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Today's Trending Outrage as teen driver who hit six Texas cyclists as he deliberately blew exhaust fumes at them remains free. Coal-Rolling Teen Pickup Truck Driver Hits Six Cyclists, Hospitalizing Four: Report. 'The girls who were still there can blame themselves:' Annemiek van Vleuten critical of team-mates at World Championships. 'I was almost dead:' Jan Ullrich speaks out on his recovery on Lance Armstrong's podcast. Column
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September
28, 2021
September
28, 2021
Cro Race: Bauhaus wins stage 1.
"Bahrain
Victorious rider Phil Bauhaus holds off Kooij and
Halvorsen on longest day of six-day race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: cycling.today) September 28, 2021 A rainy Paris Roubaix? Forecasters calling
for wet and sloppy weekend.
"Météo
France, the official national forecaster, is predicting
rain and gusting winds all weekend across northern
France."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) Photo: FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images September 28, 2021 Paris Roubaix Preview.
"This
Saturday history will be made as the long awaited
inaugural edition of Paris Roubaix will unfold on the
iconic pavé of Northern France. A total of 29.5km - just
over a quarter of the action - will be raced on the
famed, bone-shaking cobbles of Northern France,
including the legendary five star sectors of
Mons-en-Pévèle and the Carrefour de l’Arbre."
(voxwomen.com)
September 28, 2021
Dan Bigham announces Hour Record attempt.
"The
aero specialist is targeting the British record, held by
Sir Bradley Wiggins, before he goes for the World Record
of Victor Campenaerts."
By Alex Ballinger (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 28, 2021 Tibco Silicon Valley Bank provides funding
for women's development team.
"Team
Tibco Silicon Valley Bank announced today that it will
take the lead in funding Fount Cycling Guild as a
women’s development team for next season, providing
support through the Silicon Valley Cycling Foundation."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Chris Wilson/ Team Tibco Silicon Valley Bank) September 28, 2021 How Everesting grew into a global
phenomenon.
"In
this excerpt from his new book, Matt de Neef tells the
story of Everesting's rise from grassroots to global."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) photography by Tim Bardsley-Smith September 28, 2021 Should you ditch long, slow winter miles?
Reverse periodization says yes.
"Conventional
wisdom has it that winter is the time for long, slow
miles - but more and more riders are doing precisely the
opposite. Simon Smythe investigates reverse
periodization."
By Simon Smythe (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Future) September 28, 2021 2021 Cro Race Live Feed.
"Cro Race / Tour of Croatia 2021 - stage 1 (Osijek → Varaždin, 237km). Tuesday,
September 28th, video starts at 15:00pm Central Europe,
9:00am U.S. Eastern"
(cycling.today) (Credit not Found) September 28, 2021 Column
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September
28, 2021
Molano claims Giro di Sicilia opener.
"Juan
Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates) caught late
attacker Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo Kometa) just before the
line to win the opening 179km stage of the Giro di
Sicilia in Licata."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) September 28, 2021 The Long, Bumpy Wait Is Over.
"Paris
Roubaix will be run on Sunday, October 3, the first time
it has ever been run outside of spring, and only rarely
outside of April, having traditionally been the Easter
race which occasionally pushed it into late March."
By Chris Fontecchio (podiumcafe.com) PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP via Getty Images September 28, 2021 Vincenzo Nibali hoping to find Il Lombardia
form on home roads of Giro di Sicilia.
"Vincenzo
Nibali is back in action at this week’s Giro di Sicilia,
using the four-day race on his home roads as key
preparation for Il Lombardia and his final races in Trek
Segafredo colors."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: LaPresse/RCS Sport) September 28, 2021 Ruth Winder elected to the UCI Athletes’
Commission.
"The
UCI has announced that Ruth Winder of the USA and
Philippe Gilbert of Belgium have been elected to
represent the discipline of road cycling on the UCI
Athletes’ Commission."
(voxwomen.com) (Image Credit not Found) September 28, 2021 Cervélo R5 review: Iterations on a theme.
"It’s
not often that a new road bike launches to the world
with the words less stiff within the marketing copy. But
here we are, in 2021, and that’s just happened."
By Caley Fretz (cyclingtips.com) (Photography by James Huang) September 28, 2021 Hands-On With Wahoo’s New Systm Training
Platform.
"At
first glance, one might just assume that Wahoo’s new
Systm platform is simply The Sufferfest rebranded (Wahoo
acquired The Sufferfest a few years back). And you’d be
about 50% correct."
By Ray Maker (dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) September 28, 2021 Biehler Women’s Technical Kit review.
"Interesting
prints on technical fabrics with unique bib design
touches that makes them smart to use and wear,
delivered via DHL CO2 Green for a demonstrable
commitment to protecting the environment."
By Aliya Barnwell (velonews.com) (Photo: Aliya Barnwell) September 28, 2021 Best bike bells for commuting, road riding,
mountain biking and more.
