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April 27, 2021
Tour de Romandie: Rohan Dennis wins prologue.
"Top
times for Ineos as Rohan Dennis is first, Geraint Thomas
second, and Richie Porte third."
By Patrick Fletcher (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 27, 2021 Rohan Dennis: Things are starting to click in
time trials again.
"I
take a lot of confidence out of not just this time trial
but the last one that I won and things are starting to
really click for me on the TT bike again, which is always
a nice thing when it's been a bit of a dry spell."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 27, 2021 Tour de Romandie, History and Future.
"A
quick look at the Tour de Romandie in two parts. First the
history of this race, it was meant as a one-off but was a
success from the start and has become a fixture ever
since, with some vintage UCI meddling not long ago."
(inrng.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) April 27, 2021 Geraint Thomas leads super-strong Ineos
Grenadiers team at Tour de Romandie 2021.
"The
British team has brought a strong mix of riders to
Switzerland as they build towards the Giro d'Italia and
the Tour de France."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (David Ramos/Getty Images) April 27, 2021 Ganna tunes up for Giro d'Italia with Tour de
Romandie time trials.
"The
world time trial champion suffered a rare defeat in the
discipline in his last outing against the watch, when he
placed third behind Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) and Stefan
Küng (Groupama FDJ) on the final day of Tirreno
Adriatico."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 27, 2021 Wahoo Speedplay Zero pedals.
"The
Wahoo Speedplay Zero pedals have picked up where the old
Speedplay Zeros left off and improved the few elements
that could be, with a huge amount of adjustability, a low
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By George Hill (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) April 27, 2021 2021 Tour de Romandie live stream.
"2021 Tour de Romandie live April 27-May 2, Switzerland. Prologue
starts Tuesday at 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).
Finish at around 5:31pm CET (11:31am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 3:30pm CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern." (cyclingfans.com) April 27, 2021 Tactic Sport Hard Day Long Sleeve Jersey.
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By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) April 27, 2021  April 26, 2021
Racing this week: Peter Sagan, Sepp Kuss
headline Tour de Romandie.
"Nairo
Quintana, Chris Froome, Ruth Winder and Coyrn Rivera
racing across a busy week in Spain, Switzerland and the
Netherlands."
(velonews.com) (David Ramos/Getty Images) April 26, 2021 Five things to look out for at the Tour of
Romandie 2021.
"With
no Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) or Primož Roglič
(Jumbo Visma), this year’s Tour de Romandie is Ineos
Grenadiers’ to lose."
By Stephen Puddicombe (cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) April 26, 2021 41 and Flying: Like it or not, Valverde is
still among the world’s best.
"Ardennes
Week’, ever a bountiful hunting ground for the man from
Murcia. There, Valverde left little doubt that he is still
among the world’s best."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Kristof Ramon) April 26, 2021 Thibaut Pinot’s doomed Giro d’Italia campaign
has a theme song.
"A
French acoustic duo wrote a song to show their support for
Thibaut Pinot at the Giro d'Italia. Then, he pulled out."
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) photography by RCS Sport April 26, 2021 Simon Yates is asking me how I manage to keep
up’: Bora Hansgrohe’s skier-turned-cyclist on adapting to
life in the pro peloton.
"Anton
Palzer was one of the best ski mountaineers in the world,
before switching sport and heading directly to the
WorldTour in April this year."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) April 26, 2021 Garmin Marq Athlete, a modern tool watch.
"It’s
quite simple, a tool watch is just a watch that serves as
a tool to accomplish specific tasks. For example a divers’
watch with a rotatable bezel and high resistance to
pressure that is designed to be used underwater is a tool
watch."
By Paul Horta-Hopkins (cycletechreview.com) (Image Credit not Found) April 26, 2021 April 25, 2021
Pogacar denies Alaphilippe to win Liège
Bastogne Liège.
"Pogacar
used Alaphilippe perfectly in the sprint and once more
Alaphilippe misses out. Gaudu rounds out podium ahead of
Valverde, Woods"
By Peter Cossins (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 25, 2021 Demi Vollering beats Annemiek van Vleuten to
Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes title.
"Demi
Vollering (Team SD Worx) won taking the first big classic
victory of her career. The 24-year-old beat Annemiek van
Vleuten (Movistar Team) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek
Segafredo) in the sprint of a group of five."
By Lukas Knöfler (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) April 25, 2021 Garmin Venu 2 & Venu 2S GPS Smartwatch
In-Depth Review.
