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Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter scoop Swiss awardsNovember 09, 2018 (07:00) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter were named Swiss Cycling's women's and men's riders of the year at the national federation's gala evening in Zurich on Thursday night. Neff's successful 2018 season included victory in the cross-country at the European Mountain Bike Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in August " her third European title, having also won in 2015 and 2016 " and the overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup title, which was also her third overall series win, with titles in 2014 and 2015. Schurter also won the overall World Cup " for the sixth time " and was crowned cross-country mountain bike world champion for the seventh time during his career, and the fourth time in a row, on home soil in Lenzerheide in September.ADVERTISEMENT For both riders, it was their fifth consecutive win at the Swiss Cycling awards, and evidence that Switzerland's cycling strength sits principally off-road for now, with four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara having left a gaping hole in the nation's road cycling success following his retirement at the end of 2016, despite the best efforts of riders such as Groupama-FDJ's Steve Morabito, AG2R La Mondiale's Mathias Frank and BMC duo Michael Schr and Stefan Kng. However, that might all be about to change with the rise and rise of Marc Hirschi on the road, who won both the under-23 World Championship road race title and took victory at the European Championship road race this season. The 20-year-old will step up from the Development Team Sunweb to the elite WorldTour Team Sunweb for 2019, and won the 'up-and-coming' prize at the gala on Thursday evening, with all six members of the successful U23 Worlds team being given an honourable mention for their teamwork in Innsbruck, Austria, that delivered Hirschi to the win.
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Valgren: Cancellara was a lucky charm for meFebruary 25, 2018 (20:00) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Of all the newspaper pull-outs and race programmes distributed in Belgium on Saturday morning, none had Michael Valgren down as even a one-star favourite for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The Danish rider, however, confirmed his emergence as a cobbled Classics rider with a stylish victory that was inspired in part by a certain Fabian Cancellara. I met him two days ago by coincidence, Valgren said of the three-time Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix champion in his winners press conference in Meerbeke. I was out training before coming here really early and I was on a climb and Fabian came up riding and said hey, why are you training so early? and I said I was going to Belgium. We talked for a few minutes and he said good luck. Maybe that was a lucky charm.ADVERTISEMENT Hes the rider I was looking up to when I started racing, because he was also on Saxo Bank with Bjarne Riis and Im Danish, it was a Danish team. Hes won the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, stages at the Tour de France and I just like his style on the bike and in races. He was always the guy I was looking up to. Cancellara would certainly have been proud of Valgrens solo victory. It may have owed more to the tactical upper hand of his Astana team than brute physical superiority but it was no less worthy for it. The 26-year-old had to respond to the attacks over the Muur van Geraardsbergen and Bosberg just to earn a lottery ticket for the finale, and his team turned out to be the strongest in the race. Having closed down threatening moves earlier on, Astana placed three riders in the group of 10 that led the race on the run-in to the finish. No one else had a teammate, and the trio were able to work over their opponents. On to the Tour of Flanders
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Haas channels Cancellara to win at Tour of OmanFebruary 14, 2018 (20:00) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin) followed a lesson from Fabian Cancellara to take his first victory in some 17 months on stage 2 of the Tour of Oman. Haas beat Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) in Al Bustan after launching his sprint up the right-hand side of the road, taking his teams first victory of the season in the process. Cancellara won on exactly the same finale at the 2015 Tour of Oman and Haas had done his homework on the Swiss man's sprint in order to nail his manoeuvre perfectly. "I did some research on the race. I realised that I'm not one of the phenomena of the cycling world and I have to be a little bit smarter and a little bit more prepared," Haas told the media after the stage.ADVERTISEMENT "I knew that if I came a little bit from the back, you don't want to be first or second when you sprint because the drag was quite high up, you can get that slingshot. Cancellara won it on the right by going the shorter line so I put a little bit of his work into what I did today and it paid off." Haas and his team were tested to the maximum on the undulating and often brutally steep roads in the latter third of the stage. BMC Racing and Astana both put the peloton under a serious stress test with much of the bunch cracking under the pressure. Haas had to dig deep on the last ascent of the day to hold onto the pace. He broke the ride into more manageable chunks to ensure he was in the select front group. There was little doubt that it was Haas that had taken the win when he let out a huge roar as he crossed the line before getting off his bike and lifting it in the air. Rebuilding the car after the Australian heat
