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Thomas grabs yellow jersey with solo win on stage 11 of Tour de France. "Geraint
Thomas started the Tour’s 11th stage second
overall in the general classification, and in line
to take over the yellow jersey if Greg Van
Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) cracked." (cyclingtips.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
July 18,
2018
Recap and Results: Stage 11.
"Welshman
Geraint Thomas soared to victory in the 11th stage
of the Tour de France on Wednesday to take the
leader’s yellow jersey. Thomas, of Team Sky,
completed an impressive ride on the 108.5
kilometer stage from Albertville to the summit of
La Rosiere by overtaking Spaniard Mikel Nieve
(Mitchelton) in the closing meters. " (roadbikeaction.com)
July 18,
2018
‘Froome is still our best chance’:
Geraint Thomas plays down Tour de France chances
despite sensational stage victory.
"Geraint
Thomas has warned his fans not to get their hopes
up for a Welsh Tour de France victory with
team-mate Chris Froome remaining as Team Sky‘s
best chance to win the race into Paris." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 18,
2018
Tour Stage 12: All About L’Alpe.
"Here’s
the thing. Alpe d’Huez is overrated. That’s an
axiom, of course it’s overrated. Barring the
history, which I don’t go in for, particularly,
there are probably dozens of equally good climbs
in a very small radius that are equally as good." (podiumcafe.com)
Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
July 18,
2018
Tour de France Stage 11 Preview.
"Hardly
a meter of flat, if some riders tried to save
energy yesterday then today was a reason. It’s
only 108km and packs in four good climbs." (inrng.com)
July 18,
2018
Dan Martin: Riders are scared of
attacking Team Sky.
"I
just thought that I’d test the guys and I was
hoping that someone would come with me but I guess
Team Sky were playing a bit of mind games,” Martin
told Cyclingnews after finishing seventh
on the stage at 3:23 behind winner Julian
Alaphilippe."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 18,
2018
Adam Yates: On these shorter Tour
stages, we race right from the start.
"The
Tour de France did not get off to the best of
starts for Britain's Adam Yates (Mitchelton Scott)
after he was caught up in crashes on both of the
opening two stages, but things now appear to be
moving in the right direction for the 25 year old
from Bury."
(cyclingnews.com) (Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
July 18,
2018
Tour de France 2018 prize money tally
so far.
"Some
teams are in it for stage wins, others for the
overall. And a small number of squads will take
anything they can get. In a nutshell; the split of
the prize money won on the opening nine stages may
be very different to the final picture." (stickybottle.com)
July 18,
2018
Famous Tour de France moments on Alpe
d’Huez.
"The
Tour de France returns to one of its most iconic
battlegrounds as Stage 12 finishes at the summit
of Alpe d’Huez. A perennial Tour climb since the
first inclusion in 1952, the 2018 edition will be
the 30th time the race has tackled the 21
hairpins."
(cyclist.co.uk)
July 18,
2018
Column
Two
Despite divorce, Sagan keeps
entertaining at Tour.
"It
is business as usual at the Tour de France for
Peter Sagan. He has won two stages by the race’s
halfway mark. He is wearing the sprinter’s green
jersey and going off the front on raids to snatch
more points in that competition. And as he does in
every race, big or small, he’s been goofing around
and having fun. However behind the scenes, he is
getting a divorce."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Jim Fryer)
July 18,
2018
Vital Statistics: Facts that show the
differences in women's and men's pro cycling.
"The
facts on salaries, prize money and team budgets,
the number of stage races and race distances, and
other UCI regulations for women’s races, TV
coverages and more."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 18,
2018
Van Vleuten’s climbing prowess reaches
its peak.
"Van
Vleuten's climbing legs were on display last week
during her dominating victory at the Giro Rosa,
her first overall victory at the 10-day stage
race. Van Vleuten seized control of the race by
winning the uphill 15.3km stage 7 time trial to
Diga di Campo Moro."
(velonews.com) Photo: Luc Claessen | Getty Images
July 18,
2018
Adam Yates’s Tour de France hopes hang
by a thread after suffering in the heat on stage 11.
"Adam
Yates‘s bid for the Tour de France took a hit on
the hot roads to the La Rosière ski station, where
he climbed to the finish at 4-42 back from stage
winner Geraint Thomas."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 18,
2018
George Bennett extends contract with
LottoNL Jumbo.
