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February 24,
2018
Valgren wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
"Wisniowski comes second and
Vanmarcke takes third.
There will be a lot of head scratching in Belgium after that with Vanmarcke their best placed rider. They had some serious talent in that group but they waited a few seconds too long when Valgren attacked." (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) February 24, 2018
Siggaard wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite Women. "Christina Siggaard (Virtu
Cycling) sprinted to victory in the 11th edition of the
women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The 23 year old proved to be
faster than the other top favorites and more established
sprinters, like Chloe Hosking (Ale Cipollini) and Coryn
Rivera (Sunweb)."
(velonews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Vanmarcke's aggression thwarted by headwind and
tactics at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
"Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is a
race that has been dominated by Belgians - with 56 wins in
71 editions - but the riders from the heartland of the
Classics were all left frustrated on Saturday at two common
enemies: a stiff headwind and a decided lack of
cooperation."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Dennis takes Abu Dhabi lead after time trial
victory.
"Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing)
surged into the overall lead at the Abu Dhabi Tour after
taking victory in the key time trial on stage 4. The
Australian completed the 12.6km course in a time of 14:21,
some 14 seconds quicker than his closest rival Jonathan
Castroviejo (Team Sky), while his teammate Miles Scotson
finished third a further two seconds back."
(cyclingnews) (TDW/GI Cycling)
February 24, 2018
Dumoulin’s rainbow debut ends with shifting
problem.
"The Dutchman of Team Sunweb
stopped to switch an already problematic bike in the
12.6-kilometer time trial and lost precious time against the
eventual winner, Australia Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing)." (velonews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De
Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Bardet wins Classic de l'Ardeche.
"Schachmann second, Calmejane
third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana: Steigenga wins
stage 3.
"Bastianelli takes overall
lead."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
February 24, 2018
Astana's situation is 'critical,' says
Vinokourov.
"The future of Astana Pro Team
has been placed in doubt after general manager Alexandre
Vinokourov revealed that the team has not received funding
from the Kazakhstani government since the start of the year,
and its riders and staff have not been paid."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Dave Brailsford closes company for new Team Sky
arrangement.
"Having been under pressure for
18 months following successive controversies, Dave
Brailsford has taken on a full time role at Team Sky. He has
been team principal since its inception. But during that
period he has had his own firm. And he has effectively sold
his services to Team Sky."
(stickybottle.com)
February 24, 2018
Longo Borghini kicks off season at Omloop.
"Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle
High 5) has selected a tough opening race for the 2018
season and says she will likely play a support role in
Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Ganna going to Belgium's 'opening weekend' to
gain experience.
"Filippo Ganna continues his
transition from the track to the pro road peloton during
Belgium's opening weekend, where the 21 year old Italian
will gain more valuable experience as an anchor of the
'youth brigade' on UAE Team Emirates' diverse roster for
Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Sunday's Kuurne Brussel
Kuurne."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
Gilbert points to Molenberg as key climb in new
Omloop het Nieuwsblad course.
"The race holds a special place
in the Belgian's heart as his first Classics victory, way
back in 2006. He won it again in 2008 and, after his
spectacular re-emergence as a cobbled Classics rider last
year, he has the chance to take a record-tying third on
Saturday. "
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 24, 2018
USA Cycling National Team Adds Anderson and
Keough, Elevates Compton to Gold Status.
"After a year where Katie
Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight Composites) was one of
the two best women riders in the World and Kaitie Keough
(Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) finished second in the
World Cup overall, the Women’s Team USA cashed in on their
season-long success at the 2018 World Championships." (cxmagazine.com) Bart Hazen
February 24, 2018
2018 season will be the last for Jeremy Roy.
"Loyal to FDJ for 16 years,
Jérémy Roy announced today that 2018 will be his last season
in the pro cycling peloton, according to a press release
from the team."
(cyclingnews.com) (Florian & Susanne
Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de)
February 24, 2018
2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Belgium LIVE.
"On
Saturday, February 24: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad LIVE.
Elite Women at 13:45 CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern). Elite
Men and U23 at 15:00 CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com)
(cyclocross-oostmalle.be)
February 24, 2018
2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad LIVE stream.
"2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
LIVE February 24, Belgium.
Race starts at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 4:32pm CET (10:32am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) February 24 2018
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2018
Abu Dhabi Tour: Bauhaus edges out Kittel on
stage 3.
"Phil Bauhaus (Team Sunweb)
took a photo finish win on stage 3 of the Abu Dhabi Tour.
Marcel Kittel (Katusha Alpecin) took second, and Pascal
Ackerman (Bora Hansgrohe) repeated his third place of the
previous stage."
(cyclingnews.com) (TDW/GI Cycling)
February 23, 2018
Bauhaus lays foundations with Abu Dhabi Tour
victory.
