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By Robyn Davidson (cyclist.co.uk) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Saudi Tour: Maxim Van Gils secures overall
victory.
"Maxim
Van Gils (Lotto Soudal) secured overall victory at the 2022
Saudi Tour, after finishing safely in the peloton on the
final stage to AlUla Old Town."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Groenewegen's winning debut bodes well for new era with Bike Exchange Jayco. "Dylan
Groenewegen and Luka Mezgec get their productive partnership
underway with two stage wins at the Saudi Tour."
By Kit Nicholson (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) February 5, 2022 Laurens Sweeck secures solo win at Maldegem Ethias Cross. "Laurens
Sweeck (Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal) took a solo victory at the
Maldegem Ethias Cross on Saturday. It was a 1-2 success for
his team as Eli Iserbyt took second place ahead of Lars van
der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) in third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) February 5, 2022 Annemarie Worst wins Maldegem Ethias Cross. "Worst
was unable to travel to the World Championships in the USA
but showed her end of season with a dominant performance to
secure her second victory of the 2021-2022 cyclocross
season."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Lotte Kopecky wants to win 'as many races as possible' at her new team SD Worx. "Kopecky
might not have won too many top races in her career so far,
only two Women's WorldTour events, but is one of the coming
forces in women's cycling."
By Adam Becket (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Phil Cheetham - Memories, Part One; Racing in
France in the 60’s, with UVA Troyes.
"Often,
when we're talking to riders about those Golden Days for
bike racing, the 60’s and 70’s, the name Phil Cheetham crops
up. Cheetham was a quality rider with some big results in
France in the early 70’s."
By Ed Hood (veloveritas.co.uk) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Training and the Common Cold or Flu. "As
cyclists, we train to feel fit and healthy, yet we can still
get knocked down by the common cold or flu. What should we
do when we do catch a bug to give ourselves the best chances
for a rapid recovery and minimal disruption to our
training?"
By Scott Steele (pezcyclingnews.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) February 5, 2022 Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America. "U.S.
cities have long lagged behind counterparts in Europe when
it comes to biking infrastructure, but some metros are
making a push to build more lanes and boost bike commuting."
By Erica Pandey (axios.com) Photo: Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images February 5, 2022 Wolf Tooth 8-Bit Kit One. "Wolf
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By Iwein Dekoninck (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 2022 Saudi Tour Live Stream.
"Saudi Tour 2022, Saturday, February 5th, AlUla Old Town → AlUla Old Town (138.9km). Stage
5 starts at 1:00pm local (11:00am CET)
(5:00am U.S. Eastern). Finish at 4:09pm local (2:09pm CET) (8:09am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 2:30pm local (12:30pm CET) (6:30am U.S. Eastern)." (cycling.today) (Image Credit procyclingstats.com) February 5, 2022 Live: Ethias Cross Maldegem - Saturday February
5th.
"The
Ethias Cross returns this Saturday for the first race after
the World Championships, expect to see some new rainbow
jerseys on show as the riders tackle the Parkcross in
Maldegem.
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February 4, 2022
Saudi Tour: Maxim van Gils wins stage 4.
"The
22-year-old second-year pro followed Andrea Bagioli's (Quick
Step Alpha Vinyl) attack on the double-digit gradient slopes
of the main climb of the day, 10 kilometers from the finish
before the Italian cracked under pressure from the Belgian,
leaving Van Gils to ride alone to the finish."
(cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) February 4, 2022 Qhubeka NextHash riders missing November, December pay as UCI bank guarantee kicks in. "Riders
and staff at the defunct Qhubeka NextHash WorldTour squad
have not been paid since October 2021, with the final two
installments of their wages still unaccounted for."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 4, 2022 South Industries RX wheels review. "Durable
and versatile, the South Industries RX wheels will handle
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they are pricey when specced to the hilt."
By Aaron Borrill (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Aaron Borrill) February 4, 2022 Jumbo Visma sport director: ‘Ketones not a wonder supplement.’ "Grischa
Niermann downplays role of controversial supplement, says
it's only part of team's increasingly pinpoint approach to
performance."
By Jim Cotton (velonews.com) Photo: Jumbo Visma February 4, 2022 2022 Saudi Tour Live Stream.
"Saudi Tour 2022, Thursday, February 4th, Winter Park → Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid (149.3km). Stage
4
starts at 11:00am local (9:00am CET)
(3:00am U.S. Eastern). Finish at 2:38pm local (12:38pm CET) (6:38am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 1:00pm local (11:00am CET) (5:00am U.S. Eastern)." (cycling.today) (Image Credit procyclingstats.com) February 4, 2022 Live: Ethias Cross Maldegem - Saturday February 5th. "The
Ethias Cross returns this Saturday for the first race after
the World Championships, expect to see some new rainbow
jerseys on show as the riders tackle the Parkcross in
Maldegem.
Elite
Women - 12:45 UK, 13:45 Europe.
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Men - 14:00 UK, 15:00 Europe."
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February 5, 2022
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana: Matteo
Moschetti takes sprint win on stage 4.
