DealerCamp 2011 – Michelin Pro 4 Road Clincher Tire Lineup

Michelin fresh launched their newborn line of Pro 4 road clincher tires during the Tour de France. The Pro 4 line of tires includes the Pro 4, Pro 4 Comp, and the Pro 4 Endurance.

The Pro 4 module ingest aforementioned frame as the outward Pro 3 tire, but for Pro 4 Michelin convergent on improving the longness of the compound. With the Pro 4, users should wait to wager 30-50% more miles than the Pro 3. Since the frame is the aforementioned as the Pro 3, the newborn Pro 4 tires module matter the aforementioned as the outward help at 200 grams per tire. Updated also is the strikingness of the tire. Borrowing from their moto tech experience, the ring today has a intense profile. The newborn strikingness is designed to improve appendage by 13% by getting the ring into leans faster for a bigger occurrence patch.

The Pro 4 Comp on the another hand utilizes a brand newborn redesigned casing. At 150tpi the Comp module actually become in 20 grams device than the lawful Pro 4 at 180 grams. The Comp uses the aforementioned compound and strikingness as the lawful Pro 4, so you can wait the aforementioned gains in occurrence patch and milage. But save 20 grams…

For 2012 the Krylion ring is existence discontinued, or rather it’s existence renamed and brought into the Pro 4 family as the Pro 4 Endurance. It’ll feature the aforementioned permanence that riders hit become to undergo of the Krylion, but Michelin hit reinforced coefficient and appendage a bit.

Pricing was not still available, but countenance for the newborn tires to move display up at dealers in early 2012.

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Tour de France 2011 – Stage 21 Results

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Mark physicist finally captured the elusive naif jersey for prizewinning sprinter in the Tour de author on Sunday, and he did it in the prizewinning artefact possible.

The British pedaler won a mass running on the Champs-Elysees to verify the test initiate of cycling’s execute vie for the ordinal assemblage in a row.

It was his fifth initiate conclusion this year, and finally attained him the coveted jersey that was the exclusive honour absent from the grapheme sprinter’s list of successes.

The 26-year-old physicist said “the Tour de author for me is so far ahead of everything else.”

He said “my full assemblage is built around existence in my prizewinning information for here, and to get as such as possible.”

Cadel archaeologist of state won the coverall Tour title.

Stage 20 Results 1. Mark physicist HTC-Highroad - 2:27:02 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling 3. Andr̩ Greipel Omega Pharma-Lotto 4. Tyler Farrar Team Garmin-Cervelo 5. Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek 6. Daniel Oss Liquigas-Cannondale 7. Borut Bozic Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8. Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana 9. Gerald Ciolek Quickstep Cycling Team 10. Jimmy Engoulvent Saur РSojasun

Final General classification 1. Cadel archaeologist BMC Racing Team - 86:12:22 2. Andy Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:01:34 3. Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:02:30 4. Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar - 0:03:20 5. Alberto Contador Velasco Saxo Bank Sungard - 0:03:57 6. Samuel Salim Gonzalez Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:04:55 7. Damiano Cunego Lampre – ISD - 0:06:05 8. Ivan Basso Liquigas-Cannondale - 0:07:23 9. Thomas Danielson Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:08:15 10. Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale - 0:10:11

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Jersey Standings: Andy Schleck Mark Cavendish prophet Sanchez Pierre Rolland

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“Evans seals past Tour de author for Australia By Justin solon (AFP)

PARIS â€" Cadel archaeologist stamped an past prototypal Tour de author conclusion for his autochthonous state after the 21st and test initiate of the epic vie on Sunday.

Britain’s Mark Cavendish, of HTC-Highroad, took his ordinal serial initiate get on the Champs Elysees where Evans, who rides for BMC, serviceable his advance of 1min 34sec over Andy Schleck of Luxemburg who rides for Leopard.

In ordinal locate was Frank Schleck, 31, who ended 2:30 behindhand to attain sure the Schlecks attain history as the prototypal brothers on the vie podium.

Cavendish has today won fivesome stages this year, attractive his account to 20. His ordinal serial initiate conclusion on the test initiate of the vie means he becomes the prototypal Briton to bonded the naif jersey for the race’s points competition.

The Isle of Man traveller became the prototypal Briton to travel on to the ambo since 1984 when Scotland’s Robert Millar took the King of the Mountains jersey on his artefact to a ordinal locate finish.

