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February 2013
February 4, 2013


Photo: Welcome to the 2013 Tour of Qatar.
CyclingFans: Tuesday's Tour of Qatar Stage 3 departs Al Wakra at 12:30pm local (10:30am CET, 4:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Mesaieed at around 3:42pm local (1:42pm CET, 7:42am U.S. Eastern).  Tour of Qatar live video streaming is expected to begin at around 3:00pm local (1:00pm CET, 7:00am U.S. Eastern).






Photo: Leigh Howard sprints.
VeloNation: Australian wins on day two of Challenge Mallorca as the peloton pulls back a break again.







Photo: Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) riding in the bunch.
CyclingNews: Team Sky take second, Omega Pharma-Quick Step third.





Races & Results.
Tour of Qatar - Feb 3-8 (Stages & Results),
Ladies Tour of Qatar - Jan 29-Feb 1 (Races & Results),
CX World Championships - Feb 2-3 (Races & Results),
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Results),
Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Results),
Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Results),
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: Serge Pauwels (left) rode conservatively during Stage 4 of the Tour Down Under (AAP).
SBS: Just how good are the professionals?” And if you do a bit of cycling yourself, you might be inclined to wonder: “How much better are they than me?”






Photo: Vacansoleil DCM rider Johnny Hoogerland.
VeloNation: Dutchman will miss several months of racing after being hit by car, unclear if Tour will be affected





Photo: Sven Nys (BEL) wins the World Championship in Louisville.
CyclingNews: Czech rider watches Worlds from Qatar





Photo: Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think 2 Team Sky replica bike.
road.cc: Latest Dogma now available in new Rapha-inspired Team Sky paint finish, and there’s a Giro d’Italia commemorative bike too.





Photo: This parking lot sits on the cutting edge of brain science.
Bicycling: New research on middle-school kids explores the link between riding and brainpower—and argues for adding more exercise into the lesson plans.























Photo: Johan Bruyneel and Lance Armstrong in the good old days.
CyclingNews: "Money was paid to Tailwind, not Armstrong," says lawyer.






Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid at the UCI headquarters in Aigle.
VeloNation: Spekenbrink states some Argos Shimano riders were only tested twice out of competition last season .





Photo: Bookwalter wins stage 1 in Qatar.
TwistedSpoke: Last season Brent Bookwalter was left off the BMC Tour de France roster. He’s ridden the previous two editions of Le Grand Shindig for his captain Cadel Evans but didn’t make the final cut.





Photo: As it stands Rasmussen is still the 1999 cross-country world champion..
DirtRag: “I used EPO, cortisone, insulin, human growth hormone and blood transfusions. I have told the anti-doping authorities all of this,” Rasmussen told the assembled press. “From today my cycling career is over, I want to cooperate with Danish institutions.





Photo: David Harmon is one of Eurosport’s commentators.
InnerRing: David Harmon is one of Eurosport’s commentators. If you watch cycling this year you’re bound to hear him at work, hopefully via full HD and clear audio but maybe via a pirate audio feed.





Photo: Mark Cavendish, Tour of Qatar 2013, stage one.
CyclingWeekly: Mark Cavendish is getting comfortable with his new Omega Pharma-QuickStep team. After one year at Sky, he is deciding which Belgians will go where in his lead out and in general adjusting to his new squad.





Photo: Rottnest Island, host to the 2013 Tour de Perth.
CyclingNews: Significant financial support for rebooted NRS event.





Photo: The build on the S-Works Tarmac SL4 was Rubik’s Cube-tough.
RedKitePrayer: One of the more noticeable differences between the Tarmac SL4 and its predecessor is its internal cable routing. The change in frame design to allow for internal routing isn’t peculiar to Specialized.





Photo: Garmin Edge 810 - OS map.
road.cc: "Garmin's new flagship GPS is in… we've been tinkering with it."






Photo: The Stages Cycling Power meter comes with all you see here.
RBAction: Stages Cycling created quite a bit of buzz when it unveiled its crankarm-based power meter back at the Interbike trade show in 2012.






























Photo: On the ABC's 4Corners program Phil Anderson denied knowing about race fixing (Supplied).
SBS: Australian cycling legend Phil Anderson has denied witnessing Lance Armstrong offer a bribe to help fix the 1993 Thrift Drug Triple Crown series.






Photo: Taylor Phinney leads his BMC teammates.
CyclingNews: American on form in Qatar.





Photo: Marianne Vos (NED) with a gap on lap two.
CyclingNews: Three gold medals won out of four.






Photo: Alberto Contador has decided against riding the Ardennes events in 2013..
VeloNation: Spaniard gearing everything towards a third Tour de France title.





Photo: Team Sky: preparing for take-off.
CyclingWeekly: There's a story that goes along the lines of: a US congressman visiting the NASA complex prior to the first landing on the moon took a detour to speak to a guy sweeping the floor.





Photo: Geoff Kabush (3Rox Racing) is back from racing an enduro event in France.
CyclingNews: Four cross worlds to stand alone in 2013





Photo: Race day with Logan Owen .
VeloNews: Many eyes were focused on Owen this year. He is becoming a star, and the pressure to perform in front of an American audience was a tall order, but he carried himself through it all with confidence.





Photo: Lapierre X-Flow 312.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The much improved handling makes the Lapierre X-Flow a great bike – just not as great as some others."











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