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Chris Froome hires former Bruyneel and
Contador lawyer for salbutamol case.
"According
to the Daily Mail and the Times,
Froome has appointed London based lawyer Mike
Morgan, whose list of previous clients in cycling
include Lizzie Deignan, Sergio Henao, Alberto
Contador and Johan Bruyneel. Morgan was named
sports lawyer of the year at the 2017 Who’s Who
Legal Awards."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
December
15, 2017
Copeland: Most teams would suspend
Froome.
"If
you have a code of conduct or an ethics code then
you should follow that. September 20 is when they
were notified and Chris still presented himself at
several events and [Team Sky] were negotiating
with RCS about the participation of him at the
Giro d’Italia, knowing what they had on their
plate, which is difficult for me to understand as
a manager."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
15, 2017
Bradley Wiggins' wife Cath calls Chris
Froome a 'slithering reptile' after Team Sky rider
returns adverse findings.
"The
revelation reopened wounds from an old feud
between Froome and Wiggins. In a hastily deleted
post on her Facebook page, which was put out on
Twitter for public consumption by a third party,
Cath Wiggins wrote that she felt “sick” after
learning of Froome’s AAF. “If I was given to
conspiracy theory I’d allege they’d thrown my boy
under the bus on purpose to cover for this
slithering reptile,” she said."
(telegraph.co.uk)
December
15, 2017
‘Lance Armstrong’s invitation to the
Tour of Flanders is absolutely reprehensible’.
"The
Armstrong invitation is absolutely reprehensible,”
said Peter Van Eenoo, head of the Ghent
anti-doping laboratory told Sporza. “Armstrong has
been suspended for life and has not expressed any
kind of regret for what he has done in the past." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
December
15, 2017
Cycling has had drugs scandals before
but has always found a way to carry on... and always
will.
"Few
will argue that, in hindsight, the return of
Armstrong was the worst thing that could have
happened to the sport. In fact, if we thought the
Festina affair was bad - and it really was - then
what followed plunged cycling into a deeper,
darker place where few imagined it could recover.
But it did. It always does. It always will." (telegraph.co.uk)
December
15, 2017
LottoNl Jumbo to decide on dismissal
of Lobato, Tolhoek and Eenkhoorn over sleep aid.
"We
put all the facts together. We now consciously
take a distance, so that we can separate the ratio
of emotion. On Wednesday we had a meeting with the
whole team and everyone has taken away from what
happened. The riders are really angry at these
three and what they have done."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
15, 2017
Adam Yates to target 2018 Tour de
France.
"Adam
Yates finished fourth in the 2016 Tour de France
and won the best young rider’s white jersey,
marking him out as a potential future winner. He
targeted the Giro d’Italia this year, finishing
ninth before going on to finish 34th at the Vuelta
a España, but will focus on the Tour de France in
2018."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
15, 2017
René Herse: The Beauty of Function.
"At
Compass Cycles, we have taken much of our
inspiration from René Herse and his legendary
bikes. In the past, we’ve talked about the great
performance and incredible reliability of Herse's
bikes, but what is even more striking is their
beauty. You notice it immediately when you look at
one of his bikes, or even a photo… but it took
much study to unlock the secrets of the ‘magician
of Levallois.’ (Levallois was the suburb of Paris
where Herse made his bikes.)"
(janheine.wordpress.com)
December
15, 2017
12 WorldTour teams for 2018 Cadel
Evans Road Race.
"The
early season Australian one-day race, created in
2015, moved up to WorldTour status this year and
attracted 13 of the 18 WorldTour teams. WorldTour
teams aren’t obliged to attend events that are new
to cycling’s top tier, but if a race fails to
secure at least 10 WorldTour teams it risks losing
its status."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
15, 2017
Offseason Capsule: Team Sunweb.
"Niklas
Arndt got the winning started early, picking up
the Cadel-stupidly-long-name-for-a-bike-race race.
