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March 2013
March 7, 2013



Photo: 2013 Paris-Nice .
CyclingFans:  Friday's Paris-Nice Stage 5 departs Châteauneuf-du-Pape at 11:10am CET (5:10am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at La Montagne de Lure at around 3:58pm CET (9:58am U.S. Eastern).  Paris-Nice live streaming video should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).








Photo: 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico .
CyclingFans: Friday's Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 3 departs Indicatore (Arezzo) at 11:30am CET (5:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Narni Scalo at around 4:09pm CET (10:09am U.S. Eastern).  Tirreno-Adriatico live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Radio Gaga...Do radios turn riders into robots? (Getty Images).
SBS: A heady four-pronged attack tackles the issues of the week in this edition of the Cycling Central podcast.







Photo: Marianne Vos wins.
VeloNation: World champion takes bunch sprint after crash strewn race.







Photo: Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge).
CyclingNews: American Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) finished 6th and retained his three second lead in the race.







Photo: Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) celebrates victory in a rainy stage 2 at Tirreno-Adriatico.
CyclingNews:  Cavendish remains in Tirreno-Adriatico leader's jersey.





Races & Results.
Paris - Nice - Mar 3-Mar 10 (Stages & Results),
Vuelta el Salvador - Feb 28-Mar 5 (Stages & Results),
Tirreno - Adriatico - Mar 6-Mar 12 (Stages),
Le Tour de Langkawi - Feb 21-Mar 2 (Stages & Results),
Strade Bianche - Mar 2 (Results),
Roma Maxima - Mar 3 (Start List),
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: Sarah Hammer poses with one of the two gold medals she earned at the 2013 UCI Track World Championships..
USACycling: Track cyclist Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./Performance United-FELT) finished in second place in the United States Olympic Committee's February Athletes of the Month. Hammer earned a pair of gold medals at the Union Cycliste Internationale Track World Championships, held in Belarus, Minsk from Feb. 20-24.





Photo: Mark Cavendish could only manage 5th on the stage but kept his overall lead.
CyclingNews: "Before the last corner (at 1000 metres to go) we were about 30 places back. I'm not going to say what went wrong but I know the guys are better than this. We've got our best team here and we should be unbeatable,"






Photo: Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) got a stuffed Grizzly for his stage 1 victory at the Amgen Tour of California.
CyclingNews:  The organisers of the Amgen Tour of California have announced the final 16-team roster for the 2013 edition of the race, a list that includes eight WorldTour, three Pro Continental and five domestic Continental squads.





Photo: The 2013 5-Hour Energy/Kenda team .
CyclingNews:  Two US domestic teams that missed out on all three major North American UCI stage races last season will return to the 2013 Tour of California with improved rosters and heightened motivation.






Photo: 2011 Tour of Flanders victory looked to be the start of a new phase of Nick Nuyen’s career.
VeloNation: Belgian rider says 2012 hip fracture has left him low on power.





Photo: the successor to the Edge 500.
CyclingTips: The Edge 510 is nearly the size of the Edge 810 and its predecessors. If you’re familiar with the Edge 500 you’ll also notice that the user interface is slightly different.





Photo: Correcting for a host of variables to use power and speed data to calculate drag is the essence of the Aero Track System, a revolutionary method of aero testing introduced by Montreal engineering startup Alphamantis.
VeloNews: Wind tunnels are the current gold standard for testing a cyclist’s aerodynamic efficiency because they provide repeatable results and a close approximation of real world conditions, but they are still not perfect.





Photo: Genesis Volare 953 - decal.
road.cc: More details of the four-frame Volare range plus the new Equilibrium frame and fork in production colors.










Photo: The Upstand .
BicycleRetailer: The Upstand is a 40-gram carbon fiber kickstand that folds up for storage in the rider's pocket while riding.












Photo: Missing out on riding the Tour of California will be a painful loss for Leipheimer.
TwistedSpoke: Levi Leipheimer is in a bad mood today. The organizers of the Amgen Tour of California announced the sixteen teams for this year’s edition and Leipheimer, a three-time winner, is still without a ride.





Photo: Champagne time again for Ivan Basso (CSC) on the podium in Termoli.
CyclingNews: Yogurts, missing blood bags and code names.







Photo: Garmin-Sharp rider, Paris-Nice race leader Talansky.
VeloNation: Garmin-Sharp rider cool under pressure today, looking forward to tomorrow’s summit finish.





Photo: Kelly gives his opinions on Cadel Evans, Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck.
VeloNation: Irishman says it’s too soon to know if Schleck’s comeback will be successful.





Photo: At the moment Tejay is the one who is slightly ahead on the development schedule..
PodiumCafe: This weekend, starting tomorrow, might see the first of many battles of what promises to be the great new story-arc of US stageracing.






Photo: Ian Boswell is three days from finishing his first Paris-Nice, with Friday's mountaintop challenge ahead of him..
VeloNews: Ian Boswell is three days from finishing his first Paris-Nice, with Friday's mountaintop challenge ahead of him.





Photo: IAndrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) took the stage three victory, and the yellow jersey along with it.
VeloNation: Blanco on the wrong end of peloton splits after rainy stage three.





Photo: John Degenkolb (Argos Shimano).
CyclingNews: The team of Argos-Shimano will hope to continue its recent run of form when the squad lines up at Tirreno - Adriatico today.





