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Pro bike: Robbie McEwen’s Scott Foil

Daniel Benson — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:29:08 GMT

After 1 7 years of getting paid to race a bicycle , Robbie McEwen bowed out on Sunday at the conclusion of the Amgen Tour of California . Here is a look at the set-up of his Scott Foil, which, like the man himself, is fairly straightforward. Scott first showed prototypes of the Foil in 2010 with HTC-Columbia at the Tour de France. It was dubbed ‘FO1’ at the team. Scott continued to work with its sponsored athletes until 2011 to refine the design. Today, there are seven Foil models, ranging ...

USA Cycling Professional Road Championships start list

Peter Hymas — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:09:50 GMT

Time Trial - May 26 K Frank Pipp (Bissell Cycling) Andrew Baker (Bissell Cycling) Christopher Baldwin (Bissell Cycling) Christopher Barton (Bissell Cycling) Andrew Dahlheim (Bissell Cycling) Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Cycling) Carter Jones (Bissell Cycling) Chase Pinkham (Bissell Cycling) Isaac Enderline (BMC - Hincapie ...

Pro bike: Rory Sutherland’s NeilPryde Diablo

Peter Hymas — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:48:00 GMT

Having established a beachhead in the UK, NeilPryde is now making a push into the US market, and the company signed UnitedHealthcare to race its bikes for the 2012 season. UnitedHealthcare team leader Rory Sutherland recently won the overall title at the SRAM Tour of the Gila , and last week finished 13th overall at the Amgen Tour of California . Click on the gallery for a detailed look at his NeilPryde Diablo, dressed up in SRAM Red 2012 components, ENVE Smart System wheels and a Ritchey cockpit. ...

Bayern-Rundfahrt start list

Peter Hymas — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:55:08 GMT

Sky Procycling 1 Christian Knees (Ger) 2 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) 3 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) 4 Danny Pate (USA) 5 Richie Porte (Aus) 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) 7 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team Saxo Bank 11 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 13 Ran Margaliot (Isr) 14 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) 15 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) ...

Tour of Belgium start list

Peter Hymas — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:59:31 GMT

BMC Racing Team 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) 4 Adam Blythe (GBr) 5 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) 6 Michael Schär (Swi) 7 Amaël Moinard (Fra) 8 Martin Kohler (Swi) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 11 Tony Martin (Ger) 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) 14 Niki Terpstra (Ned) 15 Zdenek ...

Stage 2 An Post Ras: Kilkenny to Gort

Daniel Benson — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:46:41 GMT

Rider Profile - Kyle Houston Height - 187cm Weight - 78kg Kilkenny to Gort 158km 3hr 36min Presented by Forme Coaching Today’s stage of the An Post Rás was littered with numerous Cat 3 climbs. The race passed over each climb at a fast pace with the leaders finishing in just over 3½ hours and the winner coming from a 7 man group that finished 28 seconds up on what was left of the main bunch. We have race data from Chain Reaction Cycles team member, Kyle Houston, who finished mid ...

Gallery: The landscapes and action from the Giro d'Italia

Daniel Benson — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:43:09 GMT

With the Giro d'Italia building towards a crescendo as the race heads into the Dolomites, we take a look back at the first two weeks of racing through the images of Jered and Ashley Gruber. The pair have been present throughout the race, taking photos from the start in Copenhagen, to the team time trial in Verona and as the race travels through the Italian south, before the route heads north again. While the pattern of racing has been unpredictable yet close, the one constant has been the stunning ...

Gallery: Robbie McEwen - a career in photos

Daniel Benson — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:36:04 GMT

“You just keep putting in the work every season,” Robbie McEwen told Cyclingnews earlier this year. Having just won the OCBC Cycling Criterium in Singapore at the age of 39 the sentiment was wholly true to McEwen’s nature and attitude. Singapore was not the most glamorous of wins, certainly not when compared to the 24 Grand Tour stage wins he’d amassed during his long career, but a win nevertheless. And having retired from the sport at the conclusion of the Amgen Tour of ...