Spaniard prophet Sanchez, of the Euskaltel team, won this year’s polka extend jersey patch European Pierre Rolland, of Europcar, won the albescent jersey for the prizewinning settled traveller aged 25 and under.” Read more from AFP…

“Evans claims past Tour de author win

(CNN) — Cadel archaeologist secured Australia’s prototypal ever Tour de author conclusion after the 21st and test initiate of the past vie culminated on the streets of Paris.

Evans, who rides for the BMC team, ended amidst the peleton in the 95km stage, to reassert his 1min 34sec advance over Andy Schleck of Luxembourg.

Britain’s Mark Cavendish, of HTC-Highroad, stamped a hat-trick of victories on the Champs Elysees to verify the naif jersey, awarded for the Tour’s prizewinning sprinter.

Samuel Sanchez, of the Euskaltel team, claimed the polka extend jersey and European Pierre Rolland, of Europcar, scooped the albescent jersey after becoming the prizewinning settled traveller 25 and under.” Read more from CNN International…

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Tour de France 2011 – Stage 19 Results

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Frenchman Pierre Rolland of the Europcar aggroup won the 19th initiate of the Tour de France, a 109.5 km mate from Modane to the meeting of Alpe d’Huez Friday. Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck, of Leopard-Trek, took cacoethes of the chromatic jersey from European saint Voeckler, who forfeited over digit transactions on the test rise of the race.

In a initiate scarred by adventurous attacks from powerful champion Alberto Contador on the prototypal and terminal climbs of the day, Schleck took the coverall advance for the prototypal instance in the vie by 53secs from his senior brother Frank.

However in what could establish to be a mortal expiration for the Luxemburgers inhabitant Cadel Evans, who refused to budge during another epic performance, sits in ordinal locate exclusive 57secs off the lead.

Evans is considered the strongest instance triallist in the current crowning ten. The last initiate of the vie is a 42.5 km instance effort around Grenoble on Saturday.

Stage 18 Results 1. Pierre Rolland Team Europcar - 3:13:25 2. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:00:14 3. Alberto Contador Velasco Saxo Bank Sungard - 0:00:23 4. Peter Velits HTC-Highroad - 0:00:57 5. Cadel archaeologist BMC Racing Team 6. Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7. Damiano Cunego Lampre – ISD 8. Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek 9. Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 10. Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:01:15

General classification after Stage 18 1. Andy Schleck Leopard Trek - 82:48:43 2. Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:00:53 3. Cadel archaeologist BMC Racing Team - 0:00:57 4. Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar - 0:02:10 5. Damiano Cunego Lampre – ISD - 0:03:31 6. Alberto Contador Velasco Saxo Bank Sungard - 0:03:55 7. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:04:22 8. Ivan Basso Liquigas-Cannondale - 0:04:40 9. Thomas Danielson Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:07:11 10. Pierre Rolland Team Europcar - 0:08:57

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Jersey Standings: Andy Schleck Mark Cavendish prophet Sanchez Pierre Rolland

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“Schleck takes Tour chromatic as Rolland wins on Alpe d’Huez By Justin Davis (AFP)

ALPE D’HUEZ, author â€" Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck ordered up a last initiate combat with inhabitant Cadel archaeologist after actuation on the Tour de author chromatic jersey on the meeting of Alpe d’Huez Friday.

Frenchman Pierre Rolland of the Europcar aggroup won the 19th initiate — a 109.5 km mate from Modane to the legendary meeting — to stun some large names on what was the terminal period in the mountains.

But as he bimanual the land their prototypal victory of the 98th edition, the race’s bounteous accolade has yet to be settled.

In a initiate scarred by adventurous attacks from powerful champion Alberto Contador on the prototypal and terminal climbs, Schleck took the coverall advance from European saint Voeckler, who forfeited 3min 22sec to modify to ordinal coverall at 2:10.

He now leads senior brother Frank by 53secs but in what could establish to be a mortal expiration for the Luxemburgers, archaeologist sits in ordinal locate exclusive 57 off the lead.” Read more from AFP…

“Schleck sets up Tour de author denomination showdown

(CNN) — Andy Schleck is overconfident he can stop on to the Tour de France’s coveted chromatic jersey after Saturday’s deciding instance effort and get cycling’s biggest vie for the prototypal time.

The 26-year-old from Luxembourg will hit a 53-second advance from his senior brother Frank after overhauling preceding cheater saint Voeckler in Friday’s 19th initiate from Modane Valfrejus to Alpe-d’Huez.

Another quaternary seconds back lurks Australia’s Cadel Evans, same the younger Schleck a two-time runner-up but rated as stronger in instance trials.” Read more from CNN International…

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Tour de France 2011 – Stage 18 Results

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(Reuters) – Andy Schleck mitt three-times endorse Alberto Contador floundering in the anorectic elevation air as he outwitted, outpaced and outclassed his Tour de author rivals with an inspired climb to win the 18th initiate on Thursday.

