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Tour de France: Degenkobl wins stage 9
crash fest.
"Carnage
on the cobbles as Porte crashes out." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July 15,
2018
Sagan: Tour’s cobbled stage was a
crazy day.
"Sagan
should be content to finish in one piece and add
to his tally in the points classification, which
he leads by 81 points ahead of Quick Step’s
Fernando Gaviria. He was also encouraged that his
Bora team’s GC leader Rafal Majka made it through
the day without any time lost in the overall." (velonews.com) Photo:
Chris Graythen | Getty Images
July 15,
2018
Degenkolb roars back with Roubaix
success on stage 9 of Tour de France.
"The
Trek Segafredo rider ended a long and frustrating
period in his career by being one of the strongest
over the cobbles heading to Roubaix, then
outsprinting race leader Greg van Avermaet (BMC
Racing Team) and Yves Lampaert (QuickStep Floors)
to the line. "
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July 15,
2018
Tour de France: Uran philosophical
despite losing time on the cobbles.
"Rigoberto
Uran (EF Education First Drapac) was the biggest
casualty of the cobbled chaos on stage 9 of the
Tour de France, aside from Richie Porte, who
crashed out of the race with a suspected broken
collarbone."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 15,
2018
Team Sky: We have one leader at the
Tour de France.
"Team
Sky directeur sportif Servais Knaven has cleared
up the Tour de France leadership situation at Team
Sky, insisting that Chris Froome is the undoubted
team leader, and that Geraint Thomas remains a
back-up option."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 15,
2018
Tour de France: Degenkolb scared off
by Gaviria in stage 8 sprint.
"Degenkolb
told Cyclingnews that he was finding his
sprinter's instinct again, which he didn't expect
two months ago. But, that meant he had a front-row
seat to witness the headbutting from Gaviria, and
he wasn't liking what he saw."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 15,
2018
Column
Two
Five talking points from stage nine of
the Tour de France.
"For
all the chaos, for all the carnage, for all the
crashes, there was surprisingly little change in
the GC once the dust had settled."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 15,
2018
Richie Porte abandons Tour de France.
"Richie
Porte has abandoned the 2018 Tour de France after
crashing on stage 9. The BMC Racing team leader
fell inside the opening 10 kilometers of the
stage, well before the race reached the 15 sectors
of cobbles that defined Sunday's route to
Roubaix."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 15,
2018
Ochowicz expected to confirm merger
with CCC team on Monday.
"Jim
Ochowicz is expected to confirm a merger with the
CCC Sprandi team on Monday’s rest day at the Tour
de France, with funding from the Polish shoe brand
saving the BMC Racing team from the risk of
closure."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 15,
2018
‘Richie Porte on the Tour de France
podium in BMC colors just wasn’t meant to be’.
"It
was stage nine last year, too,” said team-mate
Stefan Küng. “Getting Richie on the podium in
Paris in BMC colors just wasn’t meant to be." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 15,
2018
Movistar hoping to limit their losses
on Roubaix cobbles.
"Veteran
Classics specialist Daniele Bennati and Movistar
teammates Jose Rojas and Imanol Erviti face the
arduous task of guiding not one, not two, but
three team leaders across the Roubaix cobbles
during today’s ninth stage of the Tour de France." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 15,
2018
Dan Martin questions whether disc
brakes are to blame for Tour de France crashes.
"Many
of the crashes @LeTour have been caused by guys in
front braking, the guys behind not being able to
stop. Rider error perhaps, but it’s also the 1st
TDF where disc brakes are in wide use. The real
cause?"(thebikecomesfirst.com)
July 15,
2018
Boardman ASR 8.9.
"Good
value, comfortable and sturdy steel commuter
that's nice and smooth and set up for year round
riding."
(road.cc)
July 15,
2018
Column
Three
July
15, 2018
Giro Rosa: Van Vleuten seals overall
victory.
"Maglia
rosa wins final stage over Brand, Niewiadoma takes
third on last day."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 15,
2018
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage
9 - Oliver Naesen.
"Stage
9 brought us a second splendid serving of stones
for 2018, though it could have also brought the
house down on so many Tour de France contenders.
Oliver Naesen was a level head and strong Belgian
shoulders above them all."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Presse Sports / Offside
July 15,
2018
Nairo Quintana: ‘The cobbles were
hard, but from here the terrain is in our favor’.