Tour of Japan start list

Peter Hymas — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:14:30 GMT

Champion System Pro Cycling Team 1 Chris Butler (USA) 2 William Clarke (Aus) 3 Gang Xu (Chn) 4 Peng Da Jiao (Chn) 5 Muhamad Adiq Othman (Mas) 6 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Amore & Vita 11 Maksym Averin (Ukr) 12 Patrik Moren (Swe) 13 Yovcho Yovchev (Bul) 14 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) 15 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) 16 Marino Palandri (Ita) Genesys ...

Pro bike: Dave Zabriskie’s Cervélo R5 VWD

Daniel Benson — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:44:28 GMT

This article originally appeared on BikeRadar Garmin-Barricuda ’s time-trial ace David Zabriskie moved into the leader’s jersey at the Amgen Tour of California thanks to his skills against the clock on the new Cervélo P5, but he’s racing the remainder of the event on a Cervélo R5 RWD. There are a few notable things about Zabriskie ’s road rig: custom frame modifications, and — as befits a champion time trialists — time-trial chain rings and a time-trial ...

La Bresse World Cup start lists

Sue George — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:33:24 GMT

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Video: McEwen steps away from his racing career after 17 years

Laura Weislo — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:54:19 GMT

The peloton will bid adieu to one of its most colorful characters on Sunday as Robbie McEwen ends his racing career in the Amgen Tour of California and prepares to move directly into a position as sprint coach for his Orica-GreenEdge team. McEwen began his career in 1996 with Rabobank, moved through to Domo-Farm Frites and Lotto and onto Katusha, Radioshack and finally Orica-GreenEdge in the latter part of his career. Three times a winner of the Tour de France's green jersey, a winner of a dozen ...

Pro bike: Andrew Talansky’s Cervélo P5

Peter Hymas — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:25:41 GMT

Garmin-Barracuda ’s Andrew Talansky got the attention of the racing world in late April, when he finished less than a second behind Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins in the final time trial of the Tour de Romandie . That performance earned him second place on the stage, second overall in the race and the Best Young Rider award. It also earned him a new ride. At the Amgen Tour of California , Talansky’s Cervélo P4 from Romandie was hanging on the team rack, but inside the team truck ...

Pro Bike: Peter Sagan’s Cannondale SuperSix EVO

Daniel Benson — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:22:44 GMT

This article first appeared on Bikeradar Slovak speedster Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the first and second stages of the Amgen Tour of California aboard a Cannondale SuperSix EVO Team with custom geometry. Although the expense of carbon molds has made custom geometry cost-prohibitive for some companies, Cannondale had created a “54x58” mold for former Liquigas rider Daniele Bennati. Now used by Sagan, the frame size features a 54cm seat tube with a relatively long 58cm top ...

Pro Bike: Jens Voigt’s Trek Madone

Daniel Benson — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:22:02 GMT

For the 2012 Amgen Tour of California , Trek puts the always popular Jens Voigt on a custom Madone adorned with many of his funny sayings. Although the quotes like “Shut up legs!” came straight from the affable German’s mouth, the graphics came from Trek’s Creative Design Studio and the Trek Race Shop. “I was thrilled when Trek said they wanted to do a bike for me,” said Voigt . “We went back and forth about the theme and I talked a lot about the way I approach ...

Olympic Moments: Indurain's last hurrah in Atlanta 1996

Susan Westemeyer — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:36:31 GMT

With just 70 days until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games , Cyclingnews continues its recap of some of the greatest moments in Olympic cycling history by taking you back to Miguel Indurain's win in the Atlanta time trial in 1996. “He was like an immovable rock, this massive force that would just wade through and while everything was going on around him he had this composure that never vanished,” Chris Boardman says when asked to sum up Miguel Indurain. El Rey dominated stage ...

