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Phil Gaimon sets record for
fastest-ever 'Everesting' attempt.
"The
retired Garmin Sharp rider took to Mountaingate
Ridge Road, north of Los Angeles, in an attempt
to tick off the necessary 8,848m of ascent in a
time quicker 8 hours 29 minutes, the previous
record held by Tobias Lestrall."
(cyclist.co.uk) (Joe Robinson) (Instagram)
May
12, 2020
Israel Start-Up Nation post-lockdown
training camp.
"Israel
has been the first country to allow pro teams to
come together for the purposes of training, and
the team is considering more training camps in
Europe when allowed."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Credit not Provided)
May
12, 2020
Peiper: ‘Racing will be hot and
fast.’
"Having
a schedule is like a light at the end of a
tunnel,” UAE Team Emirates sport director
Allan Peiper told VeloNews. “Riders are
excited at the prospect of racing again. They’ve
been riding around aimlessly for two months, or
stuck inside their homes. This calendar is good
for everyone."
(velonews.com) Andrew Hood
May
12, 2020
Richard Carapaz confirms Giro
d'Italia as major 2020 goal.
"Carapaz
is happy to focus on the Giro d'Italia in
October and revealed that Team Ineos have
decided much of his race program after the UCI
announced the new-look WorldTour calendar last
week."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
May
12, 2020
For Giacomo Nizzolo, Sanremo dreams
are still intact.
"Italian
Giacomo Nizzolo, one of the hottest riders in
the beginning of the 2020 season, has set his
sight high, as he hopes to win Milano Sanremo." (velonews.com)
(James Startt)
May
12, 2020
2020 Dutch National Championships
canceled.
"The
news comes as the Belgian National Championships
also looks in doubt, while the respective
federations in Italy and France also face a
waiting game before their national governments
consider future steps to take with their
lockdown measures."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
May
12, 2020
Itching to race? Grinduro opens
registrations for 2020 California event.
"We
are excited to announce that CyclingTips
is the official media partner of the 2020
Grinduro series. The unique format of Grinduro
combines the best elements of a mountain bike
enduro with a gravel grinder-style road race …
all with “the perfect party-to-race ratio." (cyclingtips.com)
Sarah Lukas
May
12, 2020
Swytch Electric Bike Conversion Kit.
"Convert
your bike into an eBike with the Universal
Swytch Electric Bike Kit. Easy to fit,
disc-brake compatible, and works on any bicycle
type."
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(swytchbike.com)
May
12, 2020
How fair is Zwift racing?
"In
2019, Zwift set up its own organization designed
to spot data hackers. The ZADA (Zwift Accuracy
and Data Analysis) team is a progression from a
community group which disbanded when the growing
popularity of e-racing made the job
insurmountable for volunteers."
(cyclingweekly.com) Image: Zwift Credit: Zwift
May
12, 2020
The complete guide to buying a used
bike.
"Whether
you’re looking to grab a bargain second-hand
bike from a bike shop, an online auction site
such as eBay or a classifieds site such as
Gumtree or Craigslist, and more recently
Facebook Marketplace, then make sure you read
our advice first."
(bikeradar.com) Simon Bromley / Immediate Media
May
12, 2020
Giro road bike helmets overview.
"Want
to learn the differences between the Synthe and
the Syntax? Our Giro helmets range overview will
provide all the information you need." (cyclingnews.com)
(Image credit: Aaron Borrill)
May
12, 2020
 May
11, 2020
Phil Gaimon is attempting to break
the Everesting world record right now.
"Phil
Gaimon is spending his Monday riding up (and
down) a hill in Los Angeles some 60 times as he
pursues the Everesting world record for
charity."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by @zaneadamo Zane
Adamo
May
11, 2020
UCI worried not all teams will make
it to the end of the season.
"The
UCI says up to five teams are experiencing
significant financial turmoil, with President
David Lappartient saying he hopes all squads
make it to the end of the season." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images)
May
11, 2020
Van Vleuten and van der Breggen on
the obstacles and opportunities of new 2020
calendar.
"Dutch
rivals on season-opener Strade Bianche, the
importance of a first-ever Paris Roubaix, and
the difficulties of a Giro-worlds clash." (velonews.com)
(Getty Images)
May
11, 2020
Geraint Thomas flies to Monaco to
ramp up Tour de France training.