"Kiwi
climber George Bennett has re-signed with
WorldTour outfit LottoNL Jumbo on a contract that
will keep the 28 year old at the Dutch team until
at least the end of 2021."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 18,
2018
BMC hits reset button after Porte
crashes out.
"If
I sat around and dwelled on it, I’d be going
crazy,” Ochowicz said. “It’s sport, and you’ve
just got to move on. It’s like losing your
quarterback in the second half of the Super Bowl.
You gotta play on, you gotta regroup." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 18,
2018
Catlike Kilauea, Vento, Mixino Evo
vented & aero helmets, plus killer shoes.
"Catlike
showed a new line of premium natural Spanish
leather shoes at Sea Otter Girona, and teased that
new helmets were on the way. Now they’ve shown a
revamp of the popular airy Mixino, plus two new
distinctly Catlike aero helmets."
(bikerumor.com)
July 18,
2018
5 Max Heart Rate Training Myths -
Busted.
"Like
the 220-minus-age rule, there are a lot of other
myths surrounding max HR. Here, we debunk the
worst of them."
(bicycling.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 18,
2018
Cyclist finds stray dog run over by
car, puts it on his back, and finds it a new home.
"A
cyclist in the United States who found a stray dog
that had been run over by a car carried it to a
nearby town on his back and managed to find it a
new home. Jarrett Little was riding with friends
near Columbus, Georgia when he spotted the wounded
pup. He said: "We stopped to regroup and he came
out of the woods to greet us. He was really thin,
ribs showing and had a lot of road rash and a
broken leg"
(road.cc)
July 18,
2018
Column
Three
July
18, 2018
Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel
eliminated from 2018 Tour de France after failing to
make time cut on stage 11.
"This
is the fifth time that Cavendish has failed to
finish the Tour de France. In his debut Tour in
2007 he made it as far as the end of the first
week before abandoning on stage seven, which
coincidentally also climbed the Cormet de
Roselend."
(cyclingweekly.com) Credit: PHILIPPE
LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images
July 18,
2018
Is it time to ‘regulate’ doping rather
than ban it?
"There
is a growing sense that the war against doping can
never be won, and so it’s time for a change of
perspective. Perhaps the best approach would be
not the prohibition of all drugs, but the
regulation of drugs to ensure a level playing
field while protecting the health of athletes." (cyclist.co.uk)
July 18,
2018
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage
11 - Warren Barguil.
"There’s
a mighty weight pushing down on Warren Barguil’s
narrow shoulders at this Tour. His team, Fortuneo
Samsic, would have been unlikely candidates to
receive their wildcard invite were it not for
their star signing."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: David Powell
July 18,
2018
Tour de France Power Rankings - Stage
10.
"Stage
10 marked the first day in the mountains and it
was the first look at who are the contenders...
and pretenders for yellow."
(sbs.com.au)
July 18,
2018
Mark Cavendish scrapes through first
Tour de France mountain stage as he finishes just 28
seconds inside time limit.
"Mark
Cavendish and fellow sprinters Marcel Kittel and
Dylan Groenewegen scraped through the first Tour
de France mountain stage by the skin of their
teeth as they finished just 28 seconds inside the
time limit."
(cyclingweekly.com) Credit: Jean Michel
Bancet/Icon Sport/Getty Images
July 18,
2018
Bontrager Flare RT & Ion 200 RT
Connected Bike Lights In-Depth Review.
"Bontrager
has introduced a new far smaller and much cheaper,
variant of their popular Flare RT connects bike
lights. These $59 individual front and rear lights
connect via ANT+ to supported head units to
automatically turn on when you start a ride, and
turn off when you end a ride."
(dcrainmaker.com)
July 18,
2018
Thomas misses chance for yellow jersey
but eyes opportunities ahead.
"The
pre-race prediction ahead of stage 10 of the Tour
de France on Tuesday was that Team Sky's Geraint
Thomas would inherit the yellow jersey from Greg
Van Avermaet (BMC)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 18,
2018
Smith Network helmet review.
"Having
previously traded on the strength of its capable
but odd-looking and expensive Overtake helmet, I
can see the Network winning over a host more
roadies to the Smith brand."
