Photography by Jered Gruber & Cor Vos

Rocacorba Daily

Tuesday September 16, 2014

by Matt de Neef - September 16, 2014

In this morning's edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Annemiek van Vleuten leads Rabo-Liv clean sweep at the Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour; Australia's Josh Prete wins the Tour de Hokkaido; Australian teams announced for the Road World Championships in Spain; Report - Evans to retire after Santos Tour Down Under and Great Ocean Road Race; Taiwan KOM Challenge returns with more prize money, drug testing and Emma Pooley; Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour - When the going gets tough; Walking or cycling to work 'improves well-being'; Reflections on getting doored; Video from Amy's Wall on Saturday.

Annemiek van Vleuten leads Rabo-Liv clean sweep at the Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour

Rabo-Liv’s Annemiek van Vleuten has led from start to finish at the Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour, taking overall honours as her team dominated the five-stage race.

The final stage of the race was won on Monday by van Vleuten’s teammate, Anna van der Breggen. The Dutchwoman attacked solo from a leading group of four riders — herself, van Vleuten, Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) and Sofie de Vuyst (Futurumshop.nl-Zannata) — and managed to hold on to win by seven seconds ahead of a chasing group.

Van Vleuten finished third on the stage, ensuring overall victory by 27 seconds. Anna van der Breggen was second overall, with teammate Thalita de Jong third.

In addition to the top three positions overall (which might have been top four had Marianne Vos not withdrawn from the race to focus on the World Championships), Rabo-Liv took home four of the five stages, the points classification, youth classification, mountains classification and teams classification.

Final Classification: > - Stage Result

Monday 15th September 2014

1.	VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	08:52:40
2.	VAN DER BREGGEN Anna Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	0:27
3.	DE JONG Thalita Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	0:41

1.	VAN DER BREGGEN Anna Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	38
2.	BJøRNSRUD Miriam Hitec Products	11
3.	DE VUYST Sofie Futurumshop.nl-Zannata	11

1.	DE JONG Thalita Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	11
2.	KIESANOWSKI Joanne Team TIBCO - To The Top	8
3.	VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	6

1.	DE JONG Thalita Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	08:53:21
2.	PIETERS Amy Team Giant-Shimano	1:11
3.	MACKAIJ Floortje Team Giant-Shimano	1:41

1.	Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team	25:36:21
2.	Mixte 4 Hitec -Boels	2:37
3.	Team Giant-Shimano	2:38

Australia’s Josh Prete wins the Tour de Hokkaido

Australian Josh Prete (Budget Forklifts) has taken overall victory in the UCI 2.2 Tour de Hokkaido in Japan, sealing the win by finishing in the bunch on the third and final stage of the race.

A breakaway of 18 riders set the tempo for the final stage from Obihiro to Otofune before a group of six attacked from the larger group, getting a maximum of three minutes clear of the main field. But with Budget Forklifts on the front of the bunch controlling the race for Prete (who moved into the lead after stage 2), the gap came down and the leaders were caught inside the last 10km.

In the bunch sprint South Korea’s Joon Yong Seo (KSPO) took stage honours ahead of Pier Paolo De Negri (Vini Fantini Nippo) and Wu Hsin Yang (Gusto). Prete finished in 24th place, on bunch time, enough to wrap up the overall victory with the same time as Alessandro Malaguti (Vini Fantini Nippo). Kohei Uchima (Bridgestone Anchor) was third.

Prete set up his overall victory on stage 1, taking third in a three-man breakaway that finished 19 seconds ahead of the main field. After finishing in the main chase group on stage 2, Prete moved into the overall lead. The 23-year-old was third overall in last year’s race.

1.		PRETE Joshua Team Budget Forklifts	00:00:00

Australian teams announced for the Road World Championships in Spain

Cycling Australia has announced the final team selections for the 2014 UCI Road World Championships which will be held in Ponferrada, Spain, from September 21 to 28, 2014. The teams are as follows:

Elite Men

Simon Clarke
Rohan Dennis (Road Race and Time Trial)
Cadel Evans
Simon Gerrans
Adam Hansen
Heinrich Haussler
Matt Hayman
Michael Matthews
Rory Sutherland

Elite Women

Tiffany Cromwell
Katrin Garfoot (Road Race & Time Trial)
Rachel Neylan
Loren Rowney
Carlee Taylor
Lizzie Williams

Under 23 Men

Alexander Clements
Caleb Ewan
Campbell Flakemore (Road Race and Time Trial)
Jack Haig
Robert Power
Samuel Spokes

Under 19 Team Men’s

Lucas Hamilton
Jai Hindley
Michael Storer
James Thompson

Under 19 Team Women’s

Anna-Leeza Hull
Alexandra Manly
Macey Stewart

Text adapted from a Cycling Australia press release.