"Phil Bauhaus wasn't being rude
when he gazed off over the heads of the journalists who
gathered around him in the press tent after stage 3 of the
Abu Dhabi Tour, he simply wanted to get a proper look at his
win on the television screen positioned over their
shoulders."
(cyclingnews.com) (TDW/GI Cycling)
February 23, 2018
Bastinelli wins stage 2 in Valencia.
"Marta Bastianelli (Ale
Cipollini) opened her account for the season with a victory
on stage 2 of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana. The Italian
topped race leader Hannah Barnes (Canyon SRAM) in the bunch
sprint. Alicia Gonzalez (Movistar) was third." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo:
Jonathan Devich)
February 23, 2018
Beyond Podium Girls: My experience as a woman in
cycling.
"Today, Flanders Classics
announced they will no longer use flower girls, or podium
girls as they’re better known. And it sparked some
controversy."
(cyclingtips.com.au) (Photo: Cor Vos)
February 23, 2018
Lobato given second chance by Nippo Vini
Fantini.
"Juan Jose Lobato has been
given the chance to rescue his cycling career after signing
an agreement with Italian squad Nippo Vini Fantini. The
Spaniard was fired from LottoNL Jumbo in December after
taking sleep medication at a training camp without the
team’s knowledge. Two other riders Antwan Tolhoek and Pascal
Eenkhoorn, who also took the Noctamid and Stilnox, were
suspended by the team but kept on."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
February 23, 2018
Women’s peloton ready for Belgian cobbles.
"A deep sigh of relief has
dropped over the cycling world this week, as the spring
classics are finally here. The women’s peloton will pound
the cobblestones just the like the men this weekend with two
races of their own - Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Omloop van
Het Hageland."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele)
February 23, 2018
Kittel not nervous, says, ‘It’s still February’.
"German sprinter Marcel Kittel
says he isn’t bothered yet by rivals’ wins and his lack of
them, so far in 2018. Katusha Alpecin’s new sprinter has yet
to score for his team in 2018, while most all of the other
top sprinters, from Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) to Caleb
Ewan (Mitchelton Scott), have given their team’s wins." (velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de
Waele)
February 23, 2018
Greipel returns to cobbled classics because of
famed history.
"German André Greipel is known
for his grand tour sprints, but loves and respects the
cobbled classics, like Paris Roubaix, that he will return to
them this spring to help Lotto Soudal."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele)
February 23, 2018
Cobbles Weekend (!) Primer.
"Since you’ve heard a few
things about the Omloop (and Greg Van Avermaet’s impending
victory), I’m going to focus this grab bag on KBK thoughts.
First, it may be the lesser of the two races this weekend,
but its marketing department bows to nobody."
(podiumcafe.com) Velo/Getty Images
February 23, 2018
Van Avermaet: It's more difficult for me without
Sagan.
"While almost all the world's
top Classics riders are in Belgium this weekend for Omloop
Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussel Kuurne, there's one
glaring absentee in Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe). Some might
breathe a sigh of relief at not having to work out how to
beat the three-time world champion, but for Greg Van
Avermaet (BMC Racing) it's the opposite."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele)
February 23, 2018
Nibali’s 2018 laundry list: Flanders, Liege,
Tour, worlds.
"Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain
Merida) usually enters a season with more than one objective
on his mind. With all three grand tour titles on his
palmares and a pair of monument wins to boot, he’s a rider
capable of nabbing wins all over the calendar." (velonews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De
Waele | Getty Images)
February 23, 2018
Klier: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is all about
suffering.
"Sep Vanmarcke will lead the
line for EF Education First Drapac into the opening weekend
of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussel Kuurne." (cyclingnews.com) (EF Education
First Drapac)
February 23, 2018
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview.
"The season goes up a notch
with the start of the cobbled classics this Saturday and
racing that supplies action for hours rather thanks to the
tricky course and the ferocity of the peloton as it twists
around the Flemish countryside. More than ever the Omloop is
a mini Tour of Flanders and all the better for it." (inrng.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
February 23, 2018
Hammerhead Karoo Cycling GPS In-Depth Review.
"After an elongated delivery
timeframe, the Hammerhead Karoo is finally shipping. If the
various engagement metrics I track tell me anything, it’s
one of the most awaited bike computers of the last year. It
could be the fast touchscreen display speeds, the built-in
LTE cellular capabilities, or maybe the gloriously colorful
and bright screen. Or perhaps just the promise of something
different."
(dcrainmaker.com)
February 23, 2018
Dowsett settles into new role in Kittel lead-out
train.
"During his time at Movistar,
Alex Dowsett’s strengths as a rouleur meant that he was
often placed on bodyguard duty on flat stages, shielding and
shepherding men like Nairo Quintana in the body of the
peloton."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele)
February 23, 2018
Kwiatkowski shrugs off Grand Tour talk to focus
on one-day targets.