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Cancellara to resume competition at Vuelta a EspaaAugust 05, 2015 (17:45) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) will return to competitive action at the Vuelta a Espaa, a little over six weeks on from fracturing two vertebrae in his lower back following his crash on stage 3 of the Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey of race leader. It was Cancellaras second time sustaining such injuries this season, as a crash at E3 Harelbeke in late March ended his Classics campaign prematurely. On that occasion, Cancellara waited fully two months before resuming competition, but with the World Championships in Richmond in mind, he was eager to return to the peloton quickly. The initial plan was to return to racing at the Eneco Tour next week, Cancellara said in a statement released by his Trek Factory Racing team. But its too early. I'm still experiencing some pain when Im doing high intensity, even though I have been training since more than a week with training rides of up to four hours. Id love to race already, but my body is just not ready yet.ADVERTISEMENT The Vuelta a Espaa gets underway in Marbella on August 22. The Spanish race has been a staple of Cancellaras programme in recent seasons as part of his build-up to the World Championships. He has missed out on the event just once since 2009 " when he was recovering from injury in 2012 " and will use the race to prepare for this years Worlds. Ill be at the start of the Vuelta for the seventh time now. Its a race that I like: lots of kilometers, hard racing, good roads and fans that appreciate our sport, Cancellara said. Above all I want to get back into the habit of racing and help our leaders, starting with the team time trial in Marbella. I want to be as good as I can at the Worlds. Ill suffer to get through the first week, but I need competition." With his retirement provisionally pencilled in for the end of next season, Cancellara could have just two opportunities left to add the Worlds road race to his palmars. Four times a world champion in the time trial, he eschewed the event in Ponferrada a year ago in order to focus fully on the road race, but his challenge was compromised by cramps on the final lap.
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Tour de France shorts: Bikes checked for mechanical doping, flights, Cancellara's return`July 14, 2015 (06:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Bike Check The riders arent the only ones subject to controls, their bikes are as well. On Saturday, the bikes from Jakob Fuglsang and Tanel Kangert (Astana), Daniele Bennati and Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Damiano Caruso (BMC), were all subject to random bike controls. All bikes received the once-over before Sundays team time trial. Fly awayADVERTISEMENT Mondays rest day will be celebrated in Pau, in southern France, nearly 700 km away from where the team time trial will be held on Sunday. The teams will be flown down in two separate flights. The first plane leaves from Lorient at 17:15 Sunday afternoon, taking the teams from the earlier part of the TTT. The next flight goes an hour later, with the later-riding teams on board. The flights should only take about 50 minutes. Cancellara to return in Eneco Tour?
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Tour de France shorts: Controls, flights, Cancellara's return`July 13, 2015 (06:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Bike Check The riders arent the only ones subject to controls, their bikes are as well. On Saturday, the bikes from Jakob Fuglsang and Tanel Kangert (Astana), Daniele Bennati and Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Damiano Caruso (BMC), were all subject to random bike controls according to Radsport-News.com. All bikes received the once-over before Sundays team time trial. Fly awayADVERTISEMENT Mondays rest day will be celebrated in Pau, in southern France, nearly 700 km away from where the team time trial will be held on Sunday. The teams will be flown down in two separate flights. The first plane leaves from Lorient at 17:15 Sunday afternoon, taking the teams from the earlier part of the TTT. The next flight goes an hour later, with the later-riding teams on board. The flights should only take about 50 minutes. Cancellara to return in Eneco Tour?
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Cancellara's path to Worlds uncertain after Tour de France crashJuly 07, 2015 (20:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Fabian Cancellara's press conference after taking the yellow jersey in Zeeland on Sunday evening ran on so long that one wondered if he sensed it might be the final time in his career that he found himself in such a position at the Tour de France. In the build-up to the race, Cancellara had neither confirmed nor denied speculation that this would prove to be his last appearance at the Tour, given that his retirement is " very provisionally, mind " pencilled in for when his current contract expires at the end of 2016. Cancellara's 29th day in yellow on Monday " a record for riders who have never won the Tour overall " ended, as anticipated, with him ceding the lead atop the Mur de Huy, but also, rather more unexpectedly, with his retirement from the race. Among the fallers in the mass crash with 60 kilometres to go that caused the stage to be neutralised temporarily, Cancellara managed to remount and finish, but x-rays afterwards showed that he had suffered transverse process fractures of two vertebrae his lower back.ADVERTISEMENT Though a non-starter on Tuesday's stage to Cambrai, Cancellara was on hand at the start in Seraing to lend moral support to his Trek teammates as they faced into the pav without him, and to speak to the press before taking his leave from Planet Tour. "I'm feeling sad and I have a lot of pain, even more than yesterday," Cancellara told reporters. "I could kind of sleep but when I woke up I felt like a truck was running over me, I have pain everywhere. "I leave the Tour and lose the yellow jersey, and I couldn't even defend it [after the crash]. The only chance I had was to finish the race and honour as best I could this jersey, out of the respect I have for it." Cancellara's injuries are remarkably similar to those suffered when a crash at E3 Harelbeke in March brought a premature halt to his Classics campaign. On that occasion, Cancellara spent almost a month off his bike and took two full months away from racing before returning to competitive action at the Tour des Fjords.
