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May
13, 2018
Tour of California: Gaviria wins stage
1 in Long Beach.
"Fernando
Gaviria (Quick Step Floors) won the opening stage
at the Tour of California in Long Beach. The
Colombian brought his team their 30th season
victory, winning the bunch sprint ahead of Caleb
Ewan (Mitchelton Scott) and world champion Peter
Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe)"
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
May 13,
2018
Simon Yates wins at Gran Sasso
d'Italia.
"Simon
Yates cemented his place in the maglia rosa with
victory on stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia at the
Gran Sasso d’Italia. The Mitchelton Scott rider
was part of a five-man group that went up the road
in the final kilometers and attacked in the last
meters to win the day ahead of Thibaut Pinot
(FDJ)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
May 13,
2018
Five talking points from stage nine of
the Giro d’Italia.
"Many
predicted a British winner of this Giro d’Italia -
but few thought it would be Simon Yates
(Mitchelton Scott), and not Chris Froome (Team
Sky) - who would be the early front runner." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
May 13,
2018
Claeys holds off Greipel to win 4
Jours de Dunkerque.
"The
6th and final stage in the 4 Jours de Dunkerque
has been won by Olivier Le Gac. The Frenchmen
riding for Groupama FDJ was part of a breakaway
and benefited from a moment of hesitation among
his breakaway companions under the flamme
rouge."
(cyclingnews.com) (cyclingpub.com) (Photo: Tim de
Waele/Getty Images Sport)
May 13,
2018
Roson wins as Vuelta Aragon celebrates
successful return after 13 years.
"Jaime
Roson (Movistar) has won the renewed version of
the Vuelta Aragon. The Spanish stage race returned
to the UCI calendar after an absence of 13 years.
Roson is the first winner of the race since Ruben
Plaza won it back in 2005."
(cyclingpub.com)
May 13,
2018
Simon Yates: I'll need minutes on
Dumoulin before time trial.
"It
had to be him. Simon Yates has seemed to be
operating on a different plane on this Giro
d'Italia thus far, and the Briton continued his
effervescent start to the race by claiming the
stage victory atop Gran Sasso d'Italia to buttress
his hold on the maglia rosa."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
May 13,
2018
Giro d'Italia: Chris Froome will
attack in third week, says Unzue.
"No
other team on the 2018 Giro has such deep
experience of going for the legendary Giro-Tour
double victory - as Chris Froome is currently
attempting this year."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
May 13,
2018
Tour of California: Huffman keeping
his options open.
"After
winning two stages at the Amgen Tour of California
last year, Rally Cycling's Evan Huffman is back at
the race taking a wait-and-see approach as to
whether he'll hunt stage wins again this year or
try for a general classification result." (cyclingnews.com)
May 13,
2018
Round-the-world cyclists found dead in
Mexico believed to have been murdered.
"German
national Holger Hagenbusch, aged 43, and Polish
citizen Krzysztof Chmielewski, 37, had each been
traveling the world by bike when they encountered
each other in the state of Chiapas in southern
Mexico, reports BBC News"
(road.cc) (bbc.com)
May 13,
2018
Motorbikes influencing races a ‘big
problem’ for cycling, says Mark Cavendish.
"Speaking
at a Tour of California press conference in Long
Beach, California, Cavendish weighed in on what
has become a topical issue. "It’s kind of a big
problem in cycling, not this race but just in
cycling now. Motorbikes are influencing quite a
big part of the race. I hope that doesn’t happen." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
May 13,
2018
Tour of California: Kristoff on his
own in bunch kicks.
"With
a new team and a kit showing off his European
champion status, Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team
Emirates) is back at the Amgen Tour of California
hoping to add to his 2016 stage win." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
May 13,
2018
Tour of California Preview.
"We
got 13 of the 18 world tour teams present with the
usual assortment of American Pro Conty and Conty
teams. I always wonder why teams come here and I
always think its because there’s much damn money
in California and a lot of that money likes to try
and keep in shape so the teams are here to lure
some of that money their way."
(podiumcafe.com)
May 13,
2018
3T unveils more affordable Strada PRO.
"3T's
original Strada frame and fork flipped
conventional road wisdom on its head. It was an
aero bike that used wide tires and a single-ring
drivetrain. Now, 3T is introducing a more
affordable version called the Strada Pro." (cyclingnews.com)
(bikeradar.com)
May 13,
2018
Bioracer Motion: Balancing wind and
watts for your ideal position.
