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Timmy Duggan won the 2012 U.S. road title with a brash, solo attack. Along with women's champion Megan Guarnier, he'll look to repeat on Monday. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.comThe new-look U.S. professional road championships are set to kick off on Saturday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with wide-open men’s and women’s fields, equal prizes, and live video coverage. National champions Megan Guarnier (Rabobank) and Timmy Duggan (Saxo-Tinkoff) face tall orders in their repeat bids, but a win in Chattanooga could be the highest profile national title since the race moved out of Philadelphia almost a decade ago. After seven years in Greenville, South Carolina, the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships will debut in Chattanooga this weekend. The event, the first in which the men’s and women’s professional races will coincide at the same location, promises fans both twice the action and unprecedented broadcast coverage — including a live telecast of the men’s road race and streaming online and mobile coverage of both events. The men’s and women’s time trials will be held Saturday, May 25, with road races scheduled for Monday, May 27. Defending road race champions Duggan and Guarnier will both be on hand to defend their distinctive champions’ jerseys, each adorned with the stars and stripes of the United States. They’ll be fighting for the same prize money as well, as the event is offering equal payouts to the top 20 in each race. Despite its new locale, the road course features a familiar format, with beginning and ending circuits through downtown Chattanooga separated by 16.1-mile laps, each including a three-mile climb of Lookout Mountain (1,150 feet of elevation gain). The men will complete the climb four times for a total distance of 100.6 miles, with the women completing two laps (63.1 miles). Though eager to stage a defense of his title, Duggan admitted his year in the stars and stripes has been less than ideal. The Saxo rider, a resident of Nederland, Colorado, suffered a broken tibia and collarbone during stage 3 of January’s Santos Tour Down Under. Early season injuries aside, Duggan considers Monday’s defense a major priority. “Winning the national championship has meant a lot to me,” he told VeloNews. “It’s an honor you’re reminded of each day when you put that jersey on. I’m sure hoping to win again in Chattanooga. I do not want to give my jersey back.” Duggan returned to racing at April’s Presidential Tour of Turkey and arrives in Tennessee fresh off of the Amgen Tour of California. Like her male counterpart, women’s road champion Megan Guarnier plans a vigorous, albeit solo, defense. In late 2012, the New York native became the first American woman to sign with the Rabobank squad of world champion and Olympic gold medalist Marianne Vos. For Guarnier, who was named to the long team for the 2012 Summer Olympics — but ultimately not to the team — the chance to wear the stars and stripes was an opportunity to regain her confidence. “It was an emotional roller coaster of a year, but wearing that jersey has been amazing,” she said. “There’s a lot to road racing that’s unpredictable. [Winning again] will be hard, but I’ve come to Chattanooga to give it my best.” Though they’ve never met, the defending road champions will share more than a jersey this weekend. Each is the lone American representative for a European squad. In Guarnier’s case, this means her Tennessee support team consists of a party of one: her fiancé. Duggan, who will also be without his team’s logistical support, has made plans to partner with former Cannondale teammate Ted King and 2011 champion Matthew Busche (RadioShack-Leopard) — all three are without teammates, with RadioShack’s Chris Horner and 2010 champion Ben King set to miss the race with injuries. But don’t expect the loose alliance the trio have dubbed “Team No Team” to extend to the road. Busche told VeloNews that all bets

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Friday's 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia has been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions.

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Carousel short title: Garmin Edge 510 Price: £299.99 Gallery Image Reference: Garmin 510 on stem 2 Gallery Reference: Garmin Edge 510 Just In The new Garmin Edge 510 is a reasonably compact GPS-based bike computer that can work alongside a smartphone to provide interesting features like LiveTracking – where your family and friends can follow your position and performance online. Road.cc verdict: Very clever GPS bike computer that's relatively easy to use, but only worth the price hike over the Edge 500 if you're going to use alongside a smartphone Road.cc rating: 8 Weight: 82g Contact: http://www.garmin.com/en-GB read more

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Trek’s 7.4 FX Disc is one of their big sellers, and part of the welcome trend for hydraulic brakes to appear on more hybrids. It makes much more sense than superfluous suspension forks.The Hayes brakes don’t have the absolute stopping power of some, but they easily have enough for urban riding and masses of control. Shimano provide most of the rest of the kit, the 48/36/26 chainrings and 11-32T cassette offering a huge gear range, particularly at the bottom end. Yes, there are largish gaps between gears but their sheer range more than makes up for that.Handling is sit-up-and-beg steady, not surprising given its lengthy 105cm wheelbase, a theme further emphasised by the relaxed head tube angle. This is great for high visibility head-up urban riding, and comfortable too, aided by the palm-comforting rubberised IsoZone grips. The 32mm tyres offer a good balance of plushness, protection from pothole-induced punctures and rolling resistance.Considering the price the 11.7kg (25.8lb) weight is decent. Wheel life should be boosted by the absence of rim brakes, and with rear rack, front and rear mudguard eyes and loads of clearance it’s well specced for year-round versatility, too. A top ride, good kit and a price your bank manager won’t blanch at – a star Trek and a special FX.This article was originally published in Cycling Plus magazine, available on Apple Newsstand and Zinio.

