| Wout van Aert repeats as Belgian cyclocross
national champion.
"Van
Aert won the sprint from the start line to the short first
climb and never looked back. He was soon clear alone and
then gained around 20 seconds per lap for much of the race."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 9, 2022 Vos beats Brand to win Dutch cyclocross national
title.
"Vos
used her improving form to distance Brand mid-way through
the 50-minute race and then skillfully opened a 20-second
gap on the fast Rucphen circuit recently used for a round of
the World Cup."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 9, 2022 Lars van der Haar rides solo to regain Dutch cyclocross national title. "Lars
van der Haar recaptured an evasive title at the Dutch
Cyclocross National Championships on Sunday, taking a solo
victory with an uncontested ride in Rucphen."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 9, 2022 Saudi Tour could be canceled due to 'terror threat.' "The
event is hosted by the Amaury Sports Organization, who also
runs the Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Paris Nice and the
Saudi Tour, which is now not guaranteed to go ahead on
February 1-5, according to Zikoland."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 9, 2022 Dylan Groenewegen to fight for Tour de France sprints with Bike Exchange Jayco. "Dylan
Groenewegen has been assured he will ride the Tour de France
and fight for sprint victories after his move from Jumbo
Visma to Team Bike Exchange Jayco."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 9, 2022 SunGod Airas BF with Iris Photochromic lens. "The
SunGod Airas BF Sunglasses with Iris Photochromic lens are
impressive, offering excellent clarity from a large lens
and plenty of customization to suit your style. Although
it's a high price for the photochromic spec."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 18 best 2022 road bikes (so far). "As the
road category evolved in the last decade, the industry
continued to splinter the segment in an effort to target the
appropriate niche audience. These days the two dominant
segments are simply road and gravel. "
(roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 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 Sunday.
Sunday,
January 9th::
Elite Men at 15:15 CET, 9:15am ET."
(cyclocross.social)
(Credits not Found) January 9, 2022
 Wout van Aert sees tough day ahead in his cyclocross season finale at Belgian championships. "Wout
van Aert will end his cyclocross season at the Belgian
National Championships on Sunday but insisted his record of
eight victories from nine races does not mean he is the
automatic winner in the sand dunes of Middelkerke."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 8, 2022 Sanne Cant wins 13th Belgian cyclocross national crown. "Coming
off a fourth-place finish in Harentals on Wednesday, Cant
mastered the wet and cold conditions in Middelkerke with
ease to extend her streak of national titles, which began in
January 2010."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 8, 2022 Dylan Groenewegen will return to Tour de France this summer: 'My biggest challenge is to fight for stage wins again.' "At Bike
Exchange Jayco, Groenewegen won't face the likes of Primož
Roglič and Wout van Aert in competition for the coveted
places in the Tour squad."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 8, 2022 New kids on the Blockchain. "Earlier
this year, the ProTeam Rally Cycling issued a statement on
its website announcing the launch of its own cryptocurrency,
WattCoin. The idea was that fans could apparently earn
WattCoin by riding on their online training platforms and
spend them on items on the Rally Cycling website."
By Richard Abraham (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 8, 2022 Trek buys up another U.S. bike shop chain. "Trek
Bicycles has continued its spending spree of U.S. bike
shops, adding to its portfolio Baltimore’s seven location
Race Pace Bicycles.Previously in the USA Trek has bought
Revolution Cycles’ four stores and 16 branches of Bike
Line."
By Mark Sutton (cyclingindustry.news) (Image Credit not Found) January 8, 2022 News,
Blogs, Misc.
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 Swytch Electric Bike Conversion Kit.
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January 9,
2022
Thibau Nys' participation at Worlds in question after crash in Belgian U23 nationals. "I now
know how it feels, so I'm afraid I broke my collarbone for
the fifth time. The [plate] is still there. I don't know
what that means, I'm not a doctor, but the chance that I
will make it to the World Cup seems very small to me."
By Jackie Tyson (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 9, 2022 No big surprises on CX National Champs weekend. "Europe's
national champions are crowned, including Marianne Vos,
Christine Majerus, Lars van der Haar, Sanne Cant and Wout
van Aert..."
