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October
15, 2016
World Championships: Dideriksen wins women's
world title in Doha.
"Amalie
Dideriksen of Denmark won the women’s World Championship in a close
sprint, beating favorite Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) at the line. Third
place went to Finland’s Lotta Lepisto.
A late attack by American Amber Neben, who won the time trial title, had earlier given hopes of a double rainbow jersey, but it was not to be." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele) October
15, 2016
Chasing rainbow stripes: Chloe Hosking on her
chance of becoming the first Australian women’s world road race
champion.
"A
small bathroom in Girona might seem to have little connection with the
vast deserts of Qatar but if Chloe Hosking has got things right, the
former will help her conquer the latter in the women’s world
championship road race this weekend. The Australian sprinter has been
one of the quickest women this season and has set her sights on taking
the rainbow jersey on Saturday." (cyclingtips.com.au)
Photography by Shane Stokes
October
15, 2016
"Yes,
there are women in Doha for the World championships and not just the
riders! Our photographer, Chenthil Mohan was on special PEZ duty to
find the fans in Qatar."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Chenthil Mohan)
October
15, 2016
October
14, 2016
World Championships: Balsamo wins junior women
road race.
"Italy's
Elisa Balsamo took a commanding victory in the junior women road race
at the World Championships in Doha, beating her rivals by a clear
margin.
Balsamo, who finished sixth in Richmond last year, capitalized on a strong lead-out from her Italian teammates to beat the USA's Skylar Schneider on the long drag to the finish line. Susanne Andersen made it another medal for Norway as she sprinted to third place." (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) October
14, 2016
Rivera: Team USA is going to have to come
together to beat the favorites at Worlds.
October
14, 2016
Kittel says Paralympic statements taken out of
context.
"Marcel
Kittel and the German cycling federation released a statement today
claiming the sprinter was quoted out of context from an interview ahead
of the World Championships road race in which his comments were
interpreted to mean that Bradley Wiggins and other asthma sufferers
should compete in the Paralympics." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim
de Waele)
October
14, 2016
2017 World Championships courses unveiled.
"As
the world’s best riders compete for rainbow jerseys at the 2016 UCI
Road World Championships, the UCI unveiled the courses for next year’s
Worlds, with the punishingly hot and relentlessly flat Doha to be
followed by the icy fjords and hills around Bergen, Norway." (cyclingnews.com) (2017 Bergen)
October
14, 2016
"The
Giro d'Italia never lets us down when we need an 'Off The Back Friday'.
Stage 3 start in Arnhem."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
October
14, 2016
October
13, 2016
Preview: Who will be the new women’s world
champion?
"It’s
finally here! Nine months after the women’s peloton first toed to the
line, the 2016 UCI road season comes to an end in the same place it
started: the Qatari desert.
In an Olympic year it’s tough to call the UCI Road World Championships the pinnacle event of the season, but the rainbow jersey is still the most coveted jersey out there." (cyclingtips.com.au) (Photo: Cor Vos) October
13, 2016
How race doctors help protect riders against
the heat at the Qatar Road World Championships.
October
13, 2016
Lachlan Morton Q&A: Motivated,
focused, confident.
"Lachlan
Morton will return to the WorldTour next year after signing a two-year
contract with Dimension Data in early October. In his words, it was his
performance at the Tour of Utah in August, where he won two stages and
the overall title, which caught the attention of the South
African-based team.
But it won’t be the 24-year-old Australian’s first foray at the WorldTour level." (velonews.com) Photo: Chris Case October
13, 2016
Fortitude Pro Cycling to back Vos into 2020
Olympic Games.
"Marianne
Vos' new Fortitude Pro Cycling team has vowed to back the muti-time and
multi-discipline world champion during the next four years in her bid
to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo." (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images
Sport)
October
13, 2016
Istvan Varjas – the man who developed hidden
bike motors.
"Istvan Varjas, the man who
developed hidden bike motors has spoken to Ger Gilroy on the Irish
radio sports program Off
the Ball,
where he confirmed that he has worked alongside an Italian company in
developing the product and that he has also provided one of the motors
to Michele Ferrari."(thebikecomesfirst.com)
(Photo: Youtube)
October
13, 2016
"No
Champagne, Cava or Prosecco on the podium in Doha! Not to worry,
Astoria wine to the rescue, Italy and the Giro won't let us down."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
October
13, 2016
October
12, 2016
Vladimir Putin: Athletes requiring TUEs should
not compete against those who don’t.
