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April
8, 2018
After a long-range attack, Sagan takes
a definitive victory at Paris Roubaix.
"World
champion Peter Sagan answered all critics and
crossed a major career objective off his list
Sunday with a demonstrative, emphatic victory at
Paris Roubaix. The Bora Hansgrohe star attacked
from 54km to go, caught the remnants of the
daylong breakaway, and then outsprinted Sylvain
Dillier (Ag2r La Mondiale) to take his second
Monument."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
April 8,
2018
Peter Sagan wins Paris Roubaix.
"Peter
Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) silenced the critics with a
near-faultless and all-conquering performance to
win Roubaix. The world champion attacked from a
group of favorites with 54km remaining and never
looked back. He swept up the remnants of the early
break, with Silvan Dilier (AG2R la Mondiale) the
only rider to capable of staying with him." (cyclingnews.com)
(ASO)
April 8,
2018
Peter Sagan takes spectacular Paris
Roubaix victory after huge 54km attack.
"Peter
Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) won the 2018 edition of
Paris Roubaix as he out-sprinted surprise package
Silvan Dillier (Ag2r La Mondiale) on the famous
velodrome."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April 8,
2018
Goolaerts suffers cardiac arrest at
Paris Roubaix.
"Michael
Goolaerts (Veranda's Willems Crelan) has been
taken to a hospital following a crash at Paris
Roubaix. The 23 year old, suffered a cardiac
arrest and was taken to a nearby hospital in
Lille, the team confirmed to Sporza.be." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 8,
2018
Phinney’s Paris Roubaix top 10 a
long-awaited confirmation of pavé potential.
"Two
victories at the under-23 Paris Roubaix set Taylor
Phinney (EF Education First Drapac) up for a
career of high expectations on the French pavé.
Sunday in Roubaix, Phinney finally claimed his
first ever top 10 in the race, finishing eighth in
the velodrome."
(velonews.com) Photo: Dane Cash
April 8,
2018
Five things we learned from Paris
Roubaix.
"Peter
Sagan’s career is already full of memorable,
picture perfect moments, but the sight of him
crossing line in the Roubaix velodrome in his
rainbow jersey - to become the first world
champion to win Paris Roubaix since Bernard
Hinault in 1981 - might just be the greatest so
far."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April 8,
2018
Lewis Askey wins junior Paris Roubaix.
"First-year
junior Lewis Askey followed in Tom Pidcock’s
footsteps to make it two wins in a row for Great
Britain in the junior edition of Paris Roubaix,
after out-sprinting breakaway partner Samuele
Manfredi (Italy) in the famous Roubaix velodrome
on Sunday."
(cyclingweekly.com) Credit: Russ Ellis
April 8,
2018
Greg Van Avermaet’s perfect Paris
Roubaix plan that went awry.
"The
first three of the day’s 29 sectors pass for Greg
Van Avermaet with no great drama. And then the
first of two events that threaten to ruin his big
day strikes."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Offside - L'Equipe
April 8,
2018
Geraint Thomas abandons Paris Roubaix
after crash on opening cobble sector.
"The
Team Sky rider, who was making his first
appearance in the Classics in 2018, lasted until
the 160km to go mark in the race as he was one of
a number to hit the deck on the mud-covered
cobbles at Troisvilles."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 8,
2018
Peter Sagan saving his answers for
Paris Roubaix.
"On
media day ahead of the Super Bowl in 2015, the
then Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch
made himself available to journalists for his
mandatory interview slot, only to answer all 29 of
the questions he faced with the same
carefully-worded response: "I’m just here so I
won't get fined."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 8,
2018
Pieters wins Healthy Ageing Tour.
"Aafke
Soet (WNT Rotor Pro Cycling) won the final stage
of the Healthy Ageing Tour in Groningen on Sunday.
The Dutchwoman attacked a decisive breakaway in
the closing kilometres to take a solo victory.
