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January 7, 2022
Analyzing Jumbo Visma's 13-man Tour de France long list. "Primož
Roglič and 2021 sensation Jonas Vingegaard are set to take
two of the eight spots, while a further four riders will be
announced at the team’s 2022 presentation next week."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 Lucinda Brand, Marianne Vos headline Dutch CX worlds team without Mathieu van der Poel. "The
Dutch women will head to Fayetteville with a formidable
eight-rider line-up, while just two elite men are selected
after Mathieu van der Poel's injury woes."
(velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) January 7, 2022 Bäckstedt out of British 'cross championships. "The
British Cyclocross National Championships will go ahead this
weekend without two of the main favorites. Zoe Bäckstedt -
the leader of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in the junior
category - and Defending elite men's champion Tom Pidcock."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 7, 2022 2022 Team Preview: Groupama FDJ. "Marc
Madiot’s team entered the peloton in 1997 with the backing
of the French national lottery, with Groupama joining as
title sponsor ahead of the 2018 season."
By Barry Ryan (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 7, 2022 Ineos' Ben Tulett: There was a lot to be learned about Remco at the Giro, I don’t want to miss or skip steps. "Ben
Tulett is aiming to eventually become the next British GC
leader as he steps up to the WorldTour in his debut season
with Ineos Grenadiers."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 Kristoff considers retirement if results don't come. "Alexander
Kristoff had the worst season of his career in 2021 and says
if the results don't start to come with his new Intermarché
Wanty Gobert Matériaux team, 2022 could be his last."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 Gear Break: Primal Masks, Vadolibero Light Stand, Pinarello Bikes, La Passione, HED Wheels & State Bicycle Flat Bar. "Primal mask restock, Vadolibero: Brighten up your 2022 with VERTIK, Pinarello plus much more." (pezcyclingnews.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 7, 2022 Which WorldTour team has the best kit for 2022? We take a look through the wardrobe. "We are
heading ever closer to the start of the road season, and as
a result almost all professional teams have released their
2022 kits, with a few teams wildly departing from their
previous offerings."
By Adam Becket (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: L-R: Rossbellphoto, Movistar, Ineos) January 7, 2022 Live: Belgian Cyclocross National Championship
2022.
"Find
all the information here for the Belgian National Cyclocross
Championships - België Kampioenschap BK Veldrijden in
Middelkerke held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th January
2022.
Saturday,
January 8th::
Junior
Men at 13:45 CET, 7:45am ET..
Elite/U23
Women at 15:15 CET, 9:15am ET."
(cyclocross.social) (Credits not Found) January 7, 2022  News,
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January 6, 2022
With no Van Aert or Van der Poel, who can win the cyclocross World Championships? "The
news that neither Wout van Aert or Mathieu van der Poel will
be riding the cyclocross World Championships truly opens the
door up for other contenders to pull on the rainbow
stripes."
By Adam Becket (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 6, 2022 Rockville Cyclocross Brings Winter Cyclocross Racing to Northern California. "The
pros in Europe aren’t the only ones who get to enjoy
cyclocross during this time of year. For lucky Northern
Californians as well as passing-through champs, the
cyclocross season will continue on for peak season
cyclocross, in true cyclocross conditions."
By Andrew (cxmagazine.com) © J. Silva January 6, 2022 2022 Team Preview: Lotto Soudal men. "One of
the three Belgian WorldTour teams, Lotto Soudal was formed
in the 1980s and boast the longest-running sponsorship deal
in professional cycling thanks to the Belgian national
lottery."
By Patrick Fletcher (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 6, 2022 Pro cyclists ride a heck of a long way in a year. "Feeling
a little down about how few miles you rode in 2021? Wishing
you’d spent a little more time in the saddle? Well, you
might want to look away now."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) photography by Annemiek van Vleuten on Twitter January 6, 2022 $50,000 in cash and prizes on tap for the top five men and women and the top three male and female junior riders... Belgian Waffle Ride CA Announces $50,000 Prize
Purse.