"Russian
president Vladimir Putin says athletes who have been granted
Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) should compete in separate
competitions to those who don’t. Hackers, alleged to be from Russia,
have recently leaked details of Olympic athletes’ TUEs, with several
high profile sportsmen and women caught up in the controversy." (cyclingweekly.co.uk) (Photo:
Kremlin.eu)
October
12, 2016
Elite women’s TT worlds full of redemption
stories.
"Cycling
is full of stories about resilience, sometimes distilled into one
single day of racing, and other times played out over the course of
several seasons. Coincidentally, Tuesday’s elite women’s world time
trial championships displayed three storylines, all similar, but each
with its own twist on redemption and resilience." (velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de
Waele)
October
12, 2016
Cipollini: ‘If the wind blows, Tom Boonen has
the advantage at the World Championships’.
October
12, 2016
Silca, Wahoo, Fabric : Service Course Goodies.
"Squeezing out those last few
hours in waning daylight, or have already resigned to evenings on the
trainer?
The Peloton Service Course has some goods for either case this week. We look at the improvements on the new Wahoo Kickr, Fabric puts break lights on bicycles and Silca, with some help from Boa, comes up with a better way to do the seat bag." (pelotonmagazine.com) October
12, 2016
"As
there is a lack of podium girls at the World championships, it gives us
a chance to take a look back through the ones we have missed through
the season. That's a big glass cup for the winner of the Trofeo Alfredo
Binda back in 2015."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
October
12, 2016
October
11, 2016
Four years after USADA’s Reasoned Decision,
Bruyneel appeal to CAS underway in Switzerland.
October
11, 2016
World Championships: Neben wins women's
individual time trial title.
"Neben beat Ellen Van Dijk by 5
seconds, with Australia's Katrin Garfoot third at 8 seconds." (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images
Sport)
October
11, 2016
World Championships: McNulty wins junior men
time trial.
"Brandon
McNulty (USA) claimed victory in the junior men’s time trial at the UCI
Road World Championships in Doha, beating Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark) into
second place and fellow American Ian Garrison into third.
Bronze medallist in Richmond a year ago and winner of the prestigious Tour de l’Abitibi this summer, McNulty was the favorite for this event and the final rider down the start ramp." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele) October
11, 2016
Tour de Trump: Remembering Donald Trump’s
cycling race won by Armstrong and LeMond.
"These
days Donald Trump is more interested in becoming the president of the
United States, but in the late ’80s the Tour de Trump helped put US pro
cycling on the map.
In late 1988, Donald Trump veered from his massive real-state and business holdings into the realms of world-class cycling." (cycling-today.com) October
11, 2016
UKAD investigation into Wiggins can’t compel
doctor to reveal nature of medical package.
"A
UK Anti Doping investigation into a medical package delivered to
Bradley Wiggins in June 2011 may struggle to uncover details about what
the package contained, with UKAD lacking the powers to compel the
doctor to speak.
British newspaper The Times has confirmed that there is no obligation on the doctor concerned, former Team Sky employee Richard Freeman, to divulge the nature of the package." (cyclingtips.com.au) Kristof Ramon October
11, 2016
Crowd funded device would increase bikes'
visibility to vehicle Collision Avoidance Systems.
October
11, 2016
Specialized recalls Venge ViAS rim-brake bikes.
"Specialized
is recalling about 1,000 Venge ViAS frames sold as complete bikes at
the S-Works and Pro level along with S-Works modules.
According to the official recall, the rear wheel can come out of the dropouts, which can cause fractures in the rear triangle and that can cause a rider to lose control and fall." (cyclingnews.com) October
11, 2016
"It
sounds like an ice-cream would be welcome at the World championships in
Doha. Dalia Muccioli (Ale-Cipollini) took a break from the Giro
d'Italia Feminine 2016 stage 3 to try a change in career. "
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
October
11, 2016
"Stage
3 of the Lotto Tour of Belgium finished in Geraardsbergen and so will
stage 7 of the ENECO Tour on Sunday. The podium will be just as nice."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
September
25, 2016
"Yet
another reason to watch motocross thanks to Allen Gavlak."
(pezcyclingnews.com)
(Photo: Allen Gavlak)
September
23, 2016
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