That was an unusually low-profile win, as the team
crow-barred some serious prestige into their 19
victories for the season. It was a slowish start,
and cobbles were not the strongest suit for this
squad. Matthew’s 8th in Gent Wevelgem was probably
the highlight of the cobbled season, and they’ll
look to improve on that next year."
(podiumcafe.com) NurPhoto via Getty Images
December
15, 2017
USA Cycling’s million-dollar National
Team program: What it is, what it isn’t.
"On
Thursday, the national federation unveiled the
2018 USA Cycling National Team - a group of 51
athletes across road, mountain, track, cyclocross,
and BMX, who will receive varying degrees of
year-round support, based on their level of
accomplishment, with a focus on winning Olympic
and world championship medals."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Casey B. Gibson)
December
15, 2017
Omata One GPS cycling computer review:
Beautiful, different, expensive.
"On
its round face are two primary hands - one for
current speed, the other for total trip distance -
and two secondary dials for elapsed time and total
elevation gain. It’s meant to evoke a simpler look
and feel on the outside, but the intent was always
to power the device with cutting edge technology
on the inside."
(cyclingtips.com)Photography by James Huang
December
15, 2017
CycleOps Hammer direct drive trainer
review.
"CycleOps
has made solid trainers for decades and, under its
PowerTap brand, power meters for almost as long.
The Hammer direct-drive smart trainer combines
both technologies, with the ability to not only
measure power but wirelessly control resistance in
sync with third-party training software such as
Zwift or TrainerRoad."
(cyclingnews.com) (Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
December
15, 2017
17 of the best production frames that
you can build into your dream bike.
"There
are a number of reasons why you’d want to spec or
even build a bike from scratch. Maybe you’re
starting with a custom made frame, maybe you’ve
acquired a cherished classic, or maybe the frame
you love is just not available as a complete bike.
Whatever the reason, it’s a chance to pick every
part for yourself, right down to the color of the
cable end caps."
(road.cc)
December
15, 2017
December
14, 2017
Froome does damage control after drug
test result: ‘Huge shock to me’.
"I
know within me that fundamentally I have followed
the protocol, I have not overstepped any
boundaries and I hope by the end of this process
that will be clear to everyone and I’ll be
exonerated of any wrongdoing."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
14, 2017
Lance Armstrong will be invited guest
at Flanders.
"Officials
confirmed Thursday the embattled former seven-time
Tour de France winner will be an official guest of
the race as well as the keynote speaker at the
inaugural event of the “Tour of Flanders Business
Academy,” a new effort backed by De Ronde promoter
and Flanders Classics organizer Wouter
Vanderhaute."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
14, 2017
Nicola Ruffoni banned for four years
after testing positive for growth hormone.
"The
Italian rider was due to have started the 100th
edition of the Giro for the Bardiani CSF team, but
instead was sent home after he and team-mate
Stefano Pirazzi both tested positive for GH
Releasing Peptides, growth hormones, on April 25
and 26 respectively."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
December
14, 2017
Katerina Nash Elected President of the
UCI Athletes’ Commission.
"Nash
was elected to the Athletes’ Commission as the
cyclocross representative for the UCI World
Championships, which was held last January in
Bieles, Luxembourg. The new president shall be
co-opted to the UCI Management Committee, the
executive body of the Federation which operates
under the authority of the Congress, on the
occasion of its next gathering in February 2018,
in Valkenburg, Netherlands."
(capovelo.com)
December
14, 2017
For the love of racing: Courtenay
McFadden pushes, pedals through pain.
"McFadden’s
season has again been plagued by hip pain. She
will have another surgery after national
championships in January to fix hip-impingement
that’s now in her left hip. Her next off-season
will again be filled with rehab and recovery,
instead of “fun things” - mountain biking and
hiking."
(velonews.com) Photo: @pinnedgrit
December
14, 2017
Zwift Academy winner Tanja Erath earns
Canyon SRAM contract.
"German
Tanja Erath has been announced as the winner of
the Zwift Academy Women to earn a professional
contract in 2018 with Canyon SRAM. The 28 year old
former triathlete beat more than 2,100
competitors, including Siri Hildonen and Bri
Torkelson in the final, for a place on the
roster."