Photo: tony flecha's celeste watch.
CyclingWeekly: The final 10km of the Strade Bianche, especially the final 2km, was riveting stuff. It appeared that "Tony" Flecha's celeste watch wasn't just a perfect match for his Bianchi frame and its eminently tasteful celeste bar tape, but that perhaps he was committing an act of outlandishness PROness by riding (solo, off the front, no less) while wearing an analog watch.





Photo: Conor Dunne attacking as the breakaway forms at yesterday’s Wanzele-Lede pro kermesse in Belgium.
StickyBottle: Irish U23 international and national time trial champion, Conor Dunne (VL Technics-Abutriek) has said he feels he has some very good form and is hopeful he can show that if he gains selection for the U23 Tour of Flanders.






Photo: Team MTN Qhubeka.png.
road.cc: Behind the scenes with Africa's first Pro-Continental team and an outfit whose mission goes beyond winning bike races.





Photo: Rosella Ratto (Hitec Products).
Hitec Products: Rossella Ratto finds her nemesis in Belgium.





Photo: Daniel McConnell (Trek Factory Racing).
CyclingNews:  Australians dominate in first round.






Photo: Giro is introducing the new kicks in 3 muted colours in the beginning, gray, black, and white. Retail is US$150.
BikeHugger: New Road concept: cycling apparel aiming to bring the textures and spirit of an earlier era of cycling without abandoning modern design’s technical edge.





Photo: Mekk A1 Pinerolo AL 1.0 - full bike.
road.cc: Mekk's entry-level £700 aluminium road bike offers good build for the money.











Photo: Michael Rasmussen believes he was unfairly dimissed from Rabobank (Getty Images).
SBS: Danish rider Michael Rasmussen is claiming unfair dismissal and $7.2 million in damages and interest from his former team Rabobank after he was sacked in 2007.




















Photo: Lance Armstrong says he nearly gave his first interview to Tom Brokaw before ultimately choosing Oprah.
Sports Illustrated: Armstrong also said that every top rider doped during the prime of his career and that his doping techniques were unexceptional, if not conservative.





Photo: Dr Geert Leinders.
CyclingNews: Confessed doper, former Rabobank rider Michael Boogerd has dismissed suggestions of a widespread doping culture within the Dutch team while also denying that Dr. Geert Leinders played a major role in enabling the practice.





Photo: Michele Scarponi is sitting quietly close on the GC at Paris-Nice and hoping for a Giro d'Italia podium.
VeloNews: Making a discreet re-appearance this week at Paris-Nice after a tumultuous off-season is Lampre-Merida’s Michele Scarponi.





Photo: Loes Gunnewijk before the 2013Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Sarah Connolly.
PodiumCafe: If you watched the women's Olympic Road Race, you'll remember Loes Gunnewijk's relentless attacking with her Dutch team-mate Ellen van Dijk, as they exhausted the peloton before they'd even reached Box Hill and helping Marianne Vos win the gold.





Photo: Bo Hamburger admits to using EPO.
CyclingNews: Former pro rider Bo Hamburger will be sport director for the Danish Continental team Christina Watches-Onfone, the team has announced. He will be expected to help bring the team up to the Professional Continental level.





Photo: Mark Holowesko (not pictured) is a long-time financial backer of American development riders through the U.S. National Team, Slipstream Sports, and most recently the Hincapie Development Team.
CyclingNews:  For over a decade, investment manager Mark Holowesko has written checks to organizations that support young American cyclists.





Photo: AAA and Bike League Share the Road still.
road.cc: Film AAA and League of American Bicyclists emphasises cyclists are people... and drivers too.





Photo: It was a long day on the bike in Tirreno-Adriatico’s stage 2.
RSLT: With some riders being cautious and the rain continuing to create slick roads, gaps opened up and it was chaos at best in the final 5km.   Goss opened up a well-timed sprint to take the win after almost six hours of wet riding.





Photo: Cadel Evans was nevertheless happy with the advantage he gained.
VeloNation: Australian gets early thirteen second advantage over Contador.





Photo: The breeze is coming from the riders’ right, so they are each tucked in to the left of the rider in the front of them.
StickyBottle: It’s so frustrating, really annoying. Every week you smoke that wrinkly old guy, leave him for dead on the hills on the spin with the group. Then every time there’s an event, he ends up finishing two or three groups ahead of you. How the hell does he do that? When you ask him he just shrugs and replies cryptically: “sensitive cheeks”.





Photo: Moreno Moser, Tirreno-Adriatico 2013.
CyclingWeekly: "We'll see later on down the road if I can compete for the GC in a Grand Tour."





Photo: Improving chain protection.
BikeEurope: "The primary attribute of the new Eco ProTeQ (EPT) Series chain is the significantly enhanced anti-corrosion/anti-rust coating with an added focus on a more environmentally friendly manufacturing process."





Photo: Well balanced and great value for money .
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "A good bike has been made great – with the bonus of a great price cut."





Photo: Abus Lane-U helmet.
road.cc: Subtle looks, great fit and extremely comfortable-a great touring/commuting option for both genders.





Photo: The XCX+ wheelset pack in a lot of technology from the e*thirteen’s all-mountain and downhill offerings but in a lighter package.
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Harder-hitting than their name suggests. These are good point-and-shoot XC wheels."










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