Swede says Nibali is "solid" in lead

Daryl Impey (OGE) won the second stage of 2013 Bayern-Rundfarht. Gerald Ciolek (MTN) was second and Adriano Malori (LAM) was third. Race Results Bayern-Rundfahrt (2013) - Stage 2 Mühldorf to Viechtach (193km) 23 May 2013 Stage 2 | Stage 1 Stage Position Name Nationality Team Time 1 IMPEY, Daryl RSA ORICA-GREENEDGE 4:41:30 2 CIOLEK, Gerald GER MTN QHUBEKA 0 3 MALORI, Adriano ITA LAMPRE - ISD 4 ULISSI, Diego ITA LAMPRE - ISD 5 BARDET, Romain FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 6 KREDER, Michel NED Garmin-Sharp 7 ELMIGER, Martin SUI IAM Cycling 8 THOMAS, Geraint GBR SKY PROCYCLING 9 GADRET, John FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 10 RIBLON, Christophe FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 11 BARGUIL, Warren FRA ARG 12 BOUET, Maxime FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 13 WYSS, Marcel CHE IAM Cycling 14 HERKLOTZ, Silvio DEU Team Stölting 15 PINEAU, Cédric FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 16 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 17 GESCHKE, Simon GER ARG 18 CLARKE, Simon AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 19 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA 20 HAUSSLER, Heinrich AUS IAM Cycling 21 TANKINK, Bram NED Blanco 22 LELAY, David FRA SAUR - SOJASUN 23 BARTA, Jan CZE TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA 24 ROY, Jérémy FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 25 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 26 KLEMME, Dominic GER IAM Cycling 27 MALACARNE, Davide ITA TEAM EUROPCAR 28 SWIFT, Ben GBR SKY PROCYCLING 29 THURAU, Björn GER TEAM EUROPCAR 11 30 DENIFL, Stefan AUT IAM Cycling 31 PINOT, Thibaut FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 32 SCHELLING, Patrick SUI IAM Cycling 33 CHEREL, Mikael FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 34 LÖFKVIST, Thommas SWE IAM Cycling 15 35 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING 36 TALABARDON, Yannick FRA SAUR - SOJASUN 37 MORI, Manuele ITA LAMPRE - ISD 22 38 SCHILLINGER, Andreas GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA 23 39 FEILLU, Brice FRA SAUR - SOJASUN 26 40 MARTIN, Daniel IRL Garmin-Sharp 41 41 KADRI, Biel FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 42 CUNEGO, Damiano ITA LAMPRE - ISD 50 43 BONO, Matteo ITA LAMPRE - ISD 44 KENNAUGH, Peter GBR SKY PROCYCLING 56 45 HOLLER, Nikodemus GER THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM +2:13 46 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +2:49 47 ARNDT, Nikias GER ARG +4:00 48 BAUER, Jack NZL Garmin-Sharp +10:28 49 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +12:38 50 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA 51 O'GRADY, Stuart AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 52 REIMER, Martin DEU MTN QHUBEKA 53 KONOVALOVAS, Ignatas LTU MTN QHUBEKA 54 WETTERHALL, Alexander SWE TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA 55 GERRANS, Simon AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 56 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 57 BEWLEY, Sam NZL ORICA-GREENEDGE 58 CIMOLAI, Davide ITA LAMPRE - ISD 59 PEREZ MORENO, Ruben ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 60 LOZANO RIBA, David ESP TEAM NOVO NORDISK 61 FRÖHLINGER, Johannes GER ARG 62 W

New change for Stage 19The web cam imagery from the Stelvio is enough to make me throw another log on the fire.See live cam here.The Passo dello Gavia and Stelvio is cancelled due to snow. In it's place a longer stage (160km from the scheduled 139km) including-le the 'smaller' climbs of Passo del Tonale and Passo Castrin await the riders. It may look like a lesser stage, removed of the epic Gavia and Stelvio, and Saturday's four climbs are covered in snow threatening to be a truncated stage. There's still a battle for podium between Evans, Uran and Scarponi. The way Nibali is riding, the race is for second and third. The young riders classification is a wicked duel between Rafal Majka (currently leading by 2 seconds) over Carlos Betancur....Lots of drama left!