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January 2013
January 4, 2013


Photo: Tour de France champion Alberto Contador.
VeloNews: First shots of new Team Saxo Tinkoff kit.





Photo: UCI Cyclocross World Cup at Rome.
CyclingFans: 2012-2013 Cyclocross season action continues Sunday with UCI Cyclocross World Cup at Rome, Italy. Live streaming video: Elite Men: 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: I really like google gnomed English.
PodiumCafe: Part III of three parts... that can only mean we're nearing the end of cyclocross season. Oh, the humanity!





Photo: Gould looks forward to a victorious 2013 - Andrew Weber.
PodiumCafe: Gould looking to medal at Nats and Worlds before entering mtb season.






Photo: Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers rider Aaron Donnelly.
VeloNation: Defending champion Haas sacrifices chances for team-mates Gerrans and Clarke.





Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),





Photo: Second placed Nathan Hass (Garmin) with Ivan Basso (Liquigas) at the start.
CyclingNews: Nathan Haas (Australian National Team) is happy to just try and defend his Jayco Herald Sun Tour title.





Photo: Matthew Goss (Orica - GreenEdge) at the start..
CyclingNews: For Matt Goss (Orica GreenEdge) arriving back in Australia for the start of the 2013 season was a case of going from the fridge into the fire as he lined up for his start in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour less than 48 hours after touching down at the airport..





Photo: Helen Wyman believes American cyclocross has earned the right to showcase the U.S. interpretation of the sport by hosting worlds in Louisville.
VeloNews: With wins including the British cyclocross championships and the European ‘cross championships, Kona-FSA rider Helen Wyman has had a glowing season. She will arrive to the world championships in February on the front row of starters and says it’s high time the U.S. has a chance to face the world’s top ’crossers on home soil.





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali, Alberto Contador and Ryder Hesjedal enjoyed wine at the Giro presentation and now they are in Dubai to promote regional cycling.
VeloNews: Ryder Hesjedal will join Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali this weekend in Dubai for an exhibition race in the Arab emirate.





Photo: Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza.
VeloNation: Farrar back in action for Garmin – Sharp. 





Photo: Helen Scott and Aileen McGlynn.
CyclingWeekly: Helen Scott is one of the able-bodied competitors at the Paraylmpic games, piloting Para-cycling legend Aileen McGlynn in the 3km pursuit and kilo.






Photo: 01 TDF 2013 launch © Simon MacMichael.
road.cc: ASO said to be in talks to host star-studded criterium in city close to Tokyo.







Photo: Dr. John Hoberman sees a long, sordid history limiting current efforts to clean up cycling and world sport.
VeloNews: To say that Dr. John Hoberman is skeptical of the independent commission set to review the UCI — and even more so the authorities in world sport — is an understatement.






Photo: Peter Luttenberger training.
CyclingNews: Peter Luttenberger has denied claims from an anonymous source that he used a blood centrifuge to check his blood values.






Photo: Comeback...Tyler Farrar will hope to be at the front of the pack at the Tour Down Under (Getty Images).
SBS: American sprinter Tyler Farrar will make his return to racing at the Santos Tour Down Under later this month after sustaining concussion in a crash at the Tour of Britain in September which brought his 2012 season to a premature end.





Photo: 2013 Vuelta a España Logo.
VeloNation: Organizers expecting to build on success of punchy, difficult 2012 edition.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome.
Blazin'Saddles: "Back from enough festive debauchery to make even Jan Ullrich squirm, Blazin' Saddles gazes into his crystal ball to predict the major events that will shape the coming season."





Photo: Ian Field in Koksijde. Photo: Balint.
Pavé: In Europe, all eyes shift to Italy where Niels Albert and Sven Nys will do battle with Europe’s top riders at a World Cup round in Rome.





Photo: Schep and Stroetinga.
VeloNation: Last year’s winners on top after tight battle.





Photo: Lemond, Armstrong and nowadays Taylor Phinney who lives in Lucca, Tuscany, have
done so much in creating a bridge of culture and tradition in cycling between USA and
Europe.
NYVeloCity: Alessandro Matteucci was born and raised in Rome, he is a wily and aggressive competitor, constantly picking the correct moves to be in and rarely finishing outside of the top 10 in any race he enters. How does he manage this?