Flèche du Sud start list

Peter Hymas — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:38:38 GMT

Glud & Marstrand - Lro 1 Lasse Bøchmann (Den) 2 Christian Joergensen (Den) 3 Andre Steensen (Den) 4 Niki Østergaard-Nielsen (Den) 5 Patrick Clausen (Den) 6 Sebastian Lander (Den) United States 7 Maxwell Durtschi (USA) 8 Mathew Lipscom (USA) 9 Eamon Franck (USA) 10 Zach Noonan (USA) 11 Paul Lynch (USA) 12 Connor O'Leary (USA) ...

Amgen Tour of California stage 5 time trial start order

Peter Hymas — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:47:28 GMT

Amgen Tour of California stage 5 start order 1 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 13:00:00 2 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos - Shimano 13:01:00 3 Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy 13:02:00 4 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 13:03:00 5 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 13:04:00 6 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 13:05:00 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13:06:00 ...

Tour de France: 10 memorable foreign starts

Daniel Benson — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:33:04 GMT

1954, Amsterdam: The Tour’s first Grand Départ outside France started without Fausto Coppi, who was embroiled in the furor created by his affair with Guilia Occhini. Indeed, there wasn’t a single Italian in the field, but that didn’t stop tens of thousands turning out all along the route into Braasschaat, where Wout Wagtmans was a hugely popular home winner. 1958, Brussels: With 22 stage wins, André Darrigade is the next in Mark Cavendish’s sights as the Briton ...

Circuit de Lorraine Professionnel start list

Peter Hymas — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:54:29 GMT

FDJ-BigMat 1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) 2 Steve Chainel (Fra) 3 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) 4 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) 5 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) 6 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) 12 Björn Leukemans (Bel) 13 Pim Ligthart (Ned) 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) 15 Marco Marcato (Ita) 16 Martin Mortensen (Den) ...

Glava Tour of Norway start list

Peter Hymas — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:16 GMT

Orica - GreenEdge 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) 3 Mitchell Docker (Aus) 4 Michael Hepburn (Aus) 5 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) 6 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 8 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Sky Procycling 11 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) 12 Ben Swift (GBr) 13 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) 14 Davide Appollonio (Ita) 15 ...

10 conclusions from the Giro d'Italia

Jane Aubrey — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:56:48 GMT

1. Joaquím Rodriguez 's stage win in Assisi has not taught us anything we didn't already know. Heading into the race he was in form, the route suited him, and a number of his rivals had failed to show any consistency throughout year. But what's made Rodriguez's race lead possible hasn't just been the time bonuses (yes, they've helped) or the fact that three stages have been tailor-made to his qualities, but his and Katusha 's ride in the team time trial . Finishing second, five seconds adrift ...

Pro bike: Chris Horner's Trek Madone 6.9 SSL

Daniel Benson — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:40:38 GMT

This article first appeared on Bikeradar Chris Horner has never been overly concerned with what professionals are “supposed to do”. And at age 40, the RadioShack-Nissan rider who started the 2012 Amgen Tour of California Sunday as the defending champion isn’t about to change his style. On the eve of arguably the biggest race in America, riding on one of the world’s biggest professional cycling teams, Horner’s Trek Madone looked more like the rig of one of the fans cruising ...

Nove Mesto World Cup start lists

Sue George — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:21:50 GMT

Start lists Elite men cross country # Rider Name (Country) Team 1 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team 2 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea Racing Team 3 Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing 4 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing 5 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 6 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 7 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing ...

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour start list

Peter Hymas — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:29:28 GMT

Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole 1 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 2 Jonathan De Witte (Bel) 3 Boris Dron (Bel) 4 Tom Dernies (Bel) 5 Laurent Evrard (Bel) 6 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11 Florent Barle (Fra) 12 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) 13 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) 14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) 15 Rudy Molard (Fra) 16 David Moncoutie ...