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Milan San Remo: Dropper post was Matej Mohorič’s secret weapon on winning Poggio descent. Matej Mohorič’s dropper post is within rules. |
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Elisa Balsamo launches unstoppable late sprint
for Trofeo Alfredo Binda victory.
"The
world champion launched a rocketship late sprint from a
reduced group to beat Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE ADQ) and Soraya
Paladin (Canyon SRAM) in Cittiglio on Sunday."
(velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
UCI confirms approval of use of dropper posts
after Mohoric's Milan San Remo move.
"The UCI
equipment commission approved the use of dropper seatposts
in road cycling competitions in 2014. Their use is subject
to the minimum 5cm setback rule of article 1.3.013 of the
UCI regulations."
(velonews.com) Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images
Matej Mohoric’s storming success in Milan San Remo emphasizes the growing dominance of Slovenian racers. "Mohoric
has always been a fearless descender and has now become one
of the fastest downhill racers in the peloton. That skill
has secured him big wins in the past."
By Jeremy Whittle (pelotonmagazine.com) CAuldPhoto
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Trofeo Alfredo Binda Comune di Cittiglio Live
video stream.
"Sunday, March 20th, Cocquio Trevisago → Cittiglio (141.8km). Start
at 12:10 CET, 7:10am ET.
Live
Feed at 9:35am U.S. ET, GCN+ at 6:45am PT.
Finish
at 15:55 CET, 10:55am ET."
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March 20,
2022
 Milan San Remo: Matej Mohorič goes solo to
stunning monument victory.
"Matej
Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) made a daring descent off the
Poggio and held off the chasers to win. Athony Turgis
finished second, just a few breaths behind the Slovenian.
Mathieu van der Poel won the sprint for third."
(velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
Milan San Remo: Dropper post was Matej Mohorič’s
secret weapon on winning Poggio descent.
"Slovenian
drops the likes of Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel on
a wild descent off the Poggio using a dropper seat post to
roar to victory."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
Milan-San Remo: Stomach troubles end Pidcock’s hopes as Ineos suffers bad luck and illness. "Tom
Pidcock, who missed Strade Bianche due to illness, was
surprisingly dropped on the Capo Berta with 37km to go due
to stomach problems. He did not finish the race after
finishing 15th last year in his San Remo debut."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images)
Milan San Remo: What Gilbert, Matthews, Mohorič, Pedersen said at the start. "La
Primavera‘s start-list has been shorn of a stack of
top favorites, with Julian Alaphilippe, Caleb Ewan, Sonny
Colbrelli and defending champion Jasper Stuyven all absent."
(velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
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First look: PipeDream Cycles A.L.I.C.E. "The
PipeDream Cycles A.L.I.C.E. is a go-anywhere, do (nearly)
anything modern adventure bike. It looks to cover a huge
range of riding, from commutes on lanes to mountain bike
trails."
By Jim Clarkson (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
Milano Sanremo Live Feed.
"Milano Sanremo 2022 (Milano → Sanremo 293km).
Saturday, March 19th, Race starts at 9:50am CET (4:50am U.S.
Eastern).
Finish at around 5:09pm CET (12:09pm U.S. Eastern). Live video from 1:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern)." (cycling.today) (Credits not
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March 18,
2022
News,
Blogs, Misc.
Milan Sanremo Preview. "This
Saturday’s Milan Sanremo is all about is tense finish, the
longest race of the year that’s often down to the smallest
of differences and a race where every pedal stroke counts."
(inrng.com) (RCS Sport)
Weekend Preview: Van der Poel to Sanremo, Trofeo Binda Battle Royale, and Minor Classics Abound. "Mathieu
van der Poel has decided to make his season debut this
weekend, not at the minor Per Sempre Alfredo race on tap for
Sunday but at La Primavera, La Classicissima, none other
than the season’s opening Monument, Milano Sanremo."
By Chris Fontecchio (podiumcafe.com) Photo by Fabio Ferrari - Pool/Getty Images
Filippo Ganna dreams of pulling a Cancellara-style coup at Milan San Remo. "I can’t
arrive in the sprint, and I can’t follow Tadej [Pogačar] or
Wout [van Aert] on the climb because we are really different
bodies,” Ganna said Friday. “For sure, the Fabian style is
perfect for me."
By Jim Cotton (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found)
Primož Roglič passes Tour de France test unscathed: ‘The cobbles are something completely new.’ "Roglič
passed the mid-term exam Thursday by safely negotiating
several sectors of cobbles at race speed at GP de Denain in
what was a key proving ground ahead of the Tour."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
Swytch Electric Bike Conversion Kit.
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Volta a Catalunya quick-guide: Carapaz, Dumoulin, Almeida, Yates test Giro d’Italia shape in Spain. "The
2022 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya rolls out Monday and will
see top favorites Richard Carapaz, Tom Dumoulin, João
Almeida and Simon Yates revving their engines ahead of the
rapidly approaching Giro d’Italia."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)
Volta a Catalunya live stream. "2022 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya March 21-27, Spain. Stage
1 starts Monday at 12:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern).
