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March 2013
March 19, 2013



Photo: 2013 Volta a Catalunya.
CyclingFans: Wednesday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 3 departs Vidreres at 12:10pm CET (7:10am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Vallter 2000-Setcases at around 4:47pm CET (11:47am 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: Sky's Catalunya director says Bradley Wiggins must attack in the mountains of Catalunya.
CycleSport: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins (Sky) doesn’t have to reveal his intentions when the Volta a Catalunya hits the mountains on Wednesday.







Photo: Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) pulls on the first race leader's jersey at Catalunya.
CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider extends lead.





Photo: It’s important to remember that standing by the road means you will not see the race unfold in front of you.
InnerRing: Going to watch a bike race is not as simple as you might think. Get it wrong and you’ll catch a cold instead of the action.





Photo: Damien Howson at the Oceania Championships. (Mark Gunter).
SBS: It's only March, but the Oceania Tour has already officially ended for another year. The conclusion of the Oceania Championships allowing Damien Howson to seal the series title ahead of Nathan Earle and Ben Dyball.





Photo: Nathan Earle added another win to his palmares in Taiwan (Supplied).
SBS: Australian Nathan Earle stamped his mark on the hilltop finish at Guanzihling to claim Stage 2 of the Tour de Taiwain.






Photo: Lesley Paterson (Scott) in action.
CyclingNews: Triathlete powers to cross country win at round two.






Photo: Karl Platt and Urs Huber of Bulls in the overall leaders' jerseys.
CyclingNews: Bulls team become third pair of leaders in three days.





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: How do you tell the Vuelta a Andalucia from the Vuelta a Asturias?
PodiumCafe: Think the Vuelta a Espana is the top of the heap for Spanish Cycling? Think harder!





Photo: Neill Stephens relays the orders from the warmth of the team car to one of his freezing charges.
StickyBottle: "Here’s a great video about the realities of professional cycling behind the scenes at Sunday’s Milan-San Remo with the Australian team ORICA-GREENedge."





Photo: Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at the head of the peloton.
CyclingNews: Team manager says Belgian is focused on the Classics.





Photo: Team Sky rider Swift .
VeloNation: Team Sky rider still trying to recover from injury.





Photo: The Santini company's headquarters in Bergamo, Italy..
CyclingNews: Winner to receive 10 complete kits, courtesy of Procycling and Santini.



























Photo: What happens in Waregem stays in Waregem.
PodiumCafe: Last year the race was won in commanding fashion by Niki Terpstra who then went on to be a force in the monuments, 6th in de Ronde and almost hanging with Tommeke in Roubaix. Before that it was Nick Nuyens.





Photo: The Netherlands = gratuitous windmill shots..
CyclingNews: No UCI out-of-competition controls for some riders since summer or fall 2012.






Photo: The 2013 RadioShack Leopard team was presented in Spain..
CyclingNews: Team faces unknown future.





Photo: It’s been a good week so far for non-contributing breakaway riders. .
CycleSport: It’s been a good week so far for non-contributing breakaway riders. The Tour of Catalonia’s first stage was a clear example of how differing agendas don’t necessarily affect the success of an escape.






Photo: Alex Rasmussen (Garmin - Barracuda) on his way to third.
CyclingNews: Dane to sign one-year deal with former squad.





Photo: Bernard Hinault and a happy Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
CyclingNews: Riders still recovering from icy Milan-San Remo.





Photo: Ken Hanson won on Monday in Portugal..
VeloNews: Ken Hanson opened Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies’ European spring campaign with a win on Monday at the Clássica Aveiro-Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.





Photo: Michele Acquarone brushed aside criticism from Tom Boonen.
CyclingNews: Race organiser happy for Ciolek, defends decision to suspend race.





Photo: Multiple shifts with the hold of a button are also programmable.
BikeRadar: "11-speed electronic group underscores mechanical shifting limitations."





Photo: SRAM's PowerLock chain connectors are designed to be used once.
BikeRadar: Eight- and nine-speed chains use a PowerLink, which can be reused. SRAM's 10 and 11-speed master links are called PowerLocks and are not to be reused.





Photo: The Syncros XR1.5's low profile and effective cushioning make it well suited for off-road riding.
VeloNews: Syncros brings a different design to women’s saddles with the XR1.5 Women model. While the company’s Web site claims there’s a pressure relief channel design, it’s difficult to detect.





Photo: Injinji Socks .
303Cycling: "I had never heard of Injinji and at first glance I thought, Hmm…these look like gloves for my feet.”






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: Tom Danielson says his return to racing in Catalunya has been humbling.
VeloNews: Tom Danielson stepped off the sign-in podium Tuesday before the start of the second stage at the Volta a Catalunya and soaked up the experience.







Photo: Andy Schleck after dropping his chain on the Port de Balès © PhotoSport International.jpg.
road.cc: RadioShack-Leopard rider says he's in good shape physically but finding it hard to get back into racing mindset.





Photo: RadioShack Leopard rider Schleck.
VeloNation: RadioShack Leopard rider insists he can come back.





Photo: Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford.
CyclingNews: Peloton was swept up in the doping culture .





Photo: Chavanel withdraws.
VeloNation: Defending champion Niki Terpstra returns for Omega Pharma Quick Step.






Photo: The Sterling is Crankbrothers premium hand-pump offering.
BikeMag: Crankbrothers announced today that they’ve introduced a new range of tools and a brand new inflation program, including both entry level and premium models. All of the gear should be available in shops now.





Photo: Canyon's Flip Head system gives riders a degree of setback adjustment.
BikeRadar: Engineers at Canyon have been working on various VCLS (Vertical Comfort Lateral Stiffness) developments for a number of years now, which they’ve been incorporating into components and frames, and their latest has resulted in a production seatpost, the Post 2.0.





Photo: Frame & equipment: Classy Di2-ready frame with great kit.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A well-put-together bike at a great price, ready for any upgrade."





Photo: a new collection of mugs based on the One Day Classics.
road.cc: Those vendors of cycling related fancies Cycling Souvenirs have just added some timely beverage based items to their range of biking gifts.





Photo: Lennard Zinn's daughter rode this Campagnolo 11/10-speed mashup without problem during the 2012-13 cyclocross season. .
VeloNews: Will the new Dura-Ace 9000 derailleurs (front and rear) work with previous Dura-Ace shifters?












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















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