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January 2013
January 12, 2013


Photo: 10 questions Oprah Winfrey should ask Lance Armstrong.
CyclingNews: The Sunday Times has taken the bold move of placing an open letter in the Chicago Tribune in which they pose 10 questions Oprah Winfrey should ask Lance Armstrong..





Photo: 2013 Cyclocross National Championships - Belgium and France.
Peloton: Live streams are expected Sunday for cyclocross national championships in Belgium and France. The Belgian Elite Men championship gets underway at 3:00pm CET (9am U.S. Eastern) Sunday.  The French Elite Women Championship gets underway at 10:45am CET (4:45am U.S. Eastern) and the French Elite Men championship gets underway at 1:35PM CET (7:35am U.S. Eastern).








Photo: 2012 Vuelta a Espana winner Alberto Contador.
CyclingNews: Eleven summit finishes with Angliru as most decisive climb.





Races & Results.
USA Cross Championships - Jan 9-13 (Races),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),
Vuelta a Espaņa - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),





Photo: Ryan Trebon has opted to train in the California sun rather than chase UCI points in Belgium this season.
Peloton: While his top domestic rivals were in Europe contesting the World Cups in Namur and Zolder over the holiday week, Ryan Trebon (Cannondale Cyclocrossworld.com) was in San Diego, California, training alone for the national and world championships.





Photo: Thor Hushovd, Philippe Gilbert and others will have to step up their games in the absence of Alessandro Ballan.
VeloNews: Alessandro Ballan’s smiling face was beamed via Skype from Italy back to Belgium during the team presentation Friday at BMC’s concept store and the Italian couldn’t have been happier.





Photo: It's that time of year... and Patrick is there.
PodiumCafe: There are some funny trends happening in cycling. On the one hand, a spirit of doom and gloom pervades the sport, under siege by doping accusations and convictions to the point where you start to wonder if it's all gonna fall apart. Really, things just get worse and worse.





Burke Swindlehurst climbs to Snowbird in stage four of the 2009 Tour of Utah.
CyclingNews: Former US pro rider Burke Swindlehurst will direct the Hagens Berman domestic elite amateur team for the 2013 season, the Pacific Northwest-based squad announced this week.





Blazin'Saddles: Lance Armstrong's gradual shift from cyclist to celebrity will come full circle on Thursday when he interviews the fabled American talk show host Oprah Winfrey.





USACycling: Ten additional national champions were crowned on Friday at the 2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships at Badger Prairie Park in Verona, Wis.











SBS: Australia's former Tour de France winner Cadel Evans insisted on Friday that he was still capable of competing at the highest level in 2013 despite his 36th birthday fast approaching.







Photo: Tejay van Garderen.
VeloNation: BMC Racing Team rider says Evans is leader for Tour but he won’t pull his brakes.





Photo: Burry Stander.
MBAction: Business Day Live in South Africa is reporting that the driver of the automobile that killed mountain bike racer Burry Stander will be charged with culpable homicide.






Photo: Cadel Evans (BMC) speaks at the team presentation in Nazareth.
CyclingNews: In cycling, as in politics, few stories stir passions like a leadership contest. Cadel Evans stressed that there would be no doubt as to the hierarchy of his BMC squad at the 2013 Tour de France.






Photo: US champion Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) win the Namur round of the World Cup and gets one step closer to her goal of winning the overall series title.
CyclingNews: "Yeah, she's going down, is what I'm saying!" joked Georgia Gould (Luna Pro Team) when asked about her chances against Katie Compton (Trek Cycling Collective) in Sunday's National Cyclo-cross Championship race being held in Verona, WI.





Photo: World Champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep).
CXMagazine: In a race that surprised no one, two-time World Champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) took his sixth consecutive national title on his hometown course. Martin Bina and Vojtech Nipl rounded out the podium.





Photo: Runner up last year, Jesse Anthony.
VeloNation: Optum/Kelly Benefit rider would like to aim for results in Redlands and Tour of California.





Photo: The Champion System Pro Cycling Team.
SoCalCycling: The Champion System  Pro Cycling Team kicked off their 2013 team presentation today in Carson, CA. It was a great experience and an in depth look at what the team has conquered in its first season, along with the teams future plans and goals.





Photo: Meredith Miller has fought hard to come back from injury and race well at home and in Europe. Now it's nationals in Verona and — she hopes — worlds in Louisville.
VeloNews: After Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) won the World Cup overall, the women’s U.S. world championship team was awarded an extra slot, making Cal Giant rider Meredith Miller’s discretionary nomination a safe bet.







CyclingNews: Martial Saugy met with Lance Armstrong and explained how the EPO test worked, but did not in any way supply him with information as to how to beat the tests.





Peloton: There’s more to look forward to as the summer approaches and the year’s first Grand Tour hits the roads of la bella Italia.





CyclingNews: Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) has backed new team boss Luca Guercilena to bring success to the Luxembourg team.








Photo: David Walsh says what happened to the LeMond bike brand after Greg LeMond spoke out indicates the power of Lance Armstrong at his zenith..
VeloNews: In an interview with Global Cycling Network (GCN), Irish journalist David Walsh said that American Tour de France champion Greg LeMond had been “vilified” by Lance Armstrong for years for speaking out against Armstrong’s involvement with Italian doping doctor Michele Ferrari.
















Photo: Lance Armstrong is going to sit down with Oprah Winfrey.
BrowneEye: As we’re all aware Lance Armstrong is going to sit down with Oprah Winfrey for a 90 minute interview. It will be conducted in Armstrong’s home in Austin, Texas, broadcast on OWN and streamed on her website Oprah.com. However, the interview will not be live but pre-recorded before the 17th.





Photo: Lance and Oprah Schaudenfreude Viewing Parties.
BikeHugger: "My money is on the following scenario: Lance gives a teary confession to doping, but not to being a mastermind behind a doping ring. He apologizes just enough to make the Yellow Bands feel awesome about supporting a man who was just doing what he needed to do to help cancer patients."





Photo: World championship silver medallist Taylor Phinney.
VeloNation: American likely to sit out Tour, will ride Giro instead.





Photo: World champion Philippe Gilbert .
VeloNation: World champion hoping for another winning Classics season.





Photo: Tom Gibbons.
PEZ: Young American Tom Gibbons is a man who had the guts and drive to pack his bike into a cardboard box, jump on the plane and hope that his legs could do the talking for him in the heartland of Belgium.





Photo: Focus Whistler 27-G review.
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "The fork hinders the overall performance, but that aside this is a confident ride and a good buy."















VeloNews: "Frankie’s professional life was seriously damaged by his wife’s determination not to lie for Lance Armstrong.”





VeloNation: British Cycling president vouches for 2012 winner, says Armstrong should get no reduction in ban.






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