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April
30, 2018
Lieuwe Westra's TUE admission throws
new light on TUE abuses.
"TUE
abuses have long been rumored to be a favorite
shortcut for would-be cheaters trying to cut
corners as improved doping controls and the
implementation of the biological passport have
tightened the noose on banned substances." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April
30, 2018
Law claims Dana Point Grand Prix.
Valentina Scandolara, Coryn Rivera out-sprinted by teenager Megan Jastrab." (cyclingnews.com) (Danny Munson) April
30, 2018
John Murphy leads Holowesko Citadel
1-2 in Athens Twilight.
Erica Allar, Harriet Owen round out USA Crits podium." (cyclingnews.com) (Brian Hodes) April
30, 2018
Handmade Bicycle Show Australia 2018:
The bigwigs.
"With
the red carpet rolled out for paying attendees,
approximately 20 builders were on hand, most from
Australia, but a few from further afield. Builders
were rubbing shoulders with customers and with one
another, sharing their craft and proving just how
much collaboration there is in the small, but
tight, local industry."
(cyclingtips.com)
April
30, 2018
Giro d'Italia fills Boeing 747 cargo
plane with bikes and equipment bound for Israel.
"The
Giro d'Italia begins on Friday with a 9.7km time
trial in Jerusalem but the logistical operation
for the first ever Grand Tour start outside of
Europe began on Monday with a Boeing 747 cargo
plane transporting equipment and the 22 teams'
bikes from Italy to Israel."
(cyclingnews.com) (Josh Evans)
April
30, 2018
Sunweb secure long-term future with
indefinite sponsorship agreement.
"Team
Sunweb have secured their long-term future,
signing an unprecedented new agreement with title
sponsor Sunweb that will see the holiday company
back the team on an indefinite basis." (cyclingnews.com)
(Michael Aisner)
April
30, 2018
Fabio Aru flies the flag for Italy at
the Giro d'Italia.
"Fabio
Aru will ride the Giro d'Italia wearing the
Italian national champion’s tricolore stripes on
his UAE Team Emirates jersey. In the absence of
Vincenzo Nibali, and as the only Italian overall
contender to have won a Grand Tour, the
27-year-old Sardinian carries the hopes of the
home nation on his shoulders."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
30, 2018
Reflections: Can’t beat the real
thing.
"It’s
easy to feel dejected about bike racing. It’s OK,
you can admit it. We all feel it sometimes. That
sense that this relationship we have with cycling
goes through its tough moments, where it is all
demanding and all-consuming but somehow gives very
little back in return."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs:
Offside-L'Equipe/Pressesports
April
30, 2018
Nail biters! Fortin, Lemieux deliver
tight victories at 11th Red Hook Crit Brooklyn.
"A
pair of podium regulars - Italian Filippo Fortin
and Canadian Raphaele Lemieux - once again tasted
victory Saturday at the eleventh edition of the
Red Hook Crit Brooklyn in front of thousands of
spectators lining the course."
(cyclingtips.com)Photography by Dan Chabanov;
Tornanti.cc
April
30, 2018
The best road disc wheelset upgrades.
"Road
disc bikes are now front and center, mainstream,
almost in your face. If you are a road cycling
enthusiast, your next road bike will most likely
have disc rather than rim brakes. And if you’ve
bought a road disc bike recently, you’re probably
asking yourself the same question you did shortly
after you bought your last good rim brake bike -
what are the best wheels I can get to upgrade my
bike at a reasonable price?"
(intheknowcycling.com)
April
30, 2018
Tour of Chongming Island Wrap:
Crashes, dashes, and flashes.
"The
Tour of Chongming Island sprint party got
crashed...literally AND figuratively. Aussie
national champion Shannon Malseed snagged second
overall, Charlotte Becker the victory." (sbs.com.au) (Getty
Images Sport)
April
30, 2018
Everysight Raptor Cycling Heads Up
Display.
"In
many ways, the Jetsons vision of cycling
tomorrow-land seems to always involve some form of
heads up display. And numerous companies over the
last half a decade or so have tried to get us
there. From smaller entities like Recon
Instructions (bought and then shut down by Intel),
to larger ones like Google. And that even ignores
attempts by 4iiii, Oakley and Garmin too." (dcrainmaker.com)
April
30, 2018
World champ Langvad wins Whiskey
Off-Road.
"It
wasn’t beginner’s luck at all, just pure climbing
power that led Annika Langvad (Specialized) to
victory in her first start at Whiskey Off-Road
Sunday. It was really amazing,” said Langvad.
