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January 25, 2022
Betsema, Worst and slate of other racers out of
cyclocross worlds as startlists slim significantly.
"Leading
Dutch riders Denise Betsema and Annemarie Worst are headline
names from a swath of riders that will not be traveling to
Arkansas from Europe in the coming days."
(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 25, 2022 Cyclocross worlds preview: The masters come to do battle in Arkansas. "At the
end of a dramatic 2021-22 cyclocross season, there are
several stories to resolve in Fayetteville as Tom Pidcock,
Eli Iserbyt, Lucinda Brand, Marianne Vos, and many other
players make their bid for a rainbow jersey."
By Paul Maunder (velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 25, 2022 Daredevil trial biker springs out of helicopter onto Cyclocross World Championships track. "The
Cyclocross World Championships get underway on Saturday 29
January in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, and nine-time trial
bike world champion Kenny Belaey has welcomed it in with an
audacious bike stunt."
By Ryan Dabbs (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 25, 2022 The mother and daughter duo of the Santos Festival of Cycling. "Former
Australian champion Ruth Corset talked out of retirement and
back into the peloton by her racing daughters."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) Image credit: Simone Giuliani) January 25, 2022 Introducing: Hélène Clauzel. "Clauzel,
who celebrated her 24th birthday this week is feeling
positive and motivated in the run-up to the World
Championships, at Fayetteville, USA, after ending the World
Cup series competition in ninth place."
By Maria David (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 25, 2022 Bryton Rider S500 cycling computer first look
review.
"Good
looking, capable and easy-to-use cycling computer that has
what it takes to challenge the more established marques in
the segment."
By Aaron Borrill (cyclingnews.com)(Image: © Aaron Borrill) January 25, 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 25, 2022 Here's how to make a DIY VO2 max tester for use with Zwift and Strava for only £130. "Instructables
has designed a device you can make at home yourself which it
claims provides accurate VO2 readings, that can be displayed
on the Zwift screen while you are pedaling as a substitute
for heart rate sensor data. It can also be paired with the
Strava app."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) January 25, 2022 News.
Blogs, Misc.
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 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
any bicycle type."
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Photos,
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January 25, 2022
Roseman-Gannon wins final stage and overall at
the Santos Festival of Cycling.
"After
runner-up finishes on the first two stages of the Santos
Festival of Cycling, Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Bike Exchange
Jayco) went one better on Tuesday’s final stage of the
three-stage race."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 25, 2022 Anticipation builds ahead of 2022 debut for sprinting ace Biniam Girmay. "Considered
by many to be Africa’s top sprinting prospect in a
generation, the 21-year-old Girmay is expected to see plenty
of chances in the first half of 2022, with likely stops at
Milano Sanremo and the Giro d’Italia."
(velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) January 25, 2022 Mallorca Challenge opens busy spring calendar in
Spain.
"Last
weekend’s season debut at the Clàssica Valenciana 1969, won
by Giovanni Lonardi (EOLO Kometa), got the party started,
but this week’s racing on Mallorca sees the first major
action for many WorldTour stars."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) Photo: Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images January 25, 2022 Lael Wilcox and Jenny Graham want to inspire with new Iceland documentary. "Lael
Wilcox and Jenny Graham ride Iceland's stunning Continental
Divide and explore how the country is making the most of its
natural resources."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com) Photo: Rugile Kaladyte January 25, 2022 Cool Tool Tuesday #1: Ratcheting into gear. "Hi, my
name is Dave and I have a tool shopping problem. I know many
people say they are tool addicts, tool nerds or the like,
but I really have a tool problem. I’ve spent far too much on
tools for well over a decade now."
By Dave Rome (cyclingtips.com) (Photography by Dave Rome) January 25, 2022 Moots Routt ESC boasts 2.4-inch tires and mounts
for days in titanium package.
"Moots
is offering the Routt ESC in two builds. The modern $12,528
AXS kit comes with SRAM eTap AXS Force components matched up
with parts from Enve, Selle Italia, and White Industries."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 25, 2022 Review: Vittoria Airliner Mountain Bike Tire Insert. "It has
to be said, for the most part, I barely noticed the Vittoria
Airliner at all. The added weight (165g) never bothered me,
and the insert never audibly rattled during rough descents."
By Jessie-May Morgan (bikerumor.com) (Image Credit not Found) January 25, 2022 Photos,
Podcasts
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."
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(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty)
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Videos
January 25, 2022
‘Egan Bernal is already awake.’ "At this
moment Egan is already awake and is being treated in the
intensive care unit where they will care for him depending
on how he responds to the surgeries and different
interventions."
(velonews.com) Photo: UAN PABLO PINO/AFP via Getty Images January 25, 2022 Egan Bernal undergoes complex but successful
spinal surgery.
"Surgeons
worked on injuries to the thoracic section of the spine,
with the hospital revealing they had managed to maintain
neurological integrity and conserve the functionality of the
area, suggesting Bernal could have avoided permanent damage
to his spinal cord."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Bettini Photo) January 25, 2022 Explainer: How did Egan Bernal crash in
Colombia? [Paywall]
[Paywall]
"A bus stopped to leave a passenger and the
[cyclist], who was traveling in the same direction and in
the same lane, did not observe the movement made by the bus,
and hit the back of the bus,” a police report read."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) Photo: DANIEL MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images January 25, 2022 Q&A: Doug Ryder on Team Qhubeka’s closure, its legacy, and its future. "Team
Qhubeka NextHash’s tenure came to an unpleasant end at the
end of 2021, after a fruitless search for a title sponsor
investment that would have allowed the team to survive."
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) January 25, 2022 Mid-Winter Strength Training Course Correction. "With
the turn of the calendar over to a new year, many of us have
begun to assess how our fall training has done as far as
helping us attain the results we want. For some, the results
from our strength training seems to be mixed."
By Menachem Brodie (pezcyclingnews.com) January 25, 2022 EF Education EasyPost and EF Education TIBCO SVB
unveil 2022 kits.
"Both
squads are set to race in a largely pink jersey featuring
distorted argyle patterns which have been part of the men's
kits dating back to the Slipstream and Garmin years back in
the late-2000s."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Gruber Images/EF EasyPost/EF Tibco SVB) January 25, 2022 DMT KR TDF. "The KR
has proven to be a super-comfortable pair of shoes, owing to
a one-piece proprietary Engineered Knit upper with variable
thickness, coupled with the most advanced of technologies:
laces."
(pelotonmagazine.com) alebikewear.com January 25, 2022 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 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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