"Many
cyclists are familiar with Bioracer Speedwear
clothing, as used by some professional riders, but
the Belgian company has another wing of the
business that uses motion capture and aerodynamic
analysis for bike fits on pros and amateurs
alike."
(cyclingnews.com) (bikeradar.com) (Josh
Evans/Immediate Media)
May 13,
2018
The best road bike wheel upgrade
options.
"It’s
a truism that wheels are the first and one of the
best road bike upgrades you can make to improve
your cycling experience and performance."
(intheknowcycling.com)
May 13,
2018
Pro Bike Profile: Molly Cameron’s
Flanders Focus with New Challenge Tubeless Tires.
"One
of the interesting aspects of the cycling industry
is the number of former pros that make up the
legions of distributors, representatives,
importers and brand advocates one may find at any
trade show. One such pro is American cyclocross
mainstay Molly Cameron, who was at the 2018 Sea
Otter Classic with Challenge USA."
(cxmagazine.com)
May 13,
2018
Rose X-Lite Six Disc Ultegra Di2.
"The
Rose X-Lite 6 Disc Ultegra Di2 is a quick,
sharp-handling disc-brake bike that can thrill and
excite as well as the best of them. And with
Rose's custom direct-to-consumer business model,
it's also excellent value."
(road.cc)
May 13,
2018
Four Days of Dunkirk/4 Jours de
Dunkerque LIVE stream.
"2018
4 Jours de Dunkerque LIVE May 8-13, France.
Stage 6 starts Sunday at 12:15pm CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern). Finish at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) May 13,
2018
2018 Vuelta Aragon LIVE stream.
"2018
Vuelta Aragon LIVE May 11-13, Spain.
Stage
3 starts Sunday at 12:50pm CET (6:50am U.S.
Eastern).
Finish at around 4:24pm CET (10:24am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 2:50pm CET (8:50am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) May 13,
2018
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May
12, 2018
Carapaz makes history with Giro
d'Italia stage win.
"Froome
has another minor crash on wet final climb but
managed to make it through in that main group, but
he looked in trouble on that climb." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
May 12,
2018
Froome looks vulnerable.
"One
man who, once again, did not look comfortable was
Chris Froome. The Team Sky rider looked under
pressure during the final climb. He also crashed;
his wheels sliding out from under him on the wet
road on one of the hairpins."
(stickybottle.com)
May 12,
2018
Five talking points from stage eight
of the Giro d’Italia.
"We’ve
grown used to the influx of prodigious Colombian
talent emerging in the peloton in recent years -
today, Richard Carapaz (Movistar) put neighboring
Ecuador on the map, becoming the first rider from
the nation to ever win a Grand Tour stage." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
May 12,
2018
Giro stage 9: Going up... and up...
and up.
"A
second Apennine stage of the weekend, this one is
long and features plenty of climbing. The stage
finishes atop the poetically named big rock of
Italy. To get there, the riders will have been
climbing pretty constantly for 45km. None of it is
too tough but the volume is enormous." (podiumcafe.com)
Getty Images/Westend61
May 12,
2018
Back-to-back summit finishes for the
Giro d'Italia this weekend.
"After
the briefest of breakouts for the sprinters on
Friday, the Giro d'Italia 2018 returns to the
mountains with a vengeance this weekend, with two
very different summit finishes on the menu in the
space of 24 hours."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
May 12,
2018
Greipel solos to victory.
"Andre
Greipel has won his second stage in the 4 Jours
du Dunkerque. The sprinter of Lotto Soudal
surprised by being part of the day's breakaway
and finishing solo in the streets of Cassel.
Dimitri Claeys (Cofidis) was also part of the
break, and he took over the leader’s jersey from
Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept)."
(cyclingnews.com) (cyclingpub.com) (Bettini
Photo)
May 12,
2018
Peter Sagan not giving away any
secrets at Tour of California.
"Trying
to draw Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) out at a
pre-race press conference is not for the faint of
heart. The three-time world champion has never
shown a lot of love for the traditional media
question-and-answer sessions that take place
before every major race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
May 12,
2018
Van Garderen looking to get back on
track in California after injury marred spring.
"BMC's
Tejay van Garderen will start the Amgen Tour of
California as one of the overall favorites, but
the 29 year old American says that it took a
change of plans to get the race onto his 2018
program. The event was not on his schedule to
start the year."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
May 12,
2018
Tour of California: 5 riders to watch.
