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March 2013
March 28, 2013



Photo: Philippe Gilbert with an eye on the Ardennes Classics.
VeloUK: Gilbert is suffering from a minor cold that he picked up at Paris-Nice, while Phinney experienced pain above his right knee during Gent-Wevelgem last week.





Photo: The men of the day in De Panne were Chavanel and Katusha's Alexander Kristoff.
PodiumCafe: Sylvain Chavanel goes and wins the Driedaagse De Panne for the second year in a row. With a crushing timetrial performance he confirmed that he is not just the strongest in the race but also one of the top favorites for Sunday's Tour of Flanders.






Photo: French time trial champion Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) would finish 15th on the final stage.
CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider takes final time trial.






Photo: Driedaagse De Panne: Kristoff speeds to stage 3a victory.
VeloNation: Katusha rider outsprints Modolo and Viviani, deposes Demare.






Photo: Sagan and Greipel out of Driedaagse De Panne.
VeloNation: Duo join Boonen as non-starters on stage three.





Races & Results.
De Panne-Koksijde - Mar 26-28 (Stages), 
Tour of Flanders Men - Mar 31 (Start List),
Tour of Flanders Women - Mar 31 (Start List),
Gent - Wevelgem - Mar 24 (Results),
Critérium International - Mar 23-24 (Races & Results),
Volta Catalunya - Mar 18-24 (Stages & Results),
Coppi e Bartali - Mar 20-24 (Stages & Resulrs),
Tour de Normandie - Mar 18-24 (Races & Resulrs),
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: Lee in action in 2012 at Qatar mixing it up with Sagan & co.
PEZ: CCN Pro Lee Rodgers recently took on the Tour de Taiwan for the 2nd consecutive year but found that things had changed for the worse in this tough UCI 2.1 Stage race.





Photo: Specialized-lululemon’s Gillian Carleton won the criterium at the 2013 San Dimas Stage Race.
Bicycling: An unconventional training strategy pays off for Specialized-lululemon’s Gillian Carleton in her first professional road race.





Photo: Team bobble heads for Boonen, Johan Museeuw and Paolo Bettini.
CyclingNews: Belgian team prepare for battle ahead of Flanders and Roubaix.





Photo: oakley mark cavendish.
road.cc: Plus an Oakley branded cycling cap, revealed in this video with Cav.





Photo: Recalled Bell Full Throttle helmet.
BicycleRetailer: Bell Helmets is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 2,500 BMX helmets sold exclusively at Toys R Us.





Photo: Paris-Roubaix's Trouée d'Arenberg is the most famed and infamous cobbled sector in cycling.
VeloNews: “The cobbles help force things to happen in races, so if you’re good at riding them, it’s on. If not, they’re terrifying.”






Photo: Mark Cavendish won a hectic, windy sprint in Koksijde on Wednesday.
VeloNews: Mark Cavendish won stage 2 of the VDK Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde (Three Days of De Panne) on Wednesday in Koksijde, Belgium. Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took a difficult sprint in the wind over Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and Francesco Chicchi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at the end of the 204-kilometer romp from Oudenaarde to the coastal town of Koksijde.





Photo: Arnaud Demare (FDJ - Big Mat) wins Vattenfalls.
CyclingNews: Frenchman says time trialing not his speciality.













Photo: Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) lead a strung-out peloton up the Koppenberg in 2009. .
CyclingTips: This Sunday the cycling world will focus its attention on the Flanders region of Belgium for the second Monument of the 2013 season: the 100th anniversary edition of the one-day classic, the Tour of Flanders.





Photo: Tom Boonen bids for a record fourth Ronde van Vlaanderen victory.
VeloNation: Strongest possible line up for Tom Boonen’s bid for a record fourth victory.







Photo: De Ronde's three finishing circuits each feature the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg climbs. Map: Flanders Classics.
VeloNews: Seven cobbled sections. Seventeen bergs. The first of two monuments in one week.





Photo: Team Sky Flanders and Roubaix 2013 video.
road.cc: Bernie Eisel and Mat Hayman among those looking forward to back-to-back cobbled Monuments.





Photo: 15 minutes of filming on and around the Paterberg, one of the two crucial climbs on the race route.
InnerRing: Can’t make it to the Ronde van Vlaanderen this Sunday? Well let this superb video take you there.





