{"id":147663,"date":"2017-04-17T13:17:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=147663"},"modified":"2017-04-17T13:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T13:17:27","slug":"gilbert-takes-amstel-cool-news-world-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/17\/gilbert-takes-amstel-cool-news-world-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Takes Amstel and Other Cool 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><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gilbert beats Kwiatkowski<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Belgian took a fourth career victory at the Amstel Gold Race and continues to prove his great 2017 form. He beat Kwiatkovski in a two-up sprint for the finish line and is now just one race win behind the record holder Jan Raas for the most wins at Amstel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Amstel feliciteert <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilippeGilbert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhilippeGilbert<\/a> met de overwinning. Proost \ud83c\udf7b! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AGR17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AGR17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PPmDcuS1i9\">pic.twitter.com\/PPmDcuS1i9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amstel Gold Race (@Amstelgoldrace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amstelgoldrace\/status\/853667638505078791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Daniel Oss feat. Distillers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One does need to relax after such a Paris-Roubaix performance!<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I like recovering energies playing my bass <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DanielOss?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DanielOss<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lifestyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lifestyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ATAACzzwBb\">pic.twitter.com\/ATAACzzwBb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Oss (@Daniel87Oss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daniel87Oss\/status\/851746950579974145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Specialized takes the blame<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The American company has taken full responsibility for Niki Terpstra\u2019s crash that put him out of Paris-Roubaix. Mark Cote, Specialized\u2019s leader of global marketing, said the failure was caused by miscommunication, which led to Terpstra using a pre-production version of a steer cartridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Impressionnant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikiTerpstra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NikiTerpstra<\/a> casse son guidon puis abandonne <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisRoubaix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisRoubaix<\/a> devant nous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quickstepteam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@quickstepteam<\/a> (video link available) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzXkNXRLum\">pic.twitter.com\/qzXkNXRLum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MATONLUC (@MATONLUC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MATONLUC\/status\/851180151622729729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe made a pre-production model back in January for him to try out in a few test rides. After that we went back to Morgan Hill and engineered another improved model and brought five new rigid cartridges back to Europe. The problem was that there was a miscommunication on Specialized\u2019s marketing team and the original pre-production sample never got taken away from Quick-Step, and the engineered samples never got put on any of the bikes. That meant Niki raced with the original pre-production model that never went through full safety testing, and that\u2019s the part that failed. We\u2019re gutted about this. But we\u2019re so glad that Niki is OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Boonen Fashion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We love you, Tommeke. But what the hell are you wearing?!<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had to share this one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomboonen1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tomboonen1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tbt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tbt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ldYcoVpB08\">pic.twitter.com\/ldYcoVpB08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Johan Museeuw (@johanmuseeuw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johanmuseeuw\/status\/852513456481816576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Karma for Terpstra?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Maybe he should not have run over Sagan\u2019s glasses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Niki Terpstra ran over Peter Sagan&#39;s glasses, we think he did it on purpose lol. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mPoKOcijZY\">pic.twitter.com\/mPoKOcijZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf40 Persona Construct P-1000 \ud83c\udf40 (@prohibitoid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prohibitoid\/status\/850503469387497472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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