{"id":141368,"date":"2016-06-13T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=141368"},"modified":"2016-06-13T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:05:08","slug":"coolest-news-world-cycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/06\/13\/coolest-news-world-cycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolest News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>20 Hours at Whistler Bike Park<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What is it like to experience Whistler Bike Park? To Americans, it might be a silly question, but for us Europeans it\u2019s just a tiny bit too far. Have you ever been there? If not, this video is a great example of how much fun the bike haven really is.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"20 Hours - Whistler Bike Park\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/170196861?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGiC_ykutAb\/?taken-by=jeredgruber\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGiC_ykutAb\/?taken-by=jeredgruber<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Froome took home the third Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 title in four years, and for Team Sky it has been the fifth win in the space of six years. The beauty of this race was captured perfectly by our favourite photographer Jered Gruber. We wish the screen were bigger. What a shot!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>10 Reasons Why a Bike Is Better Than a Girlfriend<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141340\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/06\/profimedia-0282405667.jpg\" alt=\"Our 10 Reasons Why a Bike Is Better Than a Boyfriend follow-up was quite a hit with our readers. Make sure you don\u2019t miss out on it. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our 10 Reasons Why a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/03\/25\/10-reasons-bike-is-better-than-a-boyfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Is Better Than a Boyfriend<\/a> follow-up was quite a hit with our readers. Make sure you don\u2019t miss out on it. Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/06\/10\/10-reasons-bike-better-girlfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Enough is Enough<\/strong><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=gmzieak_O4Q params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/gmzieak_O4Q\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Everybody knows the feeling. Sometimes you just have to do it. We totally get it, Chris Horner!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wiggins Showed Up to His Local Time Trial<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bradley Wiggins came to our local time trial great to see him slightly star struck! Wiggo is no.15 \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cycling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cycling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sHoQWScDf2\">pic.twitter.com\/sHoQWScDf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eddie Hirst (@HirstEddie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HirstEddie\/status\/740272067816235009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>What a character! Sir Bradley obviously won, with a decent time of 19:15 \u2013 40 seconds away from his nearest rival, but that\u2019s not really what this story is about. It\u2019s more about how Wiggins amazed the local riders, taking a break from his training towards the Olympics, and totally made everyone\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There you go, Brad p*ssed it as expected, fair play to the chaps behind him especially Pete W a mate of mine effort <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPFNB13ct8\">pic.twitter.com\/lPFNB13ct8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Moto Man (@KevCawley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevCawley\/status\/740308622840893441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The international superstar showed how much of a down-to-earth guy he really is. 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