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December 30, 2021
Lucinda Brand solos to victory, Wout van Aert
rolls to sixth consecutive ‘cross win in Loenhout.
"Van
Aert is six for six in 'cross wins while Brand has been on
the podium in 13 consecutive races, with wins in her last
four starts."
(velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) December 30, 2021 Lucinda Brand wins Azencross Loenhout.
"Lucinda
Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) soloed to victory at Azencross
Loenhout after distancing Denise Betsema (Pauwels Sauzen
Bingoal) on the final lap."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) December 30, 2021 Wout van Aert unbeatable in Loenhout.
"Wout
van Aert (Jumbo Visma) made it six wins in a row for the
2021-2022 cyclocross season, taking out the Azencross in
Loenhout ahead of Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen
Bingoal) and Toon Aerts (Baloise Trek)."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) December 30, 2021 The Top 5 Features of 2021.
"Another
year has come and gone, and what an action packed one it was
for cycling. Here are our top five stories of the year, from
the Tour de France to lesser known climbs."
By Jeremy Whittle Images by Chris Auld (pelotonmagazine.com) December 30, 2021 BMC Roadmachine SLR 01 three review.
"Innovation
has never been a design element lacking in the BMC catalog,
as the Swiss brand has led the march in road bike innovation
for years."
(roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) December 30, 2021 Will Strickson's Gear of the Year 2021: Basso
Palta II, Met Manta Mips helmet, SunGod Airas, fun commuting
bikes and good albums.
"You
never forget your firsts: first words, first ride, first
time watching Tour de France, first time falling sideways
into a ditch when you can't unclip from your pedals quick
enough."
Words: Will Strickson (cyclist.co.uk) photo: basso media December 30, 2021 Best Winter Cycling Caps, Beanies & Hats.
"Wearing
a cap while also wearing a properly fitted helmet can be
tricky. Thankfully, there are great options that keep your
head warm while keeping your helmet in place. Here, we’re
sharing a few of our favorites."
By Molly Hurford (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) December 30, 2021 Live: x2o Badkamers Trofee Azencross Loenhout -
Thursday, December 30th.
"Expect
some fast, technical racing on the super tricky course in
Loenhout, known for its iconic ditch jumping from the
riders.
Elite
Women - 13:40 Europe, 7:45am U.S. Eastern.
Elite
Men - 15:00 Europe, 9:00am U.S. Eastern."
(cyclocross.social) (Credits not Found) December 30, 2021 SoCalCycling.com Elite Team is Looking to
Add Cat 1 / Cat 2 Riders for 2022.
"The
SoCalCycling.com Elite Team is currently accepting
resumes through January 7th for the 2022 season to fill two
additional roster spots."
(socalcycling.com) December 30, 2021  News,
Blogs, Misc.
December 29, 2021
Top 10 performances of the 2021 women's road
season.
"The
2021 season brought with it a raft of phenomenal rides. But
of course, some will always stand out more than others. Here
are out top 10 performances."
By Stephen Puddicombe (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) December 29, 2021 2021 in review - The year’s biggest cycling
stories including Highway Code clashes, Allez Opi-Omi, Mr
Loophole, really brazen bike thieves + more.
"The
Christmas to New Year pause always gives cause for
reflection and is a time to look back on the preceding 12
months. In cycling."
By Simon MacMichael (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) December 29, 2021 21 stories for 2021: Wout's Tour triple; a
women’s Roubaix; Lachlan’s big ride, and more.
[Paywall]
"Our editors weigh in on the 21 must-know, high-drama
headlines of 2021 and why they matter: Part one."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images) December 29, 2021 Jasper Stuyven calls worlds near-miss ‘one of
the best days of my life.’
[Paywall]
"Belgian star defends team tactics and prefers to
remember the 'goosebumps' of racing in front of 1 million
fans on home roads."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) December 29, 2021 No cyclocross spectators in Loenhout, Baal
despite Belgian court decision.
"According
to Het Nieuwsblad, the X2O Badkamers Trophy
organizers Golazo are going ahead with the races without
spectators."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) December 29, 2021 The Shirt Whisperer.
