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January 2013
January 14, 2013


Photo: Katie Compton will lead the charge toward the podium in Louisville for the Americans.
VeloNews: USA Cycling announced its roster for the 2013 UCI Elite Cyclocross World Championships on Monday. Top automatic qualifiers and national champions Jonathan Page (EGNVT) and Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) will lead the 22-person team in Louisville, Kentucky, February 2-3.






Photo: More questions for Oprah..
TwistedSpoke: Walsh may have missed a few things that passionate cycling fans who’ve followed this tragic-comedy are dying to know.





Photo: Nicole Cooke before the London Olympics - Bryn Lennon.
PodiumCafe: It's the end of an era for British Cycling, as World and Olympic Champion Nicole Cooke retires - with very strong words on Armstrong, the UCI, doping in the men's and women's sport, and how women cyclists needs more protection.








Photo: Former World and Olympic champion Nicole Cooke.
VeloNation: 2008 World and Olympic champion “robbed by drug cheats” but won more than she “dreamed of.”






Photo: Highly-rated young Italian cyclist Moreno Moser.
Peloton: Moser, 22 and nephew of Francesco a former world road race champion and winner of the 1984 Giro d'Italia, will head the team, formerly known as Liquigas, alongside Slovakian star Peter Sagan.





Photo: Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Linus Gerdemann.
VeloNation: German hoping for a solid squad with a decent race program.





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 España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),





Photo: Jamey Driscoll punched his ticket to Louisville with a third-place ride on Sunday in Verona.
VeloNews: Newly crowned national champions Jonathan Page (EGNVT) and Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective), and the rest of the men’s and women’s elite fields, are still shivering after a frigid USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships on Sunday, but all eyes have already turned south to Louisville, Kentucky, and the elite world championships. 





Photo: TI-Raleigh Team Replica - full bike.
CyclingWeekly: Production is limited to 125 examples - so you genuinely will have a very rare machine.





NBC: Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud. 







VeloNation: Page gets first title in eight years, Compton grabs ninth in a row.










Photo: Lance Armstrong confessed .
AP: Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.





Photo: Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah. Will it be the whole truth and nothing but?
Neil Browne: Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah. Will it be the whole truth and nothing but?





Photo: Armstrong on Oprah is a publicity stunt. A 90-minute talk with USADA could bring real change to cycling.
VeloNews: In a few hours’ time, Oprah Winfrey will sit down with Lance Armstrong inside his Austin, Texas, compound to conduct what may be a course-altering interview with the banned former world champion. Could a long-anticipated confession finally be at hand, delivered from the upholstered pulpit of Oprah’s notoriously sympathetic couch? 





Photo: Taylor Phinney is on point at the BMC presentation.
CyclingNews: 2013 will again be a season of two halves for Taylor Phinney as the American looks to continue his development in the Classics and against the watch.





Photo: Joe Dombrowski (Team Sky).
CyclingNews: Neo-pro American joins Wiggins at Team Sky.





Photo: Think of a 27 year old Frenchman,Cédric Pineau.
InnerRing: Think of a pro cyclist and who you think of? Alberto Contador, Philippe Gilbert or Mark Cavendish? Well they’re amongst the obvious picks. But if you wanted to pick the typical pro, think of a 27 year old Frenchman instead because that’s what the numbers say.





Photo: UCI Independent Commission.
VeloNation: Meeting tomorrow will consider requests by WADA and others to broaden Terms of Reference.





Photo: checking lap times from the 2013 cyclocross national championships.
CXMagazine: By now, we all know the results of the 2013 Cyclocross National Championships, but what cyclocross dorks like us like to do is look at the race within the race: Lap times and split times.





Photo: 60 Clincher wheels tap into top-end aero technology.
road.cc: New wheelsets feature trickle-down aero design technology.





Photo: The winner is pictured here.
MBAction: Check out what the The Independent feels are the top ten mountain bikes and be sure to read the comments that follow.








Photo: Garmin-Sharp manager Jonathan Vaughters was present in Milan for the unveiling of the new leaders' jerseys for the 2013 Giro d'Italia..
CyclingNews: Garmin-Sharp manager hopes he will help the broader fight against doping.























Photo: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis on the US Postal team.
CyclingNews: Report reveals plans are part of confession strategy.





Photo: Ivan Basso refused this weekend to look back on Armstrong, choosing to look ahead to his new team's future.
VeloNews: The Cannondale team camp was one of Hollywood charm, with a faux red carpet and planted paparazzi, even, greeting the team’s riders and press at Hollywood’s Paramount Studios Saturday night. 






Photo: Katusha manager Viatcheslav Ekimov with Joaquim Rodriguez.
CyclingNews: Basso, Pellizotti and Scarponi available for Florence Worlds.





Photo: Belgian national team coach Rudy De Bie will have to decide which of Sunday's racers go to Louisville in just a few weeks.
VeloNews: In the wake of Klaas Vantornout’s (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) huge upset win at the Belgian national championships on Sunday, Belgian national team coach Rudy De Bie will have some difficult decisions to make about exactly who will pack their bags for Louisville, Kentucky, and who will have to watch the cyclocross world championships on TV.





Photo: Tour riders certainly get their fill.
CyclingWeekly: It's a commonplace observation to note that the entire professional riding class is ‘fitter' compared to thirty or forty years ago.





Photo: Scott Foil 10 - full bike.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Exceptionally fast, with great handling and a firm but not unforgiving ride."





Photo: Trek Domane 2.3 - full bike.
road.cc: An endurance road bike with a truly innovative frame design...






Photo: Doping admission by former Orica-GreenEDGE Director Matt White were a catalyst for the Cycling Australia review (AAP).
SBS: The top-level review into Cycling Australia (CA) that was prompted by the Lance Armstrong doping scandal is set to report its findings.







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