Mieke Kröger (Team Virtu) was second and Christine
Majerus (Boels Dolmans) was third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 8,
2018
Movistar dominates Klasika Primavera
as Andrey Amador takes victory.
"Andrey
Amador has won the Klasika Primavera after
attacking on the penultimate climb of the day,
together with his teammate Alejandro Valverde." (cyclingpub.com)
April 8,
2018
Sunny King Criterium victory for Lily
Williams.
"Hansen
and Owen complete podium."
(cyclingnews.com) (Peloton Sports)
April 8,
2018
Shimano 105 R7000 groupset -
everything you need to know.
"True
to form, Shimano has trickled down the technology
and aesthetics of its latest Dura-Ace and Ultegra
groupsets to the component group of the
proletariat. The new Shimano 105 R7000 group
ushers in a host of refinements that make this
budget friendly group even more appealing." (cyclingnews.com)
(bikeradar.com)
April 8,
2018
Canterbury leg of World Naked Bike
Ride cancelled for 2018.
"The
event, part of a series of rides around the world
that act as a protest against car culture and oil
dependency as well as highlighting the fragility
of the human body, had been due to take place on
26 May."
(road.cc) Tom Amos
April 8,
2018
2018 Paris Roubaix LIVE stream.
"2018
Paris Roubaix LIVE April 8, France.
Race starts at 11:20am CET (5:20am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 5:27pm CET (11:27am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 10:30am CET (4:30am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) April 8,
2018
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7, 2018
Roglic wins Vuelta Ciclista al Pais
Vasco.
"Enric
Mas (Quick Step Floors) survived from the early
break to win the final stage at the Vuelta al Pais
Vasco, while Primoz Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo)
returned from a crash, and held off an onslaught
from Movistar to seal the overall win." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 7,
2018
Healthy Ageing Tour: World champion
Blaak wins stage 4.
"Chantal
Blaak (Boels Dolmans) won the fourth stage of the
Healthy Ageing Tour in Winsum on Saturday. The
world champion attacked a 13-rider breakaway in
the final three kilometers, but was reeled back
in, and managed to save enough energy for the kick
to the finish line. She won the sprint ahead of
stage 3a winner Kirsten Wild (Wiggle High5) in
second place and Monique van de Ree (WaowDeals) in
third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 7,
2018
Boonen fuels doubt over Cancellara
motor claims.
"When
asked if Fabian Cancellara might have used a motor
to beat him in the 2010 Tour of Flanders, Boonen
gave a surprising answer.
“Did Cancellara steal the
2010 Flanders thanks to a motor? Is there any
doubt?”
Boonen replied,
“Yes, but it’s not for me to say. I finished
second and it’s the one in second who has to say
the situation is not normal."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport) April 7,
2018
Best GPS devices 2018.
"Garmin
dominates the market, with units ranging from the
diminutive Edge 20 to the smartphone-sized Edge
1030, but brands like Wahoo and Lezyne are giving
the GPS giant a run for the money with cool
features and lower prices."
(cyclingnews.com) (bikeradar.com)
April 7,
2018
Rivals agree on Quick Step’s strength
but opinions differ on how to overcome at Roubaix.
"It’s
no secret: Quick Step Floors has been the dominant
team of the 2018 classics season. It has not even
been close, really. The Belgian squad claimed E3
Harelbeke, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and the Tour of
Flanders, along with racking up a slew of other
top results on the cobbles so far this spring." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 7,
2018
Paris Roubaix: Behind the scenes with
EF Education First Drapac.
"Pick
a side - the right is faster,” says Andreas Klier.
“You can see, if you choose left here you’re
screwed.” The riders on EF Education First Drapac
call Klier, the 2003 Gent Wevelgem winner “GPS." (velonews.com) Photo:
Dane Cash
April 7,
2018
Photos: Special edition Giant Defy for
Teunissen at Paris Roubaix.
"Team
Sunweb rider Mike Teunissen has already won Paris
Roubaix once - in the under-23 category in 2014.