Report: Evans to retire after Santos Tour Down Under and Great Ocean Road Race

by Shane Stokes

The will he-won’t he question about Cadel Evans’ future and possible retirement appears to be heading in the direction of the Australian hanging up his wheels, with Italian newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport reporting that the 37-year-old rider has indeed decided that 2014 will be his final full season.

According to the publication, Evans will line out in two Australian races early next year, namely the Santos Tour Down Under and then the new Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, before calling it quits.

The first of those runs from January 17 – 25, while the second will be held on the weekend of January 31 to February 1.

Click here to read more at CyclingTips. Click here to read more about the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

Matej Mohoric signs with Cannondale team for 2015

Current U23 world champion Matej Mohoric has confirmed that he will be part of the new Cannondale/Garmin team in 2015 after signing a contract with the new squad. He was set to ride with Cannondale in 2015 and will continue with the setup once it merges with Slipstream Sports, the organisation behind Garmin-Sharp.

“I think it’s all clear because there’s been a merger with Garmin, Slipstream Sports. I had a contract with Cannondale and I’m staying with the team for 2015. They gave me a new contract and I’ve signed that,” Mohoric told reporters at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.

“I’m looking forward to being part of the team. It’s exciting. It will be a different mentality for me as I’ve come from an Italian team and this is an American team, but I’m looking forward to the experience.”

Mohoric is just the second Cannondale rider to sign a deal with the new team after Davide Formolo. There are currently a number of Garmin-Sharp riders who are out of contract for 2015 whose futures aren’t yet clear. These include Jack Bauer, Thomas Dekker, Phillip Gaimon, Johan Vansummeren and Australia’s Steele von Hoff.

Click here to read more at Cyclingnews.

Taiwan KOM Challenge returns with more prize money, drug testing and Emma Pooley

The Taiwan KOM Challenge has achieved cult status thanks to an 80km-long climb that takes riders from sea level to HeHuan Mountain at 3,375m. This year’s event, on November 15, sees the total prize money increased to 2,410,000 New Taiwan dollars (AUD$88,500), with NT$1,000,000 (AUD$37,000) going to the winner of the men’s event. NT$200,000 (AUD$7,350) will be on offer for the first female rider over the line.

The event will also feature drug testing for the first time, with the top six riders being tested and random testing a possibility for other entrants. Riders with a record of doping in the past won’t be allowed to compete.

Recently retired British rider Emma Pooley will be on the startlist with the three-time Giro Rosa stage winner being joined by a number of other professional riders in the weeks to come.

Registration for the event is now open at the event website. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this great report of last year’s event from CyclingTips’ Andy van Bergen.

Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour: When the going gets tough

Here’s a typically insightful blog post from Chloe Hosking about her win at the Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour over the weekend and what the victory meant to her. Well worth a read to get a sense of the pressures professional riders are under and what this time of year is like when trying to find a new contract.

Here’s an excerpt:

“

I won yesterday’s third stage of the Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour and I don’t think I’ve ever fought harder in a sprint. As the sprint kicked up on a 4 per cent incline and I was drag racing the Rabobank train for the stage win all I could think was how much I needed this victory. I guess my ‘fight or flight’ instincts are heavily tilted to the fight side of the scales.

As I crossed the line, in typical Chloe style, I clenched my fists and let out a huge scream. I probably scared a few small children and dogs. It was a scream of relief, excitement, disbelief. The first thing I said to my swanny as I rolled up to him gasping for air was, ‘I really needed that’.

Walking or cycling to work ‘improves well-being’

Researchers at the University of East Anglia suggest that switching from driving a car to walking or cycling can have a positive influence on our well-being.

The study, which drew upon data from 18,000 UK commuters over a 10-year period, found that those who had an active commute had a higher level of well-being than those who went by car or public transport. Those who made the switch to active commuting were found to be happier afterwards.

