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January 24, 2022
How to watch the 2022 world cyclocross
championships.
"In
North America, FloBikes will stream the races in Canada, and
GCN's app will broadcast the races in the United States."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Weekend CX roundup: Last World Cup of year was best one yet. "Eli
Iserbyt and Marianne Vos took the wins in Hoogerheide, the
Netherlands, both of the contests coming down to the wire."
By Matt Hansen (cyclingmagazine.ca) (Image Credit not Found) January 24, 2022 Can Pidcock do it? Here's who the bookies are
backing to win the Cyclocross World Championships.
"Wout
Van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel have dominated in recent
years, winning the seven last titles between them. Van der
Poel triumphed in 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, while Van Aert
has three world championship titles after winning in 2016,
2017 and 2018."
By Ryan Dabbs (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Racing plans scuttled for cyclocross worlds
hopefuls.
"Quinten
Hermans, who won the Fayetteville round of the CX World Cup
in October, is one of two Belgians who will have to miss the
trip to the U.S. this week."
(velonews.com) Photo: David Stockman/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images January 24, 2022 Crazy ’cross: The most memorable cyclocross world championships. "The world championships might be the pinnacle of accomplishment for elite cyclocross riders, but they are also devilishly complicated to organize. There are a multitude of details to get right." By Paul Maunder (velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Three-time national champion Stephen Hyde calls time on 10-year career. "This
will be the first time in seven years that Hyde will not
take the start of the world cyclocross championships. He
will still be suiting up for Team USA in Fayetteville,
however - only this time as a coach."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Team Rankings Predictions: Best of the Worst. "Team
rankings, starting at the bottom of the UCI WorldTour with
Astana, Lotto Soudal and Team DSM. Where did they go wrong
and what have they changed?"
By Spencer Martin (pezcyclingnews.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 24, 2022 What we know - and still don’t know - about the UCI World Gravel Championships. "When
the event was announced last September, it generated a
healthy debate among athletes and fans. Since then, the
international federation has been mum on the race’s venue or
date."
By Betsy Welch (velonews.com) Photo: Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder January 24, 2022 Editors’ Choice: DK's 18 noteworthy highlights. "Carl
Strong and his Bozeman, Montana-based crew at Pursuit
Cycles have a good thing going with thoughtfully combined
geometries and quality materials that only decades of
frame-building experience can bring."
By David Kennedy (roadbikeaction.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 24, 2022 Brand and Iserbyt secure Cyclocross World Cup series titles. "Lucinda
Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) and Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen
Bingoal) sealed the overall series titles in the women's and
men's UCI Cyclocross World Cup series, respectively."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 23, 2022 Marianne Vos lays down Worlds marker with
Hoogerheide World Cup victory.
"Marianne
Vos (Team Jumbo Visma) landed a psychological blow on her
rivals as she charged clear to win the final round of the
Cyclocross World Cup in Hoogerheide."
By Ben Goddard (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 23, 2022 Eli Iserbyt claims victory at Hoogerheide World
Cup.
"Eli
Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal) showed he will be the man
to beat at next week’s World Championships after a last-lap
attack gave him victory at Hoogerheide."
By Ben Goddard (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 23, 2022 Home cyclocross Worlds a step toward the future
for US riders.
"The UCI
Cyclocross World Championships head to the US for the second
time in the history of the race in 2022, nine years after
the country's first stint when Louisville, Kentucky hosted."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: SnowyMountain Photography) January 23, 2022 Tom Pidcock: My condition will be good for Worlds. "My
condition will be good next week. It’s going to be a hard,
fast race and a good battle. Everyone is in with a chance,
it’s going to be interesting next week."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 23, 2022 Live: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide -
Sunday, January 23rd.
"The
final round of the UCI CX World Cup heads to Hoogerheide in
The Netherlands for Round 15.
Elite
Women at 13:40 CET, 7:40am U.S. Eastern.
Elite
Men at 15:05 CET, 9:05am U.S. Eastern."
(cyclocross.social) (Credits not Found) January 23, 2022
Lucinda Brand, Laurens Sweeck fastest at X²O Trofee Flandriencross. "Brand
makes it 17 season wins, Pidcock derailed by final-lap crash
in last weekend of racing before the Fayetteville worlds."
(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 22, 2022
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Photos,
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January 24, 2022
Maeve Plouffe sprints to the win on stage 2 of Santos Festival of Cycling. "Maeve
Plouffe (ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) was triumphant in
the second day of women's racing at the Santos Festival of
Cycling. With the late attacks pulled back the South
Australian used her track speed and powerful sprint to
capture victory."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 24, 2022 Brandon McNulty debuts 2022 at Mallorca Challenge. "The
team are ready and excited to kick things off for the first
part of the season,” said UAE sport director Joxean Matxín
Fernández. “The parcours of each of these races in Mallorca
demand different qualities so we’ll have a very balanced
team here."
(velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Schachmann and Aleotti out of Mallorca Challenge. "Schachmann
and Aleotti were due to take part in several days of the
Mallorca Challenge, which is made up of five one-day races
on the island of Mallorca in the Canary Islands."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) January 24, 2022 Valverde and Mas head up strong Movistar team for Challenge Mallorca. "The
2022 road cycling season steps up a level this week as teams
head to the Balearic Island in the Mediterranean to take
part in the five-day Challenge Mallorca."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Movistar Team) January 24, 2022 Elisa Longo Borghini targeting Ardennes classics and Tour de France in 2022. "All-or-nothing
attacks have become a bit of a trademark for the Italian
road race and time trial champion, and they have been
reaping some big rewards for her in recent years."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com) (Photo: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Barcelona to host Vuelta a España opening stage
in 2023.
"Barcelona
will host the opening stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España for
the first time since 1962. Rumor has it the opening stage
will be a team time trial through the city center, a very
different send off from that of 60 years ago."
By Abby Mickey (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 24, 2022 All-new Kogel Disc Brake Pads boast Ceramic Barrier to keep pads hot and calipers cool. "You’ll be more familiar with Kogel as a brand that makes componentry to make you go faster, with their Watt-saving Oversized Pulley Wheels and low-friction ceramic bearings. Now, they’ve turned their attention to slowing you down." By Jessie-May Morgan (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 24, 2022 TRed Rea Urano custom lightweight steel road bike gets sleek full integration. "Like the titanium version before it, the new Rea Urano gets upgraded with fully internal cable routing." By Cory Benson (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 24, 2022 Designed for Paris Roubaix: Princeton Carbon Works Dual 5550. "The
Princeton Carbon Works Dual 5550 is a mid-depth wheel
raced by Ineos Grenadiers in the 2021 season, and now it’s
available to consumers. The wheel designed for racing on
cobbles already has hundreds of thousands of kilometers of
testing with impressive race results."
(velonews.com) Photo: Princeton CarbonWorks January 24, 2022 Vik Goes Disc Brakes, Our Heroes, and Two British World Cyclocross Champions? "Remember
Ernesto Colnago said he’d never have anything to do with
that Japanese mountain bike, A-Head nonsense? And remember
our VeloVeritas Mentor and Prophet, Vik said he’d have
never have anything to do with those ‘industry driven,’
dangerous disc brakes?"
By Ed Hood (veloveritas.co.uk) Photo©supplied January 24, 2022 Photos,
Podcasts
January 23, 2022
Giovanni Lonardi wins Clàssica Comunitat
Valenciana.
"Eolo
Kometa rider Lonardi kickstarts the season with victory at
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana while the Santos Festival of
Cycling boots into gear Down Under."
(cyclingnews.com)
(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty)
January 23, 2022 Emily Watts wins opening stage at 2022 Santos
Festival of Cycling.
"Ruby
Roseman-Gannon second behind U23 Knights of Suburbia rider
but takes overall lead after scooping up time bonuses during
stage."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Santos Festival of Cycling/Russ Ellis) January 23, 2022 Best road handlebars: How to choose the best handlebars for your bike. "Finding
the best road handlebars for your bike can make a huge
difference to your ride. By changing the width, you can
improve your bike fit."
By Colin Levitch (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Vision) January 23, 2022 A Stage of Pain: Reconning Strade Bianche with Past Winner Moreno Moser. "The
thing about hitting gravel is that no section is the same,
it’s always so crazy, because everybody wants to be at the
front. The dirt roads are smaller so there is always
somebody crashing, somebody screaming."
Words/images: James Startt (pelotonmagazine.com) January 23, 2022 PNW Components shows off all-new Loam Pedal. "The
Loam flat pedal is shaped from 6061-specification aluminum
and has a mild concave curvature, end-to-end. Overall pedal
size measures 105- by 115mm, giving most riders a good
platform to stand on."
By Lance Branquinho (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: PNW) January 23, 2022 2022 Clasica Comunitat Valenciana Live.
"Clasica Comunitat Valenciana 2022 (La Nucia - Valencia 175km).
Sunday, January 23rd, starts at 14:00pm Central Europe,
8:00am U.S. Eastern."
(cycling.today) (Image Credit not Found) January 23, 2022
Photos,
Podcasts
January 22, 2022
Bettiol: I have to win more and now there are no excuses. "I feel
as if I were reborn, even if I’m a bit fed up of just
training. I must confess that I really miss the adrenaline
of competition,” Bettiol told La Gazzetta dello Sport."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) January 22, 2022
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Videos
January 24, 2022
Egan Bernal taken to a hospital after collision
with bus.
