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Cycling Challenge 2024 : inscriptions et nouveauté !

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Les inscriptions pour le Cyclo’Tour Rotor et lu Gravel’Tour Cannondale sont ouvertes pour toute la saison 2024. Au menu : 5 événements VTT, 7 cyclosportives et 7 épreuves gravel. C’est la grande nouveauté de cette saison 2024 : le Cycling Challenge met en place 2 packs. Avec une inscription pour toute la saison, les participants peuvent gagner du temps et de l’argent en s’inscrivant en une seule fois à 3, 5 ou 7 événements du Cyclo’Tour Rotor ou du Gravel’Tour Cannondale ! Dans ce cas, vous vous garantissez : 1 place de choix dans le SAS prioritaire de chaque épreuve, 1 dossard personnalisé et 1 maillot collector aux couleurs du Cycling Challenge. Attention, seules 10 places sont disponibles au tarif préférentiel pour chacun des packs Cyclo’Tour Rotor et Gravel’Tour Cannondale.

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Le Cycling Challenge est de retour

Après avoir rassemblé plus de 8700 participants lors de sa 1ère édition, le Cycling Challenge sera de retour en 2022. Ce challenge national, regroupant le Cyclo’Tour Rotor et le Gravel’Tour Cannondale, propose pour cette nouvelle année 10 manches de cyclosportives et 7 manches gravel. Une belle saison en perspective !

LE CYCLO’TOUR ROTOR

Avec 10 manches réparties sur 8 des plus belles cyclosportives de France, le Cyclo’Tour Rotor est un Challenge national, empreint de terroir et de convivialité. En avril 2022, la saison débutera au cœur des vignobles bourguignons avec la Cyclo Sud Bourgogne, avant de rejoindre les Gorges du Tarn et les Grands Causses sur la Lozérienne Cyclo, début mai. A la fin du mois, le Challenge ira (re)découvrir les charmes du Jura et de ses routes vallonnées pendant la Cyclosportive La Vache qui Rit avant d’emmener, un mois plus tard, les participants grimper les plus grands cols des Alpes lors de la Trilogie de Maurienne. Ils poursuivront début juillet direction le Massif Central avec la Cyclosportive des Copains Cyfac, entre Forez et Puy de Dôme, sur des terres volcaniques et pastorales. En août, les cyclosportifs participeront à l’Etape Sanfloraine, autour du célèbre Viaduc de Garabit, avant de se diriger de nouveau vers les Alpes pour s’attaquer au Massif des Bauges lors de l’AlpinBike Lac d’Annecy. Cette nouvelle saison se clôturera, comme en 2021, au pied des Baux de Provence, lors du Raid des Alpilles, le 16 octobre. Un très beau programme à venir !

LE GRAVEL’TOUR CANNONDALE

Inauguré en 2021, le Gravel’Tour Cannondale est le premier Challenge Gravel en France. Pour cette nouvelle saison, deux nouvelles épreuves rejoignent l’aventure : La Lozérienne Gravel et le Raid des Alpilles. C’est en avril que les 3 premières manches du Challenge auront lieu. La saison débutera ainsi sur les terres Aveyronnaises lors du Roc Laissagais, avant de rejoindre les vignes et châteaux bourguignons de la Gravel Sud Bourgogne, et de terminer dans les Gorges du Tarn avec la Lozérienne Gravel. Un mois plus tard, la 4ème manche se déroulera dans le Jura, au départ de Lons-le-Launier direction l’impressionnant Cirque de Baume-les-Messieurs, lors de la Cyclosportive La Vache qui Rit. En juin, les participants se rendront au cœur de la Montagne Noire pour observer le fameux Pic de Nore, lors du Gravel Nore. Après une courte pause estivale, nous les retrouverons fin août lors de l’AlpinBike Lac d’Annecy, dans un cadre montagnard, entre Sources du Lac d’Annecy et Massif des Bauges. Pour clôturer cette deuxième édition, les cyclistes seront attendus mi-octobre au Raid des Alpilles, pour inaugurer cette toute nouvelle épreuve gravel au cœur des Baux de Provence. Une nouvelle saison prometteuse !

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Les inscriptions pour la saison 2022 du Cycling Challenge ouvriront le 15 décembre à 17h. Un tarif préférentiel s’appliquera aux premiers inscrits.

Retrouvez toutes les infos à connaître pour cette nouvelle saison sur cycling-challenge.fr

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Tour Tech: Why are pros running MTB discs and is that a new set of Shimano wheels?

