In today's CT Daily News Digest: Twenty-nine at the line!
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Each week during the Tour de France we'll be bringing to you Cyclocosm's unique take on 'how the week was won'. In this second installment of the series, Cosmo looks back on the first five stages of the Tour de France, and gives a special nod to the Dimension Data teamwork that has brought Mark Cavendish several stage wins.
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After crashing out the Trofeo Alfredo Binda on March 20th and losing her kidney, Trixi Worrack (Canyon-SRAM) was unsure whether she was able to continue her career. But with her sights firmly set on the Rio Olympics, the German national champion has been working hard on her rehabilitation for the past two-and-a-half months and now, Canyon-SRAM announces that Worrack will make her return to racing this weekend at the Auensteiner Radsporttage tour in Germany.
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It's finally sunny and temperatures are warming up. This means it's that fun time of year when we celebrate #NewKitDay and show off our new threads at the weekend group ride. We tried and reviewed a bunch of kit to help inform you before your next purchase.
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Fabio Aru's tough spring season, marred by illness and poor fitness, triggered rumors that Astana teammate Vincenzo Nibali might share GC leadership at the Tour de France, even after winning the Giro d'Italia in May.
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That's the question professional cycling must consider.
It's a question of money versus morality. The lure of a new team versus some thorny old questions.
The new Kingdom of Bahrain cycling project has quickly gained publicity, and it's not the kind it's been seeking.
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Liv says yes to empowering women cyclists - There's this specific moment every cyclist faces. It's the moment you decide whether to meet your fears, or retreat; a battle of determination or mind-over-matter. Liv's "Actually, I Can" campaign aims to inspire through stories of women who have used bikes to change their realities; everything from affecting social change to just accomplishing personal goals Liv-Cycling.com...
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Canada has qualified one position in the men's BMX competition for the Rio Olympic Games. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced the nation quotas after the conclusion of the BMX world championships in Medellin, Colombia, at the end of May. The BMX competition will take place at the Olympic BMX Centre in Deodoro Olympic Park, on August 17-19.
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There are quads. Then there are cycling quads. And of the four muscles that make up the quadriceps, the one that's come to signify the strongest, hardest-working riders-and the one that routinely turns heads on your rides-is the teardrop-shaped bulge just above the knee called the vastus medialis oblique, VMO for short.
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A pickup truck plowed into a group of bicyclists including children along a western Michigan road, killing at least five people with a weekly riding group, according to local reports.
Cops apprehended a driver fleeing the crash site near Cooper Township about three miles north of Kalamazoo Tuesday evening.
A witness, who narrowly missed being struck, saw the driver hit least eight bicyclists with the bike club, WOOD-TV reported.
"I stepped back, blacked out for a second, turned around and before I could say 'watch out' to the bikers, it happened," the witness told the TV station.
The extent of the injuries are unknown at this time.
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Herrada times finishing kick to perfection to win Dauphiné stage, Contador keeps yellow ... and much much more
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In the words of Aretha Franklin (and I think Annie Lennox was there too!), "Sisters are doing it for themselves!" And that they are. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the wait is over: welcome to the first instalment of the Female Secret Pro!
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Despite the fact most sports-lovers despise doping, many of us still find the psychology of doping intriguing. What is it that makes a person's will to win so great that they'll cheat, lie, and potentially harm themselves to stand atop the podium?
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There is a saying that goes, "light cannot come without darkness."
This resonated with me a few years ago, when I was transitioning out of competitive cycling and entering the world of graduate school to become a clinical sport psychologist.
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In a fight to ensure a clean Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee have announced that as many as 31 athletes could be banned from attending Rio 2016 after their doping samples from Beijing 2008 were retested.
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A grueling stage 10 followed the rest day in the Giro d'Italia, a big test for the general classification contenders with a parcours that offered little to none flat roads and another summit finish.
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Twenty years ago, Kelli Emmett was living in Aruba tending bar. She was a chain smoker who didn't care about physical activity. "I hated exercise," remembers Emmett. "I routinely got kicked out of gym class in high school."
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The race is hard enough as it is. It's called the Montana Hell Ride for a reason.
But this year's race in the hills outside Missoula recently was even more hellish than usual. It was raining at the start of the race and had been raining for two days.
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American Ben King (Cannondale) took a thrilling victory in stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California into Santa Clarita, as the remnants of the stage's breakaway narrowly survived the fast-closing peloton.
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Katusha pulled Alexey Tsatevich from the Giro d'Italia after he flagrantly drafted a competitor in the stage 9 TT. Photo: Tim De Waele ' TDWsport.com
Grand tours have ways of meting out justice for broken rules - often fines, docked points in the minor classifications, or perhaps time penalties. However, Katusha took matters into its own hands to discipline rider Alexey Tsatevich - it pulled the Russian from the Giro d'Italia for flagrantly drafting another rider in Sunday's time trial.
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Showing once again the power that won him stage five, Andre Greipel blasted home first on stage seven of the Giro d'Italia, hitting the line first in Foligno. The success was the third in a row for Lotto Soudal, following Greipel's triumph in Benevento and Tim Wellen's mountain-top victory at Roccaraso on Thursday.