"Today
Garmin announced the new Venu 2 & Venu 2S watches, the
AMOLED display successors to the original Garmin Venu
watch."
(dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) April 22, 2021 VeloFix: Your local Bike Shop, on wheels.
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April 27, 2021
Chris Froome is 'a long way off' Olympic Games
selection, says team coach.
"He
has returned to full-time racing but has struggled to
reach his former level and the Tour de France remains his
main focus for the season."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) April 27, 2021 Giro d’Italia: Peter Sagan, Vincenzo Nibali
and Remco Evenepoel headline provisional start list.
"Giro
d'Italia, which begins May 8 in Torino, will see a
star-studded peloton next month."
(velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) April 27, 2021 How to watch the Giro d’Italia 2021: Live
stream the first Grand Tour of the season.
"The
start list for the Giro features some of the biggest names
in the cycling world, both in the general classification
and for the sprint stages. Live stream the Giro in the
USA, Canada and Australia on GCN+."
By Alex Ballinger (cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) April 27, 2021 The evolution of sprinting featuring Mark
Cavendish, Marcel Kittel and Sam Bennett.
"Sprinting
has changed a lot in the last few years. You’re not just
dealing with sprinters now, you’re dealing with a lot of
lead-out trains. They’re hard to predict and the variables
have increased."
By Sam Dansie, Sophie Hurcom (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 27, 2021 5 Minutes with Karol-Ann Canuel.
"Canadian
Karol-Ann Canuel is currently rides for Team SD Worx, and
has been participating at the top level of the sport with
the team’s predecessor Boels Dolmans, since 2016."
(voxwomen.com) Getty Images / Team SD Worx April 27, 2021 Wheels of fortune: Oversize pulley wheel
systems.
"It’s
a small component, but the effect an oversize pulley wheel
system can have on drivetrain performance is surprisingly
big."
By Sam Challis (cyclist.co.uk) Photography: Rob Milton April 27, 2021 Pirelli P Zero Race Tub SL sews up
ever-lighter tubular for World Tour pro road racing.
"While
tubeless continues to make inroads into pro racing, the
new Pirelli P Zero Race Tub SL tire shows that there’s
still performance to be gained from gluing on tubulars."
By Cory Benson (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) April 27, 2021 Best electric gravel bikes: Our pick of the
best bikes for assisted off-road adventures.
"Electric
bikes make cycling accessible to a new group of people,
and they also make it more fun in more situations for more
people."
By Josh Ross (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Specialized ) April 27, 2021 Best cycling shorts: Brilliant shorts ridden
and rated.
"The
best cycling shorts combine perfect padding with the right
leg length as a minimum. Here's our roundup of the best
available today."
By Graham Cottingham (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Colin Levitch) April 27, 2021 Five conclusions from the men’s Liège Bastogne
Liège.
"Forced
to sit out Flèche Wallonne his UAE Team Emirates team and
Tadej Pogačar responded in the best possible fashion with
victory in Liège Bastogne Liège, adding success in one of
the sports big five Monuments."
By Peter Cossins (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) April 26, 2021 5 conclusions from Liège Bastogne Liège Femmes
2021.
"The
heir apparent, a world beating domestique, a bad turn of
luck for Spratt, blowing a pattern and Brand is back."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) April 26, 2021 Liège Bastogne Liège: What the stars said
after dramatic editions of ‘La Doyenne.’
"From
Elisa Longo Borghini's town-sign sprint training to Primož
Roglič's lost legs, here's what the key players said after
the final classic of spring."
(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) April 26, 2021 Women’s spring Classics: How did each squad
perform?
"Despite
a couple of decent sprint finishes, the form that saw
Marta Bastianelli dominate the Classics a couple of years
ago continues to elude her."
By Stephen Puddicombe (cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images) April 26, 2021 Ardennes Classics team ratings: How did each
squad perform?
"Alaphilippe,
Van Aert and Pogačar produced the goods for their teams."
By Stephen Puddicombe (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) April 26, 2021 Simon Yates adds Giro d’Italia recon to
success at Tour of the Alps.
"Team
Bike Exchange leader rides Sega di Ala stage 17 finish in
Trentino mountains."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Tour of the Alps) April 26, 2021 All You Need to Know About Everesting and Why
It’s Gaining Traction.
"Everesting
is the ultimate cycling challenge that more and more
people are trying to complete. Climbing 8,848m on a
bicycle in one ride is not easy, but it can be done with
the right knowledge."
