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February 2013
February 22, 2013



Photo: 2013 Tour de Langkawi.
CyclingFans: Saturday's Tour de Langkawi Stage 3 departs Sungai Siput at 10:00am local (3:00am CET, 9:00pm U.S. Eastern Friday) and is expected at the finish at Cameron Highlands at around 1:49pm local (6:49am CET, 12:49am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Langkawi live streaming is being provided during each stage.





Photo: April 7 Paris-Roubaix France.
CyclingWeekly: Racing in northern Europe kicks off in earnest on Saturday February 23 with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, accompanied by fellow semi-classic Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne the following day (Sunday, February 24).





Photo: Martyn Irvine was struggling to come to terms with the fact that he had won his first rainbow jersey.
VeloNation: Solo effort ends 117 Irish wait for gold: “This kind of thing doesn’t happen to me.”






Photo: Theo Bos sprints to the line.
CyclingNews: Guardini unable to match Blanco lead-out, Kruopis in third.





Races & Results.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Feb 23 (Start List),
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - Feb 24 (Start List),
Le Tour de Langkawi - Feb 21-Mar 2 (Stages & Results),
UCI Track World Championships - Feb 20-24 (Races & 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: it will be very cold this weekend with temperatures around freezing at the start .
InnerRing: The spring classics start this weekend with the double-header of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday followed by Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday. Time for the hardmen to fight.





Photo: Dutchman Rick Flens (Rabobank) rides the wet cobbles..
CyclingNews: Snow is predicted on Sunday for Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and it could have an affect on the race, with climbs taken out of route, the organizers have said.






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: Peter Van Petegem and the Belgians have made a stronghold out of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
VeloNews: Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Circuit Het Nieuwsblad) is not the biggest bike race in Belgium. That’s the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders).





Photo: Peter Stetina (Garmin-Sharp) is making his very first appearance at le Tour de Langkawi.
VeloNation: American hoping to take his chance in Langkawi; preparing to defend Ryder Hesjedal’s Giro title.





Photo: At just 22 years of age, Andy Fenn is starting his second season with WorldTour ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step.
VeloNation: Young Omega Pharma-Quick Step sprinter hunting glory in Langkawi.





Photo: Mavic showed a prototype 650b Crossmax SLR in the Moots booth at NAHBS. .
VeloNews: Mavic will likely debut a full 650b wheel lineup in 2013, featuring race-bred Crossmax SLR, trail-oriented Crossmax ST, and budget-friendly Crosstrail versions in the middle wheel size.






















Photo: Floyd Landis, alleges that Mr. Armstrong and others on his former cycling team defrauded the U.S. government.
WSJ: he U.S. Department of Justice has decided to join a whistleblower lawsuit against former cyclist Lance Armstrong, according to people briefed on the matter..





Photo: The man whose chubby finger is on the button in the UCI nuclear bunker is Dubliner Pat McQuaid.
Blazin'Saddles: If Martians came down from space and all of a sudden picked up a passing interest in professional cycling, they'd be forgiven to think that the whole sport was centred around Ireland and the Irish





Photo: Ferrari misrepresented the data he cited.
VeloNews: When Dr. Michele Ferrari made the claim that Lance Armstrong could have won all seven of his Tour de France titles without doping, he based his argument on the assertion that altitude would produce an increase in hemoglobin (Hgb) mass on the order of five-to-10 percent, and that the effect of Armstrong’s doping would not exceed this same magnitude.






Photo: Road map to success? Andy Schleck weighs up his options in the woods of the Luxembourg Ardennes..
CyclingNews: Says RadioShack-Leopard rider didn't work enough in off-season.





Photo: Handmade show founder Don Walker says cycling is about a feeling, the sound of the wind over the ears.
VeloNews: It’s not late, but late enough that Don Walker, the man who launched the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, is all done with the niceties, with the sugar coating of things.





Photo: Life itself can feel the same: smooth sailing one day, shitty the next.
Peloton: Sometimes, riding a bike is a simple pleasure that makes us feel so good that we forget all our troubles. Other times, it can be a grind, when the hills seem too steep to conquer, your bike doesn’t feel quite right, and you curse your luck when you get a couple of flats.