The study considered factors such as feelings of worthlessness, unhappiness, sleepless nights, and being unable to face difficulties in everyday life. The researchers took into account other factors that might have influenced the outcome, such as changes to income, having children, moving house or job, and relationship changes.

Lead researcher Adam Martin, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School, said: “Our study shows that the longer people spend commuting in cars, the worse their psychological well-being. And correspondingly, people feel better when they have a longer walk to work.”

Click here to read more at the BBC website.

Reflections on getting doored

Here’s a video that shows New York cyclist and blogger Dan O’Connor getting doored and the aftermath of the incident:

The way O’Connor and the other people involved (including bystanders) handle the incident is interesting to watch. It’s also worth checking out O’Connor’s blog post about the incident. Here’s an excerpt:

“

I totally missed the cab chillin’ there with its hazards. I’m an experienced cyclist but I was distracted by the pedestrian who ran in front of me moments before. It might seem obvious watching a video but our eyes don’t work like cameras.

Try this experiment to see what I mean: take a book and focus on reading one word. Now, while reading that one word, try to read the words around it. You can’t. While we think we see the world like a photograph, the truth is we assemble the picture by scanning the environment around us. That takes time. Cut me some slack and remember that it takes .25 seconds for the nervous system to even react to stimuli, let alone act upon a physical object with levers like a bike.

Click here to read the full blog post.

Video from Amy’s Wall on Saturday

On Saturday CyclingTips co-hosted a hill climb event in the Victorian seaside town of Lorne, the night before Amy’s Gran Fondo. It was a great night that exceeded our expectations. Tom Reynolds was there filming the event for us and you can see the video he put together below:

We had photographer Stefano Ferro (of Ultimate Job fame) there as well, taking close-ups of people as they tackled the wall. There are prizes available for the two best painfaces so get over to the CT Facebook page to vote for your favourite.

Click here to read more about the weekend.

The Rocacorba Recap

And finally this morning, here are a few things you might have missed at CyclingTips:

Tags: 2014 Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour, 2014 Tour de Hokkaido, Anna van der Breggen, Annamiek Van Vleuten, Cadel Evans, Chloe Hosking, dooring, Josh Prete, Matej Mohoric, Rocacorba Daily

Sven Nijs

There’s a pretty massive discrepancy in the prize money for male and female winners at the Taiwan KOM Challenge.
- Josh
  
  Probably because the men’s field attracts more entrants and higher quality riders…not that I agree with it
  - velocite
    
    Might be a bit of chicken and egg there - or should that be horse and cart? Anyhow, you’d think $37,000 would attract more entrants than $7,000, men or women.
    - Sean
      
      No. Women like doing stuff for free.
  - Robert Merkel
    
    Depth maybe, but quality? Emma Pooley is one of the best climbers in women’s cycling, full stop. How many Grand Tour GC contenders are lined up in the men’s field, because that’s the level we’re talking about.
    - Dave
      
      There is no equivalent of the WorldTour level in women’s racing, the highest-ranked races are 2.1/1.1 events which makes Pooley the equivalent of a Continental rider.
      - http://cyclingtips.com.au Matt de Neef
        
        The World Cup races have a classification of their own beyond the .1 and .2 classifications.
        
        Dave
        
        UCI Women’s Teams are treated as the equivalent of Continental teams in all respects, which makes the 1.Wcup races the equivalent of a 1.1 or 1.HC men’s race and not the WorldTour.
  - Ryan
    
    I think its less about the entrants and more about the viewers.
    
    Usually with most sports events, men’s events have more viewers/attendees which mean higher sponsor dollars and/or entrance fees which mean higher prize money.
    - Dave
      
      Tennis has equal prizemoney at the four Grand Slam events, despite it being painfully obvious that the men’s event both pays for itself and subsidises the women’s event.
      
      Look at the Australian Open, the primetime featured session each day through the rounds and the quarter-finals has the women’s match first followed by the men getting on court as late as 11:30pm if the women’s match goes on too long. Why? Because if the men’s match was held first, everyone would go home from the stadium or turn off their TV rather than stay up to watch Screechovic v Shriekova.
- Michele
  
  No, that’s about typical Sven.
  
  The most prestigious multi-stage women’s race is unquestionably the Giro Rosa.
  