"When it comes to Michal
Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) targeting Grand Tours and stage races
the question appears to have always been a matter of ‘when
rather than if’ but the Team Sky all-rounder remains firmly
focused on achieving his one-day ambitions for the time
being."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 23, 2018
A Head of the Class: Five Favorite Cycling
Helmets.
"There is no shortage of great
cycling helmets to choose from. As bikes have become more
specialized - gravel, endurance, aero, grand tour, climbing
- helmets have too."
(pelotonmagazine.com)
February 23, 2018
Seven common problems encountered by bike shop
mechanics… and how to fix them yourself.
"With bike technology moving on
apace, 21st-century workshop mechanics are faced with a
multitude of issues that can really ruin a rider’s day out.
Gone are the days when everyone was their own mechanic,
gluing their own tubs to rims and replacing bottom brackets
with a mallet and some elbow grease."
(roadcyclinguk.com)
February 23, 2018
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2018
Abu Dhabi Tour: Viviani wins stage 2 and takes
race lead.
"Elia Viviani (Quick Step
Floors) won an easy sprint on the second stage of the Abu
Dhabi Tour, also taking the race lead. Second on the day
went to Danny van Poppel (LottoNL Jumbo) with Pascal
Ackermann (Bora Hansgrohe) third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Tom Dumoulin's Abu Dhabi Tour challenge intact
despite crash and crosswinds.
"Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)
endured a couple of fleeting scares on stage 2 of the Abu
Dhabi Tour, but the Dutchman remains safely in position to
challenge for overall victory when the race reaches
Saturday's pivotal time trial and the following day's
concluding summit finish at Jebel Hafeet."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Barnes wins opening stage at Setmana Ciclista
Valenciana.
"Canyon SRAM played their
tactics well, keeping Barnes fresh and ready to sprint,
while teammate Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon SRAM) played her
card on the final climb. Niewiadoma got away with Ashleigh
Moolman-Pasio (Cervelo Bigla) but the pair were caught on
the run-in to the finish line."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Remembering Andrew Tilin, My Friend and Mentor.
"I met Andrew Tilin seven years
ago, when I was a freelance writer working on a story about
doping in amateur cycling. He was a contributing editor to
Outside magazine and had done some reporting on the same
subject. Over a phone call, he helped make my story
stronger. Then he asked, “Hey, you live in Austin? I’m
moving there this summer."
(bicycling.com) Photograph courtesy of Jordan Oroshiba
February 22, 2018
The New Omloop and The Old Ronde.
"This Saturday is opening
weekend and the start of the cobbled classics season with
the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. It’s an old race but a copycat
contest too that has found its place on the calendar by
constantly front running the Tour of Flanders. So much so
that this year’s Omloop poaches the beloved old roads of the
Ronde."
(inrng.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
February 22, 2018
Classics contenders out in force for opening
weekend.
"Here we go then, the start of
the season. The Tour Down Under may have finished a month
ago, with a busy period of racing following across Europe,
South America, and the Middle East, but for the purists the
‘opening weekend’ of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne
Brussel Kuurne is where things really begin."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
D'hoore, Van Vleuten to shake up Omloop Het
Nieuwsblad.
"Mitchelton Scott duo Jolien
D'hoore and Annemiek Van Vleuten will attempt to shake up
the peloton at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday. It will be
D'hoore's first race with her new team, and she plans on
using the opening event as a starting place in her quest to
dominate the spring Classics."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Balancing the big names at Boels Dolmans.
"With the world's best team
beginning their season in Belgium this Saturday, Boels
Dolmans manager Danny Stam talks to Cyclingnews
about balancing the ambitions of big-name riders while also
developing talent."
(cyclingnews.com) (Boels Dolmans Cycling Team)
February 22, 2018
Gaviria’s classics evolution continues at Omloop
and Kuurne.
"Perhaps it’s only appropriate
that Fernando Gaviria makes his European season debut this
weekend on the Belgian cobbles. Though the 23 year old is
already a confirmed sprinting star, many inside the Quick
Step organization see the Colombian speedster as a rider
destined for greatness in the northern classics." (velonews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De
Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Quick Step’s sprinters off to fast start in
2018.
"If it keeps going like this,
Quick Step Floors’ team boss Patrick Lefevere will give his
sprinters Elia Viviani and Fernando Gaviria a massive “thank
you” at the end of 2018."
(velonews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Lotto Soudal recruits Tom Boonen as advisor for
2018 season.
"The rivalry between Quick Step
Floors and Lotto Soudal may have dominated Belgian cycling
for years, but that hasn’t stopped Tom Boonen, who spent 15
years racing for the former, moving across to the latter for
the 2018 season."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
February 22, 2018
Dirt Is Where the Heart Is: Ellen Noble on Trek
Factory Racing and Her Mountain Biking Roots.