By Kit Nicholson (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) January 9, 2022 Blake Quick sprints to victory again on stage 2
of Bay Crits.
"Blake
Quick (InForm TMX MAKE) was again the fastest in the sprint
at the 2022 Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits, taking the elite
men's stage 2 victory and overall win after he managed to
distance his rivals in the final meters of the uphill
sprint. "
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Con Chronis) January 9, 2022 Roseman-Gannon takes out Bay Crits after
doubling up with stage 2 win.
"Ruby
Roseman-Gannon made it a clean sweep at the Lexus of
Blackburn Bay Crits, taking out the second and final stage
as she beat breakaway companion Matilda Raynolds (InForm TMX
MAKE) on the uphill sprint to the line."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Con Chronis) January 9, 2022 Scotland’s Mark Stewart takes New Zealand Cycle Classic win. "Scotland’s
Mark Stewart has won the first UCI categorized stage race of
2022, taking the yellow jersey at the New Zealand Cycle
Classic after he and his Bolton Equities Black Spoke
teammates dominated the five days of racing around
Wellington and the North Island."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: New Zealand Cycle Classic/Facebook) January 9, 2022 ‘There were other problems when I started,' says Nicolas Roche, 'it was pre-Puerto and I was getting my ass whupped every weekend with people cheating.’ "At the
start of the year Roche had seen himself riding
professionally until he physically couldn’t do it anymore,
yet one day in August he awoke before a race and knew it was
time to do something else. This is a common phenomenon among
ageing pros, yet Roche never thought it would happen to him.
Until it did."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 9, 2022 Sturdy Cycles 3D Print the most beautiful Titanium Crankset we’ve ever seen. "A
3D-Printed Titanium Crankset from Sturdy Cycles will set you
back £1200 without the chainring, which retails at an extra
£250. No word on pricing for the coming 2X cranksets just
yet."
By Jessie-May Morgan (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 Craft Cadence Wallet - for all your essentials. "The
Craft Cadence Cycling Wallet combines protection for the
huge new smart phones we are carrying around, with plenty of
space for all those other ride essentials."
By Paul Horta-Hopkins (cycletechreview.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 Americans Are Disappearing From the WorldTour, but It Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing. "Not
only does 2022 feature a particularly low number of
Americans, there is also a clear trendline down over the
past decade. For example, in 2011 29 Americans were signed
to WorldTour teams, but the number has decreased nearly
every season and in 2022 is down by a whopping 45 percent to
13."
(pelotonmagazine.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 8, 2022 Peter Sagan insists he is not done yet. "The
three-time World Champion turns 32 on January 26 and is
about to start his 13th season at WorldTour level. Bora
Hansgrohe opted to let Sagan go and invested instead in
younger riders."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Sportful) January 8, 2022 Roseman-Gannon and Quick win on stage 1 of the Bay Crits. "Ruby
Roseman-Gannon (Bike Exchange Jayco) and Blake Quick (Inform
TMX Make) have started the 2022 season in fine form with
victories on the opening day of the Bay Crits."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Con Chronis) January 8, 2022 Roseman-Gannon opens Australian racing with win
on stage 1 of Bay Crits.
"WorldTour
bound rider takes out stage 1 of elite women's race in
Geelong ahead of Martin Wallace and Raynolds."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Con Chronis) January 8, 2022 Blake Quick fastest on opening stage of Australia's Bay Crits. "The
break was swamped in the final stages of the opening day of
racing in the elite men’s category at the 2022 Lexus of
Blackburn Bay Crits, with Blake Quick (InForm TMX MAKE)
taking the victory by a bike length."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Con Chronis) January 8, 2022 Bluetooth switches, ice suits, double power meters, and other details of a pro Zwifter's set-up. "Matt
Gardiner is the founder of the Zwift racing team Saris No
Pinz. While as many as 50,000 riders around the world are on
Zwift at one time, few are as all-in as Gardiner. He’s
logged 105,000km in the game."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) Photos by: Courtesy Matt Gardiner January 8, 2022 2022 Team preview: Cofidis men. "New-look
French squad hoping Guillaume Martin and new signings Ion
Izagirre and Bryan Coquard can deliver."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Cofidis Facebook) January 8, 2022 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."