Finish at around 4:59pm CET (11:59am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 3:15pm CET (10:15am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com)
(cyclingstage.com)
Marc Hirschi wins in season debut in Italy after hip surgery. "The
Swiss rider on UAE Emirates delayed his 2022 season debut
until Sunday to undergo surgery this winter to treat
long-running rotation issues on his right hip."
(velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
Ultimate African Gravel: Migration Gravel Race. "I would
be lying if I didn’t admit how relieved I am to finish. I
collapse onto the cool, smooth concrete porch at The Wild
Bandas, and someone brings me an extra-large bottle of
Tusker."
By: Betsy Welch; Images: Courtesy, Wahoo (pelotonmagazine.com)
Mythologies: Alphonse Steinès and the Invention of the Pyrénées. "The
story of how the Tour de France came to tackle the Col du
Tourmalet in the Pyrénées for the first time in 1910 is one
of the most oft-told tales of Tour history. But how much of
it is true, how much of it really happened the way we claim
it happened?"
By Feargal McKay (podiumcafe.com) La Vie au Grand Air / BnF
MET Trenta 3k Carbon MIPS 2022 - Premium Aero Helmet now even safer. "What
can the helmet of two-time Tour de France winner Tadej
Pogačar do better than the competition and did it help him
to win the Tour?"
By Julian Schwede (granfondo-cycling.com) Manufacturer’s website
2022 Cholet Pays de la Loire Live Feed.
"Cholet - Pays de la Loire 2022 (Cholet → Cholet 202km). Sunday,
March 20th, Feed starts at 15:15pm Central Europe, 10:15am
U.S. Eastern."
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March 20,
2022
Where’s Lachlan Morton? EF Education rider covered 260km already, smashes $50,000 target to help Ukraine refugees. "Lachlan
Morton has already smashed his target of raising $50,000 to
help refugees from Ukraine who are fleeing the war at home.
So far Morton has been in the saddle for nine hours and
covered 267km of his mammoth charity ride."
(velonews.com) Photo: VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images
Prize money Milan Sanremo 2022 - How much cash do the top 20 riders get? "The
prize money for the 293km monument is nothing to write home
about. This is despite the race being one of the biggest
events of the year and despite it being owned by RCS, one of
the biggest race promoters in pro cycling."
(stickybottle.com) (Photo: Fabio Ferrari)
The Moment Milan Sanremo Was Won. "All
eyes were on one Slovenian, Tadej Pogačar and he launched a
flurry of attacks on the Poggio. It didn’t work for him but
had the effect of shredding an already reduced lead group."
(inrng.com) (RCS Sport)
Wout van Aert on Milan San Remo finale: ‘I wasted too much energy chasing Pogačar.’ "The
Jumbo Visma rider responded to a string of searing attacks
from Tadej Pogačar on the uphill side of the Poggio, but
couldn’t follow when winner Matej Mohorič attacked on the
descent."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
Mathieu van der Poel: I’m getting old but I’ll come back to win Milan San Remo. "The
Dutch rider followed all the key moves on the final climb of
the Poggio and looked in contention for the win in his 2022
debut but he was left reeling when winner Matej Mohorič tore
off the descent of the last climb to take the biggest win of
his career."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
‘Two days ago I came home from training and I had a few missed calls,’ Mathieu van der Poel on his Milan San Remo free role. "Gianni
Vermeersch got sick and we also lost Rob Stannard this
morning who is also sick. They asked me if I wanted to
replace them and it was a difficult decision because
normally I was going to start again in Coppi."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) (Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Matteo Jorgenson sidelined with torn hamstring. "Jorgenson,
22, hit the tarmac early in Paris Nice at the start of this
month and tore a hamstring. He battled through the next few
days on the mission to score high on classification for his
Movistar team before abandoning ahead of the final stage."
(velonews.com) (Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
Team Amani targeting African jersey at the Cape Epic. "Only
South African teams have won the coveted jersey; Kangangi
and Karaya would be the first Kenyans as well as Black
Africans to break the trend."
By Betsy Welch (velonews.com) Photo: @saltlake_lian
What do you think of Shimano's unique new handlebar design? "Shimano
has had a patent application published that shows a
handlebar that allows Di2 switches in recesses on the top
sections for a sleeker appearance."
By Anna Marie Hughes (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
Myzone MZ-Switch. "The
Myzone MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor gives you the best of
all worlds by being wearable in three places - on your
wrist, arm or chest. Accuracy is good, it's light and it's
comfortable to wear for long periods."
By Stu Kerton (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
March 18,
2022
Lachlan Morton will ride from Germany to the
Ukrainian border to raise money for the Ukraine Crisis Relief
Fund.