"Stijn Dossche takes what exists and makes it better with a twist and a tweak or smashes and mashes multiple brands together to create a shirt that’s so far out, that it somehow makes sense." Interview: Tim Schamber (pelotonmagazine.com) December 29, 2021 Wahoo Speedplay Zero pedals review.
"How do
Wahoo's mid-tier Speedplay pedals stack up against the
competition, and does it justify the premium price tag?"
By Peter Haworth (cyclingnews.com) (Image: © Peter Haworth) December 29, 2021 Robyn Furtado’s Gear of the Year 2021.
"My
picks for our 2021 Gear of the Year series are made up
of what I found to be the most useful accessories for
heading from the doorstep into all the joys bikepacking
in England has to offer (mostly… rain)."
By Robyn Furtado (bikeradar.com) Robyn Furtado / Immediate Media December 29, 2021 News,
Blogs, Misc.
December 28, 2021
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
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December 30,
2021
Giro Donne and Tour de France Femmes on same
level, says Deignan.
"The
long-awaited Tour de France Femmes, organized by ASO and
scheduled for the week after the men’s race, is expected to
attract significant media and commercial interest."
By Matilda Price (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) December 30, 2021 Alison Jackson wants you to be brave enough to
be bad at something.
"The
Canadian road race and time trial champion talks about
making people laugh and celebrating the successes in life."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) December 30, 2021 No more cyclocross races for Tadej Pogačar this
winter.
"Tadej
Pogačar scored success across all terrains in 2021, but UAE
Team Emirates have confirmed that the two-time Tour de
France champion will not seek to extend his dominance to the
cyclocross circuit."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: UAE Team Emirates courtesy of Twitter feed) December 30, 2021 Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel are
robots and this is all a simulation.
"The
Belgian Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel are an
unstoppable force in whatever discipline they pick. If they
decided (and I’m sure they will some day) to do the 4 KM
pursuit, they’d win that too."
By Matt Hansen (cyclingmagazine.ca) Photo by: @robynjournalist December 30, 2021 Thibau Nys takes U23 win in Loenhout.
"Thibau
Nys (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions wins while Mees Hendrikx (Ned)
Iko Crelan and Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Tormans Cyclo Cross
Team round out the podium."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) December 30, 2021 Lonneke Uneken: It doesn't matter who is
winning, as long as it's one of us.
"Dutch
sprinter Lonneke Uneken says the contingent of young riders
at SD Worx are given chances to race for the win themselves
as well as ride in support of the team's many successful
riders."
By Matilda Price (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) December 30, 2021 Top 5 Tech Stories of 2021.
"A lot
happened across cycling in 2021. Take a look at some of the
most popular and most important tech stories of the last
year."
By Ben Atkins Images by Chris Auld (pelotonmagazine.com) December 30, 2021 Zwift Shows Off Zwift Ride Smartbike & Zwift
Wheel Hardware Designs.
"Zwift
appears to have just pre-announced their own new Zwift bike
& Zwift trainer, in a hardware purchasing survey that
went out to a selection of users."
By Ray Maker (dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) December 30, 2021 Richeze considers retirement as contract bid
stalls.
"With no
room for Maximiliano Richeze at UAE Team Emirates in 2022,
the 38-year-old Argentinian is preparing for the possibility
of retirement after 17 years in the sport."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com) December 30, 2021 Photos,
Podcasts
December 29,
2021
The Christmas Quiz Answers.
"Here
are the answers to the Christmas Quiz questions. As usual
there’s the answers and some opinion and comment added on."
(inrng.com) (tumblr.com) December 29, 2021 The most-read VeloNews membership stories of the year.
"Why did
Mark Cavendish’s chain keep coming off right after sprints?
We asked him, and industry experts. What happened when
Brandon McNulty sailed off into a ditch on the Cormet de
Roseland, or when Caleb Ewan crashed at the Tour?"
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) Photo: Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images December 29, 2021 Alberto Contador was serious about coming out of
retirement, according to brother.
"The
seven-time Grand Tour champion hung up his wheels at the end
of the 2017 season but made a shock revelation earlier this
year that he had contemplated returning to professional
racing."
(cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) December 29, 2021 2022 team preview: Astana Qazaqstan.
"The
Astana Qazaqstan jersey remains sky blue and Alexander
Vinokourov is back in charge but the Kazakhstani team starts
a new chapter in 2022 with a shakeup of their goals and 15
new riders in a 31-rider roster."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) December 29, 2021 VN Awards: History makers of the year.
"Marianne
Vos is the absolute boss of the Giro d’Italia Donne. Vos
scored her 29th and 30th victories at the Giro this summer.
Cavendish, too, was on the road to writing his name into the
record books in his 13th Tour start."
By Jim Cotton (velonews.com) Photo: James Startt (left), Luc Claessen December 29, 2021 Where cycling products go to die: Bright bike
tech that has failed to catch on.
"We’ve
seen a lot of interesting products over the years being
loudly shouted about before disappearing - only to brought
back by yet another ‘innovative’ brand. Here’s our round up
of cycling product categories that seem to pop up every few
years, but never really succeed."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) December 29, 2021 Columbus and Pegoretti: A Passion for Steel.
"When
it comes to the bespoke world of bicycles, few names
hold the aura of Dario Pegoretti, the iconoclast Italian
frame builder who married high-quality frames with,
well, art."
Words and Images by James Startt (pelotonmagazine.com) December 29, 2021 Andy Schleck CP NVST Immo Losch put banned
jerseys on sale.
"Despite
that our team was the first of all UCI teams with this
design, the UCI still denied our jersey and leaves our
team behind with an unfair feeling, especially because
all our kit was already finished."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Andy Schleck - CP NVST - Immo Losch Team (Facebook)) December 29, 2021 The Hill Climb Project.
"When
we caught wind that the 2021 National Hill Climb
Championships was being held at the iconic Winnats Pass
in the Peak District National Park for the first time in
over 40 years, we could sense the perfect storm
beginning to brew and quickly got to work."
press release supplied by The Service Course (cyclingtips.com) December 29, 2021 Larry Warbasse: ‘If I turned pro now, I wouldn’t
be able to do it.’
"Larry
Warbasse, entering his second decade as a pro in 2022, is
now an established presence in the WorldTour with
Ag2r-Citroën. The 31-year-old, however, did it the
old-fashioned way."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) December 28, 2021 Becoming the hammer.
"Racing
in Belgium has taught me to be more aggressive and confident
in races. The first race I did over here was the Namur World
Cup and being the first race in these conditions, I was the
nail."
By Magnus White (cyclingnews.com) (Image Credit not Found) December 28, 2021 Your $1.00 monthly contribution is important and will help keep us online. Also, clicking on the advertisements would be an additional way of helping. |
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December 30, 2021
How Did The Neo-Pros To Watch For 2021 Do?
"Performances
by the likes of Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel have blown
expectations out of the water. Amid the ten here there’s a
mix of instant success and quiet progress."
(inrng.com) (tumblr.com) December 30, 2021 Dan Martin says teams told him he was "not the
rider I used to be, too old, past it."
"Now
enjoying the first months of his retirement from the pro
peloton, Dan Martin has revealed he was dismissed by some
pro teams when he was trying to secure a contract after his
time at UAE Team Emirates."
(steephill.tv) (Image Credit not Found) December 30, 2021 Gaudin announces retirement from professional
cycling.
"Damien
Gaudin has announced his retirement from cycling after
fourteen seasons as a professional. The 35-year-old raced
for Total Energies in 2021, when he finished second at
Nokere Koerse, but his contract was not renewed at the end
of the season."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) December 30, 2021 Haley Smith and Andrew L’Esperance look back at
10 years with Norco.
"While
it’s not surprising that the two are leaving at the same
time, Smith and L’Esperance are teammates on course and
partners off the bike, that they’re leaving at all is big
news."
By Terry McKall (cyclingmagazine.ca) (Image Credit not Found) December 30, 2021 Bontrager NCS Alloy Mudguard Set review.
"Not
everyone thinks of mudguards as the most ground-breaking
piece of gear, but you want something that doesn’t move
around and provides enough coverage. The Bontrager NCS Alloy
Mudguard Set does exactly that."