"Matteo
Moschetti (Trek Segafredo) won the high-speed sprint finish
in Torrevieja, producing a perfectly-timed effort to emerge
from the fight for the wheels."
By Stephen Farrand (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana/Tour of Valencia
live video stream.
"2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana/Tour of Valencia February 2-6, Spain. Saturday, February 5th, Orihuela
→
Torrevieja (193.1km).
Finish at around 4:37pm CET (10:37am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern)."
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February 5, 2022 Jumbo Visma out of Valenciana.
The
Dutch team exited the early season Spanish race ahead of
Saturday’s fourth stage. The news comes just days after Bike
Exchange Jayco also pulled out of the Spanish race."
(velonews.com) (Photo: James Startt) February 5, 2022 Remco Evenepoel grumbles at Valenciana gravel
sector: ‘Close to mountain biking.’
"The
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl captain lost his grip on the leader’s
jersey on stage 3 of the Spanish race after coming undone on
the tough, stony, summit finish to Antenas del Maigmó Tibi."
(velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Richie Porte: Don’t write-off Geraint Thomas at
the Tour de France.
"Richie
Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) might be heading into his final
European road season, but the veteran Australian has no
desire to simply close out his long career without a few
more fireworks."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) (Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images) February 5, 2022 What happened to the Cannondale CAAD11? "Why did
Cannondale skip from CAAD10 to CAAD12, and what do Spinal
Tap and Australia's most beloved road cyclist have to do
with it?"
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) photography by Cannondale, Dave Rome February 5, 2022 A little flare, a lot of drop and Rochette's important thoughts: Weekly news. "Every
week a near-endless ream of news and new gear is introduced
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By Terry McKall (cyclingmagazine.ca) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Gear Break: Pinarello Dogma, XERT-Bike the
World, Archer, MAAPx100%, UDOG, Festka.
"Pinarello launches new Dogma F MyWay customization, XERT: Bike The World, ARCHER Components launches new multi-function remote for drop-bar bikes + more!" (pezcyclingnews.com) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Time to change The Rules? Tilting your saddle nose down by eight degrees is more efficient in seated-uphill efforts, researchers find. "If
you're a more discerning cyclist, you may be familiar with
Rule #48 of the rather particular Velominati list of rules
cyclists must abide by that says your saddle must be
"visually level"... however some researchers are seriously
challenging this."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Rudy Project Deltabeat Light Grey Impactx Photochromic 2 Black. "The
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By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Aleksandr Vlasov solos gravel final of stage 3.
"Aleksandr
Vlasov (Bora Hansgrohe) best handled the gravel-road finale
of stage 3 of the 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The
Russian rider soloed away from an elite group in the
unpaved, final kilometers."
(velonews.com)Photo: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images February 4, 2022 David Dekker miraculously escapes serious injury after disappearing into ravine at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. "TV
cameras from the helicopter show Dekker heading straight
into the ravine, but missed his eventual crash due to the
trees blocking the view. Thankfully, the 24-year-old
confirmed on his Twitter he didn't suffer serious injuries."
By Ryan Dabbs (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 4, 2022 Bike Exchange Jayco withdraw from Valenciana. "As a
precautionary measure, in accordance with strict team
policy, and having already had to withdraw one rider due to
injury, the decision was made to withdraw from the event,
with the health of riders, staff and all those involved in
the race being the priority."
By Daniel Ostanek, Alasdair Fotheringham (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images) February 4, 2022 Daryl Impey: ‘It’s been a long road back from pelvis break.’ "Almost
nine months after the crash in the sprint on the final day
of last year’s Ruta del Sol that left him with a broken
pelvis and collarbone and effectively ended his 2021 season,
Impey admitted he’s still feeling his way back into racing."
By Peter Cossins (velonews.com) (David Ramos/Getty Images) February 4, 2022 Nathan Haas backed by Colnago as he makes switch to gravel. "The
move to racing on gravel marks something of a homecoming for
Haas, who began his cycling career as a mountain biker
before going to enjoy a decade in the WorldTour with Garmin,
Dimension Data, Katusha and Cofidis."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/peloton brief) February 4, 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana/Tour of Valencia
live video stream.
"2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana/Tour of Valencia February 2-6, Spain. Thursday, February 4th, Alicante
→
Antenas del Maigmó (155.1km) .
Finish at around 5:15pm CET (11:15am U.S. Eastern) Live video from 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern)."
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February 4 , 2022 Photos,
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February 3, 2022
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana: Fabio Jakobsen
wins stage 2.
"The
Dutchman hitched a ride on the Intermarché Wanty Gobert
train in the final kilometer of the stage in Torrent,
blasting off Andrea Pasqualon's wheel in the final 200
meters, with his rivals having no answer to his speed."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Dario Belingheri Getty Images) February 3, 2022 Evenepoel says three-for-three stage wins
possible at Valenciana for Quick Step.