(cyclist.co.uk)
July 18,
2018
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Alaphilippe wins stage 10.
"Taaramae
leads it out but Izaguirre comes through to take
second place.
Van
Avermaet extends overall lead."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 17,
2018
'Strap in for tomorrow's stage':
Howson...
They Must Take Advantage. "I’m
going to make a prediction that’s not bold at all:
If by four and a half kilometers from the finish,
the lead group has not split up, it will not split
up. Even if (and it’s not a guarantee) the peloton
comes to the climb of La Rosière in a condition to
be recognized as a peloton, any and all moves to
dislodge rivals have to - have to - be made
between eight-and-a-half and five kilometers to
go."
(podiumcafe.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 17,
2018
Five talking points from stage 10 of
the 2018 Tour de France.
"At
just 26, and only in his second participation at
the Tour de France, it still feels like Julian
Alaphilippe (Quick Step) has been working for
quite a while for his maiden stage win at his home
race."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 17,
2018
Pavé is the solution to a boring Tour.
"The
15 sectors of pavé created chaos within the
peloton - every sector saw crashes, punctures, and
a reshuffling of the group. Nearly every major GC
contender was forced to battle back from a crash,
mechanical calamity, or biological explosion." (velonews.com) Photo:
SM - Pool/Getty Images
July 17,
2018
Five things to look out for in the
second week of the Tour de France.
"Sunday’s
incident-packed stage nine might not have produced
the expected substantial time gaps, with the
majority of GC contenders all finishing together
in the same group, but the impact of its many
crashes may well shape how the second week of the
Tour unfolds."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 17,
2018
White: Roubaix fatigue could be a
factor as Tour de France hits the Alps.
"Mitchelton
Scott director Matt White believes the physical
and mental fatigue from Sunday's Roubaix stage
could have lingering effects on the Tour de France
peloton as the race hits the first of three Alpine
stages on Tuesday."
(cyclingnews.com) (Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
July 17,
2018
Barguil: The plan is to deliberately
lose time at Tour de France.
"Warren
Barguil, the 2017 King of the Mountains at the
Tour de France, has an unusual plan for the first
mountain stages: "From Tuesday I will deliberately
lose time."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 17,
2018
Hutchinson teases Connec'tires
wireless pressure sensor & tan wall tires.
"First
shown as an early concept last Eurobike,
Hutchinson is closer to launching their wireless
tire pressure sensor. While the company is still a
ways off from full production, the sensor is
getting much closer to the final version and it
was fully functional on display."
(bikerumor.com)
July 17,
2018
Skujins laughs off motorized cheating
accusation.
"The
only conclusion that a lot of people can make is
that somebody is doping again,” Skujins said. “I
understand that the sport has been messed up. I
just wish people would not just jump to the worst
conclusion straightaway."
(velonews.com) Photo: Chris Graythen | Getty
Images (File).
July 17,
2018
Column
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Annemiek van Vleuten wins La Course.
"Annemiek
van Vleuten (Mitchelton Scott) won La Course for a
second year in a row, pipping fellow Dutchwoman
Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) to the line
in an extraordinary nail-biter of a finish in Le
Grand Bornand."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 17,
2018
Polarized opinions remain on La
Course.
"On
one hand, the 2018 edition featured a challenging
route that included the Col de Romme and Col de la
Colombière - tough climbs that challenged riders’
legs and showcased their abilities on Alpine
ascents. On the other hand, the 2018 edition was
shortened to just a single day of racing, while in
2017 the event included two days."
(velonews.com) . Photo: ©Justin Setterfield |
Getty Images
July 17,
2018
The Giro Rosa and why it risks
becoming irrelevant.
"Saturday’s
Giro Rosa stage to the top of Monte Zoncolan was
humbling. Many of those with nothing to celebrate
but finishing were in various states. Some leaned
over their bars, others slumped against the
barriers, a handful collapsed, prostrate on the
ground."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty
Images)
July 17,
2018
Urán resets Tour goals but promises
‘we’re not giving up’.
"Dreams
of becoming Colombia’s first Tour winner started
to unravel with a late-stage crash in Sunday’s day
on the cobblestones. Banged up and bruised, Urán
put on a brave face Tuesday in the 2018 Tour’s
first major mountain stage, but Urán ceded another
2:36 when he couldn’t keep pace."
