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"Wellens
keeps race lead."
July 30,
2018
Americans on Tour: Five finishers in
Paris.
"Although
a few of them suffered nasty crashes and two were
riding the race for the first time in their
careers, all five Americans on the Tour de France
start list made it through three weeks of racing
to finish in Paris."
(velonews.com) Photo: Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 30,
2018
British press praises Thomas’s Tour
win.
"Geraint
Thomas was labeled the “Perfect Poster Boy” on
Monday after the British Sky rider dethroned
teammate and four-time champion Chris Froome to
win the Tour de France."
(velonews.com) Photo: ©Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 30,
2018
The Prince of Wales: France reacts to
Geraint Thomas’ Tour de France win.
"The
unease at Team Sky’s ongoing dominance of the Tour
de France was balanced by measured praise for
Geraint Thomas’ overall victory and friendly
attitude in the French written press on Monday
morning."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 30,
2018
Peter Sagan toughs it out to win his
sixth green jersey in Paris.
"Sagan
misjudged a corner on the descent of the Col de
Val Louron-Azet, and, while he was left battered
and bruised, after limping to the finish his team
confirmed that evening that nothing was broken." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
July 30,
2018
After record sixth green, Sagan will
‘respect’ world title.
"A
battered and bruised Peter Sagan leaves the City
of Light with a record tying sixth green jersey.
Now the Bora Hansgrohe superstar will set his
sights on another cycling milestone: a fourth
world title."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 30,
2018
Who Will Challenge Geraint Thomas
& Team Sky Next Year?
"Thomas
won the 2018 Tour de France on the strength of
Sky’s roster. Other teams must learn how to break
it up."
(bicycling.com) Getty Images JEFF PACHOUD
July 30,
2018
Israel Cycling Academy start Tour de
France push with first French signing.
"Building
on the momentum created by their invitation to the
Giro d'Italia and its historic start in Jerusalem
in May, the Pro Continental team Israel Cycling
Academy are now turning their attention toward the
Tour de France."
(cyclingnews.com) (Noa Arnon)
July 30,
2018
New Giant Defy takes wider tires and
includes a power meter option.
"Giant
says that the new Defy Advanced endurance road
bike, launched today has been designed to improve
compliance, particularly on challenging roads,
while retaining the model’s ride quality." (cyclingweekly.com)
July 30,
2018
Bike Test: Specialized Diverge.
"As
history has proven time and again, if there is one
bike brand that never ceases to miss out on the
latest bike trends, it would be Specialized." (roadbikeaction.com)
(bikehub.co.za) Photo credit: Ewald Sadie
July 30,
2018
Michal Kwiatkowski returns to his home
country for Tour de Pologne.
"It
is a good decision in terms of sports goals and I
can meet my Polish fans as well. I have lovely
memories surrounding this race. In any case, it
will be the road that dictates what my ambitions
can be."
(cyclingpub.com) (Photo: Mary Cárdenas)
July 30,
2018
Column
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Roundtable: Did Tour de France 2018
live up to expectations?
"Another
season, another Tour de France in the books - so
how does the 2018 vintage stack up? With
cobblestones, a short stage, and plenty of
mountains, this Tour promised unpredictable,
exciting action. Did it deliver?"
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 30,
2018
A mother watches her son suffer across
France.
"“It
was nerve-racking,” Ellen Craddock told VeloNews.
“You see these photos of your child with an eye
injury, and blood coming down his face, and then
he gets back on his bicycle and finishes. I just
hoped he was OK."
(velonews.com) Photo: ©Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 30,
2018
Lance Armstrong explains his career
& doping to Freakanomics.
"In
a special Freakanomics Radio episode previewing
the show’s Sports series this fall, Stephen Dubner
sat down with Lance Armstrong for a
career-spanning interview covering his career, his
mistakes, and the problems he sees in professional
cycling today."
(bikerumor.com) Tyler Benedict
July 30,
2018
Where and how Geraint Thomas won the
Tour de France.
"The
Welshman's win was based on four foundations: a
flawless opening nine days in which he was the
only contender to avoid time losses, an
extraordinarily strong Team Sky squad, his ability
to pick up bonus seconds, and of course strong
legs in the mountains."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 30,
2018
Mark Cavendish explains how ‘selfless
and loyal’ Geraint Thomas tried to help him win a
stage at the 2018 Tour de France.
"Thirty-time
stage winner Cavendish has known the Welshman
since they were teenagers, racing and living
together in Manchester during their time at the
British Cycling academy."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty
Images)
July 30,
2018
The 12 Most Jaw-Dropping Moments of
the 2018 Tour de France.