"Monuments
of Cycling announced on Thursday the prize purse for the BWR
CA on April 30, 2022 will be the largest ever for a gravel
race, with over $50,000 in cash and prizes being
distributed."
(pelotonmagazine.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 6, 2022 Trek Segafredo unveils 2022 pro race team kits, bikes and gear. "For the
2022 season, the Trek Segafredo World Tour teams (men’s and
women’s) will be on familiar equipment, with little to no
changes in componentry over the last year. The team will
ride the Trek Madone for most races, Trek Emonda for the
hillier courses, and Trek Domane for events like Paris
Roubaix, Liège Bastogne Liège, and other classics as riders
see fit."
By Jordan Villella (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 6, 2022 Cofidis reveal new men's and women's team jersey for 2022. "To
announce our first year of partnership with the UCI World
Tour Cofidis teams, we wanted to create a jersey that would
break with the norm while maintaining the team's unique
DNA."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Cofidis Facebook) January 6, 2022 News,
Blogs, Misc.
Live Blog: Jan Ullrich rubbishes rehab rumors;
Injured Van der Poel ends CX season; Cafe ride + more.
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Athlete or influencer? Can athletes just be athletes anymore? "I hope
there is still room for young athletes who have performance
goals without follower or subscriber goals."
By Geoff Kabush (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 The problem with women’s cyclocross in Belgium. "ts a
yearly topic in Belgian cyclocross broadcasts, the question
why there isn’t any female Belgian talent coming through.
This year was no exception."
By Noah van Putten (cyclocross.social) Yefrifotos January 7, 2022 From SD Worx to Human Powered Health: Everything you need to know about Women’s WorldTeams. "A delve
into the 14 WorldTeams for 2022, who they are, who is riding
for them, and what to expect."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) January 7, 2022 Viviani's Cofidis tenure was 'a failure from a sporting point of view' says Vasseur. "Viviani
failed to win a race in 2020, and although he returned to
winning ways in 2021 after undergoing atrial ablation
surgery at the start of the season, none of his seven wins
came at WorldTour level."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Cofidis) January 7, 2022 Review: Velocio head to toe winter cycling kit. "Summer
kit is relatively simple; it’s winter that creates space for
- and encourages - innovation. Further, while I have
short-sleeved jerseys for every mood, winter kit is more
expensive and less forgiving if it’s lacking in quality."
By Aliya Barnwell (velonews.com) (Photo: Aliya Barnwell) January 7, 2022 Nairo Quintana set to skip Giro d'Italia and focus on Tour de France and Vuelta double in 2022. "The
Colombian's manager, Giuseppe Acquadro, has been speaking
on his rider's upcoming season in conversation with the
Spanish journalist Javier Ares, who gave the latest update
on his rider's plans for his 11th season in the
WorldTour."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 SRM Origin Powermeter 9. "SRM
needs no introduction - particularly to number-crunching
cycling aficionados who eat, sleep and breathe watts. SRM's
latest hardware offering, the Powermeter 9 or PM9, is
accurate, reliable and desirable as ever."
By Aaron Borrill (cyclingnews.com) (Image: © Aaron Borrill) January 7, 2022 A Cycling Lifestyle Was Never This Easy - Or Safe! "When
you think of your ultimate cycling lifestyle, it probably
doesn’t involve apartment living, does it?
That’s
why Steyn City’s City Center is a revelation: it’s the only
apartment development in South Africa where you can walk out
of your house and onto a 50km cycling track."