"A photo
shared on social media showed the Ineos Grenadiers rider on
his back on the ground behind a bus that was halfway in the
travel lane. The bus was pictured with a heavily-dented rear
bumper and panel."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (velonews.com) (Image credit: Twitter) January 24, 2022 Mathieu van der Poel 'just sitting at home on
the couch' due to back injury.
"Mathieu
van der Poel appears to be running out of time to be
competitive in the spring Classics, with his father Adrie
revealing that the Alpecin Fenix rider is still experiencing
back pain and is 'just sitting at home on the couch."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Bob Jungels: The search for good surprises after arterial endofibrosis. "For Bob
Jungels (AG2R Citroën), much of the last six months has been
spent dealing with the fallout from an injury that
effectively had wrecked the last two years of his career."
By Alasdair Fotheringham (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 24, 2022 Lawson Craddock: Ready to embrace new opportunities in 2022. "The
Texan is currently camped out on the flanks of Spain’s
Sierra Nevada, bashing his pedals, and preparing for what
will be his ninth season as a professional racer."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) Photo: Luis Angel Gomez ©PHOTOGOMEZSPORT2021 January 24, 2022 Marc Soler on move to UAE Emirates: ‘It was easy to make the change.’ "Soler,
28, was once tapped as a future grand tour winner. Efforts
at leadership at Movistar faltered due to some bad luck and
crashes, but he is hopeful that a fresh start at UAE will
send his career on a new track."
(velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) January 24, 2022 The Art of Cycling: Icons in Posters. "Cycling’s
first universally recognized world champion, A.A. Zimmerman,
hailed from Freehold, New Jersey. As the winged-foot emblem
on his jersey attests. This early French poster celebrates
Zimmerman’s American roots while showcasing Dunlop tires and
Clément bicycles."
Words: Brett Horton; Images: Trevor Horton (pelotonmagazine.com) January 24, 2022 Dissent 133 Layered Cycling Glove System review. "Just
about every glove on our list of the best winter cycling
gloves is some combination of a shell, a membrane layer,
insulation, and an inner liner. "
By Josh Ross (cyclingnews.com) (Image: © Josh Ross) January 24, 2022 What’s Potting With Ciovita’s Ceramic Cycling Kit? "The key
feature in the Apex Scudo range is the ceramic shield print
that has been applied to key panels on the bib and the
jersey. Scudo is Latin for shield, and speaks to the
protective properties this high-tech coating."
(bicycling.co.za) Ciovita January 24, 2022 Best Road Tubeless Wheels - A Complete Buyer’s Guide to Road Tubeless. "Road
Tubeless is where the industry is headed, but it’s taking
even longer for riders to come around. The reality is,
most of the best tire development is now in tubeless."
(bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 24, 2022 Videos
January 23, 2022
Politt hails 'strong, well-prepared' new-look Bora Hansgrohe Classics team. "Nils
Politt has hailed the new additions to Bora Hansgrohe for
2022, saying that the squad is "well-prepared" for the
Classics despite the loss of Peter Sagan and Daniel Oss over
the winter."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bora Hansgrohe) January 23, 2022 Iván Sosa wants to turn page on tricky times at
Ineos Grenadiers.
"The
goodbye was complicated,” Sosa told Marca this week.
“Many things happened, but I’m happy because I’ve learned a
lot. It was a good experience in general and everything that
I have learned I now have to take advantage of."
(velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 23, 2022 Being Basque. "Over
the Atlantic Ocean a man wakes me. He is graceful and
handsome in a way that is quintessentially European. Besides
that? He is wearing a neckerchief and making it work."
Words/images: Heidi Swift (pelotonmagazine.com) January 23, 2022 Factor Ostro VAM frameset. "Yes, it
is expensive, but this is one of the best race bikes out
there. Its stiffness and geometry result in a bike that is
super fast, tracks through high-speed corners beautifully
and is comfortable enough for long training days."
By Liam Cahill (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 23, 2022 Green Oil Dry Chain Wax. "Green
Oil Dry Chain Wax is a PTFE- and petrochemical-free
wax-based lubricant that runs clean, is easy to apply, and,
I found, can last close to its claimed 150km range. The
pricing is similar to other brands."
By Matt Page (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 23, 2022 Videos
January 22, 2022
Ivan Sosa says Ineos departure was 'complicated.' "Sosa
impressed in early 2021 by winning the Tour de la Provence,
but he struggled to make an impact thereafter and he was
left out of the team that helped his fellow countryman Egan
Bernal to overall victory at the Giro."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Bettini Image) January 22, 2022
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