"Did
three weeks really go by just like that? As the
2018 Tour de France comes to a close, we take a
look back at the moments that made us clap our
hands, jump to our feet - or cover our mouths and
think, no way."
(bicycling.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 30,
2018
Dan Martin wants more from Tour, says
crash worse than thought.
"Dan
Martin still believes he can finish in the top
three at the Tour de France. And he also believed
his crash on stage 8 hit his condition much harder
than he initially thought."
(stickybottle.com)
July 30,
2018
Post Tour de France survival guide.
"Feeling
the post Tour blues? Take one of these and a lie
down."
(sbs.com.au) By Rachel de Bear
July 30,
2018
Campagnolo Super Record V3.
"The
Campagnolo Super Record V3 groupset is one of
those products that aim for being the best. It’s
built to be the most functional but also a work of
art."
(cycletechreview.com) Josh Ross
July 30,
2018
Vision Metron 55 SL Disc Clincher
Wheels.
"Vision's
Metron 55 SL Disc carbon clincher wheels are a
good choice if you're all about riding fast all of
the time, though they could be lighter and the hub
axle adapters easier to use."
(road.cc)
July 30,
2018
Column
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July
30, 2018
July
30, 2018
UCI finds no evidence of mechanical
doping at the Tour de France.
"The
Union Cycliste International (UCI) has confirmed
it carried out a multitude of tests for mechanical
doping at the Tour de France, including 164 X-ray
tests of race bikes, with all the tests negative." (cyclingnews.com)
(Stephen Farrand)
July 30,
2018
Wiggins: Thomas may win the Tour again
in 2019.
"Wiggins
expects Thomas’s profile to increase significantly
on the back of his victory, saying he “may now be
Wales’s biggest sports star."
(velonews.com) Photo: ©Chris Graythen | Getty
Images
July 30,
2018
Tour de France 2018 ratings: How did
each team perform?
"We
rate the performance of all the teams at the 2018
Tour de France."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July 30,
2018
Tour de France 2018 - the Rouleur
review.
"Who
was the best team of this year’s Tour de France?
What about the most unlucky? What was the biggest
surprise? Rouleur contributors look back on the
last three weeks and make their picks." (rouleur.cc)
Photographs: Paolo Penni Martelli / ASO / Pauline
Ballet / Alex Broadway / Bruno Bade / L'Equipe /
Pressesports
July 30,
2018
Why does Chris Froome look so bad on a
bike?
"Over
the past several years, there’s been endless talk
about Chris Froome’s riding style and position on
the bike. Froome himself admits he looks terrible
- elbows out, head down, heels dropped. Ghastly." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)
July 30,
2018
Tech of the week: Bardet’s hairnet,
two new Kineses and Pirelli e-bike tires.
"Also
BMC sponsorship news and how cycling shorts are
having a fashion moment."
(cyclingweekly.com)
July 30,
2018
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Geraint Thomas wins 2018 Tour de
France.
"Kristoff
wins final sprint on the Champs Elysees. Degenkolb
was second then Demare third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 29,
2018
Kristoff takes Paris sprint success as
Thomas wins Tour de France.
"After
a series of frustrating near-misses, Alexander
Kristoff snatched victory on the final stage of
the Tour de France, winning the bunch gallop on
the Champs Elysées in Paris."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July 29,
2018
Dumoulin leads tributes as Thomas wins
Tour de France.
"I’m
happy for Geraint. He was never put into trouble
by anyone in the mountains, or on any stage, also
not by me. I only have respect for him.
Congratulations from me."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 29,
2018
Tom Dumoulin and Sunweb looking to go
one step further.
"Second
overall at the Tour de France, as he was at the
Giro d'Italia, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) will end the
2018 season without a Grand Tour title to his
name."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 29,
2018
Triumph on the Champs Elysees: Jeff
Pierce recalls his solo '87 win in Paris.
"For
Jeff Pierce, USA Cycling's new director of elite
athletics, the final day of the Tour de France is
more than just another bike race. Pierce took the
biggest result of his career on the Champs Élysées
during the final stage of the 1987 Tour." (cyclingnews.com)
July 29,
2018
Brailsford: Geraint Thomas’s Tour de
France win shouldn’t be considered a shock.
"Thomas,
whose two back-to-back stage victories in the Alps
halfway through the race helped set up his
victory, punched the air as he crossed the line at
the end of yesterday’s individual time trial." (road.cc) Simon
MacMichael
July 29,
2018
Tour de France LIVE stream.
"2018
Tour de France LIVE July 7-29.
Stage
21 start time: Sunday 16:15 CET (7:15 AM PDT).