"Since
the suspension of the season, the 2018 Tour de
France champion had been in his native Wales,
where lockdown conditions are stricter than the
rest of the UK."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
May
11, 2020
eBay finds: Retro cycling jerseys
from the 2000s.
"As
with the 1990s, the 2000s saw some of cycling's
great excesses, and that applied to the kits, as
well. There's a truly eclectic range out there,
ridden by an equally eclectic array of teams and
riders."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Supplied)
May
11, 2020
May’s Tech of the Month: Giant TCR
Advanced SL 0 Disc, PowerTap P2 pedals and new
Zipp finishing kit.
"Giant’s
hugely popular TCR has been updated and we’ve
got our hands on a brand new, top end model. It
comes with all the bells and whistles that you’d
expect from a bike costing £9499, including
SRAM’s eTap AXS groupset, a Quarq power meter,
and new Cadex carbon wheels."
(cyclingweekly.com) Rupert Radley
May
11, 2020
60 hours in the saddle: Rupert's
VRAAM 'Hell Week' 1 in numbers.
"With
VRAAM looming on 16 June, Rupert Guinness put in
a huge block of training for his 'Hell Week' 1.
Here's how it looked in numbers."
(sbs.com.au) Rupert Guinness
May
11, 2020
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WorldTour races in Quebec and
Montreal to go ahead as planned.
"Because
of the nature of our races we should still see a
high-quality field of competitors in Québec City
and Montréal," said Serge Arsenault, President
of the GPCQM, in a press statement."
(cyclingnews.com)(Getty Images Sport)
May
12, 2020
Revised Vuelta a España route has
the toughest first week of any post-war Grand
Tour.
"Three
major summit finishes, four mountainous stages,
one very hilly stage, and a finish on the
Tourmalet in late October. Put it all together
and the revised 2020 Vuelta a España route now
looks set to become Grand Tour racing's
hardest-ever first week since World War II." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
May
12, 2020
Garmin Varia has your back.
"Being
able to see behind you won’t necessarily protect
you from being hit, but early warning of
approaching traffic could save your life." (velonews.com)
(Credit: Unknown)
May
12, 2020
Receivership will 'alleviate
unsustainable costs' for Mavic, Regent partner
says.
"For
all intents and purposes, it's business as usual
in the U.S. and Canada," said David Steinhafel,
the CEO. Steinhafel is a principal in Regent LP,
the California-based investment group that
acquired Mavic from Amer Sports last year."
(bicycleretailer.com) (mavic.com) Steve
Frothingham
May
12, 2020
A history of foreign starts at the
Giro d'Italia.
"The
Giro's first start on foreign shores came in
1965 in the enclave microstate of San Marino,
with seven further foreign starts coming in the
past two decades. Here, we look back at when the
Giro ventured abroad."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
May
12, 2020
Virtual Tour of the Gila to provide
a platform for North American teams.
"The invitation-only race will be held from May 22-24 and have a unique feature - a virtual team time trial." (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Project Echelon) May
12, 2020
VeloFix: Your local Bike Shop, on
wheels.
"I
use VeloFix and I am extremely happy with their
service and price. My local mechanic is Thai
Nguyen who is very prompt when I call, does
great work and is always ready to go the extra
mile for me. Highly recommended! - Doug @
dougreport.com"
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(velofix.com)
May
12, 2020
You can now get oversized jockey
wheels on Zwift, because of course you can.
"Imagine
you’re an existing OSPW user. Sure, you’ll have
spent $500 on some jockey wheels, but you’ll be
doubling your marginal gains in Zwift, and you
just can’t put a price on that kind of
lifehack."
(cyclingtips.com) Iain Treloar
May
12, 2020
Oreka £3,690 O2 bike treadmill.
"Training
indoors usually means bolting your bike to a
trainer. There are solutions to this, with
rocker plates and the Tacx Magnum treadmill, but
while rocker plates offer some movement, you’re
not totally free to move as you would outside.
And that Tacx Magnum is a whopping £8,500." (road.cc) (Liam
Cahill)
May
12, 2020
Team Ineos sponsor's venture seeking
up to £500 million in state support.