“It’s actually my first race in the rainbow jersey
since I won those stripes last year. So it’s a
great honor to be here."
(velonews.com) Photo: Dave McElwaine
April
30, 2018
Pascal Ackermann takes first pro win
on final stage of the Tour de Romandie.
"Pascal
Ackermann (BORA Hansgrohe) prevailed on the last
stage of the Tour de Romandie to collect his first
professional victory. Due to the relatively
straightforward profile of today’s stage, it was
expected that the yellow jersey of Primoz Roglic
(LottoNL Jumbo) would not be put in significant
danger and all eyes were therefore on the
sprinters."(thebikecomesfirst.com)
Photo: Luis Angel Gomez/BettiniPhoto
April
30, 2018
Tailored Lightening: Sarto’s Lampo
Aero Road Review.
Tailored Lightening is a fairly accurate description in this case as a flight into Venice, a short drive west and a bit of factory walk nets me Sarto’s Aero road missile." (pezcyclingnews.com) April
30, 2018
Three Giro Stages to Embiggen Your
Soul.
"I’ve
got some bad news for everyone. You-know-who is
still going to be starting the Giro after
pocketing some of that sweet Israeli money and
presumably paying off the UCI with that money. You
know what that means - Sky is going to make the
Giro GC competition as boring as the Tour." (podiumcafe.com)
Photo by Bryn Lennon - Velo/Getty Images
April
30, 2018
Jan Bakelants shares photo of the
metal screws and pins that he’s had in his back for
the last six months.
"One
of three riders to crash badly on a tricky corner
at Il Lombardia last October, Ag2r La Mondiale‘s
Jan Bakelants is now free of some of the metalwork
that has been helping his four broken vertebrae to
heal over the last six months. Bakelants crashed
over the barriers on the descent from the Muro di
Sormano last year, going down in a similar manner
to the spectacular crash of Laurens De Plus that
was captured by the television cameras." (cyclingweekly.com)
April
30, 2018
Tech of the Week: New Zipp wheels, a
£7 Baselayer and the new Boardman wind tunnel.
"Zipp
went to town this week, launching a new tubular
variant of its flagship whale-copying 454 NSW
wheels as well as updates to the 303 Firecrest
which trickle down some of the tech from the 454
NSW."
(cyclingweekly.com)
April
30, 2018
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de Romandie.
"If
anyone was in any doubt about Primož Roglič's
talent after the last couple of seasons,
particularly his victory in the Tour of the Basque
Country earlier in April, the Slovenian confirmed
his status as a bona fide GC rider by winning the
yellow jersey in the Tour de Romandie." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April
29, 2018
Roglic wins Tour de Romandie.
"Primoz
Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo) has won the overall
classification at the Tour de Romandie, beating
Team Sky’s Egan Bernal to take the title.
Meanwhile, Pascal Ackermann (Bora Hansgrohe) took
victory ahead of Michael Morkov (Quick Step
Floors) in a sprint finish in Geneva on the final
day of racing."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
29, 2018
Letizia Paternoster wins final stage
and GC at Festival Elsy Jacobs.
"Italian
prodigy Letizia Paternoster of Astana has won the
2018 Festival Elsy Jacobs after beating her rivals
in the closing sprint of the last stage." (cyclingpub.com)
rowery.org
April
29, 2018
Richard Carapaz after Vuelta a
Asturias victory: I’ve enjoyed this weekend so much.
"Movistar's
Richard Carapaz has taken the overall victory of
the Vuelta a Asturias. This is the first victory
in a stage race for the Ecuadorian rider. "I’m
really happy with this win; you can’t really ask
for more at a race like this."
(cyclingpub.com) Marcelo Hernández
April
29, 2018
Fortin, Lemieux survive soggy night at
Red Hook Criterium.
"With
five laps remaining in the men’s final of the Red
Hook Criterium - the famed fixed-gear road race
known to produce dramatic crashes and mayhem -
Mother Nature added another element to the
racing."
(velonews.com)
April
29, 2018
Astana ‘shocked’ after former rider
Lieuwe Westra admits faking injury to receive TUEs.
"I
shot [the drugs] into my own body to cycle faster,
to grab prizes, to receive compliments. In my
first professional year it became clear to me that
with no victories were achieved purely through
hard training,” Westra admits in the book. “If you
wanted to join the big boys, you had to push the
limits of the permissible."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
April
29, 2018
Richie Porte: It’s crunch time to find
a sponsor.
