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March 2013
March 23, 2013



Photo: 2013 Volta a Catalunya.
CyclingFans: Sunday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 7 departs El Vendrell at 1:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Barcelona (Montjuic) at around 4:28pm CET (11:28am 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: Malori fastest in time trial,
VeloNation: Cunego up to second overall, Basso showing form.





Races & Results.
Gent - Wevelgem - Mar 24 (Start List),
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: Bernard Sulzberger has to defend his lead for one more stage to claim the overall Tour de Taiwan title for Drapac for the second year running (Supplied).
SBS: Australian Bernard Sulzberger (Drapac) holds a 27 second lead in the Tour de Taiwan with one stage to go.







Photo: Eurosport - Simon Gerrans, Orica.
EuroSport: Simon Gerrans made a late surge to win the penultimate stage of the Tour of Cataluyna.





Photo: Yes, thank-you. I know how to nab bonus seconds.
TwistedSpoke: Mr. Bonus Seconds isn’t much of a flashy nickname. Or maybe we should twist the Irish and sing a few bars of Oh, Danny Bonus?







Photo: Gent was blanketed in snow the morning of the 2004 Het Volk.
CyclingNews: Deny race will be moved to Monday.






Photo: Philip Deignan put in a decent test in Italy today to move into 11th overall as the race nears an end.
StickyBottle: Philip Deignan (Unitedhealthcare) has moved up one place on the general classification after today’s time trial at the five-day Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali in Italy. Ulissi maintains race lead over Cunego, Rubiano.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins on the job at Catalunya.
VeloNews: A year after winning the Tour de France and the Olympic gold medal, Wiggins is taking aim at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour. And on Friday evening in Spain, he suggested he might race the Vuelta a España, too.





Photo: Podium: Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Leopard) in first, Peter Sagan (Cannondale) in second, Daniel Oss (BMC) in third.
CyclingNews: Podium place for Italian as team leader falter.





Photo: The bike finished in the top five of our 40 Cycling Plus Bike of the Year contenders.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Astonishingly smooth but still a top performer."














Photo: 2013 Gent-Wevelgem.
CyclingFans:  Sunday's Gent-Wevelgem departs Gistel at 12:35pm CET (7:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Wevelgem at around 4:57pm CET (11:57am U.S. Eastern).  Gent-Wevelgem live streaming video should get underway at around 2:20pm CET (9:20am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Deja-vu...Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy take their fourth Cape Epic stage win (AAP Images).
SBS: Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy claimed their fourth stage victory in the ABSA Cape Epic mountain bike tour in South Africa to extend their lead on the penultimate stage.





Photo: Philippe Gilbert (Lotto) at the start.
CyclingNews: Lotto boss Marc Sergeant has defended team doctor Jan Mathieu and his former rider Philippe Gilbert after an anonymous source claimed that Gilbert was administered cortisone by Mathieu in a bid to boost the rider’s performance.








Photo: Richie Porte (Sky) put in a good ride in the Tour de Romandie's final time trial, placing third..
CyclingNews: Australian from Sky moves into race lead.






Photo: Theo Bos (Blanco) .
VeloNation: Bunch sprint settles result after five man break is recaptured.





Photo: The island is 183 kms in length and a maximum of 83 kms in width. The least economically-developed area of France.
PEZ: Corsica is quite different from other régions (administrative districts) of Metropolitan France. Geographically it is closer to Italy than to France and situated just north of Sardinia.






Photo: Elisa Longo Borghini on the podium, 2012 Road World Championships - Bryn Lennon.
PodiumCafe: The Trofeo Alfredo Binda, the second round of the Road World Cup - and who better to ask about it than local girl, Elisa Longo Borghini?





Photo: Arguably, the Equinox MISS full carbon wheels from Gigantex Composite Technologies (above and main pic) are impractical.
road.cc: There are zillions of products on display, some fabulous, others… less so.






CyclingNews: Thomas finishes fourth in Belgian Classic.























Photo: Fuentes awaits the verdict of his trial (Getty Images).
SBS: The lawyer representing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at the Operation Puerto trial has said blood bags seized from Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes should be released for inspection if the Spanish authorities strong stance on doping is to be believed.





Photo: Peter Sagan hates to lose and thus works at understanding defeat..
VeloNews: Peter Sagan spent Saturday afternoon in Kortrijk, Belgium, analyzing Friday’s E3 Harelbeke with Cannondale’s top brass. While snow fell outside Hotel Kennedy’s windows, they made their war plan for the remainder of his classics campaign.





Photo: The biggest threat comes from the weather with snow likely.
InnerRing: Once a midweek consolation for the sprinters amidst the classics season, this is a World Tour race on a Sunday and a full-on dress rehearsal for next Sunday’s Tour of Flanders.






Photo: Riders faced near-blizzard conditions at Milano-Sanremo..
VeloNews: Race organizers cut 47km from the 238km Ghent-Wevelgem due to brutal cold and wind that has settled over Belgium and taken its toll on a weather-weary peloton. The decision was announced in Waregem on Friday evening.






Photo: Cadel Evans produced a poor performance at the Criterium International time trial (AAP Images).
SBS: Despite a mediocre season last year and the dominance of Team Sky, Australian Cadel Evans still believes he can win another Tour de France.





Photo: Wearing the race leader’s yellow jersey, Laurent Fignon.
PodiumCafe: Wearing the race leader’s yellow jersey, Laurent Fignon lost the final time trial of a French stage race which he had first won six years previously, and in doing so lost the race overall by eight seconds.





Photo: Tour of Britain 2011: Overall champ Lars Boom tracked by points jersey winner Geraint Thomas.
road.cc: British Cycling said in December it was inviting bids for 2014 onwards; RCS Sport also eyeing race?





Photo: Alex Dowsett and Movistar in action at Tirreno-Adriatico.
CyclingNews: Movistar rider takes Cyclingnews through behind the scenes at the Classics.





Photo: Time's engineers can configure the makeup of the carbon tubing.
BikeRadar: Time is somewhat of an enigma. With their long heritage in pro racing – the likes of Richard Virenque, Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen all having had stellar success on board the brand – you’d imagine the huge company producing thousands of bikes. The reality is far closer to that of traditional artisan frame-builders.





































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