"According
to Sky News, Petroineos, jointly owned by the
Ineos Group that sponsors Team Ineos and the
state-owned Chinese firm PetroChina, are
negotiating with the UK and Scottish governments
to secure a huge loan package that could be as
large as £500 million."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Simon Wilkinson
/ SWpix.com)
May
12, 2020
Best water bottle cages: A buyer’s
guide.
"The
humble bottle cage is often overlooked in favor
of more exciting ways to upgrade a bike, but it
is without doubt one of the most fundamental
accessories."
(cyclingweekly.com) (James Bracey)
May
12, 2020
Manolo Saiz: My teams were the
cleanest.
"Fourteen
years ago the cycling world was about to be
rocked by Operaction Puerto: it was the last
week of the Giro d'Italia when the Spanish
Guardia Civil arrested then-Liberty Seguros team
manager Manolo Saiz along with Eufemiano Fuentes
and three others."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: AFP Photo)
May
11, 2020
Guillén seeing only positives in
Vuelta a España’s late-season slot.
"On
first glance at the new 2020 WorldTour race
schedule, you may think the Vuelta a España has
been dealt a bad hand with its late-fall
calendar slot. Race director Javier Guillén
isn’t seeing it that way."
(velonews.com) (Getty Images)
May
11, 2020
Thomas De Gendt targets taking
yellow jersey on stage one of 2020 Tour de France.
"While
many riders begin making tentative plans for
when racing hopefully resumes in August, Thomas
De Gendt is already targeting one of the biggest
prizes of all, the yellow jersey at the Tour de
France."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Josep Lago/AFP via Getty
Images)
May
11, 2020
Weening rumored to be signing with
Trek Segafredo.
"The
Dutchman has been without a team since the
conclusion of the 2019 season after his Roompot
Charles squad closed its doors at the end of the
year."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
May
11, 2020
Egan Bernal expects Ineos Tour de
France leadership to be decided in early mountain
stages.
"Egan
Bernal has reiterated his claim for a leadership
role at Team Ineos for the Tour de France,
predicting that 'we'll see right from the
opening stages who is the strongest'." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
May
11, 2020
Best Electric Road Bikes.
"These
skinny-tire pedal-assisted rides are the newest
addition to one of the fastest-growing segments
of bicycles. They range from bulbous looking
frames with bolted-on motors and batteries to
integrated units that are nearly
indistinguishable from their non-assisted
counterparts."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Josh Evans)
May
11, 2020
Movistar manager argues financial
'balancing mechanisms' crucial for sport's
survival.
"Longstanding
Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué has warned that
holding the WorldTour so late in the 2020 season
means teams' long-term survival."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
May
10, 2020
French cyclists celebrate their
first day back on the road.
"As
of May 11 cyclists in France are once again
allowed to ride outside, although there are a
few caveats. Riders must respect the rules of
social distancing, ride with no more than 10
people and stay within 100 km of their homes."
(cyclingmagazine.ca) (Credit: Unknown)
May
11, 2020
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A Guarantee of Sorts.
"With
reports of pay cuts and unpaid wages among World
Tour teams, a quick look at the bank guarantee
that pro teams post with the UCI, how it works
and what it can and can’t do. It’s a dry topic
on the best of days but several readers have
asked about it of late."
(inrng.com) (Photo: Credit not Provided)
May
12, 2020
CCC to end team sponsorship as
riders accept 50 per cent pay cut to survive 2020
season.
"According
to reports in Het Nieuwsblad and La
Gazzetta dello Sport, and confirmed by a
source to Cyclingnews, CCC will end its
title sponsorship this year, a year before the
agreed three-year term."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
May
12, 2020
Vinokourov: Astana will fold if we
don't race again in 2020.
"We've
done all we can with the team and the sponsors.
In Kazakhstan, as is the case across the world,
things are complicated, with oil, with the
currency," Astana manager Alexandre Vinokourov
told French website Cyclism'Actu." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
May
12, 2020
Kristoff: I'm lucky to be home.
"Although
the start of the 2020 racing season has been
postponed until August 1, Norwegian Alexander
Kristoff is counting himself lucky to be at home
when he should have been racing the Giro
d'Italia - he and his wife are expecting the
birth of their twins any day now." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images Sport)
May
12, 2020
Ride with Rahsaan Bahati, Wednesday
May 13.
