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June 17, 2021
Chloe Dygert comes back from leg injury to win
women's US time trial title.
"Three-time
and defending time trial champion Amber Neben (Cogeas
Mettler Look) finished 27 seconds back for the silver,
while Leah Thomas (Movistar Team) took third in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Patrick Daly) June 17, 2021 Kasper Asgreen wins Danish time trial crown
yet again as Chloe Dygert scoops American title.
"There
is no doubt who is Denmark's time trial king, while
France's queen returns to the top step after a two-year
absence."
By Chris Marshall-Bell (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 17, 2021 Kristen Faulkner files legal challenge to USA
Cycling’s Olympic women’s road selection.
"U.S.
rider Kristen Faulkner has filed a legal complaint with
the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to challenge USA
Cycling’s selection of the women’s road team for the
upcoming 2021 Olympics in Tokyo."
By Fred Dreier (velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) June 17, 2021 2021 National Road Cycling Championships Live
Feed.
"Thursday, 17 June, France Women’s Time Trial - Eurosport at 13:00 CET, 7:00am ET (6:00am).
Thursday, 17 June, France Men’s Time Trial - Eurosport at
14:45 CET, 8:45am ET (7:45am).
Saturday, 19 June, 12:00CET - Spain Women’s Road Race.
Saturday, 19 June, France Women’s Road Race - Eurosport at
12:30 CET, 6:30am ET (5:30am).
Sunday, 20 June, 11:00CET - Spain Men’s Road Race.
Sunday, 20 June, France Men’s Road Race - Eurosport at
14:15 CET, 8:15am ET (7:15am)."
(cycling.today) (cyclingfans.com) June 17, 2021  June 16, 2021
Pascal Ackermann: 'Ralph Denk did not keep his
word' on Tour de France selection.
"The
German missed out on Tour de France selection for Bora
Hansgrohe after a winless season so far."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) June 16, 2021 10 riders to watch at US Pro Road
Championships 2021 men's events.
"WorldTour
riders Craddock, Haga among those in focus at road race
and ITT as McCabe faces Williams, Young in criterium."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Wil Matthews) June 16, 2021 Why mechanical disc brakes aren’t worth it.
"I
made the move to disc brakes but don’t want to bother with
bleeding a hydraulic system and maintenance. What are my
options, and what would it entail to switch to a
mechanical disc caliper?"
By Tech Talk (roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 16, 2021 Pro Bike: Elia Viviani's all-new custom "Proud
To Be Italian" De Rosa.
"Custom
design celebrates Viviani as the first cyclist in history
to be flag bearer of Italy, but he won't ride it at the
Olympics."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: De Rosa) June 16, 2021 Spotlight: King Cage Side Load titanium bottle
cage review.
"Often
copied but rarely equaled, King Cage bottle cages have
earned a fervently loyal following over the years. The
hollow titanium models are very light and yet hold bottles
with remarkable security."
By James Huang (cyclingtips.com) (Photography by James Huang) June 16, 2021 Northwave Extreme GT2 Road Shoes… The X-Frame
Factor.
"For
not quite $250, the Extreme GT pretty much has the kind of
tech you’d find in a more expensive, Full Monty racing
shoe."
By Chuck Peña (pezcyclingnews.com) Photo By Chuck Peña June 16, 2021 Tejay van Garderen to retire following U.S.
national championships.
"Van
Garderen, 32, will call it quits on his pro cycling career
after 12 seasons in the WorldTour."
(velonews.com) (Photo by Maximiliano Blanco/Getty Images) June 15, 2021 Paris Camembert: Godon wins for second
consecutive year.
"Dorian
Godon wins, Pierre-Luc Périchon in second and Geoffrey
Bouchard takes third in field sprint."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 15, 2021 Chris Froome confirmed to ride the Tour de
France.
"After
two years away from the Tour de France I can’t wait to get
back. It has been an arduous journey since my crash at the
Critérium du Dauphiné in 2019, but this has been one of my
biggest motivations."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 15, 2021 Sagan and Kelderman lead Bora Hansgrohe Tour
de France team as Ackermann misses out.