By Jeff Balton (bicycle-guider.com) (Image Credit not Found) April 26, 2021 Ineos Grenadiers organize 10-hour fan ride on
Zwift.
"To
mark the start of a three-year deal between Ineos
Grenadiers and Zwift, the British WorldTour team will hold
a 10-hour ride dubbed 'Around the World with Zwift' on the
virtual training platform on May 1."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 26, 2021 April 25, 2021
The Moment Liège Bastogne Liège Was Won.
"Les
jeux sont faits, rien ne va plus” said the croupier at the
top of the Roche-aux-Faucons climb. The wheels were
spinning but which of the five riders in the winning move
would land the jackpot in Liège?"
(inrng.com) (Image credit: ASO) April 25, 2021 Five talking points from Liège Bastogne Liège
2021.
"Alaphilippe
is felled by a Slovenian once again at the oldest
Monument.
Demi
Vollering: A star is born?"
By Chris Marshall-Bell (cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images) April 25, 2021
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April 27, 2021
Dylan Groenewegen to return from suspension at
Giro d'Italia.
"Dutchman
a surprise inclusion by Jumbo Visma for first race since
Tour de Pologne crash"
By Stephen Farrand
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April
27, 2021
Vincenzo Nibali back training at altitude as
hopes of riding Giro d'Italia increase.
"I’ve
never seen Vincenzo so determined and so willing to work
hard' says physiotherapist."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) April 27, 2021 The top 10 riders from the 2021 Spring
Classics.
"In a
spring that missed Paris Roubaix for a second consecutive
year, no one rider really dominated throughout the period
in either the men’s or women’s peloton."
(cyclist.co.uk) (Image Credit not Found) April 27, 2021 Tom Pidcock to race XCO World Cups and Olympic
Games on unbranded BMC.
"BMC's
Fourstroke is confirmed as Ineos Grenadiers' bike of
choice for the 2021 XCO World Cups and Olympic Games."
By Lance Branquinho (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Ineos Grenadiers ) April 27, 2021 Tour de France history: Charly Gaul tames the
Galibier.
"The
1955 Tour de France is one week old and the race convoy is
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the Lauteret into Briançon."
By Giles Belbin (cyclist.co.uk) Photo: Presse Sports April 27, 2021 Shimano Introduces New 'Linkglide' Drivetrain
Technology with Bold Longevity Claims.
"Shimano
introduces a new drivetrain technology today, Linkglide.
It’s designed not to be the lightest weight but to
prioritize durability and shift performance. It also
represents something of a fork in the road for the brand’s
drivetrains."
By Henry Quinney (pinkbike.com) (Image Credit not Found) April 27, 2021 Reynolds ARX 58/62 Carbon wheelset review.
"Boasting
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By Colin Levitch (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Colin Levitch) April 27, 2021 Bontrager BackRack Deluxe MIK.
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By Matt Lamy (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) April 27, 2021 Jumbo Visma confirms that Tom Dumoulin will
miss Tour de France.
"It
has been confirmed that Tom Dumoulin will miss this year’s
Tour de France, with Jumbo Visma handing the Dutchman’s
place to the emerging talent Jonas Vingegaard."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) April 26, 2021 CeramicSpeed Driven opens to crowdfunding
after split from CeramicSpeed.
"Ceramic
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shaft-drive drivetrain concept, Driven, is formally
separating from the Danish brand to become its own
business entity, and that the newly formed company is
opening up to investors."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: CeramicSpeed) April 26, 2021 A Look at Polar’s New Heart Rate Broadcasting
for Apps like Zwift and Peloton.
"Polar
starts shipping their previously announced Ignite 2 today,
which was announced last month alongside the Vantage M2.
Stashed away on the Ignite 2 is the beginnings of Polar’s
new heart rate broadcasting feature."
(dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) April 26, 2021 Roval's C38 wheels are light, tough and
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By Lance Branquinho (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Roval) April 26, 2021 A 24-hour world record attempt falters, but is
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By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) photography by TheGlucoseNetwork April 26, 2021 Goodyear Connector Ultimate gravel tire.
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By Rob Wilmott (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) April 26, 2021 Garmin Rally: The Ultimate Power Pedals for
Gravel, MTB and Road?
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By Matt Phillips (bicycling.co.za) (Image Credit not Found) April 26, 2021 April 25, 2021
Tadej Pogacar is ‘living the cycling dream.’
"Pogacar
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