"The
best bike bells will alert others to your presence
politely and effectively while fitting securely and
within easy reach."
By Zach Nehr (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Spurcycle) September 28, 2021 2021 Tour of Sicily Live Feed.
"Tour of Sicily / Giro di Sicilia 2021 - stage 1 (Avola → Licata, 179km). Tuesday,
September 28th, starts at 13:20pm Central Europe, 7:20am
U.S. Eastern."
(cycling.today) (Credit not Found) September 28, 2021 Column
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September
28, 2021
How Kateřina Nash keeps going.
"After
20 years with the Clif Pro Team as an MTB and 'cross
athlete, Nash has what sponsors want: the ability to
balance multiple disciplines - and win."
By Betsy Welch (velonews.com) Photo: Bill Schieken September 28, 2021 Julian Alaphilippe: Losing the rainbow
jersey would have also been a form of relief.
"Alaphilippe
acknowledged to L’Équipe that racing without the rainbow
bands on Sunday had already been a form of liberation.
Back in the navy blue of the French national team, he no
longer felt the weight of the title upon his shoulders."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) September 28, 2021 A world championships for the ages: Peloton
left in awe of ‘stadium-like’ crowds at Flanders.
"An
estimated 1 million fans packed the roadsides from
Antwerp to Leuven, creating a festival-like atmosphere
unlike anything anyone's seen before."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com)Photo: Alex Broadway - Pool/Getty Images September 28, 2021 'The girls who were still there can blame
themselves:' Annemiek van Vleuten critical of team-mates
at World Championships.
"Annemiek
van Vleuten was not happy after the women's elite road
race at the World Championships, saying that only Ellen
van Dijk and herself did the job of making the race
hard."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 28, 2021 Fitbit Charge 5 In-Depth Review.
"Fitbit’s
new Charge 5 aims to take their most well-known wearable
series and catapult it forward with a revamped AMOLED
display that doesn’t feel like a TI-82 graphing
calculator that previous Fitbit Charge units have had."
By Ray Maker (dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) September 28, 2021 Outrage as teen driver who hit six Texas
cyclists as he deliberately blew exhaust fumes at them
remains free.
"The
cyclists, two of whom had to be airlifted to hospital -
fortunately without life-threatening injuries - had been
on a training ride for Ironman Texas on old Highway 290
near Waller, around 10km northwest of Houston."
By Simon MacMichael
(road.cc) (Twitter) September 28,
2021
This new 9 kg (19 lb) electric bicycle
claims to be the lightest eBike in the world.
"The
heart of the Super Leggera eBike is a 200-watt motor
that is designed to provide a modest electrical assist
to riders."
By Micah Toll (electrek.co) (Image Credit not Found) September 28, 2021 Stretching for cyclists: Why, how often, and
which are best?
"The
amount of time we generally spend in a fixed position on
the bike is often compounded by spending a large sum of
our work hours seated at a desk."
By Jarred Salzwedel (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Wahoo SYSTM) September 28, 2021 ‘No Clog’ HV Tubeless Valves - The end of
Presta?
"‘No
Clog’ HV valves are a re-design of the Presta valve
and are designed specifically to work with tubeless
set-ups. The Presta valve has been around for a long
time and has been just fine; until tubeless came
along."
By Paul Horta-Hopkins (cycletechreview.com) (Image Credit not Found) September 28, 2021 Column
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September
27, 2021
September
27, 2021
Rochester Cyclocross C2: Rochette goes
back-to-back for wins in New York.
"Maghalie
Rochette wins, Clara Honsinger and Caroline Mani
duplicate podium from Saturday. Kaitlin Keough
finishes in forth place."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) September 27, 2021 'Remco Evenepoel was the best man in the
race after Julian Alaphilippe:' Lefevere baffled by
Belgian tactics at World Championships.
"Lefevere
believed that Evenepoel was the best rider on the course
after Alaphilippe, leaving him confused, asking "why did
they throw Remco into the fray so early?"
(cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 World's Road Breakdown: Alaphilippe
Beautifully Balanced Raw Power!
"Ten
Takeaways from the Worlds: Sunday’s elite men’s World
championship road race in Flanders was one of the most
exciting rainbow battles in living memory."
By Spencer Martin (pezcyclingnews.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) September 27, 2021 Peter Sagan on worlds: ‘I didn’t have the
legs to win.’
"Peter
Sagan rolls in with second chase group in 26th on a
course that was ideal for his chances to become the
first elite male to win four world titles."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) September 27, 2021 Road World Championships 2021: Strava data
shows brutality of race around Flanders.
"Remco
Evenepoel, Michael Valgren, Dylan van Baarle and more
posted their rides to the site."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 Greg Van Avermaet looking for redemption at
Paris Roubaix after omission from Belgian Worlds squad.
"The
Belgian has represented his national team at the World
Championships every year since 2007."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 Five cool things coming soon from Apple,
Tacx, Topeak, Van Rysel and Renpho.
