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January 2013
January 17, 2013


Photo: Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
VeloNation: “Lance was a warrior…but not in the tradition of Hercules. Lance fought for gains in tradition of Bernie Madoff.”





Photo: Lance and Landis Oprah Pre-Show.
TwistedSpoke: Every over-hyped media event from the Super Bowl to the Academy Awards has a Pre-Show extravaganza. That goes double for tonight’s Oprah Winfrey blockbuster interview with disgraced pro cyclist Lance Armstrong.





Photo: Frank Schleck’s positive test in the Tour de France.
InnerRing: This week a leaked expert report suggest that Frank Schleck’s positive test in the Tour de France probably didn’t result from doping.





Photo: Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen at the Omega Pharma-Quick Step launch where after introductions they took to the velodrome.
CyclingNews: Belgian rider on Cancellara, Sagan and Pozzato.






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).





Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages),
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: There are no bearings in the system. The nylon sleeve just rotates on the titanium spindle.
BikeRadar: Triathlon website TriRig is getting ready to launch the Mercury pedal, a 35g sleeve-clamp design inspired by the Aerolite pedal from 1986.





Photo: FSA SL-K wheelset review.
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Fast, stable all-round wheelset that goes and stops well but could be better finished."





Photo: Rivet Pearl saddle.
road.cc: Leather saddle that's being launched in the UK at this week's London Bike Show.





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





CyclingNews: Report claims Texan's offer to be a witness also knocked back.





InnerRing: Too many acronyms? Yes but no matter which way you arrange the letters this spells trouble for the UCI.





VeloNation: Press and public attend velodrome launch at Eddy Merckx Cycling Centre in Gent, Belgium.





CyclingNews: Saxo-Tinkoff Spaniard's season kicks off in six days.





road.cc: Olympic silver medallist insists cycling clean now and says focus on doping should be left in past.










Photo: A downcast Lance Armstrong.
CyclingNews: Tells Oprah Winfrey he could not have won the Tour seven times clean.






Photo: WADA president John Fahe.
VeloNation: Disagrees with UCI, says there is no barrier to granting an amnesty to riders who are providing evidence.






Photo: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis on the US Postal team.
CyclingNews: Armstrong, Bruyneel, Weisel, Stapleton, Knaggs listed as defendants.








Photo: Ochowicz has also been an employee of Thomas Weisel Partners.
CyclingNews: Then-UCI president had assets managed by Thomas Weisel Partners.





Photo: Tour de France Director Christian Prudhomme (AAP).
SBS: Tour de France organiser Christian Prudhomme said Thursday that disgraced rider Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour titles because of doping, "was already in the past".





Photo: Lance Armstrong's character attacks have been as ruthless as his Alpine blitzes, but like his seven stripped Tour titles, he is losing status in the arena of public opinion.
VeloNews: On Thursday evening, after years of vigorous denials, Lance Armstrong will deliver a televised confession to doping throughout his storied career, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that was recorded over two-and-a-half hours on Monday in Armstrong’s hometown of Austin, Texas.





Photo: Jim Ochowicz .
CyclingNews: BMC team boss outlines strategy leading into the Tour de France.





Photo: Zdenek Stybar chasing numbers.
RedKitePrayer: "When I was in my ascendancy as a cyclist, at a certain point, I began chasing numbers. We all did. There was higher speed—both average and max—because chasing velocity is inarguably the pursuit of fun itself. Then came longer rides."





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.





VeloNews: At the UCI, it’s the same as it ever was.











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





















Photo: Zdenek Stybar Two-and-a-half hour interview with Lance Armstrong.
PodiumCafe: The content of Lance's confession will surprise few who follow closely the sport of cycling. After the US Anti Doping Administration (USADA) released it's "reasoned decision" in October that detailed all of its evidence that Armstrong broke numerous anti-doping codes, there could be little doubt that the allegations levied against Lance over the past years were true.






Photo: Lance Armstrong has finally been stripped of that bronze medal.
VeloNation: Bruyneel writing book about doping allegations.





Photo: Brian Holm remembers a time when Lance Armstrong helped him live.
VeloNews: Brian Holm took a long pause after talking about the classics and offering some season predictions, and gradually said, “Sooner or later, I would like to say something nice about Lance.”





Photo: Lance Armstrong.
CyclingWeekly: Lance Armstrong will appear on the Oprah Winfrey show in America tonight. It promises to be another high-profile event in the life of the American cyclist who loves the limelight. .





Photo: Jonathan Page saw his start value rise with his national championship win.
VeloNews: Last Sunday, countries around the world crowned new national champions and this weekend, cyclocross will wrap up its second big contest with the World Cup finale in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Many of the big questions have already been settled.





Photo: Zdenek Stybar “Normally the Majorca Challenge then to the Tour of Oman”.
VeloUK: It was the only cross win of the season for Zdenek and well deserved after several top class performances against Europe’s finest, well Belgium finest mainly.





Photo: The down tube has a trimmed trailing edge designed to maintain good aerodynamics WITH a water bottle in place.
BikeRadar: Giant unveiled two new carbon fiber aero road machines just before the start of the Tour Down Under: the Propel Advanced SL and the women's-specific Liv/giant Envie Advanced. 





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.


















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."





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.





CyclingNews: Cannot rule out the possibility of “manipulation” though.











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