"I found
it hard to focus on trying to get ready for a race when
something so significant was happening in the world."
(velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found)
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Morton raises over $160,000 and counting for
Ukrainian refugees with epic border ride.
"With
war breaking out within Europe, the closeness of it all had
Morton engaging with the idea of completing another epic
ride on his increasing list of largely solo ultra-endurance
cycling challenges."
(sbs.com.au) (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel continues comeback in Italy after Milan San Remo podium. "Alpecin
Fenix confirms Dutch star will race Coppi e Bartali in
latest sign that Mathieu van der Poel is on track to race
Tour of Flanders."
(velonews.com) Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Inside the Cape Epic with Haley Batten and Sofia Gomez Villafañe. "In a
field of 15 elite women’s teams, Americans Haley Batten and
Sofia Gomez Villafañe are standout favorites at this week’s
Cape Epic."
By Betsy Welch (velonews.com) Photo: Michal Cerveny
Blevins and Beers; Ferrand-Prévot and de Groot jump to the front in opening stage of Cape Epic. "U.S
star Blevins and his South African partner Matt Beers, who
are riding as Toyota NinetyOne Specialized at the marquee
MTB stage race, won the prologue stage at the Cape Epic
today."
By Betsy Welch (velonews.com) Photo: Michal Cerveny
Northern Vintage: 10 of the best 20th century British bike builders from the North and Midlands. "We're looking at makers from the North of England, and some based in more northern parts of the Midlands." By Steve Thomaspix (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
Hunt Race Aero Wide wheelset. "If
you've got a rim brake road bike and you want some wheels
that are pretty light and durable but aren't going to break
the bank, what you need is something like the Hunt Race Aero
Wide wheelset."
By Dave Atkinson (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
March 20,
2022
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Battery of barnstorming attacks not enough for Tadej Pogačar to master Milan San Remo. "What we
have done today as a team is an excellent sign for the next
races and for the Milan Sanremo editions that we will race
in the next few years,” Pogačar said. “It was a very fun
classic."
(velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
Chris Froome to debut at Coppi e Bartali next week. "The
four-time Tour de France winner delayed his start to the
season due to a knee injury. Officials said after recent
training camps that Froome feels he is ready to line up at
the start line again."
(velonews.com) Photo: Noa Arnon/IPT
Egan Bernal is so hungry to return but we don’t know if he’ll get back to that top level again, says Ellingworth. "The
road towards Egan Bernal’s recovery is long, and while the
rider may be hungrier than ever to reach the level he once
raced at there are no guarantees that the former Tour de
France will reach those heights again."
By Daniel Benson (velonews.com) Photo: Tim De Waele/TDWsport.com
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot heads into first Cape Epic. "After a
short pause since the delayed fall running of last year’s
event, the 2022 Cape Epic is back for 2022. Multiple-time
world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot headlines a strong
field, taking on her first Cape Epic with teammate Robyn de
Groot."
By Terry McKall (cyclingmagazine.ca) Photo by: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot / Instagram
New York man bicycling across US reveals his favorite state so far: ‘Feel at home.’ "Along
his unusual (and very long!) journey across America, Bob
Barnes, 52, has been sharing his adventures - including the
fact that he really loves the state of Mississippi."
By Ann W. Schmidt (foxnews.com) (Photos: Bob Barnes)
UN adopts resolution promoting cycling to increase road safety and reduce emissions... proposed by Turkmenistan's cycling-mad outgoing dictator. "The 193
members of the UN have this week unanimously adopted a
resolution that officially states the bicycle is a vital
tool, calling on member states to “integrate the bicycle
into public transportation, in urban and rural settings in
developing and developed countries."
By Jack Sexty (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
Seattle’s Rad Power Bikes, Gregg’s Cycle among those riding another eBike boom. "We’re
seeing a big spike in orders coming in way ahead of the
season,” says Pedego CEO Don DiCostanzo. “Every month
there’s another record. Other eBike brands and merchants in
the U.S. tell a similar story."
By Ira Boudway (seattletimes.com) (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times, file)
Topeak Ninja Master+ Cage Z. "The
Topeak Ninja Master+ Cage Z is reasonably light, very nicely
priced and easy to get bottles in and out of, and although
its grip proved entirely secure during the test, its
gentle-feeling squeeze doesn't inspire confidence."
By Matt Page (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found)
Volta a Catalunya live stream. "2022 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya March 21-27, Spain. Stage
1 starts Monday at 12:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern).
Finish at around 4:59pm CET (11:59am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 3:15pm CET (10:15am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com)
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March 18,
2022
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Bahati Foundation team wins The Race Across America to help kids. "3,000
miles, 60,000 feet of climbing, and more than $57,000 raised
to support Los Angeles families recover from tragic events
and to teach the kids left behind about financial literacy."
By Brad Roe, Rahsaan Bahati (velonews.com) (Photo: Annemarie Hennes)
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