(velonews.com) Photo: Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 17,
2018
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage
10 - Luke Rowe.
"Luke
Rowe is 6 ft 3 of lanky muscle, a cobbles gobbler
who lives for the chaos of the one-day Classics.
He was lanterne rouge at the Tour de France last
year. Guys like him belong in the gruppetto,
counting down the kilometers of climbing and the
mountain stages. Right?"
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: ASO/Alex Broadway
July 17,
2018
Injuries force Keukeleire out of Tour
de France.
"Lotto
Soudal's Jens Keukeleire has become the latest
rider to have to quit the 2018 Tour de France,
following his crash on the cobbled ninth stage
between Arras and Roubaix."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 17,
2018
Tour de France: I'm right where I
wanted to be, says Nibali.
"Bahrain
Merida leader Vincenzo Nibali is ready for three
tough days in the mountains, and says he's right
where he wants to be with nine days of racing at
the 2018 Tour de France ticked off." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 17,
2018
Richie Porte looks to Vuelta and
Worlds after untimely Tour de France exit.
"For
the second year running, Richie Porte (BMC) didn’t
get to enjoy the first rest day of the Tour de
France with his BMC teammates. Instead, for the
second year running, he spent the day coming to
terms with a frustrating, painful and premature
end to his Tour campaign."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by BMC Racing Team
July 17,
2018
Feedback Sports perfects The Range
ratcheting Torque wrench multi tool.
"If
The Range looks a bit familiar, don’t be alarmed.
Using the new Presta Cycle TorqRatchet as a
starting point, The Range offers Feedback Sports’
take on the mini torque wrench to create a similar
yet vastly different tool."
(bikerumor.com)
July 17,
2018
Column
Three
July
17, 2018
Ochowicz: You can always repaint the
picture.
"BMC
Racing boss Jim Ochowicz, who, despite the death
of his patron, BMC owner Andy Rihs, and the
impending departure of all but one of his marquee
riders, has resolutely stuck to his guns and come
up with the most left-field sponsorship package
since Tom Brady linked up with Ugg in 2010." (cyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 17,
2018
‘If Chris Froome wants to race the
Vuelta a España, he’ll have the full support of the
team’.
"Froome
has already won three Grand Tours in 12 months,
with the 2017 Tour, 2017 Vuelta and the 2018 Giro
d’Italia. Sky is now saying that winning all three
Grand Tours in the same season could be possible." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 17,
2018
Chris Froome insists there is no
rivalry within the team at the Tour de France.
"Chris
Froome (Team Sky) has played down any rivalry
within the camp, insisting that the road will sort
out the Tour de France contenders from each other.
On the first rest day of the race Froome sits 8th
overall, 1:42 down on race leader Greg van
Avermaet but 59 seconds down on his Team Sky
teammate Geraint Thomas."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 17,
2018
Degenkolb: I needed two or three
secretaries to manage all the congratulations.
"A
day after his historic Tour de France stage win,
John Degenkolb (Trek Segafredo) admitted that he
was still coming to terms with it. The German took
a highly memorable win in Roubaix on Sunday, a
victory that left him visibly emotional at the
finish."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 17,
2018
Marcel Kittel: ‘I’m not putting a big
question mark over my future with Katusha’.
"Marcel
Kittel says his future with Katusha Alpecin is not
in question, despite reigniting his feud with
sports director Dimitri Konyshev on Twitter." (cyclingweekly.com)
(ASO)
July 17,
2018
Nibali: It may seem boring, but that’s
modern cycling.
"Maybe
it seems boring at home, but when the speed’s high
like that there’s no space to make the selection,”
Nibali said. “This ‘new’ cycling is produced
thanks to precise training methods. We are all
there at the same level, maybe just someone is bad
one day and loses time."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 17,
2018
Repente brings light, modular saddle
concept down in price w/ Prime & Spyd.
"Just
last fall Repente debuted their Italian made
modular Repente Locking System (RLS) that snapped
interchangeable saddle top shapes onto a standard
carbon saddle base. Now they are back with a much
more affordable molded carbon composite base and
two new nylon tops that make for light, adaptable
complete saddles."