Earliest live video: 16:15 CET (7:15 AM PDT). Approximate finish: 19:09 CET (10:09 AM PDT)." (cyclingfans.com) (steephill.tv) July 29,
2018
Column
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Pascal Ackermann sprints to victory on
the Mall at the RideLondon Surrey Classic.
"Ackermann
sprints ahead of Viviani and Nizzolo to claim an
impressive victory at the Prudential RideLondon
Surrey Classic."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 29,
2018
Wild: RideLondon Classique was an
important race for the team.
"Just
a few days ago, Wiggle High5 team owner Rochelle
Gilmore had announced that the team would fold at
the end of the season. With this in mind and
herself, her teammates and the team staff facing
an uncertain future, Wild's victory was a very
valuable one."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 29,
2018
Today at the Tour: Top 10 most
significant moments of the 2018 Tour de France.
"For
the sixth time in seven years Team Sky has won the
race, and now with a new champion in Welshman
Geraint Thomas."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by ASO; Cor Vos;
Gruber Images
July 29,
2018
Sylvain Chavanel confirms retirement
on his last day in the Tour de France.
"The
39-year-old is saying goodbye to the French grand
tour, in which he won three stages and wore the
Yellow Jersey on two occasions in 2010. "I'm
stopping," he said in an interview to the French
newspaper Ouest-France."
(cyclingpub.com) (Getty Images)
July 29,
2018
Super Banana: Tour de France overall -
Dan Martin.
"For
that brilliant stage win on the Mûr-de-Bretagne,
for attacking at any given opportunity to further
his cause, but most of all, for racing with a
smile on his face and a rediscovered joie de
vivre, our overall Super Banana prize goes to Dan
Martin of UAE Emirates."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Andy McGrath
July 29,
2018
Extra week was key in Giro-Tour
attempts.
"Chris
Froome (Sky) and Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) came as
close to knocking off the Giro d’Italia and Tour
de France double as anyone in the past two
decades. Froome won the Giro and will stand third
on the Tour podium Sunday. Dumoulin was second in
both."
(velonews.com) Photo: Justin Setterfield | Getty
Images
July 29,
2018
Ridden and Reviewed: 2018 S-Works Crux
Carbon Cyclocross Bike.
"When
we first saw the new S-Works CruX under Cody
Kaiser at the 2017 Sea Otter Classic, we noted its
minimalist, race-oriented design."
(cxmagazine.com)
July 29,
2018
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July
29, 2018
Froome ‘still wants’ fifth Tour, but
Sky has a yellow jersey dilemma.
"Froome,
a four time winner, was hoping to join Jacques
Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel
Indurain on an elite list of five time winners on
Sunday."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Sport)
July 29,
2018
Dan Martin pins on “quite special”
Tour numbers for Paris finale.
"Unusually,
he did not win the award on any stage of the race.
But when it came to a public and jury vote, Martin
was elected the most aggressive of the race
overall."
(stickybottle.com)
July 29,
2018
Landa, Quintana, Valverde to tackle
Vuelta a Espana.
"Movistar
will send their three Tour de France captains
together to the Vuelta a España next month. Mikel
Landa, Nairo Quintana, and Alejandro Valverde will
once again ride jointly to tackle the Grand Tour
podium."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 29,
2018
The bursting of the bubble: Jacopo
Guarnieri on the Tour’s Paris stage.
"It’s
a beautiful mess”: Groupama FDJ’s lead-out man on
what makes the Tour’s last stage so different and
returning to reality post-race."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Equipe Cycliste Groupama
FDJ
July 29,
2018
Vitus Vitesse Evo CRI Ultegra Di2.
"Lightweight
and very fast, the Vitus Vitesse Evo CRI Ultegra
Di2 offers race bike handling and speed with a
very good parts package at a price that
embarrasses most other brands. If you want a
highly capable race bike, this is a top choice." (road.cc) David
Arthur
July 29,
2018
Tracking TdF Team Hotel Assignment
Satisfaction Rates.
"How
do this year’s results compare to last year’s?
Interestingly, there’s been a decline in the
average daily satisfaction rate: does from 76% in
2017 to 74% in 2018. Moreover, the gap between the
best and the worst has increased: this year."
(ouestleventoux.blogspot.com)
July 29,
2018
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Dumoulin wins ITT, Froome on Podium,
Thomas in Yellow.
"Tom
Dumoulin (Sunweb) won the stage 20 time trial at
the Tour de France, covering the 31km course
between Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle and Espelette in
40:52. The world champion beat Team Sky's Chris
Froome by just one second."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 28,
2018
Five talking points from stage 20 of
the 2018 Tour de France.
"The
only way Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) was going to
lose the Tour de France today was either by
crashing, or producing a time trial well below his
usual level."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Credit: Justin
Setterfield/Getty Images)
July 28,
2018
‘It’s been three weeks of pain’:
Lanterne rouge Lawson Craddock celebrates being on
verge of finishing 2018 Tour de France.
