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January 2012: Liquigas training camp in Sardinia. Peter Sagan practicing victory salutes.
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Il Pirata would have been 42 today!
Doping or not he was a fantastic character and amazing to watch. Unfortunately he was also a very troubled man!
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Recorrido Vuelta 2012 (by Unipublicvuelta)
The 2012 Vuelta a Espana route has been announced! Never going further south than Madrid, it’s a...
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Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships 2012 (via Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships 2012: Heinrich Haussler Gets Into...
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(via Presentation RSNT)
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zach macdonald at USGP cyclocross
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via: kraftfuttermischwerk
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Bit of a distraction that scenery, let alone that steep drop..
German Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) put in a peerless display to take the sprint finish in the Down Under Classic in Adelaide. On the eve of the Santos Tour Down Under, Greipel looked to be in fine form as he finished ahead of Team Sky rider Edvald Boasson.
It is the Trek Mondane 6.9 SSL for the RadioShack Nissan Trek riders in 2012
Trek will again offer team replica bikes to the public with a suggested retail price of US$11,686.48.
Helmets off to Katie Compton as he she secures her eighth US National Cyclo-Cross Title
In another superalative ride Katie Compton secured her eighth consecutive national title on Sunday in Wisconsin’s Badger Prairie Park. Compton took control of the race shortly after the start and finished race a second short of two minutes ahead of second placed 20-year-old Kaitlin Antonneau, who is coached and mentored by Compton.
“It was really tricky, because the course was changing and getting harder each lap,” reflected Compton. “When I pre-rode it was a little more firm. When we started it was thawing a little bit and by the last lap it was alot muddier, and it was slippery mud on top of hard ground.
“I’m pretty happy it’s not cold and snowy here, but I’m sure next year they’ll make up for it with a blizzard or something where we’ll need skis for the run-up.”
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“It was my first national cross title and it means a lot to me. I felt strong in the race and got everything right on the day.
“Racing in Europe has helped a lot. the last couple of seasons have worked wonders for my riding. I usually feel burned out by the time I get to the Nationals but I had a plan for today and I stuck to it. I went to America earlier in the season to get some racing in and get some UCI points and the plan paid off today.”
”Ian Field on winning the 2012 National Cyclo-Cross Championship after a battling performance in the title race at Chantry Park in Ipswich. Field crossed the line just three seconds ahead of Liam Killeen who was in contention right until the final bend when a wheel touch saw the Giant rider fall.
Will the Fab Five Prevail for Radio Shack Nissan Trek?
Andy and Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Andreas Klöden and Chris Horner along with Manager, Johan Bruyneel at yesterday’s launch of the new Radio Shack Nissan Trek team.
The boy wonder Caleb Ewan takes his second stage win in the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
Full details of the final stage at Williamstown from Cycling News
Shara Gillow becomes the first rider from the newly created GreenEdge team to claim victory
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“I knew I could come in pretty close to those guys if I was in the right position. I used that as a guide to how I ride.”
“If you think about who you’re racing, guys who have won grand tour stages and that, it’s pretty intimidating being 17 but whatever I did it worked okay,”
”17-year-old Caleb Ewan and Bowral High School student after winning the shortened stage 2 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.
Ewan who is World Junior Omnium Champion has had a successful month after finishing second behind Chris Sutton, Team Sky at the Cronulla event of the NSW Grand Prix Series.
The high temperatures resulted in the race having to be curtailed with a 45 degrees centigrade being registered as the men’s field lined up for the start.
January 1st and it is new kit day
Team Sky and Mark Cavendish unveil their new World Champion attire.
New Zealander takes New Year’s Day victory in Jayco Bay Cycle Classic
35 year old Greg Henderson secured a great victory in the first pro-cycling race of 2012.
The cycling legend that was Tommy Godwin - 75,065 miles in a year
On New Year’s Eve 1939, Tommy Godwin completed a remarkable year of cycling. The 27 year old had shattered the previous world record for distance cycled in a year - a record that is unlikely to be ever challenged. Interest in the record has been heightened this year through the twitter account @yearrecord which provides a log of the incredible mileage covered by Godwin each day.
Godwin had been a delivery boy for a green grocer’s shop. With the job came a bike and his interest in, and aptitude for cycling developed quickly. He rode his first race at the age of 14, a 25 mile time trail which he won.
Cycling career developed first as an amateur with the Potteries Cycling club in his native Staffordshire and then professionally with Rickmansworth CC. He won over 200 road races and time trials before commencing the challenge of taking back the year record from Australian Ossie Nicholson at 5.00 a.m.on January 1 1939.
Godwin was initially sponsored by Ley cycles but the punishing schedule took its toll on his bike and equipment and this proved too much of a demand on such a small company. At the end of May the sponsorship mantle passed to Raleigh and they provided their latest lightweight model to Godwin, the Raleigh Record Ace with a Sturmey Archer 4 speed hub.
On Ocotober 26th 1939, Tommy rode into Trafalgar Square, having completed 62,658 miles, gaining the record with two months to spare. He then took his only day off from cycling in the whole year in order to meet the Prince of Wales.
