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January 2013
January 16, 2013


Photo: Kansas City, the home of MLS’s Eastern Conference champions.
NBC: It’s a shame that the mission of the Livestrong Foundation has been undermined by the turmoil engulfing its founder, but when your work is so closely tied to the celebrity of somebody like Lance Armstrong, that type of confluence is inevitable.






Photo: Lance Armstrong, 2005.
CyclingFans: Live online streaming: Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive: Thursday, January 17 and Friday, January 18 at 9:00pm ET (3:00am CET).






Photo: Lance Armstrong (United States) on the podium for the time trial at the Sydney Olympics.
CyclingNews: Any decision to come after Oprah/Armstrong interview.





Photo: Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team.
CyclingNews: Report claims Texan's offer to be a witness also knocked back.





Photo: USADA and WADA, have gone public with criticism of cycling’s governing body.
InnerRing: Too many acronyms? Yes but no matter which way you arrange the letters this spells trouble for the UCI.





Photo: Tom Boonen wins inaugural Omega Pharma-Quick Step championship.
VeloNation: Press and public attend velodrome launch at Eddy Merckx Cycling Centre in Gent, Belgium.





Photo: Alberto Contador (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) on a training ride in San Luis, Argentina prior to next week's Tour de San Luis.
CyclingNews: Saxo-Tinkoff Spaniard's season kicks off in six days.





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: Nicole Cooke, Lizzie Armitstead, Lucy Martin, Emma Pooley.
road.cc: Olympic silver medallist insists cycling clean now and says focus on doping should be left in past.





Photo: Mark Cavendish lashed out at a television crew on Tuesday over questions on Lance Armstrong.
VeloNews: The Lance Armstrong doping scandal is cutting a large swath across cycling and it’s being particularly felt in cycling-crazed Flanders.





Photo: Looking down on the last corner of the Tour of the Gila crit course..
CyclingNews: New points system to favor UCI-sanctioned races.





Photo: Federal prosecutors have rejected an offer from Lance Armstrong for $5 million restitution and cooperation.
VeloNews: The U.S. government can take Lance Armstrong to court once the fallen rider publicly admits to doping, according experts and people familiar with the matter.




Photo: Patrick Dempsey and Tom Danielson will host Ride On, Tucson! on January 20. (Gil Dupuy).
Bicycling: Ride On, Tucson! charges no admission and welcomes cyclists of all levels.












Photo: Former World Champion Ned Overend (Specialized) took on many man less than half his age.
CyclingNews: Dopers are thieves deserving jail punishment.





Photo: Armstrong and ex-fiance Sheryl Crow arrive at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards on December 8, 2004 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada. .
NBC: Lance Armstrong won seven Tour de France cycling titles in a career that made him a superstar. But he was dogged by allegations of doping, and last year he was stripped of his titles after a scathing report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Here are some of the key people in the Armstrong story.





Photo: Matthew Beaudin believes cycling deserves a more independent review of its governing body.
VeloNews: At the UCI, it’s the same as it ever was.











Photo: UCI Independent Commission.
VeloNation: Hopes for change in stance from governing body and that WADA, USADA and CCN will return.





Photo: Jorg Jaksche (Wurth) smiling.
CyclingNews: Complete Armstrong confession could have “enormous consequences.”





Photo: Team Sky Arc de Triomphe.
road.cc: Bradley Wiggins under Twitter attack after references to 1990s and Paul Kimmage, while Mark Cavendish goes off the deep end in Belgium.





Photo: Lance Armstrong immortalised in cartoon form (Supplied).
SBS: A Taiwanese news group has released its cheeky take on the Lance Armstrong scandal with an animation of the disgraced cyclist turning into a vampire during his interview with chat show queen Oprah Winfrey.





Photo: Cycling commentator Phil Liggett.
VeloNation: “There will be a lot of people wanting a slice of his bank account.”





Photo: Argos – Shimano women’s pro team's Lucy Garner is facing a big step up in 2013.
VeloNation: Talented Briton speaks about step up to the pro ranks with Argos Shimano.





Photo: Raleigh would eventually be known for high-end race bikes.
Peloton: Raleigh has a long and storied history as one of the oldest bicycle companies in the world.





Photo: Tout Terrain Amber Road (bespoke).
BikeRadar: If you're commuting by bike or doing some off-road touring in the heart of winter, a low maintenance approach to your bike makes a lot of sense. 





CyclingNews: All of cycling could lose if UCI is proven complicit in covering up doping.








Photo: Rob Goodbody, left, and Randy Gaffney, both of Boulder.
ColoradoDaily: A s Lance Armstrong confesses to doping to Oprah Winfrey in a special two-part series airing Thursday and Friday night, some Boulder cyclists will be yelling at their television sets in bars, restaurants and homes.














VeloNews: UCI launches doping hotline.





Photo: European champion Helen Wyman urges federations to qualified, self-funded women to race in Louisville..
Helen Wyman: "Selection for any world championships is always a contentious issue. Riders feel they have missed out or been let down by their federations, many having met selection criteria or worse still, not known of criteria to meet, ultimately resulting in them missing out on the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious event on the annual cyclocross calendar."





Photo: Talking about Armstrong is a minefield.
InnerRing: The story stretches from primetime sofa to the US Department of Justice via the Tour de France and features an international celebrity in the midst of a downfall more public than Felix Baumgartner’s leap.





Photo: An unhappy Frank Schleck during the Giro d'Italia.
CyclingNews: Cannot rule out the possibility of “manipulation” though.





Photo: Lance Armstrong in Austin, Texas, on Monday, talking to Oprah Winfrey.
USAToday: The worst cheater in the history of sports has come clean not because it's the right thing to do, but because he must believe it's the expedient thing to do.





Photo: Hein Verbruggen passed the ProTour to McQuaid.
CyclingNews: Dutchman claims not to understand the “whole fuss.”





Photo: Federal prosecutors have rejected an offer from Lance Armstrong for $5 million restitution and cooperation.
VeloNews: The U.S. government can take Lance Armstrong to court once the fallen rider publicly admits to doping, according experts and people familiar with the matter.





Photo: Lance Armstrong, shown here before the 2011 Tour Down Under.
NBC: Lance Armstrong may not face criminal charges for admitting to doping, but fending off millions in civil claims could be tougher than climbing the Col du Tourmalet, experts say.





Photo: Last year’s revelations of sophisticated doping programs.
CyclingTips: Minister for Sport Kate Lundy today released the independent review into Cycling Australia conducted by the Hon James Wood AO QC.





Photo: Lance Armstrong Oprah Winfrey interview.
CyclingWeekly: Lance Armstrong "mesmerized and riveted" Oprah Winfrey on Monday when he reportedly confessed to doping. The talk show host said that she prepared, but was surprised by Armstrong's answers in an interview that airs Thursday and Friday.





Photo: He may not look it from the photo but Tom is excited to join his new team at Argos-Shimano.
PEZ: Tom Peterson is a quiet guy from North Bend near Seattle, he won a stage in the Tour of California in 2009 and has ridden the Vuelta a Espaņa twice and the Giro d’Italia and has been a trusted domestique since he turned Pro with TIAA-CREF in 2006. He moved on to Garmin-Sharp and now will be a Grand Tour specialist at Argos-Shimano.





VeloNation: Agency says lack of amnesty for witnesses, terms of references and timeframe are of concerns.






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