(bikerumor.com)
July 17,
2018
Spotted – Deviate Guide with Pinion
gearbox & Intend Edge upside down fork.
"The
Deviate Guide, brainchild of ex-Aston Martin
Racing engine designer Chris Deverson, caught more
than its fair share of attention at Eurobike 2018.
As one of the few gearbox mountain bikes on the
market it does warrant a second look." (bikerumor.com)
July 17,
2018
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Sky Worried for Froome with Alpe
d’Huez Fans.
"Tour
de France organizers are preparing for a potential
Alpe d’Huez backlash against defending champion
Chris Froome as his bid for a record-equaling
fifth yellow jersey moves up a notch in the French
Alps."
(roadbikeaction.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 16,
2018
Rest Day Review.
"Not
many years ago the opening week of the Tour de
France was something for followers to get through
as the race crossed the plains of northern France
with little else than repeat sprint finishes. This
year it’s a been an endurance test for TV viewers
sometimes but also a grueling variety event for
the contenders with crashes, cobbles and stress." (inrng.com) (ASO)
July 16,
2018
BMC Racing vow to fight on despite
Porte crashing out.
"The
BMC Racing team suffered a Sunday in Hell on stage
9 of the Tour de France, with Richie Porte
crashing out and Tejay van Garderen losing five
minutes."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 16,
2018
BMC Racing to be saved by Polish shoe
brand CCC as Van Avermaet signs contract extension.
"This
agreement to become the new title sponsor means
that current Tour de France yellow jersey wearer
Greg van Avermaet will continue with the team,
signing a new three year contract, according to
reports in French newspaper L’Equipe." (cyclist.co.uk)
July 16,
2018
No Tour rivalry, say Froome and
Thomas.
"The
two spoke Monday during a rest day at the Tour de
France, where Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) leads
over Thomas in second and Froome sitting in eighth
at 1:42."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 16,
2018
Tour Stage 10: Hope you’re well
rested.
"After
a week of getting KoM points for going over
flyovers, this will be a shock. Still, it is the
HC climb and three category-1 climbs that’ll
really make a difference."
(podiumcafe.com) Photo courtesy of Will
July 16,
2018
Drivetrain Trends - We’ll be changing
more than gears one day.
"The
Ceramicspeed Driven concept showed us that there
are ideas beyond the chain and derailleur. Rotor
showed us that there’s room to add more gears with
their 13-speed group for any type of bike. But is
that really what’s next?"
(bikerumor.com)
July 16,
2018
Inside the UCI’s plan to combat
motorized cheating.
"The
push against mechanical doping was one of the
major campaign platforms of newly elected UCI
president David Lappartient. The Frenchman was
quick to move, and within six months of his
election in 2017, the UCI rolled out ambitious
plans in March."
(velonews.com) Photo: Justin Setterfield | Getty
Images
July 16,
2018
‘A new Tour begins:’ Tight race for
yellow enters mountains.
"Many
expected the overall standings to be much more
blown apart in the wake of Sunday’s cobblestone
stage. With the exception of a few key losses,
headlined by the departure of Richie Porte (BMC
Racing) on Sunday, the top favorites are still
relatively tightly packed."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 16,
2018
Column
Two
La Course by Le Tour de France -
Preview.
"After
completing the 10-day Giro d'Italia Internazionale
Femminile on Sunday, there will no doubt be some
tired legs on the start line of the 15th round of
the Women's WorldTour - La Course by Le Tour de
France on Tuesday in Annecy."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 16,
2018
Key moments at the 2018 Giro Rosa:
Crashes, the Zoncolan and Grandma’s slippers.
"It
was one of the toughest editions of the Giro Rosa
we’ve seen. From those early days in pink for Team
Sunweb, to the emergence of a new general
classification powerhouse in Mitchelton Scott, the
most important women’s tour kept the excitement
high throughout its 10 days."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July 16,
2018
Lizzie Deignan on returning from
pregnant pause to new Trek team.
"It
is far from an everyday occurrence to sign up for
a new cycling team while in your final trimester
of pregnancy. However, the fact that Trek saw
Lizzie Deignan’s impending motherhood as an
opportunity, rather than a risk, spoke volumes to
the former world champion."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July 16,
2018
Bardet: It's a miracle I'm still in
the Tour de France.
