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January 2013
January 10, 2013


Photo: Steve Tilford solos to another win.
CXMagazine: On what perhaps was the most treacherous course conditions of the day, as the sloppy snow and mud began to freeze over in the cooling temperatures, Steve Tilford (TradeWind Energy) once again dominated the race to win in the Masters Men 50-54 category.





Photo: Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea).
CyclingNews: Belgian 'crosser says nationals this weekend will be “difficult”.





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: Joaquim Rodriguez and Alexandr Kolobnev will lead Katusha in the classics.
CyclingNews: Further hearing and decision “as quickly as possible,” Court says.





Photo: Once again the rules: 18 teams qualify automatically leaving ASO to chose from the second tier of UCI Pro Continental teams..
InnerRing: With the Giro making its picks for May, ASO will also choose four teams for 2013 Tour de France. Who gets the golden ticket?





Photo: Belgium has its share of purists who will think of this Sunday as the more truthful day than the World Championships.
PodiumCafe: It's National Championship time in the Cyclocross world. The action starts... any moment now.





Photo: It's national championship week across Europe and the U.S.
VeloNews: This weekend is the start of a long crescendo that will culminate with four races for rainbow stripes in Louisville, Kentucky, at the beginning of next month.






Photo: Sir Chris will be riding his latest Hoy road bike sample in an open public session.
road.cc:Evans Cycles tell us that the initial range of Hoy bikes are close to sign off by Sir Chris. We told you last November how the multiple-Olympic gold medalist was working with Evans on four city bikes and three road bikes. 










CyclingNews: Patrick Lefevere’s Omega Pharma-QuickStep team were one of the most successful squads of 2012. This didn’t stop them being caught up in the USADA case at the tail end of the year, which resulted in the sacking of Levi Leipheimer.





InnerRing: What’s a ferry got to do with the Tour de France? Well the Mega Esmerelda will be the headquarters of the Tour de France during the grand départ in Corsica.





CyclingIQ: “Before Huang, it was impossible to find any trace of a Chinese victory in a UCI stage race outside China."








Photo: Shimano Dura-Ace 2013 27.
VeloNews: In an interview with Global Cycling Network, Irish journalist David Walsh said he felt that Lance Armstrong’s longtime team manager Johan Bruyneel is every bit as complicit in the U.S. Postal Service doping conspiracy as Armstrong, and has no place in the sport of cycling.







Photo: A Lance Armstrong confession will be an acknowledgement of his lies, but may not open him to legal or civil action..
VeloNews: They’ve waited for him to come into sight. Waited for a clean shot at a man slick as Teflon, as weightless as wind.





Photo: …and where could he go?
InnerRing: With the Katusha team struggling for a licence Joaquim Rodriguez and his agent Angel Edo have been shopping around for a new team. Rodriguez agreed new terms with the Russian team at the end of last season but these were based on the premise of riding in World Tour. He has stated his prime target for 2013 is the Tour de France.





Photo: Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) approaches the line.
CyclingNews: Return date bounces from April to January to March.






Photo: Aaron Gwin in Trek World Racing garb.
BikeRadar: The ‘Gwingate’ saga continues to rumble on, with World Cup champ Aaron Gwin posting a public statement on his blog insisting that he didn’t break any contract with Trek World Racing in order to join Specialized’s downhill team for 2013.





Photo: American in the European peloton.
PodiumCafe: Catching up with Amber Pierce, on what it's like as an American in the European peloton, how fans can use social media to actively help women's cycling, and a lot more!





Photo: Shimano Dura-Ace 2013 27.
road.cc: Light shifting, powerful, well-modulated braking – Shimano have made their best groupset even better.





Photo: Champion System.
VeloNation: Asia’s biggest team hoping to compete with newly signed big names.







VeloNews: In an interview with Global Cycling Network, recorded prior to Tuesday’s news that Lance Armstrong will appear in an Oprah Winfrey interview next week, Irish journalist David Walsh said he thought a tell-all interview might be Armstrong’s only path out of “purgatory.” 





Cyclismas: Colin is an Irish Paracycling Team member, C2 Class, where he is the current UCI World Champion in the Time Trial and Pursuit and is working towards Rio 2016.


























Photo: Lance Armstrong .
VeloNation: Suspicious Tour de Suisse 2001 tests led to ‘inappropriate’ meeting.





Photo: Andy Schleck looks down as he addresses a news conference in Luxembourg .
Yahoo!Sports: Tour de France winner Andy Schleck will be transfixed to the television when Lance Armstrong breaks his silence on cycling's darkest chapter but the Luxembourger remains unsure if the disgraced American will admit to a drugs-tainted past.





Photo: Lance Armstrong with his maillot jaunes.
road.cc: Paddy Power has become the latest bookmaker to offer odds on what Lance Armstrong may or may not say during his interview with Oprah Winfrey next week.





Photo: Mari on the podium in Sydney.
USACycling: Like many young children, Mari Holden dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion long before she won the silver medal in the Women’s Time Trial at the 2000 Sydney Games.





Photo: There were the East Europeans - and there was everyone else..
PEZ: Back in the 70's and 80's the red squad of the Soviet teams dominated International amateur racing and were feared at every event they entered.





Photo: Park Tool EK-1.
BikeRadar: In credit crunch times it pays to do your own wrenching, but to maintain and repair your bike with any success you'll need a decent quality tool kit.





Photo: Specialized CruX Pro Carbon.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Patience pays off – the new carbon CruX is a winner."











PodiumCafe: Lance is supposedly going to bare his soul on Oprah next week. Is that the best choice?







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