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Andr Greipel's green Ridley, SRAM electronic and more at the Tour de FranceJuly 07, 2015 (14:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] This article originally appeared on BikeRadar As the racing at Tour de France gets underway in earnest, weve got some more team bikes to tempt you with, along with production-quality-looking SRAM electronic gearing, team bus bike storage and a stuffed sheep. Anything goes at the Tour de France! Check out the gallery above for the latest tech pics from the Tour and dont forget to have a look at some of our other tech coverage from this years race, including:ADVERTISEMENT Cancellaras yellow Trek Domane Team road bike tech Big data at the Tour The white Spartacus special edition Time trial tech You can find everything weve seen at this year's race at our Tour de France homepage. The significance of this? Read through our photo gallery to find out
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Tour de France shorts: Tony Martin remains in second overallJuly 07, 2015 (14:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Tony Martin remains in second overall at the Tour de France Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) will start another stage of the Tour de France in second place overall, a position he has consistently held since the opening time trial, despite the fact that the yellow jersey has changed hands three times - from Rohan Dennis (BMC) to Fabian Cancellara (Trek) and now to Chris Froome (Team Sky). Froome moved into the overall lead following his second-place performance during the stage 3 finish on the Mur de Huy, where Martin finished 26th at 40 seconds back. Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) won the stage.ADVERTISEMENT Martin is now trailing Froome by one second as the race heads into stage 4 on Tuesday. The German time trial specialist thanked his teammates for their support and also offered get well wishes to those involved in the day's crash. "Like yesterday, the team was always around me," Martin said in a team press release. "I was pretty nervous as was everyone in the peloton, as it always is in the first week at Le Tour. The team rode 100 percent today for me, especially Kwiatkowski. He was unbelievable. After everything I did for him in the past years, he gave it back in the last two days. It's amazing for me and I want to thank him as the World Champion for being such a supportive teammate the whole race. "The story of today started with the big crash. Everything was neutralized. I was a bit confused as to what was going on, if they would neutralize longer or just for a moment. I heard about the big crash, and all the riders who went down, and I was sad about it.
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Tour de France: Injuries galore from stage 3 crashesJuly 07, 2015 (14:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The double crashes on a fast descent in the Ardennes at the Tour de France on stage 3 left many of the riders battered, scraped and bruised on the worst possible day - right before they hit the cobbles of Northern France. So numerous were the injured that race organisers were forced to halt the stage to let the medics do their jobs. There were actually two crashes, one at kilometre 105 that took down maillot jaune Fabian Cancellara (Trek).He finished the stage, but was later diagnosed with fractured vertebrae and will not continue. Two kilometres later, Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Katusha) was in a crash with Johan Vansummeren (AG2RLa Mondiale). Kozonchuk fractured his scapula in addition to his collarbone. In all, six riders abandoned the race due to injuries sustained in the two wrecks.ADVERTISEMENT In addition to Cancellara and Kozonchuk, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) finished the stage but was confirmed to have broken his collarbone. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) broke his shoulder and Simon Gerrans his wrist. The worst off in the crash, however, was William Bonnet (FDJ), the first rider to fall after touching wheels. Bonnet was thought to have simply had a concussion in addition to all-over road rash, but after careful examination he was also found to have a multi-fragmented fracture of his second cervical vertebrae - the so-called 'hangman's fracture'. The break will require surgery but is not life-threatening. Brave soldier award goes to Ten Dam
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Cancellara abandons Tour de France after fracturing vertebrae in high-speed crashJuly 07, 2015 (14:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Trek Factory Racing's Fabian Cancellara has pulled out of the Tour de France following stage 3 in Huy, Belgium. While wearing the yellow jersey, the Swiss rider was involved in a high-speed crash with 60km to the finish line, and although he finished the stage, his team later confirmed that he has two transverse process fractures in two vertebrae bones in his lower back. "Cancellara was whisked off to the hospital for a CT scan shortly after he crossed the finish line of the crash-marred stage three at the Tour de France, and hours later the news confirmed the worst: two transverse process fractures in two vertebrae bones of the lower back," the statement read. It is the identical injury he sustained in E3 Harelbeke last March, but this time the L3 and L4 vertebrae on the right side were the culprits, not the L2 and L3 on the left side he injured in Harelbeke.ADVERTISEMENT This is incredibly disappointing for me, Cancellara said. The team was on a high with the yellow jersey and were very motivated to defend it. We have had a lot of crashes and injuries since the start of the season, and we finally had a great 24 hours but now its back to bad luck." The recovery time was lengthy last time around; in fact Cancellara had just rebounded to top form from the March crash that ended his Classics campaign. It was very hard to come back in shape after my crash in Harelbeke and getting the confidence, Cancellara added. The yellow jersey gave me a huge boost for the cobblestone stage tomorrow. I guess I have to keep the positive and look forward to the second part of the season.