"Movistar
survived, and even dominated, a rough Tour de
France day over the dusty cobbled roads made
famous by Paris Roubaix. Out of the Spanish team’s
three leaders, only Mikel Landa lost any time -
and even then it was a matter of seconds." (cyclingweekly.com)
July 15,
2018
Chris Froome could ride Vuelta a
Espana in August.
"Chris
Froome has not ruled out riding the Vuelta a
Espana this August, and could take on the
unprecedented challenge of trying to win all three
Grand Tours in one calendar year."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 15,
2018
De Crescenzo, Carlton Each Win Their
First Crusher in the Tushar.
"Saturday’s
Crusher in the Tushar in Utah brought out an
impressive field that included past winners, Dirty
Kanza 200 champions and cycling legends Rebecca
Rusch and Ned Overend."
(cxmagazine.com)
July 15,
2018
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Tour de France: Groenewegen wins stage
8.
"Sagan
tried to go very long but he was quickly
overhauled when Greipel started his charge to the
line. Groenewegen then overtook the German while
Gaviria tried to come up the barriers but didn't
have enough speed to make up the deficit." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
July 14,
2018
Greipel, Gaviria relegated in separate
incidents during sprint.
"Greipel
and Gaviria finished second and third behind stage
winner Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNl Jumbo),
respectively, but were placed to the back of the
lead group, losing the six and four second time
bonuses."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 14,
2018
Quick Step Floors ready to release
‘six-shooter’ attack on Tour de France cobbles.
"It
is a little bit like the classics we have six or
seven good riders who can get a good result, it’s
like having a six-shooter you shoot them off and
see what is going to happen,” Sports director
Brian Holm said."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 14,
2018
Adam Yates surrounded by Classics
experts for Tour de France cobbled stage.
"While
some Classics specialists will relish a July jaunt
on the cobbles, the GC contenders will be less
excited about the prospect of stage 9 of the
race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Josh Evans)
July 14,
2018
Phinney predicts 'gnarly' cobbled
stage on Sunday.
"Phinney
is frustrated that the stage will be a battle of
survival among the overall contenders rather then
a race between the best Classics riders." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 14,
2018
Vanmarcke all in for Uran over Roubaix
cobbles.
"When
the Tour de France course was announced back in
October, multiple riders were pleased to see a
Paris Roubaix stage on day nine. Sep Vanmarcke was
certainly among those riders. The Belgian is one
of the best in the world on pavé."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 14,
2018
Dimension Data and Cavendish running
out of time at Tour.
"If
Cavendish fails to win in Roubaix on stage 9,
which is within his reach, but in reality highly
unlikely with Peter Sagan and other classics stars
on the start line, his next chance will not come
until Valence after three days in the Alpine
mountains. Beyond that, he only has the stage to
Pau and the final one in Paris."
(velonews.com) Dan Cavallari
July 14,
2018
Bianchi's Oltre XR4 special edition
paint jobs for the Tour de France.
"Bianchi
revealed some Oltre XR4 frames with customized
hand painted graphics prior to the Tour de France
depart, and we got to ogle them up close at the
Team LottoNL Jumbo camp in La Roche-sur-Yon. " (road.cc)
July 14,
2018
Column
Two
Today at the Tour: A crash, two
relegations, and cobblestone anxiety.
"After
Friday’s 231km Stage 7 yawner, what looked to be
another uneventful stage - flat roads, token
French riders in the breakaway, field sprint -
turned into something else completely after a
chaotic final 20km saw one GC contender injured
and losing time, and two marquee sprinters
relegated."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Gruber)
July 14,
2018
Giro Rosa: Van Vleuten dominates to
win on Monte Zoncolan.
"Ashleigh
Moolman-Pasio (Cervelo
Bigla Pro Cycling Team) and Amanda Spratt
(Mitchelton Scott Women) finish second and third." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 14,
2018
Leading teams up in arms about planned
2020 UCI WorldTour reforms.
"Some
of the biggest team's in the men's WorldTour are
up in arms and ready to fight against proposed
reforms to the structure of the sport's highest
division, concerned that reduction from 18 to 15
WorldTour teams will kill off three existing team
structures."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 14,
2018
‘No competition’ between Team Sky’s
Tour de France leaders as they head into crucial
Roubaix stage.
"Chris
Froome, says team bosses, is the clear leader and
he and Geraint Thomas will work together to win
the race overall in two weeks."
