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January 2013
January 24, 2013



Photo: Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma - Quick Step.
CyclingNews: Kwiatkowski emerges as new race leader.







Photo: Bradley Wiggins made history as the first British winner of the Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Sky captain feels no sympathy.






Photo: Team Saxo Tinkoff rider, US national champion Timmy Duggan.
VeloNation: Team Saxo Tinkoff rider will be sidelined for immediate future.





Photo: Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco) in Stirling at the Tour Down Under.
CyclingNews: Thomas retains lead as Slagter shows his hand.










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: Tour of Poland runner-up Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).
CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider heading for the podium?





Photo: Tom Meeusen made a statement about his role in a recent doping investigation at the Belgian championships in Mol two weeks ago.
VeloNews: For the first time since September there will be little action on the European cyclocross front this weekend, as all eyes turn to the United States and the build-up to cyclocross worlds next weekend.





Photo: Team Movistar, rejuvenated Spanish giants.
PodiumCafe: Looking at Movistar -- Persistence pays off big for rejuvenated Spanish giants.





Photo: Ed Clancy leads out the drill.
CyclingWeekly: Cycling Weekly spent a day with Ed Clancy and the rest of the British team pursuit riders on their recent week-long training camp in Majorca.





Photo: Sam Pilgrim is an international slopestyle star so he's just the man to show you how to bunnyhop.
BikeRadar: During the trick, the rider uses a combination of their pulling power and shifting bodyweight to lift both wheels off the ground for some self-propelled airtime.





Photo: The weather outside is frightful.
CyclingWeekly: "The weather outside is frightful, as the man once sang. Snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures aren't the best conditions to be out cycling, so a lot of us are stuck indoors, noses pressed against the window waiting for the big thaw."






Photo: Tour de San Luis.
CyclingFans: Thursday's Tour de San Luis Stage 4, a 19.2km Individual Time Trial at San Luis, gets underway at 3:16pm local (1:16pm U.S. Eastern, 19:16 CET) with the departure of the first rider and is expected to finish at around 6:30pm local (4:30pm U.S. Eastern, 22:30 CET).  Tour de San Luis live video streaming is announced.






Photo: Lars van der Haar out sprints Albert for second. Photo: Balint..
Pavé: With a fifth place at the final World Cup round on Sunday, Niels Albert wrapped up his second overall World Cup title.





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali wins, Tirreno-Adriatico 2012, stage five.
CyclingWeekly: Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport will unveil the route for its March-stage race, Tirreno-Adriatico next week and help the Milan-San Remo favourites decide their paths to potential glory. On the table rests the classic choice, to race Tirreno-Adriatico or its older French cousin, Paris-Nice.






VeloNews: World champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) will race the Amgen Tour of California this year, but is uncertain to start the Tour de France.





USACycling: Owen is the most dominant junior cyclo-cross racer in the U.S., and a real contender to win the junior men’s race at worlds. At the close of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup season on Jan. 20, Owen was ranked third among junior men, behind Mathieu Van Der Poel and Martijn Budding of the Netherlands.





VeloNation: Biggest peloton ever for Tuscan gravel race; Giro del Lazio returns in Italian Classic weekend.





Peloton: The new Madone is a race bike, pure and simple. 














Photo: Santos Tour Down Under.
CyclingFans: Friday's (Thursday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 4 (Bupa stage) departs Modbury at 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern Thursday, 1:30am CET) and is expected at the finish at Tanunda at around 2:13pm local (10:43pm U.S. Eastern Thursday, 4:43am CET). Tour Down Under live streaming video should get underway at around 12:00pm local (8:30pm U.S. Eastern Thursday, 2:30am CET).





Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) poses with a fan.
CyclingNews: Slovak chases first big spring victory in 2013.





Photo: Tejay van Garderen looking serious about the 2013 season.
CyclingNews: BMC leader drops Contador as new rivals appear.