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Prudhomme defends decision to neutralise stage 3 of the Tour de FranceJuly 07, 2015 (14:15) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has defended the unusual step of neutralising the race following a mass crash with 58 kilometres remaining on stage three from Antwerp to the Mur de Huy, explaining that it was decided to do so as all of the following ambulances and medical cars were occupied in provided assistance to fallen riders. A statement issued by ASO said that following consultation between the race direction and the UCI commissaires, it was decided to apply 2.2.029 of the rulebook, which states: "In case of an accident or incident that could impinge upon the normal conduct of a race in general or a particular stage thereof, the Race Manager may, after obtaining the agreement of the Commissaires Panel decide to modify the course [or] temporarily to neutralise the race or stage." "There was a spectacular crash which involved more than twenty riders and at that particular moment, nobody knew how serious their injuries would prove to be. There were riders with fractured collarbones and head injuries," Prudhomme told reporters afterwards.ADVERTISEMENT "Shortly afterwards, many other riders went down, so it was 40 or so riders who were involved in total. The four ambulances and two medical cars were held up taking care of them, which meant that there was no ambulance left to look after the 120 riders in the peloton between there and the end of the race." Maillot jaune Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) was among those caught up in the crash, which forced Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge), Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and William Bonnet(FDJ) out of the race altogether. Traditionally in such circumstances, the peloton itself slows to allow the race leader to regain contact, but on this occasion, it was the Tour director Prudhomme who gave the order to neutralise the race from the sunroof of the lead car. Following a period of confusion that saw Sky briefly up the pace, the peloton came to a complete halt, allowing Cancellara and the other fallers who hadn't abandoned to catch up. In years past, the Tour peloton has tended to come to a complete halt only when lodging a complaint with the race organisation, such as 1978's strike in Valence d'Agen to protest that year's lengthy transfers, or the 1998 demonstrations against police searches in the aftermath of the Festina Affair.
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Cancellara crashes out of Tour (Reuters)July 07, 2015 (14:00) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] By Julien Pretot HUY, Belgium (Reuters) - Fabian Cancellara withdrew from the Tour de France after crashing in the third stage, which was neutralized for about 10 minutes on Monday following a pile-up of some two dozen riders. FDJ rider William Bonnet of France was put in a neck brace after falling off his cycle when it apparently touched a wheel, and others around him were also brought down in a flurry of flying bikes and bodies. Swiss Cancellara, who started the day with the leader's yellow jersey, was one of several top names to hit the tarmac, along with Australian Simon Gerrans and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin who had to abandon the race. More...
Cycling-Cancellara crashes out of Tour (Reuters)July 07, 2015 (14:00) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] (Adds Cancellara withdrawal) By Julien Pretot HUY, Belgium, July 6 (Reuters) - Fabian Cancellara withdrew from the Tour de France after crashing in the third stage, which was neutralised for about 10 minutes on Monday following a pile-up of some two dozen riders. FDJ rider William Bonnet of France was put in a neck brace after falling off his cycle when it apparently touched a wheel, and others around him were also brought down in a flurry of flying bikes and bodies. Swiss Cancellara, who started the day with the leader's yellow jersey, was one of several top names to hit the tarmac, along with Australian Simon Gerrans and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin who had to abandon the race. More...
The Latest: Cancellara out of Tour de France ()July 07, 2015 (14:00) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] Fabian Cancellara has pulled out of the Tour de France after being diagnosed with fractures in two vertebrae in his lower back. Cancellara was among the riders caught in a spectacular crash during Monday's third stage of the race. The Swiss veteran, who started the day with the yellow jersey, managed to reach the finish line after being thrown over his handlebars. More...
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