"Richie
Porte has reiterated that it’s now ‘crunch time’
as BMC Racing look to secure their future beyond
this year. Porte, who finished third overall at
the Tour de Romandie on Sunday, is out of contract
at the end of the season, with BMC yet to confirm
if they will support a WorldTour team in 2019." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April
29, 2018
No pressure for Miguel Angel Lopez at
debut Giro d'Italia.
"Ask
anyone for their favorite to take the overall
classification at this year’s Giro d’Italia, then
Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Tom Dumoulin (Team
Sunweb) are likely to be high on their list. Probe
a little further, though, and Miguel Angel Lopez
will not be too far behind."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
29, 2018
Rise of e-bikes leads to more cyclists
than car occupants losing lives on Dutch roads in
2017.
"According
to the government agency Statistics Netherlands,
206 cyclists were killed on the country’s roads in
2017, compared to 201 motorists or vehicle
passengers."
(road.cc) (Jorge Royan, Wikimedia Commons)
April
29, 2018
Rival pro teams donate bikes to
amateur squad after their bikes are stolen from van
at race.
"Teams,
riders and even members of the media came together
in Luxembourg on Saturday after an amateur team
had all their bikes stolen at the Festival Elsy
Jacobs. The Maaslandster International team’s
bikes were locked in the back of their van
overnight at the team hotel when the incident
happened in the town of Marienthal." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo by Balint Hamvas)
April
29, 2018
Laurens de Plus returns to the peloton
following injury.
"The
Belgian was out of action for a month after
crashing at Il Lombardia and suffering a fracture
in his right knee. In January, De Plus and his
Quick Step Floors teammate Petr Vakoč were both
hit by a truck during a training camp in South
Africa."(thebikecomesfirst.com)
April
29, 2018
Clever Standards Carbon Tactic Chain
Rings and Lighter Chain Breaker.
"Tomo
Ichikawa is constantly inventing clever new
bicycle tools and accessories and has
appropriately called his company Clever Standard.
Ichikawa first displayed his Clever Standard tire
levers that paired to form a quick link remover at
Sea Otter 2017. The levers have since become a
popular white label item to rebrand." (cxmagazine.com)
April
29, 2018
Dennis and Porte continue to show good
signs at Romandie.
"BMC
Racing pair, Richie Porte and Rohan Dennis
finished fifth and sixth respectively on the queen
stage of the Tour de Romandie, with both riders
solidifying their top 10 places ahead of Sunday’s
final stage."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
29, 2018
Hornit Clug.
"The
Hornit Clug is very possibly the world's smallest,
simplest bike rack. Available in three sizes to
suit most tires, it's hard to think on how to
improve it."
(road.cc)
April
29, 2018
2018 Tour de Romandie LIVE stream.
Stage 5 starts at 10:30am CET (4:30am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 2:54pm CET (8:54am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 1:40pm CET (7:40am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) April
29, 2018
Vuelta Asturias LIVE stream.
Stage 3 starts at 10:45am CET (4:45am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around -- CET (-- U.S. Eastern). Live video from 12:30pm CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) April
29, 2018
2018 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup at
Kampen, Netherlands - Round 6 LIVE feed.
"Round
6 of the UEC BMX European Cup will be held April
29 in Kampen, Netherlands. We will have live
video.
Sunday's coverage begins at 8:45am CET (2:45am ET)." (cyclingfans.com) April
29, 2018
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28, 2018
Westra admits using TUEs for
performance enhancement.
"In
a new book coming out next week, former pro Lieuwe
Westra says he used cortisone regularly during his
career and that he relied on Therapeutic Use
Exemptions from the UCI to get past anti-doping
tests. Coritsones are forbidden for use in
competition without a TUE."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
28, 2018
Wild wins final sprint in Tour of
Chongming Island.
"Kirsten
Wild (Wiggle High5) got the sprint victory she had
come for on stage three of the Tour of Chongming
Island, beating Jolien D'hoore (Mitchelton Scott)
and Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance Pro Cycling) to the
line. The race overall was won by Charlotte Becker
(Hitec Products Birk Sport)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
28, 2018
Bernal lights up Romandie but Roglic
holds firm.
"As
impressive as Egan Bernal’s wining ride in the
uphill time trial was on stage 3, the sight of him
lighting up the field on Basse Nendez on stage 4
of the Tour de Romandie was truly something to
behold."