By Josh Ross (cyclingnews.com) (Image: © Josh Ross) December 30, 2021 21 stories for 2021: Sagan goes Total, the UCI
goes gravel, López goes loco, and more.
[Paywall]
"Our editors weigh in on the 21 must-know,
heavy-hitting headlines of 2021 and why they matter: Part
two."
(velonews.com) (Photo by Sara Cavallini/Getty Images) December 30, 2021 Carol Addy, US Star of the 80’s.
"The
80’s were a great time to be in cycle sport. There were all
the ‘Big Guns’ in Europe, but also the US scene was packed
with riders and top races all over the country."
By Edmond Hood (pezcyclingnews.com) Thanks to all the unknown photographers December 30, 2021 Redux 2021 and the top European highlights.
[Paywall]
"For our veteran European correspondents, the 2021
racing season was one of the most impressive they’ve seen in
awhile. The racing was tight, fast, and unpredictable across
the entire season."
By Andrew Hood, James Startt (velonews.com) Photo: James Startt/VeloNews December 30, 2021 7 nutritional trips from Grandma that applies to
cyclists.
"Your
grandmother received only the nutrition advice given to her
from her own parents and perhaps a few of her peers. While
her knowledge of nutrition was much simpler than what we
have today, a lot of the advice that she used to give to you
still applies."
(cyclingmagazine.ca) (Image Credit not Found) December 30, 2021 Videos
December 29, 2021
New colors for Bora Hansgrohe for post-Peter
Sagan era.
"With
Sagan headed to Total Energies in a high-profile move, his
longtime professional home is tweaking its traditional color
scheme for a new season."
(velonews.com) Photo: Bora Hansgrohe December 29, 2021 Balsamo unveils new Trek Segafredo kit with
rainbow stripes.
"The
Italian signed a three-year contract with the American squad
prior to winning the 157.7 kilometer road race at the UCI
Road World Championships in Belgium."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Trek Segafredo) December 29, 2021 Quarterman signs with amateur French team after
Trek Segafredo rejection.
"After
being let go by Trek Segafredo, Charlie Quarterman's bid to
remain in the WorldTour has ended as the 23-year-old signed
with the new amateur French outfit Philippe Wagner Cycling."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) December 29, 2021 Calum Johnston - Turning Professional with Caja
Rural for 2022.
"It’s my
first season as a pro so the team aren’t putting pressure on
me - and I’m not putting pressure on myself either."
By Ed Hood (veloveritas.co.uk) Photo©Oskar Matxin December 29, 2021 Simon Clarke wants to keep racing despite
Qhubeka collapse.
"Simon
Clarke, 35, hopes to keep racing despite being caught out in
the collapse at the Qhubeka NextHash team this fall."
(velonews.com) Photo: Mark Van Hecke/Getty Images December 29, 2021 Best of 2021: Bikepacking the Iron Curtain.
"Making
a film about cycling the former Iron Curtain was an idea I
had on my mind for a while. There were a few, mostly
personal, reasons for that."
By Markus Stitz (cyclingtips.com) photography by Markus Stitz December 29, 2021 10 riders you're bound to see on every club run
in the New Year.
"The
cycling club. A place for all types of riders to come
together on a Sunday and enjoy a relaxing ride in the
company of their fellow bike lovers. And it's likely you'll
encounter at least one of these every week."
By Richard Windsor (cyclingweekly.com) (Credit: Jesse Wild) December 29, 2021 Matthew Loveridge's Gear of the Year 2021:
Pinarello Dogma F, Dura-Ace, Canyon Grizl, heated gloves and a
coffee grinder.
"Oh what
a circus! Oh what a show! The bike industry has gone to
town. And by gone to town, I mean it’s run out of
components. And bikes."
Words: Matthew Loveridge (cyclist.co.uk) (Image Credit not Found) December 29, 2021 Ergon SMC Core Men’s saddle flexes for
comfort, provides cush without mush.
"What
really sets the SMC Core saddle apart from others is its
multi-layered construction. Ergon has created a
double-shell base."
By Steve Fisher (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) December 29, 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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