Italian
Letizia Paternoster gave the new Trek Segafredo
women's team their first victory in the first UCI
race of 2019 when she won the opening stage of the
Santos Women's Tour Down Under in Birdwood, South
Australia, on Thursday."
(cyclingnews.com) Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
January
10, 2019
Richie Porte eyes Woods and Poels as
key Tour Down Under contenders.
"Richie
Porte (Trek Segafredo) believes that this year's
Tour Down Under has one of the strongest GC fields
yet, and that Woet Poels (Team Sky) and Michael
Woods (EF Education First) could be two of his
main rivals for the overall."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
January
10, 2019
Niewiadoma, Ferrand-Prevot, Cecchini
headline 2019 Canyon SRAM roster.
"The
team hope to to ride virtually all 23 of the
WorldTour races on the women's calendar and are
expected to make their season debut at the Setmana
Valenciana next month, followed by Omloop Het
Nieuwsblad."
(cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
January
10, 2019
Unreleased POC helmet at Tour Down
Under.
"The
overall shape of the new POC helmet is almost
identical to the POC Ventral, which was launched
in March last year and joined an ever-increasing
number of high-end, semi-aero race helmets." (cyclingnews.com)
(Jack Luke/Immediate Media)
January
10, 2019
Formula 1 comes to cycling: McLaren
deal a ‘game-changer’ for Bahrain Merida.
"McLaren
joins as a permanent partner in the team ownership
without any past-due date to its cooperation. The
team’s budget will only increase slightly with the
arrival of McLaren, and it’s not going to catapult
the outfit to Team Sky levels."
(velonews.com) Photo: Luca
Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
January
10, 2019
Latest recruit to Team Wiggins sets
sights on the WorldTour.
"The
new Team Wiggins Le Col recruit is setting out to
make sure the 2019 season is the one that will
propel him into the WorldTour ranks." (cyclist.co.uk) Jamie
Finch-Penninger
January
10, 2019
New Pinnacle Arkose offers
‘unparalleled versatility’ to bridge road and gravel
disciplines.
"The
frame has been designed to fit single or double
chainring options, electronic or cable gears as
well as being fully compatible with 650b x 52c and
700c x 45mm wheel/tire combos as well as a range
of rear axle types."
(cyclingweekly.com) Michelle Arthurs-Brennan
January
10, 2019
Column
Two
90-year-old who failed doping control
says testers are wasting their time.
"Us
old guys are kind of like peanuts,” Grove told the
Associated Press. “I think that they’re wasting
their time. “What can I gain at 90 years old doing
drugs? Tell me, I just don’t know."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Twitter)
January
10, 2019
Thursday Thoughts: Ranking the races.
"In
my view, the six categories of races is the best
combination of “fair” and “simple” anywhere, two
things that any rating system should be. That
doesn’t mean it is perfect, though." (podiumcafe.com)
Action Plus via Getty Images
January
10, 2019
Tips for the new pros from the most
experienced.
"At
the Tour Down Under we spoke to some of cycling's
most experienced characters, who imparted their
advice to the new crop of talent hoping to make a
mark on the sport."
(cyclingnews.com) Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
January
10, 2019
Bauhaus: I know I can beat the best
sprinters.
"I
want to be a sprint captain, and I think it’s
important to get as many chances as you can. This
team, Bahrain Merida, could offer me that and
that’s why I came here."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
January
10, 2019
Cofidis and Wanty Groupe Gobert
awarded Tour de France wildcard places.
"The
organizers of the Tour de France have awarded
wildcard invitations to Cofidis and Wanty Groupe
Gobert, meaning that at least one of the remaining
three French Professional Continental teams is set
miss out on a place in this year’s race." (cyclingnews.com)
(Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
January
10, 2019
Edvald Boasson-Hagen racks up brutal
six-hour training ride on Zwift.
"The
Dimension Data rider recently put in a staggering
effort on the indoor training app Zwift.
Boasson-Hagen spent much of January 3 on the smart
trainer, racking up 212km in more than six hours
during one session."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Picture by Alex
Whitehead/SWpix.com)
January
10, 2019
Gravel and Adventure Bike of the Year
2018/19.
"Without
a doubt, the fastest moving and most exciting
category of bike this year has been gravel and
adventure. Inspired by long-distance US gravel
races but hugely appealing to a far wider range of
uses."
(road.cc) David Arthur
January
10, 2019
Haussler backs Matthews to upset Sagan
at Worlds.
"The
34-year-old speculated three-time gold medalist
Peter Sagan is the only man that may stand in the
way of Matthews realizing the dream." (sbs.com.au) (Sunweb)
January
10, 2019
Duratec Phantom review.
"On
first taking to the road on the Phantom, I was
struck by how rigid it felt. From front to back
the frame just seemed to deliver on input,
spurring me on to greater efforts."
(cyclist.co.uk) Peter Stuart
January
10, 2019
4iiii Shows off Power Meter Theft
Tracking Capabilities.
"4iiii
would enable you to mark your power meter as
‘lost’, and then the next time it passes by anyone
using the app on the tracking network, it’ll
register a ping and show the exact location of
your power meter on the map."
(dcrainmaker.com)
January
10, 2019
Column
Three
January
10, 2019
‘It’s going to be very difficult ‘:
Phil Liggett re-starts without friend Paul Sherwen
at Tour Down Under.
"I’ve
evaluated every day in my life since,” Liggett
told the Australian Associated Press. “The
last thing I want to do is crack up. It’s going to
be very difficult at the Tour Down Under." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Graham Watson)
January
10, 2019
UCI to boost women's prize money
between 2019 and 2022.
"The
UCI has said that it will contribute a 10 per cent
increase in prize money at women’s races between
2019 and 2022, with 50 per cent of the total prize
money designated for the general classification in
stages races from 2022, bringing it in line with
men’s races."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
January
10, 2019
Quick Step boss Lefevere is rooting
for Sky in sponsor search.
"If
Team Sky finds a replacement sponsor with less
money then that would level the playing field,
says Deceuninck Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere." (velonews.com)
January
10, 2019
Richeze hit by car while training in
Argentina.
"He
was hit by a car from behind and although he
acknowledged the consequences could have been much
more severe, he suffered several contusions,
including a worryingly swollen knee." (cyclingnews.com)
(Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
January
10, 2019
The Roundup: 7 of Our Favorite Shoes.
"These
days, the amount of cycling shoes on the market
can be overwhelming. Here’s some of our recent
favorites, the best cycling shoes on the market,
to help you cut through the noise."
(pelotonmagazine.com)
January
10, 2019
Uran: I am preparing every day for
Tour Colombia.
"Urán
is eager to get the 2019 season started after
facing several disappointments in 2018, including
having to abandon the Tour de France after
struggling through several stages following a
crash on the stage 9 cobbles to Roubaix." (cyclingnews.com)
(Eder Garcés/Tour Colombia 2.1)
January
10, 2019
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"Strava
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exercise. The fitness app tracks your rides, of
course, via bike computer, GPS watch, or
smartphone."
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January
10, 2019
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