"Last week, news broke that
Ellen Noble will be racing for Trek Factory Racing this
coming season. Noble was with Aspire Racing for the past two
seasons and had to take the next step in her professional
racing career after the Aspire program came to an end
following U.S. Nationals."
(cxmagazine.com) Steve Anderson
February 22, 2018
20 questions with women’s world champion Chantal
Blaak.
"Dangerous in a solo breakaway
as well as a sprint, we’re curious to see if this
self-proclaimed Classics rider will step out of the shadows
more and be given a chance to show off those rainbow bands." (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor
Vos) (Photo: Kristof Ramon)
February 22, 2018
Wiggins doesn’t want his team following Sky’s
Lead.
"My whole philosophy is that
it’s not about pressuring them or shouting at riders or
turning up at races and being serious. I think it’s about
being relaxed and having fun.”
(velonews.com) Photo courtesy Team Wiggins
February 22, 2018
Tom Pidcock convinced he is right to join Team
Wiggins after excelling on track and dirt.
"If you had not heard of Tom
Pidcock prior to yesterday the chances are you will have
done so by now. It may not have been in a context Pidcock
would have wanted - or deserved. But that, unfortunately, is
cycling at the moment."
(telegraph.co.uk) Credit: Rex
February 22, 2018
Viviani: Quick Step Floors primed for all
scenarios at Milan San Remo.
"When an Italian rider is
winning sprints seemingly at will in the month of February,
it's difficult not to cast the mind forward to that most
evocative of finish lines on the Via Roma in March. Elia
Viviani duly buttressed his standing as a Milan San Remo
contender by notching up his fifth win of the season on
stage 2 of the Abu Dhabi Tour, but he insisted afterwards
that he is just one of a number of options at the disposal
of Quick Step Floors for La Classicissima."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Steele Von Hoff fractures four vertebrae in
crash: Commonwealth Games in doubt.
"The 30 year old from Victoria
says that he suffered the injury after crashing during an
evening criterium race in Melbourne."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
February 22, 2018
GoPro Fusion 360* Action Camera In-Depth Review.
"Just shy of a year ago GoPro
announced initial details around their consumer-oriented
360° action camera, Fusion. But it wouldn’t be until this
past November that the company started shipping the $699
dual-lens unit. Since then I’ve been using the camera in a
surprising variety of ways."
(dcrainmaker.com)
February 22, 2018
Schmidt ready to win in 2018 with Katusha
Alpecin.
"A talented and successful
rider in the junior and U23 ranks, Mads Wurtz Schmidt
already had two professional wins prior to joining the
WorldTour ranks via Katusha Alpecin in 2017. Now into his
second year with the Swiss squad, the 23 year old Dane wants
to enjoy the feeling of winning again after a number of
close calls last year."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images)
February 22, 2018
Can money buy you cycling success?
"Sometimes it seems as though
cyclists can be divided into two camps, misers and
spendthrifts: one lot making do with own-brand Lycra, wired
computers and Nineties aluminium, the others decked out in
Rapha on full carbon with pricey wheels, GPS and all the
rest. The question is, does it matter?"
(cyclingweekly.com)
February 22, 2018
What is Zwift?
"Zwift is an online multiplayer
training tool and game, which allows users to ride on a
series of courses against other riders from all around the
world. It transcends the dull reputation of training
indoors, and has been Zwift has been at the forefront of
gamifying and bringing social interaction to this previously
loathed activity."
(cyclingtips.com) Zwift
February 22, 2018
Is this the new Cannondale aero road bike?
"It looks as though Cannondale,
a bicycle brand known for being one of the last remaining
bike manufacturers not to have a dedicated aero road racing
machine, is about to launch one with a number of riders from
EF Education First racing what looks to be an aero bike at
the Abu Dhabi Tour."
(cyclingweekly.com) Photos by Gregor Brown
February 22, 2018
Full Stop: Road disc brakes take over in 2018.
"To hear SRAM and Shimano tell
it, more road disc brakes will sell this year than rim
brakes in sales of groups and complete bikes. Bike brands
such as Specialized, Trek and Cannondale back this up." (cyclingnews.com) (Ben
Delaney/Immediate Media)
February 22, 2018
Shimano launches new S-Phyre eyewear.
"Shimano says that its new
S-Phyre eyewear positions it at the premium end of the
cycling eyewear market, complementing its S-Phyre shoe and
clothing range. It says that the lens design is form
fitting, to reduce air turbulence over the face." (cyclingweekly.com)
February 22, 2018
Retro vs modern: Comparing a vintage steel racer
with a modern machine on the Eroica Britannia route.
"We recently attended the
launch for Eroica Britannia’s new Eroica Nova, a separate
ride over the Eroica weekend which allows the use of modern
bikes; so we tried out some of the course on modern and
retro rides to see what the difference was."
(road.cc)
February 22, 2018
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