We've spotted an unusual trend in the pro peloton

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WorldTour races, especially early season or the Grand Tours can throw up lots of little tech tidbits that can either indicate the imminent launch of a new product or just be a curious experiment with increasing performance through the use of clever adaptation of existing kit.

Mountain bike rotors for the win?

It's the latter that caught our keen eyes at the Tour de France with regards to the trend of pros opting to run mountain bike disc rotors over the existing road versions that are more commonplace. Specifically, we're talking about Shimano and how teams such as Mitchelton-Scott and Deceuninck-Quick-Step are opting to run XTR mountain bike rotors over Dura-Ace.

So why are the teams running these? Currently there's no one specific answer, especially as teams and team mechanics hold their cards close to their chest when it comes to employing 'marginal gain' tactics.

What we do know for certain is the rotor favoured by these teams, the XTR RT-MT900 Ice Tech is lighter than the current Dura-Ace SM-RT900 Ice Tech rotor. In 160mm guise the XTR shaves a whole 10 grams off the Dura Ace and the smaller 140mm diameter is 11 grams lighter. Whilst this can be seen as pretty minimal, for a component that has an impact of how a bike rolls, i.e. rotational weight, this difference is certainly going to be advantageous (or at least give the perception of an advantage).

It's difficult to prove any performance gains by the swap as both rotors employ exactly the same construction. The braking surface utilises Shimano's Ice Technology and is formed of a sandwich aluminium and steel, with steel forming the outer faces for better braking performance and wear around an aluminium core for weight saving and heat dissipation. Both XTR and Dura-Ace also have Freeza radiator fins to help dissipate heat build-up further and it's here that the smaller fins of the XTR probably contribute to the lower weight.

So is this a performance enhancer we should all be trying? We're going to test out the swap to see if this really does make a difference and let you know the results.

Is Shimano about to launch a new wheelset?

It looks like Shimano is making up for lost time at the Tour and is throwing a multitude of new tech into the fray. We spotted something different under stage nine hero, Team Sunweb's Marc Hirschi alongside some of his team-mates and selected riders from fellow Shimano-sponsored team Groupama-FDJ in the shape of a new wheelset.

The new wheels were pretty easy to spot thanks to the matt carbon finish and unlike the unbranded Corima wheels as used by Jumbo-Visma riders, these are very much Shimano through and through. Thought to be a prototype wheel under testing the as yet unnamed wheel looks to be very much a rouleur of a wheelset with a rim depth looking to sit within the classic 40-50mm category of 'all-round' wheels.

The most noticeable difference between these and current Shimano models is it looks to employ a much wider and blunter rim profile; something that brings it bang up to date in relation to shaping used by brands such as Zipp and Enve. The wheels used by Hirschi et al look to be tubular but we would expect if this wheel is to see the light of day as a consumer item then clincher and tubeless versions should come next.

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Tour de France 2024 The beauty, the battle, the bikes

Shimano-supported riders Biniam Girmay and Remco Evenepoel won the Green and White jersey, respectively, at the Tour de France 2024. The competition was fierce, and the road was long and perilous. It takes a profound athlete to brave the mammoth challenge of the Tour de France. And it takes a special… je ne sais quoi… to come out on top with a jersey. Congratulations to the riders and their teams at Intermarché-Wanty and Soudal Quick-Step on their achievements. And indeed, a huge hand to all the stage winners—with 20 out of 21 stages won on DURA-ACE R9200. Although the Tour is over, we’d like to stay in the vibe just a while longer and share some of the WorldTour bike builds and some gorgeous shots from our photographers on the ground: Joris Knapen and Léon van Bon .

Intermarché-Wanty

Green Jersey winner Biniam Girmay’s setup includes the DURA-ACE R9200 groupset, with some additions to match his personal style. From being a rising star in the Eritrean national team, Girmay came away with a significant stage win at the Giro d’Italia. Followed by three stage victories and the Green Jersey at this year’s Tour de France! With fans from all over and back home cheering Bini on, it is great to see this champion spread the positive joy of cycling with the world in grand style.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-34 • Front rotor: RT-CL900-S (160mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm)

Soudal Quick-Step

What a way to start your first year at the Tour de France! Remco Evenepoel displayed pure class and grit as he stayed in the mix until the end, contending not just for the White Jersey, but the famed Yellow Jersey to boot! He did supremely well to deliver the White Jersey for Soudal Quick-Step.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-34T • Front rotor: RT-CL900-S (160mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm)