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When the Harrison Hot Spring Resort got in touch to ask if we would like to visit for a mountain bike trip - I thought they had the wrong number. What would a luxury hotel want with a group of dirty mountain bikers - especially the likes of Geoff Gulevich, Noah Brousseau, Paris Gore, and me? As it turns out - while we may not have fit in completely (none of us had packed the right shoes for the fine dining area), we and our bikes were welcomed with open arms and crisp white robes.
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The UCI has significantly stepped up its testing for hidden motors this season, with 500 bikes examined during the opening stages of the Giro d'Italia. However, according to the governing body, this scale of scrutiny will be exceeded at the Tour de France, with a massive effort planned for the race.
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Word round town was that the Giro d'Italia is currently exploring a start in the vicinity of Tokyo sometime soon, and kinda maybe New York was still on the menu of possibilities. The former has some reporting behind it; the latter maybe more conjecture. But anyway it's an intriguing time, coming as the topic does during a week in which the Giro just finished cashing in on a trip to the Netherlands.
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In today's CT Daily News Digest: Giro d'Italia: Maiden Grand Tour stage win for Wellens on first mountain finish of race; Preview: What you need to know about the 2016 Amgen Tour of California; Lars van der Haar joins Nys-led Telenet-Fidea; Andre Greipel's Giro d'Italia stage-winning Strava 'lunch ride'; Wiggins shows off new cycling shoes inspired by The Jam's Paul Weller; Irish woman set to cycle across United Aran Emirates in 24 hours; Strava sees nearly 80,000 commutes logged on Global Bike to Work Day; Gastown Grand Prix upgrading to UCI status; Team Novo-Nordisk prepares for Tour of California; I Am Specialized: Axel Merckx; Exclusive interview with Marcel Kittel
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Race Report: Stage 6 was a day for a break to succeed, but it wasn't the original escape who spawned the win for Belgian Tim Wellens on the summit finish of Roccaraso. The overall lead hasn't changed much, but Vincenzo Nibali did not look the race favorite he was billed as.
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The Olympic flame gets a lift from former Brazilian volleyball player Leila Barros, who took part in this month's torch relay. The games are set to begin on Aug. 5.
Amir Attaran, a professor in the School of Public Health and the School of Law at the University of Ottawa, isn't afraid to take a bold stand.
He has written a commentary for the Harvard Public Health Review, published this week, with the headline, "Why Public Health Concerns for Global Spread of Zika Virus Means that Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games Must Not Proceed."
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Ryder Hesjedal rode a strong stage 1 time trial, and despite some lost time on Tuesday, remains confident about Giro GC. Photo: Tim De Waele ' TDWsport.com
BENEVENTO, Italy (VN) - Ryder Hesjedal's disappointment over losing time on his GC rivals in the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday had not yet abated by the time stage 5 was over on Wednesday. But the 35 year-old Canadian and 2012 Giro champion, is reassured by his brewing form and confident that he will be able to make the best of every opportunity that comes.
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It's Wednesday, which means it's our new Mid-Week Mini Gear Guide, straight from the Peloton Service Course. This week we have three items; two for the dedicated racer and one for those who want to relive their ride in video - the Omnium Portable Trainer from Feedback Sports, the PowerTap P1 Pedals, the Camile Camera/Cyclocomputer from Mini Wing.
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May 12, 2016
Greipel gallops to stage honours on Giro d'Italia stage five; Brian Cookson indicates possible sanctions for Van den Driessche's entourage; Canadian downhill champ Steve Smith dies at 26; Teams selected for 27th Giro Rosa; Dutch Giro d'Italia start heralded as 'best ever'; 2018 Giro starting in Japan?; Hamburg Cyclassics in dire need of sponsorship; Froome behind mysterious 'Luke Skywalker' Strava account?; World Naked Bike Ride returns to the UK; Twilight at the velodrome; Waiting for the podium
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Missy forged the path for mainstream professional downhill mountain bikers around the globe. A serious force of nature, Missy (42) did not earn her nickname The Missile for nothing.
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In 2005, a few days after giving birth, Jane and her family were told she had just hours to live. She had contracted Necrotising Fasciitis (NF) and it was very quickly ripping through her body.
Thankfully their prognosis was not correct, but for Jane this was only the first battle of many. Extensive surgery was required to get rid of the NF, one which involved the removal of her abdominal muscles. As she lay in intensive care, it was becoming clear that her physical ability would never be the same again.
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Tara Liane's incredible story is not one of how she became paralyzed crashing in a downhill mountain bike race back in 2007 but rather one of determination, drive and the positivity.
The four-time national bike champion may have lost the use of her legs but she is living proof that you can always come back fighting and if you have the will, energy and competitive spirit can help you to achieve what others would deem impossible.
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One of the pioneers and champions of women's racing is Eileen Gray. It's a name that might not be familiar to many, but the incredible vision and hard work of this woman made a significant contribution to establishing women's cycle racing on the national and international stage.
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