Photo: Tomasz Marczynski.
VeloNation: Polish rider hopes to race Tour de France for the first time.





Photo: Budnitz uses a Gates belt drive for the single and 11-speed models.
BikeRadar: If you're in the market for a high-end city bike that no one else has, then the new Budnitz No. 3F might just be the ride for you.





Photo: A Belgian bruiser, the Merckx EMX-525 .
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Superb handling, one for aspiring elite racers."





Photo: the Shaver 29 is sold as a frame/shock combo, not a complete bike.
MBAction: Brent Foes didn’t set out to be a bike manufacturer. Nearly 20 years ago, he looked at the state of mountain bike designs and thought that he could do better.





Photo: Nicolas Roche continued to climb well.
CyclingNews: Nicholas Roche has accepted that he will ride for Alberto Contador at the Tour de France but is looking forward to learning from the multiple grand tour winner.





Photo: Alberto Contador at a presentation about a new race in Dubai.
CyclingNews: The Dubai Sports Council has announced that the gulf Emirate will host a stage race in the spring of 2014 as part of a long-term plan to help develop cycling in the United Arab Emirates.





















Photo: Andy Schleck.
VeloNation: Luxemburger felt abandoned by Johan Bruyneel; fighting to come back after a disastrous 2012.





Photo: Lance Armstrong at the 2009 Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Photographer Graham Watson has defended Lance Armstrong, saying “Outright angels do not win a Tour de France. That is the domain of the most talented, hard, driven, ruthless and selfish riders.







Photo: Tom Meeusen.
VeloNation: Belgian cyclocross rider proclaims innocence on Twitter; replaced by Sven Vanthourenhout.






Photo: Burry Stander.
CyclingNews: Family, friends and the cycling community mourned the loss of Olympian Burry Stander after he was killed in an accident while training on Thursday.





Photo: Making New Year’s predictions is a hazardous exercise.
Peloton: It’s the first week of a new year and cycling has already had its first winners.





Photo: The oldest rider is the 41 year-old Jens Voigt (Radioshack).
InnerRing: There are 507 riders from 43 nations registered with the 18 UCI World Tour teams for 2013.





Photo: Policing the Tour de France.
CyclingWeekly: Ensuring the safety and security of the whole Tour is the responsibility of one individual; Capitaine Pierre-Charles Grosse from the Garde Républicaine. He's the guy who makes sure each and every one of the 9,000 police and 12,000 gendarmes is in the correct position. 





Photo: It’s like the classic trust fall, except facing forward, with your eyes open and your wheels spinning freely beneath you
RedKitePrayer: Learning to ride in a paceline is one of the core skills of cycling on the road, and at some point, someone tells us how to do it. Stay close.





Photo: Fabian Cancellara’s Trek.
PEZ: It’s hard to avoid art in Venice. One of Fabian Cancellara’s Treks, it’s not every day that the guys at Trek get a request for one of their bikes to go on display at the Guggenheim.





Photo: Ryder Hesjedal wears the pink jersey during Stage 8 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia. (Garmin-Sharp).
Bicycling: From Tour de France triumphs to Classics disappointments, here’s a look at the highs and lows of the past race season—and some riders to watch in 2013.





Photo: Jaroslav Kulhavy wins the Cyprus Sunshine Cup round in Voroklini in 2012.
CyclingNews: The Cyprus Sunshine Cup continues in 2013 with a similar set of venues and dates as in recent years. Three races within two weeks will occur on the Mediterranean Island in February and March. 





Photo: AIR COMPRESSOR INFLATORS.
RBAction: An essential tool for all avid cyclists is a quality floor pump. And if you happen to have an air compressor, then we also recommend you pick yourself up a bicycle-specific inflation tool.





VeloNews: "The sport of cycling in 2012 endured the most difficult year in its much-maligned history and over the last four months the international governing body’s president has had emails, letters, phone calls and faxes telling him to “get the #$%& out and resign.” That last flowery little dispatch came from three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, no less."




























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