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Videos
January 9, 2022
Thomas Mein wins men's British national
cyclocross title.
"Thomas
Mein (Tormans CycloCross Team) took his first elite British
national title, using his power to produce a last lap attack
after a race-long battle with Cameron Mason (Trinity
Racing)."
By Ben Goddard (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) January 9, 2022 Harriet Harnden battles through the mud to win British cyclocross title. "Harriet
Harnden (Trek Factory Racing XC) used her mountain bike
skills to retain her national bands in the elite women’s
British national cyclocross championships in Crawley."
By Ben Goddard (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 9, 2022 Romain Grégoire captures French U23 cyclocross title. "The
18-year-old Romain Grégoire won the French national under-23
cyclocross title on Saturday a muddy Liévin circuit in
Pas-de-Calais."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Kristof Ramon) January 9, 2022 Mythologies: Major Taylor, Henri Desgrange and a Wheelbarrow Full of Centimes. "Marshall
‘Major’ Taylor was the greatest track sprinter of his time.
In 1899 he was crowned World Champion. That same year he won
the American national championships, a title he successfully
defended the following year."
By Feargal McKay (podiumcafe.com) January 9, 2022 2022 edition of Tour de France sportive L’Etape UK canceled. "It will
be the third year in a row that the event, which forms part
of the Tour’s international L’Etape Series, has been
shelved. The sportive is organized by events company Human
Race, a subsidiary of Tour de France owners ASO."
By Ryan Mallon (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 Take a look at Specialized’s Roubaix Pro which aims to prove that ‘smoother is faster.’ "The
Roubaix Pro is designed to deliver compliance without
compromise thanks to the introduction of the Future Shock
2.0 system that gives more control and damping options."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 Beginner’s Guide: Dropper Posts. "In the
last few years, they’ve become near-ubiquitous on all kinds
of bikes, even making appearances on most cross country race
bikes at this point. They’re crossing the boundary to drop
bars, too, making their way onto some gravel bikes."
By Terry McKall (cyclingmagazine.ca) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 SMART Tire Company unveils new second-generation prototype of ‘space-age’ metal tires. "Last
year we reported on the invention of a new airless metal
bike tire, using technology straight from NASA’s labs,
which was designed to make punctures a thing of the past.
This week the creators behind the METL tire, the SMART
Tire Company, has unveiled a new second-generation model
which they claim will be 50% lighter and cheaper."
By Ryan Mallon (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 9, 2022 Videos
January 8, 2022
Industry shocker - Shimano’s Wayne Stetina moves to SRAM! "When my
phone recently pinged with a text message from Wayne Stetina
telling me that after 37 years he was leaving Shimano and
taking a job with SRAM, my chin got scuffed when it hit the
ground. People, this was big. Really big. How big?"
By Zap (roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 8, 2022 Simon Clarke close to signing one year deal at Israel-Premier Tech. "Clarke,
a former winner of two stages and the King of the Mountains
jersey at the Vuelta a Espana, has raced for a number of
WorldTour teams during his long career and is known for his
tactical skills and in-race leadership."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) January 8, 2022 Astana’s Hard Sell.
"For
cycling fans Kazakhstan has meant the sky blue jerseys of
the Astana cycling team. Now events in Kazakhstan and their
repression are front page news and instead of blue jerseys,
images of burning buildings and troops on the streets come
to mind."
(inrng.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 8, 2022 A Pro’s Pivot: Now it’s a privateer life for me. "I am
excited to announce that in 2022 I will be privateering.
Honestly, excited is an understatement. I feel more
motivated and inspired than I ever have before and that’s
for more reasons than you might expect."
By Hannah Otto (Finchamp) (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 8, 2022 10 simple tips every cyclist should know before they try road tubeless. "Road
tubeless isn’t new, but the amount of suitable products to
the category has exploded in the last two years. Much of
this is due to the gravel category that has redefined the
drop-bar category."
By Troy Templin (roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 8, 2022 10 unmissable cycling events and experiences to plan in 2022. "Here
are 10 of the best experiences and blockbuster events that
you need to make an appointment with through the coming
year."
By John Whitney (bikeradar.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 8, 2022 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 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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