"The
Amgen Tour of California rolls out of Long Beach
on Sunday for seven days of racing in its second
year on the WorldTour. Thirteen WorldTour teams
and four wild card Pro Continental outfits will
battle for the overall crown, with a nod to the
best young rider and supremacy in the sprints and
mountains."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
May 12,
2018
Sprint battle royale on tap as
cycling's fastest finishers set to square off in
California.
"The
Amgen Tour of California opens with a
sprinter-friendly stage on Sunday in Long Beach,
and the list of speedsters set to contend for the
win is perhaps the strongest sprinting field the
WorldTour has seen so far this year." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Casey B. Gibson)
May 12,
2018
Tour of California abandons use of
podium hostesses.
"It's
just been something that people have been talking
about, I feel like for years now," Klein said.
"You've been reading about it and you've been
hearing about it, and this year it was just the
timing, it felt like it was the right time to
actually make that decision."
(cyclingnews.com)
May 12,
2018
Peter Sagan.
"How
could I pass up on a chance to ride gravel for
90ish kms - and do it near Lake Tahoe with the
Peter Sagan? Exactly - this was one ride I was all
in for. I owe a lifetime of thanks to Brad Gebhard
of Sportful USA for the invite - and what turned
out to be various "wing-man" type duties." (pezcyclingnews.com)
May 12,
2018
Peter Sagan: I love California and I’m
never there long enough.
"World
champion Peter Sagan is again among the main
attractions for the 2018 edition of Tour of
California that starts on Sunday in Long Beach,
south of Los Angeles. “My time in the Tour of
California is some of the best of my racing
season. I really feel at home whenever I’m there." (cycling.today)
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
May 12,
2018
Idiot on the Penny Farthing: Jeff
Jacobi’s Barry Roubaix Gravel Ride for Charity.
"They
say any bike is a gravel bike, and at the 2018
Barry Roubaix gravel race in Michigan, Jeff Jacobi
embodied that truism. Jacobi is a Grand Rapids
local who came up with a big idea for the 10th
annual gravel event. Well, more like a big wheel
idea."
(cxmagazine.com) Rob Meendering
May 12,
2018
Maurizio and Marco: the Giro route
inspectors.
"Almost
anyone who works in professional cycling, the
peloton being surrounded on all sides but below
(why should the helicopter crews be immune?) by
vehicles carrying colleagues who, by the third
week of a Grand Tour, would probably be at each
others’ throats were it not for professional
scruple and an irrational, quite possibly
unhealthy passion for the riders and their sport." (rouleur.cc)
Photographs: Fabio Piemonte
May 12,
2018
Cofidis extend sponsorship deal until
2022.
"Team
Cofidis, Solutions Credits have secured their
place in the peloton for another four years after
the French bank signed a new sponsorship contract.
The deal, which is one of the longest in cycling,
extends the bank’s involvement in the sport at
least until the end of the 2022 season." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
May 12,
2018
Alejandro Valverde: I have a contract
until 2019, then I will decide.
"Movistar's
Alejandro Valverde has not decided when will be
the date of his retirement. The 38 year old has a
contract with the Spanish team until 2019.
"I'm
38 but I live day by day."
(cyclingpub.com)
May 12,
2018
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May
11, 2018
Dekker: Maybe Froome is the cleanest
Tour winner in history.
"The
former Dutch racer - who wrote a tell-all
autobiography last year on sex, performance
enhancing drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll - said fans and
media may be getting it all wrong about the Sky
captain."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
May 11,
2018
Giro d'Italia: Bennett wins stage 7 in
Praia a Mare.
"Sam
Bennett (Bora Hansgrohe) claimed his maiden Grand
Tour victory on stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia. The
Irish sprinter timed his final acceleration
perfectly, coming over the top of Elia Viviani
(Quick Step Floors) and Niccolo Bonifazio (Bahrain
Merida) in the final 75 meters."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
May 11,
2018
Dunkerque: Coquard wins stage 4.
"Vital
Concept rider claims overall race lead.
Jasper
De Buyst second, Wouter Wippert third on stage 4." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
May 11,
2018
Five talking points from stage seven
of the Giro d’Italia.
"Rewind
to last year’s Giro d’Italia and Sam Bennett was
constantly knocking on the door. Four times he
finished in the top three on stages, usually
denied by a Quick Step Floors rider in the maglia
ciclamino - namely Fernando Gaviria." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Credit: LaPresse –
D'Alberto/Ferrari/Paolone/Alpozzi)
May 11,
2018
Giro Stage 8: Medio Montevergine
Mayhem.
