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March 2013
March 22, 2013



Photo: 2013 Volta a Catalunya.
CyclingFans: Saturday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 6 departs Almacelles at 12:15pm CET (7:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Valls at around 4:36pm CET (11:36am 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.
Critérium International - Mar 23-24 (All Races),
Volta 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),
E3 Harelbeke - Mar 22 (Results),
Dwars door Vlaanderen - Mar 20 (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: François Parisien (Argos Shimano) sprints to the stage win.
CyclingNews: Martin retains overall lead.










Photo: A race in its own right, it’s also an avant première of the Tour de France and its opening stages in Corsica.
InnerRing: This weekend sees the Criterium International take place on the French island of Corsica.





Photo: Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) retains the red jersey of race leader.
CyclingNews: Damiano Cunego claimed victory on stage 3 of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali atop Piane di Mocogno while his Lampre-Merida teammate Diego Ulissi retained the overall lead.





Photo: A delighted Dan Martin takes the stage in the Volta a Catalunya yesterday.
StickyBottle: New Volta A Catalunya race leader, Dan Martin has hailed the efforts of his team-mate Ryder Hesjedal in facilitating his win in yesterday’s epic stage four of the race.





Photo: Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda), winner of the 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
CyclingNews: Blanco rider on racing clean and his aims for Flanders and Roubaix.





Photo: Diego Ulissi (Lampre - Merida) takes the stage win.
CyclingNews: Lampre-Merida rider claims race lead.





Photo: Overall leaders and stage winners Jaroslav Kulhavy & Christoph Sauser of Burry Stander-Songo.
CyclingNews: Burry Stander - Songo team defends overall lead.





Photo: London 2012 Women's Road Race (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: SweetSpot plan to showcase Britain's biggest stars and attract top international teams.





Photo: Peter Sagan, Tirreno-Adriatico 2013.
BicycleRetailer: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) aims for another classic win after missing out in Milan-San Remo last weekend. This week he races in E3 Harelbeke, Ghent-Wevelgem and of course, the Tour of Flanders.





Photo: Our hero Lee at the stage start.
PEZ: Lee Rodgers checks in from the Tour of Taiwan where racing has been tough. How tough?







Photo: Dan Martin (Garmin Sharp).
CyclingNews: Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) capped off a dramatic day of racing in the Volta a Catalunya's queen stage with a solo victory on the Port Ainé-Rialp summit finish which propelled the Irishman into the overall race lead.



















Photo: Geraint Thomas (Sky) and Peter Sagan (Cannondale).
CyclingNews: Thomas finishes fourth in Belgian Classic.





Photo: Boonen won Gent-Wevelgem in sprint finishes in 2011 and 2012. Can he go three for three? - Fotoreporter Sirotti.
PodiumCafe: Another day, another cobbled race... how are we supposed to keep them apart in our minds?







Photo: Fabian Cancellara was once again incredible strong.
CyclingNews: RadioShack-Leopard racer rides to solo victory.





Photo: Alberto Contador enters anti-doping control at the Tour de France (Getty).
SBS: The president of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) on Thursday criticised leading international federations for not taking the fight against doping seriously enough.





Photo: Five-time Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx said his resting heart rate has been under 40 beats per minute his whole life.
VeloNews: Cycling legend Eddy Merckx has been fitted with a cardiac pacemaker to correct a heart rhythm problem, he was quoted as saying in a newspaper interview on Friday.





Photo: Sunday's Alfredo Binda is promised to be available same day and hopefully the same will go for the other events.
VPodiumCafe: The UCI released news today about their intent to provide improved highlights-coverage of the Women's World Cup via their Youtube channel.






Photo: Made in Taiwan...Tsgabu Grmay is the first Ethiopian to win a professional bike race (Aaron Lee/Tour de Taiwan).
SBS: MTN-Qhubeka's Tsgabu Grmay made history by becoming the first Ethiopian to ever win a professional cycling race when he won Stage 5 of the Tour de Taiwan on Friday.