(cyclingweekly.com) (MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP/Getty
Images)
July 14,
2018
Tensions emerge within Katusha as
Konyshev labels Kittel as egotistical.
"We
pay him a lot of money but he is only interested
in himself,” Konyshev says. “In Cholet, before the
team time trial, he was playing with his phone
during the team meeting, to let me know he wasn’t
interested in what I was saying."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 14,
2018
Vos: I am grateful to Brand and Longo
Borghini.
"There
were still a lot of sprinters in the peloton on
the last climb. So, my teammate Sabrina Stultiens
piloted me to the front and then pushed a strong
pace,” explained Vos."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 14,
2018
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage
8 - Fabian Grellier.
"Direct
Energie have been arguably the most attacking team
of the race so far, chapeau to them and Grellier
for trying to beat the first week break-bunch
sprint formula."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: ASO/Alex Broadway
July 14,
2018
Stage 8 crash validates Martin’s
win-some-lose-some Tour mantra.
"Saturday’s
eighth stage was a down day for Martin. He crashed
with around 15 kilometers left to race in an
otherwise straightforward sprinter’s stage, and
despite a concerted effort from his UAE Team
Emirates team to help pull him back to the
peloton, he finished 1:16 down."
(velonews.com) Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images.
July 14,
2018
Toms Rocks The Dots.
"Tour
de France rookie Toms Skujiņš of Trek Segafredo
has been one of the real surprises in this opening
week of the 105th Tour de France after grabbing
the iconic polka-dot jersey, awarded to the best
climber, in stage 5."
(pelotonmagazine.com) Words/Images: James Startt
July 14,
2018
Ridden & Reviewed: Opus Spark 1
Shimano 105, Hydro Disc Gravel Bike for the Masses.
"Montreal’s
Opus Bikes is one of the bike companies embracing
adventure riding. Opus’ Spark is a
gravel/adventure bike designed to provide a
relatively affordable ticket to roads less
traveled."
(cxmagazine.com) C. Lee
July 14,
2018
Column
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July
14, 2018
Tony Martin out of Tour de France with
spinal fracture.
"Martin
crashed along with Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates),
who said he was "ripped to pieces" in the wreck,
some 17km from the finish in Amiens. Both Tony
Martin and Dan Martin visited the mobile x-ray
truck provided by race organizer ASO.." (cyclingnews.com)
(ASO)
July 14,
2018
‘Maybe we are being too nice’ says
WADA about salbutamol usage.
"In
the wake of the Chris Froome case, the World
Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) director general,
Olivier Niggli, has suggested that the body could
reduce the amount of salbutamol athletes are
permitted to take. “Maybe the weakness in the
system is that we are being too nice,” he told the
Guardian."
(road.cc) (CC licensed by Ben Dalton on Flickr)
July 14,
2018
Should EF Education First Send
Craddock home?
"Craddock
is riding in pain, and likely is only able to make
use of painkilling anti-inflammatory medications
like ibuprofen and physiotherapy to help make the
physical output bearable. His range of motion is
impeded by a broken bone. His muscles are damaged
wherever they were compressed."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Iri Greco)
July 14,
2018
So far so good for Tour debutants Haga
and Boswell.
"Chad
Haga (Sunweb) and Ian Boswell (Katusha Alpecin)
have made it into the second week at the Tour de
France, and it’s so far so good for the pair of
American Tour debutants."
(velonews.com) Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty
Images
July 14,
2018
Ewan focused on rebuilding his season
but has options for 2019.
"Part
of the controversy over Ewan missing the Tour came
down to his ongoing contract situation. The 24
year old's current deal at Mitchelton Scott
expires at the end of the season, and speculation
in June indicated that a move to Lotto Soudal had
already been agreed for 2019."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 14,
2018
Van Avermaet set to keep Tour yellow
jersey until Tuesday evening.
"All
being well, BMC Racing's Greg Van Avermaet, who
leads the 2018 Tour de France by six seconds over
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas, should keep his yellow
jersey until at least the end of Tuesday's stage
10, when the race heads into the Alps." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July 14,
2018
Team Sky's tech for the Tour cobbles.
"One
cobbled stage at the Tour de France adds plenty of
excitement for spectators, it also creates a large
dose of work for the mechanics. We spoke with a
mechanic for Team Sky, to find out what special
requirements there are for stage 9." (sbs.com.au)
July 14,
2018
Ere Research sits tension adjust,
multiple fits to premium Genus saddles.