"Here's
another fantastic selection of indoor trainers and
clothing that we're testing at the moment, with full
reviews coming soon."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) September 27, 2021 How Topeak can provide your route to
tubeless simplicity.
"From
installing tubeless tires and making repairs to storage,
here are six Topeak tools for the ideal tubeless setup."
By Katherine Moore (bikeradar.com) (Image Credit not Found) September 27, 2021 Column
Two
Neilson Powless rescues remarkable fifth for
USA at World Championships road race.
"Speaking
after the race, Powless said: "It was just an amazing
experience being up there. I did as best as I possibly
could have. It was unfortunate to lose Quinn [Simmons]
to a crash."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 Complete 2021 road world championships
results and highlights collection.
"All
the winners and the most important stories from each
race."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) Photo: Alex Broadway - Pool/Getty Images September 27, 2021 10 conclusions from the 2021 UCI Road World
Championships.
"A
100th anniversary filled with exciting Flandrien racing
that most will long happily remember, but some may want
to forget."
By Daniel Ostanek , Patrick Fletcher , Brecht Decaluwé , Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) September 27, 2021 Anna van der Breggen: The next chapter
begins now.
"Dutch
star says goodbye to a pro racing career at Worlds and
hello to new directorship role at Paris Roubaix."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) September 27, 2021 Another retired European road pro jumps into
the U.S. gravel scene.
"German
rider Paul Voss is jumping into the U.S. gravel scene
four years after retiring from pro road cycling."
By Fred Dreier (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) September 27, 2021 Julian Alaphilippe's Tarmac SL7: Finish line
to photography in under an hour.
"As
one of the most prestigious crowns in the road cycling
calendar, the UCI Road World Championships comes with an
enormity of marketing potential for sponsors."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Etienne Schoeman) September 27, 2021 Coal-Rolling Teen Pickup Truck Driver Hits
Six Cyclists, Hospitalizing Four: Report.
"The reason he couldn’t stop is because he was accelerating to blow more diesel fuel on these cyclists," Ferrell explained to Fox 26. "He ended up hitting three people before his brakes even started." By Caleb Jacobs (thedrive.com) (KPRC) September 27, 2021 Specialized S-Works Recon Lace Gravel
Shoes.
"Seriously
light, stiff and good-looking shoes for Gravelly
adventuring, better on the bike than off."
By Mike Stead (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) September 27, 2021 Column
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September
27, 2021
Peter Stetina wins second Belgian Waffle
Ride event in Cedar City.
"Peter
Stetina (Canyon Clif Bar) won the Belgian Waffle
Ride Cedar City on Saturday, while Whitney Allison
(Bike Sports) took the crown for the women."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Belgian Waffle Ride) September 27, 2021 'I was almost dead:' Jan Ullrich speaks out
on his recovery on Lance Armstrong's podcast.
"Jan
Ullrich has spoken out about how he was close to
suffering the same fate as Marco Pantani, saying that he
was "almost dead" when Lance Armstrong went to see him
in 2018."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 EF Education Nippo signs Owain Doull.
"The
28-year-old Welshman, an Olympic gold medalist on the
track with an affinity for the Classics on the road,
has spent the past five seasons with the Ineos
Grenadiers."
By Dane Cash (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 Moreno Hofland to retire due to stomach
problems.
"According
to BNdeSTem.nl, Hofland has suffered from
intestinal ischemia, a painful condition where blood
flow to gastrointestinal tract is restricted.
Hofland said his issue is exercise-induced."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) September 27, 2021 Alaphilippe, alone: A World Champion’s
second coming.
"When
Julian Alaphilippe attacks, you know about it. The
elastic swing of his bike from side to side. The
gritted teeth. That sense of kinetic energy, coiled up
like rubber bands in a golf ball, waiting to spring
free."
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Kristof Ramon) September 27, 2021 Voeckler: I told Alaphilippe to follow his
instincts at World Championships.
"We
wanted to launch attacks before the others and have
them think we were crazy."
By Daniel Ostanek , Brecht Decaluwé (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) September 27, 2021 Women’s cycling: An ever-growing hub of
tech, reviews and buying advice.
"A
comprehensive guide to all things women’s cycling,
from buying advice to product reviews and much more."
By Mildred Locke (cyclingnews.com)(Image credit: Isadore) September 27, 2021 11 tech highlights at Sea Otter Europe
from BMC, CHPT3, 3T, Vielo, Sportful + more.
"All the stuff you need to know about from the Spanish bike show, and a race-winning bike to ogle too." By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) September 27, 2021 Pogačar’s Ice & Fire Colnago has
blockchain technology for theft prevention.
"The
Tour winner's first foray into the design world
represents his ice cold mindset and burning legs
with a dose of high tech security for good measure."
By Ronan Mc Laughlin (cyclingtips.com) Photography by Ronan Mc Laughlin September 27, 2021
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