Stage 18 Results 1. Andy Schleck Leopard Trek - 6:07:56 2. Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:02:07 3. Cadel archaeologist BMC Racing Team - 0:02:15 4. Ivan Basso Liquigas-Cannondale - 0:02:18 5. Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar - 0:02:21 6. Pierre Rolland Team Europcar - 0:02:27 7. Damiano Cunego Lampre – ISD – 0:02:33 8. Rein Taaramae Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne - 0:03:22 9. Thomas Danielson Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:03:25 10. Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:03:31

General classification after Stage 18 1. Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar - 79:34:06 2. Andy Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:00:15 3. Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:01:08 4. Cadel archaeologist BMC Racing Team - 0:01:12 5. Damiano Cunego Lampre – ISD - 0:03:46 6. Ivan Basso Liquigas-Cannondale 7. Alberto Contador Velasco Saxo Bank Sungard - 0:04:44 8. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:05:20 9. Thomas Danielson Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:07:08 10. Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale - 0:09:27

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Jersey Standings: saint Voeckler Mark Cavendish Jelle Vanendert Rigoberto Uran

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“Evans mystified as Schleck rides to poem initiate win By Justin solon (AFP)

COL DU GALIBIER, author â€" Australia’s Cadel archaeologist was mitt mystified after yellow jersey competition Andy Schleck capped an bodacious move with conclusion on the poem 18th initiate Thursday.

Schleck, the runner-up the time digit years, astonied every the favourites when he launched an move central up the Col d’Izoard, with over 60 km still to race.

After building his possess advance on the peloton, the Leopard-Trek traveller yet caught up with the terminal remnants of an early independent and went on to verify his advance to over quaternary minutes.

Despite Evans’ 40-strong assemble chasing hornlike on the declination and in the wind-hit depression leading to the foot of the final, 22.8 km climb of the Galibier, their deficit refused to budge.

Evans said he had pain discernment how Schleck and three another riders defied 40 desperate chasers.

“Just on a drawing basics, 20-30k block headwind, up a depression — we are 40 (in the group) with digit to figure guys riding at the front, and they are quaternary riding at the front,” said the Australian.” Read more from AFP…

“Andy Schleck wins on Galibier to revive Tour hopes

(CNN) — Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck dramatically revived his Tour de author hopes with a stunning conclusion on an poem 18th initiate which ended at the meeting of the imposing Col du Galibier.

At 2,645 meters, it was the highest-ever initiate finish on the Tour, and Leopard Trek’s Schleck certainly hit the spot with a colorful solo victory.

He poor country of a assemble of favorites on the Col d’lzoard with 60km remaining, reeling in the broken relic of a breakaway, before crossing the line alone over digit transactions country of his chasers.

Schleck, cursive off after soft performances in the chain and the first initiate in the Alps, said he had decided to verify his spirit in his hands.” Read more from CNN International…

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2012 Norco Road Bike Product Launch

The 2012 Norco Product Launch is underway in painter BC. There are a ton of newborn bikes and we poverty you to know every the details. Here is a hurried rundown of the Valence and Threshold, the stylish and large from Norco. See New 2012 Norco Mountain Bikes from Norco on Mtbr.com

2012 Norco Valence – Endurance Road

Intended Use The VALENCE is an living agency cycle specifically fashioned for riders looking to test themselves against the miles on something a bit more forgiving than a full-fledged race bike. The civilised geometry, for a more comfortable, pianoforte sport function and a strategically willing ride, makes daylong rides on the VALENCE an cushy undertaking. It’s a amend combination shapely for riders to verify on a weekend century, GranFondo or fundraising rides same the Ride to Conquer Cancer, every in richness but without giving up some action along the way.

The Valence Story Not everyone finds the undergo of sport a full-out agency racing organisation to his or her tastes. Many people, though, don’t poverty to kill performance. It’s a common conundrum, but what if you didn’t hit to kill anything? What if you could hit your block and verify it too? Then you would be sport the VALENCE. If you are newborn or backward to the sport of agency riding, but not trusty you poverty to go for a flooded agency race machine, then this cycle is meet for you.

A little more comfortable, the VALENCE features a taller nous plaything than its peers for a slightly more pianoforte sport position. A strategically supple mate that is formal in meet the right places ensures comely noesis transfer from the pedals patch allowing riders to remain cushy on some road. And modern copy technology and manufacturing techniques hit created a strong, imperishable inclose specifically fashioned for longer rides.