This year, the 25 year old Dutchman is gunning for
victory in the elite men's race aboard a Giant
Defy Advanced SL disc bike."
(cyclingnews.com)
April 7,
2018
The One And Only.
"Paris
Roubaix is this Sunday and it’s a race like no
other. While most of the Flemish classics and
semi-classics seem to be merging into one settled
format looping around the Flemish Ardennes and VIP
tents, Paris Roubaix’s route barely changes these
days."
(inrng.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
April 7,
2018
Answering questions on Roubaix’s
cobbles.
"I
think there’s a hype. Everyone goes ‘whoa, wet
Roubaix,’” he said, waving his arms a bit. “But as
a rider, thinking about it, we all want to stay in
one piece. We’re not just lambs to the slaughter.
It’s going to be a battle out there anyway. If we
do get one, we’ll get through it piece by piece." (cyclingtips.com)
(Photo: Gruber)
April 7,
2018
Miguel Indurain inducted into Giro
d'Italia Hall of Fame.
"Two-time
Giro d’Italia winner Miguel Indurain has been
inducted into the race’s Hall of Fame. The
Spaniard, who won the event in 1992 and 1993,
before finishing third to Evgeni Berzin in 1994,
called the news an honor. The announcement comes
25 years since the former Banesto rider last won
the race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
April 7,
2018
Geraint Thomas ready for Classics
cameo at Paris Roubaix.
"Geraint
Thomas' Classics ambitions have been put to one
side in recent years as he makes bids to transform
himself into a Grand Tour contender, but when the
2018 Tour de France route was unveiled last
October, the presence of the cobbles of Paris
Roubaix on stage 9 seemed as good a pretext as any
to make a cameo appearance at the Hell of the
North this Sunday."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 7,
2018
Paris Roubaix: Dimension Data
underdogs in search of luck.
"Ravaged
by injuries to several high-profile riders, and
without a clear favorite, Dimension Data head into
Paris Roubaix hoping that fortune will be on their
side."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 7,
2018
Paris Roubaix: Full details of teams
and starting riders.
"As
is the case with all WorldTour races, each of the
18 teams that make up the top-flight of
professional cycling – Ag2r-La Mondiale, Astana,
Bahrain Merida, BMC Racing, Bora Hansgrohe,
Dimension Data, EF Education First Drapac p/b
Cannondale, Groupama FDJ, Katusha Alpecin, Lotto
Soudal, Lotto NL Jumbo, Mitchelton Scott,
Movistar, Quick Step Floors, Team Sky, Trek
Segafredo, Sunweb and UAE Team Emirates – receive
an invite."
(telegraph.co.uk) (Getty Images Sport)
April 7,
2018
Flanders Unraveled: A guide.
"The
Tour of Flanders is a race steeped in cycling
history but it has a route that can often seem
like a riddle come race day in early April; Paul
Knott headed out to Belgium in an attempt to solve
it."
(cyclingweekly.com) Photos by Daniel Gould
April 7,
2018
Fuji Supreme is brand’s fastest road
bike to date.
"Fuji
Bikes has introduced its fastest, most aerodynamic
and most forward-thinking bicycle to date, the new
women’s specific Supreme. Beginning with a clean
slate, Fuji engineers tackled what has become the
twin demands of modern carbon race machines." (roadbikereview.com)
April 7,
2018
2018 Tour of the Basque Country LIVE
stream.
"2018
Vuelta al Pais Vasco LIVE April 2-7, Spain.
Stage 6 starts at 2:26pm CET (8:26am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 5:29pm CET (11:29am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) April 7,
2018
Livestream: Sunny King criterium 2018.
"Sunny
King criterium - April 7, 2018 - Anniston, Alabama
- Noon-9:30 p.m. Central.