"For
Romain Bardet, it really was a Sunday in Hell. The
Frenchman was shaking his head well before the end
of the stage, and once across the sanctuary of the
finish line, he fell to the floor and sat slumped
against the roadside barriers, his face covered in
dirt."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 16,
2018
Analysis: Mathew Hayman’s massive
watts on stage 9 cobbles.
"Stage
9 of this year’s Tour de France will go down as
one of the most chaotic and exciting stages in
recent times. With 22 kilometers of cobbles, it
was always going to be an explosive day, and the
favorites for the win did not disappoint." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 16,
2018
Peter Sagan: I was too far back on the
final sector of cobbles.
"Peter
Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) was a top pick for the win
on the pavé on Sunday's cobbled ninth stage of the
Tour de France, but only finished fifth, 19
seconds down on winner John Degenkolb (Trek
Segafredo)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 16,
2018
Craddock suffers through TDF cobbles:
‘Tough is an understatement’.
"On
the Tour’s first rest day, the American is
last-place overall, the lanterne rouge. Although
he is disappointed not to be able to contribute to
his EF Education First Drapac team’s efforts in
Sunday’s stage, he expects to keep recovering and
help when the mountain stages begin in earnest
Tuesday."
(velonews.com) Photo: Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 16,
2018
Bernal uninjured despite crashing into
car.
"Team
Sky’s Egan Bernal shook off a nasty impact with a
team car during Sunday’s bash across the pavé and
is raring to go into the Alps when the Tour de
France resumes Tuesday."
(velonews.com). Photo: Justin Setterfield | Getty
Images
July 16,
2018
Amazon Prime Day’s Sports Tech Deals
(US and Europe).
"Now
technically the deals last a bit longer than
today, into the first half of tomorrow too
but that’s a bit more of a technicality than
anything. What matters here is the deals
themselves.."
(dcrainmaker.com)
July 16,
2018
6 cool things from Eurobike: Folding
aero bikes, cycling caravans, gravel, e-road and
more!.
"Can’t
decide between a folding bike and an aero road
bike? Well now you don’t have to! Okay, it’s not
technically a folding bike, but this aero carbon
frame from Java has a demountable rear coupling
and the whole rear end folds in, using the bottom
bracket as a pivot. The threaded BB holds
everything together."
(road.cc)
July 16,
2018
Column
Three
July
16, 2018
July
16, 2018
Bradley Wiggins: Dave Brailsford is
'quite self-serving' and 'divisive'.
"Bradley
Wiggins has described Dave Brailsford as “quite
self-serving” and “divisive” in his approach to
his riders, predicting that he will be telling
both Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas that they can
win the ongoing Tour de France, but adding that
the tactic of having joint leaders is “dangerous." (telegraph.co.uk)
(Getty Images)
July 16,
2018
The agony and ecstasy of the Tour de
France.
"Sanctuary.
That's the best term one could use when describing
the first rest day at the Tour de France. After
nine difficult days and the ridiculously stressful
Roubaix stage, riders who have made it this far
will be able to relax and recover, but the vast
majority will just be relieved to have made it
this far."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 16,
2018
Cobbles cause chaos at the Tour de
France but GC battle remains perfectly poised.
"The
medical bulletin issued after stage 9 of the Tour
de France included a long list of riders who were
injured on the cobbles and roads of northern
France, but offered little detail of the enormous
physical battering the riders endured on the 15
sectors of cobbles that so shaped the stage and
brought so much drama."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 16,
2018
Tech of the Week: no chain, no
dimples, no zip.
"The
star of the Eurobike show was CeramicSpeed’s
chainless, derailleurless drivetrain. Running with
a shaft drive and 21 of CeramicSpeed’s low
friction bearings, the friction-busting expert
says that the system is over 99% efficient." (cyclingweekly.com)
July 16,
2018
First Look: Stages New Dash L50, M50,
and L10 GPS Bike Computers, Including Color Mapping.
"With
the threesome of new units, the two color-display
units are the Stages L50 and M50. The L50 is the
larger one (with the ‘L’ denoting large, and the
‘M’ denoting ‘medium’). Both of these units are
using 320x240px transflective LCD screens, with
the L50 being 2.7”, while the M50 is 2.2”." (dcrainmaker.com)
July 16,
2018
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