Photo: Our tester writes that a C50-TU and C-75-TU combination worked best for his riding during a test event with Shimano.
VeloNews: It’s no secret that long-established companies like Zipp, Mavic, HED, and Enve have a stronghold on the aero wheel market.





Photo: Diego Ulissi (Lampre - Merida).
CyclingNews: Lampre rider elbows for space in Italian press.





Photo: Philip Deignan is going well in Italy and is putting together some real consistency now.
StickyBottle: As his Unitedhealthcare Irish team mate Martyn Irvine was undergoing surgery for a suspected fractured hip after a crash in the Tour of Taiwan, Philip Deignan was thankfully enjoying better fortune with a world class climbing display in Italy yesterday, Thursday.





Photo: SandyHook_web1.png.
road.cc: Independent Fabrication produce special one-off frame to carry the Sandy Hook Promise.





Photo: 2013 E3 Harelbeke (E3 Prijs Vlaanderen).
CyclingFans: Friday's E3 Harelbeke (E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke) departs Harelbeke at 12:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Harelbeke at around 4:57pm CET (11:57am U.S. Eastern).  E3 Harelbeke live streaming video should get underway at around 2:20pm CET (9:20am U.S. Eastern).








































Photo: Oscar Gatto won the Dwars Door Vlaanderen.
InnerRing: Many riders have names that might sound foreign and even exoticbut in their native language they are nouns and come loaded with meaning.





Photo: Fabian Cancellara dug deep to bring
VeloNews: It would be unfair to say that “Spartacus” ever truly left. It was imagined that he was still only trapped inside Fabian Cancellara’s unlucky body, waiting to return.





Photo: GW501516 was a developmental drug that was withdrawn from research.
VeloNation: Agency warns of very serious side effects, states positive tests show abuse is occuring.





Photo: Antoine Vayer at the 1999 Tour de France.
CyclingNews: UCI president secretly filmed by Vayer for French documentary.





Photo: Returning from major setbacks is one of the hardest tasks for a star cyclist.
Peloton: The 27-year-old from Luxembourg has not been shown much sympathy. In fact, Schleck has become a figure of ridicule to those people, especially anonymous voices on social media, who seem to enjoy putting down others rather than lifting them up.





Photo: American Peter Stetina is in his fourth year as a professional, and the Garmin-Sharp rider is quickly climbing up the team's ranks.
VeloNews: Overshadowed in what’s been a wild and emotional week for Garmin-Sharp is the steady ride by Peter Stetina at the Volta a Catalunya.





Photo: Philippe Gilbert plays his first cobbles hand on Friday in Harelbeke..
VeloNews: Philippe Gilbert isn’t giving anything away on the cards he’s holding leading into the cobbled classics, and on Thursday only said that he’s “much better” this spring than he was in 2012.





Photo: Movistar team leader Alejandro Valverde.
VeloNation: Movistar rider rues misfortune after being forced out while in leader’s jersey.





Photo: Even with plenty of practice, changing a rear wheel isn't the easiest of tasks.
road.cc: Clever design allows you to remove the wheel and keep the drivetrain in place.





Photo: Bar Fly TT.
BicycleRetailer: The new Bar Fly TT mounts to aero bars and provides an aerodynamic and hassle-free mount that won't interfere with front-mounted hydration systems.





Photo: The Cayo Evo 3.0 features SRAM Force, Fulcrum CPX 1700 wheels and a 3T cockpit.
BikeRadar: Both UK and US test riders have given rave reviews to other iterations of the Cayo – the Evo 4.0 was among the finalists for the 2013 Cycling Plus Bike of the Year – and this particular model builds on the great chassis with SRAM Force, a 3T cockpit and Fulcrum wheels exclusive to the German bike brand.





Photo: Actor Matthew McConaughey, left, and cyclist Lance Armstrong..
MSNBC: McConaughey did suggest he was hurt by Armstrong's admission earlier this year that the cyclist was involved in doping, but all is forgiven.

































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