Pro/1/2 women: 6:20 p.m. Central. Pro/1 men: 7:30 p.m. Central." (velonews.com) April 7,
2018
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6, 2018
Fraile takes out intense País Vasco
stage to Eibar.
"Primoz
Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo) tightened his grip on the
overall race lead at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco,
finishing second on the hilly stage to Eibar, as
closest rival Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step
Floors) cracked on the final climb of the day as
Movistar blew the race apart."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
McLay wins final Circuit Sarthe stage.
"Dan
McLay claimed his first victory for EF Education
First Drapac, out-sprinting the fast French men in
the conclusive stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe
Pays de la Loire in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, won overall
by Guillaume Martin (Wanty Groupe Gobert)." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
Wild wins sprint on stage 3a of
Healthy Ageing Tour.
"Pieters
keeps race lead."
(cyclingnews.com)
April 6,
2018
Tom Boonen defends Chris Froome and
Team Sky.
"Tom
Boonen has defended Chris Froome, saying it is
ridiculous to describe salbutamol as doping and
wrong to compare salbutamol users with those who
used EPO."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
April 6,
2018
Philippe Gilbert: ‘I’ve been in
Sagan’s situation… you’ve just got to ride smarter
and stronger’.
"I
wouldn’t say anything,” Gilbert said when asked
what he would do in Sagan’s situation. “I was
already in that situation in 2011, when everyone
was riding against you. But it’s that way, you
just have to be smarter and stronger and make it
happen."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April 6,
2018
Power meter mania has yet to suck life
out of classics.
"Why
do we love the northern classics? Because they’re
the only races of the year that are entirely
unpredictable. Unpredictability is a cherished
commodity in bike racing today. With the
integration of power meters into the peloton
nearly two decades ago."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Jim Fryer)
April 6,
2018
Roglic in pole position for overall
Pais Vasco victory.
"With
stage 4 time trial victory at the Vuelta al Pais
Vasco, Primoz Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo) is in prime
position to claim overall victory in two days
time. The Slovenian has a 34 second lead over
former race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step
Floors) with Bauke Mollema (Trek Segafredo) almost
one minute further in arrears at 1:33." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
Vincenzo Nibali quits Pais Vasco due
to saddle sore.
"The
Italian’s decision to ride the Tour of Flanders
and immediately after start the weeklong stage
race in the Basque Country appears to have created
the problems."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
Power Rankings: Paris Roubaix 2018.
"This
Sunday’s cobbled classic is a bit different.
Unlike the Belgian one-day races we’ve seen so far
this season, Paris Roubaix’s 29 cobblestone
sectors are far more rough and brutal." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
Paris Roubaix Preview.
"The
best for last as the cobbled classics come to an
end this Sunday in the Roubaix velodrome. Former
race director Jacques Goddet described this race
as “the last act of madness” and his decision to
use tiny farm tracks with rudimentary cobbles has
created a legendary and exceptional event." (inrng.com) (ASO)
April 6,
2018
Gilbert returns to Paris Roubaix a
different rider.
"Eleven
years on, the road to Roubaix is as rocky as it
ever was, but the lie of the land has changed for
Philippe Gilbert."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
April 6,
2018
Without fast finisher like Boonen,
Quick Step must attack Roubaix.
"If
you think Quick Step is racing differently without
Tom Boonen, you’re right. For years, Boonen was
the gravitational center of Quick Step across the
spring classics. With “Tommeke” throwing shade on
Peter Sagan from the sidelines before his first
Roubaix in retirement, Quick Step’s riders are
taking full advantage of their new-found freedom." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Jim Fryer)
April 6,
2018
1988 Paris Roubaix: The day the
breakaway won.
"Nothing
is set in stone in Paris Roubaix, except the road
beneath the riders. Since it was first held in
1896, the Hell of the North has become known as
chaotic and unpredictable. There are no knowns -
to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld - in this beast of a
race, apart from perhaps one; the early breakaway
will not make it. But, one day, it did." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
Ghosts of the Peloton: Roubaix winner
Charles Crupelandt, ‘Bull of the North’.