Photo: Moments before the race start. We can only imagine what the atmosphere would have been like had these stands been filled with spectators.
CyclingIQ: 71 cyclists from 24 nations assembled at the Buddh International FI Circuit near Delhi, India, to participate in the 156.2 kilometer Elite Men’s Road Race at the 2013 Asian Cycling Championships last weekend.





Photo: The backward sweep is more obvious from this viewpoint.
BikeRumor: SuperLogic components sit at the top rung of their line, representing the lightest and most advanced parts they make.





Photo: Frame & equipment: Excellent design and spec.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "A popular test ride, if let down slightly by a couple of (easily upgraded) components."





Photo: Specialized's Sitero saddle worked well for our tester, who attached it to a road bike and rode in an aero position.
VeloNews: On Sunday, Specialized unveiled its Sitero time trial-specific saddle. The Sitero joins an already expansive Body Geometry saddle offering from the California-based giant.






Photo: Campagnolo super-record-rearder-1979.
road.cc: Italian component manufacturer launches website detailing the brand’s history over the past 80 years.





Photo: The Alpha Platinum aluminum frame features just over 5.1 inches of rock-gobbling suspension.
MBAction: This bike can work for a huge range of riders, and that’s what being a true trailbike is all about. This bike is all about versatility.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins has said that his goal in the sport is not to clock up a run of successes.
VeloNation: Sky rider states he’s satisfied with form despite missing out on Catalunya podium.






Photo: Tom Boonen has said that getting through the race is encouraging after his crash in Gent-Wevelgem.
VeloNation: “There is hope,” Belgian states, speaking about knee injury and his ongoing recovery.





InnerRing: "Here’s a short tale from 2006 when aged 15 he took on riders several years older. And beat them."














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Photo: Hamilton – looking tanned and rather boyish with his ragged boscage of wavy hair.
Saddleblaze: Hamilton at a prestigious school whose mission is to encourage “students [to] develop integrity and strength of character by learning to make good choices and by taking responsibility for their actions.”





Photo: Jan Ullrich's (Team Telekom) Pinarello Paris featured TIG-welded Columbus aluminum tubing.
CyclingNews: Martin, Ciolek and younger generation deserve a chance, says German.





Photo: Fun in Flanders.
TwistedSpoke: Read the race previews and you get the distinct impression the podium for the Tour of Flanders is already set in stone: Sagan, Cancellara and Boonen — bad knee and all.





Photo: Cannondale's sport director Stefano Zanatta said Peter Sagan has the experience and knowledge that it takes to win the Tour of Flanders.
VeloNews: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) needs to gain as much experience as possible to win Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) on Sunday, according to team sport director Stefano Zanatta.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins in the maglia rosa (photo Pentaphoto Rcs Marco Trovati) .
road.cc: Sky rider who followed race as a teenager through pages of Gazzetta dello Sport prepares to challenge for maglia rosa.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins attacked sharply under the 1km to go flag in stage 3 at last week's Volta a Catalunya..
VeloNews: Bradley Wiggins (Sky) is tweaking his training ahead of a run for the maglia rosa to be more explosive for the summit finales in the Giro d’Italia.





Photo: The very rounded, highly supportive Concor.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Ignore your eyes (and the scales) and try this saddle – you’ll like it."





Photo: The Revenio 4.0 carbon – a performance road bike with a relaxed fit.
BikeRumor: There is no denying the fact that over the past few years, Raleigh has really gotten their shift together. Through the sales and reorganizations of the company, the new bikes are looking better and better bringing the storied brand back into the game.





Photo: We will all break a component in our lifetime.
MBAction: "Have you ever heard of a new model introduction where the maker touts the fact that the bike is heavier than last year’s model? Neither have we."





Photo: cycling elitists consider $1,000 to be bargain-basement territory for road and mountain bikes.
Bicycling: What to look for when you're shopping for a great bargain.




















VeloNews: It nearly went unnoticed, a quiet clause in a press release amid a torrent of Lance Armstrong clamor. It seemed like an afterthought dangling there, as more Armstrong news shipwrecked around it.





CyclingNews: Luijkx hopeful of securing team's future.

















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