(bicycling.co.za) (Image Credit not Found) January 7, 2022 Redshift ShockStop - more useful than a dropper post? "The
350mm-long ShockStop offers 35mm of total travel through
the linkage travel. The post is only offered in a 27.2mm
size, but Redshift offers adapter sleeves for larger
diameters up to 31.8mm. For anyone using Shimano Di2,
there is an accessory battery retainer kit that houses the
battery in the post. "
(roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 7, 2022 Thibaut Pinot: Giro d'Italia pink jersey is the only thing missing in my career. "Pinot
has endured a rough time in Grand Tour racing over the past
few seasons, having torn his leg muscle while lying fifth in
the 2019 Tour de France before suffering with a back injury
during the 2020 and 2021 seasons."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) January 6, 2022 Mathieu van der Poel could be out for months.
"Mathieu
van der Poel has to take complete rest and potentially
misses out on the spring classics as well as the cyclocross
world championships."
By José Been (cyclingtips.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 6, 2022 Get to know the ever-consistent Denise Betsema: Late-starter, mother of two. "Denise
Betsema is the most consistent cyclocross rider of this
season. In 28 races since the start of the season in early
September, she has finished lower than fifth just once. The
Dutch rider has won four races so far."
By José Been (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) January 6, 2022 Philippe Gilbert to target results in big races - not 'easy wins' - in his final year. "The
former world champion will hang up his wheels after twenty
years in the peloton, during which time he's won four out of
the five monuments, only the sixth man in history to achieve
an almost clean sweep."
By Adam Becket (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 6, 2022 6 cycling gadgets from CES 2022 featuring Garmin, Echelon, Apeman, Jabra + more. "The
Consumer Electronics Show is back this year with a whole
load of new innovative gadgets being showcased from the
likes of Garmin, Shokz, Echelon and more."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 6, 2022 These are the 2022 road team kits. "Each year the professional peloton changes its look with a slew of new colors and sponsor logos adorning each team and 2022 ushers in some bold new looks." By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 6, 2022 10 New Year’s Ride Goals You Should Set for 2022. "Try
reaching for an ambition that doesn’t directly hinge on
performance. We polled bike coaches, beginner cyclists, and
advanced riders across the country to narrow down a top 10
list of the most fun, fulfilling, and joy-inducing
objectives for the New Year."
By Morgan Tilton (bicycling.co.za) PHOTO: Em Gatland/Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush January 6, 2022 Wout van Aert rules out riding cyclocross World
Championships in Fayetteville.
"The
Jumbo Visma rider will begin preparing for his 2022 road
season, a suggestion his coach Marc Lamberts hinted at in
November when he told Het Laatste Nieuws that he
would prefer that Van Aert skip Worlds to focus on the
Classics."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 5, 2022 Paris Nice Route.
"It
starts near Paris and finishes in Nice.
Like
a sandwich, it’s what is in between that counts so here’s a
closer look at the Paris Nice route for 2022, set for 6-13
March."
(inrng.com) The map of the 2022 Paris-Nice (Image credit: ASO) January 5, 2022 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. |
Five storylines to follow in men’s racing in 2022. "As we
look toward a new cycling season, we have been thinking
about all the intriguing storylines that seem set to
captivate our attention in 2022, the question marks posed by
the sport that will keep us glued to our various viewing
devices as soon as the racing picks up in earnest."
By Dane Cash (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 Peter Sagan displays new Total Energies kit.
"Sagan’s
arrival from Bora Hansgrohe this winter saw Sportful follow
him as kit manufacturer, while Specialized now provides Team
Total Energies with bikes."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Total Energies/Twitter) January 7, 2022 Five storylines to follow in women’s racing in 2022. "With
riders on their way to training camps and teams planning for
their first races of the year, the off-season is well and
truly behind us."
By Abby Mickey (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 EF Education joins with EasyPost for 2022.