Photo: Tom-Jelter Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) .
VeloNation: Geraint Thomas holds onto ochre jersey as Dutch prodigy escapes for hilly stage win.






Photo: Bernhard Eisel (Sky) turns to Chapter 15 of the UCI Cycling Regulations.
InnerRing: The UCI World Tour is the calendar of top races with the best teams. Only each mention of the World Tour often comes with this definition attached, as if we constantly need reminding. The sport’s premier series of races can be confusing.





Photo: Setting goals that are challenging enough to spur effort but achievable enough to preserve motivation requires planning and flexibility.
VeloNews: Setting goals for the coming season — at first glance a simple task, even for road seasons that extend well through the summer — can and should be nothing but motivating, especially when coupled with thoughts of meeting, or beating, those goals.





Photo: Shane Sutton and David Brailsford, Track World Championships 2012, day five.
CyclingWeekly: Sky team principal Dave Brailsford has denied that Shane Sutton's switch from being the squad's head coach to taking on a consultancy role was influenced by the team's anti-doping policy.






Photo: The new Spring ’13 line will be available for purchase online at Specialized.co.
Peloton: "Their new apparel line kicks so much ass. Two years ago, they scrapped everything and started over."





Photo: Schwinn 4 One One 1.
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Practical and stylish urban ride built more for comfort than speed."






Photo: Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco).
CyclingNews: Thomas retains overall lead after animated day.





Photo: Belgian champion Tom Boonen.
VeloNation: Belgian champion to go home tomorrow but not soon enough for defence of desert race.





Photo: George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) opens his season at the Santos Tour Down Under.
CyclingNews: Sky versus RadioShack Leopard for overall honours in 2013?





InnerRing: If you thought this meant Alberto Contador, Mark Cavendish or Philippe Gilbert time to think again. They are mere millionaires riding in the service of billionaire team owners.







VeloNation: Briton takes over from dropped Greipel .





VeloNation: Katusha misses out on both of the Tour de France organiser’s other stage races.



















Photo: Global anti-doping agency.
VeloNation: Global anti-doping agency dismisses Hein Verbruggen’s claim that the practice is common across sports federations.






Photo: Dr Michele Ferrari leaves a tribunal in Bologna, Italy in 2004..
CyclingNews: Altitude training could have had same effect, claims Italian doctor.





Photo: Team director Rudie Kemna.
CyclingNews: Becomes first to be suspended under Dutch anti-doping agreement.





Photo: Positive test for EPO announced for David George last November.
VeloNation: South African road and MTB riders to be scrutinized.





Photo: The Rabobank team will be expected to make the podium on home soil.
CyclingNews: Doping reports are “upsetting and shocking.”





Photo: Countdown to Louisville.
PodiumCafe: With a mere week and a half to go until the cycling world (or, at least, a minority of us) turns its attention to Louisville, Kentucky, for the cyclocross World Championships everybody is in full blown prep for the big show.





Photo: John popped a lot of champagne in 2012..
PEZ: "John Degenkolb speaks perfect English, he is polite, answers every question and likes a laugh, more importantly he knows where he stands in the World of cycling and he has both his feet firmly on the ground."





Photo: Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEdge).
CyclingNews: Orica GreenEdge sprinter fights for second place in Stirling.





Photo: Raleigh Militis Team bike.
road.cc: A close look at Team Raleigh's Militis race bike + 125th anniversary race bike.



















Photo: The FBI has sent this letter to a number of Floyd Fairness Fund donors in recent days.
VeloNews: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reached out to those who contributed to the Floyd Fairness Fund, a fund set up by Floyd Landis during his fight against doping charges stemming from the 2006 Tour de France.





Photo: Steven Rooks in the polka dot jersey at the 1988 Tour de France. Next to Rooks is Dutch PDM teammate Gert-Jan Theunisse and yellow jersey Pedro....
CyclingNews: Volksrant uncovers former soigneur's notebook.






CyclingNews: Spanish police turn up large quantities of doping products after year-long operation.
























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