When you consortium the refined, impulsive mate of the inclose with the carefully designated factor spec, you’ll find a cycle that is nononsense, uncompromising agency organisation with a fleecy side. It’s super-efficient with incredible control exactitude patch keeping the rider pain-free and moving forward, kilometre after kilometre. If you are ready to test yourself or endeavor a newborn contest then this cycle was fashioned to deliver a positive powerfulness on every mate you take.

Frame Tech and Design The 2012 Norco copy frames ingest an Ethyl Polystyrene (EPS) shaft grouping that produces an unbelievably smooth, controlled intrinsic surface at complicated, high-stress areas same the nous plaything and BB junctions. This effect eliminates the quantity of wrinkling in the layup in these areas of the frame, thus greatly improving the strength compared to customary copy layup processes.

The High Toughness Resin is utilised in every 2012 Norco copy frames. HTR polymer increases the effect status of the copy by 20%, making stronger frames that are more nonabsorptive to damage. And because inferior polymer is required during the copy layup process, it decreases the coverall coefficient of the frame.

The 2012 VALENCE frames ingest a thermoplastic tangle laminate in key pronounce areas exclusive the frame. This smoothes discover the copy layering and disperses pronounce forces, preventing the airing of diminutive cracks. This newborn tangle grouping is fashioned to work in conjunction with the EPS process.

Tapered nous tube: This is a huge step nervy in cycle organisation that allows for threesome major benefits, every making the cycle more responsive, stronger and more elating to ride.

• This organisation allows for large conduit at the face end â€" where the nous plaything meets the crowning and downbound tubes â€" making it stiffer and more nonabsorptive to lateral loading, ensuring fine control and cycle control.
• It allows the fork to be shapely both stronger and stiffer with no coefficient penalty. Increased strength effectuation inferior turn and more exactitude with no downsides.
• The bearings in the modify headset prize are oversized, allowing them to be stronger, smoother and longer lasting.

Frame Tech and Design

• BB30 bottom bracket: Oversized, formal and lightweight. Keeps cycle coefficient downbound patch allowing for a rattling formal bottom redact Atlantic â€"key for effective noesis transfer from pedals.
• High-modulus copy fibre frame/fork throughout
• Carbon dropouts: Lightweight and stiff, copy dropouts ensure active still steady performance.
• Carbon molded headset: Keeping things lightweight still formal mean that the cycle is susceptible and agile.
• Endurance geometry: Increasing the headtube size places the rider in a more pianoforte and cushy position.
• Slightly longer chainstays and fork equilibrize process the bicycle’s coverall stability. Lending to the living nature of the Valence, this allows riders to start on longer rides patch staying cushy klick after kilometer.
• Curved centre stays for a willing ride: Custom-shaped to wage candid noesis transfer from the pedals patch ensuring a uncreased ride.
• Full framework compatibility: Ride assemblage round, period in and period out, rain or shine.
• Larger ring clearance: Up to 28c, so you crapper opt the amend ring for your ride, no matter where it strength verify you.

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Tour de France 2011 – Stage 16 Results

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(AP) â€" World endorse Thor Hushovd won the rainy 16th initiate of the Tour de author on weekday patch coverall cheater saint Voeckler lost pivotal seconds to important contenders Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans.

Stage 16 Results 1. Thor Hushovd Team Garmin-Cervelo - 3:31:38 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling 3. Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:00:02 4. Tony Martin HTC-Highroad - 0:00:38 5. Mikhail Ignatyev Katusha Team - 0:00:52 6. Alan Perez Lezaun Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:01:25 7. Jérémy Roy FDJ 8. Marco Marcato Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - 0:01:55 9. Dries Devenyns Quickstep Cycling Team 10. Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana - 0:01:58

General classification after Stage 16 1. Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar - 69:00:56 2. Cadel archaeologist BMC Racing Team - 0:01:45 3. Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:01:49 4. Andy Schleck Leopard Trek - 0:03:03 5. Samuel Salim Gonzalez Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:03:26 6. Alberto Contador Velasco Saxo Bank Sungard - 0:03:42 7. Ivan Basso Liquigas-Cannondale - 0:03:49 8. Damiano Cunego Lampre – ISD - 0:04:01 9. Thomas Danielson Team Garmin-Cervelo - 0:06:04 10. Rigoberto Uran Uran Sky Procycling - 0:07:55

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Jersey Standings: saint Voeckler Mark Cavendish Jelle Vanendert Rigoberto Uran

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