(cyclingnews.com)
December
14, 2017
The questions raised by the Chris
Froome salbutamol case.
"What
a difference two weeks make. On November 29, Chris
Froome appeared on an eight-second video clip
during the Giro d'Italia presentation in Milan to
confirm that he would participate in next year's
edition of the race in an attempt to become only
the third man in history to hold all three Grand
Tour titles at the same time."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
December
14, 2017
Vegni: ‘Giro d’Italia can’t repeat
Contador situation with Froome’.
"The
Giro d’Italia is in no mood to have another rider
race while under investigation and facing a
possible suspension.
Referring to the Chris Froome situation, RCS Sport cycling director Mauro Vegni says that such an incident like that with Alberto Contador in 2011 “must no longer be repeated." (cyclingweekly.com) December
14, 2017
Vincenzo Nibali to ride 2018 Tour de
France and skip Giro d'Italia.
"Vincenzo
Nibali has confirmed that he will skip the Giro
d’Italia in order to focus on the Tour de France
in 2018. The Italian did not ride the Tour last
year during his debut season at Bahrain Merida,
when he finished on the podium at both the Giro
and the Vuelta a España."
(cyclingnews.com) (www.portraitofanathlete.com)
December
14, 2017
Movistar will send Quintana, Landa,
Valverde to 2018 Tour.
"The
squad is considered to be the closest rival to
British team Sky, and its Tour lineup represents
Movistar’s strongest assault on the yellow jersey
yet."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
14, 2017
Compton, Hyde, White, Hecht Named to
New 2018 USA Cycling National Team.
"USA
Cycling announced the launch of a new National
Team at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fifty one athletes
across BMX, cyclocross, mountain bike, road, and
track cycling were initially named to the 2018
National Team and identified as the top performing
athletes in each discipline based on objective
performance based criteria."
(cxmagazine.com) J. Curtes
December
14, 2017
Colorado man sentenced to life without
parole for murder of mountain bike pioneer Mike
Rust.
"A
Colorado district judge has sentenced Charles M.
Gonzales to two life sentences without parole for
the murder of Michael Rust. Rust, was a racer and
design pioneer in the early days of mountain
biking in Colorado's high country."
(bicycleretailer.com) Outside Television video
December
14, 2017
Stig Broeckx continues remarkable
recovery from life-threatening crash injuries.
"Stig
Broeckx is continuing his remarkable comeback from
a serious head injury sustained as a result of a
crash during the Tour of Belgium in May 2016 that
put him in a coma that doctors feared he would
never come out of. Broeckx suffered a severe brain
injury and bleeding on the brain after being hit
by a race motorbike during stage three of the Tour
of Belgium in May 2016."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
December
14, 2017
NFL teams up with Rally to build bikes
for kids.
"Just
in time for Christmas, NFL running back Melvin
Gordon of the Los Angeles Chargers joined members
of the Rally Cycling Pro Continental team to build
bikes for kids in southern California." (cyclingnews.com)
December
14, 2017
Aqua Blue Sport awarded UCI
Professional Continental license.
"Two days ago, the governing body had released the names of 18 WorldTour teams and 26 UCI Professional Continental teams who had been granted licenses but had said that Aqua Blue Sport was still under review by the License Commission."(thebikecomesfirst.com) December
14, 2017
Merida 2018 road, cyclocross and TT
bikes: your definitive guide.
"It
was only a matter of time before we got around to
featuring Merida in our 2018 bike guide. The
brand, often mistaken for a Spanish marque given
its Hispanic name, in fact calls Taiwan home (with
links to Germany), just like Giant. In fact,
Merida, like Giant, is also one of the few bike
brands that owns its own manufacturing processes." (roadcyclinguk.com)
(Pic: George Scott/Factory Media)
December
14, 2017
Vitus Substance V2 Apex.