Photo: Driven... Chloe Hosking puts in an effort over a cobbled section of the Het Volk course. (Supplied).
SBS: Norwegian women's team Hitec Products-UCK heads into Saturday's Het Nieuwsblad full of confidence after a positive start to the season in Qatar through Australian Chloe Hosking.





Photo: Greg van Avermaet leads BMC teammate Tony Gallopin to the line behind Sagan.
CyclingNews: BMC rider co-leader with Hushovd and Phinney.





Photo: Allan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge) is starting his thirteenth season as a professional.
VeloNation: Australian sprinter relishing the hot weather racing in Langkawi.





Photo: Laminate bamboo is shaped with steam, molds and epoxy.
BikeRadar: The distinct look of laminate bamboo was crying out for application in a bicycle, thought Corey Collier, a former professional cyclist, architectural designer and builder.





Photo: Models are currently available to fit 700c, 29
MBAction: The Upstand a 2-piece carbon fiber tube with a 6061 T6 anodized aluminum insert, neodymium axial magnet, a "tent-pole" style shock cord, stainless steel and EPDM rubber foot.





Photo: All in, English says his new TT bike weighs about 7.7kg (17lb).
BikeRadar: Eugene, Oregon builder Rob English is on a mission to prove that steel can still be used in ultra-high-performance bicycles when properly designed and engineered.





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: Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) is one of his team's most experienced riders.
CyclingNews: Denied having Fuentes as a doctor on ONCE, Liberty Seguros.






Photo: Former Tour and Giro winner Stephen Roche is looking to implement changes in cycling.
CyclingNews: Decries personal element in acrimony.






Photo: Minsk 2013 gold medal and rainbow jersey (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: Yates wins points race at age of 20, while Kenny succeeds Chris Hoy to rainbow jersey in the keirin.





Photo: Angelo Zomegnan and Andrei Tchmil pose with VIPs.
CyclingNews: Former rider wants a velvet revolution at the European Cycling Union.





Photo: John Degenkolb wins in the Vuelta a Espana 2012.
CyclingWeekly: German sprinter John Degenkolb starts his classics season tomorrow in Ghent, Belgium, with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and hopes to come out of it a star.





Photo: Sep Vanmarcke was an aggressor throughout the 2012 classics season after his Omloop Het Nieuwsblad win opened new doors..
VeloNews: Sep Vanmarcke’s lithe six-foot-two frame was twisted up like a pretzel in the back of a small, Euro-style camper van to change clothes after completing the final time trial at the Volta ao Algarve (Tour of the Algarve) last weekend.





Photo: Cannondale’s SuperSix is now a bona fide classic.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Still one of the finest handling bikes ever despite the frame starting to show its age."





Photo: The black Cyprès Extra Léger 700C x 32 mm tires.
Off The Beaten Path: The tan casing was made specially for Grand Bois, so they couldn’t just make more. However, Panaracer uses a black version of the same casing in their professional-grade tubular tires.





Photo: The Aluboo will retail for less than US$1000 and will be constructed with aluminum lugs and bamboo main tubes.
BikeRadar: Boo Bicycles began a class project while founder Nick Frey was studying mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University.





Photo: Directors Rachel Heal and Jonas Carney are at the head of the Optum project as the team looks to carry momentum into 2013.
VeloNews: The Optum-Kelly Benefits Strategies squad, arguably the top UCI Continental team on the domestic circuit, last week wrapped up its fourth annual visit to Oxnard, California, for its preseason training camp in the hills of Ventura County and Malibu.





Photo: Wearing bib number one for Orica-AIS will be Loes Gunnewijk.
VeloNation: Argos-Shimano debuting Lucy Garner after team's dominant Qatar performance.





Photo: The Jamis-Hagens Berman team was involved in a hit-and-run with an angry driver in Tucson, Arizona.
CyclingNews: According to Jacques-Maynes, the driver swerved into the two riders who were on the front of the 15-man paceline, causing a crash.














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