"EF
Education has teamed up with shipping company EasyPost for
the 2022 season and beyond. The team will race as EF
Education EasyPost, with Japanese construction material
company Nippo remaining as a secondary sponsor."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) (Image credit: EF Education EasyPost) January 7, 2022 Cofidis launch new-look kit made by Decathlon. "The
iconic red and white remains but with a stylish update,
sectioned off into block colors. The shoulders are white,
torso red, and with accompanying black shorts. The strip
will be worn by both the men's team and the newly launched
women's continental squad."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 7, 2022 2022 team preview: Human Powered Health Women. "Kröger
and Kuijpers add experience while Ray sparks firepower in
Classics charge of newest Women’s WorldTour squad."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images and Human Powered Health) January 7, 2022 That Insane Climb That Has Your Number? Nail It Like This. "Picture
this: You see an insane climb up ahead - a track that
basically looks like a wall in front of your bike. You
prepare to crush it, then work side to side to reduce the
gradient. Soon, your legs feel more like you’re squatting
weights than pushing pedals."
By James Stout (bicycling.co.za) (Image Credit not Found) January 7, 2022 Corima Wheels Joins Team Cofidis. "For
2022, the French brand now famous for some of the most
exotic looking, minimalist spoked wheels on the market has
signed-on to be the wheel sponsor for the equally French
Cofidis WorldTour team."
(roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 7, 2022 In the Drops: Rapha gilet, Wahoo pedals, Pinnacle smart trainer and The Cafe Ride. "This
week's round-up of cool new bike gear for winter and beyond,
plus the best thing you'll watch all year and some music."
By Will Strickson (cyclist.co.uk) (Image Credit not Found) January 7, 2022 Premier Tech signs on as co-title sponsor at
Israel Start-Up Nation.
"Following
lengthy negotiations, the Canadian company signed a deal to
become a co-title sponsor at the WorldTour squad for this
season. To go with the new name, the team has unveiled its
new kit, which features a white jersey with a blue geometric
pattern."
(velonews.com) Photo: Israel-Premier Tech January 6, 2022 Morton and Howes included in EF Education's
31-rider roster for 2022.
"The
pair, who have been the leading proponents of EF's
'alternative' off-road calendar, were not on the initial
list of riders registered with the UCI for 2022 but have now
been confirmed as part of a UCI-maximum 31-rider squad."
By Patrick Fletcher (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Wil Matthews) January 6, 2022 Balsamo to help Longo Borghini win yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes. "World
Champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek Segafredo) has placed a target
on the Spring Classics, the Giro d’Italia Donne, and the
Tour de France Femmes in July."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Trek Segafredo) January 6, 2022 Grace Brown: 'I want to establish myself as one of the leaders in the peloton.' "Australia's
top-ranked road rider discusses injury recovery, embracing a
new team plus Tour de France Femmes and Paris Roubaix
ambitions."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com)(Image credit: Grace Brown) January 6, 2022 The forest for the trees in cycling’s supply chain woes: A chat with SRAM’s CEO. "The
massive imbalance between supply and demand has been a huge
pain in terms of getting the bike stuff you want or need,
but there’s light at the end of the tunnel - and not just in
terms of production capacity."
By James Huang (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 6, 2022 Bad Answers to Weird Questions: Do We Approve of Cycling’s Power Structure? "Let’s
start by pulling the question apart. Who is the real center
of power in a sport? You can look at this as I posed it -
the entity that can prevent the sport from driving itself
into a ditch. Whether that is a regulatory authority or more
of a moral center money driver."
By Chris Fontecchio (podiumcafe.com)Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images January 6, 2022 Kitzuma - A different kind of consumer direct. "The
basis for the Kitzuma operation is a nationwide system of
hubs that act as both a collection and delivery outpost
for bikes being sent from the factory to consumers. A key
element to the enterprise is that no bike is ever
disassembled and put into a box. They are fully built and
tuned at the factory before being shipped in a specially
outfitted van to its destination."
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January 5, 2022
Mathieu van der Poel to miss cyclocross world
championships due to back injury.
"The
Dutchman has been struggling with swelling around a disc
vertebrae since the middle of last year and has been advised
to rest in order to allow it to heal fully."
By Patrick Fletcher (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 5, 2022 VeloFix: Your local Bike Shop, on wheels.
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price. My local mechanic is Thai Nguyen who is very prompt
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