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March 2013
March 20, 2013



Photo: 2013 Volta a Catalunya.
CyclingFans: Thursday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 4 departs Llanars-Vall de Camprodon at 10:35am CET (5:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Port Ainé-Rialp at around 4:48pm CET (11:48am U.S. Eastern). Volta a Catalunya live streaming video is scheduled to get underway by around 3:30pm CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern).





Races & Results.
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - Mar 18-24 (Stages & Results),
Coppi e Bartali - Mar 20-24 (Stages & Resulrs),
Tour de Normandie - Mar 18-24 (Races & Resulrs),
Tour de Taiwan - Mar 18-24 (Stages & Results),
Cape Epic - Mar 17-24 (Stages & Results),
Dwars door Vlaanderen - Mar 20 (Results),
Milan-San Remo - Mar 17 (Resulrs),
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: Cadel Evans (BMC) couldn't follow the leaders.
CyclingNews:  Defending champion Evans using race as rehearsal for Tour de France.









Photo: Eurosport - Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
EuroSport: Nairo Quintana beat Bradley Wiggins to win stage three of the Tour of Catalunya at the the Vallter 2000 ski resort.







Photo: Chris Horner (RadioShack).
CyclingNews: RadioShack rider suffering knee pain since Tirreno-Adriatico.







Photo: Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) .
VeloNation: Mattia Gavazzi takes bunch sprint for Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela one-two.






Photo: Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard Trek CT.
CyclingNews: Portuguese rider takes race lead from Scully.






Photo: Karl Platt and Urs Huber of Bulls chase the leaders.
CyclingNews: Wrong turn costs Sauser and Kulhavy the stage.






Photo: Shahrul Mat Amin takes the accolades after taking stage 3 in the Tour de Taiwan.
CyclingNews: Pozdnyakov retains lead by one second over runner-up Sulzberger.





Photo: Alberto Contador has taken the decision to cancel his planned participation.
VeloNation: Spaniard changes race programme, will return to competition on April 1st.





Photo: Fabian Cancellara returns to the cobbles on Friday in Harelbeke, but can he return to the podium in Roubaix?
VeloNews: When he lines up in Harelbeke’s market square on Friday morning for the 56th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) will be just about five hours short of a two-year dry spell at the northern classics.





Photo: Omega Pharma–Quick-Step rider Sylvain Chavanel had a strong showing in Milan-San Remo and is looking to improve his performance in the next few weeks.
Bicycling: Classics stars head North as the buildup for Flanders and Roubaix begins.





Photo: 155mm-travel 29er, but the overall geometry package looked rather promising, in particular the 16.9-inch chainstays.
DirtRag: Given the amount of buzz this year surrounding 27.5-inch bikes, Specialized sure surprised a lot of folks when it pulled to wrapper off the Enduro 29 last week.














Photo: Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia)..
CyclingNews: Voeckler's solo attack falls meters short.







Photo: Gent-Wevelgem will be a bit tougher, as there are more cobbles and hills in it.
Felt: Argos-Shimano rider Kirsten Wild won the Dwars door Vlaanderen race in Belgium Wednesday, closing out a dominating performance by her team with a dash to victory at the line.






Photo: Jack Bauer (Garmin-Barracuda) during Paris-Roubaix.
CyclingNews: Kiwi quickly released from hospital.





Photo: Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) is about to get caught.
CyclingNews: "It’s not about having the legs, it’s about having the win."





Photo: Andy Schleck will continue working towards Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour de France.
VeloNation: Luxembourg rider back in action in three days.





Photo: Wesley Smith exits his Pro Bike Express trailer, which holds about 50 bikes, at the 2013 cyclocross nationals.
VeloNews: Getting your bike(s) to far-flung races can be a major hassle, and dealing with mechanical issues when you’re there can multiply it.





Photo: Team BMC's Cadel Evans wants to renew his Criterium International champion status.
RoadCycling: 2013 Critérium International is the only event where Cadel Evans and Tejay van Garderen will compete together before their big goal of the season - The 2013 Tour de France. Forecasts predict rainy conditions.






Photo: With a bad knee, RadioShack's Chris Horner will be forced to stay off his bike in the immediate future.
VeloNews: RadioShack-Leopard was hit with a double-whammy this week as Chris Horner was forced out of the Volta a Catalunya with knee pain and rumors hit the press that title sponsor RadioShack was out at the end of the season.





Photo: Turning professional should probably not be the goal in a sporting career. Really, it’s only the start.
CycleSport: "An anonymous professional rider sent us a series of dispatches from the peloton, covering all subjects from money, through media to management and more."





Photo: Frame & equipment: Lots for your money.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A beautifully finished package that's significantly better than the sum of its parts."





Photo: 2013 Dwars door Vlaanderen.
CyclingFans: Race starts at 11:45am CET (6:45am U.S. Eastern); Finish at around 4:35pm CET (11:35am U.S. Eastern); Live video from 2:20pm CET (9:20am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: 1978 Gios Torino, lovingly restored by Cameron Smith..
CyclingTips: Cameron Smith collects bikes, and it's a passion that has come to shape his life. He admires steel bikes from the 70s and 80s, collects era-correct parts, and runs a small business restoring frames.




















Photo: We're away from the cobbles briefly, and back to the hills and worse. .
PodiumCafe: This Sunday eyes turn to Italy for round two of the World Cup, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in the Italian town of Cittiglio.



















Photo: Eufemiano Fuentes said on Wednesday that he would hand his client lists over to the World Anti-Doping Agency if it asked.
CyclingNews:  Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who is on trial for allegedly masterminding one of sport’s most notorious doping rings, said Wednesday he would be willing to give the names of his former sports clients to the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency if asked to do so.





Photo: Ivan Basso (Cannondale) wouldn't be so smiley at the finish.
CyclingNews: 19 ‘clients’ of 36 remain unidentified, although all cyclists or athletes.





Photo: Hein Verbruggen’s years-long defence of Lance Armstrong.
VeloNation: SportAccord colleague Ingrid Beutler says that Dutchman has been badly affected by fallout.





Photo: Douglas looking relaxed as his team warmed up for the 2012 World TTT Championships.
PEZ: Douglas Ryder is the man behind luring Gerald Ciolek away from arguably the best one day team in the World to a small up and coming African outfit.





Photo: 100% Belgian: the concrete road, known as the betonweg.
InnerRing: Large blocks of of concrete are separated by small gaps, partly for drainage but also to let the material expand on a hot day, to avoid the surface buckling under expansion.





Photo: Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Germany)..
CyclingNews: German recovering from severe concussion.





Photo: Italian Cycling Federation boss Renato Di Rocco (l).
CyclingNews: Bettini will manage at Florence Worlds, with Sciandri as "external collaborator."





Photo: OPQS Milan-San Remo top tube race profile.
road.cc: Includes post-race thoughts of Mark Cavendish on day the peloton battled each other and the elements.





Photo: Multiple Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey.
CyclingWeekly: "What is the best fuel for 90 miles as I am running a bit short in the last 15 miles?"





Photo: The ubqo sixty60 eliminates the only real weak points of pivot designs.
BikeRadar: A thumb-operated hydraulic brake system, a rear light which projects onto the rider’s back to maximise visibility and a bamboo transporter bike for isolated communities were among 10 prize-winning design concepts celebrated at the International Bike Design Competition on Tuesday.





Photo: The Impec proudly boasts top-end Italian componentry.
BikeRadar: Bikes from car manufacturers are always controversial. They can range from being genuine innovations, marvels of technology or stunning tribues to a company to, as is all too often the case, lame branding exercises.










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