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January 2013
January 22, 2013



Photo: Sacha Modolo tops Mark Cavendish and Leigh Howard to win stage 2 of the Tour de San Luis.
VeloNews: Sacha Modolo (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) won stage 2 of the Tour de San Luis on Tuesday, topping overnight leader Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) in Terrazas del Portezuelo, Argentina.






Photo: Tour de San Luis.
CyclingFans: Tuesday's Tour de San Luis Stage 2 departs Tilisarao at 2:07pm local (12:07pm U.S. Eastern, 18:07 CET) and is expected at the finish at Terrazas del Portezuelo at around 6:30pm local (4:30pm U.S. Eastern, 22:30 CET). Live streaming should be available throughout the race.





Photo: Armstrong’s Oprah appearance.
VeloNation: Public support nosedives with less than a fifth believing he was completely honest.





Photo: Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins seals overall victory at the 2012 Tour de France with a win in the penultimate stage time trial.
CyclingNews: Briton reveals how he trains in Mallorca to escape life as a celebrity.





Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages),
Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages),
Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (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 España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),






Photo: Nikki Harris, British cyclo-cross national championships 2013.
CyclingWeekly: British Cyclo-Cross Champion Nikki Harris has withdrawn from next weekend's World Championships in Kentucky through injury.





Photo: Greg LeMond will be our cycling hero now. (Lyndon Wade).
Bicycling: This past weekend, while the gossipy world has spun its cranks at 180 revolutions per minute about Lance Armstrong, while people who have never even watched a bicycle race have been outraged that Lance is a liar and a sociopath and a controlling jackass and a disgrace to the American way.





Photo: 1200px-Quarq-ELSA-10R-130-BB30-Hero-TT.
road.cc: Crank-based power measurement system updated for 2013.





Photo: Team Cannondale’s EVO equipped with SRAM groupset and Vision Wheels. Cannondale isn’t riding their 2013 bikes yet, so this is their 2012′s at the TDU.
CyclingTips: "I was able to track down most of the 2013 ProTeam bikes and managed to bring back a good look of most of them from the Tour Village."






CyclingNews: Manx Missile victorious in Omega Pharma-Quick Step debut.





CyclingNews: Kimberley Wells remains in overall lead.






VeloNation: Another setback for Belgian Classics star; hopes for speedy recuperation.







CyclingNews: Cavendish, Contador, Nibali ready for season debut in Argentina.





PodiumCafe: The course we know by now, a sprintfest spiced up by a hilltop finish at Old Willunga Hill to clear up the GC battle. The startlist is loaded, but unpredictable as it always is in January. Here is a look at some of the other things we can expect from the World Tour season premiere.
















Photo: Santos Tour Down Under.
CyclingFans: Wednesday's (Tuesday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 2 (Hahn Super Dry stage) departs Mt. Barker at 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 1:30am CET) and is expected at the finish at Rostrevor at around 1:59pm local (10:29pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 4:29am CET).  Tour Down Under live streaming video should get underway at around 12:00pm local (8:30pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 2:30am CET).





Photo: The greatest cycling photographer of our generation is Jered Gruber.
CompetitiveCyclist: Banging handlebars. The treachery of a springtime thunderstorm. Missing a feed. Cars on the course. Moments of terror come to the bike racer in varied forms.







Photo: The Gorilla, André Greipel.
VeloNation: The Gorilla equals Robbie McEwen’s stage-winning record.





Photo: Andy Schleck says he was nervous in the bunch in Tuesday's WorldTour opener.
VeloNews: Luxembourg’s 2010 Tour de France champion Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) conceded that he was full of nerves during his comeback race at the Santos Tour Down Under on Tuesday.











Photo: Timmy Duggan worked for teammate Jonathan Cantwell.
VeloNews: Timmy Duggan worked for teammate Jonathan Cantwell during Tuesday's first stage, but conserved for the GC fight set for Tuesday and Friday.





Photo: Must-see TV? (AP photo)
Benjamin Berry: "A few days ago, as I was pondering some of the consequences of Lance’s confession, I had a Twitter discussion with my friend Jeff, who is both a cycling fan and theologian. I asked him about forgiveness and when it should be given."





Photo: Ultra-light frameset with soft-riding fork and stays.
BikeRadar verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. "Great acceleration, effortless climbing and all-day comfort make this the best conventional road bike we’ve ridden."





Photo: This should be all the reason you should need not to stick a 650b wheel into a Fox fork without first limiting its travel.
BikeRadar: "Possible? Sometimes. Prudent? Well, that’s another matter."





Photo: Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens.
Off The Beaten Path: "When it is cold and foggy outside, or when the rain is beating down, I like to remember the days when it was summer. My mind wanders back to long hours of daylight, sunshine and memorable rides."





road.cc: Veteran commentator also insists South Australia government got value for money on appearance fees it paid.





road.cc: Blood doping experts says state government should come clean over multimillion dollar payments to disgraced rider.





RedKitePrayer: "While I doubt you even remember me, yours remain the most entertaining interview I ever conducted. It was a truly fun afternoon."























Photo: UCI President.
VeloNation: Former UCI President had previously insisted he had no doubts American raced clean.







Photo: Leif Hoste .
VeloNation: Steve Houanard suspended for two years after September EPO positive.





Photo: falsified document to help Armstrong escape a doping ban in 1999?
InnerRing: Le Monde made some serious allegations against the UCI yesterday. The French newspaper accuses cycling’s governing body of “covering for Lance Armstrong” and even alleges that they accepted a “falsified document” to help Armstrong escape a doping ban in 1999.





Photo: UCI Independent Commission.
road.cc: Public hearing due to be held in London today put back until Friday as UCI and WADA stalemate threatens to undermine process.







Photo: Brian Cookson.
CyclingWeekly: The President of British Cycling, Brian Cookson, has been linked with the position of UCI president as calls intensify for the current head of the world governing body, Pat McQuaid, to resign.




Photo: World Anti Doping Agency, David Howman.
VeloNation: Howman wants other sports investigated too.





Photo: Having a hard time seeing through the cover? So does the sun, Lazer claims.
BikeRadar: As international racing gets underway in Australia, Lotto-Belisol's sprinter Andre Greipel was quick to take the win at the People’s Choice Classic and show off Lazer's new Chrome Aeroshell, a one-piece helmet with an integrated reflective shell.





Photo: One social media comment said the sign showed
BBC: An Australian library sign promising to reshelve books by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in the fiction section has sparked approval online.













Saddleblaze: "You can be pretty sure that one of the people who stayed up in his London home until 2am GMT to watch Lance Armstrong’s back-to-back interviews with Oprah at the back end of last week was his old directeur sportif, Johan Bruyneel."





CyclingNews: Former head of UCI anti-doping claims he was clean in 2009.





TwistedSpoke: Every cycling journalist, sports writer and even talk show host Oprah Winfrey have given their opinions of the dark, doped years when Lance ruled the peloton. Hundreds of experts, anti-doping people, federation heads, the UCI, WADA and CNN, you name it.





VeloNation: Considering amnesty and other issues, meeting could have crucial importance for Armstrong review.






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