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October 27, 2017
Six Day London: Madison victory elevates
Cavendish and Kennaugh into overall contention.
"After
three nights of the London Six Day, Mark Cavendish and Peter
Kennaugh are in contention for the overall victory following
their madison win. The Manx duo are ahead of leader's Callum
Scotson and Cam Meyer on points (218 to 216 points) in
fourth place but find themselves a lap down at the half-way
mark."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
October 27, 2017
The flawed beauty of the Tour of Guangxi: A
first-hand account.
"Crowds
are bused in to the start and finish of every stage in an
attempt to create a rousing atmosphere around the race. It’s
an effective strategy, but as an outsider looking in, it’s
hard not to feel like the spectacle has been manufactured.
There’s as much emphasis on putting on a great show as there
is on delivering a world class bike race, something the
riders themselves have noticed."
(cyclingtips.com.au) Photography by Matt de Neef
October 27, 2017
Caja Rural trainee suspended for testosterone
positive.
"Caja
Rural Seguros RGA trainee Manuel Sola has been suspended
after testing positive for testosterone in an anti-doping
control taken at May's Tour of Navarre, where he finished
fifth."
(cyclingnews.com)
October 27, 2017
Efficiency Rankings.
"Marcel
Kittel and Fernando Gaviria both finished the season on 14
wins and arguably Kittel had the better season with five
stage wins in the Tour de France, perhaps he should given
his age and status. Both he and his team mate won over a
fifth of the races they started but the most efficient rider
of the year was Alejandro Valverde who won 30% of the races
he competed in."
(inrng.com) (ASO)
October 27, 2017
The Sky trim: Will smaller teams make a
difference?
"Never
has a team been so strong and so dominant that officials
changed the rules to try to equalize the balance of power." (velonews.com) Photo:
BrakeThrough Media
October 27, 2017
Where to next for Orica Scott?
"Orica
Scott’s performance at the recently finished Tour of Guangxi
was much like its season as a whole: solid but
unspectacular. In his first column for Cycling Central,
Kieran Pender assesses the Australian team’s 2017 campaign
and considers the future of Orica Scott. "
(sbs.com.au)
October 27, 2017
Vincenzo Nibali: Next year I will do the
Ardennes classics.
"The
rider has already stated that his main objective is to win
the World Championships Road Race of Innsbruck Tirol 2018
and now the rest of his season starts to take shape as well.
"It is clear that next year I will do the Ardennes classics,
Amstel (Gold Race), the Fleche Wallonne and Liege Bastogne
Liege," said the rider to Spanish newspaper Marca." (cyclingpub.com) Jonathan
Roorda
October 27, 2017
Ayesha McGowen Could Be the First African
American Woman to Go Pro.
"Brooklyn's
Ayesha McGowan is well on her way to making history. She
aspires to be the first African-American female professional
cyclist while juggling a busy life working part-time as a
teacher, producing her own podcast, working for non-profits
like InTandem, and writing for her blog, A Quick Brown
Fox."
(bicycling.com) (topsy.one)
October 27, 2017
Thomas De Gendt maps out 2018 race schedule.
"On his
first day of his off season, Thomas De Gendt sat down and
planned out his 2018 racing program. The Belgian raced from
January through to October with Lotto Soudal, pinning on a
race number for the first and last WorldTour races of the
season, the Tour Down Under and the inaugural Tour of
Guangxi respectively."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele)
October 27, 2017
Wellens to continue one-week GC focus after Tour
of Guangxi success.
"For Tim
Wellens the Tour of Guangxi was a late season target and
opportunity for his first stage race win of the year. While
the majority of the WorldTour peloton was enjoying the
off-season, Wellens was on form in China and with support
from his Lotto Soudal teammates, he secured his seventh
victory of 2017."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
October 27, 2017
Vasseur ready to shake up Cofidis and get the
best from Bouhanni.
"After
turning down offers from BMC and Quickstep in the past,
Cedric Vasseur has finally taken the plunge and moved into
team management, replacing Yvon Sanquer at Cofidis. Once a
rider for the struggling French team, Vasseur is hoping to
bring a new way of thinking to the squad."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
October 27, 2017
Giro d'Italia 2018: Zoncolan and final Rome TT
likely as route details emerge.
"Pope
Francis has been invited to the start of the 2018 Giro
d’Italia in Israel with the Italian Grand Tour now almost
certain to finish in Rome, possibly with an individual time
trial."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele)
October 27, 2017
Mareczko extends with Wilier Triestina.
"Fresh
from winning five stages and the GC at the Tour of Taihu
Lake, Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) has returned to
China to contest the Tour of Hainan, where he claimed his
first pro victory two years ago."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
October 27, 2017
The Week in Tech: Argonaut disc, ENVE M Series
2.0, Chain drama.
"Here’s
your Week in Tech - all the gear news you need and none of
the marketing gibberish you don’t."
(velonews.com)
October 27, 2017
2017 Six Day London Track Cycling LIVE stream.
"The
2017 Six Day London Track Cycling is being held October
24-29. Events will be broadcast live on Eurosport starting
with Tuesday's Day 1.