Alpecin-Deceuninck

With spectacular lead-outs from the World Champion himself, Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen was able to handily secure sprint victories at stages 10, 13, and 16.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-30 • Wheels: WH-R9270-C50-TL • Front rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm) • Pedals: PD-R9100

Team Jayco AlUla

Dutch Champion Dylan Groenewegen rode his way to victory at stage 6 in Dijon! Brilliant and daring, he showed his champion spirit to the fullest. Big congrats to team Jayco-Alula.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-34 • Front rotor: RT-CL900-S (160mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm) • Pedals: PD-R9100

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

This bike helped Romain Bardet win the opening stage from Florence to Rimini with a powerful performance by team dsm-firmenich PostNL.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-34 • Wheels: WH-R9270-C36-TL • Front rotor: RT-CL900-S (160mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm) • Pedals: PD-R9100

Groupama-FDJ

A valiant effort from Quentin Pacher and indeed all the riders of Groupama-FDJ. Equipped with the gorgeous Wilier Filante SLR, the team came away with a few close calls, and an excellent performance.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-34 • Wheels: WH-R9270-C50-TL • Front rotor: RT-CL900-S (140mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm) • Pedals: PD-R9100

INEOS Grenadiers

It was tough going for the team at INEOS Grenadiers. They stayed in the fight until the end, with a well-earned shoutout for a hard tour, well done.

• Groupset: DURA-ACE R9200 12-speed Disc Brake Di2 • Front chainring: 54/40T • Cassette: 11-34 • Wheels: WH-R9270-C50-TL • Front rotor: RT-CL900-S (160mm) • Rear rotor: RT-CL900-SS (140mm) • Pedals: PD-R9100

Shimano Neutral Service at the Tour

Professional cycling is a year-round pursuit. Not just for the athletes. The organization around each race is filled with dedicated people, ensuring each race and stage is well-prepared, safe, and fair. The mechanics and riders of Shimano Neutral Service play a key role in providing fundamental service at more than 560 race days every year. Few events are as well-publicized and globally popular as the Tour de France. It is the biggest stage in the world. Not just for the athletes. The stellar mechanics from the Neutral Service team deliver a WorldTour-worthy performance each race day, fueled by a fair mix of adrenaline, technical savvy and a sincere love of the sport.

For the love of the sport

The advent of DURA-ACE continues to make its mark on the WorldTour, empowering and supporting talented riders on their way to Find THEIR Fast on the road. Its innovative design and superior performance inspire us all to push our limits and strive for excellence. The spirit of cycling is known for its share of drama, dedication, and… derailleurs. Yet, when we think of the cycling world today, we see the smiling faces of riders, mechanics, and fans sharing these life-defining moments. To draw a line from each inspired rider, young and old, to the moment Shozaburo Shimano opened the doors of Shimano Iron Works in Sakai in 1921 is simply extraordinary.

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Tadej Pogacar Returns to the Top, Winning the Tour de France

Pogacar won his third Tour, beating his rival Jonas Vingegaard by 6:17 after a final time trial victory in Nice on Sunday.

By Victor Mather

When an athlete wins a championship two years in a row, but then slips to second the next two years, it’s fair to assume that he may be starting a downswing — that he is a cut below the new champion and that he will struggle to beat him in the years ahead.

But Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia turned the tables on his rival and the defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, this year in the Tour de France, completing a smashing victory on Sunday to take his third title.

Pogacar’s championship was confirmed in the final time trial from Monaco to Nice on Sunday. Setting off last among the Tour’s 141 surviving riders, crouched over his time trial bike — with its solid rear wheel for aerodynamics — Pogacar in the race leader’s yellow jersey rode with the confidence of a sure winner. He capped his stellar three-week run with another stage win, his sixth, finishing 1:03 ahead of Vingegaard to take the Tour by 6:17 overall.

“After two hard years in the Tour de France, always some mistakes,” Pogacar said. “This year — everything to perfection. I am super happy to win here.”

The location (Nice, not Paris) and the format (time trial, not flat stage) were unusual for a final stage, but Sunday turned out to be the same as almost every Tour finale: a coronation more than an actual contest.

Pogacar had led by 5 minutes 14 seconds going into the day, a lead that would have required an epic meltdown or total disaster of some kind to be overhauled.