  Aside from the stage wins Marianne Vos won at this year’s race, do you know what the prize money awarded to her for coming first in GC was? 525 Euros. For 10 day’s racing.
  
  Or if you were to split the winnings between Vos’ 7 team mates, each of them were ‘rewarded’ with 7.5 Euros each day. Obviously it’s higher than that, since Rabobank won quite a few stages, and had other classification wins as well.
  
  But all up just over 17,500 Euros in prize money for the event. [or 1,750 a day].
  
  The men’s?
  
  Last year Nibali won 90,000 Euros. For his 8 team mates for 22 days = 511 Euros a day.
  
  Total prize money for 2013 Giro d’Italia was €1,383,110 or €62,868 each day for 22 days.
  
  Huge differences.
  
  Sources:
  
  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1652199-giro-ditalia-2013-payout-final-standings-and-winners-purse
  
  http://velofocus.com/2014/giro-rosa-prize-money-jerseys/
  - jules
    
    the reality is that organisers barely have enough money to hold women’s bike races. there have been countless stories of unpaid wages (by teams) and unsafe courses. the money obviously isn’t there for prizemoney - unless they were to take it from the pool allocated to men’s events. i can see an argument for that, but that aside, it’s not like they’re skimping - the money just doesn’t exist to hand out.
    - Dave
      
      Could also be that the prize pool has been depleted by paying a fat appearance fee to Emma Pooley.
    - Michele
      
      Oh, I agree Jules.
      
      And that opens up a huge can of worms for me. Should the UCI make it compulsory that every WT team fund/manages/runs or is aligned with a Women’s Squad?
      
      How much should/does/would it cost to run a women’s team?
      
      Wiggins’ spoke about possibility of a women’s SKY team before:
      
      http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/03/rocacorba-daily-176/
      
      http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/a-womens-team-would-be-logical-next-step-for-team-sky-says-sir-bradley-wiggins-9171979.html
      
      It’s suggested in the second article that it would cost about a million Euros a season to run a fully-fledged women’s team.
      
      As an aside, and bearing in mind I haven’t seen the official stats, but doing Amy’s GF over the weekend, it felt as if there were more female participants than in previous years. I might be wrong: due to a registration error I was one of the last to start, so I did go past a lot of female cyclists.
      
      But surely the UCI needs to make sure they capitalise from this, if more women are cycling now than ever before.
      - jules
        
        tennis has parity in prize money. but if you look at tennis, it is flush with money. they can afford to ‘borrow’ some of the revenue from men’s events and pay it over to the women’s (assuming they even need to - it may be that women’s tennis is just as popular/lucrative). but cycling isn’t in that category - the men’s teams and events often struggle in their own right. it’s all very well to discuss the matter in principled terms, but at the end of the day - the money needs to come from somewhere.
        
        Dave
        
        Women’s tennis is not as popular/lucrative as men’s tennis, there are a few top players who get big endorsements but that doesn’t pay the bills for the Australian Open and so on.
        
        Those events where the women are paid the same (e.g. the four Grand Slam Opens each year) are massively subsidised by the income from the men’s draw. If the women’s Australian Open was a separate event, it would not be viable to run, let alone televise anything more than highlights.
        
        Dan
        
        No, women’s tennis is nowhere near the quality as men’s. It’s ridiculous, they won’t even play more than 3 sets. Attendances show a big difference in popularity.
        Same with cycling. Put on any ‘open race’ and let’s see the best women get within a million miles of the men’s finishing times, sprinting speeds, etc.
        Sorry, but that’s the truth. It’s got nothing to do with equal pay for equal work.
  - http://whatspossible.com.au/ Scott Barrow
    
    Nice work Michele!
- Dave
  
  The answer: divide it into three prize categories, overall winner, best man and best woman.
- Sean
  
  No it’s very fair. In most areas of life, women earn less than men and rightly so, they don’t work near as hard or as smart as their male counterparts. There is no way a women deserves equal pay to a man, the sooner they accept it the better.
  