"Trouée
d’Arenberg. Mons-en-Pévèle. Carrefour l’Arbre.
These are the most feared and famous cobblestone
sectors that will confront the peloton in the
116th edition of Paris Roubaix this Sunday." (cyclingtips.com)
Photography by Various
April 6,
2018
Pedersen to play team role at Paris
Roubaix despite Flanders podium.
"A
week ago, Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo) had just
taken his best ever result at a Classic with a
commendable fifth place at Dwars door Vlaanderen.
A few days later he would be standing on the
podium in Oudenaarde after claiming second place
at the Tour of Flanders."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 6,
2018
Sean Kelly: To win Paris Roubaix you
need to be powerful - a sprinter, time trialist or
rouleur - a big strong guy.
"Some
will know him as the taciturn Eurosport
commentator from County Tipperary, others the
four-time winner of the green jersey at the Tour
de France in the 1980s. For most, though, the 61
year old from Carrick-on-Suir will forever be
known simply as ‘King Kelly’."
(telegraph.co.uk) Credit: REX FEATURES
April 6,
2018
Aqua Blue Sport owner hits out at Tour
of California exclusion.
"Aqua
Blue Sport owner Rick Delaney has hit out at the
Tour of California for failing to give his team a
wildcard spot despite having the US national road
champion."
(cyclist.co.uk) Joe Robinson
April 6,
2018
Fuji Supreme 1.1 women’s aero bike.
"Fuji’s
Transonic is a fast aero bike. The Supreme 1.1 is
even faster. A women’s aero bike that’s faster
than the men’s version? Yep, Fuji claims the
Supreme is one minute and nineteen seconds faster
and requires 5 fewer watts to maintain the same
speed as the men’s Transonic."
(velonews.com)
April 6,
2018
Oakley Flight Jacket fights fog with
flip of a switch.
"If
you’ve ever fussed with fogged-up sunglasses on a
steamy climb, the new Oakley Flight Jacket
sunglasses could be your summertime jam." (velonews.com) Photo:
Brad Kaminski
April 6,
2018
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5, 2018
Pais Vasco: Roglic wins time trial in
Lodosa.
"Primoz
Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo) stormed to victory in the
stage 4 time trial at the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais
Vasco and took the overall lead in Lodosa. He
covered the 19.4km course with a winning time of
22:26 beating Patrick Bevin (BMC), an early
starter who sat in the hot seat for most of the
race, by nine seconds. Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky)
was third at 11 seconds."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
Guillaume Martin wins queen stage in
Circuit Sarthe.
"Guillaume
Martin claimed the first victory of the year for
his Wanty Groupe Gobert team as he won the queen
stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe Pays de la
Loire, almost on home soil near his native
Normandie region. He also moved into the overall
lead with one stage to go."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
Healthy Aging Tour: Pieters wins stage
2 in Grootegast.
"Amy
Pieters continued Boels Dolmans winning streak at
the Healthy Ageing Tour on Thursday. The
Dutchwoman won a two-up sprint during stage 2 in
Grootegast, beating Alice Barnes (Canyon SRAM)." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
‘People blame Lance for everything
that went wrong in cycling, but I don’t agree’.
"Lance
Armstrong‘s former team manager Johann Bruyneel
has spoken in defense of Armstrong and their
former US Postal team, saying that the team “did
not invent the system” and that it was too easy to
blame Armstrong for cycling’s problems." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April 5,
2018
Preview: Oh, What the Hell.
"Paris
Roubaix is up there when it comes to course
stability, more so than any of the other cobbled
classics. E3 and Gent Wevelgem mix things up a
bit. Dwars overhauled itself. De Ronde changes up
its early kms almost every year, out of obligation
(though not this time). Paris Roubaix? They do
what they want, and if the course doesn’t need
changing, it doesn’t change."
(podiumcafe.com) Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
April 5,
2018
Why is there no women’s Paris Roubaix?