Going into the weekend, after impressive day on impressive day in the mountains of France, Pogacar held a seemingly unassailable lead of 3 minutes 11 seconds. But there was always the chance he would melt down on the brutal Alpine climbs of the last two mountain stages. He did not, and instead extended his lead over Vingegaard, the winner of the previous two Tours.

On Friday, Pogacar attacked on a brief final climb with five miles to go and created a gap between him and Vingegaard. He then ran down Matteo Jorgenson of the United States, who had been up front for much of the day.

Leaving the field gasping behind him, Pogacar climbed to the ski station Isola 2000 and won the stage, his fourth of the race, and added almost two minutes to his overall lead.

Vingegaard, who was returning from broken ribs and a collarbone sustained in a crash in April, acknowledged afterward that the race was all but over, and on Saturday seemed to focus more on holding second place over Remco Evenepoel of Belgium. On the final mountain of the Tour, the Col de la Couillole, the two leaders eventually left Evenepoel behind.

Vingegaard set the tempo with Pogacar glued to him. With a half-mile left, they dropped the last challenger, Richard Carapaz of Ecuador, and high in the Alps the two best riders in the Tour raced to the finish line.

There the winner was Pogacar again, accelerating away in the last couple hundred yards, helped because Vingegaard was tired after leading for so long.

After Sunday’s time trial, Pogacar completed what is known as a double: winning the two biggest cycling tours, the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, in the same season. He is the first to complete a double since Marco Pantani in 1998.

Of his third Tour win, Pogacar said: “This is the first one I was totally confident every day. Even in the Giro I had one bad day — I won’t tell which one.”

Leaving aside Lance Armstrong, whose seven victories from 1999 to 2005 were stripped from him after revelations of drug use, the record for most victories in the Tour is five, held by four riders. Pogacar’s three tied him for sixth place.

Carapaz won the polka dot jersey as best climber, Evenepoel won the white jersey as best young rider and Biniam Girmay of Eritrea, who had earlier in the race become the first Black African to win a Tour stage, won the green jersey as best sprinter.

Either Pogacar or Vingegaard has now won the last five yellow jerseys, and they have finished one-two the past four years. At ages 25 and 27, there is no reason to think their battles won’t continue for some years to come.

Victor Mather, who has been a reporter and editor at The Times for 25 years, covers sports and breaking news. More about Victor Mather

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Carapaz earns his first Tour de France stage win

Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, extended his lead on his main rival Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, rear left, during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Stage winner Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz climbs Noyer pass during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Denmark’s Magnus Cort, front, leads before France’s Romain Gregoire, and Belgium’s Tiesj Benoot as they ride breakaway during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, climbs Noyer pass during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The pack speeds downhill during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Latvia’s Toms Skujins is followed by Netherlands’ Wout Poels and Britain’s Ben Turner during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The pack rides during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Britain’s Simon Yates climbs Noyer pass during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.8 kilometers (110.5 miles) with start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and finish in Superdevoluy, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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SUPERDEVOLUY, France (AP) — Richard Carapaz claimed his first Tour de France stage win after showcasing his climbing prowess in the final ascents on Wednesday in the Alps.

Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar kept the overall race lead.

The 17th stage, covering 178 kilometers (110 miles) from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy, started with a gradual 130-kilometer climb through the Drôme region and presented no major challenges for the peloton. However, the last part of the race was a different story with the climbs of Col Bayard and Col du Noyer.

Carapaz and Simon Yates led an early breakaway of 50 riders. As they approached the final climb, Carapaz launched a decisive attack on Yates before reaching the summit of Col du Noyer.

“For me today is very special,” the EF Education-EasyPost rider said after the race. “Winning a stage was the biggest objective for me and my team and we finally managed to do it.”

The 31-year-old Carapaz also became the first man from Ecuador to win a Tour stage. He won the men’s road race gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics but missed out on being selected for the Paris Olympics . He finished third in the Tour de France in 2021 and won the 2019 Giro d’Italia.

British rider Simon Yates was second on Wednesday, 37 seconds behind Carapaz.

Pogacar slightly increased his lead over Jonas Vingegaard to 3 minutes, 11 seconds, by launching two attacks on the Col du Noyer and a few meters before the finishing line. Vingegaard, currently second in the general classification, was once again unable to match Pogacar’s pace and conceded two more seconds overall.

“The climb was really steep today so I wanted to test my legs and see if they were still in good shape in the third week of competition,” Pogacar said about his repeated attacks in the Col du Noyer climb. “It was a good day.”

Biniam Girmay kept the best sprinter’s green jersey.

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