"The
Vitus Substance comes in two gravelly guises, the
V1 and the V2, with the former entertaining 700c
wheels, 38c tires and a steel fork, while the
latter is fitted with 650B wheels, large 47c tires
and a carbon fork. We've got the Substance V2 Apex
in for test, that's the large volume tire version,
which is sitting on WTB Frequency race i23 wheels
and WTB Byway rubber."
(road.cc)
December
14, 2017
Cube Litening C:62 Pro review.
"The
C:62 Pro is Cube’s thoroughbred racing machine and
is a more affordable version of the Litening C:68
that was ridden in the Tour de France this year by
Wanty Groupe Gobert."
(cyclingweekly.com)
December
14, 2017
22 of the best commuting bikes -
hybrids, tourers, folders and more that'll get you
to the office with minimal fuss.
"You've
decided to ride to work - a great choice because
it's cheap, it’s green and it'll help keep you fit
and active. It can also be quicker than many other
modes of transport because you can avoid traffic
jams and other delays, and it's a lot more fun
than sitting traffic or avoiding eye contact on
the Tube. So what’s the best bike for commuting?" (road.cc)
December
14, 2017
December
13, 2017
The Secret Pro: My thoughts on
Froome’s positive and the bikes we ride.
"I
struggle with this one, honestly. I have to say,
never I have seen more inhalers in one place than
at a bike race. I don’t use one myself, but
several of my teammates do. Do I think they are
all cheating? No.
Exercise-induced asthma is a real and dangerous issue." (cyclingtips.com) December
13, 2017
Chris Froome returns adverse
analytical finding for Salbutamol.
"The
UCI has revealed that Chris Froome returned an
Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) at the Vuelta a
Espana for twice the permissible dose of the
asthma medication Salbutamol. The test took place
September 7 following stage 18 of the Vuelta, a
race which Froome won overall."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
13, 2017
Tour de France Winner Chris Froome Is
Under Investigation After Failed Doping Test.
"Four
time Tour de France champion Chris Froome was
placed under investigation by cycling authorities
on Wednesday morning after a doping control showed
abnormally high levels of an asthma drug at the
Vuelta a Espana in September."
(wsj.com) Photo: Christophe Ena/Associated Press
December
13, 2017
Everything you need to know about
Chris Froome’s salbutamol case.
"Froome
won the Vuelta riding for Team Sky, but now faces
the possibility of having his victory removed
should he face a sanction from the UCI for having
too much salbutamol in his system."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
December
13, 2017
Will Chris Froome's Salbutamol result
sink Team Sky?
"No
matter how Team Sky attempt to address this
particular situation, there’s no getting away from
the bare facts. On September 7, in a routine
anti-doping test conducted at the Vuelta a España,
Chris Froome exceeded the limit permitted for
Salbutamol. The A and B samples collected
confirmed that the Team Sky leader had double the
legal limit of 1,000ng/ml of the asthma medication
floating around his system."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
13, 2017
The truth about cycling and asthma.
"The
use of asthma medication by professional cyclists
is a controversial one, thrust into the limelight
again as Chris Froome was found to have higher
than permitted levels of salbutamol in a sample
taken during the 2017 Vuelta a España. David
Bradford hunts for the truth about the prevalence,
effects and treatment of asthma among cyclists." (cyclingweekly.com)
December
13, 2017
Nibali: No one can give me back the
thrill of winning the Vuelta.
"Vuelta
a Espana runner-up Vincenzo Nibali has reacted
with dismay to the news of Chris Froome’s adverse
analytical finding for salbutamol, saying that if
the Briton is disqualified from the race
inheriting the title will not be the same." (cyclingtips.com)
(Photo: Cor Vos)
December
13, 2017
Specialized stops sale of 2018 Allez
bikes due to fork defect.
"Specialized
has announced a complete halt to the sale of its
2018 model year Allez, Allez Sport and Allez Elite
road bikes. This is due to a fork crown
manufacturing defect and the US company will be
replacing forks on bikes already sold. It adds
that no one has been injured as a result of the
fork issue."
(road.cc)
December
13, 2017
Lotto NL Jumbo send three riders home
from training camp.