"Could
Friday's third stage bring a third win out of three for
Quick Step Alpha Vinyl in the Volta a la Comunitat
Valenciana? Remco Evenepoel, stage 1 winner, race leader,
and lead-out domestique certainly wasn't ruling it out on
Thursday evening."
By Alasdair Fotheringham (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Dario BelingheriGetty Images) February 3, 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. |
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February 5, 2022
Etoile de Bessèges: Tobias Halland Johannessen
wins stage 4.
"The
Norwegian rider out-paced a select group of four on the
final climb to take the win ahead of Jay Vine (Alpecin
Fenix) and Antonio Tiberi (Trek Segafredo)."
By Ben Goddard (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Étoile de Bessèges: A new star rises. "Already
third in two stages this week, Uno-X’s Tobias Johannessen’s
“queen” stage win gives him a final shot at Bessèges GC."
By Peter Cossins (velonews.com)
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February 5, 2022 Egan Bernal leaves ICU after successful
surgeries.
"From a
medical point of view and given [Bernal’s] improvement and
clinical progression, the patient will be discharged from
the ICU and transferred to the general hospital wing,” read
Friday’s update from hospital director Juan Guillermo Ortiz
Martínez."
(velonews.com) Photo: Luca Bettini/AFP via Getty Images February 5, 2022 Crash Victims Who Were Never The Same Again. "Crashing
Out: Egan Bernal’s terrible and possibly career ending crash
last week has brought back many memories of riders who were
never the same after a similar misfortune."
By Edmond Hood (pezcyclingnews.com) (Image Credit not Found) February 5, 2022 Women set for first European pro road race action of season. "Sunday's
92km race from Paterna to Valencia features some of the
biggest teams in the world including WorldTour squads
Movistar, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team and UAE Team ADQ."
(stickybottle.com) (Photo: Loetie Photography) February 5, 2022 Edvald Boasson Hagen: Peter Sagan’s arrival has given everyone a boost. "For a
start, Sagan’s presence all but guarantees that Total
Energies, who are at ProTeam level, will receive wild card
invitations to its pick of the races on the WorldTour
calendar."
By Peter Cossins (velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Bikes of the 2022 Men’s Pro Peloton: The best bikes in the world. "Another year of bike racing is upon us, and there have been some exceptionally busy mechanics readying bikes for the best riders in the world." By Liam Cahill (road.cc) (Image credit: Various) February 5, 2022 GoPro Outlines Four Distinct Camera Types for 2022, Plus New Cloud/Desktop Features. "GoPro
announced they plan to more than double their camera lineup
in 2022, and then expand it further in 2023. And by
‘lineup’, we’re not talking just a new budget GoPro."
By Ray Maker (dcrainmaker.com) (gopro.com) February 5, 2022 ‘There was just so much to learn and so little readily available information' - Elinor Barker on life as a pregnant athlete. "Barker
found out she was expecting shortly after winning a silver
medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The 27-year-old knew that this
was not her cue for retirement."
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) February 5, 2022 Club La Santa: The best training playground for cyclists. "Club La
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By Sponsored (cyclist.co.uk) February 5, 2022 Etoile de Besseges live stream.
"2022 Etoile de Besseges February 2-6, France. Stage
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February 5, 2022 Videos
February 4, 2022
Etoile de Bessèges: Benjamin Thomas wins stage
3, takes GC lead.
"Benjamin
Thomas took Cofidis' second victory in two days at the
Etoile de Bessèges after emerging strongest from a late
attack group in Bessèges on stage 3."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Tommaso Pelagalli/SprintCyclingAgency) February 4, 2022 Van Vleuten: Tour de France is my big goal, Giro and Vuelta need to 'step up.' "I'm a
little bit disappointed that I still don't know the courses
yet. Before I say yes to the three big races, I need to see
their courses, and hopefully they [the Giro and Vuelta]
announce them soon because otherwise it is a bit
disappointing for me."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) February 4, 2022 UAE Team ADQ boss: ‘Men’s and women’s Tours de France are equal.’[Paywall] [Paywall]
"Team boss Rubens Bertogliati says the new women's
team is not about sportswashing but about inspiring more
people in the UAE to ride bikes."
By Sadhbh O'Shea (velonews.com) Photo: Manuela Heres February 4, 2022 The best and worst kits of the 2022 women’s peloton. "For the
past two years, I have looked forward to writing an annual
kit review article. As the former clothing manager of a
college cycling team and with experience designing kits
myself."
By Abby Mickey (cyclingtips.com) (Image credit: Various) February 4, 2022 road.cc Recommends updated with a huge drop of 20 new products. "We’ve
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By Liam Cahill (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) February 4, 2022 Etoile de Besseges live stream.
"2022 Etoile de Besseges February 2-6, France. Stage
3 starts at 12:55pm CET (6:55am U.S. Eastern)
Finish at around 4:37pm CET (10:37am U.S. Eastern) Live video from 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern)."
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February 4, 2022 Videos
February 3, 2022
Etoile de Bessèges: Bryan Coquard wins stage 2.
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Coquard."
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