Day 4 starts at 5:30pm BST (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Live video from 7:30pm BST (2:30pm U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) October 27, 2017
October 26, 2017
Wyman, Van der Haar are the Big Cheeses at Nacht
van Woerden.
"Tuesday
night featured another mid-week race in a unique setting.
Each year, the Dutch town of Woerden hosts an annual
Koeienmarkt cow market. At the Koeienmarkt, cows are brought
to the Woerden church square and judged based on their
strength and other attributes."
(cxmagazine.com)
October 26, 2017
Meyer and Scotson take London Six Day lead.
"Cavendish
and Kennaugh slip to fifth after Day 2."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
October 26, 2017
2017 Six Day London Track Cycling LIVE stream.
"The
2017 Six Day London Track Cycling is being held October
24-29. Events will be broadcast live on Eurosport starting
with Tuesday's Day 1.
Day 3 starts at 5:30pm BST (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Live video from 7:30pm BST (2:30pm U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) October 26, 2017
2018 Tour of California: Host cities revealed.
"The
climb up Gibraltar Road outside of Santa Barbara is back as
the Tour of California returns to a south-north
configuration for 2018, with a start in Long Beach on May 13
and a finish in Sacramento seven days later. The race's
Queen stage will feature the Gibraltar Road climb on the
second day, organizers revealed today as part of the race's
host-city announcement."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
October 26, 2017
Offseason Capsule: BMC.
"A year
of two halves for the big-money American squad, with Greg
(and Richie) delivering all spring, and then disappointments
in the Grands Tours."
(podiumcafe.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
October 26, 2017
Bronzini, Stephens join Cylance women’s team for
2018.
"Cylance
Pro Cycling has confirmed that Giorgia Bronzini and Lauren
Stephens will ride for the US team in 2018. Sheyla
Gutierrez, Kaitie Keough, Krista Doebel-Hickok, Marta
Tagliaferro, Rossella Ratto, Israel national champion Omer
Shapira, Jelena Eric and the USA’s Holly Breck complete the
team’s roster."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
October 26, 2017
Lachlan Morton to focus on wins in 2018.
"Focused
on 'survival' during his return to the WorldTour with
Dimension Data in 2017, Lachlan Morton is aiming for greater
consistency and wins in 2018."
(cyclingnews.com)
October 26, 2017
Vos aiming to regain world title in short
cyclocross season.
"Marianne
Vos, seven times the world champion in cyclocross, will once
again race a truncated 'cross season, beginning in December,
according to AD.nl. The Dutch woman hopes to regain
the rainbow jersey she last held in 2014."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
October 26, 2017
Nibali undergoes surgery to remove collarbone
plate.
"Vincenzo
Nibali has taken advantage of the off season to have a metal
plate removed from the left collarbone he fractured during
the 2016 Rio Olympic Games road race.
According to Nibali’s Bahrain Merida team, the minor operation was carried out Thursday morning in Bergamo." (cyclingnews.com) October 26, 2017
Tour of Guangxi: Mountains jersey Oss' farewell
present to BMC.
"After
four seasons, Daniel Oss' time with the BMC Racing Team came
to a close Tuesday at the Tour of Guangxi and concluded with
two visits to the final podium. Courtesy of his presence in
the breakaways, Oss won the king of the mountains jersey and
also celebrated success with BMC winning the team
classification."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
October 26, 2017
Garmin Edge 1030 first impressions: Has Garmin
improved with its new top end device?
"We’ve
had the Garmin Edge 1030 for a month or so now, enough time
to put it through its paces. Immediately, it’s an
improvement on Garmin’s last release, the Garmin Edge 820
and it has wholesale design changes from any of Garmin’s
previous offerings, including the Edge 1000."
(cyclingweekly.com)
October 26, 2017
Garmin opens up Cycling Dynamics to other
companies.
"At the
ANT+ Symposium this year, Garmin announced that 3rd parties
could start to leverage Garmin’s previously proprietary
Cycling Dynamics metrics within their own products. Be it
power meters or head units (or watches), all of which no
longer requiring Garmin Vector to get cycling dynamics." (dcrainmaker.com)
October 26, 2017
Deutschland Tour returns in August 2018.
"The
Deutschland Tour is returning to the professional calendar
in 2018, boosting racing in Germany after a ten year
absence. The four-stage 2.1 race will be held August 23-26,
with hopes for a longer race in the future."
(cyclingnews.com) (ASO)
October 26, 2017
Scott Addict Gravel 10 Disc review: The sportier
end of the spectrum.
"The
Addict Gravel borrows its frameset from the Addict CX, which
Scott overhauled from top to bottom in 2015. As expected,
it’s lighter than the previous version, with a claimed
weight of just 890g for a raw medium frame and 360g for the
matching tapered carbon fiber fork."
(cyclingtips.com.au)Photography by James Huang
October 26, 2017
Sonya Looney and Gordon Wadsworth win the Brasil
Ride.