"In
2000, a young Bahati had a breakout year,
winning both the national junior road and
criterium titles, plus the elite USCF national
title. After Rock Racing, Bahati created his own
team around the foundation that he formed, the
Bahati Foundation.
The ride is Wednesday, May 13, at 8:30am PT / 11:30am ET." (velonews.com) Ben Delaney May
12, 2020
Bigla Katusha use bank guarantee to
make April wage payments.
"The
Bigla Katusha team have issued an update on
their financial situation, stating that rider
and staff wages for April have been paid in full
after both title sponsors abruptly withdrew
funding last month."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
May
12, 2020
Rediscover your area with Komoot.
"Komoot's
route planning features are the most detailed on
the market with on and off-road routes updated
by users. They even have the ability to overlay
detailed weather information on to your route." (cyclingweekly.com)
(Jesse Wild)
May
12, 2020
Historic Pro Bike: Andy Hampsten's
1988 7-Eleven Huffy Giro d'Italia.
"Hampsten's
steed back then was a prototypical road racer of
the late '80s with a lugged steel frame and
fork, a 1" threaded steerer, and shifters that
were mounted on the down tube."
(cyclocrosss.com) (Image credit: James Huang)
May
12, 2020
Cannondale CAAD13 review: More aero,
but less stiff and distinctive.
"With
this latest CAAD13 iteration Cannondale has
decided to stray from the CAAD's tried-and-true
playbook, trading some of those traditional
performance metrics for aerodynamic efficiency.
Was it worth it? That depends."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by James Huang
May
12, 2020
Specialized unveils new ‘superlight’
urban e-bike.
"The
in-house developed SL 1.1 motor system has an
incredibly low overall weight of just 1.95kg
(for the motor system, excluding battery) yet
still boasts a peak power of 240 watts." (cyclingweekly.com)
(James Bracey)
May
12, 2020
Di Gregorio EPO saga ends with a
four-year ban.
"The
ban resulting from an intelligence-based test
taken after stage 5 of the 2018 Paris Nice was
quietly listed on the UCI's running list of
sanctions on Monday, with Di Grégorio's results
from Paris-Nice through April 11, 2018
annulled."
(cyclingnews.com) (AFP Photo)
May
11, 2020
Do e-bikes make sense for gravel?
"With
the push of a button, you’re faster. It’s the
dream, now a gravel reality. More e-gravel bikes
are hitting the market all the time." (cyclingtips.com)
Caley Fretz
May
11, 2020
Van der Breggen, Blaak to become
future sport directors for Team SD Worx.
"Anna
van der Breggen and Chantaal van den Broek-Blaak
may be retiring soon, but the pair are due to
stay with the Boels Dolmans / SD Worx team for
some years yet."
(velonews.com) (Getty Images)
May
11, 2020
Cadel Evans and the road to
retirement.
"For
much of his road career, the ex-mountain biker
was a nearly man, seemingly always lacking the
killer instinct to turn podium places into
victories."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport)
May
11, 2020
Best Cycling Shoes.
"With the right cycling shoes on your feet, you’ll achieve better power transfer, smaller chance of injury, and more efficient pedaling. Let’s find out what the best ones are then!" (bicycle-guider.com) Jeff Balton May
11, 2020
How many calories does cycling burn?
"How
to work out how many calories are burned road
cycling vs mountain biking and more key
questions answered."
(bikeradar.com) Shaunia Mckenzie / EyeEm / Getty
May
11, 2020
POC Aspire Solar Switch: Next-Level
Photochromic.
"For
Solar Switch’s debut, POC is rolling out the
technology in its Aspire sunglasses. At 51
grams, the Aspire Solar Switch is about 20 grams
heavier than many performance cycling sunglasses
- somewhat noticeable, but not a deal breaker
for us."
(pelotonmagazine.com) (Credit: Unknown)
May
11, 2020
Bontrager Comp Road Pedals.
"The
Bontrager Comp Road Pedals are hardwearing,
offer plenty of adjustment and work with Look's
durable Keo cleats. They're a good choice if you
want a decent set of road pedals on a budget."road.cc: (Stu
Kerton)
May
11, 2020
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