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March 2013
March 15, 2013



Photo: Kenny Dehaes (Lotto Belisol) has won his second race of the 2013 season.
VeloNation: Lotto-Belisol rider prevails in expected fast finish on much-altered course.





Photo: Milan-San Remo Profile.
CyclingFans: Sunday's Milan-San Remo departs Milan at 10:10am CET (5:10am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at SanRemo at around 5:15pm CET (12:15pm U.S. Eastern). Milan-San Remo live streaming video may get underway at around *2:00pm CET (*9:00am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: The final serpentine plunge down the Poggio into Sanremo is one of the sport's guilty pleasures. - Fotoreporter Sirott.
PodiumCafe: Milan - Sanremo is a cast of the dice, a toss-up between a breakaway that separates itself from the field on the Poggio and a sprinter's paradise.







Photo: the only race of the year where sprinters, classics specialists and grand tour contenders race each other directly.
InnerRing: Milan-Sanremo remains an elusive contest, so long yet the action is concentrated at the end. It has few obvious difficulties yet only a select few contest the finish.





Photo: Tyler Farrar takes it easy.
CyclingNews: Garmin sprinter without a win in 2013.





Photo: Nibali’s Milan-Sanremo chances: In the end, champions are really champions.
VeloNation: Astana general manager convinced his rider has what it takes to win.





Races & Results.
Milan-San Remo - Mar 17 (Start List),
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - Mar 18-24 (Stages),
Paris - Nice - Mar 3-Mar 10 (Stages & Results),
Tirreno - Adriatico - Mar 6-Mar 12 (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 España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),





Photo: The Volta a Catalunya hasn't had much of a run lately.
PodiumCafe: This year's edition of Spain's oldest stage race promises to do it right.





Photo: Signs of Spring are pretty much everywhere.
PEZ: A leisurely tour around Sanremo – and on the lookout to see just how this so-famous town sets up for this most famous day.





Photo: Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel (Sirotti).
SBS: Classified as a pure sprinter Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel heads into Milan-San Remo as an outside chance to take the victory.





Photo: Tour of Cyprus: It is the perfect kickoff to spring training for me.
Christine Vardaros: "In preparation for the hills, I did a trainer workout that simulated the Black Forest terrain in Germany. For three hours i powered up those hills and by the end my quads were on fire, literally."





Photo: The CycleOps Joule GPS head unit is an ANT+ compatible.
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Good training tool with great power-related data, but needs a few interface improvements."






Photo: ASO announces Evans.
VeloNation: Strong line-up for two day Corsican race.



























Photo: Taylor Phinney (BMC) rode solo for 120km trying to make the time cut in Tirreno-Adriatico.
CyclingNews: American ready to ride for BMC teammates.





Photo: Felice Gimondi - Three-time winner.
VeloNation: Three-time winner joins legendary five-time Corsa Rosa winner Eddy Merckx.







Photo: Fabian Cancellara says Milano-Sanremo: Spartacus hopes to slay Sagan.
VeloNews: Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) has been analyzing Milano-Sanremo a lot over the last year. The near miss and subsequent classics season left him wanting more.






Photo: Cavendish concerns himself with the difficulties.
CyclingWeekly: When pressed, he refused to say he could win the Italian Monument. He ruled it out while at the same time saying he would skip it if he thought he had no chance of winning.





Photo: Tom Boonen has said that he believes he is now back in the shape.
VeloNation: Past runner-up is one of Omega Pharma Quick Step’s leaders for Sunday’s Classics.





Photo: American Second time around – Kelly was 35-years-old and past his best in 1992 but he was still too good for the best in the world and took the chances he needed to land his last really big win.
StickyBottle: La Primavera was first run in 1907, and has been won by some of the greats of the sport, including Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi, Louison Bobet and Eddy Merckx. Also amongst the names on this illustrious list is Seán Kelly, who tasted victory twice.





Photo: Before They Were Mates: Cipollini nips Lombardi in a 1995 Tour stage. - Mike Powell Getty.
PodiumCafe: 2002 – Mario Cipollini began his miracle year by winning Milano-Sanremo for the first and only time.





Photo: Sometimes it seems like Peter Sagan is about to eclipse the entire sun..
PodiumCafe: OK, it's not that simple. This race is never simple, despite the temptation to think of it as 300km to a bunch sprint. Can Cannondale keep it simple enough to get that winning sprint they want? Or will someone (like old friend Vincenzo Nibali) spring another Primavera Surprise?





Photo: Danish rider Alex Rasmussen.
VeloNation: Rider had been linked to possible moves to Garmin-Sharp or Movistar.





Photo: Index itself is a little town offset from the highway. It is surrounded by mountains.
Off The Beaten Path: Every spring as we head into the mountains again, it is exciting to rediscover the roads that we love.





Photo: For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring is approaching and that means that the first races of the year for most of us are just starting.
PEZ: Paul Smeulders from Ergvideo offers a look at how their training videos are uniquely designed to make the most of your training for all types of racing.





Photo: Giant has pushed their tube manipulation skills to the max with the frame.
BikeRadar: Giant has impressed this year, with bikes including their Defy Advanced 2, which won the Cycling Plus Bike of the Year award.










Photo: Eufemiano Fuentes was at the center of Operacion Puerto.
CyclingNews: UCI clarifies it requested evidence along with WADA.



















Photo: Andy Schleck at 2013 TDU (Santos Tour Down Under, Regallo).
road.cc: RadioShack-Leopard rider Andy Schleck has been told by team owner Flavio Becca to get his act together following claims made by a French MP that he had spotted the 27-year-old in an extremely inebriated state at a hotel at Munich airport earlier this week.





Photo: Richard Plugge is team director of Blanco Pro Cycling.
CyclingNews: Team doctor named by Rasmussen investigated.





Photo: Andrew Talansky dons the leader’s jersey after winning Stage 3 of Paris-Nice. (James Startt) .
Bicycling: America’s rising G.C. star talks about delivering at Paris-Nice, leading Garmin-Sharp, and taking on his first Tour de France.





Photo: American Evelyn Stevens (Specialized-lululemon) won the 2012 overall title.
VeloNews: The Exergy Tour, one of the premier events on the women’s cycling calendar in the United States, announced Thursday that it will start the process of canceling the 2013 race by the end of this month.





Photo: The last time a Grand Tour winner won any of the early-season classics was 18 years ago.
Peloton: What are the chances of a Grand Tour champion winning Milan-San Remo or any of the other spring classics coming up in the next four weeks? Not great.





Photo: Pierre Rolland wins, Tour de France 2012, stage 11.
CyclingWeekly: Given its rich history of success, French cycling has been more les misérables than les magnifiques in modern times.





Photo: At the top, you take a hard right onto Ernest Road, which is deeply rutted and potholed.
RedKitePrayer: On a good day, you will find no reason to ride up Stella Road. It bends serpentine up and away from Pleasant Street, the top invisible from the bottom.





Photo: Super-light frame with faultless gearing.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A solid all-rounder based around a lightweight and highly upgradable frame."





Photo: 3T Ergonova Team handlebar.
RoadCycling: 3T’s Italian sexiness comes out in the design of each of these three products. 3T classifies the “Team” as a product used for top-level competition, but at a lower price point.











































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