  In pretty much any workplace, men are 4.8 times more productive than women, yet we only average about 30% more pay. Around the house it’s worse, my wife spends approx 8 hours a week doing household chores, mine are completed in less than 15 minutes. It’s complete madness.
  - Dan
    
    Very funny Sean. But you really have missed the point.
    If you want equal pay, then why not award it on the fairest way - the podium?
    First 3 over the line get the prize money. No bias toward women or men in that.
    What you are intimating is socialism. Fail no. 1.
- Jason Hunter
  
  If the woman get first place they will win the price for the male. Just think of it as an intensive to get women to participate in the sport. In my book the more the better.
- echidna_sg
  
  Not trying to justify it, but last year there were less than 20 women and over 400 men on the start line… of the women, at least a couple were “specially invited” - read - they had their travel and entry sponsored, with probable appearance fees on top (my speculation). For the men, there were 4-5 asia tour teams, all from Taiwan or China and a handful of Asian based European pros racing as individuals present, plus special invites like Simon Clarke… there really is only a very shallow field of potential winners present so its basically a gran fondo with a few pros thrown in. Across Asia there is very very little pro women’s races - picking on what is effectively a well organized community event for unequal prize money is silly and (IMHO) I think its an event that would do better to market itself along the lines of Amy’s GF than as a prize based race. Its not a UCI event after all.
velocite

That is a terrific point to make, that an active commute improves our well being. I am sure all of us who have commuted by bike have experienced that, I certainly have, but I’ve never articulated it or recognized it as a benefit you will get from cycling. When my working day was bookended by the dead time of driving a car in queue for 45 minutes it was just something to be got through. Cycling I looked forward to, and cycling through the traffic was a great challenge.
- jules
  
  i’ve been through different periods when i’ve cycled, raced, and done nothing at all. it took those experiences for me to realise the benefits of an exercise regime and staying fit. i wouldn’t go back again. i feel much better.
  - velocite
    
    The fitness is a huge benefit of course, but I think an additional factor is being addressed here: well being, which I take to have a major mental component. I liken it to the benefit I discovered when I moved from a CBD office to one on a campus amongst bush and wildlife. Felt more relaxed and somehow less ‘contained’, if that communicates anything.
    - jules
      
      i know what you mean. that’s what i meant to - the mental health factor is a big one. it’s how we’ve evolved - survival of the fittest. your body and mind reward you for working harder (probably going back to when hunting and gathering was necessary for survival).
Arfy

Imagine they’re on the toilet and those painfaces take on a whole new meaning. Number 53 looks pretty pleased with himself, while number 11’s struggling.
- Michele
  
  Well if that’s the case, it appears as if 45 should’ve given himself a courteous flush rather than try and hold his breath through it all.
  - jules
    
    you won’t read it in many training books, but it’s good to practice your poker face while on the loo. also your form - focus on steady shoulders, don’t rock the hips. maybe CT could do a video ;)
    - http://cyclingtips.com.au Matt de Neef
      
      Smellements of Style, perhaps?
      - jules
        
        i can see a new blog in this :)
        
        Dave
        
        And a new bog as well.
        
        http://whatspossible.com.au/ Scott Barrow
        
        Ha!
Dave

I can’t see BMC giving up one of their slots for the whole year only to have Cadel fill it for just eight days of racing. That’s one less rider that they can buy up for the whole season.

If he is to retire at the end of the summer here, it would probably be with the national team UNISA-Australia.
- MK
  
  He will be with BMC. Teams aren;t running full rosters anymore as in 2016 they need smaller numbers
Dave

Editor: Wiggle opens Australian *subsidiary*
- Jim
  
  Does that mean we pay GST (or they pay tax )?
  - Dave
    
    Of course not. The ATO is such a toothless tiger that they’ll happily accept that Wiggle and Wiggle (Australia) are completely separate.
    
    I think we should be paying GST on stuff bought from overseas though, and in the case of Wiggle or CRC it wouldn’t make any change to the majority of my buying from them because GST is a far smaller penalty than the Australia Tax and their customer service sh1ts all over the majority of bike shops. Stuff bought from Wiggle is all discretionary purchasing and not essential for food and shelter, therefore it should be properly taxed.
    