"Juan-José
Lobato, Antwan Tolhoek and Pascal Eenkhoorn have
all been sent home from the team's pre-season
training camp after being caught with sleep
medication that hadn't been authorized by the
team."
(sbs.com.au)
December
13, 2017
ProCX: Mani and Ortenblad take 2017
overall titles.
"The
series began in New York at the beginning of
September and concluded on Sunday with races in
Texas and North Carolina. There were a total of 40
race days across 18 states and the District of
Columbia. Cyclocross racing in the U.S. will
culminate in January with the national
championships in Reno, Nevada."
(velonews.com) Photo credit: Wil Matthews
December
13, 2017
First hearing in Mike Hall death
inquest set.
"Mike
Hall was killed on the Monaro Highway just outside
Canberra following a collision with a car in the
early hours of March 31st. Hall was regarded as
one of the world’s best ultra-endurance racers and
holds the record for the fastest completion of the
Trans Am in the U.S."
(sbs.com.au)
December
13, 2017
Boswell’s off-season training in
Vermont: Ride the trainer, chop wood.
"Ian
Boswell has never been afraid to blaze his own
trail. The 26 year old from Bend, Oregon, is one
of the only Americans to ever ride for Team Sky,
and when searching for a new squad last season,
Boswell looked past the usual havens and became
the first American rider to ink a contract with
the Russian based Katusha Alpecin outfit." (velonews.com)
(Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
13, 2017
Brendan Canty looking forward to
making his Tour Down Under debut in 2018.
"Back
in training after his first season in the
WorldTour ranks and a season that stretched from
the Australian nationals in January through to Il
Lombardia in October, Canty's focus is on starting
the well well on home soil."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim De Waele)
December
13, 2017
Offseason Capsule: Katusha.
"Katusha’s
season can hardly be thought of as thrilling.
There were long periods where they hardly mattered
at all. Their offseason, though, has been
electric. Let’s see where things are going for the
boys in red, different red, and blue." (podiumcafe.com)
Corbis via Getty Images
December
13, 2017
Pinarello Nytro e-bike first ride
review.
"It’s
the e-bike that caused a social media storm on its
release day only a few weeks back, for all the
wrong reasons. The Pinarello Nytro is the Italian
company’s first foray into the e-bike road market
and one of only a handful on the market right now
(the other major player being Orbea)."
(cyclingtips.com)Photography by David Everett
December
13, 2017
Oakley Windjacket 2.0 sunglasses
review.
"Oakley's
Wind Jacket 2.0 sunnies are not for the faint of
heart; they are big and bright, but are a solid
set of cycling shades."
(cyclingnews.com) (Colin Levitch / Immediate
Media)
December
13, 2017
New SON Generator Hubs.
"We
are excited to announce the latest SON generator
hubs. The biggest news is the connector-less SL
system for thru-axle hubs: Now you can remove your
front wheel and its generator hub without having
to disconnect any wires, even with a thru axle."
(janheine.wordpress.com)
December
13, 2017
Ridley Helium X review.
"The
Ridley Helium X comes out of the same mould as the
Helium SLX, the bike of choice for Thomas de
Gendt, but it’s made of a mix to 30T (30 ton) and
24T high modulus carbon rather than the Helium
SLX’s 60T-40T-30T higher-modulus mix." (cyclingweekly.com)
December
13, 2017
Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST review.
"The
Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST was one of the best
carbon wheels on the market and by making it
tubeless, Mavic has made a superb wheel even
better (and faster). They are great value when
compared to other premium brand carbon clinchers
and being 40mm deep, ideal for all round use." (cyclingweekly.com)
December
13, 2017
2017 DVV Trophy Cyclocross
Scheldecross at Antwerp, Belgium LIVE - CX LIVE
stream.
"The
2017 DVV Trofee Cyclocross Scheldecross at
Antwerpen, Belgium is Saturday, December 16. There
will be live streams for both the elite women's
and men's races.
Elite Women at 13:45 CET (7:45am U.S. ET). Elite Men at 15:00 CET (9am U.S. ET)." (cyclingfans.com) December
13, 2017
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