"The
German team announced their eight-man line-up on Tuesday
morning, with Emanuel Buchmann, who finished fourth in
2019, to provide support and possible cover for Kelderman
after his early exit from the Giro d'Italia."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 15, 2021 There's a new wonderkid on the scene joining
UAE Team Emirates and the Spanish are going mad over him.
"Cycling
isn’t short of young sensations right now, and there’s a
new one about to enter the WorldTour peloton: Juan Ayuso."
By Chris Marshall-Bell (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 15, 2021 Illi Gardner smashes Mont Ventoux QOM by more
than two minutes.
"Despite
the sweltering hot weather that is affecting the whole of
Europe, Gardner rode up the 21.34km mountain in just over
70 minutes."
By Chris Marshall-Bell (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 15, 2021 Pirelli launches the P7 Sport clincher tire,
an all-rounder for "robustness, grip and durability.
"Pirelli
says this addition completes its range of road clincher
tires, with a focus on year-round durability and
mile-munching with an accessible price point."
By Jack Sexty (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) June 15, 2021 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." Advertisement (velofix.com)
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Tour de France snubs: The 9 most controversial
rider non-selections.
"From
Froome, Wiggins and Cavendish to Loroño and Géminiani, we
look at some of the most contentious omissions."
By Daniel Benson, Barry Ryan, Patrick Fletcher, Alasdair Fotheringham (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 17, 2021 Mark Cavendish set to miss Tour de France
selection with Sam Bennett cleared to race.
"Cavendish
replaced Bennett in the Baloise Belgium Tour earlier this
month and won the final stage of the race with a result
that demonstrated his continued improvement in form and
fitness."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 17, 2021 Omer Goldstein to make Tour de France debut
with attacking attitude.
"The
24 year old will be part of the squad supporting rider
Michael Woods, with the Canadian's building form resulting
in a fifth place at both the Tour de Suisse and Tour de
Romandie, while four-time Tour de France champion, Chris
Froome, will be taking the role of road captain."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 17, 2021 Fabio Jakobsen shows off his 10 new teeth and
smile after latest surgery.
"Deceuninck
Quick Step sprinter prepares to ride the Vuelta a España
after recovery from Tour de Pologne crash."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Instagram) June 17, 2021 Primož Roglič and his high-risk, no-race build
to the Tour de France.
"Roglič
has ripped up the script by not racing before the Tour de
France. It could prove a masterstroke or a massive mistake
in one month's time."
By Jim Cotton (velonews.com) (Photo: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images) June 17, 2021 PEZ Picks more bib bad-asses in Pro Cycling.
"Ed
Hood gave us the top thirteen ‘Bad Ass’ riders in the pro
peloton recently, since then the list has grown. Twelve
more of cycling’s ‘Bad Ass’ riders have made the cut -
Tough as they come!"
By Edmond Hood (pezcyclingnews.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 17, 2021 Why tubeless tires can lead to looser spokes
than those with tubes inside.
"Did
you know that a tubeless tire puts more compression force
on a hooked rim than one with a tube? That increased force
effectively shrinks the diameter of the rim."
By Dave Rome (cyclingtips.com) photography by Dave Rome June 17, 2021 Lampaert beats Evenepoel to win men's Belgian
time trial title.
"Yves
Lampaert wins, Remco Evenepoel places second, Victor
Campenaerts finishes third in Ingelmunster."
By Brecht Decaluwé (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Anna van der Breggen wins women's Dutch time
trial title.
"Van
Dijk second and Brand third as Van Vleuten finishes off
the podium in fourth in Emmen."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Tour de France 2021: The Essential Race Guide.
"All
you need to know, from the contenders to race and
stage-by-stage analysis."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Egan Bernal visits Pope Francis, gifts maglia
rosa and custom Pinarello.
"It's
the most beautiful experience of my life - more so than
winning the Giro and Tour."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Power Analysis: Lauren De Crescenzo’s win at
Unbound Gravel.
"We
dive into the power numbers of Lauren De Crescenzo from
the 2021 Unbound Gravel."
By Zach Nehr (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 16, 2021 Zwift Hardware Tidbits: Breaking Steering,
Apple TV 2021 Updates, New Non-Supported Trainers List.
