Category: Cycling

May 11th, 2013 Cycling, Sports Tips Comments Off

Tips for beginning cyclists

Dosage of effort:

More is not better. We must be cautious to start with training and know that loads should follow a logical progression in order to generate adaptations.

If you’ve never ridden a bike the first day with an hour will suffice, mounted on alternate days for your body to recover as needed. In a month you can start increasing your time out and deal with the first three months cans significant slopes.

tips for beginner cyclists

It hurts!

The seat rests is where the weight of the body. At first this area is usually painful but gradually refers inconvenience. Just know that these pains are normal and has nothing to do with the saddle, the longer the journey, the greater the effort that this area is subjected. Read more »

February 24th, 2013 Cycling, Sports News Comments Off

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2013: Belgian spring starts with victory Paolini

Luca Paolini

Although there is still something less than a month before the start of spring, the season of spring cycling classic opened today, precisely in a country where more luster have such careers :Belgium. The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, starting and ending in Ghent Flanders after 198 kilometers, has had the honor and the man who has released the spring has been Luca Paolini (Katusha).

The Italian cyclist old dog with over 10 years of professional and multi-behind wins; he has won the game in the final sprint that has been his companion away, the Belgian Stijn Vanderbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick Step). Paolini external his belt this year, leaving the rider, natural of a town near Ghent, with honey on the lips would have been his first professional victory.

Luca Paolini

The leak of the day formed a large group of riders who, at different lake walls that were part of the route, was selected. One of the first stars of the day, apart from the cold and wet, was Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), which was the same leader for several kilometers. His flight had no result so head group formed with several cyclists. Read more »

February 9th, 2013 Cycling, Sports News Comments Off

Tour of Qatar 2013: Mark Cavendish destroys four wins

Cavendish

British cyclist Mark Cavendish started this 2013 quite strong, and it adds five wins stage. The first was obtained in the opening stage of the Tour de San Luis, where he saw his record counter brand this year and the following four achieved during the Tour of Qatar 2013. It is seen that Cavs has been well leave the Sky and enlist in the Belgian team.

And this Tour of Qatar 2013, reserved exclusively for cyclists test fast in arrivals, has had more history than this: see Cavendish raising arms and over the goal line on four occasions . Only left for others the first two stages and sprint that was at the hands of U.S. Bootwalker Brent (BMC) and a team time trial winning the BMC set.

Cavendish

With his four stage wins and all that has added bonuses along the way, Mark Cavendish has also led the overall standings. Thus, linking its name in the list of winners of this race to other sprinters like Mark Renshaw and Robert Hunter, but he still has to get the number of victories he has achieved his teammate Tom Boonen in the race, in addition to the Belgian won four times overall, the final last year without going any further. Read more »

February 2nd, 2013 Cycling Comments Off

Frank Schleck, sanctioned for doping

There are still a few months to start the 2013 Tour de France , but we know a cyclist who is not going to be in the French race, and not just because they want to or not in his plans for the season … It’s Frank Schleck . The rider’s Radioshack-Leopard, the largest of the more famous brothers Luxembourg, has been sentenced to one year suspension for doping, and that would be impossible in the next Tour.

Recap. In the last Tour de France, the Luxembourg rider underwent a doping test after completion of the thirteenth stage, finishing in Cap d’Agde. Two days later, it became known that this control yielded a positive result in Xipamide, a diuretic, so Frank Schleck was the suitcase and left the race. And so far, there has been more news about your case.

Frank Schleck

So far it has been known that the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency has decided to sanction the rider with a year. Schleck, who has not competed since he got off the bike in the Tour de France, you cannot return to the road in competition until the day July 15, 2013Provided clear thrive no possible claims that a good insurance to remove the rider lodged this penalty off. Read more »

December 22nd, 2012 Cycling Comments Off

Katusha remained unlicensed World Tour on ethical

When Katusha ran out World Tour license for 2013, we all get a surprise, and some put their hands to their heads. How could a team that had more than fulfilled the sporting merit and also met the economic requirements to stay off the list of 18?

Katusha

He himself confirmed team manager, former Russian cyclist Viatcheslav Ekimov. These are the arguments that the UCI has given regarding the decision of the Licensing Commission, a body which, remember, operates independently. Read more »

December 22nd, 2012 Cycling, Sports Tips Comments Off

Tips for Cycling Shoes

The areas with the bike are very different. During leisure, you can bike to work, do some shopping and enjoy the weather to enjoy a trip with the family. In addition to the bicycle clothing shoes belong to good bicycle equipment. In the following article you will learn what is important in the shoes for cycling and how to invest wisely in the new cycling equipment.

Tips for Cycling Shoes

Cycling Shoes Buy – Tips for Men and Women

Before making your choice of shoes, you specify the range. Take your shoes every day, for example on the way to work; it is important factored the weather. Especially on rainy and cold days should be the upper weatherproof. In the lower part of our report, we will discuss the requirements in more detail Read more »

December 18th, 2012 Coach, Cycling Comments Off

Jonathan Vaughters and his Garmin-Sharp, the champions of clean cycling curious

Jonathan Vaughters , former U.S. cyclist with these adjectives one would imagine that is a great example to follow, and yet is one of those riders tainted by doping throughout his career.

Garmin Sharp

The career of Vaughters was never clean, and the confessed himself in the process that eventually discover Lance Armstrong. Besides, Vaughters still has its headquarters in Girona, where live and train most of its riders. They use virtually the same story, the same roads to train and almost the same logistics as the Texan used at the time, with no late legal and then it was found. Read more »

December 11th, 2012 Cycling Comments Off

The licensed cycling teams for 2013 World Tour

The Licensing Commission, the independent body that grants the licenses UCI UCI World Tour, has already ruled definitively for the 2013 season. Therefore, we know the 18 teams which will hold that category for the next season and will have secured its presence in major races of the 2013 calendar.

UCI World Tour

This year, the Licensing Commission has taken a little longer than usual to set this list, especially to deal the final berths. Everything is because Alberto Contador’s team, Saxo – Tinkoff, did not reach enough UCI points to secure a place in the World Tour, and since it would surely reach Argos – Shimano. Read more »

December 10th, 2012 Cycling Comments Off

Michael Rogers, a new companion

A few signings announced the signing of Roman Kreuziger, Nicolas Roche addition, cyclists can make team leaders or luxury gregarious anyway. And now a few days ago the team announced the arrival of Michael Rogers, an Australian cyclist of 32 years this season has been one of the quintessential gregarious.

Michael Rogers

Rogers has been this year or not loyal soldiers of Bradley Wiggins. She was with him at the Tour of France 2012 and was with him in other minor races, like the Tour of Romandie and Criterium Dauphine, where the Australian also shot so well that came to sneak in high places overall. There was not a Rogers pulled up as well as in this 2012 for many years. Read more »

December 4th, 2012 Cycling Comments Off

My Time, the controversial and interesting biography of Bradley Wiggins

The last books that have been published on cyclists, such as David Millar or Tyler Hamilton, are having much success. Probably taking advantage of this pull, and has been taking advantage of one of the characters in 2012, has reached this biography of Bradley Wiggins titled “My Time” , where it is also clear that the British rider has not been an exemplary man.

Bradley Wiggins

Although, when we talk about Wiggins defects that do not have issues with doping, but with alcohol. His is a career that eventually succeeded, after achieving victory in the Tour de France 2012 and the gold in the Olympics, medals to add to those already achieved in Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004, but before reaching he lives there with the dark side of sport. Read more »

 

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