April
28, 2018
Crash with motorist takes its toll on
Michael O’Loughlin in France.
"Double
U23 Irish champion, and a man who posted some
great performances last year, Michael O’Loughlin
has been forced out of the Tour of Bretagne. He
was training in Girona, Spain, at the time. A
motorist pulled out of a driveway, hitting
O’Loughlin as he was riding past."
(stickybottle.com)
April
28, 2018
Froome doing everything he can to
resolve "wider issues."
"I'm
planning for the best-case scenario, to be fully
exonerated, coming from the basis that I know I've
done nothing wrong," he told Cyclingnews
in a story published overnight. "That's what I'm
planning for."
(cyclingweekly.com)
April
28, 2018
Q&A: Miguel Ángel López on his
aggressive style and deep Giro field.
"Back
home in Colombia, Miguel Ángel López is known as
“Superman.” He earned the nickname fighting off
bike thieves; he sustained a knife wound to the
leg in the scuffle. It’s not easy living up to the
expectations of the western hemisphere’s most
cycling-crazed nation, but Superman certainly
looks the part."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Jim Fryer)
April
28, 2018
We're Facing a Summer "Tick
Explosion." Here's How to Keep Yourself Safe.
"Dr.
Thomas Mather, the director of the University of
Rhode Island’s tick-borne disease center, warns
that this summer will see higher than average tick
populations throughout the country." (menshealth.com)
Getty ImagesJudita Juknele / EyeEm
April
28, 2018
Woods aiming to give Canadians someone
to cheer for again at Giro d’Italia.
"It
would be difficult for Canadian sports fans not to
have a soft spot for the Giro d’Italia. In 2012,
Ryder Hesjedal claimed the country’s first, and
only, Grand Tour victory there, in a triumph that
acted as a beacon of inspiration for its cycling
community. Six years on, it still does." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April
28, 2018
Greg van Avermaet and Brent Bookwalter
lead BMC at Tour de Yorkshire.
"van
Avermaet's last appearance was at the Amstel Gold
Race, in which he finished in 14th position and he
will be trying to get a good GC spot at the
British race. "Looking at the race, I think we
have two riders, Greg van Avermaet and Brent
Bookwalter, who can both play a role in the
General Classification battle," said Sports
Director Klaas Lodewyck. "
(cyclingpub.com) Mary Cárdenas
April
28, 2018
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27, 2018
Tour de Romandie: Bernal wins stage 3
time trial.
With two stages left at the Tour de Romandie - Saturday's grueling and pivotal mountain stage to Sion and the much flatter final-day ride into Geneva - this looks very much like a three-horse race." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport) April
27, 2018
Tour of Chongming Island: Charlotte
Becker wins stage 2 from breakaway.
"Stage
2 of the Tour of Chongming Island produced a
surprising breakaway win. The sprinters' teams
miscalculated, letting a group of five go too far
up the road, from which Charlotte Becker (Hitec
Products Birk Sport) won the sprint and took the
overall lead of the race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
27, 2018
Klein wins prologue at Festival Elsy
Jacobs.
"Pieters
a close second, Uttrup Ludwig third." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
April
27, 2018
Livestream: Spartanburg Crit, day 2 of
Speed Week.
Pro women: 7 p.m. Eastern. Pro men: 8:10 p.m. Eastern." (velonews.com) April
27, 2018
Cancellara: “Take it. Test it. Scan
it. Do what you want.”
"Stashed
away in a basement in Bern is a bike at the center
of speculation that has dogged Fabian Cancellara
since 2010. Look inside, he says, and all you will
find are bearings that were ahead of their time." (rouleur.cc)
Photographs: Paolo Ciaberta
April
27, 2018
Froome case leaves Giro fans dazed and
confused.
"In
a normal year, Chris Froome’s Giro d’Italia
participation would be cycling’s biggest story.
The four-time Tour de France winner’s daring
attempt at the Giro-Tour double should be the
crowning moment of what’s been a remarkable
career. No rider has won the Giro-Tour
back-to-back in two decades."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
April
27, 2018
Geraint Thomas goes into survival mode
after cracking in Romandie TT.
"Geraint
Thomas (Team Sky) dropped out of contention at the
Tour de Romandie after a flat performance in the
stage 3 mountain time trial. The Welshman clocked
27:43 over the 9.9 kilometers from Ollon to
Villars but his effort was only enough to net him
27th place"
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
27, 2018
Porte searching for confidence boost
in Romandie time trial.