"This
post is a collection of randomly interesting Zwift
hardware things. Sure, Zwift is often updating software
related stuff. But more quietly they’re also making
changes behind the scenes on hardware - some of which
good, and some of which, well…aren’t. So, I figured I’d
round them up together here."
(dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) June 16, 2021 Strava finally adds progress chart to mobile
app for all sports.
"Strava
has announced a new update to its mobile app that will
allow users to see their top three sports in a
Personalized Progress Chart at the top of their profile."
By Stan Portus (bikeradar.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 16, 2021 Eat Sleep Cycle.
"The
countdown is on to the end of Eat Sleep Cycle’s
Crowdfunding campaign on the 27th June. The crowdfunding
campaign is aiming to raise €30,000 to transform an empty
unit into a café & restaurant."
(thepelotonbrief.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 16, 2021 June 15, 2021
11 riders to watch at US Pro Road
Championships 2021 women's events.
"A
defense for Winder and Neben with Dygert back to challenge
as Rivera looks to add to impressive tally."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 15, 2021 Adriatica Ionica: Elia Viviani wins opening
sprint.
"Viviani
is using the three-day stage race as key preparation for
the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he is riding the Omnium,
Team Pursuit and Madison on the track."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) June 15, 2021 EF Education Nippo rethink Tour de France
strategy after Urán's rise in form.
"I
don't want to say we're redoing our strategy for the Tour
but we're definitely taking a second look at it' says
Vaughters."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 15, 2021 Egan Bernal back in training.
"The
Giro d’Italia winner is not expected to be part of the
Ineos Grenadiers team for the Tour de France and will not
ride the Tokyo Olympics Games. Instead, he hopes to target
the Vuelta a España that starts in mid-August."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 15, 2021 Pogačar and Žigart: The power couple of
Slovenian cycling.
"On
May 9, Urška Žigart of Team Bike Exchange won her first
pro race. Watching on a small iPhone screen and via
Twitter was her boyfriend, Tour de France champion Tadej
Pogačar. “I think I texted her at least eight times after
the finish line,” he says with a smile."
By José Been (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 14, 2021
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Tom Dumoulin: This is my most special national
title.
"The
victory was Dumoulin's first major win since the final
time trial in the 2018 Tour de France, his first in Jumbo
Visma colors, and his first since he took a five-month
break from the sport to concentrate on his physical and
mental well being."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) June 17, 2021 Brent Bookwalter to retire at end of 2021
season.
"The
37-year-old has spent the past 16 years in the pro ranks,
and will finish out his career with Team BikeExchange."
(velonews.com) (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) June 17, 2021 Rohan Dennis to join Jumbo Visma from Ineos
Grenadiers, reports suggest.
"The
Australian is in his final year of a two-year contract
with Ineos Grenadiers but has been open to moving
elsewhere for the 2022 season and beyond."
By Chris Marshall-Bell (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 17, 2021 Zwift to sponsor new women’s Tour de France in
2022.
"This
is a huge moment for professional women’s cycling' said
double world champion Anna van der Breggen."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 17, 2021 Tour de France bikes: Who's riding what in
2021.
"The
Tour de France is widely accepted as the most prestigious
bike race in the world. The bikes in use at the Tour de
France are up there with the very best that money can
buy."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Courtesy) June 17, 2021 Garmin Training Status Now Includes Zwift,
TrainerRoad, The Sufferfest and Tacx App Workouts.
"Garmin
quietly rolled out an update yesterday that means you’ll
now get training load updated on your Garmin devices for
workouts done in Zwift, TrainerRoad, The Sufferfest, and
the Tacx App, all without using a Garmin device to record
them."
(dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) June 17, 2021 June 16, 2021
Tejay van Garderen: Letting go of the past.
"The
Tour de France is cycling’s most important event. Tejay
van Garderen gets that. Without it, he says, cycling might
be akin to swimming, a sport that has its heyday every
four years but is largely forgotten about the rest of the
time."
By Sophie Hurcom (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Chris Froome posts a massive 237km ride in the
French Alps on Strava.
"Four
times a winner of the Tour de France, Froome’s selection
in the upcoming race was no guarantee given his form in
2021, but his commitment to return somewhere near the high
levels he set in the past cannot be questioned."