"In
recent years, the women’s Classics scene has come
on leaps and bounds. Strade Bianche joined the
calendar in 2015, and there will be debuts for the
Amstel Gold and Liège Bastogne Liège this spring.
There is an appetite among top women riders. When
we asked Boels Dolmans star Megan Guarnier of her
interest in racing it, she replied: “I would love
to do it."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Marshall Kappel &
Offside/l'Equipe
April 5,
2018
Could Stannard, Démare, Martin and
others face bans over Scheldeprijs railway crossing
incident?
"While
Fabio Jakobsen continued his excellent start to
his nascent professional career with victory at
the end of an eventful edition of Scheldeprijs,
the race will be best remembered for the
disqualification of 35 riders for riding through a
closing level crossing."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
Tom Boonen: Peter Sagan needs to 'keep
his mouth shut' over lack of cooperation from
rivals.
"Peter
Sagan "has to keep his mouth shut" and stop
complaining about the lack of cooperation he gets
from the peloton, Tom Boonen has said. The World
champion “always tries to benefit from the work of
other teams,” but does not return that help,
Boonen suggested."
(cyclingnews.com) (Michael Aisner)
April 5,
2018
Quick Step Floors announce their usual
phenomenally strong Paris Roubaix team.
"If
any teams were hoping that Quick Step Floors might
be easier to beat at Paris Roubaix than they were
at the Tour of Flanders, then the announcement
that the Belgian team will field an identical
line-up on Sunday will not come as good news." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April 5,
2018
Van Avermaet ready to defend Paris
Roubaix title.
"Greg
Van Avermaet is eager to defend his 2017 victory
at Paris Roubaix on Sunday, even though as he
admits, “things haven’t fallen into place yet”
this season. "
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
Steve Bauer - the man who lost Paris
Roubaix by millimeters.
"Of
the many riders whose careers have been cast into
pre-internet oblivion, Canadian Steve Bauer’s is
one that definitely merits exhumation. He won
Classics in Zurich and Montreal, took Tour stages,
wore the yellow jersey in the Tour de France in
both 1988 and 1990, made Olympic and Professional
Worlds road race podiums a month apart and, in
1990, finished second in the closest-ever finish
to Paris Roubaix."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Offside - L'Equipe
April 5,
2018
Sagan braces for wet, muddy Roubaix.
"Peter
Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) took a preview Thursday of
the hell that lies in store for Sunday. Forecasts
have changed for Paris Roubaix and there is now a
chance for wet and muddy conditions, which would
create the first rainy and wet Roubaix in a
generation."
(velonews.com) Photo: ©Luc Claessen | Getty Images
April 5,
2018
Why we love Paris Roubaix.
"Like
its contemporary, Flanders, it’s a race that only
needs one word to cue a movie reel in a fan’s
mind. Rider have love/hate relationships with the
Queen of the Classics, and it’s easy to see why.
Double-taped bars don’t take nearly enough bite
off the granite, and palms still tear open through
bandaged hands."
(roadbikereview.com) Photo by Ashley and Jered
Gruber
April 5,
2018
Dumoulin admits miserable spring was
his own fault.
"Before
heading off to begin his final preparations for
his Giro d'Italia defence, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb)
met with the press at Eindhoven airport, where he
was blunt in taking the blame for his poor showing
in the early season, which started with an unlucky
Abu Dhabi Tour, and an unfinished Tirreno
Adriatico."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
Vanmol claims weight loss was key to
Terpstra's Tour of Flanders victory.
"Niki
was always two to three kilos too heavy. It's not
that Niki was fat before, but those two lost kilos
make the difference between being able to win or
ride in the final," team doctor Yvan Vanmol told Sporza.be." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April 5,
2018
Teams confirmed for men's and women's
Tour of California.