"Time
for the Giro to make some headway into the heart
of Italy. What you consider the heart of Italy is
fighting material, but for Giro purposes, it’s
definitely not Campania. Fun place to swing
through though."
(podiumcafe.com)
May 11,
2018
Froome still plotting for Tour victory
despite rocky Giro start.
"With
everyone focusing on Chris Froome’s uneven start
to the Giro d’Italia and obsessing about his
ongoing Salbutamol case, the bigger picture seems
to be getting lost. Froome isn’t racing to win the
Giro. The Team Sky captain is racing to win the
Giro and the Tour de France. He’s been saying that
all along."
(velonews.com) Photo: ©Justin Setterfield / Getty
Images
May 11,
2018
Giro d’Italia teams endure five hour
transfer from Mount Etna after ferry breaks down.
"The
Giro d’Italia is notorious for its long transfers
between stages, but the transfer after Thursday’s
Mount Etna stage took things to new levels as some
team did not arrive at their hotels until 11pm." (cyclingweekly.com)
May 11,
2018
'A big relief' - Bouhanni bags first
win of the season.
"A
couple of years ago you wouldn't have predicted a
stage win at the 4 Jours de Dunkerque would hold
such significance for Nacer Bouhanni's (Cofidis)
career, but the Frenchman put his torrid season
back on the rails with victory on stage 3 on
Thursday."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
May 11,
2018
Van Garderen leads BMC charge at Tour
of California.
"Tejay
van Garderen, winner of the 2013 edition of the
Tour of California, will return to the race for
the first time since his victory at the head of a
strong seven-man BMC Racing squad."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
May 11,
2018
Whole Wilier Triestina team help
Edoardo Zardini finish Giro stage with broken
collarbone.
"Zardini
had been part of the day’s large breakaway group,
but crashed just at the base of the long final
climb up Mount Etna. Despite evidently being in
pain, the 28 year old Italian continued the stage
and was joined by all seven of his teammates who
ensured that he finished the grueling climb on
what the team said was a “horrible day." (cyclingweekly.com)
May 11,
2018
Erik Zabel rates Tour of California’s
top sprinters.
"We
crossed paths with Erik Zabel at the Canyon
Belgian Waffle Ride back in April and got his
perspective on today’s top sprinters." (velonews.com) Photo:
Canyon/Jay Prashun
May 11,
2018
Hampsten’s Huffy.
"Hampsten's
“Huffy” was actually made by John Slawta, the
frame builder behind Land Shark bicycles. As an
amateur racer, Hampsten had ridden Land Shark
frames when Slawta was one of his team’s sponsors.
While the other riders on 7-Eleven-Hoonved’s Giro
team had their Huffy frames made by Ben Serotta,
Hampsten, who was already one of the world’s best
stage racers, wanted something he was familiar
with."
(pelotonmagazine.com) Images from Haldane Morris
May 11,
2018
A well-balanced Tour of California -
Preview.
"With
an all-star sprint roster that includes world
champion Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe), Mark
Cavendish (Dimension Data), Marcel Kittel (Katusha
Alpecin), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates),
Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors), and Caleb
Ewan (Mitchelton Scott), the 2018 Amgen Tour of
California has been properly billed as a preview
of the coming Tour de France showdown in July." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
May 11,
2018
Giovanni Visconti gets hit by Groupama
FDJ car.
"The
rider suffered abrasions on the left side of the
body, on the hip, elbow, knee, ankle and shoulder,
after he was hit by one of the cars of the French
formation. "I saw the face of death," commented
Visconti to the Gazzetta Dello Sport." (cyclingpub.com)
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
May 11,
2018
Schwalbe Pro One Preview.
"The
fastest road tire in the world”? Quite the
statement there from Schwalbe. Take a look around
the web and you’ll see that there a lot of tests
confirming that claim. The question is how much
better is the Pro One compared with their previous
top tubeless road tire, the One?"
(cycletechreview.com)
May 11,
2018
USA CRITS team profile: Texas
Roadhouse, powerhouse jokesters.
"Texas
Roadhouse is a U.S. domestic elite team and one of
the 19 D1 teams racing the 2018 USA CRITS series.
For 2018, 19 teams (10 women’s teams, nine men’s)
have bought-in to the USA CRITS series - all
dubbed D1 Teams. (The D1 designation has no
relation to the old UCI tier system, which called
WorldTour teams D1 teams.)"
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Scott Morris/USA
CRITS
May 11,
2018
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