By Chris Marshall-Bell (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Haig looking for opportunities in Tour de
France GC fight.
"Happy,
calm and ready to attack is the way Jack Haig is
approaching his first Tour de France in a leadership
role."
By Jamie Finch-Penninger (sbs.com.au) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Total Direct Energie rebrand as Team Total
Energies for Tour de France.
"In a
statement, the team said that the tweak to their name and
colors is a nod to Total Energies’ "strong ambition to
become the company of all energies, committed to carbon
neutrality by 2050."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Twitter/Team Total Energies) June 16, 2021 Van Vleuten: 'Not my best day' after fourth in
time trial at Dutch Championships.
"Not
my best day. Was not due to my support team thanks
Edwin&Erik at Canyon Bicycles. Congrats to Anna van
der Breggen for strong TT and Ellen van Dijk also for a
strong comeback after being sick," wrote Van Vleuten in a
post on Twitter."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Photo Gomez Sport / Movistar Team) June 16, 2021 Chloe Hosking: It has been a bumpy start but I
know how to bounce back.
"The
experienced Australian, with 36 professional wins to her
name, was brought into the team to provide firepower in
the bunch sprints. While for many, walking into one of the
world’s top teams with a raft of big names may have been
intimidating, it marked something of a homecoming for
Hosking."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 16, 2021 Litespeed Watia gravel bike review: A magical
ride, but old-school handling.
"Litespeed
has been in the titanium game for well over three decades
now, and as you can imagine, the heralded American brand
has accumulated a fair bit of knowledge in that time on
how to work with this mysterious metal."
By James Huang (cyclingtips.com) (Photography by James Huang) June 16, 2021 Gravel Think: Sportful Supergiara Bib Shorts.
"The
Supergiara have become one of my favorite pairs of bibs on
the market. At first look, they appear to be a reasonably
normal pair of high quality bibs, which would justify the
$180 price tag. But these are anything but normal."
By Patrick Brady: (cyclingindependent.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 16, 2021 New Research: Intermittent Fasting “No Magic
Bullet for Weight Loss.”
"New
research published this week challenges a popular belief
that intermittent fasting diets such as alternate day
fasting or the ‘5:2’ are the most effective ways to lose
weight."
By University of Bath (scitechdaily.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 16, 2021 June 15, 2021
Emma Norsgaard extends with Movistar until
2024.
"Norsgaard
joined Movistar this season following the collapse of the
Équipe Paule Ka team, joining forces with Annemiek van
Vleuten as the team stepped up to compete at the highest
level in the women’s peloton."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 15, 2021 Migration Gravel Race: Meet Suleiman Kangangi.
"The
Kenyan pro has had WorldTour dreams for a decade. Now, he
sees gravel as a different path to professional cycling."
By Betsy Welch (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 15, 2021 Jumbo Visma offers mid-season contract to
rower Amber Kraak.
"Team
Jumbo Visma Women have signed 26-year-old Dutch former
rower Amber Kraak “at least until the end of 2021."
By Amy Jones (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Jumbo Visma Women) June 15, 2021 From racing bikes to shearing sheep: Will
Clarke is a farmer now.
"After
retiring at the end of 2020, Clarke returned to the family
farm near Campbell Town in Tasmania. CyclingTips
caught up with Clarke to chat about his career, his
retirement, and what life is like on the farm."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 15, 2021 Marc Madiot admits he should've taken Thibaut
Pinot out of racing earlier in 2020.
"Pinot
has been suffering from back problems that have seen him
abandon the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in recent
years after looking very strong. His crash at last year's
Tour added to the issues too."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) June 15, 2021 HED launches more affordable Emporia GC3
Performance gravel wheels.
"The
Emporia GC3 Performance wheels borrow a lot of design cues
from the top-end Emporia GC3 Pro wheels in HED’s lineup.
But the Emporia GC3 Performance wheels bring the price
down to US$1,650."
By Dan Cavallari (cyclingtips.com)photography by Dan Cavallari June 15, 2021 Are ceramic bearings actually worth it?
"What
do people in the industry think of ceramic bearings and
should you invest in this expensive upgrade?"
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