"The
organizers of the Amgen Tour of California have
confirmed the teams for the men’s and women’s
races. Hagens Berman Axeon, Holowesko Citadel, and
Rally Cycling secured the wildcard invitations in
the men's race alongside 14 WorldTour teams. The
women's race will be without defending champion
Anna van der Breggen and her Boels Dolmans team." (cyclingnews.com)
April 5,
2018
The narrowest bars in the pro peloton.
"At
194cm / 6ft 4in, Jan-Willem van Schip isn’t a
small man, but his handlebars are tiny. Measuring
a mere 32cm center-to-center, van Schip’s bars
exemplify the ‘narrow is aero’ mentality to the
extreme."
(cyclingnews.com) (Ben Delaney)
April 5,
2018
Ryan Mullen: ‘The next Fabian
Cancellara’.
"Guercilena
coached Classics ace Fabian Cancellara - known as
Spartacus by his fans - as the Swiss national
coach and directed him at Mapei and later Trek.
It’s clear talking to Mullen that his new boss
thinks he has a similar level of potential." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April 5,
2018
What does it take to ride the Tour of
Flanders: The difference between pros and amateurs.
"The
Tour of Flanders is always one of the hardest
races of the calendar, but what does it really
take in terms of physiological demands? A few
riders - including the winner of the 2018 race
Niki Terpstra - have already shared their efforts
on Strava, but in most cases very important
metrics such as heart rate and power output are
hidden."
(cyclist.co.uk)
April 5,
2018
Nine cyclists injured after collision
with Porsche SUV in Mallorca.
"All
of the riders were German and were reportedly on a
ride from their hotel in Cala Rajada to the
popular Puig Major mountain climb when the
incident happened during the morning on the MA-15
road near Capdepera."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Diario de Mallorca)
April 5,
2018
Illegal bike setup sees New Zealand
disqualified from Commonwealth Games team pursuit.
"The
disqualification occurred after the qualifying run
in the team pursuit at the Anna Meares Velodrome
in Brisbane, where one of the team’s bikes was
found to not comply with UCI regulations due to
the vertical distance between the arm rests and
the tips of the aero bars being a few millimeters
out."
(cyclingweekly.com) Credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty
Images
April 5,
2018
11 things not to do at your first crit
race.
"The
racing season is well and truly underway, which
means a tidal wave of new riders looking to tackle
their first events is making its way to your
nearest criterium racing circuit."
(cyclingweekly.com) Photo by Andy Jones
April 5,
2018
Knight wheels launches ‘easiest and
fastest tubeless-ready road wheelset’.
"The
new Knight TLA (tubeless-aero) wheels have
seemingly adopted what we’ve seen in the mountain
bike world for nearly eight years now and use a
‘hookless’ internal rim design to seat the
tubeless tire bead."
(cyclingweekly.com)
April 5,
2018
FSE’s New G40/30X Wide Carbon Tubeless
Gravel/Cyclocross Wheelset.
"FSE
is a relative newcomer to the carbon wheel market.
The company began in 2006 as an OEM and then
started developing its FSE (Filament Spin
Evolution) construction process three years ago as
an alternative to composite rim manufacturing. The
company claims the process produces a stiffer and
stronger carbon wheel than the traditional layup
process, with higher quality and lower voids." (cxmagazine.com)
April 5,
2018
The 10 best bicycle storage solutions.
"Available
with a selection of different color leather
contact sleeves to match your paint job there are
also versions suited to wider handlebar bikes,
along with cheaper powder-coated models." (cyclist.co.uk)
April 5,
2018
First Look: 3T Torno LTD 1x crankset
with Wolftooth narrow-wide chainrings.
"Two
years ago, 3T purchased German carbon component
company THM and with it, the drool-worthy
Clavicula, full carbon crank. This year, 3T built
a crank under its own name (still through its THM
factory). The result is the 3T Torno crankset,
billed as “the world’s ‘thinnest’” and most
aerodynamic crankset."
(bikerumor.com)
April 5,
2018
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