"Lawson
Craddock’s (EF Education First Drapac) “three
weeks of pain” in the Tour de France ends on a
high note with money for his charity and the
unofficial lanterne rouge prize."
(cyclingweekly.com) (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty
Images)
July 28,
2018
Dumoulin favorite for Saturday's TT -
Preview with start times.
"The
31 kilometer test from Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to
Espelette brings the peloton into the French
Basque Country."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty
Images Sport)
July 28,
2018
Today at the Tour: Grading the Stage
19 final exam.
"After
18 stages of assignments, pop quizzes, and
midterms, the Tour de France peloton faced its
final exam Friday in the Pyrenees, with a 200km
stage."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July 28,
2018
Tour Stage 21: A Dire Ending.
"Sunday
sees the final stage of the Tour, and we all know
what happens when the Tour hits Paris. This year
will follow the script, except the bulk of the
sprinters have gone home."
(podiumcafe.com) Corbis via Getty Images
July 28,
2018
Column
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Wild wins Prudential RideLondon
Classique.
"In
a headwind sprint, the Dutchwoman beat European
champion Marianne Vos (WaowDeals) to the line,
with Elisa Balsamo (Valcar PBM) finishing in third
place."
(cyclingnews.com)
July 28,
2018
'Last minute' Tour de France wins from
recent history.
"With
a 2:05 buffer over second-placed Tom Dumoulin
(Sunweb), Team Sky's Geraint Thomas should -
should - have enough of an advantage to hold the
Dutchman off over Saturday's 31km individual time
trial on stage 20."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 28,
2018
Dan Martin: There's something really
special about this race.
"Martin
was one of this year's most animated riders in the
mountains. He attacked at almost every
opportunity, and laid the groundwork for others
with his accelerations, including Movistar's Nairo
Quintana on stage 17."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 28,
2018
Thomas insists likely Tour de France
victory down to ‘hard work’.
"Britain’s
Geraint Thomas said the Tour de France crown he is
expected to secure on Sunday has come down to
“hard work”, and not the performance enhancing
drugs or methods that have crippled the sport for
years."
(roadbikeaction.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 28,
2018
Flory Hernandez, the woman that saved
Tom Dumoulin's day at Tour de France.
"Just
before the start of the penultimate stage of the
Tour de France, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) suffered a
moment of panic when his skinsuit was nowhere to
be found."
(cyclingpub.com)
July 28,
2018
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 -
Michael Hepburn.
"After
three weeks of flogging your 77kg carcass around
France, across cobbles, up Alps, down Pyrenees,
you’d forgive Michelton Scott rider Michael
‘Heppy’ Hepburn for thinking he could cruise the
tough, undulating kilometers between
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle and Espelette." (rouleur.cc)
Photographs: Laura Fletcher
July 28,
2018
How Ridley's new Noah Fast will live
up to its name.
"Ridley
has overhauled its aero road bike with
vortex-generating channels, an integrated cockpit
and rim and disc brake variants."
(cyclingnews.com) (bikeradar.com) (Ben
Delaney/Immediate Media)
July 28,
2018
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July
28, 2018
July
28, 2018
Phinney meets a tree face-on, Sky car
egged + more.
"It
takes more than a face-plant into a tree at speed
to stop Taylor Phinney. Near the end of Friday’s
stage 19 of the Tour de France, he lost control of
his bike and left the road, hitting a tree
face-first."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 28,
2018
Dan Martin wins Tour de France super
combative prize.
"The
award is a prestigious one and also carries with
it a trip to the podium in Paris tomorrow.
Furthermore, he picks up a cool €20,000 for
winning the category."
(stickybottle.com)
July 28,
2018
Four Tour de France leaders' jerseys
all but sewn up.
"With
both the points and mountains competitions
mathematically sewn up courtesy of Peter Sagan
(Bora Hansgrohe) and Julian Alaphilippe (Quick
Step), respectively, only the two 'time' jerseys -
the yellow leader's jersey and the white best
young rider's jersey - are still to be decided at
this year's Tour de France."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July 28,
2018
Roglic drops off podium at the end of
'crazy' Tour de France.
"I
did what I could. I'm happy with it. I have
nothing to say that I didn't do good," Roglic
said, neither in disappointment nor in
satisfaction, but as a simple statement of fact." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
July 28,
2018
Pinot to take on the Vuelta a Espana.
"Thibaut
Pinot will tackle the Vuelta a España next month,
having finally recovered from the illness and
problems that took him out of the Giro d'Italia on
the penultimate day."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July 28,
2018
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