    My original point was that it means Shane Stokes needs to pay attention to the red squiggly line under “subsiduary” [sic] or hire a sub-editor.
Seb

I’m interested in who people think is to blame for the dooring (not necessarily legally) and what should be done to decrease the risk in incidents like this one- I’d say the passengers had an obligation to look before they opened the door handle (which they may have done but struggled to see a cyclist coming), but the driver also had an obligation to warn them not to open the door at the time (I don’t for a second believe his claim that he already did). Also interesting to hear one of the bystanders say taxis should require mirrors to look for cyclists. Either way, it opens a whole can of worms on how we should approach cycling infrastructure.
- Dave
  
  I’d always call an outside dooring (i.e. passing the car on the right in Australia) a 50-50 call under the Australian Road Rules. I accept the “you should look before opening the door” premise, but if you’re cycling past a car in the door zone at a speed not allowing time to react, you’re making an unsafe overtake.
  
  I don’t know the driving rules in New York - public transport may have the right to stop in a bike lane there as they do here - so I can’t comment on how it goes under those rules.
  - Michele
    
    My motto has always been: you drive [or ride] according to the conditions of the road.
    
    Therefore, if I am riding my bike and I am approaching a car, and I can’t tell for 100% certainty that no one is in the car, then I will anticipate that there is a person in that car, and they will open their door on me. As a consequence I ride past them at a speed that will allow me to react to the potential ‘dooring’.
    
    I sometimes change my motto to: “Everyone else around me is an idiot. Ride accordingly.”
    - JBS
      
      Your alternate motto sounds like an improved version of my own: “Ride like they haven’t seen you.”
      - Stefano Ferro
        
        You are right!!
        I spent 4 years of my life in Munich. 90% of the roads have a bike path, elevated from the street. It works very well. For the people in Melbourne, a similar solution to La Trobe st. (Swanston St. is not as good).
        Beside the solution and the space, that we have in Australia compared to Europe, I do not think the councils are really willing to build a cycling city.
        We need a different culture and that takes lots of time.
        For example, most of the time I am in La Trobe pedestrians are a real problem. They cross the bike lane without even checking, sometime they walk in it, something that would never happen in Munich.
        Each council should have an infrastructure cycling plan and at the same time they should broadcast advertising for cars, pedestrians and cyclists on how to behave. We all have to live together, we all have to pay attention, cyclists included of course.
        By saying that I would never move back to Munich because I like much more Melbourne and Melburnians LOL
Michele

Interesting to note that Evans’ manager has come out to [kind of] dispute/clarify/deny what Cadel’s ‘suggested’ plans for 2015 are:

https://twitter.com/jasonrbakker/status/511652974783774720
- Dave
  
  Of course he’d say that, at least a third of an agent/manager’s job is to be a professional attention whore.
  - Ricky Nixon
    
    Only a third?
    You haven’t met many player managers in Australia clearly.
Michele

Question for Cycling Tips:

Any idea where the banner photo was taken? Looks like a bucket-list location to ride.
- http://cyclingtips.com.au Matt de Neef
  
  Sadly not, sorry! Whenever we have information about where the photo was taken we include it at the bottom of the Rocacorba. But sadly some of the photos in the Grubers’ library don’t have a lot of metadata attached to them so it’s nigh on impossible to tell. Sorry!
  - Michele
    
    Sorry Matt, my original post was very tongue in cheek.
    
    It’s a question I know you guys get asked all the time, usually when the shot in question features the most amazing azure skies, Mediterranean blue oceans, or gorgeous mountains as backdrops.
    
    Rain / Sleet / Snow - doesn’t interest me with summer fast approaching :)
    
    I’ll work harder on my attempt at subtlety in the future.
    - http://cyclingtips.com.au Matt de Neef
      
      Ugh sorry, my bad!

Rocacorba Daily

Tuesday September 16, 2014

by Matt de Neef - September 16, 2014

Annemiek van Vleuten leads Rabo-Liv clean sweep at the Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour

Final Classification: > - Stage Result

Monday 15th September 2014

Australia’s Josh Prete wins the Tour de Hokkaido

Final Classification: > - Stage Result

Monday 15th September 2014

Australian teams announced for the Road World Championships in Spain

Report: Evans to retire after Santos Tour Down Under and Great Ocean Road Race

Matej Mohoric signs with Cannondale team for 2015

Taiwan KOM Challenge returns with more prize money, drug testing and Emma Pooley

Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour: When the going gets tough

Walking or cycling to work ‘improves well-being’

Reflections on getting doored

Video from Amy’s Wall on Saturday

The Rocacorba Recap

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