"Together
with a second curved-topped Omnia design shape,
Ere hopes to make picking a performance saddle
simple. Pick the shape you want - flat or curved -
then the ideal length & width you need - six
sizes of each will be available - then just pick a
price/weight budget - each will come in three spec
levels."
(bikerumor.com)
July 14,
2018
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Tour de France: Groenewegen wins stage
7 in Chartres.
"Dylan
Groenewegen (LottoNL Jumbo) won stage 7 of the
Tour de France after he delivered a powerful
sprint to beat Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step
Floors) and Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) in the
bunch finish in Chartres."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 13,
2018
Frustrated Gaviria unable to live with
Groenewegen.
"With
two victories already under his belt, Gaviria was
the favorite again for the bunch sprint in
Chartres, but found that things wouldn't go quite
as smoothly as they had up to that point in his
Tour de France debut."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 13,
2018
Five talking points from stage seven
of the 2018 Tour de France.
"12
months ago Dylan Groenewegen took his first Tour
de France stage win on the sprinters’ biggest
stage on the cobblestones of the Champs Élysées,
and has now followed that up just 85km to the
south-west with an excellent stage win in
Chartres."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 13,
2018
Every second counts in tense Tour de
France opening week.
"The
finish atop the Brittany climb, just as it did in
2011 and 2015, created small but significant time
gaps among the overall contenders, opening cracks
in riders' confidence and perhaps giving an
indication of what will happen in the rest of the
race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 13,
2018
Primoz Roglic is LottoNL's Tour
wildcard.
"Primoz
Roglic is playing a wildcard role for LottoNL
Jumbo at the Tour de France. The Dutch squad has
said it is backing Steven Kruijswijk for the
general classification, but Roglic - who won the
Vuelta al País Vasco and the Tour de Romandie this
spring - will be worth watching this month." (velonews.com) Photo:
©Justin Setterfield | Getty Images
July 13,
2018
Stage Eight: Nice town, shame about
the stage.
"I
spent a few days in Amiens some years back.
Extraordinary cathedral. Real sense of history
ancient and modern, ecclesiastical and military. A
few nice restaurants, some great bars." (podiumcafe.com)
(Getty Images)
July 13,
2018
Cavendish hoping for better as Tour de
France sprint stages return.
"After
a day off at the Tour de France for the sprinters
on stage 6 - if two ascents of the Mûr-de-Bretagne
can be called a day off - it's back to business on
stage 7 from Fougères to Chartres on Friday, when
Mark Cavendish will be looking to score his first
win at this year's race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
July 13,
2018
Geraint Thomas: It would be nice if I
was in yellow.
"Despite
finding himself more than a minute ahead of Chris
Froome, Geraint Thomas insists a true Team Sky
hierarchy at the Tour de France will not be
established until the Alps next week, and perhaps
even beyond that."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 13,
2018
‘A cobbled Tour stage is way more
nervous than Roubaix… it’ll be much more dangerous’.
"Roubaix
is already nervous, but here everyone is really
scared to lose time in the GC and obviously it
makes it much more dangerous than it is normally." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Graham Watson)
July 13,
2018
Column
Two
Lefevere laments fallout in Froome
case.
"The
longtime team manager said cycling’s
powers-that-be bungled the case from the beginning
and left the sport with more egg on its face. “We
are specialists in cycling,” Lefevere grumbled.
“We love to shoot ourselves in the feet." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 13,
2018
Neben wins inaugural Chrono Kristin
Armstrong.
"Chloe
Dygert is second, Jasmin Duehring third, in Boise,
Idaho race against the clock."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Jonathan Devich)
July 13,
2018
Giro Rosa: Vos wins stage 8 in
Breganze.
"Marianne
Vos (Waowdeals) won the eighth stage at the Giro
Rosa on Friday in Breganze. The former multiple
world champion won a breakaway sprint ahead of
Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle High5) and Lucinda
Brand (Sunweb)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 13,
2018
UCI confirms minimum salary for
'division 1' women's teams in 2020.
"Lappartient
did not reveal how much women can expect to earn
on an annual basis, but he did warn that not every
woman who races for a UCI team will get a minimum
salary."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 13,
2018
Tales from the Tour: Fifth wheel to
first.
"Today’s
Tale from the Tour is not from the Tour. It’s from
the Giro Rosa. And from Rio de Janeiro, and a few
other places."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July 13,
2018
Early splits reveal hints of palace
intrigue.