"Brasil
Ride is the biggest stage race in South America attracting
the World’s top racers from Europe and North + South
America. It is also notably one of the hardest races in the
world with 600km of distance and 43,000′ of climbing over 7
days."
(sonyalooney.com)
October 25, 2017
2017 Six Day London Track Cycling LIVE stream.
"The
2017 Six Day London Track Cycling is being held October
24-29. Events will be broadcast live on Eurosport starting
with Tuesday's Day 1.
Day 2 starts at 5:30pm BST (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Live video from 7:30pm BST (2:30pm U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) October 25, 2017
Can De Pauw and De Ketele win a third straight
London Six Day?
"Moreno
De Pauw and Kenny De Ketele made an impressive start to the
defence of their London Six Day title on Tuesday night,
winning two events and topping the leaderboard on the first
day."
(cyclingweekly.com)
October 25, 2017
Reichenbach appeals for video evidence after
Moscon crash allegations.
"Reichenbach
and his FDJ team alleged that Moscon deliberately shoved him
to the ground during the Tre Valli Varesine race. He has
called on any roadside spectators who may have filmed the
crash to come forward as he searches for further evidence
and witnesses.
He has also filed a complaint with Italian police." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele) October 25, 2017
2017 Team Victory Rankings.
"With
the season finished it’s time to look back at the wins and
also take a deeper look at the stats. Which teams had the
most podium places but the fewest wins?
Which teams are the most reliant on one rider?" (inrng.com) (ASO) October 25, 2017
BMC reduce rider roster to 24 for 2018 season.
"The BMC
Racing Team has confirmed that it will reduce its roster
from 29 to 24 riders for the 2018 season in response to the
reduced team sizes in races introduced by the UCI. Men’s
professional teams will now start Grand Tours with eight
riders instead of nine, with the maximum size of teams for
one day races down from eight to seven."
(cyclingnews.com)
October 25, 2017
Gaudry discusses next steps for UCI Women's
Commission.
"Tracey
Gaudry is confident of being retained as head of the UCI
Women’s Commission as newly elected UCI president David
Lappartient finalizes his administration this week." (sbs.com.au)
October 25, 2017
Bob Jungels to lead Quick-Step floors at 2018
Tour de France.
"After
the departure of Dan Martin to UAE Team Emirates, the
Belgian team didn't seem to have a leader for the Grand
Tours but Quick Step's chief already had a plan. "Martin was
lost for monetary reasons and now Bob Jungels is
developing," he said to Belgian broadcaster Sporza." (cyclingpub.com) Mary Cárdenas
October 25, 2017
Breschel returns to Slipstream to bolster
classics lineup.
"The 33
year old rode with the squad in 2016, and is back for a one
year deal to ride in support in the classics and grand tours
for Education First Drapac next season."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
October 25, 2017
Alaphilippe ends rollercoaster season on a high
at Tour of Guangxi.
"The
2017 season was a breakthrough year for Julian Alaphilippe
with a Vuelta a Espana stage win and Milan San Remo and Il
Lombardia podiums. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the
Frenchman after a knee injury saw him miss three major
targets - the Ardennes, Tour of California and the Tour de
France."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
October 25, 2017
Cofidis replaces team manager after poor results
in 2017.
"Cofidis
has replaced team manager Yves Sanquer with former rider
turned TV pundit Cedric Vasseur, citing poor results as the
reason for the switch. Sanquer is the second Cofidis manager
to suffer such a fate after he replaced Eric Boyer in
mid-2012 due to a lack of results."
(cyclingnews.com)
October 25, 2017
Double podium for Wiggle High5 in Guangxi.
"Wiggle
High5 managed to get two thirds of their team onto the
podium at Tuesday’s Tour of Guangxi Women’s Elite World
Challenge. The team was pipped to the post by BePink's Maria
Vittorio Sperotto, but Amy Cure pushed the Italian all the
way to the line with Lucy Garner just behind her teammate in
third place."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
October 25, 2017
Sagans announce birth of baby boy.
"World
Champion Peter Sagan announced the birth of his son Marlon
on Wednesday, using Twitter to let the cycling world know
the newest member of the Sagan clan had arrived, and that
mother and baby were in excellent health."
(cyclingnews.com)
October 25, 2017
Brutal Basque summit finish set to feature in
2018 Vuelta a Espana.
"The
scenic but challenging Monte Oiz climb is set to be a key
feature in next season's Vuelta a España, according to
Bilbao based newspaper El Correo."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
October 25, 2017
Carbon road bike: What makes good quality carbon
and five bikes to consider.
"The
vast majority of the raw carbon fiber actually comes from
just six companies, and often goes on to be used in the
aerospace industry. It’s how the material is manipulated by
the bike brand which influences the ride quality and
strength."
(cyclingweekly.com)
October 25, 2017
Everysight announce Raptor Smartglasses.
"Everysight
promise a "ride experience unlike anything else" using the
Raptor glasses, with the Augmented Reality providing
real-time data in front of you while you ride.
The AR smart shades with built-in GPS and a real-time viewable display will be available to pre-order from January 2018 at earlybird prices." (road.cc) October 25, 2017
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