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March 2013
March 18, 2013



Photo: 2013 Volta a Catalunya.
CyclingFans: Tuesday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 2 departs Girona at 1:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Banyoles at around 4:44pm CET (11:44am U.S. Eastern). Volta a Catalunya live streaming video is scheduled to get underway by around 3:30pm CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern).








Photo: Belgium's Gianni Meersman.
Peloton: The Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider just edged out Valerio Agnoli (Cannondale) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the line, with Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins finishing in sixth.





Photo: Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) won the stage and took the race lead.
CyclingNews: Belgian bounces back from Paris-Nice DNF to win opening stage in Spain.





Photo: Leah Kirchmann won the Tucson Bicycle Classic and leads the National Criterium Calendar.
VeloNews: Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare) and Leah Kirchmann (Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies) took control of the overall standings in the National Criterium Calendar on Monday.






Photo: The 2012 USA Pro Challenge final podium (L-R): Tejay van Garderen (BMC), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) and Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quickstep).
CyclingNews: Garmin Sharp rider says he was compelled to come back and show himself.





Races & Results.
Milan-San Remo - Mar 17 (Resulrs),
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - Mar 18-24 (Stages & Results),
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: Rudi van Houts and Jose Hermida of Team Multivan Merida lead the way.
CyclingNews: First race leaders Sauser and Kulhavy drop to second after mechanical.





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: A downhill finish just after climbing the beautiful, and high (2315 metres) Albulapass.
PodiumCafe: Does it suck, like last year? Well, it doesn't leave me dancing on the ceiling. But it has a little bit of everything - sprints, big mountains, rolling hills, a tough time trial, and of course views to die for.





Photo: Krystian Herba Shanghai Guinness World Record attempt (picture Piotr Kleczek).
road.cc: Lots of small steps for a cyclist, one giant leap to a new Guinness World Record.





Photo: It’s vitamin bolstered, but vegetable oil and simple sugar syrups are well up in the mix.
BikeRadar verdict: 2 out of 5 stars. "Protein packed but synthetic-tasting fake chocolate coated, high-fat disappointment."





Photo: Ripley settled on 120mm of rear travel and a 120mm or 140mm fork and, naturally, a dropper post..
DirtRag: One of the most anticipated and long-awaited bikes in years, the production version of the Ibis Ripley is here. Built around 120mm of rear travel through a dw-link suspension and a full carbon construction, it's sure to be one of the most sought-after bikes of the spring.













CyclingNews: The German sprinter took the close win ahead of Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard).














Photo: Evie Stevens (Specialized/lululemon) has one goal!.
CyclingNews: The organizers of the Amgen Tour of California Women's Time Trial have confirmed a invitation-only list of 15 riders competing for the $10,000 of prizes on offer this year.





Photo: The “under-evaluated” Ciolek spoils Sagan’s sprint success (image courtesy Team MTN-Qhubeka).
Saddleblaze: The Hell of the (Italian) North came a few weeks early in Sunday’s snow-spattered Milan-San Remo, which reduced a peloton of grown men to frozen tears and congealed grimaces of the kind even Michele Acquarone could never elicit.





Photo: Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) takes the win on stage 6 of Paris-Nice..
CyclingNews: A fourth-place finish in Milan-San Remo was enough to push Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) to the top of the UCI's WorldTour rankings. Richie Porte (Sky) and Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco) each moved down one place.





Photo: Taylor Phinney knows how to be a good teammate, but he also has a knack for making the right move at the right time to help his own results.
VeloNews: Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) is sending shock waves through the peloton as it rolls through the classics. After a brave ride in Tirreno-Adriatico, he again went solo yesterday to earn a seventh-place result in Milano-Sanremo, the best finish for an American at the one-day race since 2002.







Photo: The riders still rode through snow and sleet on the flat roads before the bottom of the Turchino.
CycleSport: Reflections on Milan-San Remo: Ciolek, Cancellara, Sagan, Chavanel, Stannard, and how much is too much?






Photo: Some riders suffered wardrobe malfunctions and abandoned.
InnerRing: Was Gerald Ciolek the best dressed man in Sanremo? This isn’t about fashion but workwear because when it’s snowing and there’s a race on, your clothing can make all the difference.





Photo: Edvald Boasson Hagen.
VeloNation: Team Sky rider had been struggling to eat in build-up to Classic.







Photo: Mark Cavendish Specialized road aero helmet.
road.cc: Aero is all the rage this year. Specialized debut new aero road lid at Milan-San Remo.





Photo: Paris-Roubaix: The Inside Story - All the Bumps of Cycling's Cobbled Classic.
PodiumCafe: Cycling is a sport whose history is a mix of truth, half-truth and downright lies.





Photo: Carrera are more known for their snow sports helmets and high fashion glasses.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "If the shallow design suits your head then this is a first-race choice."




































Photo: Rolf Sorensen scored Rabobank's first classics win at the Tour of Flanders in 1997.
CyclingNews: Dane confesses to taking EPO, cortisone.





Photo: Tyler Hamilton (right) said his teammate Lance Armstrong (left) was the key player in the doping culture that surrounded the U.S. Postal Service team.
VeloNews: “We were fully delinquents, if not criminals. If there was one product that we could almost not do without, it was EPO.”





Photo: American Joe Dombrowski said he and his Sky teammates don't
VeloNews: He’s taken his first big pulls in the European pro peloton, and he’s gotten his first taste of living abroad. Neo pro Joe Dombrowski has also gotten his share of media coverage, notably a full spread in the Washington Post.





Photo: Fabio Baldato and Max Sciandri are part of BMC's management.
CyclingNews: BMC Racing Team director sportif Max Sciandri is still to receive an official offer from the Italian Cycling Federation in regard to taking over as head coach from incumbent Paolo Bettini.





Photo: Let winter finally retreat to Siberia whence it came. Let us have spring and spring classics.
PodiumCafe: From here on we have three weeks of beautiful cobbled racing. The best time of the year with wind, mud, dreary flemish villages, painfaces, frites, massive crowds, doodsmaks, echelons, Sporza and much much more.





Photo: Songezo Jim MTN Qhubeka rider.
VeloNation: MTN Qhubeka rider: “If I want to be a professional in Europe I have to endure days like this.”





Photo: Specialized lululemon rider Ina Yoko Teutenberg.
VeloNation: Rider and team decide to play it safe due to concussion.





Photo: Quick to react, with sublime bump absorption.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Blends stiffness and comfort for a smooth and efficient ride experience."





Photo: New way of manufacturing aluminium frames.
CyclingTips: "There's a common misconception that aluminium frames are associated with "harshness." Riding this aluminium S-Works Allez showed me that you can't judge a bike's comfort just by looking at what it's made of."





Photo: Zipp touts the 30’s perfectly balanced performance.
Peloton: It’s not about creating the lowest drag number, or the lowest number on the scale, it’s about creating the lowest number on the cash register and for a wheel with Zipp logos, they have certainly achieved that, $850.





Photo: Pedal assist capable of 25kmh and a maximum range of 85km.
BikeRadar: German car manufacturers BMW are poised to enter the exploding European electric bike market with their own model – the Cruise e-bike.

















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