"Look
no further than Team Sky. Geraint Thomas is just a
few seconds off the yellow jersey and well ahead
of Chris Froome at 1:02 back. At Movistar,
Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa are more than
one minute ahead of Nairo Quintana, 27th at 2:10
back. Even at BMC Racing, committed worker Tejay
van Garderen suddenly finds himself ahead of
designated leader Porte."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 13,
2018
Lance Armstrong talks “gutsy” Dan
Martin and “Irish cycling royalty.”
"Dan
Martin basically comes from Irish cycling royalty.
He’s the nephew of Stephen Roche; Tour de France
winner, Tour of Italy winner, world champion. “And
he’s the cousin of Nicolas Roche of team BMC;
Irish cycling royalty. There you have it." (stickybottle.com)
July 13,
2018
Tour’s Roubaix: ‘If Nibali wants to
attack, we will support him’.
"The
Sicilian “Shark” rode clear of his rivals on the
wet and muddy cobbles in 2014 for gains that paved
the way to his eventual overall victory. Nibali
has also won the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a
España, and launched attacks for monument wins in
Lombardia and, this year, Milano Sanremo." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Jim Fryer)
July 13,
2018
Bontrager Part 4: The Heart and Soul
of Trek’s R&D.
"A
visit to Waterloo, Wisconsin, would not be
complete without stopping by Trek’s Performance
Research Lab. It is an R&D lab par excellence
to support product development by this U.S.
bicycle industry giant."
(pelotonmagazine.com) Words/Images: James Startt
July 13,
2018
Preview: USA CRITS heads west to
Boise.
"Despite
the presence of the UCI 1.2 Chrono Kristin
Armstrong individual time trial, the highlight of
the three-day festival of racing in Boise, Idaho,
will most certainly be Saturday night’s ASWB
Twilight Criterium, the sixth race in the 11-race
USA CRITS series."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by USA CRITS
July 13,
2018
Column
Three
July
1, 2018
Hinault sticks to his guns regarding
Chris Froome comments.
"It's
up to the international authorities [WADA, UCI]
who allowed him to line up for the start of the
Tour to resolve any problems arising from it,"
said Hinault. "They haven't thought through the
consequences, but it's serious."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 13,
2018
Froome shrugs off suggestions that
he’s the peloton’s patron.
"The
mild-mannered Chris Froome says he’s not the boss
of the peloton. Speaking to NBC before the start
of Thursday’s stage, the Team Sky star laughed off
suggestions that he’s next in that line of
succession."
(velonews.com) Photo: ©Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 13,
2018
Richie Porte: We're talking about
seconds now, but it'll be about minutes in the
mountains.
"The
Tour de France peloton rode steady on the long
transfer stage to Chartres and riders arguably
deserved a moment of respite after six intense,
white-knuckle days of racing that saw virtually
every Grand Tour contender lose time in crashes,
the team time trial or late-stage mechanicals." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July 13,
2018
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage
7 - An empty field.
"These
are the times that try men’s souls.” The words of
Thomas Paine, published in 1776 during the
American revolution, were intended to inspire, to
rally patriots seeking to wrench themselves free
from the tyrannical grip of King George. Paine
could as easily have been describing the
spectatorial experience of the first week of the
Tour de France."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: ASO/Pauline Ballet
July 13,
2018
Stages Launches new GPS Units with
EverBrite Screens.
"Hot
on the heels of Lezyne’s new Mega GPS units,
Stages Cycling has released three new GPS units,
one is simply an update to its existing black and
white unit called the Stages Dash L10, but the new
Stages Dash M50 and Stages Dash L50 debut a lot of
new features."
(pelotonmagazine.com)
July 13,
2018
Exept lets you design your own custom
monocoque carbon road bike.
"In
the world of high end bicycles, there’s typically
a huge gap between stock, mass production bikes
and the one-off custom bikes made by a single
builder. Italian startup Exept is offering
something in between."
(bikerumor.com)
July 13,
2018
First Ride: Specialized S-Works Venge.
"The
new Venge looks drastically different from its
predecessor. Gone are those wing-shaped riser
handlebars that gave the Venge Vias its radical
appearance. And the tubes for the new Venge look
much smaller than the airfoil tubes for the old
bike."
(velonews.com) Photo: Brad Kaminski
July 13,
2018
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