"It's
not often that we get a time trial like this. It's
a bit like Col d'Eze in Paris Nice and I like that
kind of thing. I don't know the climb though. I
remember watching Larry Warbasse win there at the
Tour de Suisse but that's about it. I'll look at
it beforehand though in order to get a better
understanding."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
27, 2018
Blevins starts 2018 with a bang,
winning at Pro XCT, Gila.
"At
just 20 years old, Christopher Blevins is a rising
star of American pro cycling. He currently leads
the USA Cycling Pro XCT standings. Will he try to
mold himself into a WorldTour road pro after
winning a stage at Tour of the Gila? After winning
U.S. under-23 national cyclocross championships,
he’s really got no shortage of options." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Casey B. Gibson)
April
27, 2018
Team Sky announces Giro d'Italia team
to support Chris Froome.
"Team
Sky have named the squad that will support Chris
Froome at the 2018 Giro d’Italia, with Wout Poels,
Kenny Elissonde and Sergio Henao all included in a
strong line-up."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
April
27, 2018
Contador: Lack of TT mileage will
shape Giro.
"With
the Giro’s total time trial distance down from
69.1 in 2017 to 44.2 kilometers this year,
climbers like Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates),
Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott), and Miguel
Angel López (Astana) will have a better shot at
the pink jersey."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
April
27, 2018
Weighing In: Nutrition, body image,
and finding balance as a female athlete.
"We
all know that in endurance sports, weight matters.
As a cyclist, I obsess over every aspect of my
equipment, from the weight of a tiny bolt to the
thickness of the sidewalls of my tires. I am
constantly reminded that, like every watt, every
gram counts."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Lucas Gilman/Red
Bull Content Pool
April
27, 2018
Preview: Six things to watch for at
the 11th Red Hook Crit Brooklyn.
"On
Saturday, April 28, Red Hook Crit Brooklyn will
host cyclists from over 40 countries for its 11th
edition. “The Crit,” as it’s now known by many, is
the originator of an ever-increasingly popular
discipline of fixed-gear crit racing that has
slowly but steadily been gaining mainstream
acceptance in more traditional racing circles." (cyclingtips.com)
Photography by Tornanti.cc; Dan Chabanov
April
27, 2018
Colnago Saronni for L’Eroica and a
Dancelli for training.
"A
signature product of the early ’80s, Colnago
produced frames under Giuseppe Saronni’s name to
commemorate his 1982 world road championship.
Saronni’s palmares includes the Giro d’Italia in
1979 and again in 1983, and Monuments such as
Milan-San Remo and the Giro di Lombardia. His
career closely overlapped with fellow Italian
Francesco Moser."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by David Rome
April
27, 2018
Ride All the Roads on Litespeed’s
Titanium Cherohala and Gravel Bikes.
"Chattanooga,
TN builder Litespeed has been producing titanium
bikes since 1986 and in 2018 came to the Sea Otter
Classic ready to display its latest gravel models.
The company has carbon bikes in its lineup now but
still focuses on building titanium bikes in the
Chattanooga factory."
(cxmagazine.com)
April
27, 2018
New Bkool Smart Bike brings the
outdoors indoors.
"Branching
out from its base in turbo trainers, Bkool has
launched a smart bike. This uses the software
developed by Bkool for its smart turbo trainers,
transferring it to an exercise bike." (cyclingweekly.com)
April
27, 2018
Sage Titanium Portland made Flow
Motion mountain bike, 13.2lb $20K road bike.
"While
the real news from Sage Titanium is the
introduction of their first mountain bike, we’re
starting with a gallery of the 13.2lb Skyline road
bike build. There’s a parts list at the bottom
with specifics, but the project achieves that low
weight with extensive use of THM, Lightweight and
SRAM parts."
(bikerumor.com)
April
27, 2018
KOO Orion sunglasses debut at Sea
Otter.
"New
for 2018, the KOO Orion sunglasses are packed with
useful features to make fitting easier and ensure
comfort both on and off the bike. The sunglasses
feature adjustable vents on the top of the frame
that can be slid open and closed as needed to
maintain clear vision."
(roadbikereview.com)
April
27, 2018
Hammer Series to be broadcast live on
social media for free.
"Entering
into its second year, the Hammer Series is
continuing in its quest to become a revolutionary
movement in cycling with the announcement that all
three events this year will be broadcast in full
on social media."
(cyclist.co.uk)
April
27, 2018
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