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February 2013
February 21, 2013



Photo: 2013 Tour de Langkawi.
CyclingFans: Friday's Tour de Langkawi Stage 2 departs Serdang at 3:00pm local (8:00am CET, 2:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Kuala Kangsar at around 5:49pm local (10:49am CET, 4:49am U.S. Eastern).  Live streaming is being provided during each stage.






Photo: Thor Hushovd (BMC Racing) won in 2009. .
CyclingFans: Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Start Time: Saturday February 23 11:35 CET (3:35:00 AM PDT); Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (5:20:00 AM PDT); Approximate Finish: 16:32 CET (8:35:00 AM PDT).






Photo: Sarah Hammer (USA) powers to the individual pursuit world championship in Minsk, Belarus.
CyclingNews: Scratch race, omnium still to come for American at Track Worlds.






Photo: Theo Bos (Blanco) takes out the opening stage at Tour de Langkawi with a dominant sprint.
CyclingNews: Theo Bos has lived up to the pre-race hype by taking out the first stage into Kulim at Le Tour de Langkawi.





Races & Results.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Feb 23 (Start List),
Le Tour de Langkawi - Feb 21-Mar 2 (Stages & Results),
UCI Track World Championships - Feb 20-24 (Races & Results),
Ruta Del Sol - Feb 17-20 (Stages & 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 Espaņa - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),






Photo: For me the classics season are a fourth grand tour.
InnerRing: "You can almost smell the beer and frieten now. This weekend sees the start of the cobbled classics. I’ll do a preview for the weekend’s double bill of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne but ahead of these it’s worth noting and celebrating the start of the spring classics season."





Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) on the podium.
CyclingNews: Five climbs to challenge top names in field.





Photo: All-round celebration of local boy Valverde.
PodiumCafe: The Spanish Tours Season kicks into... well, lower gear, but it's on baby!





Photo: Powers was on a winning roll early in the season.
PEZ: "Now that the mud's been cleaned off the cross bikes after the Louisville Worlds mudbath we thought it was a good time to catch up with Jeremy Powers."





Photo: Chloe Hosking prerides the cobbles of Omloop het Nieuwsblad - Courtesy of Hitec Products cycling team.
PodiumCafe: After a good showing at the Ladies Tour of Qatar, Hitec says they're ready for the cobbles.





Photo: Alchemy painter Shane Haberland is another former Serotta employee. Haberland is also a die-hard Volkswagen fan .
BikeRadar: Alchemy has relocated twice but its framesets are no less stunning than they've ever been. If anything, they've only gotten better.





Photo: The SRAM Red Quarq crank.
BikeRadar: This week saw the Fisher Outdoor Leisure Expo descend on Sopwell House, St Albans, with the distributor’s big-name brands on hand to show off new products and gear.





























Photo: VeloNews understands that U.S. attorney general Eric Holder will not join Floyd Landis' Qui Tam case against Lance Armstrong and U.S. Postal Service team management.
VeloNews: Sources close to an ongoing federal whistleblower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong have told VeloNews that U.S. attorney general Eric Holder is unlikely to join the case filed by Armstrong’s former U.S. Postal Service teammate Floyd Landis.





Photo: Former Phonak owner and current BMC Racing owner Andy Rihs says Tyler Hamilton swore to him that he wasn't doping.
VeloNews: Andy Rihs, the owner of the former Phonak team rocked by scandal, insists he did not realize riders on his team were doping.





Photo: Minsk 2013 gold medal and rainbow jersey (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: Irishman follows sensational silver in individual pursuit with glorious gold in scratch race.





Photo: Dutchman Michael Boogerd in 2007.
CyclingNews: Dutch broadcaster NOS is cracking down on cycling by demanding answers from commentator and former pro Michael Boogerd and strictly reviewing the races it will – and won't – broadcast this year.





Photo: Money talks, Lance doesn't.
TwistedSpoke: After the United States Anti-Doping Agency gave him an extra two weeks weeks to mull over the implications of the choice, Lance Armstrong made his final call.





Photo: it's 125km, and much more simple a course than the men's parcours.
PodiumCafe: It's freezing in Flanders, doubtless raining, sleeting and maybe even snowing.... so you can bet that the hard-women of the peloton are rubbing their hands with glee, and looking forward to getting onto the cobbles.





Photo: The 2014 Giro d'Italia will start in Belfast on May 10.
RoadCycling: The 2014 edition of the Giro d'Italia grand tour will begin in Ireland, race organizers revealed in Ireland earlier today.





Photo: Sean Kelly hails Giro d’Italia .
VeloNation: States the Belfast-Dublin project will inspire fans of the sport and riders alike.





Photo: Team Bulls racers in action in Sabie in 2012.
CyclingNews: European favorites to battle South Africans at Sabie marathon.





Photo: The black-ano, straight-pull flange design reminds me of the Mavic Classics hubs.
BikeHugger: Other than the internally geared variety, SRAM isn’t really known for making hubs, and in this age of “wheel systems” it’s not likely that SRAM is going to offer up high-end hubs a la carte.





Photo: Riders such as Raimondas Rumšas will no longer be eligible winners of Italian granfondos .
BikeRadar: The days of ex-pros racing to win Italian granfondos are over, with the country’s national cycling council moving to make former professionals ineligible for winnings and ranking points.





Photo: The group is Super Record 11 with a new finish and graphics.
BikeRadar: To celebrate its long history in the sport, Campagnolo is soon releasing an 80th Anniversary Collection consisting of a limited edition Super Record group and two wheelsets.



























Photo: UCI uses a secret internal system to rank teams by their points.
InnerRing: UCI points are not the greatest talking point. But points are the currency of pro cycling and influence the sport, from the racing to the promotion and relegation of teams.





Photo: Katusha GM Viatcheslav Ekimov says he wants to look forward, not backward. .
VeloNews: Nyet. That’s the word from Viatcheslav Ekimov on doping scandals raging across cycling right now.






Photo: Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath .
RoadCycling: Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath to help bring down the organized crime network, which helped facilitate his use of performance-enhancing drugs and which many believe is still deeply involved in today's pro cycling.





Photo: Some say Mark Cavendish is bluffing when he says Milano-Sanremo is not a priority in 2013. .
VeloNews: The biggest surprise in the Tour of Qatar earlier this month was not that Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won, but that he said Milano-Sanremo ranks low on his list of priorities for 2013.





Photo: Andy Sparks .
VeloNation: ‘My viewpoint for a number of years is that men’s road cycling should be removed from the Olympics.’





Photo: Ty Magner showed off his bike handling skills at a recent team camp.
RoadCycling:  When Ty Magner won last year’s U.S. under-23 criterium championship in Augusta, Georgia, the victory didn’t strike the 21-year old as a breakthrough.






Photo: Google's Project Glass electronic eyewear is strong and light google said.
C|Net: Hoping to carve out a new type of personal computing, Google shows off how to use its computerized eyewear to search, navigate, chat, and take photos.





Photo: ENVE Classic 45 clincher wheelset.
BicycleRetailer: ENVE is offering a new set of wheels that hit a price point about $600 per pair cheaper than its previous lowest priced offerings.





Photo: GravelRoyal01_Web.png.
road.cc: Bike porn alert! The North American Handmade Bicycle Show starts tomorrow. Here's a preview of some of the best looking bikes.





Photo: Flex free and ready to race .
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "A supple, smooth ride that doesn’t compromise handling, if the tall gearing appeals."





Photo: BikeParka bicycle cover now available in the United States.
BikeRadar: The BikeParka is an all-weather bicycle cover designed to fit bicycles of every shape and size.

















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